Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-09-16

Sketches of the Candidates who were not on
the Old Ticket.
George W. Ryland is Republican
from away back, though he first
breathed Democratic air, Maryland
being his native state He will be SO
years old in December. Mr.. RyIand
has commanding presence. He is
tall though rather spare, venerable in
appearance, with frank face, wherein
kindness, straightforWardness and
shrewdnesS seem to blend. He is a
banker and a successful one. He lives
at Lancaster, Grant county, where he
has resided since he came to Wisconsin
in 1853. He was chairman Of the
town board twelve years; was post
masters 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
latter year he was honored with the
position Of president pro TEN of the
senate.
HENRY B. HARSHAW.
Henry B. HarshaW was born June
13, 1912, in Argyle, N. Y, and came
with his parents to Wisconsin in 1852.
The family settled in Oconomowoc, but
remained there only two years and then
removed to Oshkosh. When the war
broke out young Harshaw was
student at the Welland university at
Beaver Dam, and enlisted the 18th of
April, 1861, for three years, re-enlist-
ing then for three years and serving in
the army until June %, 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 we'll
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 as postmaster of Oshkosh,
which position he held until last
February. Since 1878 Mr.. HarshaW
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 Nav
1871, at Silverton. Eng. His parents
emigrated to this country in 1852, ankl
lived four years in the East when they
came to Wisconsin and settled down in
Baraboo, where Phil. Cheek has lived
ever since. At the breaking out of
the war, Mr.. Cheek enlisted in COM
pany 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. r.
CHARLES E. 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 admis-
sion to the bar moved to Manitowoc.
He was elected in 1881, and reelected
in 1882. While in the legislature he
secured the enactment of a bill to
establish farmers institutes, a measure
that won him great favor throughout
the state.
JESSE B. THAYER.
Jesse B. Thayer is native of Rock
county and has always resided in the
state. He served in the Forty ninth
regiment during the war, and subse-
quently received collegiate education
graduating at Milton college in 1870.
He is teacher by profession, was
principal of the public schools of
Menomonie from 1870 to 1875, and
afterwards conductor of teachers insti-
suites in the River Falls Normal schools
holding the later position until 1885,
when he was elected to the assembly.
ATLEY PETERSON.
Alley Peterson is a native of Nor
way and by occupation lumber manu-
facturer and farmer He came to
Wisconsin in 1852, and, after brief
residence in Vernon county, moved to
Crawford county. where he has ever
since been resident He was post
master at Soldiers Grove for many
years and served as member of assem-
bly, for several terms first in 1879,
and then in 1889, 1881 and 1882.