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

Reedsburg:

S. J. Dearholt, merchant, Reedsburg, Wis., he was born in Westfield, Morrow Co., Ohio, Feb. 18, 1844; he came to Ironton, Wis., with his parents, and was on a farm there about four years; then removed to the town of Westfield, Wis., where he lived for about five years; he then removed to Reedsburg, and from 1867 to 1869, was raising hops near town, and running a blacksmith shop in the village; in 1869, Mr. D. began mercantile business at Swede Point, Iowa, where he remained for two years, and then located, in the same business at Reedsburg in the spring of 1871. He was married, Dec. 29, 1865, to Miss Adelaide Mackey; his wife was born in Albany Co., N.Y., July 12, 1845; they have two children - Lee, born Sept. 29, 1869, and Hoyt, born March 2, 1879.

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