Index to Locations
Boscobel Boscobel Cemetery
Lancaster Dewey Cemetery
Lancaster Grant County Courthouse
Grounds
Lancaster Hillside Cemetery
Mt. Hope Township Hermitage
Cemetery
Platteville Calvary Catholic
Cemetery
Platteville Greenwood Cemetery
Boscobel
Cemetery
Boscobel, Grant County, Wisconsin
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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John James Blaine (1875-1934) —
also known as John J. Blaine —
of Boscobel, Grant
County, Wis.
Born in Wingville town, Grant
County, Wis., May 4,
1875.
Republican. Lawyer;
vice-president, Boscobel Telephone
Company; mayor of Boscobel, Wis., 1901-04, 1906-07; member of Wisconsin
state senate 16th District, 1909-12; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Wisconsin, 1912
(alternate), 1916,
1920,
1924,
1928
(speaker),
1932;
Wisconsin
state attorney general, 1919-21; Governor of
Wisconsin, 1921-27; defeated (Independent), 1914; U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1927-33; defeated in primary, 1932.
Died in Boscobel, Grant
County, Wis., April
16, 1934 (age 58 years, 347
days).
Interment at Boscobel Cemetery.
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Mathias B. Pittman (1837-1909) —
also known as Matt B. Pittman —
of Boscobel, Grant
County, Wis.
Born in Chazy, Clinton
County, N.Y., July, 1837.
Republican. Banker;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin,
1900.
Died in 1909
(age about
71 years).
Interment at Boscobel Cemetery.
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Dewey
Cemetery
(formerly Episcopal Church Cemetery)
300 South Jefferson Street
Lancaster, Grant County, Wisconsin
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Nelson Dewey (1813-1889) —
of Lancaster, Grant
County, Wis.
Born in Lebanon, New London
County, Conn., December
19, 1813.
Democrat. Governor of
Wisconsin, 1848-52; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Wisconsin, 1872.
Died in Cassville, Grant
County, Wis., July 21,
1889 (age 75 years, 214
days).
Interment at Dewey Cemetery; statue at Grant
County Courthouse Grounds.
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Grant County
Courthouse Grounds
Lancaster, Grant County, Wisconsin
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Nelson Dewey (1813-1889) —
of Lancaster, Grant
County, Wis.
Born in Lebanon, New London
County, Conn., December
19, 1813.
Democrat. Governor of
Wisconsin, 1848-52; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Wisconsin, 1872.
Died in Cassville, Grant
County, Wis., July 21,
1889 (age 75 years, 214
days).
Interment at Dewey Cemetery; statue at Grant
County Courthouse Grounds.
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Hillside
Cemetery
Lancaster, Grant County, Wisconsin
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Joel Allen Barber (1809-1881) —
also known as J. Allen Barber —
of Lancaster, Grant
County, Wis.
Born in Georgia, Franklin
County, Vt., January
17, 1809.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Wisconsin state constitutional convention, 1846; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1852-53, 1863-64; Speaker of
the Wisconsin State Assembly, 1863; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1856-57; Presidential Elector for Wisconsin, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1871-75.
Died in Lancaster, Grant
County, Wis., June 17,
1881 (age 72 years, 151
days).
Interment at Hillside Cemetery.
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Allen Ralph Bushnell (1833-1909) —
also known as Allen R. Bushnell —
of Lancaster, Grant
County, Wis.
Born in Hartford, Trumbull
County, Ohio, July 18,
1833.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1872; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, 1886-90; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1891-93.
Died in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., March
29, 1909 (age 75 years, 254
days).
Interment at Hillside Cemetery.
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John Benton Callis (1828-1898) —
also known as John B. Callis —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.; Lancaster, Grant
County, Wis.
Born in Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C., January
3, 1828.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 5th District, 1867-69; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1874.
Died in Lancaster, Grant
County, Wis., September
24, 1898 (age 70 years, 264
days).
Interment at Hillside Cemetery.
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Hermitage
Cemetery
Mt. Hope Township, Grant County, Wisconsin
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Thomas P. Burnett (1800-1845) —
of Mt. Hope Township, Grant
County, Wis.
Born in Pittsylvania
County, Va., September
3, 1800.
Lawyer;
walked with a limp
due to a leg injury during a fire; present for the surrender of Black
Hawk (Indian chief), August 2, 1832; member
Wisconsin territorial council, 1836.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of typhoid,
in Mt. Hope Township, Grant
County, Wis., November
7, 1845 (age 45 years, 65
days).
Interment at Hermitage Cemetery.
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Calvary Catholic
Cemetery
Platteville, Grant County, Wisconsin
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James William Murphy (1858-1927) —
of Platteville, Grant
County, Wis.
Born in Platteville, Grant
County, Wis., April
17, 1858.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1907-09; defeated,
1920.
Died in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., July 11,
1927 (age 69 years, 85
days).
Interment at Calvary Catholic Cemetery.
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Greenwood
Cemetery
Platteville, Grant County, Wisconsin
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Arthur William Kopp (1874-1967) —
also known as Arthur W. Kopp —
of Platteville, Grant
County, Wis.
Born in Big Patch, Grant
County, Wis., February
28, 1874.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1909-13; state court
judge in Wisconsin, 1942.
Died June 2,
1967 (age 93 years, 94
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Robert S. Travis (1909-1980) —
of Platteville, Grant
County, Wis.
Born in Platteville, Grant
County, Wis., May 2,
1909.
Republican. Farmer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Grant County 1st District; elected unopposed
1948; elected 1950, 1952; member of Wisconsin
state senate 17th District; elected unopposed 1954; elected 1958;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1960.
Died August
15, 1980 (age 71 years, 105
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
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