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W. S. TAPLIN, farmer, P. O. Elmwood, Pierce county, was born in Canada East,
a son of Lorenzo D. and Philena (Cross) Taplin.  The following children were
born to his parents, namely: John H., Hulda, Wealthy, Chester D., Sarah, 
Emily, Rosina, Julia, Lorenzo D., William S., Euseba, Orlando and George L.
William S. came to Dunn county, Wis., with his parents when young.  He worked
on a farm a few years, then went to lumbering, and has been lumbering winters
and farming summers ever since.  He owns a good farm of heavy hard-wood
timber, which he is clearing, and will soon have a good home of his own.
He now makes his home with is brother, Lorenzo D., as he never married.  In
politics he is a stanch republican.  Lorenzo D. came to Wisconsin at the
time that his parents did.  He married Lizzie W., daughter of G. B. and L. E.
Vliet, and five children have been born to them: Lloyd P., Winnie H., 
William S., Leona and Lynne D.  Mr. Taplin is a democrat in politics, and 
has been clerk of the school board for nine years.  Both brothers attend the
Methodist Episcopal church, and are highly respected in the community.

--Taken from the "Historical and Biographical Album of the Chippewa Valley
Wisconsin Including A General Historical Sketch of the Chippewa Valley;
Ancestral Records fo Leading Families; Biographies of Representative Citizens,
Past and Present; and Portraits of Prominent Men.  Edited by George Forrester.
Published in Chicago, Illinois by A. Warner. Publisher. 1891-2. Page 886