. Portrait and biographical album of Green Lake, Marquette and Waushara counties, Wisconsin ... A>U;:.M!a ©aiOlTLon. =«>s^-*—. ISCONSIN never had luitone naturalized German inthe gubernatorial chair—Edward Salomon—andhe was in every respect acredit to his native, as wellas his adopted, country. Hewas born in 1828, near the city of Hal-berstadt, in Prussia, where his father wasaprominent civil and military was educated in the Lutheran faith inhis native city and afterward was a stu-dent in the Tniversity of Berlin. Havingmore than the average share of enterpriseand ambition, y
. Portrait and biographical album of Green Lake, Marquette and Waushara counties, Wisconsin ... A>U;:.M!a ©aiOlTLon. =«>s^-*—. ISCONSIN never had luitone naturalized German inthe gubernatorial chair—Edward Salomon—andhe was in every respect acredit to his native, as wellas his adopted, country. Hewas born in 1828, near the city of Hal-berstadt, in Prussia, where his father wasaprominent civil and military was educated in the Lutheran faith inhis native city and afterward was a stu-dent in the Tniversity of Berlin. Havingmore than the average share of enterpriseand ambition, young Salomon emigratedto America in 1819, settling at Manitowoc, he jumped into instant favor, being hand--some, polished, and of courtly but pleasant man-ners. In 1852, after serving as school teacher, CountySurveyor and Deputj Clerk of the Court, whichoflices came to him about ns rapidly as possible, hemoved to ]Mil\vaukee for the purpose of studyinglaw, having already become, bv the closest applica-tion, a fluent and correct writer and speaker of language. In 18)5 he was admitted to thebar after a t
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