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Lafayette County
Wisconsin

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Lafayette County

Index to Locations Argyle Old Argyle Cemetery Darlington Holy Rosary Cemetery Darlington Union Grove Cemetery Shullsburg Evergreen Cemetery Old Argyle Cemetery Argyle, Lafayette County, Wisconsin Politicians buried here:   John Z. Saxton (1792-1872) — of Fredonia, Chautauqua County, N.Y.; Argyle, Lafayette County, Wis. Born in Fredonia, Chautauqua County, N.Y., October 24, 1792. Democrat. Postmaster at Fredonia, N.Y., 1835-39. Baptist. Died in Argyle, Lafayette County, Wis., October 30, 1872 (age 80 years, 6 days). Interment at Old Argyle Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Mary Akin; married 1862 to Mary (Ferguson) LaFollette (mother of Robert Marion LaFollette).   Political families: Eastman family; LaFollette family of Madison, Wisconsin (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Holy Rosary Cemetery Darlington, Lafayette County, Wisconsin Politicians buried here:   John Joseph Boyle (1885-1944) — also known as John J. Boyle — of Darlington, Lafayette County, Wis. Born in Gratiot, Lafayette County, Wis., July 23, 1885. Democrat. Lawyer; Lafayette County District Attorney, 1920-25; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, 1932; U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, 1935-44. Catholic. Died in March, 1944 (age 58 years, 0 days). Interment at Holy Rosary Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John Joseph Boyle (1855-1932) and Rose Anna (Gallagher) Boyle; married, June 6, 1916, to Mabel Stansell.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Union Grove Cemetery Darlington, Lafayette County, Wisconsin Politicians buried here:   Henry Sterling Magoon (1832-1889) — of Wisconsin. Born in Monticello, Green County, Wis., January 31, 1832. Republican. Member of Wisconsin state senate, 1871-72; U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1875-77. First Wisconsin native to serve in that state's legislature. Died in Darlington, Lafayette County, Wis., March 3, 1889 (age 57 years, 31 days). Interment at Union Grove Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   James Gideon Monahan (1855-1923) — of Wisconsin. Born in Wisconsin, 1855. Republican. U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1919-21. Died in 1923 (age about 68 years). Interment at Union Grove Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Evergreen Cemetery Shullsburg, Lafayette County, Wisconsin Politicians buried here:   Sovarro Cramer (1853-1930) — of Ames, Story County, Iowa; Hancock, Houghton County, Mich. Born in Pennsylvania, 1853. Real estate agent; mayor of Ames, Iowa, 1898-99. Died November 20, 1930 (age about 77 years). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Andrew Cramer and Susan (Arnold) Cramer; married, February 23, 1884, to Mary Ann George.

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