Biographical Sketch of Daniel W. Wilder, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO >From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri. ********************************************************************** Daniel W. Wilder was born in Blackstone, Massachusetts, July 15, 1832. He graduated at the Public Latin School, Boston, and received a Frank- lin medal; at Harvard College and received the Bowdoin first prize gold medal. He came to Kansas in 1857; settled in Elwood in 1858; was elected Judge of Probate of Doniphan County, and came to St. Joseph, Missouri in 1860 and edited the Free Democrat; went to Leavenworth and edited the Conservative till 1865; was Surveyor General of Kansas and Nebraska in 1863-64 appointed by Mr. Lincoln; editor of the Rochester, N.Y. Express in 1866-'67-'68; of the Leavenworth Conservative in 1868-'69-'70; of the Fort Scott Monitor in 1871-72; was for two terms State Auditor of Kansas after two unanimous nominations. In 1875 he received the honorary degree of Master of Arts from the University of Kansas, and wrote the "Annals of Kansas", which was published at Topeka; he returned to St. Joseph, Missouri in 1876 as the editor of the Herald. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Penny Harrell ====================================================================