Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-13
THE NEW MEN.
Sketches Of the Candidates Who We're
Not ON the Old Ticket.


from away back, though he first
breathed Democratic ar. MARYLAND
being his native state. He will be 80
years old in December Mr.. Ryland has
a commanding presence. He is tall,
through rather spare, venerable in APP
pearance, with frank face, in which
kindliness, straightforwardness and
shrewdnesS seem to blend. He is a
banker, and successful one. He lives
at Lancaster, Grant County, where he
has resided since he came to Wisconsin
in 1858. He was chairman of the town
board twelve years; was postmaster un-
der 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 lattar year he was honored
with the position of president pro ten of
the Senate.
HENRY b. HARSHAW.
Henry b. Harshaw was born June Is,
1912, in Argyle, n. Y, and came with
his parents to Wisconsin in 1852. The
family settled in Oconomowoc, but re-
manned there only two years and then
removed to Oshkosh When the war
broke out young Harshaw was a student
at the Welland University at Beaver
Dam, and enlisted the 18th of April,
1861, for three months, re-enlisting then
for three years and serving in the army
discharge. At the battle of Spottsylyania
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 y
years and received there the appoint
ment as postmaster of Oshkosh, which
position he held until last February.
Since 1873 Mr.. Harshaw has been prac-
ticing law, apd he is known all over the
state as an able and successful lawyer
PHILIP CHEEK, JR.
Philip Cheek, Jr., was born in May,
1871. at Silverton, England. His parents
migrated to this country in 1912, and
lived four years in the East, when they
came to Wisconsin and settled down in
Barbaboo, 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 embarked in the in
surance business. He is a prominent
and one of the most active members of
the G. A. k.
CHARLES f. ESTABRooK
Charles E. Estabrook is Il native of
Grant County, and served through the
war as member of the Forty third Wis
consin Volunteers. He graduated at the
Platteville Normal school in 1870, stud
led law, and on his admission to the bar
moved to Manitowoc. He was elected
to the Assembly in 1881, and reelected
1882. While in the Legislature he pro-
cured the enactment of Il bill to. estab-
fish farmers institutes, measure that
won him great favor throughout 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 subse-
quently received a collegiate education,
graduating at Milton College in 1870.
He is a teacher by profession, was prin-
cipal of the public schools of Menom-
onie from 1870 to 1875, and afterward
conductor of teachers institutes in the
River Falls Normal school, holding the
latter position until 1885, when he was
elected to the assembly.
ALLEY PETERSON. 4
Alley Peterson is native of Norway
and by occupation lumber manufac-
turer and farmer. He came to Wiscon-
sin in 1852, and, after brief residence
in Vernon County, moved to Crawford
County, where he has ever since been
resident. He was postmaster at Sol
diers Grove for many years and served
as member of the Assembly for several