Butt, Cyrus M
soldier, farmer, lawyer, jurist, legislator, was born Sept. 30, 1833, in Morgan county, Ohio. He served with distinction during the civil war; and was promoted to lieutenant-colonel. He is a prominent lawyer of Viroqua, Wis.; has been district attorney for six years; was state senator for two years; county judge for twelve years; and for the past fifteen years has been a member of the board of education. In 1892 he was the people's party candidate for governor of Wisconsin, and for congress in 1894. He has served as president of the farmers' alliance of Wisconsin since its organization, excepting the first term.
BUTTERFIELD, CHARLES HENRY, lawyer, jurist, was born May, 1833, in Farmington, Maine. During the war of the rebellion he served under the commission of major and then lieutenant-colonel in an Indiana regiment. He has since held the office of judge of the Vanderburg county circuit court of that state, and of mayor of the city of Evansville.
BUTTERFIELD, CONSUL WILL- SHIRE, educator, author, was born July 28, 1824, in Mexico, N. Y. He is the author of History of Seneca County, Ohio; An Historical Account of the Expedition against Sandusky in 1782; The History and Biographical Annals of the University of Wisconsin; and History of the Discovery of the Northwest by John Nicolet. He has edited the Washington-Crawford - Letters; the Washington-Irvine Correspondence; and A Short Biography of John Leith.