Wisconsin's dominant political family for over half a century.
Robert “Fighting Bob” Jun 14, 1855 – Jun 18, 1925
Belle Case Apr 21, 1859 – Aug 18, 1931
Their Madison Hone
Their Maple Bluff Home
Phillip Fox May 8, 1897 – Aug 18, 1965
Son of Robert Marion LaFollette
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I
Governor of Wisconsin, 1931-33, 1935-39
served in the U.S. Army during World War II
Robert M. Jr. Feb 6, 1895 – Feb 24, 1953
US Senator
Found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Washington, D.C.
Isabel Bacon Apr 13, 1899 – Sep 19, 1973
Rachel Young Jun 9, 1896 – Dec 26, 1961
Oliva C. 1848 – 1911
William T. 1847 – 1913
Robert La Follette Sr.'s father Josiah was born in Indiana and was a neighbor in Kentucky of
Thomas and Nancy Lincoln, Abraham’s parents. When he died in 1856 he said “I am not afraid to
die, but I don’t like to be forgotten.” In 1894, after his mother’s death, La Follette
disinterred his father’s remains and reburied him at Forest Hill
(the grave is in this plot but is unmarked). The coffin had disintegrated. He gathered the
skeletons and hair of his father and brother, wrapped them, and brought them to Madison.
With his friend Dr. Cornelius Harper, he laid the bones out on the ground and studied them
for several hours before burying them.
