Fifty Years In The Northwest
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Folsom William Henry Carman. Fifty Years In The Northwest
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I
DUBUQUE
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN
FORT CRAWFORD ROBBED
EARLY JUSTICE
A SOUTHWARD JOURNEY
RETURN TO MAINE
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN IN 1836-37
AMERICAN RESIDENTS
BIOGRAPHIES
CHAPTER II. STILLWATER AND ST. CROIX COUNTY
STILLWATER IN 1845
ST. CROIX COUNTY
JUDGE IRWIN'S COURT IN 1840
1 EARLY HISTORY OF STILLWATER
STILLWATER IN 1846
STILLWATER IN 1847
TERRITORIAL ELECTION
AMUSEMENTS. – SOCIETY BALL IN STILLWATER
CHAPTER III. BIOGRAPHIES
EARLY RIVER PILOTS
CHAPTER IV. POLK COUNTY – DESCRIPTION AND HISTORY
THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC
FRONTIER JUSTICE
POPULATION OF ST. CROIX FALLS IN 1848
NATURAL LANGUAGE
THE DROWNING OF HAMLET H. PERKINS
A QUAILTOWN MURDER
MINERAL PERMITS
MARRIAGE UNDER DIFFICULTIES
AN INDIAN SCARE
THE FIRST FIRE CANOE
MILL BUILDING
INDIAN MURDERS
INDIAN BATTLE OF STILLWATER
THE FIRST LOGGERS
THE FIRST RAFTING
AN INDIAN PAYMENT
INDIAN DANCING AND THEFT
OTHER THEFTS
HARD TIMES
UGH! UGH!
MRS. WORTH AND MUCKATICE
CHAPTER V. BIOGRAPHIES
ALDEN
APPLE RIVER
BALSAM LAKE
BEAVER
BLACK BROOK
CLAM FALLS
CLAYTON
CLEAR LAKE
PINEVILLE
EUREKA
FARMINGTON
BIOGRAPHICAL
GARFIELD
GEORGETOWN
TWO MEN MURDERED
LAKETOWN
LINCOLN
LORAINE
LUCK
MILLTOWN
OSCEOLA
CHANGE OF NAME
BIOGRAPHICAL
ST. CROIX FALLS
ST. CROIX FALLS VILLAGE
WEST SWEDEN
STERLING
CHAPTER VI. ST. CROIX COUNTY
HOW THE SCHOOL LANDS WERE SELECTED
ST. CROIX AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
POMONA GRANGE
AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
MANUFACTURES
ST. CROIX POOR FARM
FIRST TAX ROLL OF ST. CROIX COUNTY, 1848. ST. CROIX FALLS
WILLOW RIVER
MOUTH OF LAKE ST. CROIX
HUDSON CITY
CITY GOVERNMENT
MAYORS OF HUDSON CITY
CITY SCHOOLS
A MILITARY INSTITUTE
MILLS AND MANUFACTORIES
BANKS
THE OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES HOSPITAL
WATER WORKS
HOTELS
THE GREAT FIRE
SOCIAL AND BENEVOLENT ORGANIZATIONS
BIOGRAPHICAL
BALDWIN
BALDWIN VILLAGE,
WOODVILLE VILLAGE
CADY
CYLON,
EAU GALLE,
EMERALD
ERIN PRAIRIE
FOREST,
GLENWOOD,
HAMMOND
HAMMOND VILLAGE,
HUDSON
KINNIKINIC
PLEASANT VALLEY
RICHMOND
BOARDMAN VILLAGE
GRIDLEY VILLAGE
NEW RICHMOND
NEW RICHMOND CITY
BIOGRAPHICAL
RUSH RIVER
SOMERSET
SOMERSET VILLAGE,
ST. JOSEPH
HOULTON
BURKHARDT VILLAGE
SPRINGFIELD,
HERSEY
WILSON VILLAGE,
STANTON
STAR PRAIRIE,
HUNTINGTON VILLAGE
STAR PRAIRIE VILLAGE,
TROY,
WARREN,
TOWN PLATS LOCATED IN ST. CROIX COUNTY
CHAPTER VII. PIERCE COUNTY
RAILROADS
MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS
ORGANIZATION OF TOWNS
CLIFTON,
DIAMOND BLUFF
