Cyrus K. Lord, La Crosse, was born in Parsonfield, York county, Maine, January 10, 1811, and was educated at Limerick Academy in the same county. In 1837 he came west and settled first at Galena, Illinois. He afterward went to Platteville, Wisconsin, in 1838, where he began the study of law with B. C. Eastman. He was admitted to the bar in 1842 at Lancaster, and commenced practice at Potosi in the spring of that year. In 1853 he came to La Crosse, where he has since remained. In the interval from 1850 to 1853, he was county judge of Grant county, having common law as well as probate jurisdiction. From 1853 to 1856 he was register of the land office at La Crosse. In 1874 he was made police justice, which position he filled for about four years, and is now somewhat retired from the active duties of his profession, enjoying the pleasures of a competence, and the respect of the community.
Cyrus K. Lord, La Crosse, was born in Parsonfield, York county, Maine, January 10, 1811, and was educated at Limerick Academy in the same county. In 1837 he came west and settled first at Galena, Illinois. He afterward went to Platteville, Wisconsin, in 1838, where he began the study of law with B. C. Eastman. He was admitted to the bar in 1842 at Lancaster, and commenced practice at Potosi in the spring of that year. In 1853 he came to La Crosse, where he has since remained. In the interval from 1850 to 1853, he was county judge of Grant county, having common law as well as probate jurisdiction. From 1853 to 1856 he was register of the land office at La Crosse. In 1874 he was made police justice, which position he filled for about four years, and is now somewhat retired from the active duties of his profession, enjoying the pleasures of a competence, and the respect of the community.
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