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Politicians in Nautical and Maritime Trades in Wisconsin
including Shipbuilding and Fishing

Octavien Jean Baptiste Brice (1837-1911) — also known as O. J. B. Brice — of Green Bay, Brown County, Wis. Born in Jodoigne, Belgium, April 6, 1837. Real estate and insurance business; steamship agent; notary public; Brown County Sheriff; Consul for Belgium in Green Bay, Wis., 1880-1907. Member, Knights of Pythias. Died in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., May 25, 1911 (age 74 years, 49 days). Interment at Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.   Presumably named for: John the Baptist   Relatives: Son of Jean Louis Brice and Marie Joseph (Straele) Brice; married, October 25, 1857, to Odile Josèphe Fontaine; married, April 14, 1879, to Mary Rebecca Gray.   Harold W. Clemens (b. 1918) — of Lac La Belle, Waukesha County, Wis. Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis., October 21, 1918. Republican. Machinist and toolmaker; printer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; boat livery operator; member of Wisconsin state assembly from Waukesha County 2nd District, 1957-68; Wisconsin state treasurer, 1968-71. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.   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.   Kittson County, Minn. and Norman County, Minn. are named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Minnesota Legislator record   Robert E. Lynch — of Green Bay, Brown County, Wis. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Democrat. Player and manager for professional baseball teams; public relations officer for Kewaunee Shipbuilding and Engineering Corporation; member of Wisconsin state assembly, 1933-36, 1943-58 (Brown County 1st District 1933-36, 1943-54, Brown County 2nd District 1955-58). Burial location unknown. James S. Mace — of Superior, Douglas County, Wis. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Progressive. Sailor; railroad switchman; member of Wisconsin state assembly from Douglas County 1st District, 1939-40. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.   Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book 1940   David Parshall Mapes (1798-1890) — also known as David P. Mapes — of Roxbury, Delaware County, N.Y.; Ripon, Fond du Lac County, Wis. Born in Coxsackie, Greene County, N.Y., January 10, 1798. Steamboat business; member of New York state assembly from Delaware County, 1831; merchant; candidate for Presidential Elector for Wisconsin. Principal founder of Ripon College, 1850. Died in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac County, Wis., May 18, 1890 (age 92 years, 128 days). Interment at Hillside Cemetery, Ripon, Wis.   Relatives: Son of Timothy Mapes and Hannah (Brown) Mapes; married, April 14, 1822, to Ruth Frisbee; married, January 26, 1855, to Mary C. Frisbee; married, November 9, 1864, to Emeline (Huntsinger) Wilson; married, September 15, 1883, to Augusta R. Miles; father of Fannie Mapes (who married Otto Christian Neuman); first cousin once removed of Jonas Mapes; third cousin once removed of George Hammond Parshall; third cousin thrice removed of Irving Anthony Jennings and Renz L. Jennings; fourth cousin once removed of David Gardiner and Bertha Mapes.   Mapes Hall (built 1959), at Ripon College, Ripon, Wisconsin, is named for him.   Epitaph: "In grateful recognition of David P, Mapes, for his vision and valuable services as pioneer, founder, benefactor and promoter of the City of Ripon and its College, the citizens of Ripon dedicate this marker."   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Edward Sloman Minor (1840-1924) — also known as Edward S. Minor — of Fish Creek, Door County, Wis.; Sturgeon Bay, Door County, Wis. Born in Point Peninsula, Jefferson County, N.Y., December 13, 1840. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; hardware business; member of Wisconsin state assembly, 1878, 1880-81; member of Wisconsin state senate, 1883-85; superintendent of Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Canal, 1884-91; U.S. Representative from Wisconsin, 1895-1907 (8th District 1895-1903, 9th District 1903-07); postmaster. Died in Sturgeon Bay, Door County, Wis., July 26, 1924 (age 83 years, 226 days). Interment at Bayside Cemetery, Sturgeon Bay, Wis.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Jack B. Olson (b. 1920) — of Wisconsin Dells, Columbia County, Wis. Born in Kilbourn City (now Wisconsin Dells), Columbia County, Wis., August 29, 1920. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; manager, Olson Boat Company, Wisconsin Dells; chair of Columbia County Republican Party, 1957-60; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1960, 1964, 1972; Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin, 1963-65, 1967-71; candidate for Governor of Wisconsin, 1970; U.S. Ambassador to Bahamas, 1976-77. Presbyterian. Member, American Legion. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Grover Olson and Jane (Zimmerman) Olson; married to Eleanor Lang.   See also U.S. State Dept career summary   Samuel W. Randolph (b. 1872) — of Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wis. Born in Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wis., December 5, 1872. Democrat. Harbor master; member of Wisconsin state senate 15th District, 1903-14. Burial location unknown.   Carlos Douglas Shelden (1840-1904) — also known as Carlos D. Shelden — of Houghton, Houghton County, Mich. Born in Walworth, Walworth County, Wis., June 10, 1840. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; machinist; real estate business; steamboat business; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Houghton County 2nd District, 1893-94; member of Michigan state senate 32nd District, 1895-96; U.S. Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1897-1903. Died in Houghton, Houghton County, Mich., June 24, 1904 (age 64 years, 14 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Houghton, Mich.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Almur Stiles Whiting (1889-1959) — also known as Almur S. Whiting — of Duluth, St. Louis County, Minn.; Mobile, Mobile County, Ala. Born in Wausau, Marathon County, Wis., March 2, 1889. Republican. Shipyard paymaster; lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1944, 1952 (alternate). Died in Mobile, Mobile County, Ala., February 5, 1959 (age 69 years, 340 days). Interment at Pine Crest Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.   Relatives: Son of Welcome Wilmarth Whiting and Medora Nancy (Stiles) Whiting; married to Erna Louise Rakowsky; second cousin twice removed of Isaac Backus and John Milton Thayer; second cousin four times removed of Samuel Adams and John Adams; third cousin of Arthur Laban Bates; third cousin thrice removed of Joseph Allen and John Quincy Adams; fourth cousin of Emor L. Calkins; fourth cousin once removed of Adin Ballou Capron.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Fairbanks-Adams family; Saltonstall-Weeks family of Massachusetts; Adams-Waite-Forshee-Cowan family of Dexter, Michigan; Pike family of Lubec, Maine; Adams-Rusling family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Epitaph: "He still lives in our hearts."   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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