Bio: |
Ure, John (History - 1852) |
contact: |
Janet |
Email: |
stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org |
Surnames: |
URE RAY MAHN |
----Source: 1918 History of Clark County, Wisconsin, pg. 167 - 168.
Mr. & Mrs. George Ure
John Ure--Nettie Ure
JOHN URE, proprietor of a flourishing farm in
Section 6, Lynn Township, was born in Cairnshore, Scotland, Jan.
29, 1852, son of George and Ellen (Ray )Ure. . His parents settled
in Lynn Township in 1861, coming here from Chicago, where they had
resided for a few years previously. He was reared on the home farm
and acquired the elements of knowledge in the log schoolhouse of
the vicinity, chopping wood to earn money to pay for his school
books. As he had to pay $3.00 for a book which could now be
procured for 40 cents, he probably took more care of them than the
average schoolboy does today. At the age of 14 he was already at
work in the lumber camps, alternating that kind of labor with work
on the farm. June 30, 1887, he was married to Mary Mahn, who was
born March 12, 1869, in Wisconsin, her father, a native of Germany,
being at the time of her marriage a resident of Lynn Township. Mr.
Ure, with the aid of his wife, developed the farm on which he -now
resides, and upon which he has spent his life being active in its
management from the age of 18.
In early days he kept sheep, his wife and daughters carding and
spinning the wool, but he gave up sheep raising years ago. He now
raises full blooded Holstein cattle and Norman horses. He also
grows some fruit for his own use. Aside from his farming interests
he is a stockholder in the Farmers State Bank at Granton and in the
First National Bank of Neillsville. His wife died May 13, 1906. She
left four sons and three daughters, the youngest being only six
days old at the time of her death. These children are: Roy, now a
farmer in Fremont Township Edward, also a farmer in that township
Robert, on the home farm, and connected with sawmill and threshing
work and John, Mamie, Gladys and Mary who reside at home. Mr. Ure
is now one of the well to do farmers of Lynn Township, having 280
acres in one piece. His barn is 40 by 98 feet in size, with an ell,
40 by 56 feet, his silo being 12 by 30 feet. The main part of the
barn was originally 40 by 56 feet, but upon its being damaged by a
fire, he rebuilt it, enlarging it to its present dimensions. In
glancing over his family history it is interesting to note that he
was born in the same house in Scotland as his father, grandfather
and great grandfather, all of whom were machinists. All of them but
him were also violinists.
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