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Rasmus Björn Anderson (1846-1936) —
also known as Rasmus B. Anderson —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Albion, Dane
County, Wis., January
12, 1846.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Wisconsin, 1868;
university
professor; U.S. Minister to Denmark, 1885-89; newspaper editor and publisher; insurance
executive; postmaster at Madison,
Wis., 1910.
Lutheran.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., March 2,
1936 (age 90 years, 50
days).
Interment at Lake
Ripley Cemetery, Near Cambridge, Dane County, Wis.
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Walter Hubert Annenberg (1908-2002) —
also known as Walter H. Annenberg —
of Wynnewood, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., March
13, 1908.
Vice-president of his father's company, which published the Racing
Form and other newspapers; he and his father were indicted
for tax
evasion in 1939, but the charges against him were dismissed as
part of a plea bargain; inherited the company when his father died;
founder of Seventeen and TV Guide; owner of radio and
television stations; philanthropist; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1969-74.
Jewish
ancestry. Member, Newcomen
Society; Phi
Sigma Delta; Sigma
Delta Chi; Zeta
Beta Tau.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1986.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Wynnewood, Montgomery
County, Pa., October
1, 2002 (age 94 years, 202
days).
Interment at Sunnyland
Estate, Rancho Mirage, Calif.
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Emil Baensch (1857-1939) —
of Manitowoc, Manitowoc
County, Wis.
Born in Manitowoc, Manitowoc
County, Wis., June 12,
1857.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor and publisher; Manitowoc
County Judge, 1888-94; Lieutenant
Governor of Wisconsin, 1895-99; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1904.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Royal
League; American
Historical Association.
Died in Manitowoc, Manitowoc
County, Wis., 1939
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Manitowoc, Wis.
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Robert McKee Bashford (1845-1911) —
also known as Robert M. Bashford —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Lafayette
County, Wis., December
31, 1845.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; lawyer; mayor
of Madison, Wis., 1890-91; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1893-96; law
professor; justice of
Wisconsin state supreme court, 1908.
Died in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., January
29, 1911 (age 65 years, 29
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Morris Bashford and Mary Ann (McKee) Bashford; married to
Florence E. Taylor and Sarah Amelia Fuller. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Victor Luitpold Berger (1860-1929) —
also known as Victor L. Berger —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Nieder-Rehbach, Austria,
February
28, 1860.
Socialist. Emigrated to the United States in 1878; school
teacher; newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 5th District, 1911-13, 1919,
1923-29; defeated, 1904, 1920; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1918; delegate to Socialist National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1920; Chairman of Socialist Party, 1927-29.
Jewish
ancestry. Member, International
Typographical Union.
He and Eugene
V. Debs founded the Socialist Party. He opposed
U.S. entry into World War I; in Chicago in 1918, he was tried
and convicted
under the Espionage
Act, and sentenced
to twenty years in prison;
elected to Congress anyway, he was denied a
seat in 1919-21 to to alleged disloyalty.
In 1921, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed his conviction; the cases
against him were withdrawn; he resumed his seat in Congress in 1923.
Injured in a streetcar
accident, and subsequently died, in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., August
7, 1929 (age 69 years, 160
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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Arnie F. Betts (1909-1993) —
of Lodi, Columbia
County, Wis.
Born in Waterloo, Jefferson
County, Wis., January
7, 1909.
Republican. Farmer;
secretary to Lt. Gov. Walter
S. Goodland; newspaper editor and publisher; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Columbia County, 1947-52.
Member, Rotary.
Died September
16, 1993 (age 84 years, 252
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick Elliott Biermann (1884-1968) —
also known as Fred Biermann —
of Decorah, Winneshiek
County, Iowa.
Born in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., March
20, 1884.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
editor and publisher; postmaster;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1928,
1940;
U.S.
Representative from Iowa 4th District, 1933-39; defeated, 1938.
Agnostic.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., July 1,
1968 (age 84 years, 103
days). His body was
donated to the Iowa Medical School.
