Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-04-08

| IL, ,,,,,o From, \ arinnut He Was anpapa,l
y, ,,;s Imsirres mill 1877 when he was
sol;c;,eJ IN accent ihr office OF County Com
.'';,s;onar " .S Cl,J county, and was elected
~ trnn, UyJc p.,L vher. he resided and
IN ~, M is , very importanf nosition
IN ,his coput, invnlyinS the appropriating
anil nyncnJ;n,, If millions of money. and Mr.
Who.Iar h,e iis,borrcd his duties with credit
~ hin,salr anJ s,tisf,ction 10 his constituents
| anJ ,ho nnn,lc of the county He was one
of ,ho ohI.ai .uI most influential members of
| ~, - oi,,.,,.s reodv in debate watch
s,I If H., interests of The people and in ali
raanac,s a rcl;,hIr ard cautious legislator he
| ;s on attractive snc,krr and never fails to en-
lie, tho attention of all within the hearing of
h;s voice either Iy his keen satire, pleasant
b,,mor or force of orrument. This produced an
oN.ct which b,d iis Influence in sbaping and
| controllinq The action of the board. He WAS
mn, forward bv his friends last fall for sheriff
| aud had be bccn elected would have made
| ono of the best thr county ever had. lie is
| ono of tho most nonular Sermonters in Chi
coco being n GENIAL comranion and a gentle
nan in .li rnsnrcis lie is n credit To- Yer
mon, and I wish TO saw as much in the FREE
| pprss Ills broibcr George F.. lives In
Reayer Dam and is an extensive manufac
,nrcr Freeman live, pear Fond du Lac,
| WISCONSIN and il a farmer Frank is in
Ch;cogo and thc head of the Union Paper
RAG 1'omnany. all doing well. Another
| hro,her Dr + f. Wheeler lives in Bristol
| VI and how many nor, there may he am
not advised Ills son Lieut.. William Ii.
| Wbeeler a nr,misine Young officer. is in the
| 11th Regnlar United States Infantry and has
been doing duty ON the plains in the Black
Hills country and is now in the Signal
Serv,ce Rure,u in Washington. A nephew
| of h;u I understand is in The burlington. VT.
nostot,ic, in some capacity. As whole. or
sin,ly tins is certainly a successful and high
| lv r.sneciahlc family and they are proud of
being Vermontcrs. They arr an honor and
| credit 10 the little Commonwealth from
whose valleys ami mn,;uiains So many of our
hos, ci,;1cns hay, come.
|
| pA%'uL &L>f TESNEf
| Among the NrrmonlcIs now N Chicago,
no one is more deserving of recognition than
| ID. l.. Tennev He is a cnmm,rcial lawyer
and ia unacs,ionahly at the heal OF the bar
| in that branch of the profession commercial
law. in all of lis phases. The f,unily, Il large
| and successful one is scattered here and
there anil wherever any Of It's II enbcrs have
| Located they have been among theforemost cit
izeps of the community in which they lived.
The family formerly lived on Grand Isle,
| " Daniel X. was born in lS:a and is now
about forty-six wears of are; is the tenth child
| ot Daniel Tcuncy. a native Of New Hamp-
| shire and Sylvia tkcnt) Tenncy. native OF
| Vermont and a descendant of The eminent
| chancellor Kent. ON the fathc-'s side he is
drsccn,Iant from Thomas and Ann Ten
nov who LANDED in Salem. sIass., in 1888.
will a narty who came To- this country under
the direction of Eey. Ezekiel l,nrers for the
i =. Al Ii.
ness He is illus nf .oM old New England
stock When Daniel was Young his parents
| lived in Ohio and he spent his boyhood in
| the ihcn woods of Northern Ohio, where his
| father n halter hy trade. died about six
wears AGO. arcd ciahtv oncycar.. His mother,
| now ahnni ninriy nn,. wears of age is still
| living and is in Kansas with daughter. An
| other dausbtcr is married 10 Gen. A. l..
Cbetlain of this city. rwo brothers and two
sisters are now llyin.. Daniel has made his
| way nm in the world to lh, position he now
occupies wholly by his own cxertions. lie
| was reared in comparative poverty at the
age of eight years was apprcnllced To aprint'
er and served Innr ycais ont oi the succeed
| ing seven, attending the pubic schools the
balance of the time. W hen but hiteen years
| OF age he went To hadlson Wisconsin, anu
worked rs Journeyman printer during va
| cations and Saturdays as 4 means OF paying
| his way while Attending The Wisconsin Uni
versty, where he was educated. W hlle IN thls
institution and previously La gave ample evi-
| dcpce that he had the creative ability, energy
| and inherent force that would enable him Ia
rise far above metilocriiy, which promise OF
his youth has become II realliy. think
| may say that his firm, now lcnney, Flower
" Crafty has had since tlt great iiie anu
has now the largest aud most profitable Com
mercial law practice III tlis GUY.
While in Wisconsin niversity, he was
one OF the founders ol the Atheneum Utter
ary) society and his early records bear wit
ness of his efficient work in lis behalf. In
scholarship he WAS the second OF none, and
to this day he comprrh,nds measures and
weighs all the POINTS and hearings in case
presented to him and decides with an in
tuitive, intelligent Judgment and accuracy
that Is quite remarkable In Tie second year
OF his regular course hc was expelled for
contumacy in refusing 10 disclose the name
OF a companion in some harmless though