Alonzo J. Mathison

{{Short description|American politician (1876–1941)}}

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Alonzo John Mathison[https://www.ancestrylibrary.ca/imageviewer/collections/6482/images/005252602_00702?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&queryId=05798ff7fe749280a9956553af4ab03b&usePUB=true&_phsrc=gNm11&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&pId=17489491 World War I draft registration card] {{closed access}} (July 13, 1876 – November 11, 1941) was an American machinist, businessman, and politician.

Mathison was born in Stoughton, Wisconsin, the son of Thorwald C. Mathison (1852–1894) and Carrie (née Jacobson) Mathison (1845–1919)."Wisconsin Births and Christenings, 1826-1926", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTMZ-GV4 : 30 January 2020), Thorwald C. Mathison in entry for Alonzo John Matheson, 1876. He worked in a grocery store and then worked as a machine shop foreman for Fairbanks Morse & Company in Beloit, Wisconsin. Mathison was also in the real estate business. Mathison served on the Beloit Common Council. In 1919, Mathison served in the Wisconsin State Assembly as a Republican.Wisconsin Blue Book, 1919, Biographical Sketch of Alonzo J. Mathison, p. 501."Stoughton Department," W. H. Linderud (editor), Madison Capital Times, November 15, 1941, p. 2.

Mathison died at his home in Beloit following a long illness,{{cite news |title=Alonzo Mathison Dies at Beloit |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63145751/alonzo-j-mathison-1876-1941/ |work=The Capital Times |date=November 11, 1941 |location=Madison, WI |page=11 |accessdate=November 13, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} and he was buried at Riverside Cemetery in Stoughton.{{cite news |title=Alonzo Mathison Rites |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63212379/alonzo-j-mathison-1876-1941/ |work=The Capital Times |date=November 12, 1941 |location=Madison, WI |page=14 |accessdate=November 14, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}