geologist, abolitionist, soldier, b. Boston, Mass. He moved to Wisconsin in 1849, where he taught at Ripon and Carroll colleges. He was Wisconsin state geologist (1852-1854). In 1854 he aided in the escape of fugitive slave, Joshua Glover, and in 1856 participated in Jim Lane's expedition to Kansas. Returning to Wisconsin, he aided in the freeing of the Milwaukee abolitionist, Sherman Booth (1860) (q.v.), and in 1861 organized the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment and served as its colonel until his resignation in 1863. After the war he moved to Gunston Hall, Va., where he engaged in scientific farming, became a newspaper editor, and later edited a labor magazine. Milwaukee Evening Wis., May 13, 1916; 32nd Reunion of 1st Wis. Cavalry Assoc. (n.p., 1916); E. Daniels Papers.

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