Washington County Biographies



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Lawrence Harter

Lawrence Harter, farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. Hartford; has 130 acres of land in Washington Co., and 200 in Waupaca; Mr. Harter was born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., Nov. 24, 1817; is the son of Lawrence and Maria Harter. He was married, July 3, 1837, to Miss Maria Bartlett, daughter of John Bartlett; they have two sons-David M., married to Miss Amanda Nelson, and residing in the town of Hartford; Charles H., married to Louisa Orcutt, and residing in Waupaca Co. Mr. Harter and family came to Wisconsin in 1843; spent four years in Milwaukee, and then moved to the town of Herman, Dodge Co., where they resided till 1865, when they moved to Hartford.

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