THE FIRST SETTLER
EL PASO
ELLSWORTH
ELLSWORTH VILLAGE
GILMAN
HARTLAND
ISABELLE
MAIDEN ROCK
MARTELL
OAK GROVE
PRESCOTT CITY
DESTRUCTIVE FIRES
BIOGRAPHICAL
AN INDIAN BATTLE
RIVER FALLS
ASSOCIATIONS
THE BANK OF RIVER FALLS
HUDSON & RIVER FALLS RAILROAD
RIVER FALLS BOARD OF TRADE
FIRES
RIVER FALLS CITY
THE FOURTH STATE NORMAL SCHOOL AT RIVER FALLS – HISTORY
REGULATIONS FOR ADMISSION TO THE NORMAL SCHOOLS
ROCK ELM
SALEM
SPRING LAKE
TRENTON
TRIMBELLE
UNION
CHAPTER VIII. BURNETT, WASHBURN, SAWYER AND BARRON COUNTIES
BURNETT COUNTY
ORGANIZATION
THE PINE BARRENS
MURDERS
THE FIRST MISSION
GRANTSBURG
THE CRANBERRY MARSHES
WASHBURN COUNTY
SHELL LAKE
SPOONER,
VEAZIE VILLAGE
SAWYER COUNTY
BARRON COUNTY
TURTLE LAKE TOWN
BARRON,
PERLEY VILLAGE
CUMBERLAND VILLAGE
SPRAGUE
COMSTOCK,
BARRONETT,
CHAPTER IX. ASHLAND, BAYFIELD AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES
ASHLAND COUNTY
ASHLAND
BAYFIELD COUNTY
BAYFIELD
WASHBURN
DRUMMOND, PRATT AND MASON
CABLE STATION,
DOUGLAS COUNTY
SUPERIOR CITY
WEST SUPERIOR
CHAPTER X. PINE COUNTY
POKEGAMA LAKE
BATTLE OF POKEGAMA
A NOBLE CHIEF
FRANK CONFESSIONS
A COWARDLY DEED
AN UNJUST ACCUSATION
INDIAN MAGNANIMITY
CHENGWATANA
HINCKLEY
THE VILLAGE OF HINCKLEY
SANDSTONE VILLAGE
KETTLE RIVER
MISSION CREEK
PINE CITY
ROCK CREEK
ROYALTON
WINDERMERE
A ROCK CREEK MURDER
THE BURNING OF A JAIL
A DISFIGURED FAMILY
INDIAN FAITH CURE
INDIAN GRAVES
STOICISM OF THE INDIAN
AN INDIAN DANCE
CHAPTER XI. KANABEC COUNTY
ARTHUR
MORA,
BRONSON
BRUNSWICK
GROUND HOUSE CITY
GRASS LAKE
ISANTI COUNTY
CAMBRIDGE,
NORTH BRANCH TOWN
OXFORD
MILLE LACS COUNTY
MILACCA
BRIDGMAN VILLAGE,
PRINCETON
BIOGRAPHICAL
CHAPTER XII. CHISAGO COUNTY
LOCATION – SURFACE – SCENERY
CHISAGO LAKE
DALLES OF ST. CROIX
THE DEVIL'S CHAIR
THE WELLS
SETTLEMENT AND ORGANIZATION
BRANCH
NORTH BRANCH STATION
CHISAGO LAKE
CENTRE CITY,
LINDSTROM VILLAGE,
CHISAGO CITY
FISH LAKE
FRANCONIA
FRANCONIA VILLAGE
HARRIS
HARRIS VILLAGE
LENT
NESSELL
RUSH SEBA
RUSH CITY
SHAFER
SUNRISE
SUNRISE VILLAGE
KOST VILLAGE
CHIPPEWA
DRONTHEIM
NASHUA
WASHINGTON
TAYLOR'S FALLS
AN INDIAN DANCE
CHAPTER XIII. BIOGRAPHICAL
WYOMING
WYOMING VILLAGE
DEER GARDEN VILLAGE
CHAPTER XIV. WASHINGTON COUNTY
AFTON
AFTON VILLAGE
SOUTH AFTON
VALLEY CREEK
ST. MARY VILLAGE
BAYTOWN
BAYTOWN VILLAGE
BANGOR VILLAGE
MIDDLETOWN VILLAGE
SOUTH STILLWATER
COTTAGE GROVE
COTTAGE GROVE VILLAGE
LANGDON VILLAGE
DENMARK
POINT DOUGLAS
FOREST LAKE
FOREST LAKE VILLAGE
GRANT
DELLWOOD VILLAGE
EAGLE CITY
MAHTOMEDI
WILDWOOD PARK
LAKELAND
LAKELAND VILLAGE,
MARINE
MARINE MILLS VILLAGE
IMPROVEMENTS
VASA VILLAGE
NEWPORT
GRAY CLOUD CITY
NEWPORT VILLAGE
OAKDALE
ONEKA
ONEKA,
SHADY SIDE VILLAGE,
STILLWATER
OAK PARK
WOODBURY,
CHAPTER XV. WASHINGTON COUNTY – CONTINUED
CITY OF STILLWATER
CITY GOVERNMENT
