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DIGGRAPHICAL
ISTORY
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GENEALOGY COLLECTION
Tucson the Oldest Tow Dr. Alexander Craig of Tucson alleges that that city is older th Augustine, Fla., by thirteen years says:
"There can be no doubt that Tucson enjoys the distinction of being the oldest city In the United States. A hen tia trepid Spaniard Melendez discover coast of Florida, planted the s. ' of his country and founded the - St. Augustine. in the year of 1565, Tucson was a struggling . .. ing pueblo and had been for years. This is not according t. books on geography, but it much a fact for all of that . proof of it may be found if and timeworn document of vellum, by Thelr Catholic Majesties Fer" and Isabella, and countersigned viceroy of Mexico and General Col_ who in the early part of 1552 rai flag of Spain over the little Ind lage of Tucson and laid the corner of the first mission with his own iahus. This important paper was lost to the public until about twelve years ago. when it was discovered by a mere accident among the archives of the ancient church of San Xavier, nine miles south of Tucson. Aa a matter of precaution It was forwarded to the library of Wash- ington. D. C., where it now lies. Thia discovery glves the residents of Tucson
- that their city is the' States."-Los Angeles 1
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BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
-OF-
- AND-
WISCONSIN.
Containing Portraits of all the Presidents of the United States, with accompanying Biographies of each; Engravings of Prominent Citizens of the Counties, with Personal Histories of many of the Early Settlers and Leading Families.
"Biography is the only true history." --- Emerson.
Gc 977. 501 4116
CHICAGO:
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY. 1892.
1131907
-Lenala-27.50
George Washington
9
John Adams
14
Thomas Jefferson
20
James Madison
26
James Monroe
32
John Quincy Adams
38
Ulysses S. Grant
96
R. B. Hayes.
102
J. A. Garfield.
.109
Chester A. Arthur
113
Grover Cleveland
117
Benjamin Harrison
120
Zachary Taylor
68
Millard Fillmore.
72
Franklin Pierce
76
James Buchanan
80
Abraham Lincoln
84
Andrew Johnson
93
Andrew Jackson
47
Martin Van Buren
52
William Henry Harrison
56
John Tyler
60
James K. Polk
64
iv
CONTENTS.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
Adolph, Chris. . 131
Blodgett, Wm. H
678
Cleasby, Wm 619
Alden, Charles J 271
Blue, J. J.
758
Cole. John J.
274
Alger, L. W. 264
Boley, A. E
337
Coman, J. B ...
431
Allen, Geo. II 500
Borreson, C. L
223
Comstock. N. D :01
Alme, Erik
604
Borreson, E. N.
204
Conaut, M 273
Anders, Theron 469
Boschert, Joseph.
532
Conrad, Jacob.
657
Anderson, H. A
716
Boucher, Joseph
475
Cook, David ..
772
Anderson, Johu
318
Bowen, LeRoy
435
Cooper, J. D.
649
Anderson. W. A
4-7
Boyd. Andrew
314
Cordell, L.
340
Andrews, Chester
537
Boynton, E. G
145
Cowie, A. J .. 628
Andrews, E. II.
132
Bradfield, J. A. L
200
Cowie, George
Angst, Jacob.
Bradley, John.
447
Cox, William 644
Arnold. A. A
641
Braitzman, Ferd 505
371
Cronk, Rhoda A 526
Ashley, C. N.
Brandt, Carl 555
269
('rook, J. C .. 402
Atkinson, ( N ...
Briggs, G. E
486
Crook, John. Jr 421
Atkinson, George
315
Briggs, Suel
Cummings, T. W. 219
Atwater, W. B
428
Brown, David
319
Cummings, Wm. L
Atwood, Sela
719
Brown, Frank
161
Cuthbert, Wm. 521
Austin, David.
156
Brown, George
688
Cutter, C. Il ..
706
Babinski, .\ 780
Bruba, A. J. 590
429
Darling, Chester.
454
Bailey. Frank
146
Buchholtz, A. G. 695
Davidson, W. J.
