Lacrosse County WI Archives Biographies.....Law, David September 17, 1833 - 
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DAVID LAW, proprietor of the freight and omnibus and transfer line; was born 
Sept. 17, 1833, at Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., N. Y.; he lived there until 23 
years of age, receiving a common-school education. In the spring of 1856, he 
came West and located at La Crosse, Wis., where, for two years, he worked for 
a number of different persons, when he commenced dealing in ice and general 
boat supplies, following this for four or five years, and then purchased the 
omnibus line of a Mr. Blossom; he subsequently purchased an interest in the 
livery business from Thomas Davis; soon after purchasing the omnibus line, he 
also purchased the transfer line of Mr. Metcalf; he disposed of the livery 
business to Mr. David in 1876, and now conducts the omnibus and freight line 
solely. He was married Dec. 24, 1865. Mr. Law is a thorough business man in 
every respect, and has held the position of Alderman in the municipality for a 
number of years; he also owns an interest in the La Crosse Street Railway.

Additional Comments:
From History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 770.

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