Cyrus C. Yawkey

{{short description|American politician and business executive in lumber}}

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|birth_date = {{Birth date|1862|8|29}}

|birth_place = Chicago, Illinois

|death_date = {{Death date and age|1943|5|18|1862|8|29}}

|death_place = Wausau, Wisconsin

|occupation =

Lumber executive
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1895–1896)

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Cyrus Carpenter Yawkey (August 29, 1862 – May 18, 1943), commonly known as C. C. Yawkey, was an American business executive in lumber, and politician in Wisconsin.

Biography

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Yawkey moved with his family to Saginaw, Michigan, where he was educated. He started out as a clerk and then owned a business. He then moved to Wisconsin and started a sawmill in present-day Hazelhurst. He served on the Hazelhurst town board and the Oneida County board of supervisors. In 1895–1896, he served in the Wisconsin State Assembly as a Republican. In 1899, he moved to Wausau, Wisconsin, where he had his lumber business.{{cite book|last1=Marchetti|first1=Louis|title=History of Marathon County - Wisconsin and Representative Citizens|publisher=Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company|location=Chicago|url=http://wiclarkcountyhistory.org/neighbors/marathon/0data/0/15.htm|accessdate=2016-12-30}} During World War I, he was a colonel in the Wisconsin National Guard.{{Cite web |url=http://www.marathoncountyhistory.org/PeopleDetails.php?PeopleId=315&View=Y&ItemName= |title=Cyrus Carpenter Yawkey, Marathon County Historical Society |access-date=2011-08-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320175903/http://www.marathoncountyhistory.org/PeopleDetails.php?PeopleId=315&View=Y&ItemName= |archive-date=2012-03-20 |url-status=dead }}[http://www.wishistory.com/may18.html A Day in Wisconsin History: May 18]{{cite web|title=Yawkey, Cyrus Carpenter (1862-1943)|url=http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Content.aspx?dsNav=Ny:True,Ro:0,N:4294963828-4294963805&dsNavOnly=Ntk:All%7ccyrus+yawkey%7c3%7c,Ny:True,Ro:0&dsRecordDetails=R:CS14668&dsDimensionSearch=D:cyrus+yawkey,Dxm:All,Dxp:3&dsCompoundDimensionSearch=D:cyrus+yawkey,Dxm:All,Dxp:3|website=Dictionary of Wisconsin History|publisher=Wisconsin Historical Society|accessdate=2016-12-30}} Yawkey died in May 1943 in Wausau, Wisconsin.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59813164/cyrus-c-yawkey/ |title=Cyrus C. Yawkey |agency=UP |newspaper=Wisconsin State Journal |location=Madison, Wisconsin |page=4 |date=May 19, 1943 |accessdate=September 22, 2020 |via=newspapers.com}}

A cousin, William H. Yawkey, owned the Detroit Tigers baseball team.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59812579/w-h-yawkey-dead/ |title=W. H. Yawkey Dead |newspaper=Wausau Daily Herald |page=3 |date=March 6, 1919 |accessdate=September 22, 2020 |via=newspapers.com}}

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Category:Businesspeople from Chicago

Category:Politicians from Saginaw, Michigan

Category:People from Oneida County, Wisconsin

Category:Politicians from Wausau, Wisconsin

Category:Businesspeople from Michigan

Category:Businesspeople from Wisconsin

Category:County supervisors in Wisconsin

Category:Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly

Category:1862 births

Category:1943 deaths

Category:Politicians from Chicago

Category:Wisconsin National Guard personnel

Category:19th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature