Bio: Mosher, Thomas O. (History - 1852)
Contact: Janet Schwarze
Surnames: MOSHER FULLMER
----Source: 1891 Bio.
Hist. Of Clark Jackson Co., Wisconsin, pg. 204:
THOMAS O. MOSHER, a dealer in hardware, stoves, tin ware and
farm implements, of Thorp, Clark County, was born in Merricksville,
Ontario, May 27, 1852, the son of Aaron Mosher, of Bangor, La
Crosse County, Wisconsin, where he settled in 1857. He was a farmer
nearly all his life, but is now retired. Thomas O. was reared on a
farm, educated in the common schools, and was engaged in farm work
until twenty-nine years old. In 1881 he came to Thorp, where he
built a store and engaged in his present business. He carried a
capital stock of $3,000, his annual sales being about $12,000,
which is constantly increasing. He keeps a tinner, who is also a
clerk in the store. The past season he sold forty spring-tooth
harrows, and also wagons, carriages and cutters. Mr. Mosher was
Town Clerk of Thorp five years, and also held the office of Notary
Public, Justice of the Peace and School Director all in one year,
and at the same time conducted a barber shop. He is Recording
Secretary of the I.O.O.F. Lodge.
He was married December 7, 1881, to Eva Fullmer, a native of
Ontario, Canada, but was taken to the State of Wisconsin when
small, where she remained until the age of fourteen years, when
they came to this county. She is a daughter of David Fullmer of
Loyal, this county. Politically Mr. Mosher is a Republican.
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Hardware Store of Thomas O. Mosher. The above cut represents the front of the hardware store owned and run by T. O. Mosher, in the village of Thorp. He came to Clark County in 1882, and without any property to start with, he launched out in the hardware business. He now owns his store building, and has a large stock of hardware, and is doing a large business. He owns the building which is occupied as a millinery store in the village, some village lots and a farm near the village. He has recently purchased a fine large residence in the village. Mr. Mosher was born in Canada, in 1852, and came to LaCrosse, Wis., with his parents in 1857, and to his present home in 1882. He was married to Miss Eva Fullmer, of Loyal, Wis., in 1881. |
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