Bio: McGilvray, William D. (1881)
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---Source: 1881 History of Northern Wisconsin, pg. 213.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF WILLIAM D. McGILVRAY

WILLIAM D. McGILVRAY, real estate dealer, Chippewa Falls, came to Wisconsin in 1851; he lived in Portage one year, and afterwards in Trempealeau until 1870, when he spent a year on the Pacific Coast, being most of the time in Washington Territory. He came to Chippewa Falls in 1872, and has dealt in lumber and real estate ever since. He was Register of Deeds from January, 1877, to January. 1881. He was born in Renfreu County, Ontario, Dec. 22. 1847, and married in Trempealeau, May 2, 1876, to Lucy E. Pierson, who was born in Ontario. They have one child—Donald A. Mr. McGilvray is a member of the A. F. & A. M.