Thomas Grant Cretney

Born in the town of Ridgeway, Iowa County, Wisconsin, Cretney was a building contractor and President of the State Bank of Arena.^[1] Cretney was also in the real estate business and had invented and patented a system of traffic signs. Cretney served as president of the village of Ridgeway. In 1915, Cretney served in the Wisconsin State Assembly as a Republican. He then moved to Madison, Wisconsin and served as sergeant at arms in the Wisconsin Assembly.^[2] Cretney died in Madison after a long illness,^[1] leaving an estate valued at $13,500.^[3]