Message #:

706

Date Posted:

11-01-2001

Bio:

Miltmore, John A. (History 1849)

Contact:

Janet

Email:

stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames:

MILTMORE CUSHING

 

----Source: 1881 HISTORY OF NORTHERN WI, Chicago: The Western Historical Company, A. T. Andreas, Proprietor (grammar as is), Pg. 251

MILTIMORE BROTHERS, general merchandise, Dorchester, was first established in 1876, by Dan O. Miltimore afterwards it was Miltimore Eastwood, and , in 1878, the firm name became what it now is, doing a business of $25,000 per year. John A. Miltimore was born in Canada, Oct. 6, 1849, came West and entered business with his brother in 1878. In December, 1880, he married Miss Mary A. Cushing, of Portage. B. G. Miltimore was born in Canada, near the Vermont line, Dec. 21, 1852, where he staid till the family moved to Waushara Co., Wis., and , in 1870, went to New York and attended commercial school at Lodi, then clerked for S. O. Root, of the same place. He came to Dorchester in 1878, with his brother. He bought out D. O. Miltimore Eastwood, and is now Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, Notary Public and Postmaster. His father was a soldier, and died in 1876, and the mother died in 1855, in Waushara Co., Wis.

 

 


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