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


         [page 185]
         
         Hilbert Junction
         
         O. R. POTTER, mill owner. Born in Coburg, Upper Canada,
       Feb. 15, 1814. His parents took him to New York in 1817, 
       where they remained till 1836, when he learned the car-
       penter's and joiner's trade. In 1839, he went through 
       Wisconsin in a canoe, and down to Mineral Point, but re-
       turned to New York. He came again in 1846, and settled
       in Taycheedah; was one of the directors of the company 
       that built the Sheboygan & Fond du Lac plank road, and 
       was a heavy contractor at one time. He moved to Fond du 
       Lac in 1852, and to Rantoul in 1858, and built his saw-
       mill, and in 1870 built the grist-mill. He has an in-
       terest in the mills at Colby, under his son's charge. 
       Mr. POTTER has been Chairman of the Town. In 1842, he 
       was married, but his wife died, leaving two children, 
       LEGARE and MARY (now Mrs. P. DART). In 1858, he married 
       Miss RAIDA. They have one child, MAY C. Mr. POTTER was
       the first Postmaster in Rantoul.

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