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in 1856, and settling in Green Bay in 1861. He was involved in water transportation facilities before becoming a railroad businessman. He was a promoter for the Green Bay and Lake Pepin Railroad, which would become the
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Commemorative Biographical Record of the West Shore of Green Bay, Wisconsin: Including the Counties of Brown, Oconto, Marinette and Florence, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens
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Commemorative Biographical Record of the West Shore of Green Bay, Wisconsin: Including the Counties of Brown, Oconto, Marinette and Florence, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens
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member of the State Assembly from 1864 to 1867 and the State Senate from 1868 to 1869. He was later Mayor of Green Bay in 1881 and again from 1883 to 1884. He served as Vice-President of the
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The American Sketch Book, Volume III, History of Brown County, Wisconsin: A Collection of Historical Incidents with Descriptions of Corresponding Localities
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Abrams died on September 12, 1900, in Wisconsin and is interred at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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railroad surveyor, railroad businessman, and politician. He served as a member of the
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In 1854, Abrams married Henrietta T. Alton. They had three children, Kate, Ruth and
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Abrams served as Chairman of the Board and President for the railroad.
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Biennial Report of the Railroad Commissioner of the State of Wisconsin
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19th century American railroad surveyor, businessman, and politician
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History of Brown County, Wisconsin: Past and Present, Volume 2
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History of Brown County, Wisconsin: Past and Present, Volume 2
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Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
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Wisconsin. Railroad Commissioners' Department (1897).
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William Abrams

21st & 23rd
Green Bay, Wisconsin
J. H. M. Wigman
Charles Hartung
John C. Neville
J. H. M. Wigman
Wisconsin Senate
2nd
Matthew J. Meade
Lyman Walker
Wisconsin State Assembly
Brown
Frederick S. Ellis
John B. Eugene
Cambridge
New York
Green Bay
Wisconsin
Woodlawn Cemetery
Democratic
Winford Abrams
American
Wisconsin State Senate
Assembly
21st and 23rd Mayor
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Cambridge, New York
Troy, New York

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