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CATALOGUE 
 
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 ^ \ y^ January 1, 1878. 
 
 No. 1. Hon. Edward Pier. Bora iu New Havea, Vt., March 31, 180T; ar- 
 rived at Green Bay ia August, 1834, settling at Foad du Lac ia March, 1837. 
 He was four years State Senator, 185G-60; one of the first County Supervisors; 
 and for ten consecutive years President of the County Board ; County Treas- 
 urer; ten years Superintendent of the Poor; long one of the trustees of the 
 State Hospital for the Insane, and for nearly twenty years one of the directors 
 of the Madison Mutual Insurance Company. Died at Fond du Lac, Novem- 
 ber 2, 1877. Painted by E. H. Andrews. 
 
 No. 2. Major Charles F. Legate. Born in Leominster, Mass., October, 
 1803; settled at Mineral Point in 18:^6, serving as Government Surveyor; and 
 for several years filled the position of Mapping Clerk in the Secretary of 
 State's office. Died at Mineral Point, Janifary 14, 1874. Painted by V. Mc- 
 Clinton, Virginia City, Nevada. 
 
 No. 3. Hon. Byron Kilboiiru. Born in Granbj^, Conn., September 8, 1801; 
 taken to Ohio in his childhood; lauded at Green Bay, May 8, 1834, soon after 
 settling in Milwaukee. He was a member of the Territorial Assembly, and 
 of the Second Constitutional Convention; Alderman, Mayor, President of the 
 Milwaukee and Mississippi Kailroad — the first railroad enterprise in Wis- 
 consin. Died at Jacksonville, Florida, December 17, 1870. Painted by 
 S. M. Brookes. 
 
 No. 4. Hon. Wni. A. Barstow. Born at Plaiufield, Conn., Sept. 7, 1813. 
 After residing several years in Cleveland, Ohio, he removed to Wisconsin, in 
 1840, and served iu what is now Waukesha County, as Supervisor, County 
 Commissioner, and Postmaster; in 1850-51, as Secretary of State; in 1854-5, 
 as Governor, and during the war was Colonel of the Third Wisconsin Cav- 
 alry. He died at Leavenworth, Kansas, Dec. 13, 1865. Painted by Brookes. 
 
2 Wiscoxsm State Historical Society. 
 
 No. 5. Col. D. M Parkinson. Boru iu Carter Co., East Tennessee, Aug. 1, 
 1790; removed to Illinois in 1818, and to Wisconsin, July 2, 1837; partici- 
 pated in the Winnebago and Black Hawk Wars; a member of the Legislative 
 Assembly in 1836, '37, '38, '40 and '41; a member of the first Constitutional 
 Convention, and of the Assembly in 1849. Died in LaFayette County, Oct. 
 1, 1868. Painted by Brookes. 
 
 No. 6. Nathaniel Ames. Born in Killingly, Conn, April 25, 1701; at the 
 age of seventeen he engaged as a soldier of the Revolution, and continued in 
 service, part of the time under Washington, till the close of 1780, and then in 
 privateering until the peace of 1783. He was for forty five years a Methodist 
 Preacher; moved to Oregon, Dane Co., Wis., in 1844, where he died ia 1863, 
 over one hundred and two j'ears of age, and the last Revolutionary soldier in 
 the State. Painted by Brookes. 
 
 No. 7. Hon. A. CI. Miller. Boru near Carlisle, Pa., Sept. 18, 1801 ; was ap- 
 pointed Associate Judge of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Wiscon»ia 
 in 1838, and, in 1848, Judge of the U. S. District Court for Wisconsin, serving 
 till he voluntarily retired from the bench, Jan. 1, 1874. He was one of the 
 Vice Presidents of the State Historical Society, and an active participant in 
 the Milwaukee Pioneer Association. Died Sept. 30, 1874. Painted by Clifibrd. 
 
 No. 8. Hon. Satterlee Clark. Born in Washington City, May 22, 1816; 
 came to Wisconsin in 1828 ; sutler in the army, 1830 43 ; served two years in 
 the Assembly, and twelve in the Senate; Presidential Elector in 1852; Vice 
 President of the State Agricultural Society, and of the State Historical Soci- 
 ety. Painted by Cliflford. 
 
 No. 9. Hon. Henry Dodge. Born at Vincennes, Indiana, Oct. 12, 1782; 
 early settled in Missouri, where he served as sheriff in 1808; commanded an 
 expedition up the Missouri against the hostile Indians, in 1814; iu 1827 re- 
 moved to Wisconsin ; took a prominent part in the Winnebago difficulties of 
 that year, and in the Sauk ^var in 1832; was first Territorial Governor of Wis- 
 consin, 1836-41 ; delegate in Congress, in 1841-5 ; again Territorial Governor, 
 1845-8, when he was chosen a Senator in Congress, 1848-57. Died at Burling- 
 ton, Iowa, June 19, 1867. Painted by Marine. 
 
 No. 10. Rev. Alfred Brnnson, D. D. Born at Danbury, Conn., Feb. 9 
 1793; removing to Ohio in 1812, he served the following year under Gen. 
 Harrison on the Thames campaign; in 1815, he entered the ministry; came 
 to Wisconsin in October, 1835, serving, atone time, as missionary to the Indi- 
 ans; was elected to the Territorial Legislature in 1840; and in 1842 was In- 
 dian Agent at La Pointe. Re-entering the ministry, he has since served in his 
 sacred calling, including a temporary service as chaplain in the army in 
 1862. Painted by J. F. Willougliby. 
 
 No. 11. Hon. S. D. Hastings. Born at Leicester, Mass., July 24, 1816 ; came 
 to Wisconsin in Jan., 1846, filled several local offices in Walworth and Trem- 
 pealeau counties, served in the Legislature in 1849 and 1851, eight years as 
 Treasurer of the State; one of the Trustees of the Insane Asylum; Secretary 
 of the State Board of Charities; and President of the World's Temperance 
 Society. Painted by William Cogswell. 
 
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 No. 1 2. Dr. E. K. Kane, the great Arctic explorer. Born in Philadel- 
 phia in 1822 — died in Havana, Feb. 16, 1857, The civilized world does honor 
 to his memory. This elegant portrait was painted, and presented to the Soci- 
 et\ , by Clievalier Fagnani, an intimate friend of Dr. Kane. 
 
 No. 13. Hon. M. C Darling. Born in Massaciiusetts in 1801; settled first 
 at Sheboygan Falls, in 1837, and at Fond du Lac in 1838, of which he was 
 the first Mayor; a member of the Territorial Legislature from 1839 to 1848, 
 having been Speaker of the House in 1846, and President of the Council in 
 1847; a member of Congress; and President of the Fox and Wisconsin Im- 
 provement Compan}\ Died at Chicago, where he had resided the last two 
 years, March 13, 1866. Painted by Brookes. 
 
