The Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Representative Men of Chicago, Milwaukee and the World's Columbian Exposition

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BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY AND PORTRAIT GALLERY.
and on the continent. Upon his return to this country in the fall of 1881, he entered into part¬ nership with Professor Danforth, remaining in business with him until August i, 1884, when he opened an office at 425 Milwaukee street.
During his active and busy life he has been closely connected with many organizations to which it is an honor to belong, and has ably filled many positions of trust and distinction. Dr. Carl¬ son is a member of the American Institute of Homoeopathy; is a member and has been presi¬ dent of the Wisconsin State Homoeopathic Med¬ ical Society; has been president of the Milwau¬ kee Academy of Medicine. He has been grand regent of the Royal Arcanum for the State of Wisconsin; supreme medical director for the United States of Royal Adelphia; a member of the National Union; active member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and cojnmander of the E. B. Wolcott Post, No. i, of this state. He was a member of the National Council of Administration under General Veasy; was on the staff of General Fairchild, when he was commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic; also on the staff of General Warner, when   he   was   commander-in-chief.    Dr. Carlson
values highly a ring which was presented to him by the officers of the Grand Army of the Re¬ public as a token of their esteem. He was ap¬ pointed by Governor Rusk, the surgeon of the Fourth Battalion National Guards of Wisconsin. He is also a member of the Auxiliary Board of the World's Columbian Exposition.
Dr. Carlson was married February 8, 1871, to Bertha L. Strong, daughter of Robert H. Strong, one of the pioneers of Milwaukee, who was a brother of Rear Admiral Strong, of the United States Navy. They have one daughter. Miss Edith, who is highly accomplished, having an especial fondness for music and French. She has the reputation in Milwaukee of being a particu¬ larly bright and interesting young lady. Dr. Carlson Is unusually fond of his home and family, also taking a deep interest in two of his nephews who are studying under his tutelage. He is a man who seems peculiarly fitted for the profes¬ sion which he has followed. He is skillful, can tious and deliberate, tender and sympathetic, yet possessed of great nerve and force of will. Es¬ sentially a man of the people, his genial ways, his sincerity and benevolence have won for him hosts of friends in every walk of life.
BENJAMIN   M.  WEIL,
MILWAUKEE, WIS.
BENJAMIN M. WEIL was born in BaUI- more, Maryland, on the 4th day of May, 1850. Though still a young man he enjoys dis¬ tinction among Milwaukee's foremost and most useful citizens, and also that of the oldest real- estate man in continuous business in the city.
Mr. Weil's parents Avere of German ancestry, having settled in this country when they were in their youth. His father was a surgeon in the Mexican war, and was promoted a short time be¬ fore that close of that war, through the influence of Gen. Winfield Scott, to the position of Surgeon General of the United States Army. Subse¬ quently General Weil held various positions of honor and trust in the city of Baltimore, AvIth marked distinction to himself and family.
At the age of thirteen, with only an ordinary common-school education,  Benjamin M. Weil left
his native city, and for a time made a study of the art of photography. He found this line of work, however, not congenial to his tastes, and accordingly abandoned it. Shortly thereafter he Avas. offered a desirable position by a prominent manufacturer of toilet articles, who took a deep interest in the young man's welfare, and encour¬ aged him by promotions from one position to another, as a reward for honest and faithful ser¬ vice. At the early age of sixteen, Mr. Weil was given by this firm the Important position of trav¬ eling salesman, which he filled with satisfaction to his employers, greatly extending their busi¬ ness in the principal cities of this country. Shortly after this he received such flattering offers from a Milwaukee firm in the same line of business that he accepted, and traveled for them until the year  1874, when he began, on his