Men of Progress Biographical Sketches And Portraits of Leaders in Business And

A treasure trove for genealogists! More than 250 biographical sketches are listed alphabetically, and a portrait of the subject augments most sketches. Biographies of these significant 19th century figures include varying amounts of information such as the profession, date and place of birth, names of parents, name of immigrant ancestor and his country of origin (as available), education, military service, social and political memberships, names of associates, date of marriage(s), name of spouse