Lacrosse-Waukesha County WI Archives Biographies.....Davis, William May 1827 - 
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WILLIAM DAVIS, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Bangor; born in North Wales, May, 1827; 
came to the United States in the summer of 1849. Lived in Waukesha Co. for a 
time, where he was married to Margaret Williams, daughter of John Williams, 
who came to Waukesha Co. the summer of 1849; removed to La Crosse Co. in the 
summer of 1854, where he worked for a time in the Bangor Mills as miller. He 
settled on his present farm in 1856, which he had purchased in 1854; has owned 
this farm since that time. In the spring of 1872, he bought what is known as 
the Big Creek Mill, which he operated till the fall of 1880, when he sold it. 
Mr. and Mrs. Davis have seven children - Sarah J., John W., William, Mary, 
Thomas, Richard and Nellie. His farm contains 250 acres.

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From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 833.

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