408
Barber Bros
529
Bunn, Leroy 357
Davis, A. H
332
Barclay, D. N. 5.5
Buol, Christian
494
Barclay, Thomas
Burke, M T
464
Barney. T. J
450
Barnitz, Lonis
Burns, D. C.
770
Davis, R. T
Barr, Samuel.
719
Burn-, J C
253
Bartz, Charles A
223
Beach, J. B
473
Beadle, R. J
519
Bechmann, C R
717
Button, JJ. C
639
Dawson, John.
453
Bechmann, Henry
651
Beck, John M
4-5
C'alalian, 11. B. 362
Callihan, Michael
364
De Groff, A HI
690
Beckel, L. P
3000
Cameron, Angus. 265
De Groff, J. W. :48
Bel erue. A
277
Capper John 592
l'eininger, J. V 377
De Lorea, F. X 245
Bentley. E. E
C'arl, Gustav
136
Demmon, C. W 147
Benton. ( . S
452
Carlyle, W. J.
509
Dengel, Peter. 408
Berg Emil
417
C'asberg. Carl ('
471
Dengler, John
1×2
Bergh. Martin
Densmore, Joseph 623
Beyer. K. G
163
Bibby. John
('aswell, \ B
Dewey. J. 1
Bigham Daniel.
Chamberlain, E W
578
Dick, William.
Dissmore. George P 650
Busher. . 1 .1
Childers. J. M 265
Dudley, W. 1.
188
Bishop Collin-
( alk. Albion
138
Dudley. W L
Back 1. 0
115
Clark, A. P. 291
Duessendorfer. 1.
Black. Or 0)
101
Clark, Isaac 199
Easton J. ('
Blanchard. D. R.
157 ('aik, Nathan.
Edwards, B. E ..
Bleekman, A E 153 ( lark, P L 160
Blis-, 11 1
( luke, John 659
Edwards. George
213
350
Cook, Nelson 632
Anderson, Mons
Bowen, Oscar
697
Copeland, F. A.
237
Andreas, Henry
Arnold, W. B
Branch, Rollo
Cronk, W. II 408
Asselin, John 419
Brown, S W 2.12
Dall, J. H 318
Bach, Nicholas 754
Bryant, B. F
Darms, Michael 435
Banker, John
477
Buehler, Christian 783
Davis, Daniel. 520
Davis, Isaac D 462
Davis, J. W 172
Davis, R. W 327
Davis, Samuel 403
Burns, Timothy 489
Butler, J. F.
598
Davis, W. E. 240
Batman, S. and 11 G63
Davis, Wilson 1 89
Dayı, Buit. 400
De Force, Byron 312
Beckel. Jarob
Bender, Franklin
Carhart, A R. and N. 1I. $30
Case. Peter ..
600
Dettinger, Joht 620
Chamberlain. M 693
Bigham, John
79
Burnett, J
Crombie, II. M. 662
212
Coney, Robert. 361
Anderson, . W
Bosshard. Gottlieb.
Bowers, Russell
Brice, G. W
V
CONTENTS.
Egan, M. C ..
528
Gladson, James. 736
Hoffman, C. F. 859
Ekern, Andrew.
782
Glover, C. A.
527
Hlogan, J. J. 360
Ekern, Anton. 739
Goddard, Hiram. 576
Hohmann, Charles 792
Ekern, Even.
780
Goddard, L. M 574
Holcomb, D. L. 700
Ekern, Peter. 602
Goddard, R. P. 652
Holmes, Lafayette. 127
Elkins, Edwin
704
Goodhue, E. N
662
Holmes, W. S. 497
Elliott, J. A.
364
Goodland, J. A. 344
Holway, N. B 253
Elwell, C. C ..
254
Goodrich, A. D. 193
Horne, H. E.
154
Emberson, I.
184
Gordon, D. K. 448
Horner, Ernest 441
Emerson, O. B.
327
Grams, Wenzel. 192
240
Hossfeld, R 449
Esmiller, Henry.
241
Graves, W. H.
