History of Dane County, Wisconsin, Part 145

Author: Butterfield, Consul Willshire, 1824-1899; Western Historical Co., Chicago, pub
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Chicago : Western Historical Company
Number of Pages: 1304


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* From Robinson's " Epitome of Literature," by Prof. R. B. Anderson, of the University of Wisconsin. In the last year and a half, Mr. Butterfield has edited in chief the histories of Rock, Fo id du Lac, Columbia aud Dane Counties, Wie .- PUB.


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Frank W., David B., James D., Edward K., Rosemary, John R., Joseph M., Catherine I. and Marga- ret, all at home. Started a job-printing office in May, 1867, in his present place of business ; his is the only exclusive book and job printing office in Madison ; he has an extended patronage and is an energetic business man.


J. H. CARPENTER. The subject of this sketch, was born in Ashford, Windham Co., Conn., Feb. 14, 1822; resided in that county until he came West; was admitted to the bar in March, 1847, and. engaged in practice at Willimantic, Conn., up to the time of his coming to Madison, in June, 1857; has been engaged in practice ever since; has been connected with the law department of the State Uni- versity since its organization, and a member of the Board of Education for the last eighteen years. Mar- ried, at Brookfield, Mass., Feb. 13, 1852, Martha C. Kendall; she was born at Palmer, Hampden Co., Mass.


E. D. CARRELL, freight conductor Western Division of Prairie du Chien Division of the C., M. & St. P. R. R .; was born in Sterling, Wayne Co., Penn., May 7, 1837, where he obtained a prac- tical education in the public schools. His father, Benjamin Carroll, was a farmer, and also was engaged somewhat in lumbering; the son was early taught the duty of honorable toil. In April, 1858, he came to Wisconsin and located in Grant Co .; worked some time as a section hand for C., M. & St. P. R. R., and, in 1861, began as brakeman ou freight, and, in September, 1865, was promoted to his present posi- tion. Was married, in September, 1858, to Miss Mary Howland, of Grant Co .; they have four children -Herbert E., Lillie, Hattie and Perry, all living at home, at their residence, 106 Broome street; the fam -. ily affiliate with the Congregational Church. Mr. Carrell is a Knight Templar, and is Worthy Master of Prairie du Chien Lodge; for twenty-two years he has been in the employ of the C., M. & St. P. R. R., and for fifteen has been conductor of the way freight between Madison and Prairie du Chien, and in all that period, no accident has been caused by or on his train, and he has never received an unpleasant word from a superior officer.


MRS. D. E. CARSON, Preceptress of Ladies' Hall of the University of Wisconsin ; she is a daughter of Thomas Wilder, and is a native of Wyoming Co., N. Y .; she graduated at the Normal School in Albany, N. Y., in 1850, and afterward spent two years at the Alexander Classical School, in Genesee Co., N. Y. She was married to Delos Carson, of New York, in 1853, and the following year they came West, and located in Bloomington, Ill., where he engaged in mercantile pursuits until the rebellion. Eolisted, in 1862, as a private in a cavalry company ; was soon clected 2d Lieutenant, and then promoted to the captaincy ; he was massacred, after surrender at Ft. Pillow, on the 12th of April, 1864. They had one daughter-Ida Bell, who was educated in Europe, and, in 1877, at the time of her death, she was teacher of music in Milwaukee College. Mrs. Carson spent the school year of 1878-79 in Europe -the summer in Switzerland and the winter in Rome ; she has been Preceptress of Ladies' Hall since 1871 ; she teaches the Freshman mathematics in the university. The hall can accommodate sixty board- ing pupils ; the government of the school is like that of a Christian family, having few rules besides " Do right ;" there is no system of police espionage; the pupils understand that they are to be trusted or dis- missed; the rights and feelings of all are to be regarded by each, and the spirit of self-reliance is culti- vated, and thereby is strength of character developed. Mrs. Carson is well known as a lady of marked refinement and liberal culture.


