My pedigree and autobiography, 1898.

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My pedigree and autobiography, 1898.

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Typewritten autobiography by West with information on his childhood in Oneida County, New York; moving to the Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin area in 1844, settling first in Koshkonong then in Spring Prairie in eastern Walworth County; the hard work of pioneer farming; attending Oberlin College in 1849; and his adult experiences farming in the Milton, Wis., area.

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Oberlin College

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Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Oberlin, Ohio. Founded in 1833, it is the oldest coeducational liberal arts college in the United States and the second-oldest continuously operating coeducational institute of higher learning in the world. The Oberlin Conservatory of Music is the oldest continuously operating conservatory in the United States. In 1835, Oberlin became one of the first colleges in the United States to admit African Americans, and in 18...

West, William B., 1833- .

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