From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 786.

City of La Crosse

JOHN C. REMICK, general insurance agent, is a native of the town of Cornish, York Co., Me., born in 1819. From 1842 till 1856, he was engaged in the shipping business in Portland, Me.; was first a member of the firm of Simeon Pease & Co., importers, and afterward of the firm of Remick & Eaton, in the same business. In 1857, he came to Wisconsin, and was about four months in La Crosse; then returned to Portland, and remained there till 1862. He then came again to Wisconsin, and has been in his present business in La Crosse since that time; is at present inspector of illuminating oils in La Crosse.

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