- Cyrus C. Yawkey
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Cyrus Carpenter Yawkey (August 29, 1862 – May 18, 1943) was an American businessman and politician.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, he moved with his family to Saginaw, Michigan where he was educated. Started out as a clerk and then owned a business. He then moved to Wisconsin and started a sawmill in present day Hazelhurst, Wisconsin. He served on the Hazelhurst, Wisconsin town board and the Oneida County, Wisconsin 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 buisness. During World War I, he served as a colonel in the Wisconsin National Guard.[1][2][3]
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Categories:- People from Chicago, Illinois
- People from Saginaw, Michigan
- People from Oneida County, Wisconsin
- People from Wausau, Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Republicans
- Businesspeople from Michigan
- Businesspeople from Wisconsin
- County supervisors in Wisconsin
- Members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- 1862 births
- 1943 deaths
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