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


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         Hilbert Junction
         
         O. D. BISHOP, stave and lumber mill, Hilbert. Born in Brandon
       Co.**, Vt., Jan 27, 1837. At the age of eighteen he started west, 
       and came to Wisconsin; from Menasha, in 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 one 
       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 I0th V. I., Co. C, and was discharged on account of disa-
       bility, but he re-enlisted in 1864, and was mustered out in 1866.
       He married Miss CELIA BALLON. They have one child, ORIEL D. W.
       
       
       ** Transcriber's Note: Brandon is a village in Rutland County, Vt.
       
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