William Herreman, merchant, Marcellon; he was born March 21, 1803, in Livingston County, New York; his parents removed to Meadville, Pennsylvania, when he was 16 years old, and he started out at that age to do battle with the world on his own account; spent about five years on the St. Lawrence River and in Canada; then went to Meadville and stayed three years; then went to Ohio and lived in Geauga County till 1849, and in May of that year, came to Wisconsin; lived two years in Jefferson County, and in the spring of 1851 came to Columbia County and settled in the village of Marcellon, where he has since resided; learned the blacksmith's trade in Ohio when 27 years old, and worked at that business til 1870, since which time he has been engaged in farming and selling goods; had the post office in Marcellon from 1864 to 1879, and then resigned the office. Was married, June 12, 1828, in Geauga County, Ohio, to Caroline Parsons, who was born June 27, 1811, in Hartford, Conneticut, daughter of Warhem Parsons; have nine children living---William L., Oscar H., Celia M., Dwight B., Orlando A., Cassius M., Irvin T., James F., and Alice L.,; have lost three--- Chloe M., Myron S. and Alonzo A.; had five sons in the army during the rebellion. Alonzo A. was in the 2d W.V.C. about two years, and died July 25, 1865, from the effects of a wound received at Vicksburg, while on a scouting party; Dwight B. and Oscar H. were in the 49th W.V.C., Company I; the last nine months of the war, Myron S. was in a New York regiment; Orlando A. in government service in Nashville, Tennessee, and Cassius in the permanent corps, in Madison; also had a son-in-law, T.M. Lockwood, in same corps as Cassius; Alonzo was a prisoner about two months, being taken April 21, 1864. Mr. Herreman is a Republican and held the office of Town Treasurer five years; reads without glasses at the age of 77; has a farm of 120 acres adjoining the village.

History of Columbia County, Wisconsin 1880

contributed by: Jean Humeniuk