 No. 14. Hon. Joseph Jackson. Born in Monaghan County, Ireland, Sept. 
 2, 1812; was taken by his parents to Northern New York in 1817, removing 
 to Ohio in 1836; to Green Bay in August, 1837, and to Oshkosh, March 4, 
 1838; member of the Legislature in 1849; Treasurer of the State Land Office 
 and Board of Public Works, 1850-51 ; Mayor of Oshkosh in 1854, '55, and '57. 
 Painted bj' Brookes. 
 
 No. 1 h. Lyman C. Di'aper. Born in Evans, Erie Co., N. Y., Sept. 4th, 
 1815; educated at Common Schools, Hudson River Seminary and Granville 
 College, Ohio; edited a paper in Northern Mississippi in 1840 41 ; spent many 
 years in gathering matter of western history till 1852, in October of which 
 year he settled at Madison; served as State Superintendent of Public Instruc- 
 tion, 1858-59; Secretary of State Historical Society, 1854 to the present. 
 Painted by Marine. 
 
 No. 16. Angustin Grignon. Grandson of the first permanent white set- 
 tler of Wisconsin, in about 1746, Sieur Charles de Langl.ide, was born at 
 Green Bay, June 27, 1780. He dictated a valuable narrative of Seventy-Two 
 Tears^ Recollectiona of Wisconsin, which appeared in the 3d vol. of the Soci- 
 ety's Collections. He died at Butte dcs Morts, on Fox River, in 1860. 
 Painted by Brookes. 
 
 No. 17. Dr. J. G. Fercival, poet and geologist. A native of Connecticut, 
 was appointed State Geologist in 1854, and died at Hazel Green. Wis., May 2, 
 1856, in his 61st year. This portrait was painted by Flagg, of New Haven, 
 about 1831, when Percival was in the prime of life. 
 
 No. 18. Hon. Levi Sterling. Bom in Woodford Co., Ky., Jan.2, 1804; ar- 
 rived at Galena, March, 1828, and in May located near Mineral Point; served 
 as a Lieutenant in the Black Hawk War; served as Sheriff, U. S. Marshal, for 
 five sessions in the Territorial Council, Receiver of Public Moneys, four 
 years in State Senate, a Commissioner for building the Insane Asylum, 
 and served creditably in the late war. Died Oct. 16, 1868. Painted by 
 Brookes. 
 
 No. 19. Gen. Charles Bracken. Born in Pittsburg, Pa., April 6, 1797; 
 inarched in 1814, with the Pittsburg Blues, for the defense of Baltimore; re- 
 moving to Kentucky in 1819, and engaged in running the Kentucky and Ten- 
 nessee boundary, and in surveying public lands in Arkansas, Mississippi and 
 Louisiana; migrated to the Lead Region, in Wisconsin, in 1828; served as a 
 
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 Lieutenant, and Aid and Adjutant to Qen. Dodge, in the Black Hawk war, 
 and fought at the battles of Pekatonica, Wisconsin Heights, and Bad Axe. 
 He served three sessions in the Territorial Legislature, 1839-40; and a mem- 
 ber of the Assembly in 18")8; and attained to the rank of General in the Mi- 
 litia. He died at Walnut Grove, La Fayette County, March 16, 1801. Painted 
 by Brookes. 
 
 No. 20. Gea. AVm R. Smith. Born in Pennsylvania, Aug. 31, 1787 — a 
 member of the Pennsylvania Wenate, came to Wisconsin, in August, 1837, and 
 soon after published a volume descriptive of the then Territory of Wisconsin; 
 filled several offices of trust and honor in the Territory and State — among 
 others, Attorney General — prepared a History of Wisconsin, and from 1854 
 to 1862 was President of this Society, and subsequently one of its Vice Presi- 
 dents. Died at Quincy, 111., Aug 23, 1866. Painted by Brookes. 
 
 No. 21. Geu. Henry Dod»;e. Painted by Cogswell from daguerreotype 
 taken in 1857. 
 
 No. 22. Gen. Henry Dodge, full size, painted by Bowman, a Pittsburgh ar- 
 tist, at Green Bay, in 1836, just after Geu. Dodge was appointed Governor of 
 the Territory of Wisconsin. Presented to the Society by Hon. A. C. Dodge. 
 
 No. 23. Hon. James T. Lewis. Born in Clarendon, N. Y., Oct. 30, 1819; 
 received an Academical education, and studied law ; came to Wisconsin in July, 
 1845; has held many public offices, among them District Attorney, member 
 of the Second Constitutional Convention, member of the Assembly, State 
 Senator, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, and Governor. Painted by 
 Cogswell. 
 
 No. 24. I. A. Lajjliam, LLD. Born in Palmyra, N. Y., March 7, 1811; set- 
 tled at iMilwaukee in 1830. He was for twenty-two years either President or 
 Vice President of the State Historical Society till his death at Oconomowoc, 
 Sept. 14, 1875. He was chief of the State Geological Survey from April, 1873, 
 to Feb., 1875. He ranked among the most distinguished naturalist of his 
 time. Painted by Brookes. 
 
 No. 25. Hon. B. F. Hopkins. Born in Hebron, N. Y., April 22, 1829 ; came 
 to Wisconsin in 1849, settling at Madison; one of the organizers and manag- 
 ers of the Madison Insurance Company, and of the Gas Company; Private 
 Secretary to Gov. Bashford; elected to the State Senate in 1801, to the Assem- 
 bly in 1865, and twice chosen to represent the Madison district in Congress. 
 Died Jan. 1, 1870. 
 
 No. 26. Hon. Thomas Hood. Born in Fairfield Co., Ohio, June 19, 1816; 
 studied law, and admitted to the bar in Nov., 1839, settling at Somerset; re- 
 moved to Milwaukee in May, 1850, and in June' 1851, to Madison; elected 
 County Judge in 1857, and re-elected in 1801 ; elected to the State Senate in 
 1863; U. S. District Attorney in 1866 — resigning in 1869, and removing to 
 Washiuglou, where he was appointed Auditor of the Supreme Court of the 
 District of Columbiia. He also served several years as Trustee of the Wis- 
 consin Insane Asylum; and, during the war, served on a commission to in- 
 vestigate Surgeon General Hammond; and also on the commission to inves- 
 tigate the condition of the freedmen in the ^outh. 
 
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 No. 27. Col. James 3Iorrison. Born at Kaskaskia, Illinois, Sept. 30, 1799; 
 early engaged as a Rocky Mountain trader; came to Wisconsin, May 5, 1828, 
 locating at Porter's Grove, near Dodgeville, and settled in Madison in 1838. 
 He was Territorial Treasurer in 1841-45. Died Dec. 23, 1860. 
 
 No. 28. Horatio Ward, an American banker in London, who died April 
 27, 1867, bequeathing $100,000 for the Orphans' Homes in the United States 
 for the benefit of the orphans of soldiers in the late war; of which the Wis. 
 consin Orphans' Home received $23,554.97. Painted by J. R. Stuart. 
 
