T. Carrier From History of Grant County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 928.

TOWN OF BOSCOBEL

T. CARRIER, firm of Carrier & Co., hardware; born in Chittenden Co., Vt.; when a boy he came with his father to Ohio; October, 1848, came to Jefferson Co., Wis.; here he followed the wagon-making business for five years; in 1854 came to Grant Co., engaged in farming about four years; in 1858 came to Boscobel, started a wagon-shop which he afterward traded for a hotel, run it about eleven years; was elected Sheriff in 1853, served two years; in 1875, he established the present business; has been Chairman and President of the City Board. Married, in 1852, to Amelia Powers; she was born in Gardner, Me.; they have three daughters.

 


This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.