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Ebenezer Brigham
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Quarter-length oval portrait of Ebenezer Brigham, founder of the first major community in the Blue Mounds of Wisconsin, which included a mine, frontier inn, and mercantile establishment. He was born in Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts on April 28, 1789. Brigham came to Illinois in May of 1818 and to Wisconsin in August of 1822. He settled at Blue Mounds in 1828.
1856
Fuller and Johnson
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WHi 11700
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Ebenezer Brigham
1856
Quarter-length oval portrait of Ebenezer Brigham, founder of the first major community in the Blue Mounds of Wisconsin, which included a mine, frontier inn, and mercantile establishment. He was bor...
Ebenezer Childs
1856
Quarter-length oval portrait of Ebenezer Childs. He was born in the town of Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts on April 3, 1798. Childs arrived in Green Bay on May 9, 1820, and built Wisconsi...
