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Stanley Nelson Barnes (1900-1990) —
also known as Stanley N. Barnes —
of San Marino, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Pasadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Baraboo, Sauk
County, Wis., May 1,
1900.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
superior court judge in California, 1947-53; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1956-70; took
senior status 1970.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Sigma
Chi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died March 5,
1990 (age 89 years, 308
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Russell H. Bengel (1898-1984) —
of Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich.
Born in Racine, Racine
County, Wis., September
4, 1898.
Republican. Accountant;
treasurer, General Products Corp.; mayor
of Jackson, Mich., 1936-39.
Episcopalian.
He and his wife donated $1 million to the Michigan Wildlife Habitat
Foundation.
Died in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., February
15, 1984 (age 85 years, 164
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Bengel and Margaret (Roth) Bengel; married to Ruth
Ingram. |
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Andrew Gould Chatfield (1810-1875) —
also known as Andrew G. Chatfield —
of Addison, Steuben
County, N.Y.; Racine, Racine
County, Wis.; Belle Plaine, Scott
County, Minn.
Born in Butternuts, Otsego
County, N.Y., January
27, 1810.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from Steuben County, 1839-41, 1846; justice of
Minnesota territorial supreme court, 1853-57.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Belle Plaine, Scott
County, Minn., October
3, 1875 (age 65 years, 249
days).
Interment at Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration Cemetery, Belle Plaine,
Minn.
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Relatives: Son
of Enos Chatfield and Hannah (Starr) Chatfield; married, June 27,
1836, to Eunice Electa Clark Beeman; sixth great-grandson of Thomas
Welles; first cousin thrice removed of Almon
Ferdinand Rockwell; second cousin of Philo
Fairchild Barnum and Phineas
Taylor Barnum; third cousin once removed of Charles
Robert Sherman and Truman
Hotchkiss; fourth cousin of Charles
Taylor Sherman, William
Tecumseh Sherman, Lampson
Parker Sherman, John
Sherman, Benjamin
Pulaski Chatfield and Glover
Wheeler Cable; fourth cousin once removed of Asahel
Otis, Nathan
Summers Beardslee and Hobart
Chatfield Chatfield-Taylor. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The city
of Chatfield, in Fillmore
and Olmsted
counties, Minnesota, is named for
him. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Darwin Clark (1812-1899) —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in 1812.
.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1899
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.
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Francis Shepard Cornell (1899-1985) —
also known as F. Shepard Cornell —
of Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Charlottesville,
Va.
Born in Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., July 13,
1899.
Republican. Stockbroker;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1940; general
manager, Kankakee Works of the A.O. Smith Corporation, manufacturers
of water heaters.
Episcopalian. Member, Psi
Upsilon; Rotary.
Died in September, 1985
(age 86
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Birdsall Cornell and Eleanor (Jackson) Cornell; married, February
28, 1923, to Helen Leigh Best; married, May 18,
1933, to Nathalie Lee Laimbeer; married, July 27,
1943, to Lucille Fraser. |
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Henry Christian Augustus Damm (1874-1929) —
also known as Henry C. A. Damm —
of Sewanee, Franklin
County, Tenn.
Born in West Bloomfield, Waushara
County, Wis., January
19, 1874.
Orange
grower; school
teacher; U.S. Consul in Cornwall, 1909-12; Stettin, 1912-15; Aix-la-Chapelle, 1915-17; Stavanger, 1917-18, 1919; Christiania, 1918; Copenhagen, 1919-20; Malaga, 1920-21; Valencia, 1921-22; Nogales, 1922-29, died in office 1929.
Episcopalian.
Died in Nogales, Sonora,
August
24, 1929 (age 55 years, 217
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Conrad Damm and Maria (Markworth) Damm; married 1902 to Alice
Mary Ann Purdue. |
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Samuel Fallows (1835-1922) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Pendleton, Lancashire, England,
December
13, 1835.
Republican. Minister;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; Wisconsin
superintendent of public instruction, 1870-74; president,
Wesleyan University, 1874; bishop; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888.
Methodist;
later Reformed Episcopal Church. Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
5, 1922 (age 86 years, 266
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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Relatives:
Married to Lucy Bethia Huntington. |
| | | Personal motto: "Do with your might
what your hands find to do." |
| | | Epitaph: "He walked with God - God
took him." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Guy Despard Goff (1866-1933) —
also known as Guy D. Goff —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va.
Born in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va., September
13, 1866.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1911-15; colonel
in the U.S. Army during World War I; member, U.S. Shipping Board,
1920-21; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1925-31; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1928.
