Index to Locations Eau ClaireForest Hill CemeteryEau ClaireLakeview CemeteryEau ClaireSacred Heart Cemetery Forest HillCemetery Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
| Politicians buriedhere: |  | Michael Griffin (1842-1899) — of Kilbourn City (now Wisconsin Dells),ColumbiaCounty, Wis.; Eau Claire,Eau ClaireCounty, Wis.Born inIreland,September9, 1842.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;member ofWisconsinstate assembly, 1876; member ofWisconsinstate senate, 1880-81;U.S.Representative from Wisconsin 7th District, 1894-99.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.DiedDecember29, 1899 (age57 years, 111days).Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery.
LakeviewCemetery Cameron Street and Buffington Drive Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | George Bullen Shaw (1854-1894) — also known asGeorge B. Shaw — of Eau Claire,Eau ClaireCounty, Wis.Born in Alma,AlleganyCounty, N.Y.,March12, 1854.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention fromWisconsin,1884;mayorof Eau Claire, Wis., 1888-89;U.S.Representative from Wisconsin 7th District, 1893-94; died inoffice 1894.Member,Knightsof Pythias.Died in Eau Claire,Eau ClaireCounty, Wis.,August27, 1894 (age40 years, 168days).Interment at Lakeview Cemetery.  | John T. Pritchard (1883-1965) — of Eau Claire,Eau ClaireCounty, Wis.Born in Caernarvon,Wales,December20, 1883.Farmer;member ofWisconsinstate assembly, 1933-54, 1957-62 (Eau Claire County 1933-54, EauClaire County 2nd District 1957-62); defeated (Republican), 1954.Welshancestry.Died in1965(ageabout81 years).Interment at Lakeview Cemetery.| |  Epitaph:"Devoted Public Servant." | | |  | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | |  | Image source: Wisconsin Blue Book1940 |
Sacred HeartCemetery Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | John Lindner Jr. (died c.1998) — of Eau Claire,Eau ClaireCounty, Wis.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromWisconsin,1944.Died about 1998. Interment at Sacred Heart Cemetery.
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