 No. 29. Col. J. W. Jefferson. Born in Virginia in 1836; came to Wiscon 
 sin in 1850; entered the army in 1861, as Major of the 8th Wis. Infantry; 
 wounded at second battle of Corinth, Oct. 3, 1862; Lt. Col. in 1863, and Colo- 
 nel in 1864. 
 
 No. .10. Gen. Simeon Mills. Born in Connecticut, 1811, came to Wiscon- 
 sin July 2d, 183G, and is one of the surviving first settlers of ]\Iadison. He 
 was a member of the first State Senate, in 1848; has been many years one of 
 the Trustees«of the Insane Asylum, and was Pajnuaster General of the State 
 during the earlier years of the war. One of the Vice Presidents of this Soci- 
 ety. Painted by Brookes. 
 
 No. 31. Hon. John Catlin. Born at Orwell, Vt., Oct. 13, 1803. He came, 
 a lawyer, to Wisconsin in 1836; was first postmaster at Madison, member of 
 Ihe Territorial Council, clerk of the Supreme Court, and eight successive 
 years clerk of the Territorial Assembly; District Attorney of Dane County; 
 Secretary of the Territory, Judge of Dane County, and President of the Mil- 
 waukee and Mississippi Railroad Company. Died at Elizabeth, N. J., Aug. 
 4, 1874. Painted by Brookes. Mr. Catlin was one of the benefactors of our 
 Historical Society, having donated first |100, and afterwards 640 acres of 
 Texas land, to the Binding Fund. 
 
 No. 32. S. L. Rood. Born at Manlius Square, N. Y., Dec. 10, 1809; mi- 
 grated first to Detroit, and to Milwaukee in 1845. He was a successful busi- 
 ness man, President of an Insurance Company, and member of the Common 
 Council. Died at Waukesha, July 4, 1874. Painted by Prof. A. Bradish. 
 
 No. 33. Hon. Wm. A. Prentiss. Born in Northfield, Mass., March 24, 1800; 
 removed to Vermont, where he was a member of the Legislature, 1829-30, and 
 Chairman of the Town Board for eight successive years; migrated to Mil- 
 waukee in 1835; mayor in 1838; member of the Territorial Council, 1838-40; 
 member of the Assembly, 1867-63. Painted by Bradish. 
 
 No. 34. Dr. Wm. Byrd Powell, a distin^nislied physiologist. Born in 
 Kentucky, 1799; graduated at Transylvania University, 1820; and filled sev- 
 eral professorships in Medical Schools and Colleges. In 1836, he demon- 
 strated that the human temperament could be read from an examination of 
 the cranium alone; and, twenty years later, he announced his discovery of a 
 measurement of the vital force. Died at Covington, Ky., May 13, 1866. Painted 
 by C. R. Edwards. 
 
 No. 3.5. Chief Justice John 3L'u'shall. Eminent as a soldier, a statesman, 
 a jurist, and a historian. Painted by R. M. Sully, from a copj^ he took from 
 life — the last and best of the Sully portraits. 
 
6 Wisconsin State Historical Society. 
 
 No. 36. Joseph Crelie. Born iu Detroit; early taken by his parents to 
 Kaskasliia; settled, towards the close of the last century, in Prairie du Chien; 
 was present when that place was captured by the British in July, 1814. Died 
 at Caledonia, Wis., Jan. 27, 18GG, probably about ninjty-five years of age, 
 though said to have been much more. Painted by S. D. Coates. 
 
 No. 37. Hon. Isaac P. Walker. Born iu Virginia iu 1813; early migrated 
 to Illinois, where, iu 1840, he was chosen an elector on the Van Buren ticket, 
 and the next year settled in Wisconsin; member of the Territorial Assembly 
 in 1847-48; and chosen U. S. Senator. Died in Milwaukee, April 1, 1872. 
 Painted by Wm. J. Head. 
 
 No. 38. Hon. Morgan L. Martin. Born at Marliusburg, Lewis Co., N. Y., 
 March 31, 1805; graduated at Union College, 1824; removed to Detroit in 1826, 
 and in 1827 to Green Bay; member of the Michigan Legislative Council, 
 1831-35; delegate to Congress, 1845; member of the Wisconsin Legislative 
 Council, 1845-47; a member and President of the Second Constitutional Con- 
 vention, 1848; member of the Assembly iu 1855, of the Senate in 1858-59; 
 Paymaster in U. S. Army, 1861-65; Indian Agent, 1866-69; and again iu the 
 Assembly in 1873. A lawyer by profession. Painted by Bradish. 
 
 No. 39. Gen. George Rogers Clark. Born in Virginia in 1752. He has 
 been justly designated the Washington of the West. We did for the West, 
 during tlia Revtjlutiouary War, what Washington did for the Atlantic States; 
 and his Life and Campaigns are contemplated by the Corresponding Secretary 
 of this Society, who possesses all Clark's old papers, and other ample mater- 
 ial for such a work. Gen. Clark died near Louisville, Ky., in Feb., 1818, ia 
 Ills 66th year. This portrait is a copy of Jarvis' portrait of Clark, painted by 
 Edwards. 
 
 No. 40. Hon. Randall "Wilcox. Born in Lee, Mass., Nov. 9, 1793; migrat- 
 ing to Pennsylvania in 1813, and to Maryland in 1830, and to Depere in 1836; 
 served in the Territorial Council in 1845-46; member of the Assembly in 1853 
 1866, and 1868; President of the village corporation of Depere, Supervisor, 
 President of the Hydraulic Company, and President of the Bank of Depere. 
 He died Oct. 16, 1872. 
 
 No. 4 1 . Hon. J. C. Faircliild. Born in Northern New York, Dec. 27, 1801 ; 
 early migrated to Ohio, and, in 1846, to Madison; elected first State Treasurer 
 in 1848. and re-elected iu 1849; he was chosen first Mayor of Madison in 
 1856. Died July 18, 1863. Painted by Marine. 
 
 No. 42. Hon. T. O. Howe. Born at Livermore, Maine, Feb. 24, 1816 ; mem- 
 ber of the Maine Legislature in 1845, in which year he removed to Wiscon- 
 sin; was elected a Judge of the Circuit Court in 1850, serving on the bench 
 till he resigned, in 1855; elected three times to the U. S. Senate, first taking 
 his seat in 1861. Painted by F. M. Pebbles. 
 
 No. 43. Hon. C H. Larrabee. Born at Rome, N. y.,'Nov. 9, 1820; early 
 taken to Ohio, where he was educated at Granville College; first engaged in 
 practical engineering; admitted to the bar in 1841; settling in Chicago in 
 1844, where he was City Attorney; removed to Wisconsin in 1847, was a mem- 
 ber of the Constitutional Convention iu 1848, and the same year chosen a C ir 
 
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 cuit Judge, serviug ten j-ears, when he was chosen a representative in Con- 
 gress. On the breaking out of the war, lie was appointed first a Major, and 
 then a Colonel of a reijiment, serviug at Williamsburg, Va.. at Perryville, Ky., 
 and in Tennessee. Since the war, he has resided on the Pacific coast. 
 Painted by Brookes. 
 