Episcopalian.
Died in Thomasville, Thomas
County, Ga., January
7, 1933 (age 66 years, 116
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Marshall Conant Graff (1892-1966) —
also known as Marshall C. Graff —
of Appleton, Outagamie
County, Wis.
Born in Elkhorn, Walworth
County, Wis., June 6,
1892.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1948.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion.
Died July 22,
1966 (age 74 years, 46
days).
Interment at Fort
Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Tex.
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Jared Comstock Gregory (1828-1892) —
also known as Jared C. Gregory —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Butternuts, Otsego
County, N.Y., January
13, 1828.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Madison, Wis., 1873-74; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1880
(Convention
Vice-President); postmaster at Madison,
Wis., 1886-90.
Episcopalian.
Died February
17, 1892 (age 64 years, 35
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.
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Frank Bateman Keefe (1887-1952) —
also known as Frank B. Keefe —
of Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis.
Born in Winneconne, Winnebago
County, Wis., September
23, 1887.
Republican. Lawyer; Winnebago
County District Attorney, 1922-28; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 6th District, 1939-51.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Eagles.
Died February
5, 1952 (age 64 years, 135
days).
Interment at Lake
View Memorial Park, Oshkosh, Wis.
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Norman Wolfred Kittson (1814-1888) —
also known as Norman W. Kittson; "Commodore
Kittson" —
of Pembina, Pembina
County, Minn. (now N.Dak.); St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Sorel, Lower Canada (now part of Sorel-Tracy, Quebec),
March
5, 1814.
Democrat. Fur
trader; helped end the Hudson Bay Company's fur trading monopoly
in 1849; member
Minnesota territorial council 7th District, 1852-55; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1858-59; operated steamboats
on the Red River from Minnesota north into Winnipeg in the 1870s;
worked with James J. Hill to build the St. Paul, Minneapolis and
Manitoba Railway
in 1879-81.
Episcopalian. English
ancestry.
Died in the dining
car of a train
en route from Chicago to St. Paul, near Roberts, St. Croix
County, Wis., May 10,
1888 (age 74 years, 66
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Walter Jodok Kohler (1875-1940) —
also known as Walter J. Kohler —
of Kohler, Sheboygan
County, Wis.
Born in Sheboygan, Sheboygan
County, Wis., March 3,
1875.
Republican. Chairman of Kohler Co., manufacturers
of bathtubs and plumbing supplies, founded by his father in 1873;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Wisconsin; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1928;
Governor
of Wisconsin, 1929-31; defeated, 1932.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died April
21, 1940 (age 65 years, 49
days).
Interment somewhere
in Kohler, Wis.
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William Henry Harrison Llewellyn (b. 1854) —
also known as William H. H. Llewellyn —
of Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb.; Las Cruces, Dona Ana
County, N.M.
Born in Monroe, Green
County, Wis., September
9, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Mexico Territory,
1884,
1896
(member, Credentials
Committee; speaker),
1904;
U.S. Indian Agent for Apache Indians, 1881-85; director and attorney
for mining
companies; attorney for Western Union Telegraph
Co.; member of New Mexico
territorial House of Representatives, 1897, 1901-03; Speaker
of New Mexico Territory House of Representatives, 1897; major in
the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S.
Attorney for New Mexico, 1905-07; member of New
Mexico state house of representatives, 1912.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Alexander M. MacKay (1881-1952) —
also known as Sandy MacKay —
of West Branch, Ogemaw
County, Mich.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., January
13, 1881.
Republican. Jeweler;
postmaster;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1937-52 (Arenac District 1937-44,
Gladwin District 1945-52); died in office 1952.
Episcopalian. Scottish
and English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died December
9, 1952 (age 71 years, 331
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1901 to Cora
E. Winslow; married, July 7,
1924, to Mrs. Anna Bowman. |
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Nathan Langley Marden (1896-1957) —
also known as Nathan L. Marden —
of Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis.
Born in Chichester, Merrimack
County, N.H., February
9, 1896.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; insurance
agent; candidate for mayor
of Oshkosh, Wis., 1951.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died May 10,
1957 (age 61 years, 90
days).
Cremated.
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Warner E. Mills Jr. (1922-1987) —
of Rock
County, Wis.
Born in Kirksville, Adair
County, Mo., 1922.
