Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-09-16

he was chairman of the town board
twelve years; was postmaster under
Lincoln and Johnson; delegate to
the Republican national convention
at Philadelphia in 1872; was elected
state senator in 1880 for that year
and 1881, and served in the same
body in 1882 and 1888. In the lat.
ter year he was honored with the
position of president pro tenn. of the
senate.
HENRY b. HARsHAw.
Henry b. Harshaw was born June
10, ls42, in Argyle, N. Y, and came
with his parents to Wisconsin 10
1852. The family settled in Ocono-
mowoc, but remained there only two
years and then removed to Oshkosh.
When the war broke out young Har-
shaw was a student at the Welland
university at Beaver Dam, and en-
listed the 18th of April, 1861, for
three years, and serving in the army
until June 30, 1864, when he received
his discharge. At the battle of
Spottsylvania he lost his left arm,
the empty sleeve of his coat bearing
witness of his bravery as well as of
his devotion to the cause Of the
Union Mr.. Harshaw was clerk of
the court of Winnebago county for
twelve years and received there the
appointment of postmaster of Osh-
kosh, which position he held until
last February. Since 1876 Mr.. Har-
shaw has been practicing law, and
he is known all over the state as an
able and successful lawyer.
PHILLIP CHEEK, JR.
Phillip Cheek, Jr, was born in
MAY, 1871, at Silverton, England.
His parents emigrated to this coun-
try in 1852, and lived four years in
the east when they came to Wiscon-
sin and settled down IL Barahoo,
where Phil. Cheek has lived ever
since. At the breaking out of the
war, Mr. Cheek enlisted in company
A, Sixth Wisconsin regiment, and
served until the battle of Antietam,
where he was badly wounded. After
his discharge from the army he EN-
barked in the insurance business.
He is a prominent and one of the
most active members of the G. A. Il.
CHARLES Il. EsTABRooK.
Charles E. Estabrook is a native
of Grant county, and served through
the war as a member of the Forty
third Wisconsin volunteers. He
graduated at the Platteville Normal
school in 1870, studied law, and ON
his admission To the bar moved to
Manitowoc. He was elected to the
assembly in 1881, and reelected in
1882. While in the Legislature he
secured the enactment of bill to
establish farmers institutes, a meas
ure thatwon him great favor through.
out the state.
JESSE b. THAYER.
Jesse b. Thayer is a native of
Rock county and has always resided
in the state. He served in the Forty
ninth regiment during the war, and
subsequently received a collegiate
education, graduating at Milton col
lege in 1870. He is a teacher by
profession, was principal of the pub
lie schools of Menomonie from 1870
to 1875, and afterwards conductor
of teachers institutes in the River
Falls Normal school, holding the
latter position until 1885, when he
was elected To the assembly.
ATLEY PETERSON.
Alley Peterson is native of No.
way and by occupation a lumber
manufacturer and farmer He came
to Wisconsin in 1852, and, after a
brief residence in Vernon county,
moved to Crawford county, where
he has ever since resided. He was
postmaster at Soldiers Grove for
many years and served as member
of the assembly for several terms,
first in 1879, and then in 1880, 1881
and 1882.