Dunn/Jost/Ohnstad -
Forest Hill Cemetery
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Section 24
- Lot 6
William G. Dunn
Sep 23, 1847 - Oct 25, 1925
William was known as "Pickerel Billy" to his friends and clients
Launching his boat near James Madison Park, he routinely caught 100 pounds of bass or pike in a day and sold them to downtown hotels and restaurants
He was Madison’s premier fisherman, even guiding President Cleveland on Lake Mendota in 1887
Billy died of blood poisoning from a fish hook