“The History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago: 
Western Historical Company. 1881.

Township:  City of La Crosse 


J. M. BARCLAY, lumberman; has been a resident of La Crosse since 
November, 1856.  He was born in Lyons, Wayne Co., N.Y., in 1822; in 
the fall of 1853, he removed to La Porte, Ind., and came from there to La 
Crosse.  He is a blacksmith by trade, and, in 1857, he bought a shop in 
La Crosse, and carried on the business till 1859, then sold out, and, in 
the summer of 1860, in company with Bantam, built a plow-shop on 
Third street, opposite the court house, and carried on the business under 
the firm name of Barclay and Bantam for two years; then sold out his 
interest and worked one year for the Pacific Railroad Company, and 
worked there two seasons.   In the spring of 1865, he again went into the 
plow business in company with A. Hirshheimer, who also owned with 
him a one-half interest in a saw-mill at Lansing, Iowa.  In January, 1880, 
they dissolved partnership, he taking the lumber business and Mr. H. the 
plow business.  Has only one child – John Clayton, now in the lumber 
business in Lansing, Iowa.  Mrs. Barclay was Rhoda S. Congor, of 
Cortland, N.Y.

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Submitted by:  Diane Scott