Harnden/Main/Noble -
Forest Hill Cemetery
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Section 5
- Lot 19
Henry Harnden
Mar 4, 1823 - Mar 17, 1900
Born in Massachusetts, one of the first white visitors to the Four Lakes area now known as the Madison area
Escorted Black Hawk to St. Louis after the chief was captured in 1832 at the battle of Bad Axe
Led the First Wisconsin Cavalry to the capture of Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederate States, essentially ending the Civil War