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Theodore Abrahamson (1900-1978) —
of Tigerton, Shawano
County, Wis.; Wittenberg, Shawano
County, Wis.
Born in Lyngdal, Norway,
June
24, 1900.
Republican. Dairy farmer;
grain elevator business; bank
director; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Shawano County, 1959-62.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died in October, 1978
(age 78
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Huy Addams (1822-1881) —
also known as John H. Addams —
of Cedarville, Stephenson
County, Ill.
Born in Sinking Spring, Berks
County, Pa., July 12,
1822.
Republican. Owner of Cedar Creek Mill, which produced lumber and
flour; dirctor, Illinois Central Railroad;
president, Second National Bank of
Freeport, Illinois; member of Illinois
state senate, 1855-61, 1863-71 (4th District 1855-61, 22nd
District 1863-71); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1868
(member, Credentials
Committee; speaker).
Died, of appendicitis,
in a hotel at
Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis., August
17, 1881 (age 59 years, 36
days).
Interment at Cedarville
Cemetery, Cedarville, Ill.
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Dana Reed Bailey (b. 1833) —
also known as Dana R. Bailey —
of Highgate, Franklin
County, Vt.; St. Albans, Franklin
County, Vt.; Baldwin, St. Croix
County, Wis.; Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Montgomery, Franklin
County, Vt., April
27, 1833.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1868;
Franklin
County State's Attorney; member of Vermont
state senate, 1871-74; founder of village of Baldwin, Wis., 1871;
built the Matchless Flour Mills there, and owned three saw mills;
member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1878-79; St.
Croix County Commissioner, 1880-82; insurance
business; Minnehaha
County State's Attorney, 1890-95.
Burial location unknown.
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George H. Brickner (1834-1904) —
of Sheboygan Falls, Sheboygan
County, Wis.
Born in Anspach, Bavaria, Germany,
January
21, 1834.
Democrat. Merchant;
miller; manufacturer;
U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 5th District, 1889-95.
German
ancestry.
Died August
12, 1904 (age 70 years, 204
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Sheboygan Falls, Wis.
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B. W. Countryman (b. 1867) —
of Spencer, McCook
County, S.Dak.
Born in Grant
County, Wis., February
28, 1867.
Republican. Farmer; hardware
business; grain dealer; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 11th District, 1903-06.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1889 to Alice
E. Parkhurst. |
| | | Image source: South Dakota Legislative
Manual, 1903 |
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James Ole Davidson (1854-1922) —
also known as James O. Davidson —
of Soldiers Grove, Crawford
County, Wis.
Born in Sogne, Norway,
February
10, 1854.
Republican. Miller; merchant;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1893-99; Wisconsin
state treasurer, 1899-1903; Lieutenant
Governor of Wisconsin, 1903-07; Governor of
Wisconsin, 1906-11.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died December
16, 1922 (age 68 years, 309
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.
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Fred R. Fisher —
of Waupaca, Waupaca
County, Wis.
Born in Farmington, Waupaca
County, Wis.
Republican. Flour mill business; mayor of Waupaca, Wis.;
member of Wisconsin
state senate 23rd District, 1939-42.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Wisconsin Blue Book 1940 |
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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.
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Edward Dwight Holton (1815-1892) —
also known as Edward D. Holton —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Lancaster, Coos
County, N.H., April
28, 1815.
Abolitionist; wheat trader; Liberty candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory, 1845; founder,
Milwaukee and Prairie du Chien Railroad;
banker;
Free Soil candidate for Governor of
Wisconsin, 1853; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Wisconsin; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin,
1856;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Milwaukee County 4th District, 1860.
Died, from malaria
and erysipelas,
in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., April
21, 1892 (age 76 years, 359
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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Relatives:
Married, October
14, 1845, to Lucinda Millard. |
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of Holton,
Kansas, is named for
him. — Holton Hall, at the University
of Wisconsin Milwaukee,
is named for
him. — Holton Street,
in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, is named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Arthur Tappan Kellogg (1835-1916) —
also known as Arthur Kellogg —
of Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis.
Born in Adams, Jefferson
County, N.Y., July 18,
1835.
Republican. Insurance
business; flour mill owner; dry goods
merchant; candidate for mayor
of Oshkosh, Wis., 1899.
Died in Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis., January
26, 1916 (age 80 years, 192
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Oshkosh, Wis.
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Relatives: Son
of Lewis Kellogg and Louisa (Breed) Kellogg; married 1857 to Julia
Cornell; first cousin thrice removed of Aaron
Kellogg; third cousin once removed of Ashbel
Griswold, Greene
Carrier Bronson, John
Russell Kellogg, George
Smith Catlin and Francis
William Kellogg; third cousin twice removed of Jason
Kellogg, Charles
Kellogg (1773-1842), Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Timothy
Merrill and Daniel
Fiske Kellogg; fourth cousin of Selah
Merrill; fourth cousin once removed of Luther
Walter Badger, Silas
Dewey Kellogg, Chester
Ashley, Daniel
Kellogg, Alvan
Kellogg, Alvah
Nash, Day
Otis Kellogg, Dwight
Kellogg, Albert
Gallatin Kellogg, Ensign
Hosmer Kellogg, Farrand
Fassett Merrill, Charles
Kellogg (1839-1903), William
Lucius Case, Edward
Russell Kellogg and Albert
Clinton Griswold. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Orville W. Mosher (b. 1853) —
of St.
Croix County, Wis.
Born in Dodge
County, Wis., November
8, 1853.
Republican. School
principal; miller; grain dealer; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from St. Croix County, 1899-1900; member of Wisconsin
state senate 10th District, 1901-03.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Siller (b. 1835) —
of Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in St. Petersburg, Russia,
May
27, 1835.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; grain shipper; bank
director; U.S. Consular Agent in Haida, 1898-1902.
Burial location unknown.
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D. H. Smith —
of Miller, Hand
County, S.Dak.
Born in Marquette
County, Wis.
Grain agent; grocer; South
Dakota railroad commissioner, 1903-09.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903 |
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Samuel E. Squires (b. 1882) —
also known as S. E. Squires —
of near Mason, Bayfield
County, Wis.
Born in Iowa, September
27, 1882.
Republican. School
teacher; grain merchant; farmer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Bayfield County; defeated, 1936; elected
1942, 1948.
Burial location unknown.
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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.
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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 |
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