La Follette/Middleton - Forest Hill Cemetery - Section 4 - Lot 99/100/101

Wisconsin's dominant political family for over half a century

Robert "Fighting Bob" La Follette  Jun 14, 1855 - Jun 18, 1925
Belle Case La Follette  Apr 21, 1859 - Aug 18, 1931

The LaFollette Home on Broom Street

314 S. Broom St. - Built 1854 - Madison Landmark

The home of Robert Sr. and Belle Case from the time of their marriage until they moved to the Governor's Mansion/Residence on Gilman Street in 1901

The LaFollette Maple Bluff Home

733 Lakewood Blvd., Maple Bluff - Built 1849 - National Historic Landmark

Built by James McBride - McBride's Point

Governor La Follette and Belle moved here in 1905. A 60-acre farm at the time they lived here until his death in 1925. After three generations Bronson C. La Follette was the last of the family to live in the house

               

In 1894, after his mother's death, Robert Sr. wanted his parents to be buried together. He had his father, Josiah La Follette, disinterred and brought to Madison and reburied at Forest Hill (the grave is in this lot but is unmarked). The coffin had disintegrated and La Follette reached in and took his father's skeleton out of the coffin with his own two hands. With his friend Dr. Cornelius Harper, he laid the bones out on the ground and studied them for several hours before burying them.

Phillip Fox La Follette  May 8, 1897 - Aug 18, 1965

Son of Robert Marion LaFollette

Served in the U.S. Army during WWI &WWII

Governor of Wisconsin, 1931-33, 1935-39

Robert M. La Follette Jr.  Feb 6, 1895 - Feb 24, 1953

US Senator

Found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Washington, D.C.

     

Isabel Bacon La Follette  Apr 13, 1899 - Sep 19, 1973

Rachel Young  Jun 9, 1896 - Dec 26, 1961

Memorial only, between graves 12 & 14

     

Oliva C. La Follette  Jan 5, 1848 - Feb 10, 1911

William F. La Follette  Dec 10, 1847 - Apr 30, 1913