"The BIOGRAPHICAL History of Clark County, Wisconsin"

Compiled by Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge, Chicago and Winona, H. C. Cooper Jr., & Co. in 1918,  pg. 167 - 168.

                Mr. & Mrs. George Ure

                   John Ure--Nettie Ure

JOHN URE, proprietor of a flourishing farm in Section 6, Lynn Township, was born in Cairnshore, Scotland, Jan. 29, 1852, son of George and Ellen (Ray )Ure. . His parents settled in Lynn Township in 1861, coming here from Chicago, where they had resided for a few years previously. He was reared on the home farm and acquired the elements of knowledge in the log schoolhouse of the vicinity, chopping wood to earn money to pay for his school books. As he had to pay $3.00 for a book which could now be procured for 40 cents, he probably took more care of them than the average schoolboy does today. At the age of 14 he was already at work in the lumber camps, alternating that kind of labor with work on the farm. June 30, 1887, he was married to Mary Mahn, who was born March 12, 1869, in Wisconsin, her father, a native of Germany, being at the time of her marriage a resident of Lynn Township. Mr. Ure, with the aid of his wife, developed the farm on which he -now resides, and upon which he has spent his life being active in its management from the age of 18.

In early days he kept sheep, his wife and daughters carding and spinning the wool, but he gave up sheep raising years ago. He now raises full blooded Holstein cattle and Norman horses. He also grows some fruit for his own use. Aside from his farming interests he is a stockholder in the Farmers State Bank at Granton and in the First National Bank of Neillsville. His wife died May 13, 1906. She left four sons and three daughters, the youngest being only six days old at the time of her death. These children are: Roy, now a farmer in Fremont Township Edward, also a farmer in that township Robert, on the home farm, and connected with sawmill and threshing work and John, Mamie, Gladys and Mary who reside at home. Mr. Ure is now one of the well to do farmers of Lynn Township, having 280 acres in one piece. His barn is 40 by 98 feet in size, with an ell, 40 by 56 feet, his silo being 12 by 30 feet. The main part of the barn was originally 40 by 56 feet, but upon its being damaged by a fire, he rebuilt it, enlarging it to its present dimensions. In glancing over his family history it is interesting to note that he was born in the same house in Scotland as his father, grandfather and great grandfather, all of whom were machinists. All of them but him were also violinists.