"History of Lincoln, Oneida, and Vilas Counties Wisconsin"
Compiled by George O.Jones, Norman S. McVean and Others.
Printed in 1924 by H.C.Cooper. Jr. & Co., Minneapoli-Winona MN. ill.
787 pages. The first two hundred pages are history of the three
counties, the remainder of the book is biographies.
Biography
Dorwin, Arthur O., president of the Security State Band at
Minocqua and a leading merchant of that village, was born at Sparta,
Wis., Feb. 23, 1865, son of Oscar F. and Mary (HUNTLEY) DORWIN. The
parents were natives of the state of Vermont and came west in the late
fifties; they were married at Angelo, in Monroe County, and settled
at Sparta, where the father was in the grain and livestock business
for many years subsequently. Then they came to Minocqua, where he was
associated in business with his son, subject of this sketch, until his
death in 1916. She died in 1906. Two children were born to these
parents: Angie, now Mrs. Harry FOSTER, of Seattle, Wash., and Arthur
O. Arthur O. DORWIN was educated in the schools of Sparta and at the
age of 18 years entered the employ of the American Express Co. there;
after two and a half years in this service he was made a messenger
for the same company and ran between La Crosse and Minneapolis for
two years, being transferred to the main office at St. Paul as a clerk
in 1888. He was forced to resign because of ill health after being in
St. Paul for a year, however, and he then entered the grocery business
in Sparta. He came to Minocqua in 1891 and has since operated a
general store here. He is one of the leading merchants of the village,
and has taken a prominent part in much of the development of the
community during his long and successful career here. He was one of
the organizers of the Security State Bank and has been president of
that institution since it was begun. He served three years as
supervisor on the Minocqua Township Board, one year as treasurer of
this body, and one year as its chairman, by virtue of the latter office
being a member of the county board. He has been a member of the
school board for 16 years, and is by nature and personal
characteristics a leader of progress. His career here has been a
most useful one for the general welfare of the community. Besides
his interests in the village Mr. DORWIN owns 20 forty-acre tracts
of cutover land in Minocqua Township, and he also has holdings in the
Indian reservations at Lac du Flambeau. Fraternally he is a member
of the Modern Woodmen, being a charter member of the lodge at Minocqua,
his family are affiliated with the Catholic church. Mr. DORWIN was
married at Rhinelander, Sept. 17, 1892, to Miss Carrie O'LEARY,
daughter of John and Mary O'LEARY. Five children have been born to
Mr. and Mrs. DORWIN: Agnes, now living at home; Oscar, an attorney in
Chicago; Milan, associated in business with his father; and Arthur and
Kenneth, attending high school and grade school respectively at
Minocqua.
Transcribed by Susan Swanson, from pages 244-245;
History of Lincoln, Oneida and Vilas Counties Wisconsin;
Compiled by George O. Jones, Norman S. McVean and Others;
1924, H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co.
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