 No. 44. Capt. Joseph Keyes. Born at Putney, Vt., Nov. 20, 1795 : migrated 
 to Wisconsin in 1836. He served several years as State Superintendent of 
 of Public Property, and subsequently as U. S. Register of the Land Office at 
 Menasha, where he died, Sept. 17, 1874. Painted by Marine. 
 
 No. 45. Hon. Cyrus Woodman. Born at Buxton, Maine, June 2, 1814; 
 graduated at Bowdoin College in 1836 ; after spending four years in a land 
 agency in Illinois, he located, in 1844, at Mineral Point, where he engaged in 
 business witli Hon. C. C. Washburn ; he was elected, in 1861, to the Legisla- 
 ture without his solicitation or desire, and resigned without taking his seat. 
 Removed to Cambridge, Mass., in 1863. One of the Vice Presidents of this 
 Society. Painted b}' L. A. Clougli. 
 
 No, 46. Capt. Gilbert Kiiapp. Born in Chatham, Mass., in 1799. In 1819, 
 he was in the U S. Revenue service. He was the first settler of Racine, hav- 
 ing arrived there in Nov., 1834, on horseback, from Chicago. He was a mem- 
 ber of the Council convened at Green Bay in Jan., 1836, by Acting Gov. Hor- 
 ner; and of the Wisconsin Territorial Council, 1836, 1837, 1838; and Sergeaut- 
 at-Arms of the Council in 1840; and for several years he has been master of 
 the U. S. Steamer on the Lakes, in the service of the Revenue Department. 
 Painted by Thruston Black, of Detroit. 
 
 No. 47. Hon. E.N. Foster. Born in Massachusetts, July 9,1810; migrated 
 from New York to Milwaukee, Oct., 1836; settled at Fort Atkinson in Feb., 
 1837 ; chosen first sheriff of Jetierson County ; subsequently appointed deputy U. 
 S. Marshal, and took the first census of Dodge and Jetierson counties, prepara- 
 tory to the admission of Wisconsin into the Union. Resides in Fond du Lac. 
 • Painted by Mark R. Harrison. 
 
 No. 48. Archbishop John H. Henni. Born in Upper Saxony, Switzer- 
 land, June 16, 1805; after receiving a liberal education, he came to America 
 in 1829, prepared for ordination at Bardstown Seminary, Ky., and the follow- 
 ing year entered the priesthood, and after various services in Ohio, and as 
 Vicar Geneial, he was, in 1843, made Bishop of the new See of Milwaukee; 
 and, in May, 1875, he was consecrated Archbishop of Milwaukee. Painted 
 by B. J. Dorward. 
 
 No. 49. Hon. Daniel Wells, Jr. Born in Wuterville, Maine, July 16, 1808; 
 ■went to Florida surveying government lands, and located in Milwaukee in 
 1835; justice of the peace in 1836, and judge of probate in 1838; member of 
 the Territorial Council, 1838-40; served two terms in Congress, 1853-57 ; has 
 been extensively engaged in banking and lumbering; and Centennial Presi- 
 dent of the Old Settlers' Club. Painted by C. W. Heyd. 
 
 No. 50. E. D. Clinton. Bora in Vermont, April 19, 1804; settled in Wis- 
 consin in 1836, and was long and successfully engaged in furthering promi- 
 nent railroad enterprises. Painted by Bi'ookes. 
 
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 No. 51. Ramsay Crooks. Born in Greenock, Scotland, Jan. 2, 1787; came 
 to America when sixteen, engaging in mercantile affairs, first in Montreal, 
 and, in 1805, at St. Louis. He visited Wisconsin in 1806, and subsequently 
 visited most of the western Indian tribes, penetrating to Astoria, on the Paci- 
 fic coast. Died in New York, June 6, 18.59. Painted by E. Saintain. 
 
 No. 52. Hon. H. S. Baird. Born in Dublin, Ireland, May 16, 1800, and 
 •was brought to America when four j'ears of age. Studying law in Pennsyl- 
 vania and Ohio, migrated ifirst to Mackinaw, and to Green Bay in July, 1824, 
 He was President of the first Legislative Council of the Territory, 18.S6, sub- 
 sequently Attorney General, and a member of the First Constitutional Con- 
 vention, President of the Village Board, and Mayor of Green Bay, and many 
 years a Vice President of the State Historical Society. Died April 30, 1875. 
 Painted by Brookes. 
 
 No. 5B. Hon. Stephen Taylor. Born in Pennsyvania, April 2, 1807. He 
 went to Mineral Point in 1835, assisting in the U. S. Land Office at that place 
 until 1841. Two years later he returned to Philadelphia, where he has served 
 as City Comptroller. When in the Territory, he aided in developing the min- 
 eral resources, and, by his pen, in making known the geography and antiqui- 
 ties of Wisconsin. Mr. Taylor long served as one of the Honorary Vice Pres- 
 idents of the Society, contributing liberally to its Library and Binding Fund. 
 He died in Philadelphia, Dec. 8, 1«77, in his 71st year, leaving a legacj^to the 
 Society of one thousand dollars, to be paid on the death of Mrs. Taylor. 
 Painted by A. B. Rockey. 
 
 No. 54. Hon. Pei-ry H. Smith. Born in Augusta, Oneida Co., N. Y., March 
 28, 1828; graduated at Hamilton College in 1846, admitted to the bar in 1849, 
 in which year he settled at Kenosha, and subsequently at Appleton; was 
 chosen the first Judge of Outagamie County when twenty-three years of age. 
 In 1855, he was elected a member of Assembly, and, in 1857, a member of the 
 State Senate, and in the same year he became the Vice President of the Chi- 
 cago, St. Paul and Fond du Lac Railroad, and when re-organized with Chi- 
 cago & Northwestern Railway, he took the same position, and served actively 
 and prominently in its management for many years. Painted by Pebbles. 
 
 No. 55. Hon. B. C. Eastman. Born in Maine, in 1812, and settled in Wis- 
 consin in 1840; clerk of the Territorial Council, prepared Reports of the old 
 Supreme Court, served in Congress from 1851 to 1855, and died at Platteville,, 
 Feb. 2, 1856, in his forty-fourth year. Painted by F. B. Carpenter. 
 
 No. 56. Elisha Starr. Born in Madison County, New York, July 14, 1806r 
 Was a newspaper publisher at Leroy, N. Y., for ten years; and then became 
 one of the Milwaukee pioneers in 1836; at one time connected with the Sen- 
 tinel, and subsequently with the Journal, of that city. He was first Prcsident- 
 of the City Council after the two sides of the river were united; Sergeant-at 
 Arms of the Assembly in 1852 and 1876, and Superintendent of the Wisconsin 
 Building at the Cenntennial at Philadelphia. 
 
