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William Freeman Vilas (1840-1908) —
also known as William F. Vilas —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Chelsea, Orange
County, Vt., July 9,
1840.
Democrat. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, 1876;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1885; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1885-88; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1888-89; U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1891-97.
Died in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., August
28, 1908 (age 68 years, 50
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Robert Marion LaFollette (1855-1925) —
also known as Robert M. LaFollette; "Fighting
Bob"; "Battling Bob" —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Primrose, Dane
County, Wis., June 14,
1855.
Son of Josiah LaFollette (1817-1862) and Mary (Ferguson) LaFollette
(1817-1894).
Lawyer;
Dane
County District Attorney, 1880-84; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1885-91; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1896,
1904;
Governor
of Wisconsin, 1901-06; U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1906-25; died in office 1925; candidate
for Republican nomination for President, 1908,
1916;
Progressive candidate for President
of the United States, 1924.
French
ancestry.
Died of heart
disease complicated by asthma and
pneumonia,
in Washington,
D.C., June 18,
1925 (age 70 years, 4
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Lucius Fairchild (1831-1896) —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Franklin Mill (unknown
county), Ohio, December
27, 1831.
Son of Jairus
C. Fairchild.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; wounded
at the battle of Gettysburg, 1863, and lost an
arm; secretary of
state of Wisconsin, 1864-66; Governor of
Wisconsin, 1866-72; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1880-81; Presidential Elector for Wisconsin, 1888.
Died May 23,
1896 (age 64 years, 148
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Orsamus Cole (1819-1903) —
of Wisconsin.
Born in Cazenovia, Madison
County, N.Y., August
23, 1819.
U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 2nd District, 1849-51; justice of
Wisconsin state supreme court, 1855-80; chief
justice of Wisconsin Supreme Court, 1880-92; appointed 1880.
Died in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., May 5,
1903 (age 83 years, 255
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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John Coit Spooner (1843-1919) —
also known as John C. Spooner; "The Tinker of
Legislation" —
of Hudson, St. Croix
County, Wis.; Madison, Dane
County, Wis.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn
County, Ind., January
6, 1843.
Son of Philip L. Spooner (judge) and Lydia (Coit) Spooner.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
private and military secretary to Gov. Lucius
Fairchild; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1872; general solicitor, Omaha Railroad,
1880; U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1885-91, 1897-1907; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1888
(delegation chair), 1892
(delegation chair); candidate for Governor of
Wisconsin, 1892.
Died, of pneumonia
and apoplexy,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 11,
1919 (age 76 years, 156
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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John Bradley Winslow (1851-1920) —
also known as John B. Winslow —
of Wisconsin.
Born October
4, 1851.
Son of Horatio Gates Winslow and Emily (Bradley) Winslow.
Lawyer;
law partner of Joseph
V. Quarles; circuit judge in Wisconsin 1st Circuit, 1884-91; justice of
Wisconsin state supreme court, 1891-1920; appointed 1891; died in
office 1920; chief
justice of Wisconsin Supreme Court, 1907-20; died in office 1920.
Died July 13,
1920 (age 68 years, 283
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Agnes Clancy (1858-1940). |
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Robert Marion LaFollette, Jr. (1895-1953) —
also known as Robert M. LaFollette, Jr. —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., February
6, 1895.
Son of Robert
Marion LaFollette and Belle (Case) LaFollette.
Wisconsin
Republican state chair, 1925; U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1925-47; defeated in Republican primary,
1946; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1928,
1932.
Protestant.
Died of a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound, in the bathroom of his home, in Washington,
D.C., February
24, 1953 (age 58 years, 18
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Louis Powell Harvey (1820-1862) —
also known as Louis P. Harvey —
of Shopiere, Rock
County, Wis.
Born in East Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn., July 22,
1820.
Republican. Delegate to
Wisconsin state constitutional convention, 1847; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1854-58; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Wisconsin, 1856
(member, Credentials
Committee); secretary of
state of Wisconsin, 1860-62; Governor of
Wisconsin, 1862; died in office 1862.
While on a trip to inspect Wisconsin troops after the battle of
Shiloh, during the Civil
War, fell off a
boat and drowned
in the Tennessee River, near Pittsburg Landing, Hardin
County, Tenn., April 19,
1862 (age 41 years, 271
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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James Ole Davidson (1854-1922) —
also known as James O. Davidson —
of Soldiers Grove, Crawford
County, Wis.
Born in Sogne, Norway,
February
10, 1854.
Son of Ole Davidson and Ingabor (Jenson) Davidson.
Republican. Miller; merchant;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1893-99; Wisconsin
state treasurer, 1899-1903; Lieutenant
Governor of Wisconsin, 1903-07; Governor of
Wisconsin, 1906-11.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died December
16, 1922 (age 68 years, 309
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Albert George Schmedeman (1864-1946) —
also known as Albert G. Schmedeman —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., November
25, 1864.
