David Sands Vittum(October 30, 1820 – April 10, 1880) was an American soldier, lawyer, politician, and businessman.
Born inSandwich, New Hampshire,Vittum graduated fromDartmouth Collegein 1845. He then studied law and practiced inMeredith, New Hampshire.Vittum then moved toBaraboo, Wisconsin,in 1851, and continued to practice law. He served in theWisconsin State Senatein 1853 and 1854 as aDemocrat.He also edited theSauk County Democrat.During theCivil War,Vittum served in the3rd Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry Regiment,Company F, as a captain and then lieutenant colonel. After the war, he returned to Baraboo and was president of a bank (the First National Bank of Baraboo for seven years.[1]He also was involved in a woolen company. He died in Baraboo, Wisconsin.[2][3]
David Sands Vittum was a companion member of theMilitary Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States.[4]He became the first of the "Vittum Folk" to graduate college when he graduated Dartmouth College in 1845.[5]He was a descendant of William and Jeane Vittum (aka "Vittom" and likely "Vieuxtemps" in French), who immigrated from France to Hampton, New Hampshire, in the late 17th century. William (or "Guilliame" ) was a French Huguenot, and having married Jeane, a Catholic, felt compelled to flee France after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes.[6]
Notes
edit- ^Vittum Folks,Grinnel Herald Press 1922, p.76
- ^The bench and law of New Hampshire,Charles Henry Bell, Houghton, Mifflin & Company: 1893, Biographical Sketch of David Sands Vittum, pg. 704-705
- ^The History of Sauk County,Western Historical Company: 1880, Biographical Sketch of David Sands Vittum, pg. 487
- ^Notes of Sally Ann Quinby - descendent - accompanying DSM's MOLLUS Companion Medal
- ^Vittum Folks,Grinnel Herald Press 1922 - Tribe of William - p. 75
- ^Vittum Folks,chapters III & IV
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