Francios & Margaret (Wilson) Cholvin

CHOLVIN, WILSON, RICHIE, BOWEN

Posted By: Cheryl Moonen (email)
Date: 1/6/2014 at 09:35:32

F. CHOLVIN, farmer, Sec. 10; P.O. Key West; born in France in 1814; came to Dubuque Co. in 1838; there was not a house in Dubuque at the time of his coming, though some rude dwellings were erected there very shortly afterward. After two months in Dubuque, he went to Galena, where he lived three years, and then, for the next eight years, transferred his residence to Potosi, Wis.

He then went to Mifflin, ten miles west of Mineral Point, where he remained fourteen years; he was then three years in Dubuque, and from 1861 to 1867 in Wisconsin, and finally returning to Dubuque in 1867, has been a resident of the county ever since. The greater portion of the wealth was accumulated in the business of smelting, in which he was engaged until about six years ago, when he
retired to his pleasant farm, near Key West. Mr. C is one of the financially solid men of the county, and his extensive possessions are entirely the result of his native force, energy and shrewdness. His home farm comprises 250 acres, and he has, beside this, some 1,000 acres of land in Wisconsin, etc. He was married in 1847 to Miss Martha Wilson, a most genial and estimable lady who came to Dubuque Co., from Ohio, in 1834; they have five children-Samuel, Alfred, John, Josephine, now Mrs. Bowen; Mary, now Mrs. Richie; both of the later are now living in Denver, Colo. “The History of Dubuque County" http://members.tripod.com/~Doreen_3/DBBIOAB.htm