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Columbia County
Wisconsin

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Columbia County

Index to Locations CambriaCambria Cemetery ColumbusUnknown location PortageSt. Mary's CatholicCemetery PortageSilver Lake Cemetery Wisconsin DellsSpring GroveCemetery CambriaCemetery Cambria, Columbia County, Wisconsin Edwin Merwyn Rowlands (1901-1961) — also known asE. Merwyn Rowlands — of Cambria,ColumbiaCounty, Wis.Born in Cambria,ColumbiaCounty, Wis.,April 1,1901.Banker;member ofWisconsinstate assembly from Columbia County, 1927-33; member ofWisconsinstate senate 27th District, 1935-38; defeated (Progressive),1938; Wisconsin Progressive state chair, 1936.Welshancestry.Died inHarrisCounty, Tex.,March28, 1961 (age59 years, 361days).Interment at Cambria Cemetery. Politicians buriedhere:     Relatives: Sonof David Morris Rowlands and Emma (Davies) Rowlands; married1924 to MaryAllen Neal; father of Virginia 'Gena' Rowlands.   See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial

James Taylor Lewis (1819-1904) — also known asJames T. Lewis — of Columbus,ColumbiaCounty, Wis.Born in Clarendon,OrleansCounty, N.Y.,October30, 1819.Republican.LieutenantGovernor of Wisconsin, 1854-56;secretaryof state of Wisconsin, 1862-64;Governor ofWisconsin, 1864-66.DiedAugust4, 1904 (age84 years, 279days).Interment somewhere.

Charles William Francis Henney (1884-1969) — also known asCharles W. Henney — of Portage,ColumbiaCounty, Wis.Born near Dunlap,HarrisonCounty, Iowa,February2, 1884.Democrat.Physician;U.S.Representative from Wisconsin 2nd District, 1933-35; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Wisconsin,1940,1944(member,CredentialsCommittee).Died in Portage,ColumbiaCounty, Wis.,November16, 1969 (age85 years, 287days).Interment at St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery.

Henry Adolph Gunderson (1876-1940) — also known asHenry A. Gunderson — of Portage,ColumbiaCounty, Wis.Born in Rio,ColumbiaCounty, Wis.,June 20,1876.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin,1924;LieutenantGovernor of Wisconsin, 1937; resigned 1937.Norwegianancestry.Died, from aheartattack, in Portage,ColumbiaCounty, Wis.,October7, 1940 (age64 years, 109days).Interment at Silver Lake Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Halvor Gunderson and Gunhild Marie 'Cornelia' (Torgeson)Gunderson; married1906 to AlmaA. Stotzer.
		See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial

Frank Augustus Cady (1858-1904) — also known asFrank A. Cady — of Marshfield,WoodCounty, Wis.; Grand Rapids (now Wisconsin Rapids),WoodCounty, Wis.Born in Newport,ColumbiaCounty, Wis.,December31, 1858.Republican.Lawyer;member ofWisconsinstate assembly from Wood County, 1901-04; died in office 1904.Member,AncientOrder of United Workmen;Elks.While suffering fromliverdisease, he left his hospital room, took the elevator to the topfloor,leapedover the railing into the rotunda, andfell to hisdeath on the stone floor five stories below, in St. JamesInfirmary,Hot Springs,GarlandCounty, Ark.,March30, 1904 (age45 years, 90days).Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Charles A. Cady and Hellen (Blood) Cady; married to Elma M.Tyler.
		See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial

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