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Lawton became involved in Wisconsin state politics in the 1950s, as a registered Democrat. As his obituary in the Milwaukee Journal stated, [1] he was "stubbornly liberal when it was fashionable and when it was not." Recognized for his activism as well as his medical skills, Lawton was elected to the Wisconsin State Board of Medical Examiners ...
He died of pneumonia in Marshfield, Wisconsin, on July 2, 1924. [ 2 ] He was an original Companion (#03124) of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States , or the MOLLUS, founded in 1865 by and for commissioned officers who had served in the Union forces in the Civil War.
November 4, 1993 (Roughly, Central Ave. from Depot St. to Third St. Marshfield: Includes many old brick businesses like the Thomas House Hotel built after the fire of 1887, the Romanesque Revival old city hall built in 1901, the Craftsman-styled Wisconsin Central depot built in 1910, and the eclectic-styled Hotel Charles built in 1925, which hosted JFK, Patsy Cline, and possibly John Dillinger.
He served as mayor of Marshfield from 1909 to 1913. He was captain of the Marshfield unit of the Wisconsin National Guard which fought in World War I, taking part in the Meuse-Argonne offensive and the March to the Rhine, and receiving the Croix de Guerre for his service. [30] In 1928 he built another house here - the shingled one at 815 W 5th ...
The Pleasant Hill Residential Historic District is a largely intact old neighborhood a few blocks east of Marshfield's downtown. Most of the contributing properties in the district were built between 1880 and 1949, including large, stylish homes built by businessmen and professionals, and smaller vernacular homes built by laborers. The district ...
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The World's Largest Round Barn was built in 1916 and is part of the grounds for the annual Central Wisconsin State Fair. In 1851 and 1853, when the area was still forested, surveyors working for the U.S. government marked all the section corners in the 6 by 6 miles (9.7 by 9.7 km) square which now includes Marshfield, Hewitt, and Cameron, working on foot with compass and chain.
Location of Marshfield (town), Wood County, Wisconsin According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 16.6 square miles (43 km 2 ), of which, 16.6 square miles (43 km 2 ) is land and 0.06% is water.