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Politicians in Farm Supply and Services in Wisconsin
including fertilizer and farm implement dealers

Frank Adams (b. 1856) — of Gunnison, Gunnison County, Colo. Born in Iowa County, Wis., August 29, 1856. Democrat. Merchant; cattle trader; mayor of Gunnison, Colo., 1884; postmaster; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1892 (member, Committee to Notify Nominees); national bank examiner, 1893. Burial location unknown. Arthur E. Austin (b. 1891) — of Lowville town, Columbia County, Wis. Born in Lowville town, Columbia County, Wis., January 22, 1891. Republican. Farmer; livestock dealer; member of Wisconsin state assembly from Columbia County, 1939-46. Burial location unknown.   Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book 1940 Taylor Groves Brown (1890-1957) — also known as Taylor G. Brown — of Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wis. Born in Richland County, Wis., February 28, 1890. Republican. School teacher and principal; county agricultural extension agent; dairy farmer; bank director; mayor of Oshkosh, Wis., 1930-33; defeated, 1935; candidate for U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 6th District, 1932; member of Wisconsin state senate 19th District, 1939-50. Died in Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wis., July 18, 1957 (age 67 years, 140 days). Interment at Lake View Memorial Park, Oshkosh, Wis.   Relatives: Son of Violetta Coralyn (Groves) Brown and James Russell Brown; married 1915 to Bergina H. Hauge.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book 1940   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, Racine, Wis.; memorial monument at Monument Square, Racine, Wis.   Relatives: Son of Calebv Case and Deborah (Jackson) Case; married 1849 to Lydia Ann Bull; father of Jackson Irving Case.   Jerome I. Case High School, in Mt. Pleasant, Wisconsin, is named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — 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, Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.   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   Darvin Pratt Clough (1840-1910) — also known as Darvin P. Clough — of Darien, Walworth County, Wis. Born in Nelson, Madison County, N.Y., February, 1840. Republican. Livestock dealer; member of Wisconsin state assembly from Walworth County, 1899-1900. Died in Darien, Walworth County, Wis., 1910 (age about 70 years). Interment at Darien Cemetery, Darien, Wis.   Relatives: Son of William Ward Clough and Sarah Rogers 'Sally' (Pratt) Clough; married 1872 to Alice S. Birchwell; third cousin of George W. Clough and Harlan Page Andrews; third cousin twice removed of Alva Esten Clough; fourth cousin of William Bradbury Small and William Rockwell Clough; fourth cousin once removed of David Kidder, Samuel Merrill, David Marston Clough and Clarence Ambrose Clough.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Clough family of New Hampshire (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians). Charles W. Gillam (b. 1861) — of Windom, Cottonwood County, Minn. Born in Omro, Winnebago County, Wis., 1861. Grain and farm implement dealer; real estate business; banker; mayor of Windom, Minn.; member of Minnesota state senate 10th District, 1915-26; defeated, 1926. Burial location unknown.   See also Minnesota Legislator record   Image source: Minnesota Legislative Manual 1917 Lester Roland Johnson (1901-1975) — also known as Lester Johnson — of Black River Falls, Jackson County, Wis. Born in Brandon, Fond du Lac County, Wis., June 16, 1901. Democrat. Lumber, feed, and coal business; lawyer; Jackson County District Attorney, 1943-46, 1953; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, 1952; U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 9th District, 1953-65; member of Wisconsin Democratic State Central Committee, 1954. Died in Augusta, Eau Claire County, Wis., July 24, 1975 (age 74 years, 38 days). Interment at Brandon Cemetery, Brandon, Wis.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — OurCampaigns candidate detail   Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book 1954 Reid Fred Murray (1887-1952) — also known as Reid F. Murray — of Waupaca, Waupaca County, Wis.; Ogdensburg, Waupaca County, Wis. Born in Ogdensburg, Waupaca County, Wis., October 16, 1887. Republican. University professor; county agricultural extension agent; U.S. Representative from Wisconsin 7th District, 1939-52; died in office 1952. Died in Bethesda Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., April 29, 1952 (age 64 years, 196 days). Interment at Park Cemetery, Near Ogdensburg, Waupaca County, Wis.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book 1940   Melvin J. Olson (b. 1887) — of South Wayne, Lafayette County, Wis. Born in Blanchard Township, Lafayette County, Wis., May 18, 1887. Republican. Implement dealer; member of Wisconsin state senate 17th District, 1950; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1948. Burial location unknown. Paul J. Rogan (b. 1918) — of Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.; Brookfield, Waukesha County, Wis. Born in Eagle, Walworth County, Wis., August 21, 1918. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; feed store manager; member of Wisconsin state assembly from Rusk and Sawyer counties, 1949-52; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1952 (alternate), 1960 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization); member of Wisconsin state senate, 1953-55 (12th District 1953-54, 23rd District 1955); resigned 1955; Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner, 1955. Member, Jaycees. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.   Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book 1954 Alexander Wild Thornely (1845-1908) — also known as Alexander W. Thornely; John Alexander Wylde Thornely — of La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wis.; Long Prairie, Todd County, Minn.; Tacoma, Pierce County, Wash. Born in Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales, March, 1845. Naturalized U.S. citizen; bookkeeper; feed and grain business; customs broker; secretary, Crescent Coal Company; Vice-Consul for Mexico in Tacoma, Wash., 1906-08. English ancestry. Shot in the head by two robbers, and died four days later in Fannie Paddock Hospital, Tacoma, Pierce County, Wash., January 24, 1908 (age 62 years, 0 days). Interment at Tacoma Cemetery, Tacoma, Wash.   Relatives: Son of Sarah (Roberts) Thornely and Robert Thornely; married, September 6, 1881, to Louise Lavinia Hinkley.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Tacoma News Tribune, January 21, 1908   Andrew F. Warga (b. 1919) — of Phillips, Price County, Wis. Born in Thayer, Sangamon County, Ill., February 12, 1919. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; farmer; garage business; farm implement dealer; member of Wisconsin state assembly from Price and Taylor counties; elected 1958. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.

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