- WILLIAM J. LATHERS, one of Rock county's native sons and
most successful farmers, belongs
- to that class of men whose success has been attained as a
result of hard and faithful work in the line of his chosen calling.
Reared on a farm from his birth, he is in the fullest sense a
practical farmer who has learned from his years of experience
the secrets of success. A son of John W. and Angelina (BECKWITH)
LATHERS, he was born on the family homestead in Turtle township
in 1859. His father, who now (1907) lives in retirement from
active work, is of German descent, while the mother, who died
in 1903, was of English lineage.
- Our subject received a good common school education in the
district schools of the neighborhood,
- and also pursued a course of study at a business college
in Milwaukee. Thus equipped with a good practical education and
the knowledge gained from his boyhood experiences on his father's
farm, Mr. LATHERS, after starting life on his own account, was
able to grasp and make the most of his opportunities and win
a degree of success in which any man might take just pride. Of
his 358 acres of fine land favorably situated in the garden spot
of Wisconsin, 300 acres are under a high state of cultivation
and well improved with good buildings and all the necessary accompaniments
of an up-to-date farm. While carrying on general farming in all
its various branches, Mr. LATHERS has devoted special attention
to the breeding of fine stock, Hereford cattle, Percheron horses,
high-grade hogs, etc. Mr. LATHERS has never found time or had
inclination for matters outside of his legitimate pursuits. He
is a Democrat in political sentiment, but takes no part in political
matters more than to perform his duties as a good citizen.
- In religious faith he is a Roman Catholic.
- In 1890 Mr. LATHERS married Miss Lena, daughter of Fred and
Elizabeth (KNIPSCHILD)
- ROSELING, whose families were early settlers of Wisconsin.
Surrounded by their family of five children, John, Eugene, Clara,
William and Helena (their second child, Fred, is deceased), Mr.
and Mrs. LATHERS live in the full enjoyment of domestic comfort
and happiness and the well-earned esteem of a wide circle of
friends.
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- Taken from "Rock County, Wis." by William Fiske
Brown, (c)1908, pp. 964-965.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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