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History of Northern Wisconsin
pub: The Western Historical Company,
     Chicago, 1881
     
     
         [page 179]
         
         MARTIN FORKIN, general merchandise, Chilton. Born in County
       of Roscommon, Ireland, Oct. 11, 1832. Came to America in
       1845. landing in Boston. From there he went to Crompton, R. I. 
       In 1853 he, with his parents, came to Calumet Co., Wis., and 
       located in the town of Chilton, on a farm which they had pur-
       chased in 1851. Here he lived till 1868, excepting the time 
       he was in the army, having enlisted in the 16th Wis. V. I., 
       Co. D., in 1864, and served till 1865. In 1868 he opened the 
       mercantile house with which he is now identified, carrying a 
       stock of about $2,000 and doing a business of $6,000. In 1859
       he married Miss BRIDGET DUFFY, of Chilton. They have six 
       children, having lost two - MARY A., ALICE, MARGARET A., MARTIN J. 
       (who was killed by the kick of a horse, May 23, 1878), FRANCES E.,
       ELLEN L., WILLIAM PATRICK, BRIDGET, and M. L., deceased. Mr. 
       FORKIN was elected School Treasurer in 1875, and is now in 
       that office.
       
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