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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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William Augustus Barstow (1813-1865) —
also known as William A. Barstow —
of Waukesha, Waukesha
County, Wis.; Janesville, Rock
County, Wis.
Born in Plainfield, Windham
County, Conn., September
13, 1813.
Postmaster at Prairieville,
Wis., 1842-43; secretary
of state of Wisconsin, 1850-52; Governor of
Wisconsin, 1854-56; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Wisconsin, 1860;
president, St. Croix & Lake Superior Railroad; colonel in
the Union Army during the Civil War.
Died in Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., December
13, 1865 (age 52 years, 91
days).
Interment somewhere
in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Edwin W. Blomquist (1896-1963) —
of Adams, Adams
County, Wis.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
30, 1896.
Progressive. Locomotive engineer; locomotive fireman;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Adams and Marquette counties; elected 1936;
defeated, 1938, 1940.
Died in 1963
(age about
66 years).
Interment at Mt. Repose Cemetery, Friendship, Wis.
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Charles Aaron Budlong (b. 1859) —
also known as Charles A. Budlong —
of Marinette, Marinette
County, Wis.
Born in Frankfort, Herkimer
County, N.Y., July 8,
1859.
Republican. Telegrapher;
railway agent; merchant;
customs
inspector; Marinette
County Sheriff, 1913; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Marinette County, 1915-16, 1927-34, 1937-40;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1936.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Aaron Budlong and Julianna (Meyers) Budlong; married to Ellen
Finnegan. |
| | | Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book
1940 |
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Alfred Levi Cary (b. 1835) —
also known as Alfred L. Cary —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Sterling, Cayuga
County, N.Y., July 23,
1835.
Lawyer;
general solicitor, Milwaukee, Lakeshore & Western Railroad;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1874.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Nathaniel C. Cary and Sophia (Eaton) Cary; married, September
6, 1864, to Harriet M. Van Slyck. |
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Frank W. Christopherson Jr. (b. 1927) —
of Superior, Douglas
County, Wis.
Born in Superior, Douglas
County, Wis., May 24,
1927.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
locomotive fireman; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Douglas County 2nd District, 1959-62; member
of Wisconsin
state senate 25th District, 1963-66.
Still living as of 1966.
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Grover Fredrick Cleveland (1892-1975) —
also known as Grover Cleveland —
of Brookfield, Waukesha
County, Wis.
Born in Waukesha, Waukesha
County, Wis., November
9, 1892.
Democrat. Railroad worker; farmer;
candidate for Wisconsin
state assembly from Waukesha County 2nd District, 1938.
Died in Menomonee Falls, Waukesha
County, Wis., June 12,
1975 (age 82 years, 215
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles W. Fowell Jr. (1901-1973) —
of Viroqua, Vernon
County, Wis.
Born in Sullivan town, Richland
County, Wis., May 7,
1901.
Republican. Locomotive fireman; restaurant
owner; Vernon
County Sheriff; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Vernon County, 1939-42; defeated
(Independent), 1954.
Died December
6, 1973 (age 72 years, 213
days).
Interment at Viroqua
Cemetery, Viroqua, Wis.
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John R. Gray (b. 1925) —
of Antigo, Langlade
County, Wis.
Born in Bryant, Langlade
County, Wis., May 14,
1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; locomotive
fireman; police
officer; Langlade
County Sheriff, 1955-58; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Florence, Forest and Langlade counties,
1959-62.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Lawrence M. Hagen (1904-1992) —
of Superior, Douglas
County, Wis.
Born in Black River Falls, Jackson
County, Wis., April 4,
1904.
Republican. Machinist;
railroad worker; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Douglas County 2nd District, 1953-58;
defeated, 1958.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Died June 8,
1992 (age 88 years, 65
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Superior, Wis.
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Elmer S. Hall —
of Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis.
Republican. Railway accountant;
letter
carrier; Brown
County Clerk, 1905-16; mayor
of Green Bay, Wis., 1916-20; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1920;
secretary
of state of Wisconsin, 1921-23; candidate for Wisconsin
state senate 2nd District, 1932.
Burial location unknown.
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Julius Peter Heil (1876-1949) —
also known as Julius P. Heil; "Julius the
Just" —
of Whitefish Bay, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Duesmond an der Mosel, Germany,
July
24, 1876.
Republican. Founder and president of Heil Company (fabricating
railroad cars and rails); Governor of
Wisconsin, 1939-43; defeated, 1942; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1940;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Wisconsin.
German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., November
30, 1949 (age 73 years, 129
days).
Interment somewhere
in Milwaukee, Wis.
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Fred Herman Hildebrandt (1874-1956) —
also known as Fred H. Hildebrandt —
of Watertown, Codington
County, S.Dak.
Born in West Bend, Washington
County, Wis., August
2, 1874.
Democrat. Railroad worker; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 29th District, 1923-24;
chairman, South Dakota Game and Fish Commission, 1927-31; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota 1st District, 1933-39; defeated,
1924, 1928, 1930; candidate for U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1938; candidate for Presidential
Elector for South Dakota; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from South Dakota, 1944
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee).
Died in Bradenton, Manatee
County, Fla., January
26, 1956 (age 81 years, 177
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Watertown, S.Dak.
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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. |
| | | The city
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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James Henry Howe (1827-1893) —
also known as James H. Howe —
of Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis.
Born in Turner, Androscoggin
County, Maine, December
5, 1827.
Republican. Lawyer; Wisconsin
state attorney general, 1860-62; colonel in the Union Army during
the Civil War; General Solicitor and General Manager, North Western
Railroad; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1873.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
4, 1893 (age 65 years, 30
days).
