Background
Quarles, Joseph Very was born on December 16, 1843 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Joseph Very and Caroline (Bullen) Quarles.
Quarles, Joseph Very was born on December 16, 1843 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Joseph Very and Caroline (Bullen) Quarles.
First lieutenant 39th Wisconsin Infantry, 1864-1865. Bachelor of Arts, University of Michigan, 1866. Law student, 1866-1867.
Admitted to bar, 1868. Practiced at Kenosha. 1868-1882. Racine, Wisconsin, 1882-1888, Milwaukee from 1888.
District attorney, Kenosha Company, 6 years, 1870-1876.
Mayor of Kenosha, 1876. Member Wisconsin Assembly, 1879, Senate, 1880-1882.
United States senator, 1899-1905. United States district judge, Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1905.
Member Wisconsin
Married Carrie A. Saunders, September 25, 1868.