Cyrus C. Yawkey

Cyrus Carpenter Yawkey (August 29, 1862 May 18, 1943) was an American businessman and politician.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, he moved with his family to Saginaw, Michigan, where he was educated. He started out as a clerk and then owned a business. He then moved to Wisconsin and started a sawmill in present-day Hazelhurst. He served on the Hazelhurst town board and the Oneida County board of supervisors. In 1895-1896, he served in the Wisconsin State Assembly as a Republican. In 1899, he moved to Wausau, Wisconsin, where he had his lumber business. During World War I, he was a colonel in the Wisconsin National Guard.[1][2][3]

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