Lacrosse-Grant County WI Archives Biographies.....Fruit, John J. 1849 - 
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JOHN J. FRUIT attorney and counselor at law, and a member of the law firm of 
Fruit & Brindley; is a native of Grant Co., Wis.; was born in 1849. He is a 
graduate of the State Normal School at Platteville, Wis.; came to La Crosse, 
in August, 1871, and taught as Principal of one of the public schools of this 
city for five years. He read law as opportunity afforded during the time he 
was teaching, and in 1876, resigned his position as Principal of the Third 
Ward School, and began the study of law in the office of James I. Lyndes; in 
1877, he graduated from the Law Department of the State University, and 
commenced the practice of law in July, 1877, at La Crosse. He was of the firm 
of Fruit & Pfund for about six months, and then continued alone till June 1, 
1880, when he and Mr. Brindley formed a co-partnership. He was City 
Superintendent of the Public Schools of La Crosse during the year 1880, 
devoting only a portion of his time to this work.

Additional Comments:
From History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 754.

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