Hiram Giles

Hiram Horatio Giles (May 22, 1820 – May 10, 1895) was an American farmer, businessman, and politician.

Giles was born in New Salem, Massachusetts. He moved to Erie County, Pennsylvania and lived on a farm for two years from 1842 to 1844. He then moved to Wisconsin Territory in 1844 and settled on a farm in the town of Dunkirk, Dane County, Wisconsin. From 1871 to 1881, he worked for the Milwaukee & Prairie du Chien Railroad as a claims and right of way agent. In 1852, Giles served in the Wisconsin State Assembly and in the Wisconsin Senate from 1855 to 1858. Giles was a Whig and then a Republican. From 1871 to 1891, Giles served on the Wisconsin Board of Charities and Reform. Hiram Giles died in Madison, Wisconsin.[1][2]

Notes

  1. ↑ 'Biographical Review of Dane County, Wisconsin Containing Biographical Sketches of Pioneers and Leading Citizens,' Biographical Review Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois: 1893, Biographical Sketch of Hiram Giles, pg. 417-418
  2. ↑ 'Hiram Giles is Dead,' Wisconsin State Journal, May 10, 1895, pg. 2


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