CAPTAIN WILLIAM McMICKEN.
For nearly sixteen years the surveyor-general of Washington territory and state. He was born at Youngstown, N. Y., January 1, 1827. In 1854 removed to Dodge County, Minnesota, and at the commencement of the Civil war raised a company for the Tenth Minnesota Regiment, of which he was elected first lieutenant, and finally became its captain. He served in the western army under Schofield, Rosencrans and Thomas, and in the Department of the Gulf under Canby. He came to Washington in the employ of the Northern Pacific, and helped to build the line from Kalama to the Sound. Was appointed surveyor-general in 1873, and was reappointed by Presidents Hayes and Arthur. He was territorial treasurer from 1886 and 1887, when he was again appointed surveyor-general by President McKinley, and held the office until his death in 1899. He was long prominently identified with the Masonic order, the G. A. R. and Loyal Legion.