Son of Henry Schmedeman and Wilhelmina (Camien) Schmedeman.
Democrat. U.S. Minister to Norway, 1913-21; mayor of
Madison, Wis., 1926-32; Governor of
Wisconsin, 1933-35; defeated, 1928, 1934.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
One leg
was amputated as a result of gangrene infection in 1934.
Died November
26, 1946 (age 82 years, 1
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Harlow S. Orton (1817-1895) —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born November
23, 1817.
Member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1854, 1859, 1871; circuit judge in Wisconsin 9th
Circuit, 1859-64; mayor of
Madison, Wis., 1877-78; justice of
Wisconsin state supreme court, 1878-95; died in office 1895; chief
justice of Wisconsin Supreme Court, 1894-95; died in office 1895.
Died July 4,
1895 (age 77 years, 223
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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William Robert Taylor (1820-1909) —
also known as William R. Taylor —
of Cottage Grove, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Connecticut, July 10,
1820.
Democrat. Governor of
Wisconsin, 1874-76; defeated, 1875.
Died March 17,
1909 (age 88 years, 250
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Philip Fox LaFollette (1897-1965) —
also known as Philip F. LaFollette —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.; Douglaston, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., May 8,
1897.
Son of Robert
Marion LaFollette and Belle (Case) LaFollette.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Dane
County District Attorney, 1925-27; Governor of
Wisconsin, 1931-33, 1935-39; defeated, 1938; colonel in the U.S.
Army during World War II; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1952.
Died August
18, 1965 (age 68 years, 102
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Oscar Rennebohm (1889-1968) —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born near Leeds, Columbia
County, Wis., May 25,
1889.
Son of William Carl Rennebohm and Julia (Brandt) Rennebohm.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; druggist; dairy farmer; Lieutenant
Governor of Wisconsin, 1945-49; Governor of
Wisconsin, 1947-51.
Lutheran.
Died October
15, 1968 (age 79 years, 143
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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John Mandt Nelson (1870-1955) —
also known as John M. Nelson —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Burke town, Dane
County, Wis., October
10, 1870.
Son of Christopher Nelson and Elsie Nelson.
Republican. Superintendent
of schools; lawyer;
member of Wisconsin
Republican State Central Committee, 1901-05; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin, 1905-19, 1921-33 (2nd District
1905-13, 3rd District 1913-19, 1921-33).
Died in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., January
29, 1955 (age 84 years, 111
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Henry Cullen Adams (1850-1906) —
also known as Henry C. Adams —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Verona, Oneida
County, N.Y., November
28, 1850.
Son of Benjamin Franklin Adams and Caroline Melissa Adams.
Republican. Dairy farmer;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1883-86; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1888;
Wisconsin Dairy and Food Commissioner, 1895-1902; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 2nd District, 1903-06; died in
office 1906.
Died, from intestinal
illness, in Auditorium Hotel,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 9,
1906 (age 55 years, 223
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Burr W. Jones (1846-1935) —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born near Evansville, Rock
County, Wis., March 9,
1846.
Son of William Jones and Sarah M. Jones.
Democrat. Lawyer; Dane
County District Attorney, 1873-76; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1883-85; justice of
Wisconsin state supreme court, 1921-26.
Died January
7, 1935 (age 88 years, 304
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Benjamin Franklin Hopkins (1829-1870) —
also known as Benjamin F. Hopkins —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in New York, 1829.
Republican. Member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1862-63; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1866; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 2nd District, 1867-70; died in
office 1870.
Died in 1870
(age about
41 years).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Nils Pederson Haugen (1849-1931) —
also known as Nils P. Haugen —
of River Falls, Pierce
County, Wis.
Born in Norway,
March
9, 1849.
Republican. Member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1879-80; Wisconsin
railroad commissioner, 1882-87; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin, 1887-95 (8th District 1887-93,
10th District 1893-95).
Died April 23,
1931 (age 82 years, 45
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Harry Sauthoff (1879-1966) —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., June 3,
1879.
Son of August Sauthoff and Hermine (Brueggemann) Sauthoff.
School
teacher; lawyer; Dane
County District Attorney, 1915-17; private secretary to Gov. John
J. Blaine, 1921; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1925-28; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 2nd District, 1935-39, 1941-45;
Progressive candidate for U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1944.
Member, Eagles; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose;
Lions;
Sons
of Union Veterans; American Bar
Association; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., June 16,
1966 (age 87 years, 13
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Thomas Tucker Whittlesey (1798-1868) —
also known as Thomas T. Whittlesey —
of Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn., December
8, 1798.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut, 1836-39 (at-large 1836-37, 3rd
District 1837-39); member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1853-54.
Died in Pheasant Branch, Dane
County, Wis., August
20, 1868 (age 69 years, 256
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Ben C. Eastman (1812-1856) —
of Wisconsin.
