The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-01-17

ability, integrity, high character ana
possessed Of the elements of manhood
He then came to Chicago, first took
charge of the legal affairs of j. Y. Far
we'll & Co., and later engaged in gen
eral practice, largely commercial law,
and is so engaged Coday He has
crowded activity and usefulness into
his life work thus far, and is q success
ful man and lawyer: In 1861 he mar
ried Julia G. Wheldon, of Racine, Wis
consin. They have a son and daughter.
Arthur Dana Wheeler.
He was born in Kenosha in 1861 His
father, Jerome b. Wheeler, was man
ufacturer and druggist. His mother
was Kate Deming, who was a teacher
in the High school, and daughter of r.
II. Deming, a prominent man there
Arthur D. is related by marriage and
directly with the Durkees, the Dem
ings and the Danas. The Danas came
from Vermont; Israel Putnam was Il.
great-great grandfather Of Arthur ID.
All Of these ancestors were friends of
free schools and of the anti-siaveTy
cause. and were conspicuous, as SUCH.
in their day and generation. Arthur
is a worthy descendant Of such ances-
try and is likely to add luster to its
fame. He graduated from the High
school in 1877 when he became a stu
dent in the academy and college at
Lake Forest, Ill., Then two years in
the west with a U. S. surveying party
in Dakota and later taught school in
Colorado. The latter part Of 1882 he
came to Chicago and entered the Union
College Of Law, and was in the law Of
flee of Williams & Thompson, then one
of the ablest and best known law firms
in Chicago. In January, 1887, he en-
tered into partnership with Norman
Williams, and has been with him since,
the firm now being Williams, Holt 81
Wheeler. He is Il young man Of eX-
ceptional promise in his profession
His work is performed with sincerity;
never sighted, and into it he puts the
best of himself. He has given evidence
of decided capabilities and the posses
sion Of elements Of success. He pos
sesses the metal from which a we'll
tempered blade may be made, inde-
pendent Of his favorable surroundings.
His friends predict brilliant future
for him.
In 1886 he married Anna Holt, a.
daughter Of Dir. r. Holt, a we'll knewns
iumberman in Wisconsin
william E. Smith
Many of the older readers Of the
Telegraph will recall VIM. H. Smith, Of
Kenosha, who located there in business
iii the '30's and became widely known
as sympathizer with the escaped slave
from the south and extended to him his
hospitality and aid to escape to Can
ada. VIM. E. Smith is one Of his sons;s;
was born in Kenosha in 1874 where he
was educated in the high school, from
which he graduated i'll 1861, in the first
class that graduated from that since
famous school, alluded to in the first
part of this letter; subsequently, at
tended Shurtliff college in Upper Alton,
III. He then went to Rockford, ILL.,,
and engaged in business with his father
until 1866, when he came to Chicago
and engaged in real estate, insurance
and building business with a degree OF
success which would be expected from
one possessing his independence and
positiveness Of character and sturdy
qualities. he has been engaged in
publishing and newspaper work. but
mainly in the fire insurance business, in
which he is one of the most conspicuous,
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