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History of Northern Wisconsin
pub: The Western Historical Company,
     Chicago, 1881


         [page 164]
         
         MARTIN POLIN, merchant, Alma, was born in Switzerland,
       Feb. 13, 1840. In 1857, he came to Alma and clerked for 
       a man named GEETER for a short time. He then went to 
       Stillwater, Minn., and clerked for BENJAMIN & GRAY. In
       1863, he enlisted in Co. F, 55th Reg., N.Y. Inf., and 
       was discharged in 1863. In 1865, he came back to Alma;
       was in various business until he purchased the store of 
       TESTER & POLIN, in 1873. In 1872, he married MAGDALENA 
       POLIN, a native of Switzerland. They have seven children
       - ANNIE, JOSHUA, ELIZABETH, ROSA, OSCAR, OLGA and an infant.
       
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