O D Bishop

O D Bishop

Stave and lumber mill, Hilbert. Born in Brandon County, VT, 01/27/1837. At the age of 18, he started west, and came to Wisconsin; from Menasha Fond du Lac County; he took the Indian trail to Sherwood, in Calumet County; that was the only track in the early days. There was in that section only a few settlers among whom was his brother, William R, who came west in 1854. He built his first stave mill in Sherwood in 1863; then another mill in Hilbert in 1871; in 1872, he established on in Brillion; has branches in Brant and Chilton; his principal mill is in Hilbert, which has a capacity of about 20,000 feet of hard wood lumber and 8,000 staves for tight work. In 1861, he enlisted in the 10th V I, County C, and was discharged on account of disability, but he re-enlisted in 1864, and was mustered out 1866. He married Miss Celia Ballon. They have one child, Oriel D W.

1881 Hist North Wis Calumet Co The Calumet County portion of the History of Northern Wisconsin has been indexed.

Call number:  MTWC 977.5 H62 http://www.archive.org/details/historyofnorther00west

1881-01-01

O D Bishop

1881-01-01

Stave and lumber mill, Hilbert. Born in Brandon County, VT, 01/27/1837. At the age of 18, he started west, and came to Wisconsin; from Menasha Fond du Lac County; he took the Indian trail to Sherwood, in Calumet County; that was the only track in the early days. There was in that section only a few settlers among whom was his brother, William R, who came west in 1854. He built his first stave mill in Sherwood in 1863; then another mill in Hilbert in 1871; in 1872, he established on in Brillion; has branches in Brant and Chilton; his principal mill is in Hilbert, which has a capacity of about 20,000 feet of hard wood lumber and 8,000 staves for tight work. In 1861, he enlisted in the 10th V I, County C, and was discharged on account of disability, but he re-enlisted in 1864, and was mustered out 1866. He married Miss Celia Ballon. They have one child, Oriel D W.

1881 Hist North Wis Calumet Co

The Calumet County portion of the History of Northern Wisconsin has been indexed.

Call number:  MTWC 977.5 H62

http://www.archive.org/details/historyofnorther00west