BIOGRAPHIES:   William J. WEBB, Whitehall, Trempealeau Co., WI

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William J. Webb, who is conducting a successful lumber business in Whitehall, 
was born in Dane County, Wisconsin, July 7, 1859, son of William and Adelaide 
J. (Warner) Webb.  The father, who was born in Vermont in 1808, was a 
contractor and builder by occupation, and during his residence in Dane County 
helped to build the state capitol.  In 1874 he came to Trempealeau County and 
settled on a farm two miles north of Whitehall, where he died in 1876.  His 
wife, who was born in 1835, is now living in Whitehall.  William J. Webb was 
educated in the public schools of Black Earth, and in 1889 engaged in the 
hardware business in Whitehall.  He was thus occupied until 1891, in which 
year he bought the lumber yard of T. H. Earle here and has since been 
proprietor of the business.  He is also a stockholder and director in the 
concern of John O. Melby & Co., the Bank of Whitehall and a stockholder in the 
Peoples State Bank of Whitehall.  Fraternally he belongs to the Independent 
Order of Odd Fellows.  June 1, 1886, Mr. Webb was united in marriage to Ella 
N. Lake, daughter of Thomas and Mary J. (Carpenter) Lake.  Her father was a 
pioneer of Preston Township, where for a number of years he was engaged in 
farming.  Mr. and Mrs. Webb have one child, Archie, who was born May 7, 1888.  
He was graduated at Brown University in the class of 1907, and subsequently 
engaged in the bond and investment business with Councilman & Co., of 112 W. 
Adams street, Chicago.  He has been very successful in business.

-Transcribed from the "History of Trempealeau County Wisconsin, 1917," 
pages 551-552.


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