Lacrosse County WI Archives Biographies.....Upton, William L. 1827 - ************************************************ 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 May 6, 2007, 4:17 pm Author: Unknown WILLIAM L. UPTON, farmer, Sec. 3; P. O. West Salem. Born in Vermont in 1827; removed to Massachusetts, and came to La Crosse, April 1, 1857, where he worked at the business of carpentry. He came to West Salem in August, 1858. He worked at the business of wagon-making for several years; settled on his present farm, October, 1870, which he purchased of Mr. J. D. Lawton. His first wife was Anna Horton, daughter of Milton Horton; present wife was Mrs. Mary Williams Motte, born in Oneida Co., N. Y.; has one son by first marriage - Wellington, and one by present wife - Morris Ray. Farm contains about 100 acres. Additional Comments: From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 828 & 831. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/lacrosse/bios/upton569gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb