Luther Hanchett Jr.
Born: October 25, 1825
Birthplace: Middlebury, Ohio
Father: Dr. Luther Hanchett Sr. 1780 – 1841
Mother: Ann E. Kent 1788 – 1858
Wife: Lucinda Alban 1834 – 1924
Children:
James Alban Hanchett 1859 – 1929
(Buried: Forest Home Cemetery, Rhinelander, Wisconsin)
Stepbrother: Brig. General Ralph Pomeroy Buckland 1812 – 1892
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Fremont, Ohio)
Political Party: Republican Party
Occupation before War:
1846 – 1849: Attorney in Fremont, Ohio
1849 – 1861: Lumber and Mining Businessman in Plover, Wisconsin
1856 – 1860: Wisconsin State Senator
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: United States Congressman from Wisconsin
1861 – 1862: Member House Private Land Claims Committee
1861 – 1862: Member House Public Expenditures Committee
Died: November 24, 1862
Place of Death: Plover, Wisconsin
Age at time of Death: 37 years old
Burial Place: Plover Cemetery, Plover, Wisconsin
Cenotaph Place: Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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