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Rock County, Wisconsin

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"Wm. H. Van Hise"

WM. H. VAN HISE, merchant, Sec. 10; P.O. Union; born in Mercer Co., N.Y., Feb. 29, 1829;
he came to Wisconsin September, 1849, locating in Fulton Township, Rock Co., where he engaged in farming, which he continued until 1865, when he went into mercantile business in Milton; in 1868, he removed to Milton Junction, remaining in business there until 1870; then went to Evansville and carried on business at that place four years, removing then to Union, where he received an appointment as Postmaster, and has since continued in business at the latter place. He married, in Fulton Township, April 20, 1851, Miss Mary A. GOODRICH, a native of Maine; they have seven children.
 
Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis." (c)1879, p. 867.
 
Courtesy of Carol

This page last updated June 8, 2002
 
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