The United States biographical dictionary and portrait gallery of eminent and self-made men; Wisconsin volume . rom distanttowns. His increasing business demanding morecommodious offices, he erected the building formerlyoccupied by the First National Bank, on the sitenow occupied by that bank. In i860, having soldhis building on Wisconsin street, he removed to EastWater street, and continued there until 1870, whenhe gave up his offices and partially retired frompractice, other interests demanding his his many friends and patrons, unwilling to re-linquish their claims upon his pro
The United States biographical dictionary and portrait gallery of eminent and self-made men; Wisconsin volume . rom distanttowns. His increasing business demanding morecommodious offices, he erected the building formerlyoccupied by the First National Bank, on the sitenow occupied by that bank. In i860, having soldhis building on Wisconsin street, he removed to EastWater street, and continued there until 1870, whenhe gave up his offices and partially retired frompractice, other interests demanding his his many friends and patrons, unwilling to re-linquish their claims upon his professionaL services,he consented to continue his practice on a limitedscale at his private residence on Wisconsin street. From 1851 to 1859 he was a director of the NorthWestern Life Insurance Company, was one of itscharter members, and a prime mover in [)resentingthe advantages and claims of this now great corpo-ration before the public. His religious views arethose of-the Congregational church, in which he wasraised. In politics he was an old-line whig, andsubsequently a republican. He assisted in raising. ^£J,- -^^-i-cx^L*- THE UNITED STATES lilOCRAPrirCAL TJICTrONART 225 men for the army of the rebellion and in ec|uii)])ingthem for the field. He married in Milwaukee, July 3, 1S48, MarindaSeymour, a native of Batavia, New York. He hasone daughter, wife of F. T. Day, Esq. From ancient records we find that the first onewho bore the name of Miner was Henry, who livedin the age of one of the Edwards of England, atMendip Hills, in Somersetshire. The name of thearmorial bearings was given by king Edward inacknowledgment of his services in providing anescort for the king on his way to embark for king in giving him a coat-of-arms honored his vocation by bestowing upon him the name of histrade as a sirname. His ancestors in this countrywere among the first settlers in Connecticut, one ofwhom became governor of tlie colony, and many ofwhom were active in the early Indian wa
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