Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-03-11

/ In the latter part or SeptemDef- loo1'
he resigned from the staff of Gen. w
F. Smith on appointment as major
of the 9TH regiment. His health
/ broke down, and after nine months
service he resigned. Recovering his
health, he returned to the field in
September, 1862, as colonel of the
18th regiment, and his service on
several fields, and especially at Get
tysburg, was highly creditable.
On returning to Vermont Col.
Proctor removed to Rutland, forming
the law firm of Proctor & Veazey she
practiced until 1869, when he retired
finally from the profession on his ap.
pointment as receiver of the Suther-
land Falls marble company which
was financially embarrassed. He re-
stored the company to a substantial
basis, and in a few years became
president of the Vermont Marble
company, the largest producers OF
marble in the world His business
sagacity is we'll established. Mr..
Proctor has held many local offices
of trust. He was selectman of Rut
land 1866, representative of that
town in the legislature 1067-8, a
member of the state Senate in 1874,
and its president pro tempore, and
was elected acknowledgements of
Vermont for two terms, and then
governor 1S7S-S0. He is a member
of the present Legislature in the
House. His residence is in the town
of Proctor, whose Incorporation he OBJ
tanned some years ago, and he owns a
great part of its territory. In relig-
ious preference he is a Methodist.
John W. Noble, secretary of the
Interior, was born in Lancaster, o.,
in 1881. Was at Miami university a
fellow-student with President-elect
Harrison. Is graduate of Yale, the
class of 1851. Settled in ST. Louis
as a lawyer in 1855. In 1856 re-
moved to Keokuk, Ia. Served in
the war; mustered out in 1865 as
brigadier-general. Returned to st.
Louis, and recommended practice.
Was made United Stated district at
torney by President Johnson. Re-
signed the office in 1870. Has prac-
ticed law successfully ever since.
John Wannamaker, postmaster
general, was born in Philadelphia 81
years ago. His father was a brick
layer. Wannamaker went to work
at IA years old, at a dollar and a
half week and in five years had
saved $4,000. In 1859 he was made
secretary of the young mems Chris
tian association of Philadelphia.
Went into business in 1861, and built
up the largest retail store on the con-
tinent. He is a very rich man, an
earnest republican, interetred in all
good objects, and uperintendent of
a Sunday school of 5000 scholars.
His store covers IA acres and en-
ploys 5000 clerks.
W. H. H. Miller, attorney general,
is a typical Indiana lawyer of high
standing. He has been a valuable
member of Gen. Harrison's law firm
in Indianapolis for about ten years,
having left large practice at Fort
Wayne, Ind, to join it. He is man
on whom the new president has been
accustomed to rely. Mr.. Miller has
never been prominent in public office,
and will enter upon an entirely new
experience at Washington.
Ex-Gov. jeremiah NJ. Rush, secre-
tary of Agriculture, was born in Nor
gan county. Ohio, in 1880. In 1858
Mr.. Rusk removed to Viroqua, Ver-
non county, Wis. He joined the
Union army in 1862, as major: rose
to be brigadier-general, was state
bank controller from 1866 to 1870.
Member of 42d, 43d, and 44th Con-
crosses. Elected governor of Wis
consin in 1881, and served three con-
secutive terms. He distinguished
himself by the way in which he put
down the labor riots in Milwaukee,
and is a man of much force of char
acter.