CITY MARSHALS
THE POST OFFICE,
RAPID GROWTH
HOTELS
CITY BANKS
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
LUMBERMAN'S NATIONAL BANK,
STILLWATER SAVINGS BANK,
ST. CROIX LUMBERMEN'S BOARD OF TRADE
STILLWATER BOARD OF TRADE
STILLWATER WATER COMPANY
FIRE DEPARTMENT
THE ST. CROIX HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY
STILLWATER GASLIGHT COMPANY
TELEGRAPH OFFICE
THE NATIONAL BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY
UNION ELEVATOR COMPANY
EXPRESS COMPANIES
THE STILLWATER BRIDGE
LUMBERING INTERESTS
FLOURING MILLS
MANUFACTORIES
CARRIAGE MANUFACTORIES
CHURCH SOCIETIES AND BUILDINGS
THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
ST. MICHAEL'S (CATHOLIC) CHURCH
ST. MARY'S (CATHOLIC) CHURCH,
THE UNIVERSALIST CHURCH
SWEDISH LUTHERAN
THE FIRST GERMAN LUTHERAN
THE NORWEGIAN LUTHERAN
THE GERMAN METHODIST
THE SALEM GERMAN LUTHERAN CHURCH
THE DANISH LUTHERAN CHURCH
SWEDISH CONGREGATIONAL
THE ST. JOSEPH'S (CATHOLIC) CHURCH
THE SWEDISH METHODIST CHURCH
THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
PUBLIC BUILDINGS
SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONS
CEMETERIES
WASHINGTON COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
MINNESOTA STATE PRISON
FIRES
BONDS AND INDEBTEDNESS
CHAPTER XVI. STEARNS, ANOKA AND SHERBURNE COUNTIES
STEARNS COUNTY
ST. CLOUD
LA SAUK,
ANOKA COUNTY
ANOKA
ANOKA CITY
BETHEL
BLAINE,
BURNS
CENTREVILLE
CENTREVILLE VILLAGE
COLUMBUS,
FRIDLEY
GROW
HAM LAKE,
LINWOOD
OAK GROVE
RAMSEY,
ST. FRANCIS
AN INDIAN RIOT
SHERBURNE COUNTY
TOWNS
VILLAGES OF SHERBURNE COUNTY
ELK RIVER,
EAST ST. CLOUD,
CLEAR LAKE
BECKER
BIG LAKE,
CHAPTER XVII. BENTON COUNTY
SAUK RAPIDS
WATAB
MORRISON COUNTY
LITTLE FALLS VILLAGE,
ROYALTON VILLAGE
CROW WING COUNTY
MURDERERS LYNCHED
BRAINERD
CHAPTER XVIII. AITKIN COUNTY
AITKIN VILLAGE
CARLTON COUNTY
THOMSON
CLOQUET,
MOOSE LAKE STATION,
BARNUM STATION,
MAHTOWA STATION,
NORTH PACIFIC JUNCTION
ST. LOUIS COUNTY
DULUTH
FOND DU LAC,
ONEOTA
CLIFTON
PORTLAND,
ENDION,
MIDDLETON,
MONTEZUMA,
BUCHANAN,
ST. LOUIS FALLS
FREMONT ISLAND
TOWER,
LAKE COUNTY
TWO HARBORS,
COOK COUNTY
CHAPTER XIX. HENNEPIN COUNTY
FORT SNELLING
ST. ANTHONY FALLS
ST. ANTHONY FALLS
MINNEAPOLIS
WATER VERSUS STEAM
TERRIFIC EXPLOSION AT THE FLOUR MILLS
SUBURBAN RESORTS – LAKE MINNETONKA
PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN MINNEAPOLIS COSTING $100,000 AND UPWARD
POST OFFICE STATISTICS FOR 1886
HISTORY OF THE POST OFFICE AT MINNEAPOLIS, MINN
WEST MINNEAPOLIS
CHAPTER XX. RAMSEY COUNTY
POPULATION OF ST. PAUL
SCHOOLS IN 1886
STATISTICS OF BUILDINGS COSTING $100,000 AND OVER
MAYORS OF ST. PAUL
MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS
WEST ST. PAUL
TOWNS OF RAMSEY COUNTY
WHITE BEAR
WHITE BEAR LAKE
SOUTH ST. PAUL
NORTH ST. PAUL
