WI BIO - Jackson Co - WILLARD, John H.

History of Northern Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical, 1881, vol I, p 424

John H. WILLARD, retired farmer, Jackson County, Wisconsin, P. O. Melrose, 
was born 04 August 1821 in Allegany County, New York. He came West in 1853 
and located at Burr Oak, La Crosse County, Wisconsin, where he farmed and 
kept an hotel for four years. In 1857 he moved to Melrose, Jackson County, 
and farmed until 1877, at which time he moved into the village, where he 
continues to live.

In 1842 Mr. [John H.] WILLARD was married to Miss Charlotte J. GEAR, who was 
born 04 September 1823 in Vermont. They [John H. and Charlotte J. (GEAR) 
WILLARD] have four children [who are living, and one deceased, namely]: (1) 
Franklin J.; (2) Mary J., now Mrs. Charles NEWLAND; (3) Della; (4) Edith; 
and (5) Clifford, who died in 1853. Mr. WILLARD has been Chairman of the 
Board of Supervisors of Melrose, Justice of the Peace and Assessor, at 
Melrose and Burr Oak, and Postmaster at Burr Oak.

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