Interment at Phelps
Cemetery, Decorah, Iowa.
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Harry W. Bolens (b. 1864) —
of Port Washington, Ozaukee
County, Wis.
Born January
13, 1864.
Democrat. Inventor;
manufacturer;
newspaper publisher; farmer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 2nd District, 1920; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, 1924
(alternate), 1944
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee); member of Wisconsin
state senate 20th District, 1933-40; defeated, 1940.
Interment somewhere
in Port Washington, Wis.
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Image source:
Wisconsin Blue Book 1940 |
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Stephen Bolles (1866-1941) —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio; Erie, Erie
County, Pa.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Janesville, Rock
County, Wis.
Born in Springboro, Crawford
County, Pa., June 25,
1866.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor and
publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Wisconsin, 1928;
member of Wisconsin
Republican State Central Committee, 1936; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 1st District, 1939-41; died in
office 1941.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Kiwanis;
Grange.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 8,
1941 (age 75 years, 13
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Janesville, Wis.
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Clarence Alfred Bottolfsen (1891-1964) —
also known as C. A. Bottolfsen —
of Arco, Butte
County, Idaho.
Born in Superior, Douglas
County, Wis., October
10, 1891.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
publisher; member of Idaho
state house of representatives, 1921-24, 1929-32, 1959-64; Speaker of
the Idaho State House of Representatives, 1931; Idaho
Republican state chair, 1937-38; Governor of
Idaho, 1939-41, 1943-45; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1944.
Lutheran.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Boise, Ada
County, Idaho, July 18,
1964 (age 72 years, 282
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Arco, Idaho.
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Charles E. Broughton (1873-1956) —
of Sheboygan, Sheboygan
County, Wis.
Born in Lamartine, Fond du Lac
County, Wis., October
22, 1873.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; member of Democratic
National Committee from Wisconsin, 1932-41; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, 1932,
1936;
Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1939; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Wisconsin; owner of radio
station WHBL.
Member, Elks; Izaak
Walton League.
Died in Sheboygan, Sheboygan
County, Wis., October
31, 1956 (age 83 years, 9
days).
Interment at Wildwood
Cemetery, Sheboygan, Wis.
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Beriah Brown (1815-1900) —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Canandaigua, Ontario
County, N.Y., February
23, 1815.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Wisconsin; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin, 1857; mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1878-79.
Died in Anaconda, Deer Lodge
County, Mont., February
8, 1900 (age 84 years, 350
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
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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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John Bowman Chapple (1899-1989) —
also known as John B. Chapple —
of Wisconsin.
Born in 1899.
Newspaper editor; author; poet; historian;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1932 (Republican), 1938 (Independent
Townsend Republican); Independent candidate for U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 10th District, 1960.
Died in 1989
(age about
90 years).
Interment at St.
Agnes Cemetery, Ashland, Wis.
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Harmon Sweatland Conger (1816-1882) —
of Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y.; Janesville, Rock
County, Wis.
Born in Freeport, Cortland
County, N.Y., April 9,
1816.
Whig. Newspaper editor and publisher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 25th District, 1847-51; circuit
judge in Wisconsin 12th Circuit, 1871-82; died in office 1882.
Died in Janesville, Rock
County, Wis., October
22, 1882 (age 66 years, 196
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Janesville, Wis.
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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. |
| | | Image source: South Dakota Legislative
Manual, 1903 |
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Thomas Cleland Dawson (1865-1912) —
also known as Thomas C. Dawson —
of Enterprise, Volusia
County, Fla.; Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa.
Born in Hudson, St. Croix
County, Wis., July 30,
1865.
Newspaper publisher; lawyer;
U.S. Minister to Santo Domingo, 1904-07; Colombia, 1907-09; Chile, 1909; Panama, 1910; U.S. Consul General in Santo Domingo, 1904-07.
Presbyterian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 1,
1912 (age 46 years, 276
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Arah Day (1855-1928) —
also known as Frank A. Day —
of Fairmont, Martin
County, Minn.
Born in Green
County, Wis., September
30, 1855.
Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 38, 1878; member of Minnesota
Republican State Central Committee, 1884; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1887-97, 1927-28 (6th District 1887-97, 9th
District 1927-28); died in office 1928; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Minnesota, 1892;
Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1895-97; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 2nd District, 1896; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1904;
Minnesota
Democratic state chair, 1904-08.
Died December
27, 1928 (age 73 years, 88
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Peter Victor Deuster (1831-1904) —
also known as Peter V. Deuster —
of Port Washington, Ozaukee
County, Wis.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born near Aix-la-Chapelle, Prussia (now Aachen, Germany),
February
13, 1831.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; postmaster;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1863; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1870-71; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 4th District, 1879-85; U.S. Consul
in Crefeld, 1896-97.
Died in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., December
31, 1904 (age 73 years, 322
days).
Entombed at Calvary
Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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W. F. Doyle (1897-1988) —
of Menominee, Menominee
County, Mich.
Born in Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis., November
13, 1897.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; member of Michigan
state senate 10th District, 1933-34.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in 1988
(age about
90 years).
Interment at St.
Anne's Catholic Cemetery, Mackinac Island, Mich.
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Samuel Stillman Fifield (1839-1915) —
also known as Samuel S. Fifield —
of Ashland, Ashland
County, Wis.
Born in Corinna, Penobscot
County, Maine, June 24,
1839.
Republican. Newspaper editor; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1874-76; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1877-81; Lieutenant
Governor of Wisconsin, 1882-87; postmaster at Ashland,
Wis., 1889-93, 1897-1914.
Died in Ashland, Ashland
County, Wis., February
17, 1915 (age 75 years, 238
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Ashland, Wis.
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William Rufus Finch (1847-1913) —
also known as William R. Finch —
of La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis.
Born in Walworth
County, Wis., December
14, 1847.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; U.S. Surveyor of
Customs, 1881; U.S. Minister to Paraguay, 1898-1905; Uruguay, 1898-1905.
Died August
9, 1913 (age 65 years, 238
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William H. Goldthorpe (b. 1880) —
of Cuba City, Grant
County, Wis.
Born in Cobb, Iowa
County, Wis., September
25, 1880.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; postmaster;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Grant County 1st District, 1935-46.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Wisconsin Blue Book 1940 |
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Walter Samuel Goodland (1862-1947) —
also known as Walter S. Goodland —
of Racine, Racine
County, Wis.
Born in Sharon, Walworth
County, Wis., December
22, 1862.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor and publisher; mayor of
Racine, Wis., 1911-15; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Wisconsin, 1912,
1928;
member of Wisconsin
state senate 21st District; elected 1930; Lieutenant
Governor of Wisconsin, 1939-45; Governor of
Wisconsin, 1943-47; died in office 1947.
Died March
12, 1947 (age 84 years, 80
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Racine, Wis.
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Anthony Gruszka (b. 1910) —
of Mosinee, Marathon
County, Wis.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., January
14, 1910.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; advertising
business; insurance
agent; farmer;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Marathon County 1st District, 1939-40.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Wisconsin Blue Book 1940 |
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David I. Hammergren (b. 1875) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Cochrane, Buffalo
County, Wis.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., June 16,
1875.
Republican. Printer;
newspaper editor and publisher; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 33, 1905-06; member of
Wisconsin
state assembly from Buffalo and Pepin counties, 1939-44;
defeated, 1936; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Wisconsin, 1944.
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Clay Hansbrough (1848-1933) —
also known as Henry C. Hansbrough —
of San Jose, Santa
Clara County, Calif.; Baraboo, Sauk
County, Wis.; Devils Lake, Ramsey
County, N.Dak.
Born near Prairie du Rocher, Randolph
County, Ill., January
30, 1848.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; U.S.
Representative from North Dakota at-large, 1889-91; U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1891-1909.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
16, 1933 (age 85 years, 290
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Everis Anson Hayes (1855-1942) —
also known as Everis A. Hayes; E. A. Hayes —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.; Ironwood, Gogebic
County, Mich.; San Jose, Santa
Clara County, Calif.
