Message #: |
694 |
Date Posted: |
11-01-2001 |
Bio: |
Homsted, Gus. (History - 1840) |
Contact: |
Janet |
Email: |
stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org |
Surnames: |
HOMSTED |
----Source: 1881 HISTORY OF NORTHERN WI,
Chicago: The Western Historical Company, A. T. Andreas, Proprietor
(grammar as is), Pg. 577
GUS. HOMSTED, proprietor of the Forrest
House, Unity. Born in Maine July 11, 1840. His parents came to
Pennsylvania in 1852, and to Wausau in 1854. He went to Stevens
Point, where he learned the druggist's business. In 1861, he
enlisted in the Navy went to Boston and was transferred to the 2nd
Me. Cav. returned to Stevens Point in 1866 and soon after took a
homestead in town of Holton. After clearing twelve acres and
building, he went to Colby and run the Colby House then came to
Unity and on Aug. 3, 1880, took the Forrest House. In 1880, he
married Miss Eva Ferguson, of Colby. He has been in most of town
offices, and is now Town Clerk and Justice. He belongs to the A. F.
A. M., of Colby, and the R. A. M. of Stevens Point.
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