Augustus O. Dole
August Osmyn Dole (February 11, 1816 – December 7, 1876) was an American businessman and optician.
Born in Shelburne, Massachusetts, he moved to Arlington, Wisconsin in 1856 and then to Poynette, Wisconsin in 1866.[1] He owned a mill.[1] Dole served as justice of the peace, town clerk, and on the school board. In 1876, Dole served in the Wisconsin State Assembly as a Republican. He died in Poynette, Wisconsin and was still in office at the time of his death from pneumonia.[1][2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Death of O. A. Dole, of Poynette". Wisconsin State Journal. Madison, WI. December 9, 1876. p. 1. Retrieved October 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Wisconsin Blue Book, 1876, Biographical Sketch of August Osmyn Dole, p. 462.
- ^ Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, vol. 8, Madison, Wisconsin: 1879, p. 453.
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