. History of Milwaukee, city and county . dian woman of the Menom-inee tribe, her first name signifying Floating Cloud and her surname meaning this marriage there were born three children: Katharine, who is secretary toJudge Eschwiler of Madison; Sybil A.; and William J. The father, a lawyer byprofession, came to Wisconsin from Troy, New York, about 1848. He representedthe Menominee tribe in some of its treaty rights at Washington, D. C, prior to theCivil war and in this way met his wife. He practiced in Adams county, Wisconsin,and there filled the office of district attorney. He enlis
. History of Milwaukee, city and county . dian woman of the Menom-inee tribe, her first name signifying Floating Cloud and her surname meaning this marriage there were born three children: Katharine, who is secretary toJudge Eschwiler of Madison; Sybil A.; and William J. The father, a lawyer byprofession, came to Wisconsin from Troy, New York, about 1848. He representedthe Menominee tribe in some of its treaty rights at Washington, D. C, prior to theCivil war and in this way met his wife. He practiced in Adams county, Wisconsin,and there filled the office of district attorney. He enlisted for service in the Civil warwhen hostilities were inaugurated between the north and the south and went out ascaptain of Company K, Eighteenth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, while later he waspromoted to lieutenant colonel of the Thirty-seventh Wisconsin Regiment. He servedaltogether for four years and was twice wounded, sustaining severe injuries at thebattle of Petersburg, after which he was taken to the hospital, the war being ended. ALFRED J. KIECKHEFKR HISTORY OF :MTLWAUKEE 2G7 before he had sufficiently recovered to rejoin his cominaml. He died at Kilhonrn, Wis-consin, in 1S83. while his wife passed away in 1S65. William John Kershaw was educated in the public schools and at an early agetook up the study of law. thus following in his fathers footsteps. He was admittedto the bar in 1886 and entered upon active practice in Milwaukee in 1892. after havingbeen employed for a time in the office of Colonel A. G. Weissert. Through the inter-vening period of twenty-nine years he has practiced independently and has now alarge clientage, while his devotion thereto has become proverbial. He displays greatthoroughness and care in preparing his cases and marked ability in presenting hiscause before the court. He belongs to the Milwaukee Bar Association, the WisconsinState Bar Association and the American Bar Association. ? In March, 1894, ilr. Kershaw was married to Miss Henrietta S
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