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John Miller Baer (1886-1970) —
of North Dakota.
Born in Black Creek, Outagamie
County, Wis., March
29, 1886.
Civil engineer; farmer; cartoonist;
postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from North Dakota 1st District, 1917-21; defeated
(Non-Partisan League), 1920.
Congregationalist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
18, 1970 (age 83 years, 326
days).
Interment at Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring, Md.
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Alex Davison Bailey (b. 1882) —
also known as Alex D. Bailey —
of La Grange, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Salem, Kenosha
County, Wis., February
14, 1882.
Engineer; utility
company executive; village
president of La Grange, Illinois, 1935-37.
Member, Newcomen
Society; Tau Beta
Pi; Union
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry H. Eng (b. 1948) —
also known as Hank Eng —
of Appleton, Outagamie
County, Wis.; Arapahoe
County, Colo.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., February
7, 1948.
Democrat. Served
in the Peace Corps; aerospace
engineer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Colorado 6th District, 2008.
Jewish.
Chinese
ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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John D. Hess (1951-2004) —
of Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis.
Born in Rhinelander, Oneida
County, Wis., August
24, 1951.
Civil engineer; mayor of
Wausau, Wis., 1992-97; resigned 1997.
Died, from a heart
attack, November
30, 2004 (age 53 years, 98
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Rhinelander, Wis.
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Francis Bowler Keene (b. 1856) —
also known as Francis B. Keene —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., December
11, 1856.
Engineer; coal
sales agent; newspaper
editor; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1899-1902; U.S. Consul in Florence, 1903-05; Geneva, 1905-15; U.S. Consul General in Zurich, 1915-17; Rome, 1917-24.
Member, American
Historical Association; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. David Keene and Susan Elizabeth (Bowler) Keene; married, November
8, 1893, to Emerin Price Semple. |
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Rufus King (1814-1876) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
26, 1814.
Republican. Civil engineer; newspaper
editor; delegate
to Wisconsin state constitutional convention, 1848; superintendent
of schools; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Wisconsin, 1856;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister to Papal States, 1863.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
13, 1876 (age 62 years, 261
days).
Interment at Grace
Church Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens, N.Y.
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Howard Everett Race (b. 1918) —
also known as Howard E. Race —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., May 9,
1918.
Republican. Engineer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; member of Wisconsin
Republican State Central Committee, 1962; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1964.
Member, American
Legion.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Homer D. Race and Estelle Maude (Herman) Race; married, August
14, 1944, to Mary Theresa Thiery. |
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Edward Schildhauer (b. 1872) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in New Holstein, Calumet
County, Wis., August
21, 1872.
Republican. Engineer; business
executive; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1948.
Member, Tau Beta
Pi.
Did engineering work on Panama Canal locks, 1906-14.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph A. Schmitz (b. 1898) —
of Germantown, Washington
County, Wis.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., July 5,
1898.
Republican. Draftsman;
engineer; water main
inspector; building
contractor; hotel
business; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Washington County, 1939-44; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1956.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Wisconsin Blue Book 1940 |
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John Reynard Todd (c.1868-1945) —
also known as John R. Todd —
of Summit, Union
County, N.J.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Johnstown, Rock
County, Wis., about 1868.
Republican. Lawyer;
president of the Todd Robertson Todd construction
and engineering firm; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Jersey, 1928,
1932,
1940.
Member, Union
League.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 12,
1945 (age about 77
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Reno W. Trego (1877-1961) —
of Merrill, Lincoln
County, Wis.; Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis.
Born near Blairstown, Benton
County, Iowa, August
24, 1877.
Progressive. Machinist;
automobile
dealer; real estate
agent; hotel
operator; trucking
business; electric
utility engineer; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Lincoln County, 1937-40.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis., November
3, 1961 (age 84 years, 71
days).
Interment at Garrison Cemetery, Garrison, Iowa.
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Evan S. Tyler (1843-1923) —
of Owatonna, Steele
County, Minn.; Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Damascus, Wayne
County, Pa., March
22, 1843.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; civil engineer;
merchant;
banker;
mayor
of Fargo, N.Dak., 1876-77; member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1889, 1895-96.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, in the Metropole Hotel,
Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., August
24, 1923 (age 80 years, 155
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Delavan, Wis.
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Relatives:
Married to Clara Estella Barnes. |
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