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A committee appointed by members of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in 1847 established Forest Home Cemetery on what would later become Milwaukee's south side. When the land was selected it was located nearly two miles outside of the city limits along the newly built Janesville Plank Road (now Forest Home Avenue), in an area believed to be far enough from urban development to remain rural. [4]
Fairly intact part of the old central business district, including the 1858 Greek Revival-styled Webber townhouse, [65] the 1860 Italianate Iron Block, [66] the 1878 Second Empire-style Mitchell building, [67] the 1879 High ItalJones-ianate-styled Mackie Building, which housed the Grain Exchange, [68] the 1883 Queen Anne-styled Milwaukee Club ...
Calvary Cemetery contains a monument dedicated to the approximately 430 people who died with the sinking of the Lady Elgin on Lake Michigan in 1860. Most of those lost in the tragedy were from Milwaukee's Third Ward Irish community and is the second greatest loss of life seen on the Great Lakes.
David F. Schulz (September 24, 1949 – October 7, 2007) was a Wisconsin politician and the third Milwaukee County Executive, serving from 1988 to 1992. Biography [ edit ]
Edward J. Dengel, Wisconsin State Representative [31] Abraham DeSomer, Medal of Honor recipient [32] John R. Devitt, Wisconsin State Representative [33] Michael Dhuey, electrical and computer engineer; co-inventor of the Macintosh II and the iPod [34] Lavern Dilweg, NFL player and U.S. Representative [35] John Doehring, NFL player [36]
HIV deaths continue to fall in 21st century. It took decades to reach current strides in HIV care, largely due to early public health failures. The first U.S. cases of AIDS emerged in 1981, though ...
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2nd Chief Justice of the original Wisconsin Supreme Court Impeached but not removed from office: Alexander Randall: 1856 1857 Appointed by Coles Bashford: Arthur MacArthur Sr. 1857 1869 Jason Downer: 1869 1869 Appointed by Lucius Fairchild: David W. Small 1869 1880 Charles A. Hamilton 1880 1888 Daniel Harris Johnson: 1888 1900 Died in office: 1 ...