Thanks for the bio. Liz -------------- Original message -------------- From: Tim Stowell <[email protected]> > The author of the Stowell book most commonly referred to by list members > has this bio on Wikipedia - > > William Henry Harrison Stowell (July 26, 1840 – April 27, 1922) was a > nineteenth century congressman, merchant and industrialist from Virginia, > Vermont, Massachusetts, Wisconsin and Minnesota. > > Born in Windsor, Vermont, Stowell attended public schools in Boston, > Massachusetts as a child and graduted from Boston Latin School in 1860. He > engaged in mercantile pursuits before moving to Virginia in 1865 and became > collector of internal revenue for the fourth district in 1869. Stowell was > elected a Republican to the United States House of Representatives in 1870, > serving from 1871 to 1877 and was a delegate to the Republican National > Convention in 1876. He moved to Appleton, Wisconsin in 1880 and engaged in > paper manufacturing and later moved to Duluth, Minnesota in 1886 and > engaging in paper and steel manufacturing. Stowell was president of the > Manufacturers Bank of West Duluth from 1889 to 1895 and was a correspondent > in Paris, France for various newspapers. He moved to Amherst, Massachusetts > in 1914 where he died on April 27, 1922. Stowell was interred in Woodlawn > Cemetery in New York City, New York. > > -------- > He sure seemed to get around. > > > Tim Stowell - 12th generation > Chattanooga, TN > Moderator STOWELL-L and STOWELL-D lists > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message