Wing, Austin Eli, 1792-1849
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Michigan legislator and congressman.
Born in Conway, Hampshire County, Mass., Feb. 3, 1792; moved to Marietta, Ohio; attended common schools, academy at Chillicothe, and Athens College; graduated from Williams College, 1814; moved to Detroit and later to Monroe; sheriff of Michigan Territory; elected to Nineteenth, Twentieth, and Twenty-second Congresses; affiliated with the Whigs; member state House of Representatives; 1842; member Board of Regents, University of Michigan, 1845-50 ;U.S. Marshal for District of Michigan, 1846-49; died in Cleveland, Aug. 27, 1849. (from Biog. Cong. Dir., 1928 ed.) (blue index cards)
From the description of Austin E. Wing papers, 1815-1921 (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 495812280
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- Legislators
- Taxation
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- Michigan--Wayne County (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
