Lacrosse-Milwaukee County WI Archives Biographies.....Thomason, James 1829 - 
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JAMES THOMASON, foreman of the machine-shop of P. S. Davidson, has been in the 
employ of Mr. Davidson since 1864, and in his present position since 1870. He 
is a native of Lancashire, Eng., born in Bolton in 1829; learned his trade in 
England, and served an apprenticeship of seven years. His father, John 
Thomason, came to the United States in 1849, settled in Milwaukee, and died 
the same year he came. Mr. Thomason, Jr., worked three years in Milwaukee; 
then went to Dubuque, Iowa, started a shop for D. S. Cummings and had charge 
of it till January, 1855, at which time he came to La Crosse. He was married 
in Bolton, Eng., in 1849, to Margaret, daughter of John Holden, of that place; 
has no children.

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From History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 802.

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