Index to Locations RacineGraceland CemeteryRacineMonument SquareRacineMound CemeteryRacineWest Lawn Memorial ParkWind LakeNorway Lutheran Cemetery GracelandCemetery Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin
| Politicians buriedhere: |  | Walter Samuel Goodland (1862-1947) — also known asWalter S. Goodland — of Racine,RacineCounty, Wis.Born in Sharon,WalworthCounty, Wis.,December22, 1862.Republican.Lawyer;newspapereditor and publisher;mayor ofRacine, Wis., 1911-15; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Wisconsin,1912,1928;member ofWisconsinstate senate 21st District; elected 1930;LieutenantGovernor of Wisconsin, 1939-45;Governor ofWisconsin, 1943-47; died in office 1947.DiedMarch12, 1947 (age84 years, 80days).Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
MonumentSquare Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin
| Politicians who have(or had) monuments here: | | | Jerome Increase Case (1819-1891) — also known asJerome I. Case — of Racine,RacineCounty, Wis.Born in Williamstown,OswegoCounty, N.Y.,December11, 1819.Inventor;threshingmachine manufacturer;mayor ofRacine, Wis., 1856, 1858, 1860; member ofWisconsinstate senate, 1865-66;banker.Died in Racine,RacineCounty, Wis.,December22, 1891 (age72 years, 11days).Entombed atMound Cemetery; memorial monumentat Monument Square.
MoundCemetery Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | James Rood Doolittle (1815-1897) — also known asJames R. Doolittle — of Racine,RacineCounty, Wis.Born in Hampton,WashingtonCounty, N.Y.,January3, 1815.Democrat. Circuit judge in Wisconsin 1st Circuit, 1853-56;U.S.Senator from Wisconsin, 1857-69; candidate forGovernor ofWisconsin, 1871; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromWisconsin,1872,1876(speaker);honored guest, Democratic National Convention,1892.Died in Edgewood, Cranston,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,July 23,1897 (age82 years, 201days).Interment at Mound Cemetery. | | Henry Allen Cooper (1850-1931) — also known asHenry A. Cooper — of Racine,RacineCounty, Wis.Born in Spring Prairie,WalworthCounty, Wis.,September8, 1850.Republican.Lawyer;RacineCounty District Attorney, 1880-86; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Wisconsin,1884,1908,1924;member ofWisconsinstate senate, 1887-89;U.S.Representative from Wisconsin 1st District, 1893-1919, 1921-31;defeated, 1890, 1918; died in office 1931.DiedMarch 1,1931 (age80 years, 174days).Interment at Mound Cemetery. | | Jerome Increase Case (1819-1891) — also known asJerome I. Case — of Racine,RacineCounty, Wis.Born in Williamstown,OswegoCounty, N.Y.,December11, 1819.Inventor;threshingmachine manufacturer;mayor ofRacine, Wis., 1856, 1858, 1860; member ofWisconsinstate senate, 1865-66;banker.Died in Racine,RacineCounty, Wis.,December22, 1891 (age72 years, 11days).Entombed at Mound Cemetery; memorial monument atMonument Square. | | Peter Bering Nelson (1869-1960) — also known asPeter B. Nelson — of Racine,RacineCounty, Wis.Born in Wisconsin,April16, 1869.Dry goodsmerchant;Vice-Consulfor Denmark inRacine,Wis., 1892-1907;mayor ofRacine, Wis., 1903-07.Danishancestry.DiedOctober4, 1960 (age91 years, 171days).Interment at Mound Cemetery. | | William L. Utley (1813-1887) — of Wisconsin. Born in1813.Greenback candidate forGovernor ofWisconsin, 1884.Died in1887(ageabout74 years).Interment at Mound Cemetery. | | Lucius Sawyer Blake (1816-1894) — also known asLucius S. Blake — of Racine,RacineCounty, Wis.Born in Burlington,ChittendenCounty, Vt.,March14, 1816.Republican.Carpenter;builder;woollenmanufacturer; delegate to Republican National Convention fromWisconsin,1872;Presidential Elector for Wisconsin,1880.Died in Racine,RacineCounty, Wis.,November4, 1894 (age78 years, 235days).Entombed at Mound Cemetery.| |  Relatives: Sonof Levi Blake and Mary Ann 'Polly' (Sanford) Blake; married1843 toCaroline Elliot. | | |  | Epitaph: "There is sweet rest inheaven." | | |  | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Julia Anderson Schnetz — of Racine,RacineCounty, Wis.Republican. Member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Wisconsin, 1924.Female.Interment at Mound Cemetery.
West LawnMemorial Park Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin
| Politicians buriedhere: |  | Lawrence Henry Smith (1892-1958) — also known asLawrence H. Smith — of Racine,RacineCounty, Wis.Born in Racine,RacineCounty, Wis.,September15, 1892.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;U.S.Representative from Wisconsin 1st District, 1941-58; died inoffice 1958.Member,AmericanLegion.Died in the U.S.CapitolBuilding,Washington,D.C.,January22, 1958 (age65 years, 129days).Interment at West Lawn Memorial Park.
Norway LutheranCemetery 6235 Heg Park Road Wind Lake, Racine County, Wisconsin See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Lynn Ellsworth Stalbaum (1920-1999) — also known asLynn E. Stalbaum — of Racine,RacineCounty, Wis.; Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.Born in Waterford,RacineCounty, Wis.,May 15,1920.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member ofWisconsinstate senate 21st District, 1955-65;U.S.Representative from Wisconsin 1st District, 1965-67; defeated,1966, 1968.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Kiwanis.Died in Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,June 27,1999 (age79 years, 43days).Interment at Norway Lutheran Cemetery. | | Hans Christian Heg (1829-1863) — of Wisconsin. Born in Lierbyen,Norway,December21, 1829.Wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush; abolitionist; Wisconsinstate prison commissioner, elected 1859; colonel in the Union Armyduring the Civil War.Norwegianancestry.Suffered wounds inbattle,and died the next day, at Chickamauga,WalkerCounty, Ga.,September20, 1863 (age33 years, 273days).Interment at Norway Lutheran Cemetery; statue atStateCapitol Grounds, Madison, Wis. | | Merrill Emmet Stalbaum (1911-1999) — also known asMerrill E. Stalbaum — Born in Norway town,RacineCounty, Wis.,April24, 1911.Republican.Farmer;surveyor;member ofWisconsinstate assembly, 1961-72; candidate forU.S.Representative from Wisconsin 1st District, 1972.Lutheran.Norwegianancestry.Died, in Burlington MemorialHospital,Burlington,RacineCounty, Wis.,August30, 1999 (age88 years, 128days).Interment at Norway Lutheran Cemetery.
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