The Political Graveyard: Clark County, Ill.

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Clark County
Illinois

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Clark County

Index to Locations

Near Marshall Walnut Prairie Cemetery

Marshall Cemetery
Marshall, Clark County, Illinois

Politicians buried here:

Timothy Roberts Young (1811-1898) — also known as Timothy R. Young — of Clark County, Ill. Born in Dover, Strafford County, N.H., November 19, 1811. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1849-51; delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention Clark County, 1862. Died near Casey, Clark County, Ill., May 12, 1898 (age 86 years, 174 days). Interment at Marshall Cemetery.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Justin Harlan (1800-1879) — of Marshall, Clark County, Ill. Born in Warren County, Ohio, December 6, 1800. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention Clark County, 1847; circuit judge in Illinois, 1848-61. Died in Kentucky, March 12, 1879 (age 78 years, 96 days). Interment at Marshall Cemetery.

Uriah Manley (d. 1864) — also known as Uri Manley — of Illinois. Delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention Clark, Edgar and Coles counties, 1847. Died in Clark County, Ill., 1864. Interment at Marshall Cemetery.

Walnut Prairie Cemetery
Near Marshall, Clark County, Illinois

Politicians buried here:

William Beatty Archer (1793-1870) — also known as William B. Archer — of Marshall, Clark County, Ill. Born in Scott County, Ky., January 30, 1793. Republican. Member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1825-26; member of Illinois state senate, 1827-35; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1856; Convention Vice-President, Republican National Convention, 1856. Died August 9, 1870 (age 77 years, 191 days). Interment at Walnut Prairie Cemetery.

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