Since coming to Crawford County he has been engaged in the occupation of carpentry, farming, etc. Mr. Withee has held at various times most of the town offices and his long continuance in office is evidence of the confidence that is realized in his ability and integrity as a public officer. He is the present town clerk and as first elected to that office in April 1873 and has held that office since, excepting the year 1882. He was elected assessor in 1865 and since that time has assessed the town five times; was elected Justice of the Peace April 6, 1869 and has occupied that position constantly to the present time, except for an interval of two years.
He has been for the last three years Secretary of the Crawford County Agricultural Society. He was appointed Postmaster January 1, 1871 and held that post until September 1881; was appointed Notary Public in June 1875 and still holds that office. The accuracy and completeness of the records kept by Mr. Withee in the several offices that he has filled, together with the prompt and efficient manner of transacting all business pertaining thereto is the key to his success as a public officer.
Mr. Withee's father, Daniel Withee was one of the early settlers of this county. He came to Grant County, Wisconsin from the east in the fall of 1855 and early the following winter came to the town of Eastman and entered by land warrant a quarter section of land, which he improved. He sold out in 1865 and returned to Maine and now resides in August, Maine in August 1885.
Mr. A.B. Withee was married in Maine in 1853 to Margaret Hayden and has four children, Andrew C., Jessie, wife of Frank Griffin, George M., and Orris M. Withee.
Taken from HISTORY OF CRAWFORD COUNTY by John Gregory