. Past and present of Will County, Illinois . hools. When eigh-teen years of age he began teaching school andfollowed that profession for four years, when atthe age of twenty-two he entered Newbury Semi-nary. He was ever a man of scholarly attain-ments, whose reading was broad and liberal andwho kept in touch with the best thinking men ofthe age. In 1862 he went to Rutland, Vermont,where for two years he conducted a boot and shoestore. In the spring of 1864 he secured a clerk-ship in the war department at Washington, D. in the capital at the time when General Earlymade his raid into th
. Past and present of Will County, Illinois . hools. When eigh-teen years of age he began teaching school andfollowed that profession for four years, when atthe age of twenty-two he entered Newbury Semi-nary. He was ever a man of scholarly attain-ments, whose reading was broad and liberal andwho kept in touch with the best thinking men ofthe age. In 1862 he went to Rutland, Vermont,where for two years he conducted a boot and shoestore. In the spring of 1864 he secured a clerk-ship in the war department at Washington, D. in the capital at the time when General Earlymade his raid into the north. In 1867 he wasmade corresponding clerk in the law departmentof internal revenue and while filling that positiondevoted his leisure hours to the study of law inColumbia College Law School, from which he wasgraduated. Admitted to the bar. lie resigned hisgovernment position in 1870 ami came to thewest with a view of practicing law. hut changedhis plans and for two years was engaged in busi-ness with an uncle al Money Creek.
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