Born in Strong, Franklin
County, Maine, October
24, 1812.
Son of Samuel Eastman (1784-1864) and Jane (Hitchcock) Eastman
(1786-1865).
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 2nd District, 1851-55.
Died in Platteville, Grant
County, Wis., February
2, 1856 (age 43 years, 101
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Alexander Stuart McDill (1822-1875) —
also known as Alexander S. McDill —
of Plover, Portage
County, Wis.
Born in Meadville, Crawford
County, Pa., March 18,
1822.
Republican. Physician;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1862; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1863-64; Presidential Elector for Wisconsin, 1864;
U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 8th District, 1873-75.
Died November
12, 1875 (age 53 years, 239
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Alexander Campbell Botkin (1842-1905) —
also known as Alexander C. Botkin —
of Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.
Born in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., October
13, 1842.
Son of Alexander
Botkin.
Republican. Candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Montana Territory, 1882; Lieutenant
Governor of Montana, 1893-97; candidate for Governor of
Montana, 1896.
Suffered for twenty-five years from paralysis
caused by exposure in a storm in 1880.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
1, 1905 (age 63 years, 19
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Arthur Loomis Sanborn (1850-1920) —
of Wisconsin.
Born in Brasher Falls, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., November
17, 1850.
U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Wisconsin, 1905.
Congregationalist.
Died October
18, 1920 (age 69 years, 336
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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David Atwood (1815-1889) —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Bedford, Hillsborough
County, N.H., December
15, 1815.
Republican. Member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1861; mayor of
Madison, Wis., 1868-69; member of Republican
National Committee from Wisconsin, 1868-; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 2nd District, 1870-71.
Died in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., December
11, 1889 (age 73 years, 361
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Jairus C. Fairchild (1801-1862) —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born December
27, 1801.
Democrat. Wisconsin
state treasurer, 1848-52; mayor of
Madison, Wis., 1856-57.
Died July 18,
1862 (age 60 years, 203
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Elisha W. Keyes (1828-1910) —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born January
23, 1828.
Republican. Mayor of
Madison, Wis., 1865-67, 1886-87.
Died November
29, 1910 (age 82 years, 310
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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James Morrison (1799-1860) —
of Wisconsin.
Born in 1799.
Treasurer
of Wisconsin Territory.
Died in 1860
(age about
61 years).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Simeon Mills (1810-1895) —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in 1810.
Treasurer
of Wisconsin Territory; village
president of Madison, Wisconsin, 1851-52, 1854-55; member of Wisconsin
state senate.
Died June 1,
1895 (age about 84
years).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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William A. Fricke (1857-1927) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born May 15,
1857.
Wisconsin
insurance commissioner, 1895-98.
Died in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., September
26, 1927 (age 70 years, 134
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Claire Lobre (1881-1978). |
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John Henry Corscot (1839-1926) —
also known as John Corscot —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Wenterswyk, Netherlands,
September
12, 1839.
Mayor
of Madison, Wis., 1893-95.
Died May 13,
1926 (age 86 years, 243
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Julia Francis Mayers (1850-1908). |
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Breese J. Stevens (1834-1903) —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in 1834.
Mayor
of Madison, Wis., 1884-85.
Died October
28, 1903 (age about 69
years).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Jabe B. Alford (1850-1927) —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born September
21, 1850.
Laundry
owner; mayor of
Madison, Wis., 1895-96.
Died September
10, 1927 (age 76 years, 354
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Jabez Burritt Smith (1852-1914) —
also known as J. Burritt Smith —
of Wisconsin.
Born in Sherburne, Chenango
County, N.Y., March 17,
1852.
Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Wisconsin, 1900.
Died in Hammond, St. Croix
County, Wis., December
31, 1914 (age 62 years, 289
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Alexander Botkin (1801-1857) —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Kentucky, March 4,
1801.
Whig. Lawyer;
candidate for delegate to
Wisconsin state constitutional convention, 1846; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1849-50; defeated, 1850; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1852.
Died in Sun Prairie, Dane
County, Wis., March 5,
1857 (age 56 years, 1
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Ebenezer Brigham (1789-1861) —
of Dane
County, Wis.
Born in 1789.
Member of Wisconsin
territorial legislature.
Died in 1861
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Cassius Fairchild (1829-1868) —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in 1829.
Son of Jairus
C. Fairchild.
Democrat. Member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1860; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War.
Died, from war
wounds, 1868
(age about
39 years).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Darwin Clark (1812-1899) —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in 1812.
.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1899
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Gretchen Pfankuchen (c.1912-2002) —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born about 1912.
Democrat. Member of Wisconsin
Democratic State Central Committee, 1954.
Female.
Died in Waunakee, Dane
County, Wis., September
14, 2002 (age about 90
years).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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