pioneer lawyer, b. Isle Lamotte, Vt. He graduated from Union College, Schenectady, N.Y. (1837), and moved to Ottawa, 111., where he studied law and was admitted to practice before the Illinois supreme court (1839). In 1840 he moved to Wisconsin, settling in Madison where he practiced law. In 1841 he was appointed auditor of Wisconsin Territory by Governor J. D. Doty (q.v.), and from 1843 to about 1845 was educational agent among the Chippewa (Ojibway) Indians in northern Wisconsin. He was a regent of the Univ. of Wisconsin (1848-1851) and of the state normal schools (1862-1866). An early member of the State Historical Society, he served as curator (1855-1857, 1861-1863), and was the author of a historical poem and an article based on his experiences with the Chippewa Indians. In 1866 he moved to Kansas, settling first in Burlingame and later in Topeka. Proc. State Hist. Soc. Wis., 1908 (1909); Topeka (Kans.) State Journal, May 25, 1908; Topeka (Kans.) Capital, May 24, 1908; WPA MS; Coils. State Hist. Soc. Wis., 5 (1868).Learn More
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