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Columbia County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Columbia County

Index to Locations Cambria Cambria Cemetery Columbus Unknown location Portage St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery Portage Silver Lake Cemetery Wisconsin Dells Spring Grove Cemetery Cambria Cemetery Cambria, Columbia County, Wisconsin Politicians buried here:   Edwin Merwyn Rowlands (1901-1961) — also known as E. Merwyn Rowlands — of Cambria, Columbia County, Wis. Born in Cambria, Columbia County, Wis., April 1, 1901. Banker; member of Wisconsin state assembly from Columbia County, 1927-33; member of Wisconsin state senate 27th District, 1935-38; defeated (Progressive), 1938; Wisconsin Progressive state chair, 1936. Welsh ancestry. Died in Harris County, Tex., March 28, 1961 (age 59 years, 361 days). Interment at Cambria Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of David Morris Rowlands and Emma (Davies) Rowlands; married 1924 to Mary Allen Neal; father of Virginia 'Gena' Rowlands.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial Unknown Location Columbus, Columbia County, Wisconsin Politicians buried here:   James Taylor Lewis (1819-1904) — also known as James T. Lewis — of Columbus, Columbia County, Wis. Born in Clarendon, Orleans County, N.Y., October 30, 1819. Republican. Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, 1854-56; secretary of state of Wisconsin, 1862-64; Governor of Wisconsin, 1864-66. Died August 4, 1904 (age 84 years, 279 days). Interment somewhere.   See also National Governors Association biography St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin Politicians buried here:   Charles William Francis Henney (1884-1969) — also known as Charles W. Henney — of Portage, Columbia County, Wis. Born near Dunlap, Harrison County, Iowa, February 2, 1884. Democrat. Physician; U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 2nd District, 1933-35; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, 1940, 1944 (member, Credentials Committee). Died in Portage, Columbia County, Wis., November 16, 1969 (age 85 years, 287 days). Interment at St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Silver Lake Cemetery Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin Politicians buried here:   Henry Adolph Gunderson (1876-1940) — also known as Henry A. Gunderson — of Portage, Columbia County, Wis. Born in Rio, Columbia County, Wis., June 20, 1876. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1924; Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, 1937; resigned 1937. Norwegian ancestry. Died, from a heart attack, in Portage, Columbia County, Wis., October 7, 1940 (age 64 years, 109 days). Interment at Silver Lake Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Halvor Gunderson and Gunhild Marie 'Cornelia' (Torgeson) Gunderson; married 1906 to Alma A. Stotzer.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial Spring Grove Cemetery Wisconsin Dells, Columbia County, Wisconsin Politicians buried here:   Frank Augustus Cady (1858-1904) — also known as Frank A. Cady — of Marshfield, Wood County, Wis.; Grand Rapids (now Wisconsin Rapids), Wood County, Wis. Born in Newport, Columbia County, Wis., December 31, 1858. Republican. Lawyer; member of Wisconsin state assembly from Wood County, 1901-04; died in office 1904. Member, Ancient Order of United Workmen; Elks. While suffering from liver disease, he left his hospital room, took the elevator to the top floor, leaped over the railing into the rotunda, and fell to his death on the stone floor five stories below, in St. James Infirmary, Hot Springs, Garland County, Ark., March 30, 1904 (age 45 years, 90 days). Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Charles A. Cady and Hellen (Blood) Cady; married to Elma M. Tyler.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

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