 No. 57. Hon. L. B. Vilas. Born in Sterling, Vt., Feb. 25, 1811 ; studied law;. 
 Postmaster at Morrisville, 1834, member of the State Constitntioual Conven- 
 lion, 1835, member of the Legislature, 1836-37, register of probate, Commis- 
 
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 sioner of the Deaf, Punib and Blind Institution; again in the Legislature. 
 1840-43, and the State Senate, 1846. Removed to Wisconsin in 1851; repre 
 sented the Madison district in the Legislature, 1855 and 18G8, and Mayor of 
 Madison, April, 1861 to April, 1862, and served many years as a Iteegnt of the 
 State University. Painted by Cogswell. 
 
 No. 58. Hon. John Black. Born near the city of Bitche, France, Aug. 16 
 1830; migrated to the United States in 1846, and 1857 to Milwaukee; member 
 of the City Council, Railroad Commissioner, member of Assembly in 1871, 
 and State Senator, 1875-76. 
 
 No. .59. Hon. Joshna Hathawaj\ Born in Rome, N. Y. ; migrated to Mil 
 ■waukee in 1835 — having been employed in making Government land surveys 
 within the present southeastern limits of Wisconsin; he was early made Dis- 
 trict Surveyor, and in many ways was greatly serviceable to the public. Died 
 July 4, 1863. Painted by Dorward. 
 
 No. 60. Hon. L. J. FarwelL Born at Watertown, N. Y., Jan. 5, 1819. Re- 
 moving first to Illinois, he settled in Milwaukee in 1840, and engaged success- 
 fully in mercantile atlairs. In 1847, he purchased largely of village property at 
 Madison; and, after visiting Europe, returned in 1849, and located there; elec- 
 ted Governor of the State in 1851 ; member of the Legislature, 1860 ; an assistant 
 examiner in the Patent Office, 1863, serving nearly seven years. Painted by 
 Cogswell. 
 
 No. 61. Col. H. L. Dousman. Born at Mackinaw, in 1800; early engaged 
 in the employ of the American Fur Company, locating at Prairie du Chien, 
 in 1826. He never sought, uor would accept, public office. Died at Prairie 
 du Chien, Sept. 12, 1868, leaving a large estate. Painted by Heyd. 
 
 No. 62. Pocahontas. This beautiful picture was painted by R. M. Sully, 
 from fragments of an ancient picture preserved by the Randolph familj% her 
 descendants, sliglitly idealized by the artist, superadding a wreath of the na- 
 tive wild flowers of her native region. 
 
 No. 63. AVa-bo-ki-e-shiek, or the White Cloud. The prophet of Black 
 Hawk's band — claiming through his father and mother to be both Winnebago 
 and Sank. He possessed cunning and malice, and urged on his people in the 
 disastrous war of 1832. This portrait too, is an original, painted by Sully, in 
 1833, at Fortress Monroe. 
 
 No. 64. Na-she-a-knsk. Black Hawk's son, followed the fortunes of his 
 father, in the war of 1832, and this original was painted by Sully at Fortress 
 Monroe, in 1833. 
 
 No. 65. Black Hawk. Born in 1767; died Oct. 3, 1838. The original por- 
 trait, of which this is an improved copy, was painted by R. M. Sully, at For- 
 tress Monroe, while Black Hawk was confined there in 1838. Painted by 
 Sully. 
 
 No. 66. I-om-e-tah. This well-known Menomonee chief, brother of the 
 great To-mah, was born about 1772; served in the war of 1812; died in a 
 sugar camp, near Keshena, in the spring of 1865. Painted b}^ Brookes. 
 
 No. 67. Osh-kosli. Born in 1795, he took part with the Menomonees in the 
 •war of 1812, in the British interest; died Aug. 29, 1858. Painted by Brookes. 
 
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 No. 68. Soulignj', generally prououuced Sou-ue-nee, boru about 1785, and 
 long head war chief of the Menomonees ; engaged in the war of 1812; died 
 at the Great Falls of Wolf River in Dec., 1804. Painted by Brookes. 
 
 No. (i9. Daniel Bread, long head chief of the Wisconsin Oueidas, was 
 born at Oneida Castle, N. Y., in March, 1800; in battle of Sandy Creek in 
 1814; visited Wisconsin in 1827, and removed to the Oneida settlement above 
 Green Bay in 1828; died July 21. 1873. Painted by Brookes. 
 
 No. 70. John W. Qiiiimey, long head chief of the Stockbridges of Wis" 
 consin, devoted to the interests of his people, was born in New York, in 1797 
 He died in 1855, and this portrait painted, in 1849, by A. Hamlin, was presented 
 to the Society by his sister, Mrs. Electa M. Candy. 
 
 No. 71. Wau-me-ge-sa-ko, or The Warn pun, was head chief of the mixed 
 Manitowoc band; he died in 1844, aged about 55 years. He acted a prom- 
 inent part at the several Indian treaties of 1827, '28, '29 and '33. Painted by 
 Healey, an Irish artist, in 1839. 
 
 No. 72. George AVashington — The Father of his Country. This a fine 
 copy of Stuart's famous painting, copied b}' the venerable Thomas Sully, of 
 Philadelphia, and presented by him to the Society. 
 
 No. 73. Solomon Juneau. Born Aug 9, 1793, in the Parish of L'Assump- 
 tion, Canada; went to Green Bay when a youth, and settled at Milwaukee 
 as a trader in June, 1818, building the first log house there in 1822, and the 
 first framed house in 1824; was made lirst post master in 1835. and first mayor 
 of the young city in 1846. He died while attending payment, at Shawano, 
 Nov. 14, 1856. Painted by Brookes. 
 
 No. 74. Hon. Alauson Sweet. Migrated from Owasco, N. Y., in 1835, to 
 Milwaukee; was a member of the Milwaukee Union for the proiection of 
 settlers on the public lands against the rapacious speculators, 1836; and a 
 a member of the Territorial Council in 1836, '37 and '38. He now resides in 
 Kansas. Painted by Brookes. 
 
 No. 75. Col. S. V. Shipman. Born at Montrose, Penn., Jan. 26, 1825; ed- 
 ucated at Montrose Academy ; worked some years at the printing business, 
 and then studied for an architect, planning and superintending the erection 
 of several spacious publlic buildings in that State; came to Madison in fall of 
 1854; in July, 1861, entered the first Wisconsin Cavalry as a Lieutenant, being 
 successively promoted to the rank of Lieut. Colonel, and Colonel by brevet; 
 was wounded May 2, 1862, at Cape Girardeau; April 24, 1863, while guarding 
 the bridge across White River, was surrounded and attacked by the, army of 
 Gen. Marmaduke, and after one of the most brilliant and desperate cavalry 
 charges of the war , Capt. Shipman was dangerously wounded and crippled 
 for life, and made prisoner, remaining such until into December following. 
 Recovering sulBciently^ from his wounds, he was engaged near the close of 
 1864, in driving the Confederate Gen. Lyon from Kentucky; and,after the bat- 
 tle of Nashville, pursued the remnant of Hood's army into Alabama; shared 
 in several engagements in Alabama and Georgia, in March and April, 1865. 
 Elected City Treasurer of Madison, without opposition, in April, 1866. Now 
 residing in Chicago. Painted by J. R. Stuart. 
 
