09 Sep 2019 James Taylor Lewis JAMES TAYLOR LEWIS was born in Clarendon, New York. He taught school briefly and went on to study law with former New York Governor Henry R. Seldon. In 1845 he… Danielle Davidson
09 Sep 2019 Walter J. Kohler WALTER J. KOHLER SR. was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. His father, a Tyrolean immigrant, founded the Kohler Company in 1873, which originally manufactured agricultural implements and became one of Wisconsin's… Danielle Davidson
11 Nov 2018 Nelson Dewey Born in Lebanon, Connecticut, NELSON DEWEY attended the common schools in Louisville, New York and the Hamilton Academy in Hamilton, New York. After studying law, he moved to what is… angiepopluna
11 Nov 2018 Leonard James Farwell Born in Watertown, New York, LEONARD JAMES FARWELL went into business as a tinsmith in Lockport, Illinois at the age of nineteen. After moving to Wisconsin, he purchased a tract… angiepopluna
11 Nov 2018 William Augustus Barstow Born in Plainfield, Connecticut, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS BARSTOW left school at the age of sixteen. In 1834 he joined his brother in a flour milling and forwarding business, which failed during… angiepopluna
11 Nov 2018 Arthur MacArthur Born in Glasgow, Scotland, ARTHUR MACARTHUR was brought to Massachusetts by his mother after his father died. He attended schools in Uxbridge and Amherst, Massachusetts, and graduated from Wesleyan University… angiepopluna
11 Nov 2018 Coles Bashford COLES BASHFORD was born near Cold Spring, New York. He attended Wesleyan University in Lima, New York and studied law for seven years, practicing law in Clyde, New York and… angiepopluna
11 Nov 2018 Alexander Williams Randall ALEXANDER WILLIAMS RANDALL was born in Ames, New York. He studied law under his father and was admitted to the bar in 1838 at the age of nineteen. Two years… angiepopluna
11 Nov 2018 Louis Powell Harvey LOUIS POWELL HARVEY was born in East Haddam, Connecticut. Largely self-taught himself, he served as a tutor and teacher, moving to Southport (now Kenosha), Wisconsin to teach at the Southport… angiepopluna
11 Nov 2018 Edward Salomon EDWARD SALOMON was born in Stroebeck, near Halberstadt, Prussia. He graduated with a degree in natural history and philosophy from the University of Berlin in 1849. That same year, he… angiepopluna
11 Nov 2018 Lucius Fairchild LUCIUS FAIRCHILD was born in Kent, Ohio, but moved to Cleveland as an infant and to Madison, Wisconsin as a teen. In 1849, he went to California in search of… angiepopluna
11 Nov 2018 Cadwallader Colden Washburn CADWALLADER COLDEN WASHBURN was born and educated in Livermore, Maine. While working as a surveyor in Rock Island County, Illinois, he studied law and was admitted to the Wisconsin Bar… angiepopluna