Born in Waterloo, Jefferson
County, Wis., March
10, 1855.
Republican. Lawyer; fruit
grower;
newspaper publisher; U.S.
Representative from California, 1905-19 (5th District 1905-13,
8th District 1913-19); defeated, 1918.
Died in San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif., June 3,
1942 (age 87 years, 85
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Memorial Park, San Jose, Calif.
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Walter L. Houser (1855-1928) —
of Mondovi, Buffalo
County, Wis.
Born in Tidioute, Warren
County, Pa., May 6,
1855.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; farmer; secretary
of state of Wisconsin, 1903-07; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1908,
1912,
1916.
Died in Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla., April 7,
1928 (age 72 years, 337
days).
Interment at Oak
Park Cemetery, Mondovi, Wis.
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Relatives: Son
of James R. Houser and Margaret L. (Magee) Houser; married, February
6, 1877, to Susie LeGore. |
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James B. Hughes (1805-1873) —
of Meigs
County, Ohio; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Hudson, St. Croix
County, Wis.
Born in Prince
Edward County, Va., October
12, 1805.
Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; member of Ohio state legislature,
1838-39; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War.
Presbyterian.
Died in Hudson, St. Croix
County, Wis., August
11, 1873 (age 67 years, 303
days).
Interment at Willow
River Cemetery, Hudson, Wis.
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Relatives: Son
of Simon Hughes and Betsy Coleman (Bigger) Hughes; married, September
4, 1838, to Elizabeth Mather. |
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Merlin Hull (1870-1953) —
of Black River Falls, Jackson
County, Wis.
Born in Warsaw, Kosciusko
County, Ind., December
18, 1870.
Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; Jackson
County District Attorney, 1907-09; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1909-16; Speaker of
the Wisconsin State Assembly, 1913-16; secretary
of state of Wisconsin, 1917-21; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin, 1929-31, 1935-53 (7th District
1929-31, 9th District 1935-53); died in office 1953.
Died in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., May 17,
1953 (age 82 years, 150
days).
Original interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, La Crosse, Wis.; reinterment in 1959 somewhere
in Black River Falls, Wis.
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Ferdinand A. Husher (1825-1894) —
of La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Grand Forks, Grand
Forks County, N.Dak.
Born in Viborg, Denmark,
June
16, 1825.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; newspaper editor and publisher;
Register, U.S. Land Office, LaCrosse, Wis.; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Wisconsin; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 29, 1889-90; U.S. Consul
in Port Stanley, 1890-93; St. Thomas, 1890-93.
Lutheran.
Danish
ancestry.
Died in Grand Forks, Grand Forks
County, N.Dak., February
12, 1894 (age 68 years, 241
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Halsey Jenison (1907-1996) —
also known as Edward H. Jenison —
of Paris, Edgar
County, Ill.
Born in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac
County, Wis., July 27,
1907.
Republican. Newspaper editor; served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1947-53 (18th District 1947-49,
23rd District 1949-53); defeated, 1952, 1954; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1956,
1968
(alternate).
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Sigma
Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died June 22,
1996 (age 88 years, 331
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Francis Bowler Keene (b. 1856) —
also known as Francis B. Keene —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., December
11, 1856.
Engineer;
coal
sales agent; newspaper editor; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1899-1902; U.S. Consul in Florence, 1903-05; Geneva, 1905-15; U.S. Consul General in Zurich, 1915-17; Rome, 1917-24.
Member, American
Historical Association; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. David Keene and Susan Elizabeth (Bowler) Keene; married, November
8, 1893, to Emerin Price Semple. |
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John Edward Kelley (1853-1941) —
also known as John E. Kelley —
of Flandreau, Moody
County, S.Dak.
Born near Portage City (now Portage), Columbia
County, Wis., March
27, 1853.