CHANDLER P. CHAPMAN ; was born in Bristol, Trumbull Co., Ohio ; came to Madi- son in May, 1846 ; is the son of Dr. Chandler B. Chapman, who died here on May 7, 1877 ; he practiced here until 1848; then was Professor of Cincinnati and Miami Colleges ; was Surgeon of the 6th and 20th W. V. I., Brigade Surgeon under Gen. King, and Medical Director of the Army of the Rio Grande under Gen. Heron; was in the army from June, 1861, to August, 1864. The subject of this brief sketch was in the newspaper business a short time prior to engaging in the abstract business.


SAMUEL L. CHASE (firm of Moulton & Chase, contractors and builders) ; born in 1834, in Philadelphia, Penn .; learned his trade in Philadelphia ; came to Madison in 1855, and has never slept a night outside the State of Wisconsin since that date. Was married, in 1857, to Miss Helen M. Larkin, daughter of Jonathan Larkin, an early pioneer, and for one torm Treasurer of Wisconsin Territory ; has four children, all at home; residence just outside the west limits of the city ; partner for the last five years of H. W. Moulton. He belongs to no secret society ; his religion consists largely in " doing as he agrees."


CHARLES C. CHITTENDEN, dentist ; born in Nunda, Livingston Co., N. Y., May 10, 1842; son of Nelson and Sophia B. (Fuller) Chittenden ; father was born in the town of Charlotte, Chit- tenden Co., Vt., Nov. 11, 1806; he was engaged in the practice of dentistry for over forty years prior to


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his death, which occurred Feb. 12, 1873, being at that time one of the oldest dentists of Madison ; mother was born in Springfield, Mass., and is now a resident of Madison ; C. C. Chittenden came to Madison in June, 1855 ; commenced learning dental business when a boy, and has been engaged in regular practice since the summer of 1863. He enlisted September, 1861, in the 11th W. V. I., served until November, 1862, when he was mustered-out of the service. He is a Knight Templar, and for the last seventeen years has been organist of the Episcopal Church at Madison.


H. W. CHYNOWETH, son of Thomas Chynoweth, who came to Madison in June, 1855, sad is still a resident of this place ; H. W. is a native of Nunda, New York, graduated from the State Uni- versity, Class of 1868, classical department ; has engaged in the practice of law here since 1871, with the firm of Orton, Keyes & Co., which continued until H. S. Orton was elected Judge of the Supreme Court ia 1878; firm has continued as Keyes & Chynowith, since ; Mr. C. has been Assistant Attorney General since the first Monday in January, 1878.


DARWIN CLARK, one of the earliest settlers of Madison ; born in Otego, Otsego Co., N. Y., May 12, 1812 ; learned the trade of cabinet making, and served an apprenticeship from 16 to 21 years of age ; came to Madison, June 10, 1837, coming from Utica to Buffalo by canal, from Buffalo to Detroit by boat, from Detroit to St. Joseph, Mich., on foot, took boat to Chicago, walked from Chicago to Madison via Milwaukee; worked part of that season on the capitol, and on steam mill, American Hotel, store, etc .; the mill was built by the Government, from money appropriated for the construction of the capitol ; only completed the basement of the capitol first season ; the cost was about $13,000; the first lum- ber sawed here was by whip sawyers ; helped frame the roof of the capitol and American House in 1838 ; in November, 1839, went into the American House as clerk, remained with Morrison, in the hotel uatil 1841, and practically run the house part of the time; in 1841, helped build another mill for Simeon Mille ; in 1842, went into the building and contracting business for himself. In April, 1845, commenced the furniture business in the same place where he was located. In the winter of 1843-44, he taught school in Madison ; was candidate for Sheriff, and only beaten by twenty-four votes in 1844, and was Deputy County Treasurer before he ran for Sheriff. The county was divided into two precincts, and he was elected Treasurer a couple of times of Madison and Blue Mound precinct ; was Treasurer of the village of Madison three terms; was Alderman during the years of 1858-59-60-61; during one year was President of the Council; again was elected Alderman, and acted in that capacity for three years, and was connected with the School Board two years. Married at Webster, Monroe Co., N. Y., Aug. 31, 1848, Sarah L. Good- aow, a native of Webster, Monroe Co., N. Y., who was born May 9, 1824, and died March 5, 1854. His second marriage was at Oshkosh, Wis., May 20, 1858, to Frances A. Adams ; she was born at Akron, Ohio, Jaa. 16, 1833; two children by this marriage-Frances Louise, born June 15, 1859, and Grace, buro Ang. 23, 1864.


