Territorial Council  1854-57  (District 4)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Democratic
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Dodge, Freeborn, Goodhue, Ramsey, Wabasha, Washington
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            ??/??/1816
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            Ohio
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            Richland
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    Wm.
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Red Wing
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Town Proprietor/Land Holder
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            Municipal Council/Aldermen: 
                                            St. Paul, Minnesota (City Council); 
                         
                         18?? to 18??
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            Municipal Mayor: 
                                            Red Wing, Minnesota (He was the 2nd Mayor); 
                         
                         1858 to 1858
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
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                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    He moved to Fulton County, Illinois when he was a boy.  He came to St. Paul, Minnesota in 1848.  He moved to Red Wing in 1852 or 1853.  He moved to the Rocky Mountains in 1864 then spent the next winter gold mining in Montana.  He later moved to Oregon.  He then went to Santa Margarita, San Luis Obispo County, California  in 1868.
He became one of the founders of Red Wing, Minnesota in 1853.
He is listed as a Democrat in the 1853 election.  (A History of the City of St. Paul to 1875, 1983 edition, by J. Fletcher Williams, p. 346)
Freeborn County, Minnesota was named after him.
He died in California.