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Wood County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Wood County

Index to Locations Marshfield Unknown location Marshfield Hillside Cemetery Wisconsin Rapids Forest Hill Cemetery Unknown Location Marshfield, Wood County, Wisconsin Politicians buried here:   William Duncan Connor (1864-1944) — also known as William D. Connor — of Marshfield, Wood County, Wis. Born near Stratford, Ontario, March 24, 1864. Republican. Wisconsin Republican state chair, 1904-08; Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, 1907-09. Died in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz., November 20, 1944 (age 80 years, 241 days). Interment somewhere.   Relatives: Father of Helen Connor (who married Melvin Robert Laird Sr.); grandfather of Melvin Robert Laird Jr.; great-grandfather of Jessica Laird (who married James Edward Doyle).   Political family: Laird-Doyle family of Marshfield, Wisconsin.   See also Wikipedia article Hillside Cemetery Marshfield, Wood County, Wisconsin Politicians buried here: William Henry Upham (1841-1924) — also known as William H. Upham — of Marshfield, Wood County, Wis. Born in Westminster, Worcester County, Mass., May 3, 1841. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; merchant; sawmill owner; mayor of Marshfield, Wis., 1886-88, 1891-92; Governor of Wisconsin, 1895-97. Member, Grand Army of the Republic. Died in Marshfield, Wood County, Wis., July 2, 1924 (age 83 years, 60 days). Interment at Hillside Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Alvin Upham and Sarah 'Sally' (Derby) Upham; brother of Calvin Hoadley Upham; married, December 19, 1867, to Mary Cornelia Kelley; married, June 1, 1914, to Grace Wilson Mason; uncle of Frederic William Upham; second cousin of Isaiah Blood; second cousin once removed of William Upham and Alonzo Sidney Upham; third cousin once removed of Don Alonzo Joshua Upham; fourth cousin of Charles Leslie Upham; fourth cousin once removed of Jabez Upham, George Baxter Upham, Nathaniel Upham, Samuel Finley Vinton, Charles Wentworth Upham and Walter Hamilton Garfield.   Political families: Upham #1 family of Massachusetts and New Hampshire; Upham #2 family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: North Wood County Historical Society Forest Hill Cemetery Wisconsin Rapids, Wood County, Wisconsin Politicians buried here:   George Wilson Mead (1871-1961) — also known as George W. Mead — of Grand Rapids (now Wisconsin Rapids), Wood County, Wis.; Wisconsin Rapids, Wood County, Wis. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., February 22, 1871. Republican. Paper manufacturer; banker; mayor of Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., 1926-32; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1932. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons; Theta Delta Chi; Union League. Died in Wisconsin Rapids, Wood County, Wis., October 2, 1961 (age 90 years, 222 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Darius Raymond Mead and Abigail Crane (Spare) Mead; married, October 18, 1899, to Ruth Emily Witter.   Mead Park, in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, is named for him.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial William Walter Clark (1885-1971) — also known as William W. Clark — of Vesper, Wood County, Wis. Born in Plum City, Pierce County, Wis., July 7, 1885. Republican. School teacher; farmer; county agricultural extension agent; member of Wisconsin state assembly from Wood County, 1921-22, 1939-40, 1943-52; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1948; member of Wisconsin state senate 24th District, 1953-60. Died in Wood County, Wis., May 15, 1971 (age 85 years, 312 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of William Clark and Clarissa Esabella (White) Clark; married to Estella Lillian Junkman.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book 1940   Joseph Wood (1809-1890) — of Little Fort (now Waukegan), Lake County, Ill.; Grand Rapids (now Wisconsin Rapids), Wood County, Wis. Born in Camden, Oneida County, N.Y., October 16, 1809. Farmer; postmaster at Little Fort, Ill., 1841-42; Grand Rapids, Wis., 1861; lumber business; merchant; hotelier; Wisconsin state lands commissiner, 1848-52; member of Wisconsin state assembly, 1856; Wood County Judge; mayor of Grand Rapids, Wis., 1870. Died in Wood County, Wis., February 5, 1890 (age 80 years, 112 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Daniel Wood; married 1833 to Hester Jane Kirtland; married, November 21, 1844, to Matilda Compton.   Wood County, Wis. is named for him.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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