A. W. CLARKE, Cashier Park Savings Bank ; born at Battle Creek, Mich., Jan. 6, 1851 ; when he was a child, his parents came to Madison, where he has been reared and educated ; in January, 1873 he became connected with the Park Savings Bank as Teller ; July, 1874, he was appointed Assistant Cashier, served in that capacity until July, 1878, when he became Cashier of the same institution, and has held the position ever since.


HON. ORSAMUS COLE ; he was born in Cazenovia, Madison Co., N. Y., Aug. 23, 1819 ; is a son of Hymeneus and Sarah (Salisbury) Cole ; he graduated from Union College in 1843; after a thorough preparatiou for the practice of law, he came to Chicago, spent a few months there, then located st Potosi, Grant Co., Wis., in 1845; he was for several years engaged in successful practice with the late William R. Biddlecome. In 1847, he was elected as one of the Representatives of Grant Co. to the Con- stitutionsl Convention ; he was a member of the Committee on Executive, Legislative and Administrative Provisions, and was one of the most faithful and hard-working members; in 1848, he was Whig candi- date for Congress in the Second Congressional District, which then comprised the entire western half of the State; after an exciting contest, he was elected, and took a prominent part as a member of the Thirty-first Congress; in 1851, he again entered vigorously upon the practice of his profession in Potosi ; in 1855, he was first elected Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, re-elected in 1861-67-73, for terms of six years each, and, in 1879, re-elected for a term of ten years from January, 1880, and in Novem- ber, 1880, was appointed Chief Justice to fill the unexpired term made vacant by the death of Chief Jus- tice Ryan. In June, 1848, he was married to Miss Julia A. Houghton ; there is but one living child of this union, Sidney H Cole, who is now a member of the firm of West & Co., dealers in books and stationery, in Milwaukee; Mrs. Cole died Dec. 17, 1874; Judge Cole was married to his present wife, Mrs. Roberta C. Garnhart, Jan. 1, 1879.


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JAMES CONKLIN, of the firm of Conklin & Gray, dealers in coal and grain ; is the son of John and Catharine Conklin, and was born in Burlington, Chittenden Co., Vt., June 12, 1831; Mr. C. removed to Madison, Wis., in October, 1849, and, since that time, has been for the most part engaged in his present business ; in 1864, Mr. Gray was associated with him in the business. Mr. C. belongs to the Roman Catholic Church. He has been Alderman for six years ; has served as President of the Council, City Treasurer, member of the Board of Education, etc. Jan. 29, 1853, he was married to Miss Mary Egan; they have seven children, viz., James E., Margaret E., Matthew H., Kate, Mary Jane, Lucy and John William.


O. M. CONOVER ; born at Dayton, Ohio, Oct. 8, 1825; son of Obadiah Berlew Conover (born in New Jersey, of Holland Dutch ancestry) and Sarah Miller (born in Kentucky) ; he graduated at the College of New Jersey (Princeton College) in 1844; taught two years, first, in Kentucky, near Lexington, and then as instructor in Latin and Greek in the Dayton Academy, studying law meantime in the office of Schenck & Conover; he entered the Princeton Theological Seminary in the fall of 1846, and graduated there in 1849; he published and edited a literary and educational monthly at Madison, Wis., for a few months, in 1850; title, the Northwestern Journal; he became, in 1850, an instructor in the University of Wisconsin, then recently organized; at the time of his appointment, there were only two other instructors in the institution, Chancellor John H. Lathrop and Prof. John W. Sterling; held the chair of Ancient Languages and Literature from 1852 to 1858; resumed the study of law in 1858, and became a member of the Dane Co. bar in 1859; on the appointment of P. L. Spooner, Esq., as reporter of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin, in the spring of 1861, he became associated with him in the preparation and publication of the Wisconsin Reports, beginning with Vol. XII; Mr. Spooner having resigned the office in the summer of 1864 to resume the practice of the law, he was appointed his succes- sor ; thirty-three volumes of the Wisconsin Reports have appeared since that time, viz., Vols. XVI to XLVIII, both inclusive; Vol. XVI was prepared and edited by S. U. Pinney, Esq., of Madison ; Vol. XXIX by James Simmons, Esq., of Geneva, Wis .; Vol. XXX by James L. High, Esq., of Chicago, and Vol. XXXVII by Edwin E. Bryant, Esq., of Madison ; the other volumes which have appeared since his appointment to the office have been mainly prepared and wholly edited by himself, but, for the pur- pose of securing the more rapid preparation of the volumes, he has frequently obtained valuable assistance, not only from some of the gentlemen already named, but also from Burr W. Jones, Esq., of Madison, and John B. Simmons, Esq., of Geneva, with slighter occasional aid from others; by these means, the series has for many years been issued with a degree of promptness somewhat rare in the reports of the several courts of last resort in this country. (See also Butterfield's " History of Wisconsin University").


