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Augustus O. Dole

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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. He owned a mill. 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.[1][2]

Notes

  1. ^ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1876,' Biographical Sketch of August Osmyn Dole, pg. 462
  2. ^ 'Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin,' vol. 8, Madison, Wisconsin: 1879, pg. 453