William W. Tredway was born July 1, 1804, in Ashford, Connecticut. In March 1826 he married Mary Brown of Schenectady, New York, and worked there as a merchant for several years. He served in the New York state militia and also as deputy comptroller of New York from 1839 to 1842. In the latter year he moved to Waukesha County, Wisconsin, where he served for eleven years as justice of the peace. In 1858, he moved to Madison, Wisconsin, and from 1861 to 1862 he served as quartermaster general of Wisconsin. His wife died May 10, 1870, leaving six children. On October 18, 1871, he married Mrs. Huldah D. Foote (nee Merrett). William W. Tredway died in 1889. William W. Tredway’s son Dwight was born August 19, 1843, in Eagle, Wisconsin. Dwight was a student at the University of Wisconsin in 1862, when he enlisted in the 23rd Wisconsin Infantry. He rose to the rank of regimental quartermaster, and in November 1864 was commissioned captain and assistant quartermaster of the U.S. Volunteers. He was mustered out at St. Louis in 1866. After the war he engaged in the grocery business with Greeley & Gale, which later became Greeley-Burnham Grocery Company. In 1871, he married Miss Emma Greeley, daughter of Carlos S. Greeley. He was the founder of a military company known as the Tredway Rifles. Dwight Tredway died March 19, 1912, in St. Louis.