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SANFORD D. BEARDSLEY, of section 26, range 2, Weston Township, Clark County, was born in Franklin County, Vermont,
November 10, 1839, the son of Lewis (deceased) and Amelia (Smith) Beardsley. They were the parents of ten children,
eight of whom still survive: Elias, Hiram, Charles, Harriet, Theron, Sanford, George and Jasper.
Sanford D., our subject, came with his parents to Kane County, Illinois, in 1846, settling on wild prairie land.
They afterward removed to Sauk County, Wisconsin, in the fall of 1852, where he remained until the fall of 1861.
In that year he enlisted in the late war, Company K, Fourteenth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, serving eight months,
when he was discharged on account of sickness. He re-enlisted January 4, 1864, in Company H, Seventeenth Wisconsin
Volunteer Infantry, serving until the close of the war. He was in the battles of Shiloh, the taking of Atlanta,
and in all of Sherman's campaigns to and from the sea. He was disabled, and now draws a pension. After the war
Mr. Beardsley returned to Sauk County, and subsequently went to Monroe County, Wisconsin, where he remained two
years. In 1863 be returned to Sank County, and in the spring of 1873 again went to Monroe County and remained until
December, 1885, when be caine to this county, settling on his present farm. He lived two years in Neillsville,
but the remainder of the time has been spent on his present place, where he is engaged in general farming and stock
raising.
Mr. Beardsley was married December 13, 1863, to Mary Lovisa Mott, daughter of John and Esther (Barnard) Mott, both
now deceased. They were the parents of three children, all of whom are deceased except Mrs. Beardsley. Mr. and
Mrs. Beardsley have three children: Rolla L., Blanche A. and Adda M. Rolla is now a barber at La Crosse. Mr. Beardsley
held the office of Township Supervisor in Monroe County, and has also been Clerk and Director of the School Board
of the town of Lincoln, in Monroe County. Socially he is a member of the G. A. R., and politically a Republican.
FROM:
Biographical History of
Clark and Jackson Counties Wisconsin
Lewis Publishing Company.
Chiago, 1891.
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