- W. N. VAN MATRE, dealer in sewing machines and sewing-machine
parts, Allen's block,
- School street; was born on June 29, 1851, in Oneco Township,
Stephenson Co., Ill., where he engaged in farming; from Oneco
he removed to Monroe, Ill., where he attended school and afterward
traveled for the Remington Sewing Machine Co. for one year, then
went to Iowa and Ottawa, Ill., in the interest of the Singer
Sewing Machine; then returned to Monroe and engaged in the business
of repairing sewing machines; from Monroe he removed to Beloit
and engaged in same business until September, 1878, when he obtained
the agency of the following companies: The New Home, Singer,
Wheeler & Wilson No. 8, Wilson and Howe; this business he
is now carrying on with success, selling on an average twenty
machines per month. Mr. VAN MATRE married, Sept. 1, 1872, Minnie
SWEELEY, of Winslow, Stephenson Co., Ill.; has one child - Maud.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 768.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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