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Adams, Henry Cullen b. November 28, 1850 d. July 9, 1906
US Congressman. He was elected to represent Wisconsin's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1903 until his death in office in 1906.
Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
Plot: Section 17, Lot 003, Grave 1
Ainsworth, Sydney (Charles) b. December 21, 1873 d. May 21, 1922
Actor. Born Charles Sydney Ainsworth in England (he used his middle name as his first name throughout his life), he came to the United States in 1877. During the Spanish-American War, he enlisted in the United States Army, and served as a Private in Company G, 1st Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. After serving in Cuba, he was discharged, and began acting in the theatre in 1899. His break into show business came when a director needed someone with military experience to march a group of men on...[Read More] (Bio by: Number1)
Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
Plot: Section 17, Lot 005, Grave 2
Amlie, Thomas Ryum b. April 17, 1897 d. August 22, 1973
US Congressman. Elected to represent Wisconsin for the 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving first from 1931 to 1939.
Sunset Memory Gardens, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
Atwood, David b. December 15, 1815 d. December 11, 1889
US Congressman. Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin and a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin. (Bio by: Laurie)
Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
Babcock, Stephen Moulton b. October 22, 1843 d. July 1, 1931
Inventor. Agricultural Researcher. In 1890, he developed the "Babcock Butterfat Test." For over 100 years, this method has been the standard in the dairy industry for testing the quality of milk. He developed the "Babcock Hollyhock" which is the official flower of Madison, Wisconsin. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
Bardeen, John b. May 23, 1908 d. January 30, 1991
Inventor. Nobel Prize winner. Among his many awards, Bardeen is the winner of two Nobel Prizes. He received the 1956 Nobel Prize for Physics with W.H. Brattain and W. Shockley for the invention of the transistor, and the 1972 Nobel Laureate in Physics with L.N. Cooper and J.R. Schrieffer for the theory of superconductivity. Life Magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people of the century. (Bio by: Evening Blues)
Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
Clark, Darwin b. 1812 d. 1899
Madison Mayor. Served as Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin.
Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
Cole, Orsamus b. August 23, 1819 d. May 5, 1903
US Congressman. Elected to represent Wisconsin's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1849 to 1851.
Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
Davidson, James Ole b. February 10, 1854 d. December 16, 1922
Wisconsin Governor. Served as Governor of Wisconsin from 1906 to 1911. He came to the United States from Norway when he was 18 years old. His political career began as a village president of a small town in Wisconsin. He later represented the Republican party in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1893 to 1899. In 1898, he was elected as Wisconsin state treasurer. From there he became lieutenant governor alongside governor Robert M. La Follette, Sr. In January 1906, when La Follette resigned as...[Read More] (Bio by: Number1)
Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
Plot: Section 21, Lot 014, Grave 3
Eastman, Ben C. b. October 24, 1812 d. February 2, 1856
US Congressman. Elected as a Democrat to represent Wisconsin's 2nd District in the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses, he served from 1851 to 1855. The son of a Maine politician, he studied law privately there and in New York, and was admitted to the bar in 1838. That year he moved to the Wisconsin Territory, settling as an attorney in Platteville, Grant County. He was an early booster for Wisconsin statehood. Prior to his election to the US House Eastman was secretary of the Territorial...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
Fairchild, Cassius b. December 16, 1829 d. October 24, 1868
Civil War Brevet Brigadier General. Cassius Fairchild, the son of Sally Blair and J.C. Fairchild, was born December 16, 1829 at Franklin Mills, now Kent, Ohio. In July 1843, he moved to Milwaukee with his uncle, F.J. Blair and he attended what later became Carroll College in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Fairchild was repeatedly elected as Alderman, one year as President of the Council, and in 1859 as member of the Legislature from the City of Madison. Unaware of what they were preparing for, Cassius...[Read More] (Bio by: Debbie)
Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
Plot: Section 32, Lots 14-18
Fairchild, Lucius b. December 27, 1831 d. May 23, 1896
Civil War Brigadier General. Secretary of State of Wisconsin. Governor of Wisconsin. Commander of the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry of the Iron Brigade, wounded July 1, 1863, at the Battle of Gettysburg losing an arm. (Bio by: Ethan F. Bishop)
Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
Plot: Section 32, Lots 14-15-18&17SW
Farley, Christopher Crosby b. February 15, 1964 d. December 18, 1997
Comedian, Actor. Chris Farley was born on February 15, 1964. In his youth he was a class clown and at summer camp he was a very popular camp counselor. He attended Marquette University in Wisconsin and graduated with a degree in communications and theatre. Farley then worked briefly with his father, then began performing with the Ark Improv Theatre group studying under legendary director Del Close at the Improv Olympic Theatre. He then performed at Chicago's Second City Theatre through...[Read More]
Cause of death: Drug overdose, heart attack
Resurrection Cemetery, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
GPS coordinates: 43.0675201, -89.4336395 (hddd.dddd)
Harnden, Henry b. March 4, 1823 d. March 17, 1900
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Became lieutenant colonel of the 1st Wisconsin Cavalry. In May 1865 he led one of the parties pursuing fleeing Confederate President Jefferson Davis, being in on the capture May 10, 1865 near Irwinsville, Ga. He was brevetted brigadier general March 13, 1865. (Bio by: Steve Dunn)
Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
Plot: Section 5, Lot 19
Harvey, Louis Powell b. July 22, 1820 d. April 19, 1862
Civil War Wisconsin Governor. While on a trip to inspect Wisconsin troops after the Battle of Shiloh, he fell off of a boat and drowned in the Tennessee River.
Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
Hopkins, Benjamin Franklin b. April 22, 1829 d. January 1, 1870
US Congressman. Elected as a Republican to represent Wisconsin's 2nd District in the Fortieth and Forty-First Congresses, he served from 1867 until his death. Hopkins was born in Hebron, New York, the son of a poor farmer, and had little formal education. Eschewing a life in agriculture, he became an early telegraph operator and in 1849 moved to Madison, Wisconsin to run the telegraph office there. He soon took an active interest in the city's growth, helping organize the Madison...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
Jones, Burr W. b. March 9, 1846 d. January 7, 1935
US Congressman. In 1871, he was admitted to the Wisconsin Bar Association, and opened a law practice in Portage, Wisconsin. He moved to Madison, Wisconsin and was the prosecuting attorney of Dane County in 1872 and 1874. In 1883, he was elected as a Democrat to represent Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District in the United State House of Representatives, serving from 1883 to 1885. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he became a professor of law at the University of Wisconsin, 1885 to 1915...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
Keyes, Elisha W. b. January 23, 1828 d. November 29, 1910
Madison Mayor. Served as Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin from 1865 to 1867, and from 1886 to 1887.
Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
La Follette, Philip Fox b. May 8, 1897 d. August 18, 1965
Wisconsin Governor. Served as Governor of Wisconsin first from 1931 to 1933, then from 1935 to 1939. He was the son of Senator Robert M. "Fighting Bob" La Follette (1855-1925), and brother of Congressman Robert M. La Follette Jr. (1895-1953).
Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
La Follette Jr., Robert Marion b. February 6, 1895 d. February 24, 1953
US Senator (Republican � Wisconsin), he served from 1925 to 1946. Born in Madison, Wisconsin, he was the son of Senator Robert Marion La Follette Sr. He attended the University of Wisconsin in Madison from 1913 to 1917, but had to withdraw from college in his senior year due to a severe illness (unspecified). This same illness prevented him from entering the military during World War I, making him 4-F (unfit for military service). Between 1919 and 1925, he served as a private secretary to...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Cause of death: Suicide, self-inflicted gunshot wound
Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA

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