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Charles Grandison Williams (1829-1892) —
also known as Charles G. Williams —
of Janesville, Rock
County, Wis.
Born in Royalton, Niagara
County, N.Y., October
18, 1829.
Republican. Lawyer;
Presidential Elector for Wisconsin, 1868;
member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1869-72; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 1st District, 1873-83.
Died in 1892
(age about
62 years).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Stephen Bolles (1866-1941) —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio; Erie, Erie
County, Pa.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Janesville, Rock
County, Wis.
Born in Springboro, Crawford
County, Pa., June 25,
1866.
Son of Nelson Richard Bolles and Malvina Belle (Whitford) Bolles.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; newspaper
editor and publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1928;
member of Wisconsin
Republican State Central Committee, 1936; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 1st District, 1939-41; died in
office 1941.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Kiwanis.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 8,
1941 (age 75 years, 13
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Harmon Sweatland Conger (1816-1882) —
of New York.
Born in Freeport, Cortland
County, N.Y., April 9,
1816.
Son of John Conger and Hannah (Chandler) Conger.
U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1847-51.
Died in Janesville, Rock
County, Wis., October
22, 1882 (age 66 years, 196
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Ithamar Conkey Sloan (1822-1898) —
of Wisconsin.
Born in New York, 1822.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 2nd District, 1863-67.
Died in 1898
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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John Winans (1831-1907) —
of Janesville, Rock
County, Wis.
Born in Vernon, Sussex
County, N.J., September
27, 1831.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, 1864;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1874, 1882, 1887, 1891; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 1st District, 1883-85; mayor
of Janesville, Wis., 1885-87.
Died January
17, 1907 (age 75 years, 112
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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