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THOMAS CARMICHAEL (deceased) was born near Londonderry, Ireland, December 24,
1827, and died in Maiden Rock township, Pierce county, June 17, 1882.  He
was a son of Thomas and Mary Carmichael.  He received but little education,
his early boyhood being spent upon a farm, in his native town.  At eighteen 
years of age he came to America, and worked at Pittsburgh, and later at
Corsica, Jefferson county, Pa.  In 1859 he came to Maiden Rock and purchased
160 acres of the present homestead.  To this farm numerous additions were 
made from time to time, and at his death he owned a well-improved farm of
440 acres.  For several seasons after coming here Mr. Carmichael worked at
the Eau Galle mills; later he owned a share in a mill on Plum Creek. He also
spent considerable time in traveling through the South and West.

Mr. Carmichael married in April, 1863, Ann Elizabeth Moore, whose death 
occurred April 15, 1864. She left one son, John, now of Ono, Wis.  Mr.
Carmichael was again married, July 3, 1865, to Eliza, daughter of Moses and
Sarah J. Knear.  Three children were born to this union: Mary Elizabeth,
Allan E. and Thomas David, all of whom reside upon the homestead.  The
subject of this sketch was reared in the Presbyterian faith.  In politics
he was a democrat and served the town as supervisor, and filled various 
other positions of public trust.  He was a member of Ono Grange, P. of H., 
which passed resolutions of sympathy and regret at his decease.  His honesty
and hospitality were proverbial.  "As honest as Tom Carmichael," was a
familiar expression in the neighborhood for many years.

--Taken from the "Historical and Biographical Album of the Chippewa Valley
Wisconsin Including A General Historical Sketch of the Chippewa Valley;
Ancestral Records fo Leading Families; Biographies of Representative Citizens,
Past and Present; and Portraits of Prominent Men.  Edited by George Forrester.
Published in Chicago, Illinois by A. Warner. Publisher. 1891-2. Page 725