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 No. 76. Gen. Casshis Fairchild. Born at Franklin Mills, now Kent, Ohio 
 
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 Dec. 16, 1829; educated in Ohio and Waukesha; several times elected an al- 
 derman in Madison, and a member of the Legislature in 1859. In Oct., 1861, 
 he entered the service as Major of the Sixteenth Wisconsin, and promoted to 
 Lieut. Colonel in December ensuing; at the battle of Shiloh, he was danger- 
 ously wounded; was with the aimy at the siege of Vicksburg, aud shared ia 
 "Sherman's March to the Sea," then Colonel of a regiment. At the close of 
 the war, he was brevetted Brigadier General. In 18(56, lie was appointed U. S. 
 Marshal for Wisconsin, and died at Milwaukee, Oct. 24, 1868. Painted by 
 Heyd. 
 
 No. 77. Gen. Henry Harnden. Born in Wilmington, Mass., March 4, 1823 ; 
 came to Wisconsin in 1852; entered the service us a private in First Wiscousia 
 Cavalr}', and rose, successively to the command of the regiment, serving with 
 reputatior, and retiring in 18G5 with the breve't of Brigadier General, Repre- 
 sentative in the Legislature in 1866; trustee and financial agent of the Sol- 
 diers' Orphans' Home, 1867-69; U. S. Assessor, 1809-73, aud since U. S. Col- 
 lector of Kevenue. Painted by Stuart. 
 
 No. 78. Gen. J. K. Prondflt. Born in Argyle, Washington Co., N. Y., in 
 July, 1831: came to Wisconsin in July, 1843; one of the editors and proprie- 
 tors of the "Argus," at Madison, and associate State Printer; City Treasurer 
 of Madisou, 1858; Lieut, and Adjutant of Twelfth Wisconsin- 1861: Lieut. 
 Col. in 1863; and Colonel in 1864; served creditably during the war, and was 
 brevetted Brigadier General at its close. State Senator, 1866-67; Adjutant 
 General; and financial agent of Madisou Insurance Company; and Surveyor 
 General of New Mexico for several 3fears. Now resides in Kansas. Painted 
 by Stuart. 
 
 No. 79. Gen. C S. Hamilton. Born in Oneida Co., N. Y., in 1822; gradu- 
 ated at West Point, 1843; shared in the principal battles of the Mexican war, 
 having been severely wounded at Molino del Rey; subsequently fought the 
 Comanche Indians. Settled in Wisconsin in 1853. In 1861, he was appointed 
 Colonel of the Third Wisconsin, afterwards Brigadier General, and in April, 
 1863, Major General, sharing in the battles of luka aud ^Corinth. Since the 
 war, U. S. Marshal of Wisconsin. Painted by G. Ranch. 
 
 No. 80. Col. Ebenezer Childs. Born at Barre, Mass., April 3, 1797 ; arrived 
 at Green Bay, May 9, ISiO; sherifi" of Brown County, 1829-36; member of the 
 Territorial Assembly, 1836-40; Sergeant-at-Armsof the Council, 1841. Died at 
 La Crosse, Dec. 15, 1864. Painted by Brookes. 
 
 No. 81. Hon. Absalom A. Townseud. Born in New Jersey, Dec. 7, 1810; 
 settled near Gratiot's Grove, May 18, 1827; served in the Black Hawk war; 
 filled various county offices, and, in 1855, was a member of the Legislature. 
 Painted by A. R. Stanley. 
 
 No. 82. Him. James H Lockwood. Born in Clinton Co., N. Y., Dec. 7, 
 1793; emigrated to Mackinaw in 1815, and the next year engaged in the In- 
 dian trade in Wisconsin, settling permanently at Prairie du Chien in 1819, fill- 
 ing several public stations, as County Judge, and member of the first Territor- 
 ial Assembly. Died at Prairie du Chien, Aug. 24, 1857. Painted by Brookes. 
 
12 Wisconsin State Historical Society. 
 
 No. 83. Hon. Lewis Cass. Born in New Hampshire, 1782; member of the 
 Ohio Legislature at twenty-five; Colonel and Brigadier General in war of 
 1812; Governor of Micliigan Territory, and Superintendent of Indian Affairs, 
 1813 31; Secretary of War, Minister to France, U. S. Senator, and Secretary of 
 State. Died at Detroit, June 17, 186G. Painted by Lewis T. Ives, from a copy 
 by Geo. A. P. Healey in 1839. 
 
 No, 84. Hon. Moses Meeker. Born in New Jersey, June 17, 1790; settled 
 in Cincinnati in 1817; visited the Galena lead mines in 1822, settling in the 
 country in the following year, located ten years later in Iowa County. He 
 served in the Territorial Lagislature in 1842, and again for the session, Dec, 
 1843-Jan., 1844. Died at Siiullsburg, July 7, 1865. Painted by Stanley. 
 
 No. 85. Hon. M. M. Cothren. Born in Yates Co. N. Y., Sept. 18, 1819; set- 
 tled in 1843, in Wisconsin ; in 1847 and 1848, represented Iowa County in the 
 Territorial Assembly; served a term of two years in the State Senate, in 1849- 
 50; in 1852 was a Presidential elector, and the same year chosen a Circuit 
 Judge, and served two terms of six years each. Again elected Circuit Judge 
 in 1876. Painted by Brookes. 
 
 No. 86. Gen. J. H. Ronntree. Born near the Mammoth Cave, Ky., March 
 24, 1805; arrived in Wisconsin May 27, 1827, shared in the troubles and dang- 
 ers of the Winnebago outbreak in 1827, and as Captain, under Gen. Dodge, 
 during the Black Hawk war; from 1838 to 1846 he served ten sessions in the 
 Legislative Council ; a member of the second Constitutional Convention; a 
 member of Assembly in 1863, and in the fall of 1865 was chosen a Senator for 
 two years. He has also served as County Judge, and attained the rank of 
 General in the militia. Painted by Brookes. 
 
 No. 87. Hon. John P. Anult. Born in Easton, Pa., in Nov., 1780. He mi- 
 grated to Mackinaw in 1821, and to Green Bay in Nov., 1824; was a member of 
 the Territorial Council in 1836, '37 and '38, *«nd Judge of Brown County. He 
 died at Green Bay, June 10, 1861. Painted b}^ Brookes. 
 
 No. 88. Col. Ebenezer Brigham. Born in Massachusetts, April 28, 1789; 
 came to Wisconsin in June, 1827, and became the first permanent settler in 
 "what is now Dane County; was a member of the Territorial Council from 
 1836 to 1841, and the member of the Assembl}' in 1848. He died in Madison, 
 Sept. 14, 1861. Painted by Brookes. 
 
 No, 89. Hon. A. D. Smith. He migrated 'from Vermont to Central New 
 Y'ork, thence to Cleveland, Ohio, and, in 1842, to Milwaukee, where he settled 
 in the practice of law. He was a Judge of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin 
 from 1853 to 1859, and subsequently Revenue Commissioner for South Caro- 
 lina. He died on board the steamer Arago, from Beaufort to New York, 
 June 4, 1865, aged 54 years. Painted by Brookes. 
 