Newspaper business; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 16th District, 1891-92; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota at-large, 1897-99; Register,
U.S. Land office, Pierre, S.D., 1915-18.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., August
5, 1941 (age 88 years, 131
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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William Vinson Kidder (1881-1934) —
also known as William V. Kidder —
of La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis.
Born in Urbana, Champaign
County, Ohio, August
10, 1881.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; inventor;
automobile
accessories business; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Wisconsin; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin,
1928.
Died, from a heart
attack, in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., April 5,
1934 (age 52 years, 238
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Rufus King (1814-1876) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
26, 1814.
Republican. Civil
engineer; newspaper editor; delegate
to Wisconsin state constitutional convention, 1848; superintendent
of schools; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Wisconsin, 1856;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister to Papal States, 1863.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
13, 1876 (age 62 years, 261
days).
Interment at Grace
Church Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens, N.Y.
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Benjamin Franklin Langworthy (1822-1907) —
also known as B. F. Langworthy —
of Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis.; Mower
County, Minn.
Born in Mansfield, Richland
County, Ohio, January
20, 1822.
Farmer;
newspaper editor; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 13, 1859-60.
Died in Brownsdale, Mower
County, Minn., January
23, 1907 (age 85 years, 3
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Curtis Daniel MacDougall (1903-1985) —
also known as Curtis D. MacDougall —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac
County, Wis., February
11, 1903.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 10th District, 1944.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Pi
Delta Epsilon; Pi
Kappa Delta; Acacia.
Died in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., November
10, 1985 (age 82 years, 272
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Rienzi
Cemetery, Fond du Lac, Wis.
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Relatives: Son
of Gilbert Thomas MacDougall and Isabella (McCollum) MacDougall;
married to Genevieve Rockwood. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Myron Hawley McCord (1840-1908) —
also known as Myron H. McCord —
of Shawano, Shawano
County, Wis.; Merrill, Lincoln
County, Wis.; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Ceres, McKean
County, Pa., November
26, 1840.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; lumberman;
farmer;
member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1873-74; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Wisconsin, 1876;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1880-82; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 9th District, 1889-91; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Arizona Territory, 1896;
Governor
of Arizona Territory, 1897-98; colonel in the U.S. Army during
the Spanish-American War.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died of Bright's
disease, in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., April
27, 1908 (age 67 years, 153
days).
Interment at Merrill
Memorial Park Cemetery, Merrill, Wis.
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Robert Bruce McCoy (1867-1926) —
also known as Robert McCoy —
of Sparta, Monroe
County, Wis.
Born in Kenosha, Kenosha
County, Wis., September
5, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; Monroe
County Judge; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American
War; served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; served in the
U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for Governor of
Wisconsin, 1920.
Died, of pernicious
anemia, in Sparta, Monroe
County, Wis., January
5, 1926 (age 58 years, 122
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Sparta, Wis.
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John Howard McLean (1860-1933) —
also known as John H. McLean —
of Iron Mountain, Dickinson
County, Mich.; Ironwood, Gogebic
County, Mich.
Born in Neenah, Winnebago
County, Wis., June 6,
1860.
Republican. Mining and
railroad
executive; founder
of Iron Mountain Press newspaper; Dickinson
County Treasurer, 1897-98; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1904.
Catholic;
later Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, of a stroke,
in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 6,
1933 (age 72 years, 334
days).
Interment at Fort
Howard Memorial Park, Green Bay, Wis.
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Isaac E. Messmore (1821-1902) —
of La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis.; Washington,
D.C.; Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Ontario,
August
21, 1821.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1861; circuit judge in Wisconsin 6th Circuit,
1861-62; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; assistant
commissioner, U.S. Revenue Bureau; real estate
developer; newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1880
(member, Credentials
Committee); candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 6th District, 1894.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
8, 1902 (age 80 years, 140
days).
Interment at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Oscar Haskell Morris (b. 1876) —
also known as Oscar H. Morris —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., March 8,
1876.
Republican. Newspaper sports
editor; member of Wisconsin
state senate 4th District, 1921-33.
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Louis Murphy (1875-1936) —
also known as Louis Murphy —
of Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa.
