A Wilson Family Tree
Notes for Wilford Bacon Hoggatt
From Find A Grave (listing for Wilford Bacon Hoggatt):
Alaska Territorial Governor. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1884 and remained in the Navy for 18 years, including service during the Spanish-American War. He graduated from Columbian Law School in 1893 and also graduated from the Columbia University School of Mines. After leaving the Navy Hoggatt settled in Juneau, Alaska where his brother and he became successful in the gold mining business. In 1884 Alaska was designated a federal district with a civil government and a Governor appointed by President Chester A. Arthur. In 1906 he was appointed Governor and served for three years. During his term Hoggatt was responsible for relocating Alaska's government from Sitka to Juneau, where it has remained ever since. In 1925 he moved to New York City, where he lived in retirement. His health began to fail in 1936, and he died at the Bronx Veterans Hospital. His second wife, Clarissa Eames Millard, was from Utica, and she decided to have him interred there.
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