representative in Congress. Failing health prevented him, during the later years of his life, from taking an active part in politics or business.

John Evans, born in Otsego, N. Y., July, 1819; died in Waukesha, Wis., November 26, 1896. He settled at New Berlin, Waukesha county, in 1846. During his long residence in the county he was always prominent in political affairs, and the term of his service on the county board of supervisors was longer than that of any other citizen.

Peter B. Fields, born in Dayton, Ohio, January 1, 1820; died in Madison, Wis., January 5, 1896. He came to Milwaukee in 1836, and, ten years later, to Madison, where for nearly fifty years he conducted a small carpenter and repair shop. He was the chief custodian of the eagle, “Old Abe," and spent several months of 1878-79 exhibiting the bird at the Old South Church of Boston.

Edwin H. Goodrich, born at New Hartford, near Utica, N. Y., September 27, 1819; died in Milwaukee, Wis., December 5, 1896. He came to Milwaukee in 1845, and entered the wholesale dry-goods firm of Bonnell, Williams & Co. Early in the '50s he became interested in railroading, and was prominent in the organization and building of the old Milwaukee & La Crosse Railroad. He was also interested in the Merchants' National Bank, and was for some time its president. After the bank was closed, he became a broker, but spent his last years in retirement.

George Hiles, born in Farmington, Oakland county, Mich., October 3, 1825; died in Milwaukee, Wis., March 8, 1896. He came to Wisconsin in 1847 and located at Baraboo, where he was employed in a sawmill. Five years later he removed to Dexterville, Wood county, and there laid the foundation of his large fortune. During 1872-81 he built three short lines of railroad to carry on his lumber business. In 1866-67 he was a member of the legislature, and was always much interested in public affairs. In various places where he owned property, he invested largely in public improvements.

George Wallace Jones, born in Vincennes, Ind., 1804; died in Dubuque, Iowa, July 22, 1896. He served as a drummer-boy in the war of 1812. In 1827 he moved to Sinsinawa Mound, eight miles east of Dubuque. When Wisconsin Territory was created, he was elected its first delegate to Congress. When the territory of Iowa was formed, he was appointed surveyorgeneral, with headquarters at Dubuque; and when Iowa became a state he was elected its first senator, serving two terms. Under Buchanan, in 1859, he was commissioned as minister to Bogota, whence he was recalled three years later. After his return he was incarcerated in Fort La Fayette on suspicion of treason, being a warm personal friend of Jefferson Davis. Although nothing was proved against him, his public life was brought to a close by this episode. He was a remarkable character, and a prominent figure in early Western history.

Abel Keyes, born in Northfield, Vt., March 25, 1822; died in Milwaukee, Wis., April 7, 1896. He came to Milwaukee with his father's family, in

1837, and later removed to Lake Mills. He attained his majority some time before the State was admitted to the Union, and in many ways became prominently identified with its development.

George W. Lawe, born in Green Bay, Wis., September 10, 1810; died at Kaukauna, December 24, 1895. He was educated in the local schools of Green Bay, and later at Lowville Academy, N. Y. During 1832-39, he was engaged in the Indian trade, with his father. He married, in 1835, Miss Catharine Meade, and, four years later, removed with his family to Kaukauna, where his father gave him a large tract of land, which is to-day the site of the city of Kaukauna. During 1843-52, he was Indian agent; and, during 1878-85, postmaster at Kaukauna. In 1848, he gave to Lawrence University the tract of forty acres on which that institution is situated.

Joseph G. Lawton, born in New York City, February 14, 1822; died in De Pere, Wis., November 2, 1896. He came to Green Bay in 1851, and, in the following year, formed a partnership with Otto Tank, for the purpose of operating a foundry and machine shop. Later, he was actively interested in the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers. He owned much property in De Pere, and built several dams and bridges in that city. He was the organizer and first captain of Co. H., Fourteenth Wisconsin Infantry.

Arthur McArthur, born in Glasgow, Scotland, 1805; died in Atlantic City, N. J., August 26, 1896. He studied law in New York, and was admitted to the bar in 1840. While practising in Springfield, Mass., he was appointed judge advocate of the western military district of Massachusetts. This was the beginning of a judicial career which continued except for a term as city attorney of Milwaukee, and two years as lieutenant-governor of Wisconsin -- until 1888, when he resigned his position. He had served seventeen years upon the federal bench, and two terms, or twelve years, on the circuit bench of Wisconsin. In 1849 Judge McArthur came to Milwaukee, and was, two years later, elected city attorney. In 1855, during the Barstow-Bashford controversy for the governorship, he was acting governor during four days. Before his term expired, he was elected circuit judge, and later reëlected. In 1870 he was appointed by President Grant an associate justice of the supreme court of the District of Columbia. During the later years of his life Judge McArthur devoted considerable time to literary pursuits, and was the author of several books.

Robert Moore, born in Canada, 1823; died at Rome, Wis., January 3, 1896. Came to Wisconsin in 1815, and settled on a farm in Jefferson county. He was a member of Co. L., First Regiment, Wisconsin Heavy Artillery, during the war of Secession.

Daniel Newhall, born in Conway, Mass., March 24, 1821; died in Waukesha, Wis., December 23, 1895. He came to Milwaukee în April, 1844, and the following year embarked in the grocery business, dealing also in wheat and flour. In 1845, he began to ship wheat from Milwaukee,

and carried on this business, with many changes of fortune, until 1874. In 1856-57 he built the Newhall House. In 1861 he was president of the Milwaukee board of trade. In 1866 he was one of the official representatives. of Wisconsin at the Paris exposition. In 1874 he left the board of trade, and settled on a farm near Waukesha. During his twenty-three years of residence there, he did much to build up the village.

