- EDWARD DEVEREAUX, cheese manufacturer and farmer, Sec. 20;
P.O. Evansville; born in
- Windsor Co., N.Y., Aug. 18, 1830; he came to Wisconsin in
July, 1850, and engaged in the manufacture of vinegar, at Milwaukee,
and in the lumber business with is father and brother; in 1853,
removed to Ohio, for a short time, returning to Union and engaged
in farming; in 1861, he went to Rome, N.Y., remaining for a year,
in vinegar business; in the fall of 1862, returned to Union,
and resumed farming; in 1867, he established a cheese factory
in Green Co.; in the fall of 1868, he established a cheese factory
in Union, which he has found necessary to enlarge at intervals,
owing to increase of business. He married, at Fairport, Ohio,
Sept. 29, 1853, Miss Eva W. WHALEY, a native of Ohio; has six
children living, lost two - Mary V., born June 11, 1854, died
Feb. 2, 1856; Theodore G., born April 25, 1858; Harry C., Feb.
13, 1863; Clara P., March 10, 1864, died March 7, 1865; Lulu
B., born Jan. 31, 1866; Charles C., Feb. 26, 1868; Claudia H.,
April 3, 1870; Kittie D., Dec. 21, 1873; he is the owner of 110
acres of land.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 863.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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