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

Bear Creek:

William Larkin, farmer, Sec. 9; P. O. Spring Green; was born in Kings Co., Ireland, in 1828; he came to Wisconsin in 1851, and settled in the town of Bear Creek, Sauk Co., in 1857. He has been married twice--his first wife, Margaret Faighety, died in Iowa Co., Wis.; his present wife was Electa A. Stratton, a native of the State of New York; her father, Alfred Stratton, was a pioneer settler of Bear Creek, and she taught the first school in that town; M. Larkin’s children are Eliza C., wife of John Morgan, of this town; Adda, Clarvina, Bertha, Lucy and Katie. During the war of the rebellion, Mr. Larkin enlisted in Co. E 49th W. V. I.; he was in active service and was honorably discharged. He has filled various local offices, and is at present writing Justice of the Peace. He owns a pleasantly located and valuable farm.

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