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Index to Locations
Private or family graveyards
Black Earth Oak Hill Cemetery
Cambridge Unknown location
Near Cambridge Lake Ripley Cemetery
Madison Forest Hill Cemetery
Madison Resurrection Cemetery
Madison State Capitol Grounds
Madison Sunset Memory Gardens
Mazomanie St. Barnabas Cemetery
Mt. Horeb Lutheran Cemetery
Paoli St. William Cemetery
Stoughton Riverside Cemetery
Sun Prairie Sacred Hearts of Jesus and
Mary Cemetery
Private or family
graveyard
Dane County, Wisconsin
Oak Hill
Cemetery
Black Earth, Dane County, Wisconsin
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
Unknown
Location
Cambridge, Dane County, Wisconsin
Lake Ripley
Cemetery
Near Cambridge, Dane County, Wisconsin
| Politicians buried
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Rasmus Björn Anderson (1846-1936) —
also known as Rasmus B. Anderson —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Albion, Dane
County, Wis., January
12, 1846.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Wisconsin, 1868;
university
professor; U.S. Minister to Denmark, 1885-89; newspaper
editor and publisher; insurance
executive; postmaster at Madison,
Wis., 1910.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., March 2,
1936 (age 90 years, 50
days).
Interment at Lake Ripley Cemetery.
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Forest Hill
Cemetery
1 Speedway Road
Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin
Founded 1858; approximate acreage: 140
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
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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; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, 1876,
1880,
1884;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Wisconsin, 1880; 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.
Lawyer;
Dane
County District Attorney, 1880-84; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1885-91; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1896
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker),
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.
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. Consul General in Paris, as of 1879; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1880-81; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Wisconsin.
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.
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; law partner of Arthur
Loomis Sanborn; 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.
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: Son
of Horatio Gates Winslow and Emily (Bradley) Winslow; married to
Agnes Clancy. |
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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.
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
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker),
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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Relatives: Son
of Robert
Marion LaFollette and Belle (Case) LaFollette; brother of Philip
Fox LaFollette; married, September
17, 1930, to Rachel Wilson Young; father of Bronson
Cutting LaFollette. |
| | | Political family: LaFollette
family of Madison, Wisconsin (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Robert M. LaFollette, Jr.:
Roger T. Johnson, Robert
M. LaFollette, Jr. and the Decline of the Progressive Party in
Wisconsin — Bernard A. Weisberger, The
LaFollettes of Wisconsin : Love and Politics in Progressive
America — Patrick J. Maney, Young
Bob : A Biography of Robert M. LaFollette, Jr. |
| | | Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book
1940 |
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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.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Dane
County District Attorney, 1925-26; 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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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.
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.
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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Horace Rublee (1829-1896) —
of Wisconsin.
Born in Berkshire, Franklin
County, Vt., August
19, 1829.
Republican. School
teacher; newspaper
reporter; Wisconsin
Republican state chair, 1859-69, 1877-79; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Wisconsin, 1868;
U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1869-76; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Switzerland, 1876.
Died in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., October
19, 1896 (age 67 years, 61
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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Oscar Rennebohm (1889-1968) —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born near Leeds, Columbia
County, Wis., May 25,
1889.
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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Timothy Brown (1889-1977) —
Born in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., February
24, 1889.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; Dane
County Court Commissioner, 1926-49; justice of
Wisconsin state supreme court, 1949-64; appointed 1949; chief
justice of Wisconsin Supreme Court, 1962-64.
Died December
31, 1977 (age 88 years, 310
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.
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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William Alvah Rublee (1861-1910) —
also known as William A. Rublee —
of Wisconsin.
Born in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., March
16, 1861.
U.S. Consul in Prague, 1890-93; U.S. Consul General in Hong Kong, 1901-02, 1909-10, died in office 1910; Havana, 1902-03; Vienna, 1903-09.
Died, from peritonitis,
in Hong
Kong, April
15, 1910 (age 49 years, 30
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Arthur Loomis Sanborn (1850-1920) —
of Elkhorn, Walworth
County, Wis.; Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Brasher Falls, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y., November
17, 1850.
Walworth
County Register of Deeds, 1875-79; lawyer; law
partner of John
C. Spooner; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Wisconsin, 1905-20;
died in office 1920.
Congregationalist.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., October
18, 1920 (age 69 years, 336
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.
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.
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 Hebron, Washington
County, N.Y., April
22, 1829.
Republican. Telegraph
operator; private secretary to Gov. Coles
Bashford, 1856-57; 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 Madison, Dane
County, Wis., January
1, 1870 (age 40 years, 254
days).