Interment somewhere
in Kenosha, Wis.
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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.
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Bernard B. Kroenke (b. 1898) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., May 31,
1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; railroad
employee; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Milwaukee County 13th District, 1935-40.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Wisconsin Blue Book 1940 |
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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.
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Image source:
Wisconsin Blue Book 1940 |
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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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Alexander Mitchell (1817-1887) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland,
October
17, 1817.
Democrat. Banker;
president, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, 1864-87; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin, 1871-75 (1st District 1871-73, 4th
District 1873-75); defeated, 1868; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1876
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April
19, 1887 (age 69 years, 184
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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Thomas J. O'Malley (1868-1936) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Menasha, Winnebago
County, Wis., 1868.
Democrat. Railway conductor; Lieutenant
Governor of Wisconsin, 1933-36; died in office 1936.
Member, Order
of Railway Conductors.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., May 27,
1936 (age about 67
years).
Burial location unknown.
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William J. Patterson (b. 1880) —
of North Dakota.
Born in Neenah, Winnebago
County, Wis., June 4,
1880.
Railway brakeman, fireman, switchman, and conductor; safety
inspector; Director of Safety for Interstate Commerce Commission,
1934-39; member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1939-53.
Member, Order
of Railway Conductors; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Union
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Amos Patterson and Mary (Bidwell) Patterson; married, April
29, 1912, to Margaret M. Henderman. |
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Henry Clay Payne (1843-1904) —
also known as Henry C. Payne —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Ashfield, Franklin
County, Mass., November
23, 1843.
Republican. Postmaster at Milwaukee,
Wis., 1876-85; president, Wisconsin Telephone
Company; president, Milwaukee Electric
Railway and Light
Company; president, American Street
Railway Association; receiver, Northern Pacific Railroad;
member of Republican
National Committee from Wisconsin, 1880-1904; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1904; Wisconsin
Republican state chair, 1892; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1902-04; died in office 1904.
Methodist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
4, 1904 (age 60 years, 316
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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Emanuel Lorenz Philipp (1861-1925) —
also known as Emanuel L. Philipp —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Sauk
County, Wis., March
25, 1861.
Republican. Farmer; school
teacher; telegraph
operator; railway station agent; lumber
business; member of Republican
National Committee from Wisconsin, 1908; Milwaukee Police
Commissioner, 1909-14; Governor of
Wisconsin, 1915-21; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Wisconsin, 1916.
Swiss
ancestry. Member, Humane
Society; Freemasons.
Died in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., June 15,
1925 (age 64 years, 82
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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August Carl Polster (1885-1942) —
also known as August Polster —
of Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis.
Born in Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis., September
24, 1885.
Railway freight clerk; banker; mayor of
Wausau, Wis., 1938-42; died in office 1942.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Royal
and Select Masters; Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star; White
Shrine of Jerusalem; Moose; Royal
Arcanum; Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, in St. Mary's Hospital,
Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., February
1, 1942 (age 56 years, 130
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Wausau, Wis.
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Relatives: Son
of August F. Polster and Anna (Rubritins) Polster. |
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Valentine P. Rath (b. 1860) —
of Antigo, Langlade
County, Wis.
Born in Sheboygan, Sheboygan
County, Wis., February
15, 1860.
Democrat. Railroad worker; farmer; Langlade
County Clerk, 1903-24, 1933-38; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Langlade County, 1939-40.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Wisconsin Blue Book 1940 |
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John M. Smith —
of Shell Lake, Washburn
County, Wis.
Born near Carthage, Hancock
County, Ill.
Republican. Telegraph
operator; railway station agent; bookkeeper;
banker;
Wisconsin
state treasurer, 1939-47.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Wisconsin Blue Book 1940 |
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John Coit Spooner (1843-1919) —
also known as John C. Spooner; "The Tinker of
Legislation" —
of Hudson, St. Croix
County, Wis.; Madison, Dane
County, Wis.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn
County, Ind., January
6, 1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
private and military secretary to Gov. Lucius
Fairchild; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1872; general solicitor, Omaha Railroad,
1880; law partner of Arthur
Loomis Sanborn; U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1885-91, 1897-1907; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1888
(delegation chair), 1892
(delegation chair); candidate for Governor of
Wisconsin, 1892.
Died, of pneumonia
and apoplexy,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 11,
1919 (age 76 years, 156
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wis.
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Harry P. Van Guilder (1890-1979) —
of Ashland, Ashland
County, Wis.
Born in Cannon Falls, Goodhue
County, Minn., July 6,
1890.
Progressive. Bookkeeper;
railroad switchman; president of
his union local, 10 years; member of Wisconsin
state assembly from Ashland County, 1937-42; defeated, 1942;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 10th District, 1944.
Member, Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen.
Died in November, 1979
(age 89
years, 0 days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Ashland, Wis.
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Relatives:
Married to Marie Eileen 'May' Habelt. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book
1940 |
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Daniel Wells Jr. (1808-1902) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in West Waterville (now Oakland), Kennebec
County, Maine, July 16,
1808.
Democrat. Probate judge in Wisconsin, 1838; member
Wisconsin territorial council, 1838-40; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 1st District, 1853-57.
President of three railroads.
Died in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., March
18, 1902 (age 93 years, 245
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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Gardner Robert Withrow (1892-1964) —
also known as Gardner R. Withrow —
of La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis.
Born in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., October
5, 1892.
Railroad worker; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1926-27; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin, 1931-39, 1949-61 (7th District
1931-33, 3rd District 1933-39, 1949-61); defeated (Progressive), 1940.
Member, Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen.
Died September
23, 1964 (age 71 years, 354
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, La Crosse, Wis.
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