John J. R. Pease, born in Enfield, Conn., June 25, 1817; died in Janesville, Wis., March 22, 1896. He was educated in Connecticut, and employed in the Hartford postoffice until 1840; he then came to Wisconsin with his father, who had been appointed receiver of public money at the land office in Green Bay. The rest of his life was spent in Wisconsin, except two years in a government position at Washington; and, since 1843, he had resided in Janesville. In that city no man was more prominently identified with public affairs, and he held many offices of distinction and trust. He was assemblyman at an early day, several times supervisor and alderman, and mayor of the city in 1856.

Mrs. Lucy Durrant Sivyer, born in Suffolk, England, 1812; died in Milwaukee, Wis., October 23, 1896. She accompanied her husband to America in 1835, on a pleasure trip; but during their stay William Sivyer drifted into the business of a contractor in Chicago. At the invitation of Solomon Juneau, he came to Milwaukee in October, 1835. Mrs. Sivyer was the mother of the first full-blood white male child born in Milwaukee.

Mrs. Mary Ann Trousdale, daughter of Robert and Letitia McKee, born in Kentucky, December 11, 1817; died in La Crosse, Wis., January 31, 1896. In 1836, she married William C. Parkinson, and three years later came with him to the Parkinson settlement, now known as Fayette, in La Fayette county, Wis. In 1841 Mr. Parkinson died, and two years later she married Samuel M. Bashford. In 1850 Mr. Bashford died, and, in 1852, his widow married William P. Trousdale, whose death occurred only a few years before hers. Among Mrs. Trousdale's nine children, R. M. Bashford, of Madison, is a well-known lawyer, and was for many years a State senator; another son is president of the Ohio Wesleyan University; and Samuel W. Trousdale is pastor of the M. E. Church at La Crosse. Mrs. Trousdale was one of the last of the pioneers of Southwest Wisconsin, and her long life of usefulness won the respect and honor of a wide circle of friends.

William Vroman, born near Syracuse, N. Y., February 28, 1818; died in Madison, Wis., May 1, 1896. In June, 1839, he came to Madison, where he worked as a carpenter and joiner. In 1840 he returned to Oneida county, N. Y., but four years later, after his marriage, he came to Dane county and settled on a farm in Fitchburg. During the twenty years following 1863, he was a lumber dealer in Madison, with Mr. George Bunker. For several years he was also engaged in the hardware business, but retired from active business life about six years ago.

Jesse Coleman Wedge, born near Copenhagen, N. Y., August, 1821; died

in Fond du Lac, Wis., June 1, 1896. He came to Fond du Lac county in 1844, and settled on a farm on "Wedge Prairie." In 1867 he removed to the city of Fond du Lac, where he became a successful real-estate dealer. He was one of the organizers, and for many years vice-president, of the Fond du Lac Wheel and Seeder Co He took a deep interest in local political affairs, and was a delegate to the Republican national convention in 1880. He was a man of sterling character, and enjoyed the respect and confidence of his fellow-citizens.

E. M. Williamson, born at Bedford, Westchester county, N. Y., October 19, 1801; died at Madison, Wis., March 24, 1896. He came to Wisconsin in 1840, and at once engaged in surveying; was elected county surveyor, and did much in laying out early roads. He followed this occupation for many years; and also was one of the firm of Catlin & Williamson - in early years prominent dealers in Wisconsin real estate. During his life he held several minor political offices.

FINANCIAL CONDITION.

General Fund.

The general fund consists of the annual State appropriation of $5,000. Its condition is as follows:

Receipts.

Annual State appropriation...

$5,000 00

Disbursements.

[Analysis of expenditures, year ending November 30, 1896.]

Extra printing ("separates" of historical papers).

70 25

The report of the auditing committee gives the details of the foregoing expenditures, and the vouchers have been filed with

The Binding Fund.

This fund is the product of special gifts, one-half of the membership dues and receipts from the sale of duplicates, and interest on loans. Its present condition is as follows:

Cash and securities in charge of treasurer.
Taylor bequest, not yet available..

Total.....

$25,813 90

1,000 00

. $26,813 90

are given in the full

The details of the management of this fund which has had a net increase during the year of $762.13 and explicit report of the treasurer.

The Antiquarian Fund.

This is the product of interest on loans, one-half of the membership dues and receipts from the sale of duplicates, and special gifts. The treasurer's report shows its present condition to be as follows, a net gain during the year of $358.37.

Cash and securities in hands of treasurer.
Note given for the fund, as yet unpaid....

Total.....

$2,550 92 20 00 $2,570 92

The object of the antiquarian fund is to secure an income for "prosecuting mound explorations or other historic investigations within the State of Wisconsin; the procuring of desirable articles of Wisconsin antiquities, historic manuscripts, paintings, or other objects of historic interest." The fund is as yet too small to yield a working income. It is sincerely to be hoped that it may soon take on a more rapid growth, there is urgent need for it, especially in the development of the museum. It is worth considering whether effort should not be made to secure a considerable popular endowment for this fund during the semicentennial year, 1898. Upwards of 50,000 persons annually visit the Society's museum and portrait gallery; and in the new building, with an improved setting, these departments will attract still larger numbers. A semi-centennial historical museum fund, of ample dimensions, would enable that important feature of our work to creditably expand, and prove a lasting monument to Wisconsin's historic consciousness.