“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


WILLIAM BOORMAN,  mill owner and farmer;  P.O. Waterloo; born 
in Kent Co., Eng., June 8, 1824; came to America in 1848, remaining in 
Rochester, N.Y., until 1849, when he came to Wisconsin, and he and his 
brother, Benjamin Boorman, bought the mill now owned by Mr. William 
Boorman; the joint capital of the two brothers was $2.50; the first lot of 
barrels purchased by them costing $3.50, they were obliged to run in 
debt for $1.  Mr. William Boorman, in 1858, engaged in the mercantile 
business until 1861; in 1866, he was a member of a stock company, and 
started a machine-shop, which came into his possession in 1875.  Mr. 
Boorman is owner of 697 acres of land.  Married, in Walworth Co., 
Wis., Nov. 15, 1852, Miss Esther Boorman, of Sussex, Eng.; have seven 
children.


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