Coalville Times | 1896-02-28 | Page 3 | Joseph Benson Foraker

JOSEPH tlKNBON FQHAKKH ll h IOIMI Sacrei e In Inllrl IIM In 1 lion Joseph Demon Koraker wa born near Itatntboroutb Highland county Ohio Keb 5 1811 Ho worked on n farm In his bohood and when sixteen pearl of ace entitled In tho Klghtynlntli Ohio regiment and HUed j n I mnAmn In Die Army of the Cumberland until tIme close of tho war ban 1 hog reached time rank of raptnlii nnd rasald decamp on Jen II W HlocunVl stiff After the war he pent two year nt Wesle > nn University at Delaware 0 and then entered Cornell where ho graduated with the nD t tIne In ISC lIe I was admitted lo too bur In that year and In 1S7S2 woe lodge or tho dada < antI superior coi rt resigning his office on account of 111 leallh In 1885 be wo elected governor of Ohio Mr Koraker Is ono of the mot prominent men In tho republican parly and will probably bo Iho successor of Senator llrlco In the United States senate