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Owen Lovejoy (1811-1864) —
of Princeton, Bureau
County, Ill.
Born in Albion, Kennebec
County, Maine, January
6, 1811.
Son of Elizabeth Gordon (Pattee) Lovejoy (1772-1857) and Rev. Daniel
Lovejoy (1776-1833).
Republican. Minister;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1854-56; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1856
(speaker);
U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1857-64 (3rd District 1857-63, 5th
District 1863-64); died in office 1864.
Congregationalist.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March 25,
1864 (age 53 years, 79
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Thomas Jefferson Henderson (1824-1911) —
also known as Thomas J. Henderson —
of Princeton, Bureau
County, Ill.
Born in Brownsville, Haywood
County, Tenn., November
29, 1824.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1854-56; member of Illinois
state senate, 1856-60; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1868;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1875-95 (6th District 1875-83, 7th
District 1883-95); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1896.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in 1911
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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Cyrus Langworthy (1791-1874) —
of Princeton, Bureau
County, Ill.
Born in Windsor, Windsor
County, Vt., November
13, 1791.
Son of James Langworthy (1752-1800) and Anna (Dean) Langworthy
(1752-1839).
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1842; owner of
carding mills; banker.
Died in Princeton, Bureau
County, Ill., January
16, 1874 (age 82 years, 64
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery.
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