BIOGRAPHIES:  Henry W. CARLISLE, Durand, Pepin Co., WI

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Henry W. Carlisle, captain and pilot, Durand, was born in Cayuga
county, N. Y., March 25, 1839, and is a son of Leander and Cynthia
(Harris) Carlisle, the former of Scotch and the latter of English
descent.  In 1847 the family removed to Raymond, Racine county, Wis.,
and thence to Cambria, Columbia county, where Mrs. Carlisle died in
1851.  In 1856 Henry W. left home and came to Eau Galle, Wis., and
engaged in rafting.  In 1862 he began steamboating, and still follows
that occupation as captain and pilot.  He was also engaged for several
years in buying and shipping grain at Durand.  January 19, 1868, he
married Miss Amy Matilda Marble, and has since resided in Durand.  Six
children have been born to this union, namely:  Ezra, James, John,
Cynthia (deceased), Rose and Ernest.  Mr. Carlisle is a republican and
a member of the Masonic fraternity.

-Transcribed from the "Historical & Biographical Album of the Chippewa
Valley Wisconsin, 1891-2," page 719


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