Lacrosse County WI Archives Biographies.....Thayer, D. A. 1834 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/wifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Roxanne Munns rmunns@uwalumni.com April 13, 2007, 11:09 pm Author: Unknown D. A. THAYER, foreman of the mills of P. S. Davidson, at North La Crosse, has been in his present position since the spring of 1863. He was born in Kennebec Co., Me., in 1834; son of Daniel Thayer; came West in 1858, and located at Stillwater, Minn., where he resided till 1863, being engaged in steamboating on the Mississippi till he came to La Crosse. He was married in La Crosse in 1864, to Miss Mary Conley, and has three children - Niese, John and Burnett. Mr. Thayer learned the carpenter's trade with his brother in Boston, Mass., where he lived several years previous to coming West. He was on the Village Board of North La Crosse two terms and Alderman one term, since it became the Fifth Ward of the city. Additional Comments: From History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 801. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/lacrosse/bios/thayer388gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb