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Paul R. Alfonsi (1908-1989) —
of Minocqua, Oneida
County, Wis.; Middleton Branch, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Pence, Iron
County, Wis., February
13, 1908.
School
teacher and principal; insurance
business; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1933-40, 1959-70 (Iron and Vilas counties
1933-40, Iron, Oneida and Vilas counties 1959-70); Speaker of
the Wisconsin State Assembly, 1937; served in the U.S. Army
during World War II; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Wisconsin; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Wisconsin, 1964.
Corsican ancestry.
Died November
22, 1989 (age 81 years, 282
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Wisconsin Blue Book 1940 |
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George Antheme Beauchamp (1899-1990) —
also known as George A. Beauchamp —
of Grosse Pointe Shores, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Superior, Douglas
County, Wis., May 4,
1899.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for supervisor
of Grosse Pointe Township, Michigan.
French Canadian ancestry.
Died, in Beaumont Hospital,
Royal Oak, Oakland
County, Mich., March
12, 1990 (age 90 years, 312
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Leon Donald Case (b. 1877) —
also known as Leon D. Case —
of Watervliet, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Ellsworth, Pierce
County, Wis., January
15, 1877.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; member of Michigan
state senate 7th District, 1913-14, 1933-36; defeated, 1914,
1928; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1936; secretary
of state of Michigan, 1937-38; defeated, 1938.
English
and French ancestry.
Interment at Old
Watervliet Cemetery, Watervliet, Mich.
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Sylvester Jones Conklin (b. 1829) —
also known as S. J. Conklin —
of Waterloo, Jefferson
County, Wis.; Watertown, Codington
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.).
Born in Penn Yan, Yates
County, N.Y., May 5,
1829.
Republican. Shoemaker;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1859, 1869; served in the Union Army during the
Civil War; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Wisconsin, 1868;
newspaper
publisher; Adjutant
General of South Dakota, 1901-03.
Dutch,
Welsh,
and French ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1848 to Maria
Wait; married 1884 to Mattie
Greenslate; married 1895 to Anna
Duff. |
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Manual, 1903 |
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Francis W. Fanslow (1862-1938) —
also known as Frank W. Fanslow —
of Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak.
Born in Beaver Dam, Dodge
County, Wis., October
6, 1862.
Mayor
of Yankton, S.Dak., 1904; defeated, 1920.
German
and French ancestry.
Died in Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak., April
18, 1938 (age 75 years, 194
days).
Interment at Sacred Heart Cemetery, Yankton, S.Dak.
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John S. Fanslow (1860-1933) —
also known as John Fanslow —
of Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak.
Born in Wisconsin, October, 1860.
Democrat. Wagon
maker; blacksmith;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Dakota, 1904
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
German
and French ancestry.
Died in Yankton, Yankton
County, S.Dak., May 8,
1933 (age 72 years, 0
days).
Interment at Sacred Heart Cemetery, Yankton, S.Dak.
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Alexander Faribault (1806-1882) —
of Mendota, Dakota
County, Minn.
Born in Prairie du Chien, Crawford
County, Wis., June 22,
1806.
Fur trader;
Founder
of the city of Faribault, Minnesota; member of Minnesota
territorial House of Representatives 7th District, 1851.
French and Dakota
Indian ancestry.
Died in Faribault, Rice
County, Minn., 1882
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Faribault, Minn.
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Paul Oscar Adolph Husting (1866-1917) —
also known as Paul O. Husting —
of Mayville, Dodge
County, Wis.
Born in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac
County, Wis., April
25, 1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; Dodge
County District Attorney, 1903-06; member of Wisconsin
state senate 13th District, 1907-14; U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1915-17; died in office 1917; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, 1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
French, Luxemburgian,
and Menominee
Indian ancestry.
Accidentally
shot
in the back by his brother Gustave, when he stood up in his
boat while duck
hunting on Rush Lake, and died soon after in a nearby farmhouse,
near Pickett, Winnebago
County, Wis., October
21, 1917 (age 51 years, 179
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Mayville, Wis.
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Solomon Juneau (1793-1856) —
also known as Laurent-Salomon Juneau —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in L'Asumption, Quebec,
August
9, 1793.
Democrat. Fur
trader; founder of Milwaukee; postmaster at Milwaukee,
Wis., 1835-43; mayor
of Milwaukee, Wis., 1846-47.
Catholic.
French ancestry.
Died, reportedly from appendicitis,
in Keshena, Shawano County (now Menominee
County), Wis., November
14, 1856 (age 63 years, 97
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1866 at Calvary
Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.; cenotaph at Juneau
Park, Milwaukee, Wis.
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John J. Kempf (b. 1857) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Granville town, Milwaukee
County, Wis., May 4,
1857.
Republican. Shoe
merchant; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1889-91; Milwaukee
County Register of Deeds; member of Wisconsin
Republican State Central Committee, 1900-03; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1900;
Wisconsin
state treasurer, 1903-04, 1905-07.
German
and French ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Marion LaFollette (1855-1925) —
also known as Robert M. LaFollette; "Fighting
Bob"; "Battling Bob" —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Primrose, Dane
County, Wis., June 14,
1855.
Lawyer;
Dane
County District Attorney, 1880-84; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 3rd District, 1885-91; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1896
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker),
1904;
Governor
of Wisconsin, 1901-06; U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1906-25; died in office 1925; candidate
for Republican nomination for President, 1908,
1916;
Progressive candidate for President
of the United States, 1924.
French ancestry.
Died of heart
disease complicated by asthma
and pneumonia,
in Washington,
D.C., June 18,
1925 (age 70 years, 4
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.
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William Barbour Pedigo (1870-1932) —
also known as W. B. Pedigo; "Bill
Bob" —
of Stuart, Patrick
County, Va.; Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va.; Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis.
Born, in a log
cabin, at Elamsville, Patrick
County, Va., January
28, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; Patrick
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1895-99; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1896;
candidate for West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1906; mayor
of Parkersburg, W.Va., 1907-11.
Baptist.
French ancestry.
Died, of tuberculosis,
in Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., October
23, 1932 (age 62 years, 269
days).
Interment at Myrtle
Hill Memorial Park, Tampa, Fla.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Lewis Pedigo and Sarah Amanda (Taylor) Pedigo; married 1896 to Lena
Attaway. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Edward Amos Seymour (1887-1965) —
also known as Edward A. Seymour —
of De Pere, Brown
County, Wis.
Born in De Pere, Brown
County, Wis., August
1, 1887.
Republican. School
principal; superintendent
of schools; mayor of
De Pere, Wis., 1950-54; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Brown County 3rd District, 1955-58; defeated,
1958.
French ancestry.
Died in West De Pere, Brown
County, Wis., July 4,
1965 (age 77 years, 337
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Amable Couture 'Amos' Seymour and Mary (Florentine) Seymour;
married, June 19,
1919, to Laura Caroline Knuth. |
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