Henry Merrill
Henry Merrill | |
|---|---|
| Member of the 2nd district | |
| In office June 5, 1848 – January 9, 1850 | |
| Preceded by | Position Established |
| Succeeded by | George DeGraw Moore |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 7, 1804 Utica, New York |
| Died | May 5, 1876 (aged 71) Portage, Wisconsin |
| Cause of death | heart disease |
| Political party | Whig |
| Occupation | businessman, politician |
Henry Merrill (also spelled "Merrell") (August 7, 1804 – May 5, 1876) was an American merchant and pioneer of the
Biography
Merrill was born in
In 1834 he was appointed sutler and postmaster of Fort Winnebago, in the Wisconsin Territory,[2] and he served as a superintendent of the Bank of Wisconsin, which was established in 1835.
He arrived in Wisconsin at Green Bay in the spring of 1834. There he met and became acquainted with several notable early Wisconsin settlers, including future territorial governor
Merrill witnessed the effects of the Winnebago Treaty of 1837, signed November 1, 1837, in which members of the
In 1848, Merrill was elected as a
In 1857, Merrill witnessed a mob attempting to lynch John Baptiste DuBay after he shot and killed William S. Reynolds in Portage. Merrill later wrote his account of the events.[1]
Merrill died in 1876.[2][4][5] He was a member of the Episcopal Church in Portage. His house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
Works
- Merrell, Henry (1876). "Pioneer Life in Wisconsin". Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. 7. E. B. Bolens, State Printer: 366–404.
References
- ^ a b c d Merrell, Henry (1876). "Pioneer Life in Wisconsin". Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. 7. E. B. Bolens, State Printer: 366–404.
- ^ Newspapers.com.
- ^ Strong, Moses M., ed. (1885). History of the Territory of Wisconsin from 1836 to 1848. Democrat Printing Co., State Printers. pp. 103–104.
- ^ Newspapers.com.
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