Christopher J. Rollis

Christopher J. "Cap" Rollis (January 21, 1858 – August 15, 1930) was an American newspaper editor and politician.

Born in Norway, Rollis emigrated with his parents to the United States in 1862. He went to Albion Academy and Normal Institute in Dane County and Milton College in Rock County, Wisconsin. Rollis lived in the village of Oregon, Wisconsin. Rollis was the publisher and editor of the Oregon Observer and later the Stoughton Courier Hub both in Dane County, Wisconsin. Rollis served as a trustee of the village of Oregon. In 1885, Rollis served in the Wisconsin State Assembly as a Republican representative. In 1930, Rollis died of a heart attack at his home in Stoughton, Wisconsin.[1][2]

Notes

  1. ↑ 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1885,' Biographical Sketch of Christopher J. Rollis, pg. 429
  2. ↑ 'Veteran, Publisher Dies At Sloughton,' Appleton Post Crescent, August 16, 1930, pg. 1


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