POST OFFICE
GENERAL BUSINESS
MONEY ORDER BUSINESS
POST OFFICE HISTORY
CHAPTER XXI. BIOGRAPHICAL
CHAPTER XXII. DAKOTA COUNTY
HASTINGS,
FARMINGTON,
BIOGRAPHICAL
GOODHUE COUNTY
BIOGRAPHICAL
WABASHA COUNTY
WINONA COUNTY
CHAPTER XXIII. MISCELLANEOUS BIOGRAPHIES
APPENDIX. MISCELLANEOUS INCIDENTS, ITEMS AND STATISTICS, INCLUDING. AN ACCURATE ACCOUNT OF THE VARIOUS TREATIES. BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. AND THE INDIAN TRIBES INHABITING. THE TERRITORIES OF. WISCONSIN AND. MINNESOTA. BRIEF HISTORY OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY UNTIL THE CREATION OF WISCONSIN TERRITORY IN 1836
SPANISH CLAIMS
FRENCH CLAIMS
THE BOUNDARY QUESTION
INDIAN TREATIES
GEN. PIKE AND THE INDIANS
THE UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE
FIRST ENTRIES
LIST OF OFFICERS
TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT OF WISCONSIN
FIRST LEGISLATURE – REPRESENTATIVES OF CRAWFORD COUNTY
SECOND LEGISLATURE
THIRD LEGISLATURE – REPRESENTATIVES OF CRAWFORD AND ST. CROIX COUNTIES
FOURTH LEGISLATURE
FIFTH LEGISLATURE
CRAWFORD, ST. CROIX, CHIPPEWA AND LA POINTE COUNTIES
STATE GOVERNMENT OF WISCONSIN
UNITED STATES SENATORS
UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVES
WISCONSIN STATE LEGISLATURE
TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT OF MINNESOTA
CENSUS OF THE TERRITORY – AUGUST, 1849
FIRST TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE. – HELD SEPT. 3 TO NOV. 1, 1849
SECOND TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE, 1851
THIRD TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE, 1852
FOURTH TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE, 1853
FIFTH TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE, 1854
SIXTH TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE, 1855
SEVENTH TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE, 1856
EIGHTH TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE, 1857
THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF 1857
REPRESENTATIVES FROM ST. CROIX VALLEY
GOVERNORS OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA
SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICES
ASSOCIATE JUSTICES
UNITED STATES SENATORS FROM MINNESOTA
REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS
FIRST STATE LEGISLATURE, 1857-8
SECOND STATE LEGISLATURE, 1859-60
THIRD STATE LEGISLATURE, 1861
FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 1862
FIFTH STATE LEGISLATURE, 1863
SIXTH STATE LEGISLATURE, 1864
SEVENTH STATE LEGISLATURE, 1865
EIGHTH STATE LEGISLATURE, 1866
NINTH STATE LEGISLATURE, 1867
TENTH STATE LEGISLATURE, 1868
ELEVENTH STATE LEGISLATURE, 1869
TWELFTH STATE LEGISLATURE, 1870
THIRTEENTH STATE LEGISLATURE, 1871
FOURTEENTH STATE LEGISLATURE, 1872
