BIOGRAPHIES:  Theodore H. EARLE, Whitehall, Trempealeau Co., WI

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THEODORE H. EARLE, dealer in agricultural implements and farmer; was
born in Ohio, April 18, 1836; came to Appleton, Wis., in 1856, where he
went to school, graduating from Lawrence University in 1861; he then
went to New London, where he commenced teaching, at which he continued
until 1863, when he was married to Miss M. L. Ketchum, who is a
daughter of Henry Ketchum, President of the Green Bay & Minnesota R. R.
for nine years. Mr. Earle began farming in the town of New London, at
which he continued five years, when he was appointed General Purchasing
Agent for the construction of the Green Bay Railroad. In 1873 he came
to Whitehall, Trempealeau Co., where he erected the first dwelling
house in the village, being engaged for the first three years of his
residence there with Henry Ketchum, as superintendent of his lumber
business, on the line of railroad from Merrillan to Marshland. In 1876
he engaged with C. N. Paine & Co., and has had charge of their business
in Whitehall ever since; said business having averaged since 1873
$20,000 per annum. Mr. Earle also owns an interest in the Whitehall
Flouring Mills, and was Chairman of the Town Board of Lincoln for four
years, having always taken an active part in all public enterprise of
his town and county.


--Transcribed from the "History of Northern Wisconsin, 1881," page 1041

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