GOVERNOR WILSON SHANNON

From a painting in the Capitol at Columbus. Born in Belmont, Ohio, February 24, 1803; he was the first Governor native of Ohio; was a candidate for Governor against Thomas Corwin in 1840 and defeated, although he had been elected in 1838; he was a candidate for the third time in 1842 when he defeated Governor Corwin; resigned the Governorship to be appointed Minister to Mexico; in 1852 he was elected to Congress; in 1857 he was appointed Governor of Kansas Territory; he died at Lawrence, Kansas, August 31, 1877.

neighborhood he was truly appreciated as a man of worth. His neighbors sent him in 1801 to the Territorial Legislature, then as a delegate to the first Constitutional Convention. In 1803 he went to the Ohio Senate, and in the same year he was elected as a Representative in Congress. For thirteen years— from 1801 to 1813-Ohio was entitled to but one Representative, and Mr. Morrow served during the last ten years while his State was so represented.

He was a member of the United States Senate from Ohio from 1813 to 1819, and served as Chairman of the Committee on Public Lands. In 1822 he was elected Governor over Allen Trimble, and was reëlected at the end of his term. His administration was the period in which the construction of the Public Works of Ohio was commenced. In 1840 he was elected to Congress again. Governor Morrow was a man of solid ability and of great simplicity of character. He died, aged eighty years, March 22, 1853.

In Dutchess county, New York, on the 14th of January, 1772, Duncan McArthur was born of Scotch parentage. His disposition from his youth was for a life of adventure. In 1790 he joined General Harmar in his campaign against the Indians and served until the close. In October, 1793, he accompanied Nathaniel Massie as a chainman on his first surveying tour up the Scioto River. In 1794 he was appointed a scout for the State of Kentucky, his business being to roam along the border for the purpose of keeping the whites advised of the movements of the Indians. In the spring of 1796 he assisted Massie in surveying and laying out the town of Chillicothe. He was a brave