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John Bascom (1827-1911) —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.; Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Genoa, Cayuga
County, N.Y., April
30, 1827.
College
professor; president, University of Wisconsin, 1874-87;
Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1890 (12th District), 1896
(1st District), 1902 (1st District); Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1897.
Died in Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass., October
2, 1911 (age 84 years, 155
days).
Interment at Williams
College Cemetery, Williamstown, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. John Bascom and Laura (Woodbridge) Bascom; married 1853 to Abbie
Burt; married, January
8, 1856, to Emma Curtiss. |
| | | Bascom Hall,
on the campus of the University
of Wisconsin, Madison,
Wisconsin, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS John Bascom (built 1942-43 at Panama
City, Florida; bombed and sank in the harbor at Bari,
Italy, 1943) was named for
him. |
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article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Garrett Droppers (1860-1927) —
of Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., April
12, 1860.
Democrat. University
professor; president, University of South Dakota,
1898-1906; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee); U.S. Minister to Greece, 1914-20; Montenegro, 1914-20.
Member, American
Economic Association.
Died in Williamstown, Berkshire
County, Mass., July 7,
1927 (age 67 years, 86
days).
Interment at Williams
College Cemetery, Williamstown, Mass.
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Samuel Fallows (1835-1922) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Pendleton, Lancashire, England,
December
13, 1835.
Republican. Minister;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; Wisconsin
superintendent of public instruction, 1870-74; president,
Wesleyan University, 1874; bishop; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888.
Methodist;
later Reformed
Episcopal Church. Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
5, 1922 (age 86 years, 266
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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Relatives:
Married to Lucy Bethia Huntington. |
| | | Personal motto: "Do with your might
what your hands find to do." |
| | | Epitaph: "He walked with God - God
took him." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Donna Edna Shalala (b. 1941) —
also known as Donna E. Shalala —
of Coral Gables, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
14, 1941.
Democrat. Served
in the Peace Corps; university
professor; president, Hunter College, City University of
New York, 1980-88; chancellor, University of Wisconsin,
1988-92; U.S.
Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1993-2001;
president, University of Miami, 2001-15; U.S.
Representative from Florida 27th District, 2019-.
Female.
Lebanese
ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Trilateral
Commission; American
Federation of Teachers.
Inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 2011.
Still living as of 2019.
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Robert Closson Spencer (b. 1829) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in East Ashtabula, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, June 22,
1829.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
president, Spencerian Business College; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 4th District, 1890.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Platt R. Spencer. |
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