Lacrosse County WI Archives Biographies.....Van Loon, Paul May 6, 1849 - 
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PAUL VAN LOON, dealer in general stock, and Postmaster, Midway; born in 
Holland May 6, 1849; came to America; settled in town of Holland, La Crosse 
Co.; enlisted in Co. I, 8th W. V. I., 1864; discharged, 1865; engaged in 
business at new Amsterdam; then to Midway, August, 1880; has a fine stock of 
goods, and doing a fine business. He was appointed Postmaster in 1880. His 
wife was Sarah Gillette, who was born in Wisconsin in 1860. They were married 
in 1875, and have three children - William, born, 1876; Albertus, 1878; 
Walter, 1880. In politics, Republican; in religion, Lutheran. A member of the 
A., F. & A. M. Lodge, and I. O. O. F. Mr. Van Loon attended school at 
Janesville, Wis., in 1875 at the Commercial College.

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From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 819.

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