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"Edward Devereaux"

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.
 
Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis." (c)1879, p. 863.
 
Courtesy of Carol

This page last updated June 8, 2002
 
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