Bio: Harrington, L. J.

Surnames: HARRINGTON

----Source: ABBOTSFORD, WIS. CENTENNIAL BOOK - 1973

Harrington, L. J.

L. J. Harrington was born on a farm near Waupaca and moved his family to Abbotsford about 1905. He established the Fashion livery, having the best horse, buggies, and cutters, in which he took great pride.

A year later, he purchased a Ford car from the Wells & Chase agency at Dorchester, one of the first cars to be seen in this locality. His livery stable had its own water system, supplied by a fifty-barrel tank on the third floor of the building. One man was kept busy washing cars and buggies, as many of the people of the town took advantage of the water supply.

“L. J.”, as he was called by most of his friends, served several terms as president of the village and on the county board at Neillsville.

The Harrington’s had four children: Harold, Clifford, Roswell H., and Thornton.

Roswell, Art Franz, Herbert Boos, Clyde Wilson, and Robert Johnston had a great basketball team at the Abbotsford High School; one of the best in this part of the country.

Some years after the railroad division moved from Abbotsford, L. J. Harrington sold his Fashion livery and entered the real estate business at Cadott and Cornell. He took an active part in buying up some of the land which is now the Wissota dam at Chippewa Falls.