BIOGRAPHIES:  Hon. George TARRANT, Durand, Pepin Co., WI

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HON. GEORGE TARRANT, merchant, Durand. Was born in Woolhampton,
England, Feb. 11, 1838. His father came with his family to the United
States in 1850, and settled at Janesville, Wis., where he died in 1850.
His mother is still living in Janesville. He came to Durand in 1863 and
engaged in the mercantile business, in which he still continues at
present, in company with Mr. Dorwin, having a store both at Durand and
at Arkansaw. He has held various town and village offices in Durand;
has been Chairman of County Board, and now represents this Assembly
District in the State Legislature, session of 1881. He was married, in
1860, to Miss Clara, daughter of Bartlett and Margaret Runey, who were
the first settlers in the town of Oregon, Dane Co., Wis., having
settled there in the Spring of 1842. They have five children living -
George, Warren D., Burr, Shirley B. and John L.

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


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