596
Hotchkiss, E. S. 750
Esperson, Henry
181
Green, I. E
459
Houck, Oscar
338
Euler, George
357
Grigg, J. B.
373
Hough, P. HI.
128
Evans, R. R .. 596
GrindI, L. L.
774
Howard, George.
597
Evensen, P. O.
157
Gross, F. A.
311
Huber, George
780
Everson, Chris
737
Gudmundson, L.
376
Iluber, Henry.
646
Eveson, Ole.
593
Gullickson, Peter.
455
Huefner, Paul.
668
Ewer, A. B ..
286
Gund, Henry ..
173
Hughes. Robert
510
Fahey, Richard.
445
Gund, John, Jr.
174
Hunt, C. A .. . 178
Farber, Wm. J
715
Gunderson, H. 432
Hunter, Thomas. 670
Farewell, M. M.
534
Farnam, E. J.
514
Farnam, George
507
Hagestad, K. K 607
Immell, E. L
657
Farrand, C. W.
731
Imrie, James 612
Faulds & Cowie
628
Hall, Daniel .. 425
Fay, Joseph.
492
Hallock, J. L. 645
Fetter, A. V.
218
Halverson, John 313
Fiers, Peter
399
Hanseu, Thomas 220
461
Jarvis, Timothy 589
Flasch, K. C. 325
Harbo, E. P. 260
Joerres, A. J.
246
Fletcher, C. W
386
Hare, Lemuel 675
Johnson, Alex
215
Fox, John.
168
Hardie, James. 617
Johnson, J. A
404
Frayn, James.
443
Harrison, H. H.
500
Fredrickson, Ole.
427
Hart, Seth
443
Freeman, G. Y .
394
Hass, John ..
508
Freng, A. N.
784
Ilatz, Christian.
411
Jones, E. G 584
Jones, John
290
Fruit, J. J.
262
Heath, H. C.
155
Jones, John N 495
Hegg, O. A .. 621
Heilman, G ..
308
Ganz, E. F.
762
Heiss, Michael. 247
Jordson, Wm
532
Gass, Anthony.
303
Gass, Matthias. 600
685
Hemker, Fred. 187
388
Kass. Christian L 751
Kavenaugh, J. J
149
Gay, James.
434
Henry, James, Jr. 334
Kaylor, A. C.
432
Gear, T. P.
479
Henry, Thomas 625
657
Keaveny, Patrick
267
Getts, H. E ... 779
Herrington, F. C ..
185
Keaveny, Peter
415
Gibson, M. P and D. P 647
Hewitt, G. B.
405
Keizer, J. E
414
Gibson, Wm. . 625
Hewitt, J. C. 196
Kelly, E. J
305
Giebel, Edmund 759
Heydon. E. W .. 300
Ilider-hide, G. N 733
130
Kenrick, II. A
454
Gilfillan, James, Sr. 490
Hillestad, N. G. 184
Gilfillan, J. M. 439
llintgen, N. . 413
Gillespie, John. 637
Hirschheimer, J. J 143
Gillies, John. 609
Hirschheimer, M 263
Kienholz, Peter
190
Gilman, Daniel. 622
Hitchcock, N. D. 569
Gipple, D. F. 710 Hobbs, John.
395
Kindschy, Jacob
728
176
Harrison, D. B 282
Johnson, J. J 406
Johnson, J. K. 195
Johnson, John 537
Johnson, J. W 473
Johnson, Thomas 580
Frey, Nathaniel.
246
Hatz, Jacob ..
518
Fried, Ulrich.
638
Hawkins, C. II.
472
Jones, John B 470
Fugina Bros. Fertig Co 6C6
Gale, George :39
Galvin, Wm. 299
Heinken, F. T.
288
Jones, St. Clair 650
Jones, W. E 208
Helgeson, T. 627
Helsem, J . 657
Kahler, John 304
Gavin, Wm
592
Hemstock, David.
Johnson, A. A
747
Forrest, Alex.
467
Harden, Mary. 440
Johnson, Eugene 413
Fox, W. D.
