George Quackenbush
GEORGE QUACKENBUSH, farmer, Sec. 26, P. O. Whitehall, was born in Washington Co., N. Y., May 4, 1830. Came with his parents to Wisconsin in 1842, where they commenced farming in Waukesha County. They remained there until 1855, at which time they moved to Black River Falls. Here he engaged in the lumber business in a mill owned by J. B. Mills. In 1862, he enlisted in Co. C, 19th W. V. I. and served one year, when he was discharged on account of sickness and returned home Jan. 9, 1863. He reenlisted in Co. D, 25th W. V. I. and served two years more, when he returned home and worked at lumbering for three years at Pine Hill. He then came to Trempealeau County, where he bought a farm in the town of Hale. He remained here four years and then came to Whitehall. He now owns 160 acres of good farm land in sight of the village of Whitehall. He is a member of Trempealeau Valley Lodge, No. 249, I. O. O. F.; was married July 4, 1863, to Miss Josephine Boyce, who is a native of Dutchess Co., N. Y. She was born Aug. 17, 1845. They have four children, Emma, Charles, Luther H. and Ester.
(Transcribed from the "History of Northern Wisconsin [1881]", Western Historical Co., Chicago, Ill.)
(Transcribed from the "History of Northern Wisconsin [1881]", Western Historical Co., Chicago, Ill.)