Find A Grave - Grant County

Barber, Joel Allen b. January 17, 1809 d. June 17, 1881
US Congressman. He graduated from the University of Vermont, taught school in Maryland and became an attorney. He moved to Wisconsin Territory in 1837, served as Grant County Clerk and District Attorney, and was a Delegate to Wisconsin's first constitutional convention in 1846. He served in the State Assembly in 1852 and 1853, and was a State Senator in 1856 and 1857. He served again in the Assembly in 1863 and 1864, and was Speaker in his final term. Barber was elected to the US House as a...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Hillside Cemetery, Lancaster, Grant County, Wisconsin, USA
Blaine, John James b. May 4, 1875 d. April 16, 1934
Wisconsin Governor, US Senator. He served as Governor of Wisconsin from 1921 to 1927 and was elected as a Republican Senator from Wisconsin to the United States Senate, serving from 1927 to 1933. During his political career he served as Mayor of Boscobel, Wisconsin from 1901 to 1904 and from 1906 to 1907, and as Attorney General of Wisconsin from 1919 to 1921. (Bio by: Tim Crutchfield)
Boscobel Cemetery, Boscobel, Grant County, Wisconsin, USA
Bushnell, Allen Ralph b. July 18, 1833 d. March 29, 1909
US Congressman. He was admitted to the bar in 1857 and commenced the practice of law in Platteville, Wisconsin. He was elected district attorney of Grant County in 1860 and served as Captain of Company C, 7th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. After the war, he was elected the first Mayor of Lancaster and served as US District Attorney for the western district of Wisconsin, 1886 to 1890. In 1891, he was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress, serving until...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Hillside Cemetery, Lancaster, Grant County, Wisconsin, USA
Callis, John b. January 3, 1828 d. September 24, 1898
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General, US Congressman. Served during the Civil War first as Major of the 7th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, then as Lieutenant Colonel of the 7th Veterans Reserve Corps. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for "efficient and meritorious services". Represented Wisconsin in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1868 to 1869. (Bio by: Ethan F. Bishop)
Hillside Cemetery, Lancaster, Grant County, Wisconsin, USA
Plot: Original Plat, Lot 270
Clark, William Otis 'Otey' b. May 22, 1915 d. October 20, 2010
Major League Baseball Player. A right-handed pitcher, he was undefeated in four years playing for his hometown Boscabel High School, but did not break into the majors until he was almost 30. Clark debuted with the Boston Red Sox on April 17, 1945, and played his one ML season with that team. Four of his nine starts were complete games, including one shutout, and he went 4-4 with an ERA of 3.47. He also beat Bob Feller and the Cleveland Indians 2 to 1 in Fenway Park in Boston. Over the course...[Read More] (Bio by: Steven Tynan)
Boscobel Cemetery, Boscobel, Grant County, Wisconsin, USA
Dewey, Nelson b. December 9, 1813 d. July 21, 1889
Wisconsin's first governor. Although he was born in Lebanon, Connecticut this young lawyer was known as a New Yorker when he moved west in 1836 settling in the small town of Cassville in an area which was soon to become the Wisconsin Territory. The ambitious attorney joined forces with other New York land speculators to market and promote Cassville as the perfect site for the territorial capital of Wisconsin. Although this venture did not succeed the contacts Dewey made led to him being...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo)
Dewey Cemetery, Lancaster, Grant County, Wisconsin, USA
Kopp, Arthur William b. February 28, 1874 d. June 2, 1967
U.S. Congressman, state court judge (1942). Elected to serve Wisconsin for the 3rd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1909 to 1913.
Greenwood Cemetery, Platteville, Grant County, Wisconsin, USA
Moore, Jonathan Baker b. March 16, 1825 d. February 8, 1889
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. A businessman and bridge builder before the Civil War, Moore was appointed colonel of the 33rd Wisconsin infantry upon its formation in August of 1862. The regiment was assigned to a brigade in General Lauman's division of General Sherman's wing of the Army of the Tennessee. They participated in the Red River expedition, the Vicksburg campaign, the battles of Tupelo, Atlanta, and Nashville, as well as the Battle at Spanish Fort, Alabama in March and...[Read More] (Bio by: Thomas Fisher)
Hillside Cemetery, Lancaster, Grant County, Wisconsin, USA
Plot: Original Plat, Lot 199
Murphy, James William b. 1858 d. 1927
US Congressman. Elected to represent Wisconsin's 3rd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1907 to 1909. Also was Mayor of Platteville, Wisconsin. He was defeated as a Democrat in 1920
Calvary Cemetery, Platteville, Grant County, Wisconsin, USA

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