BIOGRAPHIES:  Capt. Irvin Henry MILLIREN, Pepin, Pepin Co., WI

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Capt. Irvin Henry Milliren, Pepin, was born in Jefferson county, Pa.,
May 1, 1847.  He came to Pepin with his parents when eleven years old,
and here attended the district school winters until fifteen.  He began
running on the Chippewa river in 1865 and on the Mississippi in 1868,
and has been a pilot since 1875, and captain since 1884.  October 31,
1877, he married Miss Emma Holden, and to them have been born two
children:  Clyde E., March 5, 1879, and Mabel, February 1, 1885. 
Excepting two years spent on a farm, Capt. and Mrs. Milliren have
always lived in the village, where they have a very neat and
comfortable home.  In 1876, in company with others, he built the steam
ferry-boat "Clipper," which plied between Stockholm, Wis., and Lake
City, Minn.  The enterprise was not a financial success, however, and
the boat was sold the following season.  In the fall of 1886 he
purchased one-fourth interest in the steamer, "Luella," which towed
lumber and logs from Read's Landing, Minn., to Hannibal, Mo., and
intermediate points, but sold out his interest in 1887.  In 1888 he had
the misfortune to have a vessel sunk near Winona, Minn.  He now
commands the steamer, "Menomonie," which plies between Stillwater and
St. Louis, and also owns a farm on section fifteen, township twenty-
three, range fifteen.  In 1891 he built a fifty-barrel roller flouring
mill, in partnership with his brother-in-law, S. R. Anderson, at Pepin,
which fills want long experienced by the community.  Politically Capt.
Milliren is a consistent democrat.  He is a member of the Methodist
church, and takes an active interest in church work.  He also belongs
to the Masonic lodge and the U. M. R. Pilots' Association.

-Transcribed from the "Historical & Biographical Album of the Chippewa
Valley Wisconsin, 1891-2," page 518.


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