BIOGRAPHIES:  James McKIVERGIN, Preston Township, Trempealeau Co., WI

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James McKivergin, pioneer, was born near Banbridge, in the north of
Ireland, in 1818, and came to America as a young man about 1839. 
After living in the Eastern States for a number of years, he came to
Trempealeau County in 1862 and located on section 18, Preston
Township, about three miles west of the present village of Blair. 
There he successfully farmed until his lamented death in 1886.  A man
of considerable ability, he possessed a strong influence over his
fellow citizens, and did good service on the township and school
boards.  His wife, whose maiden name was Ann Conway, was born June
20, 1830, and still resides on the old homestead.  They were the
parents of eight sturdy children.

-Transcribed from the "History of Trempealeau County Wisconsin,
1917," pages 382-383.


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