Bio: Welland, Samuel (1881)
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Surnames: Welland, Humphrey

----Source: The History of Northern Wisconsin (Marathon County, Wis.) 1881, page 572

SAMUEL WELLAND, dealer in dry goods and groceries also, Postmaster. He came with his parents from New York City and settled in Knowlton, Wis., October, 1858. Mr. Samuel Welland was then fourteen years of age, and he remembers well the complete wilderness in which they had taken up their home. His father followed the business of bank note engraver, previous to going West. On his arrival he began the lumber business, building a saw-mill, and after his sons reached maturity they took charge of the business. The father was born in Woodstock, England, in 1805. He died July 4, 1871. Mr. Samuel Welland was born in Bellville, N. J. He was married at Wausau, Wis., in 1871. His wife's maiden name was Eveline J. Humphrey; she was born in Eldred, Pa., November, 1850. They have six children, whose names are — Thomas H., Maryette, Joseph, Margarette, Alicia, Coral Welland.