From History of Walworth County Wisconsin by Albert Clayton Beckwith, Vol. II, 
Publ. 1912 - Page 1001-1002
 
HENRY EDMUND THAYER.  Success comes to such an earnest worker as Henry Edmund 
THAYER, farmer and stock man of Troy township, Walworth county, as a matter of 
course, for he has followed the right leads, having adopted excellent methods 
and laid out commendable plans early in life, whereby to shape his course.  He 
was born at Troy, this county, on July 15, 1864.  He is the son of Henry E. 
and Emma (HIBBARD) THAYER, the father a native of the state of Massachusetts 
and the mother of Troy, this county.  His paternal grandparents were Hollister 
B. and Rebecca M. (POTTER) THAYER, he a native of Massachusetts and she of 
Connecticut.  They grew up in New England and were educated and married there, 
coming to Walworth county, Wisconsin, in 1850 and located in Troy, and in that 
neighborhood the elder THAYER spent the balance of his life in farming.  The 
maternal grandparents were George and Elizabeth (CLARK) HIBBARD, both natives 
of Massachusetts, from which state they came in the thirties to Walworth 
county, being among the very earliest settlers, when this country was yet the 
domain of the red man and the wild beast.  They took up government land and 
endured the hardships and privations incident to life at that early period, 
finally becoming very comfortably situated through their industry.  Here the 
grandfather spent the rest of his life engaged in farming, reaching the 
unusual age of ninety-six years.  He was influential in the affairs of Troy 
and vicinity.
 
Henry E. THAYER, father of the subject, grew to manhood in Massachusetts and 
received his education there.  Early in life he came to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 
where he engaged in the hardware business, and for some time he was 
superintendent of the Davis Transfer Company.  He then ran a livery barn for 
eighteen years.  For the past sixteen years he has resided with the subject.  
His wife died on January 13, 1895.
 
Henry E. THAYER, of this sketch, was educated in the Milwaukee high school.  
He learned the machinist's trade which he followed for three years, then was 
with his father in the livery business for four years.  In 1888 he came to 
Troy, Walworth county, and bought a farm and has since been engaged in general 
farming and dairying.  He has an excellent place of one hundred and ninety-one 
acres.
 
Mr. THAYER was united in marriage with Sarah BROWN, of Milwaukee, in 1884, and 
three children have been born to them, namely: Ruby, now Mrs. Lewis BELK; 
Olive married Percy WEBSTER; Glendora married Mrs. Arthur HEALEY.
 
Mr. THAYER is a member of the Methodist church, and politically he is a 
Republican.  He has been township treasurer for two years, and chairman for 
four years, which position he still holds.  He belongs to the Free and 
Accepted Masons and the Modern Woodmen of America.  Mr. THAYER has been school 
clerk for many years.
 
Submitted by Carol