History of Langlade County, Wisconsin, 
from U. S. Gov't Survey to Present Time, with Biographical Sketches
Dessureau. Antigo, WI: Berner Brothers, 1922, p 317
Submitted by Cathy Kubly

NOTE: A line is missing in the BIO, but if this is your family, you can locate the original source book for the complete record!

E. J. BYRNE, prominent Antigo [Langlade County, Wisconsin] dairyman, was born in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, 05 July 1888, the son of Hugh and Margaret BYRNE.  For the first thirteen years of his life he lived in Manitowoc County, attending rural school there.  In 1901 the BYRNE family moved to Antigo.  Here Mr. [E. J.] BYRNE engaged in the grocery business for seven years, after which he inaugurated the Antigo Dairy, a model institution of its kind.  With him in the conduct of the Antigo Dairy since 1915 has been Hugh BYRNE, a brother.

E. J. BYRNE was united in marriage on 15 June 1914 to Mary RILEY, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. RILEY, well-known Antigo citizens.  To the union of E. J. and Mary (RILEY) BYRNE one child, Robert, was born.

Mr. BYRNE is a member of Antigo Council No. 1002, Knights of Columbus, of which order he is a fourth degree member. and he is a member of the Fraternal Reserve Association.  The BYRNE residence is at 217 Lincoln Street.  The family attends St. John's Catholic Church of Antigo.  [An article in the 19 June 1934 "Antigo Daily Journal" about the silver anniversary of the ordination of Father SAILE, St. John the Evangelist Church, mentions a Robert and an Ed BYRNE taking part in the procession.]  

The BYRNE family is one that has long enjoyed the friendship and high regard of the best people of the community, which has been their home so many years, and they are in every detail worthy of the respected place they occupy in popular esteem and confidence.