. History of Illinois Republicanism, embracing a history of the Republican party in the state to the present time ... with biographies of its founders and supporters ... also a chronological statement of important political events since 1774. 603 When the call tor volunteers came in the early sixties, young Sercomb wasfilled with a patriotic desire to aid his country, and nothing could prevent himfrom enlisting. He was really too young to be eligible, but he succeeded injoining the ranks of the 30th Wisconsin Volunteers and served most faithfully inthe ranks- After the war he returned to Milwa
. History of Illinois Republicanism, embracing a history of the Republican party in the state to the present time ... with biographies of its founders and supporters ... also a chronological statement of important political events since 1774. 603 When the call tor volunteers came in the early sixties, young Sercomb wasfilled with a patriotic desire to aid his country, and nothing could prevent himfrom enlisting. He was really too young to be eligible, but he succeeded injoining the ranks of the 30th Wisconsin Volunteers and served most faithfully inthe ranks- After the war he returned to Milwaukee and entered upon a clerk-ship in a commission house. A few years later he purchased an interest in thecrockery business, which was known as Sanford & Sercomb, and met with morethan the ordinary share of success. However, he sold out his interests andwent to Xew York as a general salesman tor the large dry-goods house of S. & Co. At the end of three years he was obliged to give up hisposition on account of ill health and later he associated himself with the MeridenBritannia Companv, which is the largest silver-plating establishment in theworld. With this he has remained, as manger of the Western business, for
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