. Magazine of western history . amassed considerable wealth. Whathe particularly desires in a public way isthe prosperity of Ashland ; and the citi-zens of that city duly appreciate his hon-esty and merit. Consul Willshire Butterfield. THOMAS BARDON. The father of Thomas Bardon was anative of Wexford, Ireland. His nameis Richard Bardon. He is still living —a resident of Superior, Wisconsin, andcounty judge of Douglas county. Thewife (the mother of Thomas) was MaryRoche, also of Wexford, Ireland. Theywere married in the city of Wexford, emi-grating to the United States in grandfathers
. Magazine of western history . amassed considerable wealth. Whathe particularly desires in a public way isthe prosperity of Ashland ; and the citi-zens of that city duly appreciate his hon-esty and merit. Consul Willshire Butterfield. THOMAS BARDON. The father of Thomas Bardon was anative of Wexford, Ireland. His nameis Richard Bardon. He is still living —a resident of Superior, Wisconsin, andcounty judge of Douglas county. Thewife (the mother of Thomas) was MaryRoche, also of Wexford, Ireland. Theywere married in the city of Wexford, emi-grating to the United States in grandfathers took part in the Rebel-lion of 1798. Thomas is the second child of a familyof seven children—three brothers andfour sisters. James, the eldest, is a resi-dent of Superior, a prominent banker andbusiness man, and John A., the youngest,is postmaster in the same place. Thomas was born in Maysville, Ken-tucky, October 22, 1848. His earlyeducation was in the common schoolsthere and in Su|ierior, where his parentsmoved in ASHLAND, WISCONSIN: ITS EARLY AND PRESENT DAYS. 33 In 1867 he went out on the preliminarysurvey of the Northern Pacific railroad inthe engineering corps. In July, 1868, hewent to Ashland (then having but oneresident—Martin Roehm). He was stillin the employ of the Northern was there and in the vicinity about amonth. Mr. Roehm occupied one of thebuildings in the place that had previouslybeen deserted, while some of the otherbuildings were used by him to shelter hiscattle. From Ashland, Thomas went toFore Abercrombie, Red river, on the samebusiness. He has traveled over all theregion from Lake Superior to the Red andMissouri rivers on several occasions—walk-ing the entire distance—in the employment,mostly, of the Northern Pacific, duringthe years 1867-8-9-70 and 71. In thewinter he traveled on snow-shoes, withIndian dog trains. In 1871 he was offered a responsible po-sition in the management of the land de-partment of the Northern Pacific r
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