History of the great Northwest and its men of progress : a select list of biographical sketches and portraits of the leaders in business, professional and official life . e was also one of the state commissionersfor South Dakota of the Trans-MissftsippiExposition at Omaha. He was married atCedar Rapids, Iowa, in July, 188J, to MinnieE. Durham. She is a leading worker of theBlack Hills Federation of Womens only living child is Karl K. Stuart,born in 1890. KILGORE, Wallace Warren.—The super-intendent of public schools at Willmar,Minn., Wallace W. Kilgore, was born March10, 1862, at N
History of the great Northwest and its men of progress : a select list of biographical sketches and portraits of the leaders in business, professional and official life . e was also one of the state commissionersfor South Dakota of the Trans-MissftsippiExposition at Omaha. He was married atCedar Rapids, Iowa, in July, 188J, to MinnieE. Durham. She is a leading worker of theBlack Hills Federation of Womens only living child is Karl K. Stuart,born in 1890. KILGORE, Wallace Warren.—The super-intendent of public schools at Willmar,Minn., Wallace W. Kilgore, was born March10, 1862, at North Neury, Maine—a statewhich has furnished more enterprising men,in propoiiJon to its population, to developthe great Northwest, than any other state inthe Union. His father, Isaac T. Kilgore, wasa carpenter and farmer—occupations which,in the early days of Maine, a great lumber-ing state, were very frequently obtained his early education in thecommon schools. He then attended BridgtonAcademy, the Mecca of all wide-awake NewEngland boys, where he prepared for entered, in 1882, Bowdoin College, the HISTORY OF THE GUEAT WALLACE! W. KILGORE. well known jSew England institution whichhas always stood high for scholarship, andwhich has tui-ned out many brilliant and use-ful men. While at college Mr. Kilgore wasa member of the Theta Delta Chi Greek let-ter fraternity. He won the oratorical prizein the junior year, and at the same time wasprominent in athleticism, being the managerof the Bowdoin College baseball team in1886. That same year he graduated with thedegree of Bachelor of Arts. In 1889 he tookthe degree of Master of Arts. His activework of teaching was begun in the countryschools of Franklin county, in that state. Inwinter, especially, when many young mentaking college courses engaged in teachingto pay their way, these schools are of a highgrade. After he graduated Mr. Kilgore cameto Wisconsin, as superintendent of the publicsch
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