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Surnames: Carrier, Powers
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From "History of Grant County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 928.
TOWN OF BOSCOBEL
T. CARRIER, firm of Carrier & Co., hardware; born in Chittenden Co., Vt.; when a boy
he came with his father to Ohio; October, 1848, came to Jefferson Co., Wis.; here he
followed the wagon-making business for five years; in 1854 came to Grant Co., engaged in
farming about four years; in 1858 came to Boscobel, started a wagon-shop which he
afterward traded for a hotel, run it about eleven years; was elected Sheriff in 1853,
served two years; in 1875, he established the present business; has been Chairman and
President of the City Board. Married, in 1852, to Amelia Powers; she was born in Gardner,
Me.; they have three daughters.
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