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LAIRD, Alexander, who has been
closely identified with the agricultural interests of Outagamie
county for a number of years, is now living retired on his fine
farm in Ellington township, which is being operated by his son.
He was born January 11, 1840, near Belfast, Ireland and received
his education in that vicinity, although he had to leave school
at the age of 14 years to take charge of the home farm, his
father, William Laird, having died. When he was 17 years of age
he left the Emerald Isle and came to the United States with his
mother, brother and sisters, and from Fond du Lac, at which city
the road stopped, the little party walked to Ellington township.
The mother purchased land in Bovina township, Outagamie county
and Mr. Laird worked on that property for 12 years. In 1868, Mr.
Laird returned to Ireland, where he was married to Agnes Jamison,
a native of that country and on their return to the United States
they settled on Mr. Laird's present home in Ellington township.
For many years Mr. Laird was engaged in mixed farming and
dairying, but he has now given up active work and is living a
quiet life, enjoying the fruits of his early labors. He has lived
to see the country grow from a vast stretch of wilderness to a
flourishing, prosperous country, and his own farm develop from so
many acres of heavy timber to one of the finest farming lands in
Ellington township. In 1906 he erected the present handsome
residence and other good buildings that grace this tract. Mr.
Laird has been a memebr of the township board for several terms.
He and Mrs. Laird are consistent members of the Congretional
Church, and have been the parents of seven children, namely:
Elizabeth, Agnes, William L., Letta, John, Alexander and
Katherine. Alexander Laird is now operating the old farmstead.
Source: "History of Outagamie County."
Picture is
of William Lamure.
LAMURE, Joseph, was born
in Canada; he came to Green Bay in 1815; came to this county July
15, 1839 and settled on the south 1/2 of lots 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 in
section 24; T. 21, R. 18 in Buchanan; was married in 1825 to Jane
Derochier; they have had four children; two sons and two
daughters. Their daughter Mary, married Michael Chevier. They
settled just over the county line on section 1 in Harrison. Mr.
Chevier died March 27, 1886; Mrs. Chevier died March 6, 1887.
They leave four surviving children, two sons and two daughters.
The two sons are Frank and Emery. The daughters married brothers
named Hartsheim. William Lamure was born in Green Bay October 22,
1829; was married October 4, 1852 to Mary Louisa Porlier; they
have had seven children, four sons and three daughters. First
son, James W. Lamure born February 24, 1865. He practiced law in
Chicago. Second son, Joseph Lamure born March 1, 1871. Third son
Charles L. Lamure, born November 12, 1875. Fourth son, William R.H.
Lamure, September 13, 1881. Their daughter Maggie M. Lamure born
October 22, 1865 married to Mratin Speel November 28, 1882; they
have three children. Hattie A. Lamure born February 2, 1863,
married M.J. Farrell October 18, 1829 they have one child. Maria
M. Lamure born November 28, 1873, unmarried lives at home. Jennie
Lamure born November 1855 was married on December 18, 1882 to H.A.
Decamp. Jennie died in the fall of 1888 and left two children.
William Lamure now lives on Section 35 in Buchanan; has been
supervisor of the town 21 years, served one term in the state
legislature and is now a prominent citizen of the town.
Resolutions of regret were passed by the students and faculty of
Kent College of Law on the death of Professor W. Lamure, who was
a member of the faculty of that college. He died at Kaukauna,
February 22 after an illness of two months.Taken from The
Outagamie County Pioneer Record
LAWE,
George was born in Green Bay September 13,
1810; he settled in Kaukauna in 1839; his father John Lawe came
from England and settled at Green Bay in 1797; George Lawe was
married to Catherine A. Mead of Pennsylvania on March 25, 1835;
they have one son and one daughter. The son, John D. Lawe, born
September 17, 1837 was married to Mary Chapman; they have one son.
Their daughter, Amanda Lawe was married to Captain D.J. Brothers
in 1861; they have no children. Mr. Lawe at various times
occupied positions of trust and responsibility under the United
States and the state and has always discharged these trusts so as
to gain the confidence of the entire community. In 1843 he was
commissioned as Indian agent by President W.H. Harrison. He held
this office, except for one short interval, untill 1852 and
always discharged his dutites acceptably to both government and
Indians. In 1849 he was appointed postmaster, but his duties as
agent proving too arduous to admit of the double burden, he
resigned. In 1878, he was again appointed postmaster and served
until Cleveland's administratoin. He is now in his 89th year,
hale and hearty, lives at Kaukauna and claims to be the oldest
living Badger in Wisconsin. He was born in this state in 1810.
Taken from The Outagamie County Pioneer Record.
LaMERES,
William is a native of Illinois and was born
in Cook County in February 12, 1857; came to this county with his
parents in the fall of 1855; was married November 17, 1879 to Ida
May Hogaboom who was born in Winnebago County October 4, 1857.
Their children are Ida May, Earl Richard, Glen Williams, Jay,
Vane, Ruth. Business: real estate and fire insurance. Residence:
No. 9 Silver Street.Taken from The Outagamie County Pioneer
Record.
LEITH, Cora A. was born in
the year 1862. Taken from The Outagamie County Pioneer Record.
LENNON, James was born in
Ireland in 1838 and when 11 years old he came to this country and
settled in Outagamie County in 1852, where he has since made his
home. He served in the Federal army for four years. He married
Catherine Bellew in 1855. Children, Mary A. born in 1856; Maggie
born in 1858; Rose born in 1860; James born in 1862; John H. born
in 1866; George E. born in 1868; William P. born in 1870;
Catherine S. born in 1872; Lallie M. born in 1874; Lizzie L. born
in 1876; Frank M. born in 1879. Occupation: Justice of the Peace
in the City of Appleton.Taken from The Outagamie County Pioneer
Record.
LITE, Edward was born in
1832 and came to this county in 1855 and died in the year 1898.
Mrs. Louisa Lite was born in 1837 and came to this county in 1855.Taken
from The Outagamie County Pioneer Record.
LEONHARDT, Peter is a native
of this state and was born in 1854 Waukesha County; came to
Appleton in 1876 and married Elizabeth Bauer in 1885. He opened a
dry goods and grocery store on the corner of College Avenue and
State street; retired from that business in 1894 and the
following year engaged in the wood and coal business on the
corner of College Avenue and Cherry Street. Residence, 531 Cherry
Street. Children: Frances, April 18, 1882; Alice, February 1887,
died in 1895; Hugo, May 8, 1889; died in 1897; Oscar September 18,
1891; Henry, July 12, 1893; Arthur, September 24, 1895.Taken from
The Outagamie County Pioneer Record.
LORD, O.G. born in
the State of Maine, December 1, 1845 and came to this state in
September 1871 and married Clara D. Lougee of Maine in 1870. She
died in 1872. His second wife was Mrs. Sarah E. Clark, who he
married in 1876. They have one daughter, Laura. Taken from The
Outagamie County Pioneer Record.
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