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

Baraboo:

C. A. Langdon, dealer in lumber, lath, shingles, pickets, sash, doors and blinds, also building paper, on Bridge street, Baraboo; he was born Jan. 11, 1843, in Franklin Co., N.Y.; came to Baraboo June 26, 1856. Enlisted in Co. F, 23rd W.V.I. and served nearly three years; was in the battle at Yazoo Swamp and others; from 1868 to 1873, was building railroads in Minnesota and Iowa; in February, 1875, started in the lumber business. He was married, September, 1866, to Miss Nellie Burnham; she was born in the State of New York; they have three children - Wm. M., Emma L. and Dora.

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