Message #: |
706 |
Date Posted: |
11-01-2001 |
Bio: |
Miltmore, John A. (History 1849) |
Contact: |
Janet |
Email: |
stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org |
Surnames: |
MILTMORE CUSHING |
----Source: 1881 HISTORY OF NORTHERN WI,
Chicago: The Western Historical Company, A. T. Andreas, Proprietor
(grammar as is), Pg. 251
MILTIMORE BROTHERS, general merchandise,
Dorchester, was first established in 1876, by Dan O. Miltimore
afterwards it was Miltimore Eastwood, and , in 1878, the firm name
became what it now is, doing a business of $25,000 per year. John
A. Miltimore was born in Canada, Oct. 6, 1849, came West and
entered business with his brother in 1878. In December, 1880, he
married Miss Mary A. Cushing, of Portage. B. G. Miltimore was born
in Canada, near the Vermont line, Dec. 21, 1852, where he staid
till the family moved to Waushara Co., Wis., and , in 1870, went to
New York and attended commercial school at Lodi, then clerked for
S. O. Root, of the same place. He came to Dorchester in 1878, with
his brother. He bought out D. O. Miltimore Eastwood, and is now
Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, Notary Public and Postmaster.
His father was a soldier, and died in 1876, and the mother died in
1855, in Waushara Co., Wis.
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