- E. F. VANDERLYN, a prosperous and extensive farmer and stock
grower of Rock County,
- residing on section 7, Clinton Township, is a native of the
Empire State, having been born in Spafford, Cortland County,
on the 7th day of January, 1845. He is a son of James VANDERLYN,
one of the early settlers of this county, whose sketch appears
on another page of this volume. He resided in his native State
until three years of age, when his parents removed to the West,
making their home in the town of Clinton. He received excellent
education advantages, his early education being received in the
common schools, and later pursuing a partial course in the Wayland
University at Beaver Dam, which was supplemented by a commercial
course at Eastman's Business College, a celebrated institution
at Poughkeepsie, N.Y. For a short time after leaving school he
was connected with the American Express Company at Clinton, but
his father meeting with an accident, he was called to the farm,
of which he has since had charge. It is the same one on which
his parents lived after their arrival in this county. It is well
stocked with a fine grade of horses, cattle and hogs, and the
entire surroundings indicate the owner to be a man of thrift.
He is energetic and enterprising and of a practical turn of mind,
which qualities, combined with his natural business ability,
insure his successes in every undertaking.
- In 1868, Mr. VANDERLYN was united in marriage with Miss Mary
MINER, a daughter of Joel
- MINER, and by their union one child was born, Bercia. Mr.
and Mrs. VANDERLYN are well known throughout the county, in which
for so many years they have made their home, and are held in
the highest regard by their many friends.
-
- Taken from "The Portrait and Biographical Album of
Rock County, Wis." (c)1889, pp. 889-890.
-
- Courtesy of Carol
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