Born in Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa, November
6, 1875.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Iowa, 1920,
1936;
U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1933-36; died in office 1936.
Catholic.
Died in an automobile
accident near Chippewa Falls, Chippewa
County, Wis., July 16,
1936 (age 60 years, 253
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa.
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Louis Bernard Nagler (1871-1947) —
also known as Louis B. Nagler —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., February
28, 1871.
Republican. Journalist; author;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin,
1940.
German
ancestry.
Died of prostate
cancer, in Polk
County, Wis., May 8,
1947 (age 76 years, 69
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, East Farmington, Wis.
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Relatives: Son
of Louis J. Nagler and Catherine (Schottmuller) Nagler; married, June 20,
1912, to Ellen Torelle. |
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Gerald Prentice Nye (1892-1971) —
also known as Gerald P. Nye —
of Cooperstown, Griggs
County, N.Dak.
Born in Hortonville, Outagamie
County, Wis., December
19, 1892.
Newspaper editor; candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Dakota 2nd District, 1924; U.S.
Senator from North Dakota, 1925-45; appointed 1925; defeated,
1944, 1946; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
North Dakota, 1936.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 17,
1971 (age 78 years, 210
days).
Interment at Fort
Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Md.
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Mike O'Callaghan (1929-2004) —
also known as Donal Neil O'Callaghan —
of Henderson, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., September
10, 1929.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; hit by
a mortar round and lost his
lower left leg; legislative aide to U.S. Sen. Howard
W. Cannon; Governor of
Nevada, 1971-79; executive editor, Las Vegas Sun
newspaper.
Catholic.
Suffered a heart
attack at St. Viator Catholic Church,
and died soon after in a hospital,
Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev., March 5,
2004 (age 74 years, 177
days).
Interment at Southern
Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Boulder City, Nev.
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Alvin Edward O'Konski (1904-1987) —
also known as Alvin E. O'Konski —
of Mercer, Iron
County, Wis.; Rhinelander, Oneida
County, Wis.
Born near Kewaunee, Kewaunee
County, Wis., May 26,
1904.
Republican. School
teacher; college
professor; superintendent
of schools; newspaper publisher; candidate for Wisconsin
state senate 1st District, 1934; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 10th District, 1943-73; defeated,
1972; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1957; owner of WOSA and WLIN radio
stations; president, WAEO television
station, Rhinelander, Wis.
Member, Pi
Kappa Delta.
Died in Kewaunee, Kewaunee
County, Wis., July 8,
1987 (age 83 years, 43
days).
Interment at St.
Hedwig's Cemetery, Kewaunee, Wis.
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George Howard Paul (1826-1890) —
also known as George H. Paul —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.; Kenosha, Kenosha
County, Wis.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Danville, Caledonia
County, Vt., March
14, 1826.
Democrat. Lawyer;
postmaster at Burlington,
Vt., 1849; Kenosha,
Wis., 1853-61; Milwaukee,
Wis., 1885-89; mayor
of Kenosha, Wis., 1857-59; newspaper editor; superintendent
of schools; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Wisconsin, 1872;
Wisconsin
railroad commissioner, 1874-76; member of Democratic
National Committee from Wisconsin, 1876; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1878-81.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., May 18,
1890 (age 64 years, 65
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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Hubert Haskell Peavey (1881-1937) —
also known as Hubert H. Peavey —
of Washburn, Bayfield
County, Wis.
Born in Adams, Mower
County, Minn., January
12, 1881.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1913-15; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin, 1923-35 (11th District 1923-33,
10th District 1933-35).
Died in Washburn, Bayfield
County, Wis., November
21, 1937 (age 56 years, 313
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Washburn, Wis.
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George Wilbur Peck (1840-1916) —
also known as George W. Peck —
of Ripon, Fond du
Lac County, Wis.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Henderson, Jefferson
County, N.Y., September
28, 1840.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
publisher; mayor
of Milwaukee, Wis., 1890; Governor of
Wisconsin, 1891-95; defeated, 1894, 1904.
