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Page 1869
... engaged with his father in railroad building . In 1856 he left home and by working his passage on a schooner reached Muskegon , Mich . , where he was employed in a lumber yard and in the fall went into the woods scaling logs . He then ...
... engaged with his father in railroad building . In 1856 he left home and by working his passage on a schooner reached Muskegon , Mich . , where he was employed in a lumber yard and in the fall went into the woods scaling logs . He then ...
Page 1875
... engaged in farming near Langworthy , Jones county . He was graduated from the Iowa City law school in 1875 , practising in Greenfield . He was elected to the state senate in 1891 , was chairman of the Iowa Republican state convention in ...
... engaged in farming near Langworthy , Jones county . He was graduated from the Iowa City law school in 1875 , practising in Greenfield . He was elected to the state senate in 1891 , was chairman of the Iowa Republican state convention in ...
Page 1877
... engaged during several years in that capacity . In January , 1879 , he was commissioned associate justice of the supreme court of the Dis- trict of Columbia , and still had that office in 1900 . HAGNER , Peter Valentine , soldier , was ...
... engaged during several years in that capacity . In January , 1879 , he was commissioned associate justice of the supreme court of the Dis- trict of Columbia , and still had that office in 1900 . HAGNER , Peter Valentine , soldier , was ...
Page 1885
... engaged in the battle of Westport , Mo. , Oct. 23 , 1864 , and was mustered out of the volunteer service at the close of the war . He travelled extensively in western Europe , Greece , Turkey , Egypt and the Holy Land , and in 1880 was ...
... engaged in the battle of Westport , Mo. , Oct. 23 , 1864 , and was mustered out of the volunteer service at the close of the war . He travelled extensively in western Europe , Greece , Turkey , Egypt and the Holy Land , and in 1880 was ...
Page 1889
... engaged in journalism , first as a reporter on the Boston Advertiser , of which his father was pro- prietor and chief editor . He subse- quently established To - day , a Boston lit- erary journal , which had a short life , and then ...
... engaged in journalism , first as a reporter on the Boston Advertiser , of which his father was pro- prietor and chief editor . He subse- quently established To - day , a Boston lit- erary journal , which had a short life , and then ...
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