 No. 90. Hon. VVyman Sjiooner. Born at Hardwick, Mass., July 2, 1795; 
 spent many years in conducting a newspaper; admitted to the bar in 1833; 
 settled in Wisconsin in 1842; elected Judge of Probate, 1846; Circuit Judge, 
 1853; member of Assembly, 1850, '51, '57 and '61, having been Speaker in 
 1857; State Senator, 1862-63; and three times chosen Lieuteaant Governor. 
 
Catalogue of Picture Gallery. 13 
 
 He was a member of the first board of trustees for the Deaf and Dumb Asj-lum. 
 Died in Lyons, Walworth County, Nov. 18, 1877. 
 
 No. 91. Gov. DeWitt Clinton, of New York. Born in Orange Co., N. Y., 
 March 2, 1769; died at Albany, Feb. 11, 1838. This is an original portrait, 
 and once adorned Clinton's own librar}% and is believed to have been painted 
 by Catlin, while Clinton was Mayor of New York. 
 
 No. 92. Daniel Whitney. Born in New Hampshire, Sept. 3, 1795; came 
 to Green Bay in the summer of 1819, and was many j^ears thereafter engaged 
 in trade and lumbering. Died at Green Bay, Nov. 4, 1863. 
 
 No. 93. Hon. Horace Riiblee. A native of Yermont, was brought to Wis. 
 consin in his boyhood in the summer of 1840, settling in Sheboygan. Coming 
 to Madison, he became connected in an editorial capacity with the State 
 Journal, which continued many years, until his appointment in 1869, as 
 Minister to Switzerland, serving eight years. 
 
 No. 94. Jolm GreiA'ory. Born in Rathshea, County Kerry, Ireland, in 1783. 
 He was at one time President of the College of Civil Engineering, Mining 
 and Agriculture in Ireland, an author of works of repute on Astronomy, 
 Mathematics, Engineering, and Popular Education. Settled in Milwaukee in 
 1850; published his work on the Industrial Resources of Wisconsin, in 1853 
 — expanded into two volumes in 1873. Painted by Louis G. Joran. 
 
 No. 95. A View on the Hudson, a fine landscape from the pencil of Jasper 
 F. Cropse}'. The view is looking down the Hudson with the Highlands in 
 the distance; and the effect is that of the sun about an hour or two high, of a 
 warm, hazy summer afternoon. s 
 
 No. 96. Gen. A. G. Ellis. Born at Verona, N. Y., Aug. 24, 1800; first en- 
 gaged in printing, then in teaching the Oneida Indians, at Oneida Castle; in. 
 1828 went to Green Bay as lay reader, and school teacher, afterwards serving 
 as Inspector of Provisions, deputy surveyor of Government lands; commis- 
 sioner to survey boundary line between Menomonee and New York Indians; 
 a member of the Legislative Assembly in 1836; Surveyor General of Wiscon- 
 sin and Iowa, 1837-41 ; again in Territorial Legislature, 1842-43; Indian Agent, 
 1843-48; Receiver of U. S. Land Office at Stevens Point, 1853-63. Served five 
 terms as Mayor of Stevens Point. Painted by his daughter. 
 
 No. 97. Mosh-u-e-bee. A very aged Indian woman of the Stockbridge 
 tribe, who died about 1867, supposed to have been one hundred and twenty- 
 five years of age; and is said to have had three sons engaged in the Revolu- 
 tionary war, one of whom lost his life in the service, and she was a camp- fol- 
 lower of the patriot army. Painted by S. D. Coates. 
 
 No. 98. View of Pekatonica Battle Ground, in La Fayette County, where 
 Gen. Dodge and a small party fought and killed seventeen Indians, June 16, 
 1833. 
 
 No. 99. View of Bad Ax Battle Ground, where Black Hawk and his fol- 
 lowers met their final defeat, Aug. 8, 1833. 
 
 No. 100. View of Wisconsin Heights Battle Ground, in Daue County, 
 where Black Hawk and his followers were defeated, July 21, 1832. 
 
14 Wisconsin State Historical Society. 
 
 These three battle ground views were painted by Brookes, from drawings 
 made on the spot. 
 
 No. 101. Col. John P. Sheldon. Born in 1792, he was engaged on the 
 Canadian frontier during the war of 1812; and was many years connected 
 with the newspaper press at Ogdensburg and Rochester, and in 1817 migrat- 
 ing to Detroit, and there long and ably conducted the Gazette. In 1833, he 
 was superintendent of the lead mines west of the Mississippi; and, in 1835, 
 settled at Willow Springs, La Fayette County; Register of the Land Office at 
 Mineral Point, 1835-40, and for many years clerk in one of tlie departments at 
 Washington, resigning in 1861. Died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. 
 Judge Tlionias Drummond, at Winfield, 111., Jan. 19, 1871. 
 
 No. 102. Gen. Wm.L Utley. Born at Monson, Mass., July 10, 1814; re-' 
 sided in Ohio and Western New York, taking part in the Patriot war in 1837 ; 
 settled at Racine in 1844; member of the Assembly in 1850-51. Adjutant Gen- 
 eral, 1852; State Senator in 1860-61; Adjutant General at the outbreak of the 
 ■war; Colonel of the Twenty-second regiment, July, 1862; at battle of Spring 
 Hill, March, 1868, was taken prisoner, confined at Libby Prison; exchanged 
 in June, 1863; participated in all the engagements ot the western army to the 
 taking of Atlanta, where, from ill health, he retired from the service. Ap- 
 pointed Postmaster at Racine, 1869, serving several years. Painted by Alfred 
 Payne. 
 
 No. 103. Hon. Alexander J. Irwin. Born at Carlisle, Pa., March 1, 1799; 
 removed in 1816 to Detroit, and in 1823 to Green Bay; was early chosen clerk 
 of the U. S. District Court; member of the Territorial Assembly, 1836, and 
 the next year was chosen to the Territorial Council, serving till 1843; Receiver 
 of the Land Offlce at Green Bay, 1845; died June 14, 1847. Painted by 
 Heyd. 
 
 No. 104. Richard H. Maffoon. Born in Washington Co., N. Y., March 9, 
 1799; migrated early to Missouri, where he was engaged surveying public 
 lands; studied and practiced law in Illinois; in 1829, settled at Blue Mounds, 
 smelting lead: a Lieutenant in the Black Hnwk war. Died at Darlington, 
 July 28, 1875. Painted by L. O. Lussier. 
 
 No. 105. Hon. C. M. Baker. Born in New York City, Oct., 1804; studied 
 awhile at Middlebury College, Vt., then engaged in teaching, and finally 
 studied law; located, in the fall of 1838, in Walworth County, serving in the 
 Territorial Council, 1842-46; member of the first Constitutional Convention; 
 one of the Commissioners to revise and codify the laws of Wisconsin, 1848-49 ; 
 served a few months as Circuit Judge in 1856, to fill a vacancy; and during 
 the war he served as Commissioner under Provost Marshal Bean, in the first 
 district. Died Feb. 5, 1872. Painted by Stuart. 
 
