- A. M. EIDSMORE holds an enviable position as a capable and
progressive young farmer in the
- town of York, Green county, where he resides on his handsome
and well appointed farm. The place comprises 162 acres in Sections
10 and 15, six miles east of Blanchardville.
- M. O. and Anna (HELLAND) EIDSMORE, his parents, were born
in Norway, and came to
- Dane county, Wis., in 1855. Two years later they removed
to the farm in the town of York where their son A. M. is now
found. They had the following children: O. M., a public school
teacher of Dane county, married Mary HELLAND; G. O. is deceased;
Julia is the wife of a Mr. PETERSON, formerly of the town of
Moscow, Iowa county, now of Wausau, Wis.; M. M. is in the town
of Moscow, Iowa county; A. M., whose name appears above, is our
subject proper. M. O. EIDSMORE is now living in the town of Moscow
at the age of seventy-eight years; his wife is six years younger.
They came to this country very poor, but they prospered, and
at one time owned over 200 acres of land. Mr. EIDSMORE was a
soldier in his home country, and in 1861, when the first call
for troops was made, he was the first man in his town to enlist,
becoming a member of Company I, 15th Wis. V.I. serving throughout
the war, and being mustered out in 1865. In politics he is a
Democrat, and in religion a member of the Lutheran Church.
- A. M. EIDSMORE, whose career is the theme of this writing,
was born Dec. 15, 1863, and was reared on the farm in York township,
receiving his education in the local schools. Mr. EIDSMORE was
married Oct. 12, 1889, to Miss Caroline RYER, whose parents,
Andrew and Mary RYER, were natives of Norway, and were numbered
among the earliest settlers of Green county. To this union were
born: Paul G., July 14, 1890; Merton W., Aug. 21, 1892; Hector
L., April 14, 1895; Constance A., July 19, 1897; Florence L.,
June 20, 1899. Mrs. EIDSMORE was born March 25, 1869, one of
a family of six children: Mary, the wife of William IVEY, of
the town of Moscow; Sarah, the wife of Andrew RYE, of Minnesota;
Isabella; Amelia, and Ella, all three unmarried; and Caroline,
Mrs. EIDSMORE.
- Mr. EIDSMORE is one of the leading men in his town where
he takes a prominent part in the
- councils of the Democratic party, having been member of the
Democratic county committee, and national precinct representative.
He has served on the town board, has been judge of elections,
school director, and justice of the peace, and in the campaign
of 1898 was a candidate on the Democratic ticket for the position
of register of deeds in Green county. Mr. EIDSMORE owes his present
comfortable condition to his own exertions, as he had to depend
on himself when he began life. He now owns a fine place, supplied
with all the modern requisites for profitable farming. Devoting
his farm to general purposes, he yet gives special attention
to dairying, and is the president of a cooperative cheese company,
whose factory is on his farm.
- In his religious affiliations Mr. EIDSMORE is a member of
the Lutheran Church, and in his career
- exemplifies the influence of a high moral character and strong
convictions. In every walk of his active and useful life he has
proved himself genuine and upright. In his domestic relations
he is a good husband and a kind father, and in the community
he is a broad and progressive man, standing for the best ideals
of American citizenship, and giving his influence to measures
and enterprises that look to the public good.
-
- Taken from "Commemorative Biographical Record of
the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Wisconsin,"
(c)1901 Union Publishing; pp. 747-748.
-
- Courtesy of Carol.
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