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Ashland County
Wisconsin

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Ashland County

Index to Locations

  • Ashland Mt. Hope Cemetery
  • Ashland St. Agnes Cemetery
  • Glidden Mt. Hope Cemetery
  • Mellen Mellen Union Cemetery


    Mt. Hope Cemetery
    Ashland, Ashland County, Wisconsin
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
      Samuel Stillman Fifield (1839-1915) — also known as Samuel S. Fifield — of Ashland, Ashland County, Wis. Born in Corinna, Penobscot County, Maine, June 24, 1839. Republican. Newspaper editor; member of Wisconsin state assembly, 1874-76; member of Wisconsin state senate, 1877-81; Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, 1882-87; postmaster at Ashland, Wis., 1889-93, 1897-1914. Died in Ashland, Ashland County, Wis., February 17, 1915 (age 75 years, 238 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Samuel Stillman Fifield (1801-1869) and Naomi Sarah (Pease) Fifield; married, September 20, 1863, to Stella Grimes.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Clarence Addison Lamoreux (1860-1945) — also known as Clarence A. Lamoreux — of Cumberland, Barron County, Wis.; Ashland, Ashland County, Wis. Born in Portage County, Wis., September 20, 1860. Republican. Lawyer; newspaper editor; postmaster; member of Wisconsin state senate 12th District, 1897-1900. Member, Freemasons. Died in Ashland County, Wis., December 5, 1945 (age 85 years, 76 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Martin Van Buren Lamoreux and Jane Mary (Higgins) Lamoreux; married 1881 to Isabelle Lawrence; married 1928 to Harriet A. Duerr; father of Lawrence Addison Lamoreux; nephew of Oliver Horton Lamoreux and Silas Wright Lamoreux.
      Political family: Lamoreux family of Wisconsin.
      See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Lewis Cass Wilmarth (1833-1907) — of Wisconsin. Born in North Foster, Foster, Providence County, R.I., October 15, 1833. Mayor of Ashland, Wis., 1890-91. Died in Ashland, Ashland County, Wis., February 18, 1907 (age 73 years, 126 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
      Presumably named for: Lewis Cass
    Harry P. Van_Guilder Harry P. Van Guilder (1890-1979) — of Ashland, Ashland County, Wis. Born in Cannon Falls, Goodhue County, Minn., July 6, 1890. Progressive. Bookkeeper; railroad switchman; president of his union local, 10 years; member of Wisconsin state assembly from Ashland County, 1937-42; defeated, 1942; candidate for U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 10th District, 1944. Member, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Died in November, 1979 (age 89 years, 0 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married to Marie Eileen 'May' Habelt.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book 1940
      Lawrence Addison Lamoreux (1899-1968) — also known as Lawrence A. Lamoreux — of Ashland, Ashland County, Wis. Born in Ashland, Ashland County, Wis., August 14, 1899. Lawyer; member of Wisconsin state assembly, 1929-30. Died in Ashland, Ashland County, Wis., December 26, 1968 (age 69 years, 134 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Clarence Addison Lamoreux and Isabelle (Lawrence) Lamoreux; married 1922 to Stella Meta Boughton; grandnephew of Oliver Horton Lamoreux and Silas Wright Lamoreux.
      Political family: Lamoreux family of Wisconsin.
      See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial


    St. Agnes Cemetery
    Ashland, Ashland County, Wisconsin
    Politicians buried here:
      John Bowman Chapple (1899-1989) — also known as John B. Chapple — of Wisconsin. Born in 1899. Newspaper editor; author; poet; historian; candidate for U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, 1932 (Republican), 1938 (Independent Townsend Republican); candidate for U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 10th District, 1960. Died in 1989 (age about 90 years). Interment at St. Agnes Cemetery.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Jeremiah John Sullivan (1852-1898) — also known as Jeremiah Sullivan — of Ashland, Ashland County, Wis. Born in Charlevoix, Charlevoix County, Mich., September 26, 1852. Democrat. Grocer; postmaster at Ashland, Wis., 1886-89. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Ancient Order of Hibernians. Died in Ashland, Ashland County, Wis., June, 1898 (age 45 years, 0 days). Interment at St. Agnes Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Patrick Sullivan and Johanna (Ahearne) Sullivan; married, July 17, 1883, to Anna Elizabeth Felden.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Thomas M. Anich (1918-2001) — also known as Tom Anich — of Ashland, Ashland County, Wis. Born August 31, 1918. Democrat. Member of Wisconsin Democratic State Central Committee, 1954; Ashland County Judge. Died December 22, 2001 (age 83 years, 113 days). Interment at St. Agnes Cemetery.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Mt. Hope Cemetery
    Glidden, Ashland County, Wisconsin
    Politicians buried here:
      James Henry Carroll (1876-1950) — also known as James H. Carroll — of Glidden, Ashland County, Wis. Born in Eaton town, Manitowoc County, Wis., May 7, 1876. Republican. Banker; real estate business; appraiser; farmer; timber business; insurance agent; member of Wisconsin state senate 12th District, 1925-32, 1941-44; defeated, 1936. Died in 1950 (age about 74 years). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of James Carroll and Kathe (Finnegan) Carroll; married to Mattie Nash.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Mellen Union Cemetery
    Mellen, Ashland County, Wisconsin
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
    Bernard J. Gehrmann Bernard John Gehrmann (1880-1958) — also known as Bernard J. Gehrmann — of Mellen, Ashland County, Wis. Born in Germany, February 13, 1880. Naturalized U.S. citizen; farmer; member of Wisconsin state assembly from Ashland County, 1927-32, 1947-54; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1928 (alternate), 1932; member of Wisconsin state senate 12th District, 1933-34, 1955-56; U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 10th District, 1935-43. Catholic. German ancestry. Member, Knights of Columbus; Eagles. Died July 12, 1958 (age 78 years, 149 days). Interment at Mellen Union Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of John Gehrmann and Rose (Bader) Gehrmann; married, January 12, 1904, to Mary R. Miller.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book 1940
      Robert F. Barabe (1917-1971) — of Mellen, Ashland County, Wis. Born in Mellen, Ashland County, Wis., June 14, 1917. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; merchant; member of Wisconsin state assembly from Ashland and Bayfield counties, 1959-64; defeated, 1964, 1966. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Died in January, 1971 (age 53 years, 0 days). Interment at Mellen Union Cemetery.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


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