Dane-Milwaukee County WI Archives Biographies.....Brodhead, Edward W. 1809 - 1895
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Author: William Kittle

  EDWARD W. BRODHEAD was born at Plattskill, Ulster county, N Y., December 24,
1809. He spent his boyhood days on a farm and studied civil engineering at West
Point. He gained such a reputation in his native State that in 1852 he was
appointed chief engineer of the Milwaukee & Mississippi Railroad and had charge
of its construction. He located and named the village of Mazomanie. In 1857 he
was elected President of the railroad company. The next year he resigned to look
after his real estate. From 1863 to 1882 he was President of the First National
Bank of Milwaukee.

  He was above the average height, with a large frame and massive head. He took
pleasure in good horses and was fond of books and works of art. He died about
1895.


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CHAPTER V.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

HISTORY OF THE TOWNSHIP AND VILLAGE
MAZOMANIE
BY

WILLIAM KITTLE

MADISON, WIS.:
STATE JOURNAL PRINTING CO.
1900


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