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Name
  
James Alban


Died
  
April 7, 1862

James S. Alban was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate. The town and community of Alban was named in his honor.

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Biography

Alban was born James Shane Alban on April 7, 1810 in Jefferson County, Ohio. He would marry Amanda Harris. They would have five children. In 1838, Alban and his family moved to Sauk County, Wisconsin. Amanda died in 1843. The following year, Alban remarried and moved to Plover, Wisconsin. During the American Civil War, he was commissioned a colonel with the 18th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment of the Union Army. Alban would be killed in action at the Battle of Shiloh on April 6, 1862. He was succeeded in his command by future U.S. Representative Gabriel Bouck.

Political career

Alban was a member of the Senate from 1852 to 1853. Previously, he had been District Attorney and Treasurer of Portage County, Wisconsin. He was a member of the Whig Party.

References

James S. Alban Wikipedia