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Sheldon Walling
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Quarter-length oval portrait of Sheldon Walling. He was born on December 15, 1795, in Old Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut. He moved to Wisconsin on June 22, 1836, and resided in Elk Horn. Walling was the first of four territorial Sheriffs in Walworth County.
1856
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W013Z55
WHi 27760
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Henry M. Barnes
1856
Quarter-length oval portrait of Henry M. Barnes. He was born in Bedford, New Hampshire, in 1818, and came to Wisconsin Territory in 1834.
John Porter
1856
Quarter-length oval portrait of John Porter. He was born in Harrison County, Kentucky, on February 27, 1798, and came to Wisconsin in April of 1827.
N.M. Juneau
1856
Quarter-length oval portrait of N.M. Juneau. He was born in Green Bay on November 14, 1821, and resided in Theresa, Dodge County.