William H. Howdle From History of Grant County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 1004.

TOWN OF CLIFTON

WILLIAM H. HOWDLE, farmer and buyer, and shipper of stock, Sec. 23; P. O. Livingston; born in Shullsburg, Wis., Sept. 21, 1845; left there with his parents in 1850, and went to Mifflin; moved to Clifton, and commenced farming in 1851, and has been at that ever since on the same farm where he now lives; owns 480 acres of land, all under cultivation, which was bought by his father from the Government; some mining has been done on his place, but never has been proved up; is next to what is known as the Crow Branch mine. He was married to Mary Vipland, April 12, 1869; have six children living - Cora Ann, Charles William, George Henry, James Albert, Arthur Eli, Hannah.

 


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