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Historic Forest Hill Cemetery She is buried among “her boys”. “her among buried is She monument. expense she maintained the plot until her death in 1897. 1897. in death her until plot the maintained she expense attractive their in reflected is which classics, the of love world-wide recognition. world-wide Madison to manage the Vilas House Hotel. At her own own her At Hotel. House Vilas the manage to Madison and appreciation an shared They books. several of author University of Wisconsin, many of whom have achieved achieved have whom of many Wisconsin, of University Louisiana-born widow named Alice Waterman came to to came Waterman Alice named widow Louisiana-born and scholar, leader, civic a was (1870-1963) Slaughter place of numerous faculty and administrators from the the from administrators and faculty numerous of place By1868 these graves were being neglected when a a when neglected being were graves these By1868 Taylor Elizabeth Gertrude wife His subjects. Latin state, and the nation. In addition, it is the final resting resting final the is it addition, In nation. the and state, in Confederate Rest. Confederate in and classical on monographs and essays of author and have played significant roles in the history of the city, the the city, the of history the in roles significant played have and died due to exposure and disease. They were buried buried were They disease. and exposure to due died and Wisconsin, of University the at Latin of professor a was Forest Hill contains the graves of many persons who who persons many of graves the contains Hill Forest River were sent to prison at Camp Randall. Many sickened sickened Many Randall. Camp at prison to sent were River (1860-1923) Slaughter Stephen Moses 30 Sec. creation of Mount Auburn Cemetery just outside Boston. outside just Cemetery Auburn Mount of creation Slaughter Family Slaughter captured in 1862 at Island Number 10 on the Mississippi Mississippi the on 10 Number Island at 1862 in captured cemetery plan which had first begun in the U.S. with the the with U.S. the in begun first had which plan cemetery A large number of Confederate soldiers soldiers Confederate of number large A 34 Sec. laid out. Forest Hill was an early example of the “rural” “rural” the of example early an was Hill Forest out. laid Confederate Rest Confederate the park-like atmosphere that it had when it was first first was it when had it that atmosphere park-like the huge trees that have grown up, the cemetery still retains retains still cemetery the up, grown have that trees huge view of the lakes is considerably hidden today by the the by today hidden considerably is lakes the of view built effigy burial mounds at this location. Although the the Although location. this at mounds burial effigy built a thousand years earlier, resident Native Americans had had Americans Native resident earlier, years thousand a place could be selected for the burial of the dead.” In fact, fact, In dead.” the of burial the for selected be could place the entire city and surrounding lakes. No more appropriate appropriate more No lakes. surrounding and city entire the described the location as “high and sightly, overlooking overlooking sightly, and “high as location the described was established in 1858. The mayor, George B. Smith, Smith, B. George mayor, The 1858. in established was Owned by the City of Madison, Forest Hill Cemetery Cemetery Hill Forest Madison, of City the by Owned History of Forest Hill Cemetery Hill Forest of History removed during the 1960’s. the during removed These gates were at the cemetery entrance until they were were they until entrance cemetery the at were gates These mounds. buried in Rochester, New York. New Rochester, in buried American and more recent wars are buried around the the around buried are wars recent more and American Milwaukee and Mississippi Rail Road. Catlin himself is is himself Catlin Road. Rail Mississippi and Milwaukee turn of the century. Today, veterans from the Spanish Spanish the from veterans Today, century. the of turn 1848), first Dane County judge, and president of the the of president and judge, County Dane first 1848), 1). Three additional linear mounds were destroyed at the the at destroyed were mounds linear additional Three 1). district attorney, secretary of Wisconsin Territory (1846- Territory Wisconsin of secretary attorney, district archaeologist Charles E. Brown (who is buried in Section Section in buried is (who Brown E. Charles archaeologist first postmaster. He was Madison’s first lawyer, the first first the lawyer, first Madison’s was He postmaster. first mound (900-1200 A.D.) were saved from demolition by by demolition from saved were A.D.) (900-1200 mound in 1836. He helped plat Madison in 1837 and served