367
Jacobs, W. P. 498
Finn, John M
007
Hankey, E. J.
646
Jenks, C. L. 301
Flemington, A. B
766
Hare, Frank. 635
Imhoff, Wm. A 216
Farner, John.
611
Hahn Jacob. 305
Halde rson, Knud. 520
Irvine, John. 94
Irwin, Wilbert. 575
Jackson, Walter 752
Filkins, A ..
Hanson, A. C.
173
Ilunt, A. O.
298
Gund, John, Sr.
Huntley & Vanderwort. 764
Hackner, Egid. 307
356
French, Charlotte
Ha tley, Mary
Jones, J. S. 511
Kempter, R. R.
616
Kennedy, Daniel. 667
Gilbert, Henry 793
Gile, Abner 169
Hill, A. J.
Kenrick, John 330
Keppel, J. G 512
Kienahs, Theo. 309
Kindschy, George 729
Gaveney, J. C
Gehrlich, Fidelis 687
Hensel, A. F.
Hosmer, G. A 480
Esch, J. J. 360
Grates, J. II.
CONTENTS.
Kinnear, R. M. I
250
Markle, E ..
258
Olson, Simon. 618
Kircheis, J. E. 252
Marquardt, C. II
178
Osborne, R. E. 2.14
Kirchner, Albert 741
Martindale, S ..
175
Ott, B.
153
Kirchner, C. 1 772
Martindale, S., Jr
263
Ott, Jolın J.
419
Klein, C. F
Mathiesen, S.
188
Otten, Henry
570
Klich, H B. 199
Mathewson, W. T.
594
Oyen, O. J .
311
Klick, J. W.
503
McArthur, D. S
322
Pammel, G. J 278
Kundson, Lewis
126
McConnell, P ..
215
Parsons, L. D .. 690
Koenig. Christian
316
McDermott, J. II.
295
Koller, John.
291
McDonah, Wm
710
Koller, Michael.
292
McGilvray, Alex
Kowalke, E. E
250
Mellugh, Paul
476
Krämer, August
523
McIntosh, D). 480
188
Penny, J. R.
672
Krebaum, C. A
279
Mckenzie, D. J.
614
Krueger, Wm.
450
Mckenzie, Margaret ..
453
Kuhlman, & Gass
303
McKinley, James.
251
Pettibone, A. W
139
Kupp. John.
530
McKown, C. S.
250
Pettingill, Jay
572
La Fleur, Henry .. 444
McMillan, A. P. 585
151
Laflin, HI. B
210
Mc Millan, George.
343
Lamb, James ] 165
539
Medary, J. S.
Langdon, John
Melby, J. O.
683
Pinkerton, JJohn.
506
Laingstadt, G 338
Meuli, Casper.
Piske, Carl.
132
Larsen, Ole E
655
Larsen, O. P
570
Miller, C. II
455
Poehling, Joseph. 2239
Larson, Christian
435
Miller, Conrad
519
Larson, Edward
517
Miller, II. G
22:1
Pollard, E. J.
Law, David
155
Miner. R. G.
Pooler, Frank.
398
Lawler, Dennis
255
Moran, Joseph
2.41
Leete, Wm. W
Morton, W. P
257
Lehrbach, N
Mosher, J. A.
417
Lemon, T. J
Mould, F. W
Pugh, II. MI
584
Lester, WA
Mueller, E. T
30.5
Lewis, J. D.
Mueller, Paul F.
Putnam, C. 11
281
Lewis, T. A.
499
Murphy, Ambrose. 126
160
Lightbody, J. II
Myhre, O. A.
715
Linse, Charles 236
369
Myrick, N
541
Lohmiller, Wm.
184
Looney, M. M
148
Loring, N. T
347
Losey, J. W.
125
Nelson, N. R. 180
Rapp, John M.
191
Lovejoy, Hiramı.
601
Newman, A W 605
Newton, A. B.
531
Rawlingson, James, Jr 515
704
Luce, W. S 501
Nichols, F. E
316
Reed, (. L.
423
Luening, Wm
156
Nissen, H. K. E
261
Reim, C G.
