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Subject: [IA-CIVIL-WAR] 1903 bio of William Vandever
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 06:52:21 EST
WILLIAM VANDEVER was born in Baltimore, Maryland, March 31, 1817. He was
educated in the schools of Philadelphia. In 1839 he went to Rock Island where he
engaged in surveying public lands. For several years he was editor of the
Northwestern Advertiser. In 1851 he removed to Dubuque and was employed in the
office of the Surveyor-General. He afterwards became a partner of Ben M.
Samuels in the practice of law. In 1856 he was a delegate to the convention which
organized the Republican party of Iowa. In 1858 he was nominated for
Representative in Congress in the Second District and elected over his former law
partner, B. M. Samuels. He was reelected in 1860 but resigned his seat in 1861
to enter the military service and was appointed colonel of the Ninth Iowa
Infantry. Mr. Vandever commanded a brigade at the Battle of Pea Ridge and won
promotion to Brigadier-General. He served through the war with distinction in the
armies of Grant and Sherman and was brevetted Major-General. Some years
after the close of the war he removed to California where he was again elected to
Congress. He died on the 23d of July, 1893.
Debbie Clough Gerischer
Iowa Gen Web, Assistant CC, Scott County
http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/
IAGENWEB: Special History Project:
http://iagenweb.org/history/index.htm
Gerischer Family Web Site:
http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/
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