G. LAMSON, farmer, Sec. 21, 22, 27 and 32; P. O. Beetown; born in 1817 in Berkshire Co., Mass. At the age of 21, he went to New York City, where he lived five years, and followed the mercantile business; then to Grant Co. in 1844, and clerked for a firm for Warren & Shinn, dry goods, Platteville; then to Galena, as clerk for Dr. Warren. In the fall of 1845, he came to Beetown; engaged in selling dry goods and groceries until 1875; then moved to the farm, where he now resides. He was married, in 1849, to Miss Jane Francis, a daughter of James Francis (deceased), in 1853. He was married the second time, in 1854, to Miss Lucy J. Rodgers, a daughter of Amos Rodgers; has raised eleven children - Herbert G., Carrie H., Fred W., Franklin M., Harley B., Inez M., William B., Earnest O., D. C., Mary M., Otis F. In politics, a Greenbacker. He has been Town Treasurer for ten years; has held the position of Postmaster of Beetown for eighteen years; made an unsuccessful run for member of the Assembly of the Second District on the Greenback ticket. He has been a prominent politician for many years; had the misfortune to lose his dwelling by fire at a loss of $2,000.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.