Memorial and biographical record and illustrated compendium of biography : containing a compendium of local biography including biographical sketches of hundreds of prominent old settlers and representative citizens of Columbia, Sauk and Adams counties, Wisconsin, with a review of thier life work, their identity with the growth and development of this region; reminiscences of personal history and pioneer life and other interesting and valuable matter which should be preserverd in history. Also a compendium of local biography, containing biographical sketches of hundreds of the greatest men and celebrities America has produced in various walks of life, including great statesmen, lawyers, jurists, scientists, editors, poets, writers, financiers, railroad magnates, army and navy officers, inventors, speculators, scouts, merchant princes, humorists, electricians, educators, preachers, philanthropists, artists, manufacturers, abolitionists, explorers, all the presidents, etc. Date published: 1901 |