FIFTEENTH STATE LEGISLATURE, 1873
SIXTEENTH STATE LEGISLATURE, 1874
SEVENTEENTH STATE LEGISLATURE, 1875
EIGHTEENTH STATE LEGISLATURE, 1876
NINETEENTH STATE LEGISLATURE, 1877
TWENTIETH STATE LEGISLATURE, 1878
TWENTY-FIRST STATE LEGISLATURE, 1879
TWENTY-SECOND STATE LEGISLATURE, 1881
TWENTY-THIRD STATE LEGISLATURE, 1883
TWENTY-FOURTH STATE LEGISLATURE, 1885
TWENTY-FIFTH STATE LEGISLATURE, 1887
THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF 1857
FIRST MINNESOTA STATE LEGISLATURE, HELD 1857-8
ADJOURNED SESSION
LAND GRANTS, RAILROAD SURVEYS AND CONSTRUCTION
THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD
THE CHICAGO, ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS & OMAHA RAILROAD
THE ST. PAUL & DULUTH RAILROAD (FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE LAKE SUPERIOR & MISSISSIPPI)
MINNESOTA & MANITOBA RAILROAD
STILLWATER, WHITE BEAR & ST. PAUL RAILROAD
THE ST. PAUL, STILLWATER & TAYLOR'S FALLS RAILROAD
THE WISCONSIN CENTRAL (BRANCH) RAILROAD
TAYLOR'S FALLS & LAKE SUPERIOR RAILROAD
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RAILROAD – RIVER DIVISION
MINNEAPOLIS, SAULT STE. MARIE & ATLANTIC
CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & NORTHERN RAILROAD
MILEAGE OF ROADS CENTRING IN ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS IN 1887
CONGRESSIONAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE ST. CROIX RIVER
INLAND NAVIGATION
THE WATERWAYS CONVENTION OF 1885
RESOLUTION INTRODUCED AT THE WATERWAYS CONVENTION HELD IN ST. PAUL, SEPTEMBER, 1885
EARLY STEAMBOAT NAVIGATION
LATER NAVIGATION ON THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI
STEAMBOATING ON THE ST. CROIX
ICE BOATS
STEAMBOAT LIFE – 1846
ST. CROIX BOOM COMPANY
THE LANGUAGE OF THE LOGS
AMOUNT OF LOGS CUT FROM 1857 TO 1888
CHARTERED DAMS
LUMBERING ON THE ST. CROIX IN 1845
LUMBERING ON THE ST. CROIX IN 1886
THE LOG JAMS OF THE ST. CROIX
POPULATION OF WISCONSIN
POPULATION OF ST. CROIX, PIERCE, POLK, BURNETT, AND SAWYER COUNTIES
POPULATION OF MINNESOTA
MINNESOTA STATE CAPITOL
BURNING OF THE CAPITOL
SELKIRK VISITORS
CYCLONES
THE ISANTI COUNTY CYCLONE
THE COTTAGE GROVE CYCLONE
THE CYCLONE AT WHITE BEAR AND MARINE, MINNESOTA, AND CLEAR LAKE, WISCONSIN
THE ST. CLOUD AND SAUK RAPIDS CYCLONE OF 1886
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
ASIATIC CHOLERA
DECREE OF CITIZENSHIP
BURNING OF THE INTERNATIONAL HOTEL
GRASSHOPPERS
ANCIENT MOUNDS
LAKE ITASCA
COPPER MINING ON THE ST. CROIX
REMINISCENCES OF REV. JULIUS S. WEBBER.10
AN AMUSING INCIDENT
THE OLD SETTLERS ASSOCIATION
ORGANIZATION
OBJECTS AND ORGANIZATION
ITS PROGRESS
ITS PRESENT CONDITION
PROPOSED BUILDING FOR THE SOCIETY
PRESIDENTS OF THE OLD SETTLERS ASSOCIATION
THE ST. CROIX VALLEY OLD SETTLERS ASSOCIATION
