Bio: Dimond, John (1881)
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Surnames: Dimond, Murphy

----Source: The History of Northern Wisconsin (Marathon County, Wis.) 1881, page 574

JOHN DIMOND, merchant, Spencer, was born in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., July 2, 1843. He went to Iowa in 1868, and engaged in bridging for the Northern Iowa Railroad. In 1873, he began the manufacture of mattresses and upholstering furniture in Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County. He then went to Yankton, Dak., prospecting, but came back, and located in Spencer, in 1875. He established himself in business at first with his brother, but after six months took full charge of the store. In 1875, he married Miss Jennie Murphy. They have two children, Catherine, five years old, and Daniel J., three years old. Mr. Dimond has served as Town Treasurer and Supervisor.