as as served and 1837 in Madison plat helped He 1836. in Two panther mounds and a linear linear a and mounds panther Two 35 Sec. Territorial Supreme Court at the first session in Belmont Belmont in session first the at Court Supreme Territorial Effigy Mounds and Veterans’ Section Veterans’ and Mounds Effigy memory of John Catlin (1803-1874), the Clerk of the the of Clerk the (1803-1874), Catlin John of memory The Catlin Chapel was erected in in erected was Chapel Catlin The 30 Sec. Catlin Chapel Catlin own. Forest Hill. Visitors are encouraged to explore on their their on explore to encouraged are Visitors Hill. Forest interesting grave sites and monuments to be found at at found be to monuments and sites grave interesting back page). The tour includes only a few of the many many the of few a only includes tour The page). back with a photo or are listed in Forest Hill Facts (on the the (on Facts Hill Forest in listed are or photo a with without a number are not on the tour but are described described are but tour the on not are number a without at the Catlin Chapel (see map inside). Names on the map map the on Names inside). map (see Chapel Catlin the at The walking tour is 1.4 miles in length and begins begins and length in miles 1.4 is tour walking The The Walking Tour Walking The Fairchild Family Some Forest Hill Facts Sec. 32 The Fairchild The cemetery covers approximately 140 acres. Family is one of Madison’s most illustrious families. Jairus The Forest Hill Effigy Mound group is listed on the Fairchild (1801-1862) brought National Register of Historic Places. the family to Madison in 1843. First burial, Josephine Rodermund, 1859, Section 1. He was the first state treasurer, the first mayor of Madison, and Earliest war veteran, David Jacquish, War of 1812, built the elegant home that stood Section 2. on the site of the Wilson Street Nobel Prize winner, John Bardeen (winner of two Nobel State Office Building. His son, prizes in physics), Section 25. Lucius (1831-1896) served in Frederick Jackson Turner (1861-1932), Section 30, is the Civil War, where he rose to recognized as one of the nation’s foremost historians. He the rank of brigadier general. He served as professor of American history at the University lost an arm fighting with the Iron of Wisconsin and at Harvard, and he wrote “Significance Brigade at Gettysburg. He was of the Frontier in American History”, a watershed essay the governor of Wisconsin from that defined the role of the frontier in U.S. history. 1865-1871 and served abroad in foreign service posts. Lucius’ brother, Cassius (1829-1868) was Governors of the State of Wisconsin buried at Forest Hill an alderman and member of the (and date when they were governor): state legislature, before going off to fight in the Civil War. He Louis Harvey, 1862 later died of complications from Lucius Fairchild, 1866-1872 a wound sustained in battle. William Taylor, 1874-1876 Robert LaFollette Sr., 1901-1906 James Davidson, 1906-1911 Forest Hill Philip LaFollette, 1931-1933 and 1935-1939 Albert Schmedeman, 1933-1935 Oscar Rennebohm, 1947-1951. Cemetery Sponsors Forest Hill Cemetery, Gunderson Funeral Home, Fitch- Lawrence-Sanfillipo Funeral Home, Cress Funeral Home, LaFollette Family Joyce Funeral Home, Ryan Funeral Home Sec. 4 The LaFollette family has been one of A Walking Tour the most important families in Wisconsin’s history. Robert Marion LaFollette (1855-1925), known as “Fighting Credits Bob”, was a noted orator, a member of Congress, Prepared by the Forest Hill Cemetery Committee of Wisconsin governor, and United States senator. As a Historic Madison, Inc. Committee members: Marge national leader in the Progressive Movement, he ran for Lyford (Chair), Thomas Brock, Frank Custer, Douglas President under its banner in 1924. His wife, Belle Case Evans, Mark Gajewski, Sue Haswell, Mary Betty Sellery, Published by LaFollette (1859-1931), was the first woman to graduate and Henry Soder. Design, Henry Soder; typesetting, Historic Madison, Inc. from the UW Law School. A noted orator in her own Thomas Brock; photography, Zane Williams. P.O. Box 2721 right, she helped her husband in his political career. Their Madison, WI 53701 sons were also active in politics: Robert M. LaFollette, Jr. (1895-1953) was a United States senator and Phillip Fox Printed on recycled paper 96/5000 1993 LaFollette (1897-1965) served as governor of Wisconsin. Forest Hill Cemetery 1 Speedway Road, Madison, Wisconsin 53705 608-266-4720 1 Catlin Chapel Sec. 30 See photo 14 Clark Sec. 2 Darwin Clark (1812-1899), one of the 25 Klauber Sec. 10 Samuel Klauber (1827-1887), the original permanent settlers of Madison, was with the crew first Jewish resident in Madison, operated a dry goods store 2 Receiving Vault Sec.
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