Jonas Folts
Jonas Folts (March 12, 1808 – June 24, 1876) was an American farmer and politician.
Born in Herkimer, New York, Folts moved to Milwaukee, Michigan Territory in 1835 and then moved to the town of Summit in 1836. In 1843, Folts moved to Hebron, Wisconsin Territory. He was a farmer and bookkeeper. He served as register of deeds in 1846 for Jefferson County and then in the second Wisconsin Constitutional Convention of 1847–1848. Then, in 1868, Folts served in the Wisconsin State Assembly and was a Democrat. Folts also served as town clerk and town board chairman He died in Hebron, Wisconsin.[1][2]
Notes
- ^ 'Memorial Records of the Fathers of Wisconsin Containing the Sketches of the Lives and Career of the Members of the Constitutional Conventions of 1846 and 1847-1848,' David Atwood; H.A. Tenney and David Atwood, Madison, Wisconsin: 1880, Biographical Sketch of Jonas Folts, pg. 214-215
- ^ Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin,' vol. 8, 1879, pg. 450
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