BIOGRAPHIES:  Stoddard FIELD, Osseo, Trempealeau Co., WI

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Stoddard Field, one of the leading men of Osseo, has been an
important factor in the upbuilding of the community.  He has taken a
deep interest in all the big enterprises of his day, has led an
active life, and has been a useful and worthy citizen.  He was born
at Cairo, Greene County, N. Y., Aug. 19, 1842, son of Robert C. and
Mary (Stoddard) Field, the pioneers.  For many years he lived on the
home farm near Osseo, carrying on agricultural operations while
engaged extensively in stock dealing, and also handling considerable
real estate.  For a time he was a merchant at Osseo.  In connection
with his stock buying, he held for a considerable period the contract
for furnishing meat for woodsmen in Northern Wisconsin.  Sometimes he
bought, killed and dressed as high as 100 head of cattle a day, to be
shipped to Ashland, Wis., from which point it was distributed.  Mr.
Field is now living a retired life in his pleasant home in Osseo,
where he is deeply beloved by all who know him.  Mr. Field was
married Jan. 1, 1871, to Martha E. Robbins, a teacher in Eau Claire,
born in Marquette County, Wis., Feb. 25, 1850, daughter of E. W. and
Laura (Pond) Robbins.  E. W. Robbins was born in Lennox, N. Y., Feb.
24, 1821, and was married in 1846 to Laura Pond, who was born in
Camden, N. Y.  They came to Marquette County, Wis., in 1843, and to
Eau Claire County in 1854, farming three miles east of Eau Claire
until his death, Feb. 20, 1904.  Mr. and Mrs. Field have two
children:  Leslie H., born Nov. 19, 1871, farms near Osseo.  Clarence
W., born Feb. 8, 1874, is a lumber dealer in Osseo.

-Transcribed from the "History of Trempealeau County Wisconsin,
1917," page 668.

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