Arthur M. White Hardware, Greenwood, Eaton twp., Clark Co., WI

This Hardware business was owned by Arthur M. White who was born in June of 1857. He married Lillian the year they both turned twenty-two. They lived and worked in the Greenwood area for many years before moving west where Arthur died at the age of seventy-one and was buried in the Evergreen Cemetery at Everett, Snohomish County, Washington of Saturday afternoon on December 1st at 3:00 o'clock in the afternoon.

Published Clips

The village of Greenwood was incorporated as a city by an act of legislature (chapter 131, Laws of Wisconsin, 1891) and approved April 2, 1891. The first election was held May 5, 1891, in charge of officials of the town of Eaton, Oscar Fricke, S. L. Gates and John Stoneberg being the inspectors, John Huntzicker and Kinzie Andrews, the clerks, and William Fricke and Robert McCalvey the. Ballot clerks. The successful candidates were: Mayor, David Justice; Aldermen, Robert Schofield, B. P. Thompson, L. W. Larson, and Dave Shanks, Treasurer, S. M. Andrews; Clerk, Elias Peterson; Assessor, H. H. Hartson; Police Justice, A. A. Hartson; Supervisor, John Stewart; Justice of the Peace, E. T. Pratt and T. A. Anderson. Among the other candidates were G. L. Buland, G. D. Andrews (Dudley); H. W. Hunt, Jesse Crane, Henry Oxford, G. B. Begley, A. M. White and Alfred Dingley. "Greenwood, The Hub of Clark County"

See the ad elsewhere for H. W. Varney, who has taken the sole agency in Clark county for the Preservative compound which he advertises. It is highly recommended and ought to be a good thing to use on every farm. A piece of wood charged with the preservative has been on display in A. M. White’s hardware store for some months. Greenwood Gleaner, Sept 6, 1901

BRYDEN, John a.k.a Jack (9 Sep 1843 – 11 Jun 1915)

John Bryden, pioneer settler of Clark Co and prominent citizen of Greenwood the past twenty-five years, died at the Mendota Hospital after several weeks of suffering and mental agony caused by a complication of troubles. Deceased was the proprietor of the Greenwood Hotel, which he had owned and operated for twenty years or more, and had become well known by the traveling public in his hospitable and homely hostelry. Mr. Bryden was born in Caledonia, Nova Scotia, Sept 9, 1843. His younger days were spent here in the woods and lumber camps. On July 26, 1888, he was married to Edith Atkins and that summer moved to this city, where he has made his home since. During the early lumbering days of Clark Co he was foreman for the Withee estate and James Bryden, running camps on the upper Black and Popple rivers during the winter and conducting driving crews in the summer. After retiring from the lumber woods he entered into the hardware business with A.M. White, under the firm name of White and Bryden. A year or so later he sold out and entered into the hotel business, which he conducted until death. Warner Township, Clark Co., WI Pioneers Brown.

Census Records

1900 Federal Census--Greenwood Clark County, Wisconsin

Home-Family Name Relation Marital Children Sex Color Born-Age Birthplace Occupation Immigration Father Born Mother Born Education Ownership

2/#2 White, Arthur M. Head 20 yrs. 1/1living M White Jun 1857-42 Wisconsin Merchant Hardware England-Eng. England-Eng. reads & writes Eng. Home-No Mortgage

~~Lillian Wife 20 yrs. F White Aug 1857 Wisconsin None New York New York reads & writes Eng.

Ketchpaw, Maud A. C. Boarder Single F White Jul 1881-18 Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin reads & writes Eng.

Home #1-Elias & Mary Sheets; #3-Morris & Minerva Markham

1910 Federal Census--Greenwood Clark County, Wisconsin

Home-Family Name Relation Marital Children Sex Color Born-Age Birthplace Occupation Immigration Father Born Mother Born Education Ownership

118/130 White, Arthur M. Head 30 yrs M White 52 Wisconsin Merchant England-Eng. England-Eng. reads & writes Eng. Home-No Mortgage

~~Lillian Wife 30 yrs 1/1living F White 52 Wisconsin None New York New York reads & writes Eng.

Chadwick, Ruth Granddaughter F White 15 Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin reads & writes Eng.

Home #117-William T. & Lorenda Hendren; #119-Elias K. & Mollie Sheets

1920 Federal Census--Greenwood Clark County, Wisconsin

Home-Family Name Relation Marital Children Sex Color Born-Age Birthplace Occupation Education Immigration Father Born Mother Born Ownership

127-140 White, Arthur M. Head Married M White 62 Wisconsin Hardware Dealer Store reads & writes Eng. England-Eng. England-Eng. Home-No Mortgage

~~Lillian Wife Married F White 62 Wisconsin None reads & writes Eng. New York New York

~~Maxwell L. Grandson Single M White 15 Wisconsin reads & writes Eng. Wisconsin Wisconsin

Home #139-William J. & Margaret Walters; #141-Eber N. & Eva Paul