E. P. COPP, jeweler and watchmaker, Madison, Wis .; is the son of Joseph M. and Hannah Copp, and was born in Warren, N. H., Oct. 3, 1833; in the fall of 1849, Mr. C. came with his unele to Rockton, Ill., where he worked at the jeweler's business until the fall of 1850, when he removed to Madi- SOD, Wis., where he finished learning his trade with his uncle, Mr. L. E. Brown ; he then began a repair shop in what is now known as " Brown's block ; " afterward going to Iowa, he spent three years in the same business, and then, in 1861, returned to Madison, where he worked for two years at his trade in the employ of Mr. J. W. Beckley ; at the end of this time, Mr. Beckley sold out to Mr. George R. Cook ; Mr. Copp continued t, work for Mr. B. for several years, indeed was in his employ most of the time up to January, 1878, when he opened business for himself at his present stand at No. 4 Washington avenue, Oct. 3, 1867. Mr. C. was married to Miss Josephine R. Woodard, who was born June 18, 1847; they have three children-Arthur W., Joseph M., and Louise Helen. Mrs. Copp belongs to the Presbyterian Church. Mr. C. is a Mason, and also a member of A. O. U. W.


WILLIAM CORRY, dealer in hides, pelts, rags, iron, etc., etc., Madison, Wis. ; is the son of Charles and Rose Corry, and was born in County of Cowen, Ireland, July of 1825 ; his parents are both dead; his father died in Mazomanie, Dane Co., Wis., July 30, 1880; Mr. Corry came to America with his parents about the year 1840; lived for five years in New York State, and after that, until coming to Wisconsin, he resided in Massachusetts; in 1860, Mr. C. removed to Springdale, Wis., and, in 1864, changed his residence to Madison, Wis .; shortly after his removal to the latter place, he began his present business, being the first one in that city to engage in this as a specialty ; he had many desperate struggles at first with various obstacles to his business, but by steady, persevering effort, he has finally triumphed over these and won success. Mr. C. has been twice married; his first wife was Miss Sarah Breen, by this marriage there were five children, viz., Charles, Mary Ann, John, William, Ellen. Mr. C. was married again in September of 1861, to Miss Catharine Conahan, by whom he has ten children, viz., Thomas, Stephen, Edward, Joseph, James, Sadie, Catharine, Francis, Charles and Matthew. Mr. C. and family belong to Roman Catholic Church.


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THOMAS P. COYNE, County Clerk ; born in London, England, March 17, 1851; came to America in 1852 with his parents ; lived in Pennsylvania until 1856; then came to the town of Madison, Wis .; was two years on a farm, then came to the city of Madison ; engaged in the business of stone-cutter for about ten years. During the late war he served six months as drummer boy in 44th W. V. I., being but 13 years of age at the time. He was elected City Treasurer in 1875 ; served one year in that position, thun he was for three years engaged in the flour and feed business. First elected County Clerk in 1878 ; re-elected in November, 1880.


E. R. CURTISS, photographer, No. 42 Pinckney street, Madison ; is a native of New York ; learned his trade in Albany, N. Y .; came to Madison in 1859-twenty-one years ago this Autumn. He was married in 1859, to Miss Eva A. Lingenfelter, of Fonda, N. Y .; they have four children -- Fred W. May E., Edwin R. and Gertie. Family are Methodists. He is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen; he has a very attractive studio and extended patronage ; he employs five assistants, and is the leading photographer of Madison.


