BIOGRAPHIES:  Martin MAXWELL, Durand, Pepin Co., WI

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MARTIN MAXWELL, lumber dealer, Durand, was born in Cuba, Fulton Co.,
Ill., Dec. 1, 1827, He lived there until 1849, when he went overland to
California, where he remained four years. On his return, he commenced
in the mercantile business, in Bloomington, Ill.; then engaged in the
lumbering business at Clinton. In 1857, he came with a drove of 325
cattle to Maxville, Buffalo Co., Wis. He was the second settler there,
and in 1859 came to Durand. In 1861, he commenced manufacturing lumber
on the Red Cedar, above the village of Menomonee, and in 1865, returned
to Durand and engaged in the lumbering business, which he still
follows. He was married in Bloomington, Ill., Jan. 15, 1855, to Miss
Mary E. Coleman, sister of Charles and Milton Coleman, who were
recently killed by the "Williams Brothers," in Durand. They have five
children living-- Albert D., residing in Dakota; Charles, William J.,
Etta H. and Alice C. at home.

-Transcribed from the "History of Northern Wisconsin, 1881," page 702


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