Lacrosse-Fond Du Lac County WI Archives Biographies.....Carleton, George T. January 2, 1805 - 
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GEORGE T. CARLETON, merchant; is one of the pioneers of Wisconsin. He was born 
in Newcastle, Lincoln Co., Me., Jan. 2, 1805; son of Thomas and Hannah (Hall) 
Carleton; when about a year old his father removed to Kennebec Co., and he 
grew up to manhood on his father's farm in that county. At the age of 23, he 
engaged in the mercantile business, which he has continued up to the present 
time. While in Maine he was in business in Vassalboro and Waterville. In 1833, 
he married Eliza Drummond, who died in 1840, leaving two children (since 
deceased). In 1841, he married Miss Mary Dane, of Skowhegan, Me., and came to 
Wisconsin in 1843; was three days making the trip from Sheboygan to Fond du 
Lac with an ox team, with no road but an Indian trail. In the spring of 1844 
he built the first sail-boat on Lake Winnebago, for the Indians on the lake 
and up Wolf River. He carried on business in Fond du Lac till 1851. About the 
1st of July in that year he came to La Crosse, remained a few days, then 
returned to Fond du Lac, and came again in August. At that time he put up a 
building on Third street, where Giles's pork house now stands, for a store and 
dwelling. There was no lumber to be had in La Crosse at the time, and he 
purchased his at Robinson's Mill, and run it down the creek into Black River, 
thence into the Mississippi and to La Crosse. He burned his lime on a pile of 
logs for the plastering, and thinks this was the first plastered house in the 
county. After completing this building he returned to Fond du Lac, and, in 
November, 1851, removed with his family and a stock of goods to La Crosse; 
came with horse teams, and was eleven days on the road. He continued in 
business on Third street till 1869, then removed to Sauk Rapids, Minn., and 
came to North La Crosse in the spring of 1877. He was three years Alderman of 
the First Ward of La Crosse; has two sons - George T., born in Waterville, 
Me., and Fred D., born in Fond du Lac, Wis.; both married and engaged in 
mercantile business in North La Crosse.

Additional Comments:
From History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 745.

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