A. M. DAGGETT, grocer, of the firm of Daggett & Son, Madison, Wis., was born in New- port, Me., Dec. 1, 1844; he went with his parents, in 1853, to Madison, Wis .; in 1859, his father, Mr. M. L. Daggett, began the grocery business, and in 1866, his son, the subject of this sketch, Mr. A. M. Daggett, became his partner. May 4, 1867, he was married to Miss Jennie Harding, who was born in England July 3, 1843 ; they have two children-Asbury Dyson and Florence Jenning. Mr. Daggett is a Mason, and is now Treasurer of the lodge ; he has served as Alderman. Mr. Daggett, with one other gentleman of Madison, is the crack sportsman of the country.


WILLIAM WILLARD DANIELLS, M. S., Professor of Chemistry in the University of Wisconsin; he was born in West Bloomfield, Oakland Co., Mich., on the 10th day of March, 1840; his early education was obtained in the schools of Detroit and Wacousta, Mich., and at a private academy in Lansing ; in 1860, he entered the Michigan Agricultural College, and graduated in 1864 with the de- gree of Bachelor of Science; for two years thereafter, he was assistant to the Professor of Chemistry in that institution. Prof. Daniells spent a portion of the year 1866 and the two following years in the chem- ical laboratory of the Lawrence Scientific School of Harvard University-then a special training school for chemists-under the instruction of Dr. Wolcott Gibbs; in February, 1868, he was elected to the Profes- gorship of Agriculture in the University of Wisconsin; in 1869, analytical chemistry also was included in his department; in 1875, his chair was changed to chemistry and agriculture; it was given increased prominence, and, after the present season, 1880, his professorship includes only chemistry. Prior to 1868, science-teaching in the University had been only lecture-room instruction ; Prof. Daniells immediately planned to secure a chemical laboratory, and the only available place was the basement of the south wing of University Hall; during the spring of 1868, he gave laboratory instruction io chemistry daily to a single student, using an old carpenter's work-bench for a laboratory-table, in a room which was literally a cellar with a board floor; the magnificent arrangements of Science Hall afford a happy contrast to that humble beginning; the building-up of the Department of Chemistry to its present advanced position has been Prof. Daniells' successful work in the university. He was married June 22, 1871, to Miss Hontas A. Peabody, of Faribault, Minn .; she is a native of Georgia, and graduated in 1867 from Mt. Holyoke, Mass .; they have two children-Ralph P. and Mildred ; their pleasant home is on Carroll street, near Langdon. Prof. Daniells, upon his arrival in the city in 1868, in- stituted a series of daily observations and records of meteorological phenomena, which were continued three times daily under his charge up to October, 1878, when a United States Signal Service Station was established in Madison : in 1873, he received the appointment of Chemist to the State Geological Survey, and did most of the mineral analyses and assays; such work, although occupying little space upon the printed page, requires much time and skill to accomplish; the Regents have published reports of his valu- able experiments upon the university farm. Prof. Daniells is a member of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, and has read before it several papers of marked ability ; he has also made many addresses treating of the varied applications of science to agriculture ; an extended notice of his scientific and literary labors will be found in the chapter on authors; through all his papers there runs a veio of practicality-of matter of fact-to be expected of a devotee of science. Under a law recently passed, Gov. Smith in 1880 appointed Prof. Daniells State Analyst ; he has long been recognized as one of the most successful instructors in the university, both in the class-room and laboratory, his principal char- acteristics as a teacher being, perhaps, his extreme accuracy and faithfulness ; students and visitors declare hi o a decided success in laboratory instruction ; to all questions relating to his specialties, his answers are concise, ready and reliable; but, socially and professionally, he is without ostentation or pride of opinion ;


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he is the appreciated head of a department having unsurpassed facilities for practical instruction in chem- istry.


