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Uhl, Edwin F. 1841-
Lawyer; born in Avon Springs, N. Y., in 1841; taken to Michigan by his parents in 1846; graduated at the University of Michigan in 1861; began the practice of law in 1866; appointed assistant Secretary of State in 1893; was ambassador to Germany in 1896-97.
He died in Grand Rapids, Mich., May 17, 1901.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Walker , Charles L. 1814 -1895 (search)
Walker, Charles L. 1814-1895
historian; born in Otsego county, N. Y., in 1814; taught school in 1830; removed to Grand Rapids, Mich., in 1836, when he became secretary of the territorial convention; was elected to the State legislature in 1840; removed to Springfield, Mass., in 1841, where he was admitted to the bar; and settled in Detroit, Mich., in 1851.
He became Professor of Law in the University of Michigan in 1857, and a judge of the Wayne circuit court in 1867.
He made a special study of history and wrote Life of Cadillac: Michigan from 1796-1805; The Civil administration of General Hull; and The Northwest Territory during the Revolution.
He died in Flint, Mich., Feb. 11, 1895.