CONSUL WILLSHIRE BUTTERFIELD, the historian, born in New York, began his career of authorship in this county, wherein for many years was a teacher at one time head of its Public Schools. His first work was a small history of Seneca county. Of late removed to Madison, Wisconsin, he has for his carful study and work access to the superb collection of historical works in the Wisconsin State Library., an institution which confers lasting honor upon that young State.


File contributed for use in the Ohio Biographies Project by
Gina Reasoner
GReasoner@prodigy.net
November 22, 1999


Historical Collections of Ohio by Henry Howe LL.D.