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Cyrus Miner
Cyrus Miner (July 24, 1827 – October 2, 1899) was an American businessman and politician. Born in Danville, Vermont, Miner moved to Wisconsin in 1848 and settled in Janesville, Wisconsin. He was involved in the mercantile business and was also with the Wisconsin Agricultural Society and the Rock Island Agricultural Society. Miner served on the Rock County, Wisconsin Board of Supervisors and the Janesville Board of Education and was a Republican Party (United States), Republican. He was on the board of trustees of the Wisconsin School for the Deaf. In 1889, Miner served in the Wisconsin State Assembly. He died in Janesville, Wisconsin, in 1899.'Hon. Cyrus Miner,' Janesville Daily Gazette, October 3, 1899, pg. 4 Notes 1827 births 1899 deaths People from Danville, Vermont Politicians from Janesville, Wisconsin Businesspeople from Wisconsin School board members in Wisconsin County supervisors in Wisconsin 19th-century American legislators 19th-century American businesspeop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danville, Vermont
Danville is a town in Caledonia County, Vermont, United States. The population was 2,335 at the 2020 census. The primary settlement in town is recorded as the Danville census-designated place (CDP) and had a population of 385 at the 2020 census. History Danville was established on October 31, 1786, by the Vermont Legislature, making it one of the last towns to be created in Caledonia County. The town was named for the 18th-century French cartographer Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville. A Debtors' prison was located here in the late 18th to the early 19th centuries. A thief in West Danville made national news in 2008 when he apologized for robbing a convenience store and left a roll of one-dollar bills to allow the store to open up the next morning. The annual convention of the American Society of Dowsers is held in Danville."Danville" in ''The Vermont Encyclopedia'' (eds. John J. Duffy, Samuel B. Hand & Ralph H. Orth: University of Vermont Press, 2003), p. 101. In July 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