429
Mac Lachlan, W. Q. 696
Nutting, C. W
416
Renggly. J. A
185
Mader, D 126
Madson. O .. 455
321
Magill, 11 T
923
Mallory, J P 613
(de]], D. ].
651
Rhodes, Edson
763 689
Maloney, David
Odell, R .A. 694
Rice, N S.
177
Mannstedt. Theo 110
Richardson, J
174
Mansergh. G. W
Oliver, R. S 655
Olson, Gulleck. 626 Richter, F
Markham, G H
Nyhus, Ole
Renner, Jacob
524
Nyhus, Ole 430
Renner, Mrs. L.
314
Magill HI. P
Ochsner, John 630
Reuter, Frank . .
693
Lockerby, W. E.
Raetzmann, II. W. 226
Raichle, John 729
Rand, J. B.
493
Needham, D.
581
Randall, Esther M. 412
Ranney, J. W. 198
Lovejoy, Herbert
467
516
Neumeister, Wm. 126
Ran, John. . 292
Rawlingson, James, Sr. 515
Luce, Charles ..
514
Luce, S S 695
Nichols, C II
Rebhahn, P. V.
Nichols, G. S . 466
Reichert, M ..
Lueth, Henry
North, W. N
536
Remick, F. A.
505
Lanphere, II. P
532
Meyer, Felix
524
Pitkin, M. J .. Pittinger, N. O .. 393
Polin, Martin
744
Larson, L. 396
Miller, John A
243 249
Polleys, W. E
266
Moore, John G
: 90
Powell, D. F. 5.87
Lebber, Henry
256
765
205
269
Prucha, J. E. 202
Putnam, A. 420
Lewis, Wm. II
1-4 I 302
Murray, J. B.
Quall, O. P.
407
Myhre, Ole L 503
Radtke, Win. J. 495
Neadfelt, Wm 177
Nelson, L. N 220
Lubs, Charles W.
Mercerean, B. B.
491
Phillips, S. E
348
Lambert, Stephen
342
Pickering, Charles. 603
Lange, Diego 501
383
774
5.83
Mickschl, P.
Pettingill, J. L 210
Pfaff, Jacob. 481
La Fleur, R. R. 573
McMillan, D. D
Plail, Levetta. 611
Phelps, F. 1. 348
Meason, L. E.
260
Pederson, lver
Kratchivil, MI
216
Mckenzie, C. W
Perkins, C. E .. 755
Peterson, O. ()
661
McMillan, Alex 161
699
Patterson, S. B 288
Payson, J. M. 423
Peck, Il. J. 265
367
Pederson, C. 669
Kluver, L., & Co
354
Me Arthur, P. S.
323
Palmer, J. A. 725
Rhodes, Joshua
Odell, Levi L. 620
310
Prestegaarden, J. A. 762
372
Pinkerton, Joseph. 388
135
Prentiss, G. C. 370
vii
CONTENTS.
Richmond, Joseph 489
Sloane, E. A 226
Van Zandt, Will 345
Richmond, Stephen.
713
Slye, II. 11.
586
Vaughan, J. J.
396
Rick, Wm. C .. 513
Smith, D. P.
484
Vincent, James 197
Riese, Joseph.
295
Smith, F. B.
199
Voegeli, Tobias. 702
Ring, Fred .
571
Smith, H. B
167
Ringlee, C. F 759
Smith, J. J. 284
Wacker, John 203
Ritter, F. X 376
Smith, O. L. 174
Wagner, August 702
Ritz, J. W. .
129
Smith, Sarah H 424
Roberts, E. R.
378
Smith, Wm 531
Wannebo, M. 272
Warner, M. G 460
Roberts, F. P
583
Sobotka, A. F 309
Warsaw, A. A. 594
.
Robinson, O. D
435
Sorenson, Ori 283
Roddle, J. C
451
Sorerson, Peter 518
Weinandy, N
643
Roddle, W. C ..
410
Southworth, J. D. 615
Weingarten, C ..
