Washington County Biographies



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I. S. Crowfoot

I. S. Crowfoot, proprietor of apiary, and manufacturer of apiarian supplies; dealer in bees and queens, Hartford; commenced in the bee business in 1856; was the first to introduce the Italian bees into this part of the country; has had as many as 900 swarms at a time; in the past year lost 500 swarms, the season having been generally disastrous to bees; he is now restocking rapidly. In 1880, he built a steam factory for the manufacture of bee-hives and apiarian supplies. He was born in Norfolk, England, in 1834, and, in the fall of the following year, came with his parents to the United States; made their home in Oswego Co., N. Y., till 1845, then moved to the town of Rubicon, Dodge Co., Wis., where Mr. C. continued to reside till 1861, when he moved to Hartford; lived in this place four years; then returned to Rubicon. He was married, April 30, 1868, at Hartford, to Miss Mary Bowen, daughter of George Bowen. Mrs. Crowfoot was born in Erie, N. Y. They have an adopted child, a daughter, named Stella. Mr. Crowfoot returned to Hartford in the spring of 1880, and engaged in the manufacture of apiarian supplies.

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