C. E. McIntosh
{{short description|American politician}}
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Charles Eduard McIntosh (April 13, 1838 – July 26, 1915) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and a Union Army soldier.
Biography
McIntosh was born on April 13, 1838, in Goderich, Upper Canada.{{cite book|title=THE LEGISLATIVE MANUAL OF THE STATE OF WISCONSIN|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sw5WAAAAMAAJ&q=Charles+E.+McIntosh%2BWisconsin%2BAssembly+biography&pg=PA368|location=Madison, Wis.|year=1870|edition=9th|page=368|accessdate=2015-09-28}} He moved to what is now New Berlin, Wisconsin, in 1840 before attending the University of Notre Dame. During the American Civil War, he served with the Union Army. On October 11, 1864, McIntosh married Mary E. Conklin.{{cite web|url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wifloren/bio_McINTOSH.html|title=C. E. McINTOSH|publisher=Florence County Gen Web Project|accessdate=2015-09-28}} They had six children. McIntosh moved to Appleton, Wisconsin, in 1866 and to Florence, Wisconsin, in 1881.
On June 12, 1884, McIntosh was arrested for shooting Sheriff James E. Readmon in Florence.{{cite news|title=A Bloody Ending |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6050480/c_e_mcintosh_born_1838/|newspaper=Green Bay Press Gazette|date=June 12, 1884|page=3|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = July 30, 2016 }} {{Open access}}{{cite news|title=Shooting Affray |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6050536/c_e_mcintosh_born_1838/|newspaper=Green Bay Weekly Gazette|date=June 14, 1884|page=4|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = July 30, 2016 }} {{Open access}} He moved to Iron Mountain, Michigan in September 1884.{{cite news|title=C. E. McIntosh |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/6050511/c_e_mcintosh_born_1838/|newspaper=Green Bay Weekly Gazette|date=September 4, 1884|page=3|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = July 30, 2016 }} {{Open access}} The 1910 census listed him as an inmate at the Wisconsin Veterans Home in Waupaca, Wisconsin."United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MP2R-DV2 : 20 October 2015), Charles Mcintosh, Farmington, Waupaca, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 73, sheet 7B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,756. He died in 1915 and is buried at Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery in King, Wisconsin.
Political career
McIntosh was a member of the Assembly during the 1869, 1870 and 1871 sessions.{{cite web|url=http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/misc/lrb/blue_book/2007_2008/300_feature.pdf|title=Those Who Served: Wisconsin Legislators 1848 - 2007|publisher=Wisconsin Blue Book 2007 - 2008|page=159|accessdate=2015-09-28}} After he was defeated in the 1871 election, he was arrested for assaulting the local judge in charge of election returns, Samuel Ryan, Jr.{{cite news|title=State Items: The Appleton Times|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3903547/c_e_mcintosh_born_1838/|newspaper=Janesville Daily Gazette|date=November 10, 1871|page=4|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate =December 28, 2015 }} {{Open access}} Later, he became District Attorney of Florence County, Wisconsin. He was a Democrat.
References
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External links
- {{Find a Grave|82943158|Charles Eduard McIntosh}}
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Category:People from Goderich, Ontario
Category:Emigrants from pre-Confederation Ontario to the United States
Category:People from New Berlin, Wisconsin
Category:Politicians from Waukesha County, Wisconsin
Category:Politicians from Appleton, Wisconsin
Category:People from Florence, Wisconsin
Category:Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Category:District attorneys in Wisconsin
Category:University of Notre Dame alumni