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Columbia Law School.
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Jacob Friend
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Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Friend received his law degree from Columbia Law School and practiced law in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was also director of the National Exchange Bank in Milwaukee. Friend was also involved in a "deal" to merge the largest steam engine companies after the purchase of the Corliss Steam Engine Works by a group of businessmen.
Friend served in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1883 to 1887 as a Republican.
Friend died in Perugia, Italy. Jacob bought land from the estate of Judge Murray F. Tuley on Pine Lake in an area now known as Chenequa, Wisconsin which has archaeological significance for being known as a site for trails and camps of Native American Indians from Prairie Potawatomi and Menomini tribes.
The land is located off Muscovy Road. They had three children: Robert, Margaret, and James.
Robert went on to be president of Nordberg Manufacturing Company.
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Republican party