Augustus O. Dole

August Osmyn Dole (February 11, 1816 December 7, 1876) was an American businessman and optician.

Born in Shelburne, Massachusetts, he moved to Arlington, Wisconsin in 1856 and then to Poynette, Wisconsin in 1866. He owned a mill. Dole served as justice of the peace, town clerk, and on the school board. In 1876, Dole served in the Wisconsin State Assembly as a Republican. He died in Poynette, Wisconsin and was still in office at the time of his death.[1][2]

Notes

  1. 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1876,' Biographical Sketch of August Osmyn Dole, pg. 462
  2. 'Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin,' vol. 8, Madison, Wisconsin: 1879, pg. 453


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