NEWSPAPER HISTORY IN RAMSEY COUNTY
OTHER ST. PAUL PUBLICATIONS
HENNEPIN COUNTY
PAPERS OF MINNEAPOLIS
EXCELSIOR
WASHINGTON COUNTY
CHISAGO COUNTY
PINE COUNTY – PINE CITY
CARLTON COUNTY – CLOQUET
ST. LOUIS COUNTY – DULUTH
TOWER
TWO HARBORS
AITKIN COUNTY – AITKIN
CROW WING COUNTY – BRAINERD
KANABEC COUNTY – MORA
MILLE LACS COUNTY – PRINCETON
MORRISON COUNTY – LITTLE FALLS
ROYALTON
STEARNS COUNTY – MELROSE AND SAUK CENTRE
SAUK CENTRE
ST. CLOUD
SHERBURNE COUNTY – ELK RIVER
ISANTI COUNTY – CAMBRIDGE
BENTON COUNTY
ANOKA COUNTY – ANOKA
DAKOTA COUNTY – FARMINGTON
GOODHUE COUNTY – CANNON RIVER FALLS
KENYON
PINE ISLAND
RED WING
ZUMBROTA
WABASHA COUNTY – MAZEPPA
PLAINVIEW
WINONA COUNTY – ST. CHARLES
NEWSPAPERS IN WISCONSIN. PIERCE COUNTY – ELLSWORTH
RIVER FALLS
ST. CROIX COUNTY – BALDWIN
HAMMOND
HUDSON
NEW RICHMOND
POLK COUNTY – CLEAR LAKE
OSCEOLA MILLS
ST. CROIX FALLS
BARRON COUNTY – BARRON
CHETEK
CUMBERLAND
RICE LAKE
SAWYER COUNTY – HAYWOOD
BURNETT COUNTY – GRANTSBURG
ASHLAND COUNTY – ASHLAND
GLIDDEN
HURLEY
BAYFIELD COUNTY – BAYFIELD
WASHBURN
DOUGLAS COUNTY – SUPERIOR
WASHBURN COUNTY
AN ODD CHAPTER IN POLITICAL HISTORY – THE BLACK HAWK WAR
AN EARLY RUNAWAY MATCH
DRED SCOTT AT FORT SNELLING
OLD BETZ AND THE ST. PAUL TRIBE OF INDIANS
ADDENDA
LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ST. CROIX VALLEY – WISCONSIN SIDE
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While genealogical tables are of interest chiefly to the families and individuals whose names are therein preserved, I still deem it not amiss to insert here a brief account of my ancestry. Among the emigrants from England to the New World in 1638, came John Foulsham, then twenty-three or twenty-four years of age, and his wife, to whom he had been married about a year and a half. They came from Hingham, England, to Hingham, Mass., with a colony that probably named the settlement in loving remembrance of the town they had left. They came on account of certain ecclesiastical troubles; their rector, with whom they sympathized, having torn down the altar rails and leveled the altar, an act of irreverence that called down upon them the wrath of their superior, Bishop Wren, and resulted in rector and people selling out their real estate at half its value and emigrating to America. John received a grant of land consisting of four acres and built himself a house, the frame being constructed of sawed oak timber. This house, built in 1640, stood until 1875, two hundred and thirty-five years, when it was taken down and manufactured into canes and chairs, which were distributed as relics to the American descendants of the family. The family, however, had increased so greatly that the supply was not equal to the demand.