EPHRAIM D. DARWIN, freight agent C. M. & St. P. R. R. ; was born in Tecumseh, Lenawee Co., Mich., Oct. 5, 1830; came to Milwaukee, November, 1839, with his uncle, A. Finch, Jr., who is now senior partner of the firm of Finches, Lynde & Miller; Ephraim D. came to Madison in November, 1851, and, with the exception of two years, has resided in Madison since that date ; he is a practical printer, learned his trade in the Sentinel office at Milwaukee; worked nine years in Democrat and Democrat and Argus offices, in Madison ; in 1855 he began railroading, with C., M. & St. P. R. R., and has been in its employ up to date ; freight agent since 1865 ; has been several years a director of the Madison Institute ; owns his residence on Graham Street; he has seen this city experience all the changes resulting from an extended system of railroads ; when Madison was terminus, it was a thrifty center of both wholesale and retail trade ; when he first visited Milwaukee, it did not contain a single brick house. Mr. Darwin is not an old man, but during his life the wild prairies have borne the fruitage of our grand Western civilization. As a business man he is quiet and practical.


WILLIAM DAVIDSON, firm of Davidson & Engel, contractors and builders; born in 1828, in Scotland ; came to United States in 1851, and worked five years at his trade in New York ; then, in 1856, he settled in Madison, and with different partners has carried on the business of building to the present date. He was married, in 1854, to Miss Margaret McKennon, of Columbia Co., Wis. ; they have three sons-Colin R., now in Minneapolis, Minn. ; Charles H., now clerk for Cooley, the coal merchant; William G. is at home ; he owns a beautiful home, corner of State and Lake Streets; their office is corner of Mifflin and Carroll Streets; he did woodwork in Asylum for the Blind at Janesville, four wings of the Insane Asylum, Madison, and other public buildings, Gen. Atwood's and many other fine residences ; he never held an office, and never missed voting at an election ; is a reliable Republican ; family are Presby- terians.


JOHN EUGENE DAVIES, A. M., M. D., Professor of Physics in the University of Wisconsin ; he was born on the 23d of April, 1839; when he was 2 years of age his parents removed from Clarkstown, N. Y., to the city of New York; at the age of 12 he passed, by examination, into what was then the Free Academy, now the College of the City of New York ; here he took the modern classical course, in which Latin and French took the place of Greek. In 1855, he came with his parents to Wisconsin, where he continued his studies as best he could, meanwhile teaching school in the winter and doing farm work in the summer ; in spring of 1859, he entered Lawrence University, at Appleton, Wis., as a third-term sophomore ; he continued two years in the junior class to make up Greek, and graduated in summer of 1862, with honor, because of extra attainments in mathematics and astronomy ; he began the study of medicine at solicitation of a physician friend, and with the idea that it would keep him nearer the sciences than either of the other professions; he had studied but a short time when the battle of Pittsburg Landing was fought, and President Lincoln called for more troops ; he joined the army, and his experience as a soldier was varied and interesting ; he enlisted as a private in the 21st W. V. I., and marched with it to Covington, Ky., and afterward to Louisville, during the approach of Gen. Bragg from Chattanooga; in both these places he served in the trenches, and performed such duties as fell to the lot of a private soldier in time of war; in the retreat of Bragg, he was, without solicitation, put on detail duty by Maj. Gen. Buell, and quartered in one of the hospitals of Louisville ; he was afterward appointed Sergeant Major of his regiment, and was in the battles of Chickamauga and Mission Ridge; subsequently he served six months on picket duty, on top of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee ; he was with his regiment in all its fighting on the march to Atlanta, Ga., and around that city, and on its backward march to Chattanooga, when Gen. Hood undertook his flank movement upon Nashville, but was beaten back by Thomas; he afterward saw Atlanta burned, and went, under Sherman, upon his famous " march to the sea; " he was recommended for promotion, and his commission as First Lieutenant arrived after the battle of Bentonville, and the army had entered Goldsboro, N. C .; he marched home with his regiment, by way of Richmond to Washing- ton, having served his three years without a day's furlough ; his war record is such as might be expected from a man of his character, who, from love of country only, entered the Union ranks as a private, and, in comparatively humble positions, served his whole time with courage and fidelity. He resumed his medical studies in 1865, at the Chicago Medical College, receiving the degree of Doctor in Medicine in the spring of 1868, hut continued his attendance at clinical lectures in Cook County Hospital and Mercy Hospital until end of August, 1868, when he came to Madison, Wis., to enter upon his duties as Professor of Natural History and Chemistry in the University of Wisconsin ; in 1875, his office was changed to that of Astronomy and Physics, and in 1879 was made to include Physics only ; while in Chicago, he was one year a




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