Biography extracted from History of Sauk County, Wisconsin Chicago: Western Historical Company, published 1880.

Bear Creek:

Andrew Dwyer, farmer, Sec. 15; P. o. White Mound; was born in County Clare, Ireland; he came to this country in 1852, and lived in the States of New York and Ohio until his coming to Wisconsin in 1854, locating in the town of Delafield, Waukesha Co.; he afterward moved to Pewaukee, where he was railroad agent for four years; in 1866, he came to Bear Creek, Sauk Co., where he has since lived. He married, in Akron, Ohio, Miss Catharine Dwyer; they have eight children--James, William, Thomas, John, Annie, Bridget M., Mary A. and Andrew. Mr. Dwyer owns 220 acres of well-improved land. He is the present Chairman of the Town Board of Supervisors, and was Town Treasurer four years and clerk five years.

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