Index to Locations
Racine Graceland Cemetery
Racine Monument Square
Racine Mound Cemetery
Racine West Lawn Memorial Park
Wind Lake Norway Lutheran Cemetery
Graceland
Cemetery
Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin
Politicians buried
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Walter Samuel Goodland (1862-1947) —
also known as Walter S. Goodland —
of Racine, Racine
County, Wis.
Born in Sharon, Walworth
County, Wis., December
22, 1862.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; mayor of
Racine, Wis., 1911-15; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Wisconsin, 1912,
1928;
member of Wisconsin
state senate 21st District; elected 1930; Lieutenant
Governor of Wisconsin, 1939-45; Governor of
Wisconsin, 1943-47; died in office 1947.
Died March
12, 1947 (age 84 years, 80
days).
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
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Monument
Square
Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin
Politicians who have
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Jerome Increase Case (1819-1891) —
also known as Jerome I. Case —
of Racine, Racine
County, Wis.
Born in Williamstown, Oswego
County, N.Y., December
11, 1819.
Inventor;
threshing
machine manufacturer; mayor of
Racine, Wis., 1856, 1858, 1860; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1865-66; banker.
Died in Racine, Racine
County, Wis., December
22, 1891 (age 72 years, 11
days).
Entombed at Mound Cemetery; memorial monument
at Monument Square.
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Mound
Cemetery
Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin
Politicians buried
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James Rood Doolittle (1815-1897) —
also known as James R. Doolittle —
of Racine, Racine
County, Wis.
Born in Hampton, Washington
County, N.Y., January
3, 1815.
Democrat. Circuit judge in Wisconsin 1st Circuit, 1853-56; U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1857-69; candidate for Governor of
Wisconsin, 1871; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Wisconsin, 1872,
1876
(speaker);
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1892.
Died in Edgewood, Cranston, Providence
County, R.I., July 23,
1897 (age 82 years, 201
days).
Interment at Mound Cemetery.
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Henry Allen Cooper (1850-1931) —
also known as Henry A. Cooper —
of Racine, Racine
County, Wis.
Born in Spring Prairie, Walworth
County, Wis., September
8, 1850.
Republican. Lawyer; Racine
County District Attorney, 1880-86; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Wisconsin, 1884,
1908,
1924;
member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1887-89; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 1st District, 1893-1919, 1921-31;
defeated, 1890, 1918; died in office 1931.
Died March 1,
1931 (age 80 years, 174
days).
Interment at Mound Cemetery.
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Jerome Increase Case (1819-1891) —
also known as Jerome I. Case —
of Racine, Racine
County, Wis.
Born in Williamstown, Oswego
County, N.Y., December
11, 1819.
Inventor;
threshing
machine manufacturer; mayor of
Racine, Wis., 1856, 1858, 1860; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1865-66; banker.
Died in Racine, Racine
County, Wis., December
22, 1891 (age 72 years, 11
days).
Entombed at Mound Cemetery; memorial monument at Monument Square.
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Peter Bering Nelson (1869-1960) —
also known as Peter B. Nelson —
of Racine, Racine
County, Wis.
Born in Wisconsin, April
16, 1869.
Dry goods
merchant; Vice-Consul
for Denmark in Racine,
Wis., 1892-1907; mayor of
Racine, Wis., 1903-07.
Danish
ancestry.
Died October
4, 1960 (age 91 years, 171
days).
Interment at Mound Cemetery.
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William L. Utley (1813-1887) —
of Wisconsin.
Born in 1813.
Greenback candidate for Governor of
Wisconsin, 1884.
Died in 1887
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Mound Cemetery.
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Lucius Sawyer Blake (1816-1894) —
also known as Lucius S. Blake —
of Racine, Racine
County, Wis.
Born in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., March
14, 1816.
Republican. Carpenter;
builder;
woollen
manufacturer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Wisconsin, 1872;
Presidential Elector for Wisconsin, 1880.
Died in Racine, Racine
County, Wis., November
4, 1894 (age 78 years, 235
days).
Entombed at Mound Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Levi Blake and Mary Ann 'Polly' (Sanford) Blake; married 1843 to
Caroline Elliot. |
|  | Epitaph: "There is sweet rest in
heaven." |
|  | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Julia Anderson Schnetz —
of Racine, Racine
County, Wis.
Republican. Member of Republican
National Committee from Wisconsin, 1924.
Female.
Interment at Mound Cemetery.
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West Lawn
Memorial Park
Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin
Politicians buried
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Lawrence Henry Smith (1892-1958) —
also known as Lawrence H. Smith —
of Racine, Racine
County, Wis.
Born in Racine, Racine
County, Wis., September
15, 1892.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 1st District, 1941-58; died in
office 1958.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in the U.S. Capitol
Building, Washington,
D.C., January
22, 1958 (age 65 years, 129
days).
Interment at West Lawn Memorial Park.
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Norway Lutheran
Cemetery
6235 Heg Park Road
Wind Lake, Racine County, Wisconsin
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
Politicians buried
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Lynn Ellsworth Stalbaum (1920-1999) —
also known as Lynn E. Stalbaum —
of Racine, Racine
County, Wis.; Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Waterford, Racine
County, Wis., May 15,
1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Wisconsin
state senate 21st District, 1955-65; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 1st District, 1965-67; defeated,
1966, 1968.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kiwanis.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., June 27,
1999 (age 79 years, 43
days).
Interment at Norway Lutheran Cemetery.
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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; statue at State Capitol Grounds, Madison, Wis.
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Merrill Emmet Stalbaum (1911-1999) —
also known as Merrill E. Stalbaum —
Born in Norway town, Racine
County, Wis., April
24, 1911.
Republican. Farmer; surveyor;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1961-72; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 1st District, 1972.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died, in Burlington Memorial Hospital,
Burlington, Racine
County, Wis., August
30, 1999 (age 88 years, 128
days).
Interment at Norway Lutheran Cemetery.
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