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Wheaton, Milton Alvord

lawyer, inventor, was born Nov. 14, 1830, in North Gage, N. Y. He taught school for a while near Sacramento, Cal., and in 1856 was admitted to the bar and settled in Suisun, Cal. He has attained success in the profession of law, particularly in land litigation. He is frequently called to different states to argue important patent cases; and during the last quarter of a century has frequently appeared in argument cases before the United States supreme court. Since 1865 he has lived near San Francisco, Cal., in which city he is a prominent figure.