Democrat. Chair of
Rock County Democratic Party, 1964; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Wisconsin, 1984.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Fort Collins, Larimer
County, Colo., October
1, 1987 (age about 65
years).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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George Bliss Nelson (b. 1876) —
also known as George B. Nelson —
of Stevens Point, Portage
County, Wis.; Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Amherst, Portage
County, Wis., May 21,
1876.
Republican. Lawyer; Portage
County District Attorney, 1906-12; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Wisconsin, 1908;
justice
of Wisconsin state supreme court, 1930-40; appointed 1930.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Theta
Delta Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James J. Nelson and Juniata P. (Andrews) Nelson; married, April
16, 1912, to Ruth Weller. |
| | | Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book
1940 |
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Edward D. Roberts (1864-1920) —
of Colton, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Born in Cambria, Columbia
County, Wis., July 18,
1864.
Republican. California
state treasurer, 1911-15; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1912.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died, three days after surgery for acute appendicitis,
at Ramona Hospital,
San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif., August
4, 1920 (age 56 years, 17
days).
Entombed at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
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Albert George Schmedeman (1864-1946) —
also known as Albert G. Schmedeman —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., November
25, 1864.
Democrat. U.S. Minister to Norway, 1913-21; mayor
of Madison, Wis., 1926-32; Governor of
Wisconsin, 1933-35; defeated, 1928, 1934.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
One leg was
amputated as a result of gangrene infection in 1934.
Died November
26, 1946 (age 82 years, 1
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.
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Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach (1894-1948) —
also known as Lewis B. Schwellenbach —
of Neppel (now Moses Lake), Grant
County, Wash.
Born in Superior, Douglas
County, Wis., September
20, 1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; chair of
King County Democratic Party, 1928-30; candidate for Governor of
Washington, 1932; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1935-40; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington, 1940-45;
resigned 1945; U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1945-48; died in office 1948.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; American
Society for International Law; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American Bar
Association; Rotary;
Elks; Eagles.
Died in Walter
Reed Hospital, Washington,
D.C., June 10,
1948 (age 53 years, 264
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli
Memorial Park, Seattle, Wash.
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Frank James Sensenbrenner Jr. (b. 1943) —
also known as F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. —
of Shorewood, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Menomonee Falls, Waukesha
County, Wis.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 14,
1943.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1969-75; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1975-79; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin, 1979-2004 (9th District 1979-2003,
5th District 2003-04); delegate to Republican National Convention
from Wisconsin, 2004.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Henry Harrison Stowell (1840-1922) —
also known as William H. H. Stowell —
of Burkeville, Nottoway
County, Va.; Appleton, Outagamie
County, Wis.; Duluth, St. Louis
County, Minn.; Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass.
Born in West Windsor, Windsor
County, Vt., July 26,
1840.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1871-77; Virginia
Republican state chair, 1872-73; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Virginia, 1876;
founder, secretary-treasurer, Fox River Pulp
Co., Atlas Paper
Co., Duluth Iron and
Steel Co.; president of Manufacturers Bank of
West Duluth, 1889-1895.
Episcopalian. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died in Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass., April
27, 1922 (age 81 years, 275
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Walter Herman Tank (1897-1961) —
also known as Walter H. Tank —
of Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis.
Born in Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis., May 25,
1897.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; truck
driver; Business
agent, Local 126, Truck Drivers Union (later Teamsters Union);
candidate for mayor
of Oshkosh, Wis., 1939 (primary), 1943; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Winnebago County 1st District, 1943; defeated
in Progressive primary, 1936.
Episcopalian. German
ancestry. Member, Teamsters
Union; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, in Mercy Hospital,
Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis., July 1,
1961 (age 64 years, 37
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Oshkosh, Wis.
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Relatives: Son
of Ferdinand Wilhelm Tank and Wilhelmina 'Minnie' (Mueller) Tank;
married 1930 to Olga
Meta Jeske. |
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Clark Wallace Thompson (1896-1981) —
also known as Clark W. Thompson —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., August
6, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; insurance
business; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1933-35, 1947-67 (7th District
1933-35, 9th District 1947-67); served in the U.S. Marine Corps
during World War II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1956
(alternate), 1964.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Delta Theta; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Eagles;
Redmen.
Died in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., December
16, 1981 (age 85 years, 132
days).
Interment at Galveston
Memorial Park Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.
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Artur Anton Vogel (1924-2012) —
also known as Artur A. Vogel —
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., February
24, 1924.
Republican. Minister;
bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri, 1973-89; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1976.
Episcopalian.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., March 6,
2012 (age 88 years, 11
days).
Burial location unknown.
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