William A. Childs Papers, 1864-1940.

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William A. Childs Papers, 1864-1940.

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Papers, 1864-1940, of William A. Childs, a Civil War veteran and long-time employee of the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company in Calumet, Michigan. Includes a transcription of a portion of Childs' diary during the Civil War, a history of Copper Harbor by Oliver A. Farwell, and photocopies of letters between sisters Charlotte Farwell and Sarah "Sallie" Scott.

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Michigan Technological University, J.R. Van Pelt & Opie Library; Michigan Tech

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Michigan Technological University, J.R. Van Pelt & Opie Library; Michigan Tech

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Scott, Sarah L. b. 1844

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Farwell, Oliver Atkins, 1867-1944

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Oliver A. Farwell, a famous botanist, was born in 1867 near Copper Harbor, Michigan, the grandson of Daniel D. and Lucena Brockway. It was at the one-room schoolhouse at the Cliff Mine location that he received what is believed to be the only systematic teaching of botany that he ever had. Thwarted by his mother in his desire to attend the Naval Academy at Annapolis (her father had died at sea and her husband had been almost lost at sea), Oliver pursued his interest in botany. Through family con...

Childs, W. A. (William A.) 1844-1916

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William A. Childs was born in 1844 in Constable, New York. His mother died when he was quite young and in 1853, he came to Michigan to live with his uncle, Daniel D. Brockway in Copper Harbor. In 1862, Childs enlisted at Houghton as a private in Company B, 27th Infantry. In 1865 he was brevetted captain for valor at the storming and holding of Fort Mahone during the Third Battle of Petersburg, a decisive Union assault on the Confederate Army. Childs was mustered out in July, 1965. ...