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General Simeon Mills
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General Simeon Mills. He was born in Norfolk in Litchfield County, Connecticut, in 1810, and came to Wisconsin in the spring of 1836. Simeon Mills was the last treasurer of the territory in 1848. Mills worked as a banker and served as mayor of Madison in 1851 and 1854. When the first Wisconsin Legislature was organized he was elected the first Senator of Dane County. He died on June 1, 1895.
1874
Jones, N. P.
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Mrs. Roseline Peck
1874
Waist-up portrait of Mrs. Roseline Peck, born 1808 - died 1898, the first white woman in Madison, Wisconsin. She was the wife of the first tavern keeper, Eben Peck.
Sheldon Walling
1856
Quarter-length oval portrait of Sheldon Walling. He was born on December 15, 1795, in Old Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut. He moved to Wisconsin on June 22, 1836, and resided in Elk Horn. Wa...