The Political Graveyard: Winona County, Minn.

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Winona County
Minnesota

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Winona County

Index to Locations

St. Charles Hillside Cemetery

Winona St. Mary's Cemetery

Winona Woodlawn Cemetery

Hillside Cemetery
St. Charles, Winona County, Minnesota

Politicians buried here:

George D. French (1856-1921) — of St. Charles, Winona County, Minn. Born in Winona County, Minn., February 6, 1856. Republican. Banker; real estate and insurance business; Winona County Register of Deeds, 1895-1905; member of Minnesota state senate 2nd District, 1909-10; defeated, 1910. Died in 1921 (age about 65 years). Interment at Hillside Cemetery.

St. Mary's Cemetery
Winona, Winona County, Minnesota

Politicians buried here:

Patrick Fitzpatrick (1850-1908) — of Winona, Winona County, Minn. Born in Galena, Jo Daviess County, Ill., March 17, 1850. Democrat. Lawyer; Winona County Attorney, 1882-92; member of Minnesota state senate 2nd District, 1899-1908; died in office 1908. Irish ancestry. Died in Wauwatosa, Milwaukee County, Wis., August 31, 1908 (age 58 years, 167 days). Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery.

Woodlawn Cemetery
Winona, Winona County, Minnesota

Politicians buried here:

Thomas Wilson (1827-1910) — of Winona, Winona County, Minn. Born in Ireland, May 16, 1827. Democrat. Delegate to Minnesota state constitutional convention, 1857; state court judge in Minnesota, 1857-64; justice of Minnesota state supreme court, 1864-65; chief justice of Minnesota state supreme court, 1865-69; member of Minnesota state house of representatives District 8, 1881-82; member of Minnesota state senate 15th District, 1883-86; U.S. Representative from Minnesota 1st District, 1887-89; candidate for Governor of Minnesota, 1890; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1892. Died in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn., April 3, 1910 (age 82 years, 322 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.

		Relatives: Father of Louise Benton Wilson (who married Lloyd Wheaton Bowers); grandfather of Martha Wheaton Bowers (who married Robert Alphonso Taft).
		Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Thomas Hilliard Moodie (1878-1948) — of North Dakota. Born in Winona, Winona County, Minn., May 26, 1878. Governor of North Dakota, 1935. Died in Spokane, Spokane County, Wash., March 3, 1948 (age 69 years, 282 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.

James Albertus Tawney (1855-1919) — also known as James A. Tawney — of Winona, Winona County, Minn. Born in Mt. Pleasant Township, Adams County, Pa., January 3, 1855. Republican. Blacksmith; machinist; lawyer; member of Minnesota state senate 15th District, 1891-94; U.S. Representative from Minnesota 1st District, 1893-1911. Died in Excelsior Springs, Clay County, Mo., June 12, 1919 (age 64 years, 160 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.

Abner Lewis (1801-1879) — of Panama, Chautauqua County, N.Y.; Winona, Winona County, Minn. Born in Wells, Rutland County, Vt., August 17, 1801. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Chautauqua County, 1838-39; U.S. Representative from New York 31st District, 1845-47; Chautauqua County Judge, 1847-52; Temperance candidate for Governor of Minnesota, 1870. Methodist. Died in Winona, Winona County, Minn., October 12, 1879 (age 78 years, 56 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.

Cornelius Fellows Buck (1826-1904) — also known as Cornelius F. Buck — of Winona, Winona County, Minn. Born in 1826. Democrat. Member of Minnesota territorial House of Representatives 9th District, 1856; postmaster at Winona, Minn., 1865-69, 1894-99; member of Minnesota state senate, 1870-71, 1879-82 (11th District 1870-71, 8th District 1879-82); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1876 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization; speaker); member of Minnesota state house of representatives, 1877, 1883-84 (District 8 1877, District 15 1883-84). Died in 1904 (age about 78 years). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.

		Relatives: Married to Nancy Jane Robinson.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial — Minnesota Legislator record

Daniel Sinclair (1833-1907) — of Winona, Winona County, Minn. Born in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland, January 2, 1833. Republican. Newspaper editor; postmaster at Winona, Minn., 1869-85, 1890-94; delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1880 (delegation chair); member of Minnesota state house of representatives District 2, 1903-04. Congregationalist. Scottish ancestry. Died in Winona, Winona County, Minn., November 20, 1907 (age 74 years, 322 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.

		Relatives: Married to Melissa Jane Briggs.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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