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James Keogh (Wisconsin Politician)
James Keogh Jr. (April 26, 1850 – January 23, 1896) was an American lawyer, banker and politician from Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. He held varied local offices, including mayor of Sturgeon Bay, and served one two-year term as a Republican member of the Wisconsin State Assembly for Door County in the 41st Wisconsin Legislature (1891–1893). Background Keogh was born in Dublin, Ireland on April 26, 1850, son of James and Mary Keogh, and came with his parents to Canada in 1852, from there to Wisconsin in 1855, where the family settled in Forestville. He attended the common schools and the Oshkosh State Normal School, and became a lawyer and businessman. He moved to Sturgeon Bay in 1874. Business activity As of 1893, he was president of the Frankfort Land Company and of the W. O. Brown Manufacturing Company, secretary of the Sturgeon Bay Dock Company, a director of the Ahnapee and Western Railroad, and cashier of the Bank of Sturgeon Bay. Public office Keogh served as Door C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Sturgeon Bay is a city in and the county seat of Door County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 9,646 at the 2020 Census. The city is well-known regionally for being the largest city of the Door Peninsula, after which the county is named. History The area was originally inhabited by the Ho-Chunk and Menominee. The town is known in the Menominee language as ''Namāēw-Wīhkit'', or "bay of the sturgeon". The Menominee ceded this territory to the United States in the 1831 Treaty of Washington. After that, the area was available for white settlement. The community was first recorded as Graham in 1855 but, in 1857, the state legislature organized it as the town of Ottumba. Subsequently, the name was reverted to Graham and, in 1860, a petition was submitted to the county board to change the community's name to that of the adjacent bay. A company of volunteer firefighters was established in 1869. In 1874, Sturgeon Bay was incorporated as a village. It became a city in 1883 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
