WABASHA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
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			HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY


            TOGETHER WITH BIOGRAPHICAL MATTER, STATISTICS, ETC.
                   GATHERED FROM MATTER FURNISHED BY 
                       INTERVIEWS WITH OLD SETTLERS,
        COUNTY, TOWNSHIP AND OTHER RECORDS, AND EXTRACTS FROM 
                FILES OF PAPERS, PAMPHLETS, AND SUCH OTHER 
                     SOURCES AS HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE. 

                                   ALSO A 

                        HISTORY OF WINONA COUNTY

                                  CHICAGO:
                      H. H. HILL & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS.
                                     1884





  Amsbry, William H., (deceased) was born in New Hampshire in 1817, and was reared on a farm in 
 Shenango county, New York, from the time he was six years of age. In 1836 he was married to Miss 
 Charlotte Coley, and followed agricultural pursuits in Shenango county till 1856, when he removed to 
 the new and untried State of Minnesota. He first settled in Mazeppa, in this county, and there bought 
 out and completed the first mill begun in the county. In 1860 he sold out and removed to Lake City, 
 where he conducted an extensive grain and general commission business. He died in 1881, and is 
 much missed by his friends and fellow citzens. Mr. Amsbry served this county as commissioner, in its 
 early history, and Lake City as a staunch friend and advisor in later years.