209
Roden, Thomas 526
Sparling, W. (R. 202
Weisenberger, P
610
Rodolf, Theo 296
Spence, T. H.
306
Roesch, Christ.
735
Spenceley, J. HI 534
Wensole, Louis
133
Roettiger, H .. .
677
Spettel Bros. 297
Wenzel, G.
580
Roosevelt, W. A.
145
Sprecher, John 653
280
Roth, Joseph
171
Stangl, George 143
Wheldon, John.
461
Rowles, J. A.
439
Steensen, Stephen 442
Ruedy, John. .
470
Steinlein, A ..
171
Runckel, Louis
293
Ruth, Joseph
624
Stephens, Elisha. 769
Widvey, T. T
540
Rynning, E. B.
400
Stephens, James 520
Wiedman, J. B.
13[
Sacia, Frank 572
Stephenson, J. 247
Wiele, William
374
Safford, H. M ..
341
Stogdill. Robert. 313
Williams, J. B.
285
Sagen, A. K
329
Stoll, Jacob .. 634
Williams, J. E.
437
Salzer, J. A. 158
Stoltze, Gustav 179
Samson, James
752
Storandt, F. 355
Wilson, James. 401
Samuels, F. J 385
Storey, J. O.
368
Sandman, D ..
525
Strand, H. E.
417
Sawyer, A. E.
384
Strom, O. P. 391
Sullivan, Paul
433
Schaefer, C. M. 320
Schaettle, Charles
722
Schaller, Charles
418
Scharpf, C. F
289
Scheitz, Jolın.
692
Scheufler, E.
294
Schick, Hugo
179
Schildmann, F
219
Thompson, Peter S 477
Yarrington, G. H 243
Yonker, D. IF 335
Youchem, John. 781
Young, Charles A 430
Young, J. L. 392
Young, Samuel.
3:7
Young, Wm. M.
703
Tollefson, T. O ... 192 Scott, C. E.
Scott, G. W
473
Tourtellotte, Mills 465
Sendelbach, M 725
Senn, John J. 684
Shane, Daniel 331
Shankland, Jobn. 387
Shaw, F. D. 506
Shepard, D. R. A. 538
Shephard, H. C. 618
Short, A. M. 134
Siebrecht, A 533 Siegler, R. 206 Sill, W. R. 150
Simenson, Ole. 445
Simpson, T. A. 613
Sisson, F. M. 363
Skinner, J. W. 285
Van Loon, A.
409
Van Steenwyk, G.
349
PORTRAITS,
Towner, J. C .. 738 Towson, Abram 979 Anderson, Mons. 221
Bechmann, C. R. 717
Bliss, H. I
397
Trumbower, J. A 458 Bryant, B. F. 229
Turton, John 732
Uhl, George 764
Uhl, Peter. . 631
Ulrich, Wm 674
Untraut, H. J 686
Usher, E. B ... 411
Utermoehl, J. L 604
Sliger, George 463
Thorp, C. R.
329
Schnell, Bros 186
Schwalbe, Joseph and Frank. 294
Thorsgaard, H 664
Tibbitts, A. 778
Schwartz, F. 288
Schwebach, James 245
742
Torgerson, John. .
496
Trane, J. A 277
Tritton, E. 374
Trowbridge, D. 776
Carlyle, W. J
509
Clark, Isaac. 629
Comstock, N. D. 701
Copeland, F. A
237
Easton, J. C
381
Fahey, Richard
445
Flasch, K. C.
325
3:0
Whitney, L. II.
705
Sacia, IIarmon 538
Stevens, Ephraim 321
Willey, G. L.
Wingad, David 721
Wingad, John. 720
Withee, Levi. 189
Withee, N. H. 205
Wohlgenant, C. 624
Wolf, Florian. 278
Wood, David.
742
Teckemburg, Henry 689
Teeple, Henry. 745
Thomas, W. D. 159
Wright, G. D
339
Thomas, W. S. 336
Thompson, W. B. 673
Schintjen, Peter. 139
Thornbury, J. E. 569
Schmitz, John 676
385
Sawyer, W. E.
