William H. Leonard and family papers, 1843-1955.

Leonard, Dexter Melancthon.

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Minneapolis Athenaeum

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Leonard family.

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Nelson, Knute, 1843-1923

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Knute Nelson was born in Vosse Elven, Norway, on February 2, 1843. In 1849 he and his widowed mother emigrated to the United States, settling first in Chicago (1849-1850), then in Dane County, Wisconsin, where he enlisted in the Fourth Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment (1861-1864) during the Civil War. Following the war he was graduated from the Albion Academy and studied law in a Madison, Wisconsin, law office, being admitted to the bar in 1867 and then serving as a representative in the ...

United States. Army. Minnesota Infantry Regiment, 5th (1862-1865)

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Leonard, W. H. (William Huntington), 1825-1907.

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Pillsbury, J. S. (John Sargent), 1827-1901

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John Sargent Pillsbury was born in Sutton, New Hampshire, and came to the village of St. Anthony MN in 1855 to open a hardware business. 15 years later, he began his flour milling enterprise, which became one of the largest in the world. In 1863, Pillsbury began to take an interest in the University of Minnesota, which had been closed by debt. Pillsbury accepted an appointment as a University Regent, and began the first of several successful rescues of the University. He served as a Regent until...

Davis, Cushman Kellogg, 1838-1900

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Cushman Kellogg Davis, a Senator from Minnesota, was born in Henderson, Jefferson County, N.Y., on June 16, 1838. He moved with his parents to Waukesha, Wisconsin, where he attended the public schools, Carroll College in Waukesha, and graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1857. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced practice in Waukesha. He moved to St. Paul, Minnesota in 1865 and became a member of the State house of representatives ine 1867, then s...

Hubbard, Lucius F. (Lucius Frederick), 1836-1913

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Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States

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Patriotic society composed of male descendants of Union veterans of the Civil War; founded 1865. From the description of Records, 1921-1922. (Historical Society of Washington, Dc). WorldCat record id: 70961019 ...

Merriam, William Rush, 1849-1931

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Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893

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Rutherford B. Hayes was born in Delaware, Ohio, in 1822 and earned degrees from Kenyon College and Harvard Law School before starting a career as a lawyer in Cincinnati. Hayes served as a major general in the Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War and was elected to the U.S. Congress in 1864. Hayes then was elected Governor of Ohio and later served one term as President of the United States (1877-1881) before retiring to his home in Fremont, Ohio, where he died in 1893.President of the Uni...

United States. Army. Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 8th (1861-1865)

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Miller, Stephen, 1816-1881

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Hahnemann Medical Society of Hennepin County (Minn.)

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Leonard, William Edwin, 1855-1935.

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