Lacrosse-Walworth County WI Archives Biographies.....McConnell, James March 1836 - 
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JAMES McCONNELL, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Mindoro; son of David McConnell, a 
native of Crawford Co., Penn.; removed to Portage Co., Ohio, thence to 
Walworth Co., in 1842, where he removed his family the following year. He came 
to La Crosse Co. in 1852, and settled on the farm which his son James now 
owns. He died August 16, 1860; mother died in 1873. James was born in Portage 
Co., Ohio, March, 1836; came to La Crosse Co. with his father; he enlisted, in 
August, 1861, in the 1st Wisconsin Battery; served three years; was in active 
service the whole of that time; was engaged in many of the most important 
battles and campaigns of the Southwest, including Sherman's attack on 
Vicksburg, Grant's siege of that city; was at the battle of Arkansas Post, 
Port Gibson, where he was wounded; Baker's Creek, Champion Hills, Banks' Red 
River expedition, etc.; was discharged Oct. 18, 1864. Married Mary L. Horn; 
have four children - William B., Roy Angus, Nellie and Gertrude. Parents had 
nine children, all of whom are living.

Additional Comments:
From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 852.

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