. Norwich University, 1819-1911; her history, her graduates, her roll of honor . He entered the Lniversity in 1850, remainingthree years. In 1855, he located in , was employed on the construction ofthe Milwaukee & Mississippi R. R., until about 1857; served as a passengerconductor on the Chicago & Milwaukee, R. R., until the breaking out of theCivil War; was sutler in the 17th Army corps during, 1861-65. In 1866, he in-vested $40,000 in the oil region^of Canada. For some years he met with sue- 1854] SKETCHES OF ALUMNI AND PAST CADETS. 549 cess in his business ventures, but finally me
. Norwich University, 1819-1911; her history, her graduates, her roll of honor . He entered the Lniversity in 1850, remainingthree years. In 1855, he located in , was employed on the construction ofthe Milwaukee & Mississippi R. R., until about 1857; served as a passengerconductor on the Chicago & Milwaukee, R. R., until the breaking out of theCivil War; was sutler in the 17th Army corps during, 1861-65. In 1866, he in-vested $40,000 in the oil region^of Canada. For some years he met with sue- 1854] SKETCHES OF ALUMNI AND PAST CADETS. 549 cess in his business ventures, but finally met with heavy losses. He was severelyinjured by a premature explosion at one of his oil wells in 1879, and in 1880he sold out his interests and returned to Wisconsin; was a salesman in Water-town, Wis., 1880-82; was in the employ of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. PaulR. R., in Wisconsin, until 1889, when he located on a farm he had purchasedtwelve mijles north of Junction City, Wis. Here he made his home the winter months he Uved in Grand Rapids, Group of Cadets, 1854. 550 NORWICH UNIVERSITY. [1855 CLASS OF 1855. DELANO FRANKLIN ANDRUS. B. S.
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