BIOGRAPHIES:  John HUNTER, Decorah Prairie, Trempealeau Co., WI

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John Hunter, who is successfully engaged in farming in section 35, Gale 
Township, was born on the farm of his parents at Decorah Prairie which 
adjoins his present farm, April 4, 1871.  John Hunter was educated in the 
district school at Decorah Prairie.  He resided with his parents, assisting 
on the home farm, until he was about 27 years old and then went to Nebraska, 
where he engaged in farming and stock raising, remaining four years.  He 
then sold out his interests there and returned to Trempealeau County.  In 
1908 he purchased his present farm and has since been engaged here in 
general farming.  He has made practically all the improvements on his place; 
his farm is fertile, giving good yields of the ordinary crops, and his 
buildings are in good condition.  He is also a stockholder in the La Crosse 
Packing Company.  Mr. Hunter was married, Dec. 21, 1898, to Effie Bidwell, 
who was born in Easton, Adams County, Wis., daughter of Jacob and Julia 
(Vanhooser) Bidwell.  Her father, who was born Nov. 15, 1845, in Easton, 
Adams County, N. Y., was a soldier in the Civil War, going to the front as 
a member of Company K, 38th Wisconsin Volunteers.  At the end of his 
military service he settled at Easton, Wis., and engaged in farming until 
some time before his death, which took place in 1884.  His wife died Nov. 
16, 1913, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Hunter, where her last 
years were spent.  They had six children, of whom their daughter Effie was 
the third born.  Mr. and Mrs. Hunter have two children:  Maud Arleen, born 
Oct. 29, 1904, and Edith Margaret, born July 5, 1907, both of whom reside 
at home.  In politics Mr. Hunter is independent.  Both Mr. and Mrs. Hunter 
are members of the Order of Beavers.

--From the "History of Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, 1917," page 363