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


         [page 186]
         
         MATHIAS THOMSEN, station agent, Brillion. Born in Holstein,
       Germany, June 7, 1845. Came to America in 1867, going at once
       to Holstein, Calumet Co. On coming to Brillion, he located on 
       a farm and worked it till 1871, when he came to the village 
       and opened a shoe shop. In 1874 he commenced scaling logs for 
       the Brillion Stave and Lumber Company; the mill burned down. 
       In 1877 he learned telegraphy. In 1876 he was elected Town 
       Clerk, which office he still holds, and became Notary Public 
       in 1881. He has been School Clerk, also. In 1867 he married 
       Miss AHLF, of Holstein, Germany. They have five children -
       JOHN D. C. (deceased), ANNIE, EMMA, WILLIAM and OTTO. Mr.
       THOMSEN is a member of the I. O. O. F., and belongs to the 
       Lutheran Evangelical Church.

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