- PERRY C. WILDER, merchant, Evansville; born in Ohio Nov.
7, 1852; his father, the Rev.
- Calvin H. WILDER, removed with his family to Wisconsin in
1862, and was a minister of the Baptist Church in Lafayette Co.;
in 1868, he removed with his family to Evansville, Rock Co.,
where Perry C. entered the employ of WINSTON & Co., as book-keeper,
remaining in the employ of the firm until 1872, when he and Mr.
PULLEN, one of his employers, engaged in mercantile business
until the spring of 1878; in the fall of that year, Mr. WILDER
engaged in the grocery business, and in the spring of 1879, he
opened a livery and boarding stable, continuing, also his business
as grocer; he is enterprising and energetic, and will become
one of Evansville's prominent citizens.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 869.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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