BIOGRAPHIES:  Fred E. STOCKMAN, Woodville, St. Croix County, WI

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Fred E. Stockman, merchant, Woodville, St. Croix county, was born at Knowlton, 
Wis., February 4, 1861, and received his education in Eau Claire.  In 1883 he 
started a general merchandise store at Woodville, where, by his ability and 
close application to business, he has built up a paying business.  In 1887 he 
took his brother, Arthur D., into partnership and the business is now conducted 
under the firm name of Stockman Bros.  They are to-day heavy dealers in general 
merchandise, cord-wood, ties, piling, baled hay and farm-produce, both wholesale 
and retail.  From a small beginning in 1883 Mr. Stockman has built up a trade 
which has reached the enormous sum, for a town of this size, of from fifty to 
sixty thousand dollars per annum.  From 1881 to 1888, while his father held the 
appointment of postmaster, our subject had the entire charge of the office and 
was postmaster in all but name.  July, 1886, Mr. Stockman married Mary Elizabeth 
Hughes, who was born at Brookville, St. Croix county, a daughter of George H. 
and Lymnia Hughes. Two children have blessed this union, Edith Fern and Ethel 
Genevieve. Mr. and Mrs. Stockman are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. 
His brother, Arthur D., received his education in Eau Claire also, and was for 
two years telegraph operator at Woodville before he entered the store.  In 
February, 1890, he married Tina L. Kimball, who was born at Hammond, St. Croix 
county, and is a daughter of Oscar H. and Emily (Shirpsy) Kimball.  They have 
one child, Eugene. 

--Taken from "Historical and Biographical Album of the Chippewa Valley
Wisconsin" Including A General Historical Sketch of the Chippewa Valley;
Ancestral Records of Leading Families; Biographies of Representative 
Citizens, Past and Present; and Portraits of Prominent Men.  Edited by
George Forrester.  Chicago, Illinois: A. Warner, Publisher.  1891-92
Page 936