 No. 106. Hon. Geo. R. McLane. Born at Wilmington, Delaware, Dec. 20, 
 1819, a grandson of the partizan Col. Allen McLane, of the Revolution ; edu 
 cated at Newark Academy and Deleware College; studied and practiced civil 
 engineering, and subsequently medicine; settled in Waukesha County in the 
 fall of 1848, having risited the State the preceding year; chosen to the State 
 Senate in 1852; in 1854, he was appointed Superintendent of the Insane Asy- 
 
Catalogue of Picture Gallery. 15 
 
 lum, to perfect a plan of management by visiting and inspecting the mode of 
 operations in other States. The legishUure subsequently abandoned the un- 
 dertaking for a time. Died Aug. 16, 1855. Painted by, Brookes. 
 
 No. 107. Roswell Brown. A worthy pioneer settler of Dane County, who 
 died a few years since. 
 
 No. 108. Hon. Horace Greeley. Born at Amherst. N. H., Feb. 3, 1811; 
 died at Mount Pleasant, N. Y., Nov. 29, 1872. Member of Congress, a distin- 
 guished journalist and prolific writer. 
 
 No. 109. Gen. Zachary Taylor. Born in Virginia, Sept. 24, 1784; served 
 in war of 1812; commanded at Green Bay in 1818; stationed at Prairie du 
 Chien, 1828-29; served in Black Hawk war, and in the Mexican war; Presi- 
 dent of the United States; died at Washington City, July 9, 1850. 
 
 No. 110. Gen. Amasa Cobb. Born in Crawford County, 111., Sept. 27, 1823; 
 migrated to Wisconsin in 1842; served as a private in the Mexican war; stud- 
 ied law, and was District Attorney, 1850-54; member ot the State Senate, 
 1855-56; Adjutant General, 1855-58; member of Assembly, 1860-61— the latter 
 year Speaker; Colonel of the Fifth Wisconsin, 1861, retiring from the service 
 with brevet rank of Brigadier General; elected four terms a member of Con- 
 gress. 
 
 No. 111. AVm. N. Seymonr. Born at Binghampton, N. Y., April 22, 1808; 
 settled at Madison, Jan. 29, 1838, holding many local offices, as Justice of the 
 Peace, first Clerk of the City Council, 1856-57. 
 
 No. 112. Prof. C. F. Rafinesqne. Born at Galatz, near ConstantinoplQ, in 
 1784; died at Philadelphia, Sept. 18, 1843, having resided forty years in the 
 country, and proved himself a distinguished naturalist, lecturer and professor; 
 traveling extensively in the ^liddle and Western States in pursuit of botanical 
 specimens and in making geological and other investigations; and was the 
 au hor of no less than fourteen works upon his favorite studies. 
 
 No. 1 1 3. Lt. Gov. M. H. Pettit. Born in Fabius, N. Y., Oct. 22, 1825, of 
 Huguenot descent; raised a farmer; came to Wisconsin in 1846, settling first 
 in Somers, then removing to Kenosha; member of the City Council in 1849 
 and 1854 Mayor, 1861, 1865, 1867 and 1870; State Senator, 1870-71, and in the 
 fall of 1871 he was chosen Lieutenant Governor. Died at Kenosha, March 23, 
 1878. Painted by W. C. Knocke. 
 
16 Wisconsin State Historical Society. 
 
 STATUAEY. 
 
 No. 1. Hon. Alexander Mitchell. The fine marble bust, chiseled by F. B. 
 Ives, aa Auiericaa sculptor at Rome, was presented to the Society in 1870 — 
 a substantial and costly present. Born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Oct. 17, 
 1817, he settled in Milwaukee in 1839; has served two terms in Congress, and 
 has given a powerful impetus to the growth, prosperity and development of 
 Wisconsin, and the whole Northwest. President of the Wisconsin Historical 
 Society, 1872-77, and one of its most liberal benefactors. 
 
 No. 2. Hon. C. C. Washbnrn. Born at Livermore, Maine, April 22, 1818; 
 settled in Illinois in 1839, and soon after at Mineral Point; Major General in 
 the Union army during the war of 1861-65; served five terms in Congress; 
 and filled the office of Governor, 1872-73. Since 1875, one of the Vice Presi- 
 dents, and, in 1878, President of this Society, and one of its benefactors. 
 Plaster bust by E. P. Knovvles. 
 
 No. 3. Gen. Lnoins Fairchild. Born in Kent, Ohio, Dec. 27,1830; came 
 with his parents to Madison in 1846; Clerk of the Circuit Court of Dane 
 County, 1859-60; entered the military service as a Captain in 1861— serving 
 in the army of the Potomac, with distinguished bravery, till 1863, when los- 
 ing an arm at Gettysburg, where commanding a regiment, he retired with the 
 rank of Brigadier General ; was elected Secretary of State, and three times as 
 Governor of the State ; and since as Consul at Liverpool. Plaster bust by 
 Knowles. 
 
 No. 4. Hon. T. C Ponnd. Born in Elk, Pa., Dec. 6, 1832; came to Wiscou- 
 sin in 1848; served four terms as member of -the Assembly — in 1869 was 
 Speaker; filled the office of Lieutenant Governor in 1870-71; and now serving 
 as a Representative in Congress. Plaster bust by Knowles. 
 
 No. 5. Hon. James Sutherland. Born in Jefferson County, Ohio, March 
 20, 1820; early engaged in teaching; migrated to Wisconsin, May, 1847; twice 
 elected to the State Senate; twice chosen Mayor of Janesville, and served 
 several years as Superintendent of Schools, and member of the Board of Ed- 
 ucation of that city. Since 1869, one of the Vice Presidents of this Society, 
 and one of its benefactors. Plaster bust by Knowles. 
 
 No. 6. Hon. Alexander Graham. Born in Utica, N. Y., April 6, 1816; 
 County School Superintendent in Chemung and Tompkins Counties, and 
 member of the New York Legislature; came to Wisconsin in 1858; school 
 commissioner and member of the Common Council ol Janesville, and three 
 times a representative in the Legislature. Plaster bust by Knowles. 
 
 No. 7. Hon. Otis H. AValdo. Born in Prattsburg, N. Y., in 1822; gradu- 
 ated at Union College in 1842; settled in Milwaukee in the autumn of 1849; 
 President of the Milwaukee and Lake Shore Railroad. Died at Milwaukee, 
 Oct. 30, 1874. Plaster bust by Vinnie Ream. 
 
 There is also a plaster bust of Archbishop Ilenni, by Brookes; one 
 of Gen. Washington, Horace Greeley, Thaddeus Stevens, Reverdy Johnson, 
 Joliu Sherman, and Gen. Simeon Mills, by Vinnie Ream. 
 
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