George Louis Field (1836-1912) was cashier of the First Bank of Ripon, which was founded in 1856, and noted as a foremost banker of the state of Wisconsin.
Richard Catlin (1809-1874) first came to Ripon in the mid-1840s at the encouragement of his sister, Elizabeth “Eliza” Catlin Dart (1798-1865), who was the wife of Anson Dart (1797-1879).