Died April
16, 1916 (age 75 years, 201
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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William Thomas Rawleigh (b. 1870) —
also known as William T. Rawleigh —
of Freeport, Stephenson
County, Ill.
Born near Mineral Point, Iowa
County, Wis., December
3, 1870.
Merchant;
newspaper editor; manufacturer;
mayor
of Freeport, Ill., 1909-11; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1911-12; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Illinois; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Illinois; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1932.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles David Rawleigh and Sarah Malinda (Babcock) Rawleigh;
married, November
16, 1890, to Minnie B. Trevillian; married, March
14, 1923, to M. Marguerite Schneider. |
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William Gillett Ritch (1830-1904) —
also known as William G. Ritch —
of Wisconsin.
Born in Ulster
County, N.Y., May 4,
1830.
Ulster
County Clerk; served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1867; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Wisconsin; newspaper editor; secretary
of New Mexico Territory, 1880.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Engle, Sierra
County, N.M., September
14, 1904 (age 74 years, 133
days).
Interment at Santa
Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M.
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Edward J. Roethe (b. 1878) —
of Fennimore, Grant
County, Wis.
Born in Whitewater, Walworth
County, Wis., May 12,
1878.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; mayor of Fennimore, Wis.,
1919-26; member of Wisconsin
state senate 16th District, 1925-32, 1937-40; defeated, 1932.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Wisconsin Blue Book 1940 |
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William C. Rogers —
of La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis.
Republican. Newspaper editor; postmaster at La
Crosse, Wis., 1861-62.
Burial location unknown.
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Horace Rublee (1829-1896) —
of Wisconsin.
Born in Berkshire, Franklin
County, Vt., August
19, 1829.
Republican. School
teacher; newspaper reporter; Wisconsin
Republican state chair, 1859-69, 1877-79; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Wisconsin, 1868;
U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1869-76; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Switzerland, 1876.
Died in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., October
19, 1896 (age 67 years, 61
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.
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William Aloysius Ryan (1919-2001) —
also known as William A. Ryan; Bill Ryan —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va., May 2,
1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; President
and financial
secretary, United Auto Workers Local 104; editor of The Wage
Earner newspaper; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1958-82 (Wayne County 3rd
District 1958-64, 3rd District 1965-72, 14th District 1973-82); Speaker of
the Michigan State House of Representatives, 1969-74; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1968.
Catholic.
Member, United
Auto Workers.
Died following a stroke,
in the Martin Luther Holt nursing
home, Holt, Ingham
County, Mich., October
9, 2001 (age 82 years, 160
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at St.
Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Lester L. Schnare (b. 1884) —
of Fitzgerald, Ben Hill
County, Ga.; Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.; Washington,
D.C.; Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Mondovi, Buffalo
County, Wis., May 15,
1884.
School
teacher; newspaper editor; stenographer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Shanghai, 1916-17; Canton, 1917-18; Yokohama, 1918; U.S. Consul in Yokohama, 1920, 1921; Kobe, 1920-21, 1921-22; Swatow, 1922-23; Cartagena, 1923-27; Breslau, 1927-31; Hamburg, 1931-35; Milan, 1935-38.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry W. Schnare and Anna M. (Hefling) Schnare; married, September
29, 1919, to Margaret B. Kloss. |
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Carl Christian Schurz (1829-1906) —
also known as Carl Schurz —
of Watertown, Jefferson
County, Wis.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; St.
Louis, Mo.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Liblar (now part of Erfstadt), Germany,
March
2, 1829.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Wisconsin, 1857; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1860;
U.S. Minister to Spain, 1861; general in the Union Army during the Civil War;
newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Missouri, 1868
(Temporary
Chair; speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1869-75; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1877-81.
German
ancestry. Member, American
Philosophical Society.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 14,
1906 (age 77 years, 73
days).
Interment at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.; statue at Morningside
Park, Manhattan, N.Y.
