- JAMES W. LYMAN, the present clerk of Green county, and one
of the most popular official
- occupants of the court house at Monroe, Wis., is a native
of the county he is serving so well, and a fair representative
of the new generation that has come to take charge of the State
as the "old guard," the early settlers, fall away.
He is enterprising and intelligent, not afraid of a little trouble
to oblige a stranger, kind and courteous to all, and enjoys a
reputation for integrity and manliness that would be creditable
to any one.
- Mr. LYMAN was born in the town of Decatur, Green Co., Wis.,
Oct. 3, 1865, a son of George
- S. and Naomi (MITCHELL) LYMAN. His father was born on Long
Island, and his mother in Fayette county, Pennsylvania. They
were the parents of five children, two of whom are now living,
Louise, the wife of T. J. BLACKFORD, of Juda, Green county, Wis.,
and James W. The father was a tinner by trade and came to Wisconsin
about 1848 making his home in Monroe, where he followed his trade
for several years. Then he rented a farm, and cultivated the
soil in the town of Decatur until in 1870, when he bought a farm
of eighty-five acres in the town of Sylvester, one mile north
of Juda, and lived here until his death, in 1897, when sixty-three
years old. His wife died in 1878, and he then married Mrs. Eva
ANDREWS, by whom he had one son, Clark, who lives in Monroe,
as does also his widowed mother. The paternal grandfather of
James W. LYMAN bore the name of Ashley LYMAN; he was a native
of Northampton, N.H., of English descent, and passed his entire
life as a farmer, dying in early life, leaving one son, George
S.
- Abner MITCHELL, the father of Mrs. Naomi LYMAN, was a native
of Pennsylvania, of German
- descent, and he followed the occupation of farming. He was
one of the early settlers of Green county, locating in the town
of Spring Grove, where he took up land from the government, and
spent his life, dying on the old homestead on his eighty-fourth
birthday; he had been a prominent man in his active days, and
in 1854 had represented this district in the General Assembly,
and from time to time had filled various local offices. He became
thrifty farmer, and owned farming land in the towns of Sylvester,
Spring Grove and Decatur. In his family were nine children.
- James W. LYMAN was reared on his father's farm and received
his education in the district
- school and in the graded schools of Juda, and being a close
student, he became very well educated. Leaving school when strength
and age counseled the taking up of some life work, he took up
the trade of a carpenter, and followed it for some years. His
inclination led him to the South, and he spent seven years (1886-1892)
farming in Jefferson county, Florida. By this time he had seen
enough of the sunny South, and he was ready to come back to his
old home in Green county. This he did, and for two years worked
in and about Juda as a carpenter. He lived on the farm, and in
1898 he was elected county clerk, which position he holds at
the present time. Since his induction into office he and his
family live in Monroe.
- On April 22, 1896, Mr. LYMAN wedded Miss Louise MITCHELL,
a daughter of Franklin and
- Jane (McVEAN) MITCHELL. Two children, Catharine Louise and
Naomi Jean, have gladdened their home. Both Mr. and Mrs. LYMAN
are members of the Baptist Church at Juda. He is an active worker
in the Sunday school, and takes a strong interest in everything
calculated to help the world, onward and upward. He holds membership
in the Modern Woodmen of America, and the Royal Arcanum, and
is a strong believer in fraternal insurance. He is a Republican
and served as assessor of Jefferson township two terms.
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- Taken from "Commemorative Biographical Record of
the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Wisconsin,"
(c)1901 Union Publishing; pp. 859-860.
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- Courtesy of Carol.
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