Bio: Connor, John (1881)
Contact: Janet Schwarze
Surnames: Connor, Thompson, Prentice
----Source: History of Northern Wis. (Wood County, Wis.) 1881, page 1214
JOHN CONNOR, lumberman and merchant, Auburndale, son of William and Margaret {nee Prentice) Connor, was born Feb. 29, 1844, at Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland. His father moved to Stratford, Canada, in 1855. In 1873, John, in partnership with his brothers Robert and James, came to Wood Co., Wis., founded Auburndale, and built there mills, store, hotel and dwellings, and settled there with their families. John Connor was married, Oct. 10, l869, to Miss Maria Thompson, of Richmond Hill, Ontario. They have six children — James, Mary, Elizabeth, Robert, Charles and Franklin W. Mr. Connor is Supervisor, to represent the village of Auburndale in the County Board.
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