Bio: Silverthorn, George (? - 1904)

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Surnames: Silverthorn, Plumer, Alderson, Fosnaugh

---Source: History of Marathon County Wisconsin and Representative Citizens, by Louis Marchetti, 1913.

---Silverthorn, George (?-8 June 1904)

GEORGE SILVERTHORN, a former well known citizen of Wausau, now deceased, was for many years one of the prominent business figures of Marathon County. His chief attention was given to banking and lumbering, but he became connected with various other interests as the city of Wausau, and the county generally, developed along its many lines of commercial and manufacturing activity. Possessing great business foresight, he had both the courage to enter untried fields and the dominant qualities which enabled him successfully to direct others.  

Mr. Silverthorn was born in Canada and came to Wisconsin when a boy about ten years old. Through practical experience in logging camps he acquired that thorough knowledge of lumber which afterwards proved one of his greatest business assets. One of the earliest banking firms of Wausau was that composed of George Silverthorn, W. C. Silverthorn and D. L. Plumer. At the time of the organization of the First National Bank at Wausau, George Silverthorn retired from his former firm as an official, retaining his stock, however, and becoming also a stockholder in the First National. Subsequently he disposed of all his banking interests and during the rest of his life devoted himself entirely to his large real estate and lumber interests. His death took place at Battle Creek, Mich., June 8, 1904, and his remains were brought back to Wausau for interment.  

Mr. Silverthorn on a return visit to Canada met Miss Mary A. Alderson, whom he married seven years later. She was born near Toronto, Canada, and was reared and educated in the Dominion. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Silverthorn came directly to Wausau, and this city has been Mrs. Silverthorn's home ever since. She is widely known both in social and charitable circles and is very sincerely esteemed. To Mr. and Mrs. Silverthorn two children were born, a son, George Thomas, who died in infancy, and a daughter, Caroline Sarah, who is the wife of I. E. Fosnaugh, and resides at Clinton, Ill. Mr. and Mrs. Fosnaugh have three children: George A., Irvin S. and Dorothy Jean.  

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