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Index to Locations
La Crosse Unknown location
La Crosse Catholic Cemetery of La
Crosse
La Crosse Oak Grove Cemetery
La Crosse Onalaska Cemetery
West Salem Hamilton Cemetery
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Location
La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin
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Raymond C. Bice (1896-1994) —
of La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis.
Born in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., April 5,
1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; building
contractor; lumber
dealer; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from La Crosse County 1st District, 1947-53;
member of Wisconsin
state senate 32nd District, 1953-68.
Died December
14, 1994 (age 98 years, 253
days).
Interment somewhere.
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Catholic Cemetery
of La Crosse
La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin
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Harold Carl Ristow (1917-2009) —
also known as Harold C. Ristow —
of Huron, Beadle
County, S.Dak.; La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis.
Born in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., October
16, 1917.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of South
Dakota state senate 15th District, 1949-50; chair of
La Crosse County Democratic Party, 1960; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Wisconsin, 1960;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1964; postmaster at
La
Crosse, Wis., 1967-80 (acting, 1967-68).
Died in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., June 6,
2009 (age 91 years, 233
days).
Interment at Catholic Cemetery of La Crosse.
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Relatives: Son
of Emil Ristow and Emilie (Herber) Ristow; married 1941 to Monica
Morris. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: La Crosse (Wis.) Tribune,
July 19, 1969 |
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Oak Grove
Cemetery
La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin
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Angus Cameron (1826-1897) —
of La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis.
Born in Caledonia, Livingston
County, N.Y., July 4,
1826.
Member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1863-64, 1871-72; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1866-67; U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1875-81, 1881-85.
Died in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., March
30, 1897 (age 70 years, 269
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Cadwallader Colden Washburn (1818-1882) —
also known as Cadwallader C. Washburn —
of Mineral Point, Iowa
County, Wis.; La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis.
Born in Livermore, Androscoggin
County, Maine, April
22, 1818.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin, 1855-61, 1867-71 (2nd District
1855-61, 6th District 1867-71); general in the Union Army during the
Civil War; Governor of
Wisconsin, 1872-74; defeated, 1873.
Died in Eureka Springs, Carroll
County, Ark., May 15,
1882 (age 64 years, 23
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Israel
Washburn and Martha (Benjamin) Washburn; brother of Israel
Washburn Jr., Elihu
Benjamin Washburne, Charles
Ames Washburn and William
Drew Washburn; married, January
1, 1849, to Jeannette Garr; father of Fanny Washburn (who married
Charles
Payson); nephew of Reuel
Washburn; uncle of Charles
Fox Washburn, Hempstead
Washburne, Robert
Charles Washburn, William
Drew Washburn Jr. and Stanley
Washburn; fourth cousin once removed of Charles
Sumner and Dwight
May Sabin. |
| | | Political family: Washburn
family of Raynham, Massachusetts (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Washburn County,
Wis. is named for him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — NNDB
dossier |
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Gardner Robert Withrow (1892-1964) —
also known as Gardner R. Withrow —
of La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis.
Born in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., October
5, 1892.
Railroad
worker; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1926-27; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin, 1931-39, 1949-61 (7th District
1931-33, 3rd District 1933-39, 1949-61); defeated (Progressive), 1940.
Member, Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen.
Died September
23, 1964 (age 71 years, 354
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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John Jacob Esch (1861-1941) —
also known as John J. Esch —
of La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis.
Born near Norwalk, Monroe
County, Wis., March
20, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 7th District, 1899-1921; member,
Interstate Commerce Commission, 1921-28.
Died in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., April
27, 1941 (age 80 years, 38
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Gilbert Motier Woodward (1835-1913) —
also known as Gilbert M. Woodward —
of Wisconsin.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
25, 1835.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; La
Crosse County District Attorney, 1866-73; mayor
of La Crosse, Wis., 1874-75; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1880,
1888;
U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 7th District, 1883-85; candidate
for Governor of
Wisconsin, 1886.
Died in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., March
13, 1913 (age 77 years, 78
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Charles Swan Benton (1810-1882) —
also known as Charles S. Benton —
of Little Falls, Herkimer
County, N.Y.; Mohawk, Herkimer
County, N.Y.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis.
Born in Fryeburg, Oxford
County, Maine, July 12,
1810.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1843-47; candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin, 1862; probate judge in Wisconsin,
1874-81.
Died in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., May 4,
1882 (age 71 years, 296
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Edward C. Krause (1914-1950) —
of La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis.
Born in 1914.
Republican. Member of Wisconsin
state assembly from La Crosse County 1st District, 1941-46;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin,
1944.
Died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., November
20, 1950 (age about 36
years).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Merlin Hull (1870-1953) —
of Black River Falls, Jackson
County, Wis.
Born in Warsaw, Kosciusko
County, Ind., December
18, 1870.
Lawyer;
newspaper
publisher; Jackson
County District Attorney, 1907-09; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1909-16; Speaker of
the Wisconsin State Assembly, 1913-16; secretary
of state of Wisconsin, 1917-21; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin, 1929-31, 1935-53 (7th District
1929-31, 9th District 1935-53); died in office 1953.
Died in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., May 17,
1953 (age 82 years, 150
days).
Original interment at Oak Grove Cemetery; reinterment in 1959 somewhere
in Black River Falls, Wis.
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Onalaska
Cemetery
La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin
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William Henry Stevenson (1891-1978) —
also known as William H. Stevenson —
of La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis.
Born in Kenosha, Kenosha
County, Wis., September
23, 1891.
Republican. La
Crosse County District Attorney, 1940; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1941-49; defeated,
1948.
Died in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., March
19, 1978 (age 86 years, 177
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Onalaska Cemetery.
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Hamilton
Cemetery
West Salem, La Crosse County, Wisconsin
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Harry Wilbur Griswold (1886-1939) —
also known as Harry W. Griswold —
of West Salem, La Crosse
County, Wis.
Born near West Salem, La Crosse
County, Wis., May 19,
1886.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Wisconsin
state senate 32nd District, 1933-36; defeated, 1936; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1939; died in office
1939.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 4,
1939 (age 53 years, 46
days).
Interment at Hamilton Cemetery.
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Frank Potter Coburn (1858-1932) —
of Wisconsin.
Born near West Salem, La Crosse
County, Wis., December
6, 1858.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 7th District, 1891-93.
Died in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., November
2, 1932 (age 73 years, 332
days).
Interment at Hamilton Cemetery.
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