BIOGRAPHIES:  Philip UHL, Galesville, Trempealeau Co., WI

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Philip Uhl, a well known and respected resident of Galesville, where he is 
now living retired after an active career as an agriculturist, was born on 
the farm in Gale Township, which afterwards became his property, June 9, 
1870.  His parents were Peter and Abbie Uhl, further mention of whom may be 
found in the biography of Peter J. Uhl, elsewhere published in this volume.  
The subject of this sketch acquired the elements of knowledge in the 
district school of his neighborhood and afterward became a student of Gale 
University, now Gale College.  In his youth he worked on the home farm, 
taking charge of it when 22 years old, and when 25 he became its owner.  
Later, however, he moved to another farm in Gale Township, on which he lived 
for five years, cultivating and improving it.  He then sold it and returned 
to the old homestead, where he continued at farming until September, 1916, 
when he retired and took up his residence in Galesville, in order that his 
children might have better school advantages.  Mr. Uhl still owns 480 acres 
of land, which it is his intention to rent out to others.  He is a 
stockholder in the creamery at Galesville, in the La Crosse Packing Company, 
the Farmers Exchange, the Independent Harvester Company of Plano, Ill., and 
the Northwestern Telephone Company.  In politics he is practically 
independent, though with Republican proclivities, and rendered good service 
for many years as a member of the Board of Education, serving in his uncle's 
stead when only 18 years of age; he also served four years on the township 
board, of which for awhile he was chairman.  Mr. Uhl was married, July 1, 
1896, to Sadie Hoyt, who was born at Decorah Prairie, daughter of Jacob and 
Sarah (Gordon) Hoyt. Her parents were natives of the state of New Hampshire, 
the father being a farmer.  They came to Trempealeau County at an early 
date, Mr. Hoyt homesteading land on Decorah Prairie, where he was engaged in 
farming until his death in 1902.  He served as township assessor for a 
number of years and also did good work as a member of the school board, 
taking a warm interest in the cause of education.  His wife died Dec. 24, 
1904.  Of their six children Mrs. Uhl was the youngest.  The home life of 
Mr. and Mrs. Uhl has been enlarged and brightened by the birth of four 
children:  Allan Philip, now a student at the State University at Madison; 
Arthur Hoyt, who is in his fourth year at Galesville high school; Anna 
Lucile, also attending the high school, and Isabelle Rose.  Mr. Uhl is just 
completing a fine new residence, modern in every way. 

--From the "History of Trempealeau County Wisconsin, 1917," pages 505 - 506.