. Portrait and biographical album of Green Lake, Marquette and Waushara counties, Wisconsin ... -^-t-|>^^^4^H-^. HARACTER is one thiiiyand reputation another. Akinder heart or a truer friendthan Gov. Barstovv wouldbe hard to find; yet partisanpolitics gave to him for atime such a notorious and> «» ? unenviable reputation that it was ^-^.s^y *,iji3 for those who did not know him per-<^il|.vjy» sonally to believe him practically de-^m^Si^Mt, void of any good quality. Unless itwas James Duane Dotj, no otherGovernor was the victim of moreslander or more bitter attacks. Someof this he
. Portrait and biographical album of Green Lake, Marquette and Waushara counties, Wisconsin ... -^-t-|>^^^4^H-^. HARACTER is one thiiiyand reputation another. Akinder heart or a truer friendthan Gov. Barstovv wouldbe hard to find; yet partisanpolitics gave to him for atime such a notorious and> «» ? unenviable reputation that it was ^-^.s^y *,iji3 for those who did not know him per-<^il|.vjy» sonally to believe him practically de-^m^Si^Mt, void of any good quality. Unless itwas James Duane Dotj, no otherGovernor was the victim of moreslander or more bitter attacks. Someof this he may liave muchof it was as unjust as all of it was relentless. TlieBarstows came from Yorkshire, England, friierethey bore a distinguished name, and settled inMassachusetts and Connecticut in 16;3r). WilliamAugustus was born at Plainfield, Conn., Sept. 13,1813. His father, who served in tlie Revolution,was a man of great force of character, a was reared on the family homestead, attend-ing the district scliool during the winter, and tillingthe soil during the summer
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