, Clark County, Wisconsin History & Genealogy Records Leahy, John E. (1881), Marathon County, Wisconsin Biographical Records , Clark County, Wisconsin History & Genealogy Records

Bio: Leahy, John E. (1881)
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Surnames: Leahy, McCrossen

----Source: The History of Northern Wisconsin (Marathon County, Wis.) 1881, page 563

JOHN E. LEAHY, Mayor of Wausau, now serving his third term, was born in Dover, N.H., Feb. 15, 1842. He, with his parents, settled near Waterloo, in 1849. During that time he attended the State University, at Madison, for five years. When the war broke out, he enlisted in Co. E, Regt., Wis. I.V., and was elected first lieutenant of the company. He was promoted to the captaincy of the same company before the close of the war, and was mustered out, in Texas, in the Spring of 1866. He intended to remain in the South, and engage in the production of cotton, but, after living there a short time, he came home on a visit, where he met an old friend, who was engaged in the Wisconsin pineries. He visited that region, and finally moved to Stevens Point the same Spring. The following Fall he came to Wausau, where he engaged in the lumber business, which he has followed since. He was married, in Wausau, Dec. 31, 1872, to Mary D. McCrossen. She was born in New Brunswick, at Linfield, April 18, 1849.

 

 


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