Russell C. Falconer
{{short description|American politician}}
Russell Chamberlain Falconer (February 4, 1851 – December 15, 1936) was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate.
Biography
Falconer was born on February 4, 1851, in Williamsburg, New York.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wSBWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA632 |title=Biographical Sketches|year=1893|publisher=Wisconsin Blue Book|access-date=2013-10-19}} He moved to Quincy, Wisconsin, in 1855{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/history/bluebook/1907/bios/f4250001.txt|title=Russel C. Falconer|publisher=USGenWeb|access-date=2013-10-19}} or to Pardeeville, Wisconsin, in 1856{{cite news|title=Rites for Ex-Senator on Friday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83846380/russell-c-falconer-1851-1936/ |newspaper=Monrovia News-Post |date=December 17, 1936 |location=Monrovia, CA |page=1 |via = Newspapers.com |access-date=August 21, 2021}} {{Open access}} and to Columbia County, Wisconsin, in 1858. He married Ada Scott (1851–1922) in 1870 and they had one daughter. They relocated to Portage, Wisconsin, in 1887. Falconer moved to California in 1920, initially to an orange farm in Sunnyslope and later to San Bernardino. Falconer died at his home in Patton, California, on December 15, 1936.{{cite news|title=Russell C. Falconer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83787312/russell-c-falconer-1851-1936/ |newspaper=Monrovia News-Post |date=December 16, 1936 |location=Monrovia, CA |page=3 |via = Newspapers.com |access-date=August 20, 2021}} {{Open access}}"California Death Index, 1905-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKSM-1V1J : accessed 24 September 2015), Russell C Falconer, 15 Dec 1936; citing 75597, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento.
Career
Falconer was chairman of Wyocena, Wisconsin, in 1880. From 1887 to 1888, he was sheriff of Columbia County. After being a delegate at the 1888 Democratic National Convention, Falconer was Mayor of Portage, Wisconsin, from 1890 to 1892. He was elected to the Senate in 1890 and appointed to the education committee.{{cite news|title=Mill Begins to Grind |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3284504/1891_wisconsin_legislative_session/|newspaper=The Weekly Wisconsin|date=January 17, 1891|page=5|via = Newspapers.com|access-date = September 24, 2015 }} {{Open access}} Later, Falconer was elected Sergeant at Arms of the Senate in 1905 and 1907.
References
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External links
- {{Find a Grave|86354914|Russell C. Falconer}}
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