Eugene J. Kidder
E. J. KIDDER
WHITEHALL, Wis.—(Special) —Eugene J. Kidder, 87, former clerk of circuit court of Trempealeau county, died at his home in Whitehall at 7:30 a m., Thursday.
Born Feb. 11, 1859, at Sauk Prairie, Wis., the son of Pomeroy J. Kidder, Concord, Me., and the former Lucy Scott, Jefferson, N. Y., he was the seventh generation of the Kidder family in this country.
At the age of two, his family moved to Jackson county, where his father worked in the then thriving lumber industry. His father was later killed in an accident while working, and in 1863, the youth moved with his mother to Coral City, where he remained until he was 25.
He married the former Christina Harris in February, 1884, and they marked their 67th wedding anniversary Feb. 4 of this year.
For nine years, Kidder and his wife lived east of Whitehall, where he practiced barbering as well as farming.
In 1893, he moved to a new home on the south end of Main street in Whitehall where he lived for the rest of his life.
In 1903, he was elected clerk of circuit court, and he retired in 1932.
Survivors include his wife, one son, John, Garibaldi, Ore., and two daughters, Gladys of Milwaukee, and Mrs. Peter (Mary) Zeihlke, Medford, Wis. One brother, Walter, preceded him in death.
While working as clerk of court, Kidder traced his family tree as a hobby, and traced it far enough to discover himself a direct descendant of England’s King Edward, III.
(from the Thursday, Oct. 31, 1946, La Crosse (Wis.) Tribune.)
WHITEHALL, Wis.—(Special) —Eugene J. Kidder, 87, former clerk of circuit court of Trempealeau county, died at his home in Whitehall at 7:30 a m., Thursday.
Born Feb. 11, 1859, at Sauk Prairie, Wis., the son of Pomeroy J. Kidder, Concord, Me., and the former Lucy Scott, Jefferson, N. Y., he was the seventh generation of the Kidder family in this country.
At the age of two, his family moved to Jackson county, where his father worked in the then thriving lumber industry. His father was later killed in an accident while working, and in 1863, the youth moved with his mother to Coral City, where he remained until he was 25.
He married the former Christina Harris in February, 1884, and they marked their 67th wedding anniversary Feb. 4 of this year.
For nine years, Kidder and his wife lived east of Whitehall, where he practiced barbering as well as farming.
In 1893, he moved to a new home on the south end of Main street in Whitehall where he lived for the rest of his life.
In 1903, he was elected clerk of circuit court, and he retired in 1932.
Survivors include his wife, one son, John, Garibaldi, Ore., and two daughters, Gladys of Milwaukee, and Mrs. Peter (Mary) Zeihlke, Medford, Wis. One brother, Walter, preceded him in death.
While working as clerk of court, Kidder traced his family tree as a hobby, and traced it far enough to discover himself a direct descendant of England’s King Edward, III.
(from the Thursday, Oct. 31, 1946, La Crosse (Wis.) Tribune.)