Dunn/Jost/Ohnstad - Forest Hill Cemetery - 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
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