Obit: McIndoe, Walter D. (1819 - 1872)
Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: McIndoe, Nanchett, Taylor, Fremont, Lincoln, Grant

----Source: The History of Northern Wisconsin, Marathon County, Wis. (1881) page 555

McIndoe, Walter D. (28 Mar. 1819 - 22 Aug. 1872)

Walter D. McIndoe, deceased, Wausau. Mr. McIndoe went to Wausau, Wis., in August, 1845, and, taking some merchandise with him, expecting to deal in cranberries, and calculating to put them on rafts and run them to market by the river. He went to Wausau again in 1846, with some goods, as before. This time he bought a saw-mill of Messrs. Boswell & Coleman, and engaged in the lumber and mercantile business. Mrs. McIndoe came Aug. 1, 1847. He was engaged in the lumber and mercantile business until 1872. He was a member of the Legislature in 1850, 1854 and 1855. Prior to this, in 1852, he was appointed by the large land owners in that part of the State, to go to Washington and labor for their interests. he continued in the Legislature, as lobbyist, until 1863. Then he was elected as Representative to Congress, to succeed Mr. Luther Hanchett, who died before the expiration of his term of office. Mr. McIndoe was afterward elected for the two succeeding terms, after serving out the unexpired term of Mr. Hanchett. He was Presidential Elector in 1856, 1860 and 1872, casting his vote, on these several occasions, for John C. Fremont, Abraham Lincoln and U. S. Grant. He was also elected as delegate to the National Convention at Philadelphia, Pa., at the second nomination of U. S. Grant. His health had been failing for some time previous, and he never recovered. He returned to his home June 20, and died Aug. 22, 1872. He was a man who was universally esteemed for his kindness of heart, straightforwardness in life, and his superior ability in business matters, and the citizens of Wausau felt deeply their loss. He was born in Dunbartonshire, Scotland, March 28, 1819, and came to America in 1837. He was married Feb. 20, 1845, at St. Louis, Mo., to Miss Catharine H. Taylor. She was born in Stafford Co., Va., July 11, 1826. Mrs. McIndoe's parents were Virginians by birth, and quite prominent in the early history of that State.