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.
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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Charles Henry Crownhart (1863-1930) —
also known as Charles H. Crownhart —
of Superior, Douglas
County, Wis.; Watertown, Jefferson
County, Wis.
Born in New Cassel (now part of Campbellsport), Fond du Lac
County, Wis., April
16, 1863.
Lawyer;
justice
of Wisconsin state supreme court, 1922-30; died in office 1930.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Wisconsin General Hospital,
Madison, Dane
County, Wis., May 2,
1930 (age 67 years, 16
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Benjamin C. Eastman (1812-1856) —
also known as Ben C. Eastman —
of Platteville, Grant
County, Wis.
Born in Strong, Franklin
County, Maine, October
24, 1812.
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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Elisha Williams Keyes (1828-1910) —
also known as Elisha W. Keyes —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Northfield, Washington
County, Vt., January
23, 1828.
Republican. Postmaster at Madison,
Wis., 1861-82, 1898-1910; mayor
of Madison, Wis., 1865-67, 1886-87; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1882.
Died in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., November
29, 1910 (age 82 years, 310
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; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1876.
Died in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., December
11, 1889 (age 73 years, 361
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Robert McKee Bashford (1845-1911) —
also known as Robert M. Bashford —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Lafayette
County, Wis., December
31, 1845.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; lawyer; mayor
of Madison, Wis., 1890-91; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1893-96; law
professor; justice of
Wisconsin state supreme court, 1908.
Died in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., January
29, 1911 (age 65 years, 29
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Morris Bashford and Mary Ann (McKee) Bashford; married to
Florence E. Taylor and Sarah Amelia Fuller. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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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; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Wisconsin; 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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Frank L. Gilbert (1864-1930) —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Arena, Iowa
County, Wis., March 3,
1864.
Republican. Lawyer; Wisconsin
state attorney general, 1907-11.
Died in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., October
10, 1930 (age 66 years, 221
days).
Entombed in mausoleum 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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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.
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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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. |
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Jared Comstock Gregory (1828-1892) —
also known as Jared C. Gregory —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Butternuts, Otsego
County, N.Y., January
13, 1828.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Madison, Wis., 1873-74; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1880
(Convention
Vice-President); postmaster at Madison,
Wis., 1886-90.
Episcopalian.
Died February
17, 1892 (age 64 years, 35
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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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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Simeon Mills (1810-1895) —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in 1810.
Democrat. Treasurer
of Wisconsin Territory, 1840; member of Wisconsin
state senate 9th District, 1848; village
president of Madison, Wisconsin, 1851-52, 1854-55.
Died June 1,
1895 (age about 84
years).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Robert Charles Zimmerman (1910-1996) —
also known as Robert C. Zimmerman —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., January
5, 1910.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; secretary
of state of Wisconsin, 1957-75.
Died in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., January
17, 1996 (age 86 years, 12
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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James Morrison (1799-1860) —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in 1799.
Whig. Postmaster at Madison,
Wis., 1849-50; treasurer
of Wisconsin Territory, 1850.
Died in 1860
(age about
61 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. |
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Chauncey Abbott (1815-1872) —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born September
16, 1815.
Whig. Lawyer;
postmaster at Madison,
Wis., 1850-53; village
president of Madison, Wisconsin, 1852-53; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1860.
Died January
30, 1872 (age 56 years, 136
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 9th District, 1849-50; defeated, 1850; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Dane County, 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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Halle Steensland (1832-1910) —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Norway,
June
14, 1832.
Banker;
financier;
Vice-Consul
for Sweden & Norway in Madison,
Wis., 1872-1903.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., August
20, 1910 (age 78 years, 67
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Herbert Christian Schenk (1880-1972) —
also known as Herbert C. Schenk —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Leeds, Columbia
County, Wis., June 26,
1880.
Progressive. Lumber yard
manager; hardware
dealer; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Dane County 1st District, 1935-40; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 2nd District, 1944.
Died in Concord, Contra
Costa County, Calif., April
18, 1972 (age 91 years, 297
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick Schenk and Wilhelmina (Kilgust) Schenk; married to Clara
Junette Sater. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book
1940 |
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Ebenezer Brigham (1789-1861) —
of Dane
County, Wis.
Born in 1789.
Member of Wisconsin
territorial legislature, 1840.
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.
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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Otto F. Toepfer (1872-1949) —
of Middleton, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Middleton, Dane
County, Wis., January
31, 1872.
Republican. Farmer; bank
director; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Dane County 3rd District, 1939-40.
