| 词条 | William W. Wales |
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| name = William Winford Wales | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1818|3|14|mf=y}} | birth_place = Iredell County, North Carolina | death_date = {{dda|1902|8|23|1818|3|14|mf=y}} | death_place = Asheville, North Carolina | order= | office = Mayor of St. Anthony, Minnesota | term_start = April 7, 1857 | term_end = April 6, 1858 | predecessor = David A. Secombe | successor = Orrin Curtis | term_start2 = April 7, 1865 | term_end2 = April 10, 1866 | predecessor2 = Orlando C. Merriman | successor2 = Orlando C. Merriman }} William Winford Wales (March 14, 1818 – August 23, 1902) was a Minnesota politician who served as a member of the Territorial Legislature and twice as the mayor of St. Anthony, Minnesota. Life and careerWales was born in Iredell County, North Carolina in 1818. In 1845, he relocated to Indiana to teach school. While there he married Catherine Bundy in 1848. The two moved to Minnesota in 1851, settling in St. Anthony. Wales was the first Quaker to settle in Minnesota Territory.[1] Wales held a number of odd jobs as a wallpaper hanger, bookseller and gardner. In 1856, he was elected mayor of St. Anthony. Wales also served on the board of education. The next year he was elected to the Minnesota Territory Legislature in a special election. After a brief period in Mississippi, he returned to St. Anthony where he served as city clerk and postmaster. In 1865 he was re-elected mayor of the city for a second time. Later in his life he did missionary work in North Carolina. He died in Asheville, North Carolina in 1902.[2][3][4] References1. ^{{cite web|title=Quakers in Minnesota|url=http://collections.mnhs.org/MNHistoryMagazine/articles/18/v18i03p249-266.pdf|website=Minnesota Historical Society}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Wales, William W.}}2. ^{{cite book|last1=Williams|first1=John Fletcher|title=History of Hennepin County and the City of Minneapolis|date=1881|publisher=North Star Publishing Co.|location=Minneapolis|page=667|url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924006600484#page/n667/mode/1up}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=Wales, William W. — Legislator Record|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=11960|website=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library}} 4. ^{{cite news|title=Wm. W. Wales Dead|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045366/1902-08-25/ed-1/seq-6/|work=The Minneapolis Journal|date=August 25, 1902}} 9 : 1818 births|1902 deaths|People from Iredell County, North Carolina|American Quakers|School board members in Minnesota|Members of the Minnesota Territorial Legislature|19th-century American politicians|Mayors of places in Minnesota|American postmasters |
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