Caleb S. Blanchard

Caleb Slye Blanchard (May 8, 1818 – November 10, 1893) was an American physician and politician. He served one term in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing northeast Walworth County, and served as a surgeon for the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Biography Blanchard was born on May 8, 1818, in Victory, Cayuga County, New York. He attended the Victor Academy there, then, at age 19, apprenticed as a physician with his older brother Orin W. Blanchard. After three years, he entered the Pittsfield Medical College, in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, to finish his education.

After the war, he resumed his work in East Troy for another 30 years. Around 1890 he moved west to Mazomanie, Wisconsin, in Dane County, where he died in 1893.

Political career Blanchard was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1879 on the Republican ticket.

On June 14, 1852, Caleb Blanchard married Susan G. Ames. She died on January 19, 1860. Blanchard later married Jennette D. Park on July 27, 1861. Jennette was a school teacher and principal in East Troy. Caleb and Jennette had four children.

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