Sykes, James. 317
Techner, H. C. 303
Wood, L. W .. 194
Woodward, G. M 265
Williams, P. A. 707
211
Rosenow, John.
725
Stanek, J. J
Wheeler, J. E
191
White, Austin O.
355
Roberts, H. S. 589
Solsrud, L .. 761
Washburn, C. C.
Waterman. M. W
699
Wallace, J. L. 591
Roberts, Ethan 486
Smith, W. T 522
Weisinclek, J.
West, H. E.
White, William.
Stellpflug, J. A. 656
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Tiedemann, E. J. 180
Scott, W. J. 501
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CONTENTS.
Gaveney, J. C.
685
Myrick, N. . 541
Schwebach, James, 245
Skinner, J. W . 285
Gillespie, John.
637
Needham, D.
581
Newman, A. W
605
Hanson, A. C ...
461
Nichols, C. HI
333
Ilegg. O. A ..
621
Hintgen, N
413
Pederson, Iver.
669
Holway, N. B.
253
Peterson, O. ().
661
Jenks, C. L.
301
Rand, J. B
493
La Fleur, R. R
573
Remick, F. A.
429
Losey, J. W
125
Roberts, H. S.
589
Washburn, C. C.
.365
McMillan, Alex
161
Sandman, D.
525
Withee, N II.
205
Sprecher, John 653
Thompson, P. S .. 477
Tourtellotte, Mills 465
Van Steenwyk, G 349
vincent, James. 197
Withee, Levi. 189
Gile, Abner.
169
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GEORGE WASHINGTON.
GEORGE
ASHINGTON.
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EORGE WASHING- TON, the " Father of his Country" and its first President, 1789- '97, was born Febru- ary 22, 1732, in Wash- ington Parish, West- moreland County, Virginia. His father, Augustine Wash- ington, first married Jane But- ler, who bore him four chil- dren, and March 6, 1730, he married Mary Ball. Of six children by his second mar- riage, George was the eldest, the others being Betty, Samuel, John, Au- gustine, Charles and Mildred, of whom the youngest died in infancy. Little is known of the early years of Washington, beyond the fact that the house in which he was born was burned during his early child- hood, and that his father thereupon moved to another farm, inherited from his paternal ancestors, situated in Stafford County, on the north bank of the Rappahannock, where he acted as agent of the Principio Iron Works in the immediate vicinity, and died there in 1743.
From earliest childhood George devel- oped a noble character. He had a vigorous constitution, a fine form, and great bodily strength. His education was somewhat de-
fective, being confined to the elementary branches taught him by his mother and at a neighboring school. He developed, how- ever, a fondness for mathematics, and en- joyed in that branch the instructions of a private teacher. On leaving school he re- sided for some time at Mount Vernon with his half brother, Lawrence, who acted as his guardian, and who had married a daugh- ter of his neighbor at Belvoir on the Poto- mac, the wealthy William Fairfax, for some time president of the executive council of the colony. Both Fairfax and his son-in-law, Lawrence Washington, had served with dis- tinction in 1740 as officers of an American battalion at the siege of Carthagena, and were friends and correspondents of Admiral Vernon, for whom the latter's residence on the Potomac has been named. George's inclinations were for a similar career, and a midshipman's warrant was procured for him, probably through the influence of the Admiral; but through the opposition of his mother the project was abandoned. The family connection with the Fairfaxes, how- ever, opened another career for the young man, who, at the age of sixteen, was ap- pointed surveyor to the immense estates of the eccentric Lord Fairfax, who was then on a visit at Belvoir, and who shortly after- ward established his baronial residence at Greenway Court, in the Shenandoah Valley.
PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Three years were passed by young Wash- ington in a rough frontier life, gaining ex- perience which afterward proved very es- sential to him.
