- CHARLES H. WILDER, lumber dealer, Evansville; born April
12, 1824, in Wyoming Co., N.Y.;
- came to Wisconsin in the fall of 1858, located in Green Co.,
Wis., and engaged in farming; in 1865, removed to Evansville
and built a cheese-factory, one of the first in Rock Co.; in
1873, shipped cheese from this factory to Liverpool; in 1874,
shipped twenty-eight car-loads to England, and in 1875, shipped
forty car-loads. He married at Bennington, N.Y., March 22, 1849,
Annette NOYES, of Bennington, N.Y.; born Oct. 19, 1830, died
April 21, 1864. Married at Allen's Grove, Walworth Co., Wis.,
Jan. 24, 1867, Betsy A. LEE, of Genesee Co., N.Y.; in 1877, Mr.
WILDER sold his cheese business and purchased the lumber business
of FIFIELD & GOLD, at Evansville.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 868.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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