Lacrosse County WI Archives Biographies.....Shimmin, Thomas 1830 - 
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THOMAS SHIMMIN, Jr., proprietor of the Oak Grove Steam Marble-Works; has been 
a resident of La Crosse since Sept. 9, 1854; he was born in the Isle of Man in 
1830; son of John Shimmin, who died in 1871. Mr. Shimmin came to the United 
States in August, 1854, and settled in La Crosse the next September; he was in 
the butchering business about nine years; then went to quarrying and dressing 
stone for building purposes, which he continued till 1878; in 1875, he started 
his present shop in company with R. T. Wilson and Ruel Weston; in 1877, Mr. 
Wilson sold out to his partners; in 1878, Mr. Shimmin sold to Mr. Weston his 
interest in the quarry, and in May, 1879, purchased Mr. Weston's interest in 
the shop, which he has since carried on alone. Mr. Shimmin was married Dec. 
20, 1857, in La Crosse, to Miss Ann Lilly, daughter of John Lilly, of 
Birkenhead, England; have had three children, only one of them now living - 
John and Katie (deceased), and Elizabeth Lilly at home.

Additional Comments:
From History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 791.

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