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The community
of Schurz,
Nevada, is named for
him. — Mount
Schurz, in Park
County, Wyoming, is named for
him. — Carl Schurz Park,
in Manhattan,
New York, is named for
him. — Carl Schurz High
School, in Chicago,
Illinois, is named for
him. — Schurz Elementary
School, in Watertown,
Wisconsin, is named for
him. — Carl Schurz Elementary
School, in New
Braunfels, Texas, is named for
him. |
| | | Politician named for him: Carl
S. Thompson
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary |
| | | Books about Carl Schurz: Hans Louis
Trefousse, Carl
Schurz: A Biography |
| | | Image source: William C. Roberts,
Leading Orators (1884) |
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Charles Seymour (b. 1821) —
of La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis.
Born in Vermont, 1821.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; postmaster at La
Crosse, Wis., 1871-82; U.S. Consul in Canton, as of 1884-97.
Burial location unknown.
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John R. Sharpstein (1823-1892) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Richmond, Ontario
County, N.Y., May 23,
1823.
Democrat. Lawyer; Kenosha
County District Attorney, 1851; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1852-53 (16th District 1852, 8th District 1853); U.S.
Attorney for Wisconsin, 1853-57; postmaster at Milwaukee,
Wis., 1857-58; newspaper editor; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Wisconsin, 1860;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1863; law partner of Henry
L. Palmer, 1863-64; district judge in California 12th District,
1874; justice of
California state supreme court, 1880-92; died in office 1892.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., December
27, 1892 (age 69 years, 218
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Kate Crittenden. |
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William Simon U'Ren (1859-1949) —
also known as W. S. U'Ren —
of Milwaukie, Clackamas
County, Ore.
Born in Lancaster, Grant
County, Wis., January
10, 1859.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1897-98; Independent candidate
for Governor of
Oregon, 1914.
Cornish
ancestry.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., March 8,
1949 (age 90 years, 57
days).
Entombed at Wilhelm's Portland Memorial, Portland, Ore.; memorial monument
at Clackamas County Courthouse Grounds, Oregon City, Ore.
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Robert Joseph Wells (1856-1941) —
of Breckenridge, Wilkin
County, Minn.
Born in Mazomanie, Dane
County, Wis., October
4, 1856.
Newspaper editor; lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 60, 1901-10.
Baptist.
Died in Winter Haven, Polk
County, Fla., February
12, 1941 (age 84 years, 131
days).
Interment at Old
Cemetery, Winter Haven, Fla.
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Anthony Matthias Werner (1894-1977) —
also known as A. Matt Werner —
of Sheboygan, Sheboygan
County, Wis.
Born in Kewaskum, Washington
County, Wis., February
19, 1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
newspaper publisher; president, radio
station WHBL; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Wisconsin, 1932,
1940
(alternate), 1948
(alternate); candidate for Wisconsin
state senate 20th District, 1972.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Foresters;
Eagles.
Died in November, 1977
(age 83
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Anton Werner and Emma (Deutsch) Werner; married, October
15, 1924, to Dorothy Elizabeth Bowler. |
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Amos Parker Wilder (1862-1936) —
also known as Amos P. Wilder —
of Wisconsin.
Born in Calais, Washington
County, Maine, February
15, 1862.
Newspaper editor; U.S. Consul General in Hong Kong, 1906-09; Shanghai, 1909-14.
Congregationalist.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., July 2,
1936 (age 74 years, 138
days).
Interment at Mount Carmel Cemetery, Hamden, Conn.
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John McClelland Work (1869-1961) —
also known as John M. Work —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Whitefish Bay, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Washington
County, Iowa, January
3, 1869.
Socialist. Lawyer; lecturer;
writer;
candidate for mayor
of Des Moines, Iowa, 1902; candidate for Governor of
Iowa, 1910; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 10th District, 1914; editorial page
editor for the Socialist Milwaukee Leader newspaper,
1917-42; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1925; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Wisconsin.
Died in Whitefish Bay, Milwaukee
County, Wis., January
5, 1961 (age 92 years, 2
days).
Burial location unknown.
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