The Attempted Assassination of ex-President
Theodore Roosevelt By: Oliver Remey, Henry Cochems, Wheeler Bloodgood
Wheeler Peckham Bloodgood was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States on 4 November 1871, son of Francis Bloodgood and Josephine M. Colt.[1] He was a descendant of Francois Bloetgoet, a Dutch emigrant who had moved to Flushing, Long Island in 1658. His father and uncles were successful lawyers in Wisconsin.[2] His oldest brother Francis Bloodgood Jr. also became a noted attorney in Milwaukee.[3] His brother Joseph Colt Bloodgood (1 November 1867 - 22 October 1935) was to become an eminent surgeon.
Cochems was born in 1877 at Sturgeon Bay, the county seat of Door County on Wisconsin's Door Peninsula. He was one of 11 children,[2] and "the smallest of seven brothers."[3] His older brother, Henry Cochems, preceded him at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he was a star football player and shotput thrower.[4][5] Cochems also had a twin brother, Carl Cochems (1877–1954), who became a noted opera singer
Cochems was born in 1877 at Sturgeon Bay, the county seat of Door County on Wisconsin's Door Peninsula. He was one of 11 children,[2] and "the smallest of seven brothers."[3] His older brother, Henry Cochems, preceded him at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he was a star football player and shotput thrower.[4][5] Cochems also had a twin brother, Carl Cochems (1877–1954), who became a noted opera singer
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