Died in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., February
17, 1949 (age 77 years, 17
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Otto Toepfer and Louise (Neibuhr) Toepfer. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book
1940 |
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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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Resurrection
Cemetery
Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin
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John Arthur Aylward (1861-1916) —
also known as John A. Aylward —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Black Earth, Dane
County, Wis., March
16, 1861.
Democrat. School
principal; lawyer;
candidate for Governor of
Wisconsin, 1906, 1908; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Wisconsin, 1912
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, 1913-16.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., November
12, 1916 (age 55 years, 241
days).
Interment at Resurrection Cemetery.
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James Conklin (1831-1899) —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born June 12,
1831.
Democrat. Mayor
of Madison, Wis., 1881-84, 1887-88; postmaster at Madison,
Wis., 1894-98.
Died February
27, 1899 (age 67 years, 260
days).
Interment at Resurrection Cemetery.
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State Capitol
Grounds
Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin
| Politicians who have
(or had) monuments here: |
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Hans Christian Heg (1829-1863) —
of Wisconsin.
Born in Lierbyen, Norway,
December
21, 1829.
Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; abolitionist; Wisconsin
state prison commissioner, elected 1859; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Suffered wounds in battle,
and died the next day, at Chickamauga, Walker
County, Ga., September
20, 1863 (age 33 years, 273
days).
Interment at Norway
Lutheran Cemetery, Wind Lake, Wis.; statue at State Capitol
Grounds.
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Sunset Memory
Gardens
Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Thomas Ryum Amlie (1897-1973) —
also known as Thomas R. Amlie —
of Elkhorn, Walworth
County, Wis.
Born in Griggs
County, N.Dak., April
17, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 1st District, 1931-33, 1935-39.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., August
22, 1973 (age 76 years, 127
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Sunset Memory Gardens.
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Laurie Edwin Carlson (1908-1999) —
also known as Laurie E. Carlson —
of Bayfield, Bayfield
County, Wis.
Born in Bayfield town, Bayfield
County, Wis., January
12, 1908.
Progressive. Fruit
and dairy
farmer;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Bayfield County, 1937-42; defeated, 1942; Dane
County Clerk of Courts, 1966-76.
Died in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., March
26, 1999 (age 91 years, 73
days).
Interment at Sunset Memory Gardens.
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Relatives:
Married to Helen Mary Whipple. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book
1940 |
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St. Barnabas
Cemetery
Mazomanie, Dane County, Wisconsin
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Leonard George Wolf (1925-1970) —
also known as Leonard G. Wolf —
of Iowa.
Born near Mazomanie, Dane
County, Wis., October
29, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1959-61; defeated, 1956,
1960.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
28, 1970 (age 44 years, 150
days).
Interment at St. Barnabas Cemetery.
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Lutheran
Cemetery
Mt. Horeb, Dane County, Wisconsin
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Herman Bjorn Dahle (1855-1920) —
also known as Herman B. Dahle —
of Mt. Horeb, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Perry, Dane
County, Wis., March
30, 1855.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 2nd District, 1899-1903.
Died in Mt. Horeb, Dane
County, Wis., April
25, 1920 (age 65 years, 26
days).
Interment at Lutheran Cemetery.
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St. William
Cemetery
Paoli, Dane County, Wisconsin
Riverside
Cemetery
Riverside Drive
Stoughton, Dane County, Wisconsin
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Henry A. Huber (1869-1933) —
also known as "The Great Pacificator" —
of Stoughton, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Evergreen, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
6, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1904; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1913-25; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Wisconsin, 1924
(alternate), 1928
(Convention
Vice-President); Lieutenant
Governor of Wisconsin, 1925-33.
Died, of a heart
ailment, at Madison General Hospital,
Madison, Dane
County, Wis., January
31, 1933 (age 63 years, 86
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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Sacred Hearts of
Jesus and Mary Cemetery
Columbus Street
Sun Prairie, Dane County, Wisconsin
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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John Matthew Blaska (1885-1957) —
also known as John M. Blaska —
of Marshall, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Medina town, Dane
County, Wis., May 14,
1885.
Democrat. Farmer;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Dane County 2nd District, 1949-50.
Member, Farm
Bureau.
Died in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., May 27,
1957 (age 72 years, 13
days).
Interment at Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Cemetery.
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Jerome L. Blaska (1919-2000) —
of Sun Prairie, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Sun Prairie, Dane
County, Wis., July 4,
1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; farmer;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Dane County 4th District, 1959-66.
Catholic.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Died in Sun Prairie, Dane
County, Wis., May 2,
2000 (age 80 years, 303
days).
Interment at Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Cemetery.
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