Augustus O. Dole Explained

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]}

Notes and References

1. News: Death of O. A. Dole, of Poynette . Wisconsin State Journal . December 9, 1876 . Madison, WI . 1 . . October 12, 2021.
2. Wisconsin Blue Book, 1876, Biographical Sketch of August Osmyn Dole, p. 462.
3. Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, vol. 8, Madison, Wisconsin: 1879, p. 453.