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SINCLAIR W. BOTKIN, son of Alexander and Jane R. (SINCLAIR) BOTKIN, who came to Madison in 1841, where S. W. was reared and educated; graduated from the State University in 1857; was Assistant State Librarian and Deputy Clerk of Supreme Court from 1859 until August 1862, when he enlisted in Co. A., 23d W.V.I., as 1st Lieutenant; was afterward promoted to captaincy of same company; was in all the engagements his regiment participated in until he resigned and was mustered out in the fall of 1863; he returned to Madison, and in 1864, he resumed his position as Deputy Clerk of the Supreme Court; in 1865 he entered the law office of SPOONER & LAMB, as law student; November 1866, he was admitted to the bar; soon afterward he was appointed Assistant United States Assessor for the Second District of Wisconsin; was also appointed Assistant United States Marshal about the same time; in 1867,was relieved of Assessor's duties, but continued as United States Marshal until 1869; on January 1 of that year, he entered into partnership with William WELCH; in 1875, he was appointed Register in Bankruptcy, which office he still holds. Transcribed and contributed to this site by Carol
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