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Orville Hickman Browning (1806-1881) —
also known as Orville H. Browning —
of Quincy, Adams
County, Ill.
Born in Cynthiana, Harrison
County, Ky., February
10, 1806.
Republican. Member of Illinois
state senate, 1837-41; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1860;
U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1861-63; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1866-69; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 28th District,
1869-70.
Died in Quincy, Adams
County, Ill., August
10, 1881 (age 75 years, 181
days).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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William Alexander Richardson (1811-1875) —
also known as William A. Richardson —
of Quincy, Adams
County, Ill.
Born near Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., January
16, 1811.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1837-39, 1845-47; member of Illinois
Democratic State Committee, 1837-38; member of Illinois
state senate, 1838-42; Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1844;
colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1847-56, 1861-63;
candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1856; Governor of
Nebraska Territory, 1858; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1860,
1868;
U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1863-65.
Died in Quincy, Adams
County, Ill., December
27, 1875 (age 64 years, 345
days).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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John Wood (1798-1880) —
of Quincy, Adams
County, Ill.
Born in Moravia, Cayuga
County, N.Y., December
20, 1798.
Son of Dr. David Wood (surgeon in Revolutionary War).
Member of Illinois
state senate, 1850; Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1857-60; Governor of
Illinois, 1860-61.
Died in Quincy, Adams
County, Ill., June 4,
1880 (age 81 years, 167
days).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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John Montgomery Glover (1822-1891) —
of La Grange, Lewis
County, Mo.
Born in Harrodsburg, Mercer
County, Ky., September
4, 1822.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Missouri 12th District, 1873-79.
Died November
15, 1891 (age 69 years, 72
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Knox County, Mo.; reinterment at
Woodland Cemetery.
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Isaac Newton Morris (1812-1879) —
also known as Isaac N. Morris —
of Quincy, Adams
County, Ill.
Born in Ohio, 1812.
Son of Thomas
Morris.
Democrat. Member of Illinois state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1857-61.
Died in 1879
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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John Tillson (d. 1892) —
of Quincy, Adams
County, Ill.
Born in Illinois.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1856;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 37th District, 1873-75; U.S. Collector of Internal
Revenue for the 4th Illinois District, 1879.
Died in 1892.
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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Lyman McCarl (1859-1920) —
of Quincy, Adams
County, Ill.
Born in Richfield Township, Adams
County, Ill., May 3,
1859.
Democrat. County judge in Illinois, 1910-20; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1916.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died from a stroke, in
his office at
the Adams County
Courthouse, Quincy, Adams
County, Ill., April 13,
1920 (age 60 years, 346
days).
Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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