The wife of John Foulsham was Mary Gilman. From this couple the American Folsoms and their allies from marriages with the female descendants of the family have sprung. The ancestors of John Foulsham may be traced backward a period of near six hundred years, and many of the family have honorable mention in English history. The earliest mention is concerning John Foulsham of Foulsham, prior of a Carmelite monastery in Norwich, and "præses provincialis" of all England. This Foulsham is spoken of in Bayle's catalogue of eminent worthies as "no mean proficient in controversial theology, knowing how, by means of syllogystic tricks, to turn white into black and men into donkeys." He died in the great plague at Norwich in 1348.
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Thomas Pendleton Burnett was born in Virginia in 1800. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in Paris, Kentucky. He was appointed sub-Indian agent under J. M. Street, in 1829. He came to Prairie du Chien in 1830 and entered upon the duties of the agency. He also practiced law. In 1835 he was a member of the Michigan territorial council and its president. In 1836, after his term of office expired, he married a daughter of Alfred Brunson and, continuing the practice of law, became quite eminent for his skill, and acquired an extensive practice. He was a fluent speaker, well skilled in the management of the cases intrusted to his care. In 1840 he removed to a farm at Patch Grove, Grant county. He was a member of the Wisconsin constitutional convention which met in 1846. He served but a few weeks when he was called home by the death of his mother and the sickness of his wife. The fatigue of a twenty-four hours' ride of eighty-five miles in a rude lumber wagon was too much for his not very rugged constitution, and four days after his mother's death he followed her to the world of spirits. His devoted wife survived him but three hours. Under circumstances of such unusual sadness did this brilliant and promising lawyer and citizen take his departure from earth. His death created a profound sensation throughout the entire Northwest, where he was so well and favorably known.
Henry Dodge, the first governor of Wisconsin Territory, was born in Vincennes, Indiana, Oct. 12, 1782. He came to the lead mines of Wisconsin in 1828. In 1832 he took part in the Black Hawk War, an uprising of the Sac and Fox Indians against the United States government. Mr. Dodge participated as a general at the battle of Bad Axe, his regiment occupying the front rank in that battle. April 30, 1836, he was appointed governor of Wisconsin by President Andrew Jackson, reappointed in 1839 by President Van Buren, and by President Polk in 1845, serving three terms. From 1841 to 1845, during the presidency of Harrison and his successor (Tyler), he served as territorial delegate to Congress. In 1848 he was elected United States senator for the short term, and re-elected in 1851, Senator Walker being his colleague. On the occasion of the motion to admit California, the Wisconsin senators were instructed by the legislature to vote against the measure. Senator Walker disregarded the instruction and voted for the measure. Senator Dodge, although extremely ill at the time, had himself carried to the senate chamber that he might record his vote adversely to the bill. Gov. Dodge rose to the highest position in his State, and chiefly by his own unaided efforts. As a soldier he was brave and efficient, as a governor, congressional delegate and senator he was clear headed, cautious and wise, and altogether a citizen of whom the State might justly be proud. He died in Burlington, Iowa, June 19, 1867.
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