Bio: Thayer, P. A. (1881) 
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Surnames: Thayer, Boynton, Parker

----Source: The History of Northern Wisconsin (Marathon County, Wis.) 1881, page 575

P. A. THAYER, merchant and lumberman, Spencer. Born in Jefferson Co., N. Y., Dec. 10, 1835. Upon first coming to Wisconsin, he went to Green Lake County, and commenced business with E. J. Boynton. He afterward came to Marathon County, where he opened a mercantile store in 1877, and a mill in 1881. This mill has a capacity of 40,000 feet of lumber and 35,000 shingles. On the forty acres he owns in Marathon County, he has platted village lots, and called it Thayers. He was drafted into the army during the late war, but was exempted. He married Miss Elizabeth Parker, of Jefferson Co., N. Y. They have two children, Mary and Sarah. Mr. Thayer was Supervisor of Spencer in 1880, and organized the Spencer Cornet Band in 1879.