Monroe County Biographical Index (1878-2023)
This database is an index of biographies and family histories published in books documenting county or community histories. Biographies from the Lynn and Cressy Post GAR books are personal war sketches describing the individual’s military service during the Civil War. The “Cartographic Comparative Analysis of Undocumented Farmsteads at Fort McCoy” publication includes more property info than biographical info for the individual listed. Biographies published in the following books are included in this master index:
- Biographical History of La Crosse, Monroe, & Juneau Counties, 1892
- Cartographic Comparative Analysis of Undocumented Farmsteads at Fort McCoy, 2023
- Ft. McCoy Archaeological Resource Management Series Vols. 2-4, 2000
- History of Monroe County, 1912
- History of Northern Wisconsin, 1881
- Jefferson Township, WI Sesquicentennial Book, 2009
- Kendall Centennial 1894-1994
- MCHS Biographical & Genealogical Sketches, 1980
- Monroe County Heritage Book, 1984
- Oakdale, WI Sesquicentennial Book, 2008
- Personal War Sketches, John Lynn Post GAR, Sparta, circa 1900
- Personal War Sketches, Henry Cressy Post GAR, Tomah, circa 1900
- Sparta Up To Date, 1899
- St. Mary's Ridge Heritage Book, 2007
- West Central Wisconsin: A History, 1933
- Wilton Centennial 1890-1990
- Wisconsin Cranberry Growers Centennial Heritage Book, 1989
- Wisconsin Industrial Review, 1912
- Wisconsin State Atlas (Patrons of), 1878
Article Copy Service:
The Monroe County Local History Room will provide copies of biographies indexed in the database for a nominal fee ($5.00 per bio). Simply find your person/family in the index, click on "Request Copy." All bios you wish copies of will be added to a Shopping Cart. To submit your bio request, print off your Order Form and mail payment to our address or purchase online via credit card. Be aware that actual content of the biographies indexed in this database average from one to several paragraphs long.