Samuel Fallows
Samuel Fallows | |
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9th Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin | |
In office July 6, 1870 – January 4, 1874 | |
Appointed by | Lucius Fairchild |
Governor | Lucius Fairchild Cadwallader C. Washburn |
Preceded by | Alexander J. Craig |
Succeeded by | Edward Searing |
Personal details | |
Born | Forest Home Cemetery, Chicago | December 13, 1835
Spouse |
Lucy Bethia Huntington
(m. 1860; died 1916) |
Children | 4 |
Education | University of Wisconsin |
Occupation | Clergyman, educator, lecturer, author |
Signature | |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States |
Branch/service | United States Volunteers Union Army |
Years of service | 1861–1865 |
Rank |
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Commands | 49th Reg. Wis. Vol. Infantry |
Battles/wars | American Civil War |
Samuel Fallows (December 13, 1835 – September 5, 1922) was an
Early life
Fallows was born in
Civil War service
32nd Wisconsin Volunteers
Fallows was ministering to the Oshkosh church at the time of the outbreak of the
40th Wisconsin Volunteers
He returned to his ministry in Wisconsin, this time at
49th Wisconsin Volunteers
In January 1865, Lt. Colonel Fallows was promoted to colonel and appointed to the organization of a new regiment in Madison, Wisconsin, which became the 49th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment.[4]: 231 [6]: 866 The 49th Wisconsin mustered into service on March 8, 1865, and proceeded to St. Louis and then to Rolla, Missouri, where they engaged in guard duty through the end of the war.[6]: 867 Colonel Fallows mustered out November 1, 1865.[4]: 231
Brevet to brigadier general
On January 13, 1866, U.S. President Andrew Johnson nominated Colonel Fallows for a brevet to brigadier general of volunteers in recognition for his service. The United States Senate confirmed the brevet on March 12, 1866, and the rank was made effective retroactive to October 24, 1865.[4]: 745
Postbellum years
Colonel Fallows returned to his ministry after the war and was a pastor for two of the largest churches in
In 1874, he moved to
After his service in the war, Colonel Fallows became a companion of the Illinois Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States and was the chaplain of the Grand Army of the Republic. He also served as chaplain at the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., just months before his own death in 1922.[4]: 231
Fallows died after a bad case of
Personal life and family
In 1860, Reverend Fallows married Lucy Bethia Huntington, a niece of Reverend Frederic Dan Huntington, of Massachusetts.[13] Lucy died in 1916. They had at least four children together:
- Edward Huntington Fallows, an attorney who lived in New York
- Major Charles Samuel Fallows, lawyer, Saratoga, California
- Mrs. Helen Mayer Williams of San Francisco
- Alice Katherine Fallows
Electoral history
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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General Election, November 8, 1870 | |||||
Republican | Samuel Fallows (incumbent) | 77,928 | 53.07% | -0.65% | |
Democratic | Harvey B. Dale | 68,903 | 46.93% | ||
Plurality | 9,025 | 6.15% | -1.29% | ||
Total votes | 146,831 | 100.0% | +12.49% | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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General Election, November 7, 1871 | |||||
Republican | Samuel Fallows (incumbent) | 78,502 | 53.36% | +0.29% | |
Democratic | Warren D. Parker | 68,614 | 46.64% | ||
Plurality | 9,888 | 6.72% | +0.57% | ||
Total votes | 147,116 | 100.0% | +0.19% | ||
Republican hold |
See also
References
- ^ Andreas, Alfred Theodore (1886). History of Chicago: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. A. T. Andreas Company. p. 696. Retrieved November 12, 2021 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "The Society and the State". Wisconsin Magazine of History. Vol. 6. Wisconsin Historical Society. 1922. pp. 238–239, 464–465. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ a b c Turner, A. J., ed. (1873). "Official Directory: The State Officers". The legislative manual of the state of Wisconsin (Report). Madison, Wisconsin: State of Wisconsin. p. 431. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
- ^ a b c d e "Bio: Rev. S. Fallows". Summerfield United Methodist Church. Archived from the original on January 18, 2020. Retrieved August 10, 2020 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^ a b c d Quiner, Edwin Bentley (1866). The Military History of Wisconsin. Chicago: Clark & Co. pp. 800, 855–857, 866–867. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ a b "Fallows, Samuel 1835 - 1922". Wisconsin Historical Society. August 8, 2017. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ a b Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John, eds. (1898). "Fallows, Samuel". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. Vol. 2 (Crane–Grimshaw). New York: D. Appleton and Company. p. 405. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
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- ^ Turner, A. J., ed. (1871). "Official Directory: The State Officers". The legislative manual of the state of Wisconsin (Report). Madison, Wisconsin: State of Wisconsin. p. 363. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
Notes
- ^ Eicher, 2001, p. 231 states that Fallows became a lecturer at and vice president of Galesburg University in 1859. An internet biography of a North Dakota governor from the early 1900s indicates there was a Galesburg University at Galesburg, Wisconsin, a small town now known as Navarino, Wisconsin, from 1853 until 1930, but research for this article yielded no other information about this school.
Further reading
- Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John, eds. (1898). "Fallows, Samuel". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. Vol. 2 (Crane–Grimshaw). New York: D. Appleton and Company. p. 405.
- Eicher, John H.; ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
- Quiner, Edwin Bentley (1866). The Military History of Wisconsin. Chicago: Clark & Co. pp. 800, 855–857, 866–867.
- Fallows, Alice Katherine (1927). Everybody's Bishop - Being the Life and Times of the Right Reverend Samuel Fallows. ISBN 9781406704167.