In 1751, when the Virginia militia were put urder training with a view to active service against France, Washington, though only nineteen years of age, was appointed Adjutant with the rank of Major. In Sep- tember of that year the failing health of Lawrence Washington rendered it neces- sary for him to seek a warmer climate, and George accompanied him in a voyage to Bar oadoes. They returned early in 1752, and Lawrence shortly afterward died, leav- ing hes large property to an infant daughter. In his will George was named one of the executors and as eventual heir to Mount Vernon, and by the death of the infant niece soon succeeded to that estate.
On the arrival of Robert Dinwiddie as Lieutenant-Governor of Virginia in 1752 the militia was reorganized, and the prov- ince divided into four districts. Washing- ton was commissioned by Dinwiddie Adju- tant-General of the Northern District in 1753, and in November of that year a most important as well as hazardous mission was assigned him. This was to proceed to the Canadian posts recently established on French Creek, near Lake Erie, to demand in the name of the King of England the withdrawal of the French from a territory claimed by Virginia. This enterprise had been declined by more than one officer, since it involved a journey through an ex- tensive and almost unexplored wilderness in the occupancy of savage Indian tribes. either hostile to the English, or of doubtful attachment. Major Washington, however, accepted the commission with alacrity ; and. accompanied by Captain Gist, he reached Fort Le Beruf on French Creek, delivered his dispatches and received reply, which, of course, was a polite refusal to surrender the posts. This reply was of such a character
as to induce the Assembly of Virginia to authorize the executive to raise a regiment of 300 men for the purpose of maintaining the asserted rights of the British crown over the territory claimed. As Washing- ton declined to be a candidate for that post, the command of this regiment was given to Colonel Joshua Fry, and Major Washing- ton, at his own request, was commissioned Lieutenant-Colonel. On the march to Ohio, news was received that a party previously sent to build a fort at the confluence of the Monongahela with the Ohio had been driven back by a considerable French force, which had completed the work there be- gun, and named it Fort Duquesne, in honor of the Marquis Duquesne, then Governor of Canada. This was the beginning of the great " French and Indian war," which con- tinned seven years. On the death of Colonel Fry, Washington succeeded to the com- mand of the regiment, and so well did he fulfill his trust that the Virginia Assembly commissioned him as Commander-in-Chief of all the forces raised in the colony.
A cessation of all Indian hostility on the frontier having followed the expulsion of the French from the Ohio, the object of Washington was accomplished and he re- signed his commission as Commander-in- Chief of the Virginia forces. Ile then pro- ceeded to Williamsburg to take his seat in the General Assembly, of which he had been elected a member.
January 17, 1759. Washington married Mrs. Martha (Dandridge, Custis, a young and beautiful widow of great wealth, and de- voted himself for the ensuing fifteen years to the quiet pursuits of agriculture, inter- rupted only by his annual attendance in winter upon the Colonial Legislature at Williamsburg, until summoned by his country to enter upon that other arena in which his fame was to become world wide.
It is unnecessary here to trace the details of the struggle upon the question cf local
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self-government, which, after ten years, cul- minated by act of Parliament of the port of Boston. It was at the instance of Virginia that a congress of all the colonies was called to meet at Philadelphia September 5, 1774, to secure their common liberties-if possible by peaceful means. To this Congress Colonel Washington was sent as a dele- gate. On dissolving in October, it recom- mended the colonies to send deputies to another Congress the following spring. In the meantime several of the colonies felt impelled to raise local forces to repel in- sults and aggressions on the part of British troops, so that on the assembling of the next Congress, May 10, 1775, the war prepara- tions of the mother country were unmis- takable. The battles of Concord and Lex- ington had been fought. Among the earliest acts, therefore, of the Congress was the selection of a commander-in-chief of the colonial forces. This office was unani- mously conferred upon Washington, still a member of the Congress. He accepted it on June 19, but on the express condition he should receive no salary.
He immediately repaired to the vicinity of Boston, against which point the British ministry had concentrated their forces. As early as April General Gage had 3,000 troops in and around this proscribed city. During the fall and winter the British policy clearly indicated a purpose to divide pub- lic sentiment and to build up a British party in the colonies. Those who sided with the ministry were stigmatized by the patriots as " Tories," while the patriots took to them- 1 selves the name of " Whigs."
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