Johnson County
Illinois

Johnson County information:

• Population: 12,878 (2000); 11,347 (1990)
• Land area 346 square miles.
• County seat: Vienna
• Capital Impact: Johnson County -- officials, addresses, and political, economic, education data
• Fedstats/Mapstats: Johnson County -- data on agriculture, population, immigration, business, crime, environment
• Johnson County ILGenWeb page -- genealogical, historical information and queries
  (if this link doesn't work, find the new one through the USGenWeb national site).
• Johnson County page at Interment.Net (Cemetery Records Online).

Neighboring areas:

• North: Williamson County
• Northeast: Saline County
• East: Pope County
• Southeast: Massac County
• Southwest: Pulaski County
• West: Union County

The Political Graveyard:

• Politicians who were born in Johnson County
• Politicians who lived in Johnson County
• Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Johnson County

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Politicians who were born in Johnson County

• Vienna: Paul Powell 1902
• Near West Vienna: C. W. 'Runt' Bishop 1890
• Near West Vienna: C. W. 'Runt' Bishop 1890
• See also Ill. birthplaces not assigned to counties.

Politicians who lived in Johnson County

• Buncombe: Robert E. Pippins
• No city given: Hezekiah West - William McFatridge - John Oliver
• Ozark: James B. Barker
• Vienna: Andrew J. Kuykendall - Pleasant T. Chapman - Harry M. Jackson - C. L. McCormick - Paul Powell
• See also Ill. areas not assigned to counties.

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Johnson County

• Near Ozark Zion Church Cemetery
• Vienna Fraternal Cemetery
• Vienna Vienna Fraternal Cemetery
• West Eden West Eden Cemetery

Politicians buried here:

• Claude VanCleve Parsons (1895-1941) — also known as Claude V. Parsons — of Golconda, Pope County, Ill. Born near McCormick, Pope County, Ill., October 7, 1895. Democrat. Farmer; superintendent of schools; U.S. Representative from Illinois 24th District, 1930-41; defeated, 1940. Protestant. Member, Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star; Odd Fellows. Died in Washington, D.C., May 23, 1941. Interment at Zion Church Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.

Politicians buried here:

• Pleasant Thomas Chapman (1854-1931) — also known as Pleasant T. Chapman — of Vienna, Johnson County, Ill. Born in Illinois, 1854. Republican. Member of Illinois state legislature; state court judge in Illinois; U.S. Representative from Illinois 24th District, 1905-11; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1924. Died in 1931. Interment at Fraternal Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
• Andrew Jackson Kuykendall (1815-1891) — also known as Andrew J. Kuykendall — of Vienna, Johnson County, Ill. Born in Gallatin County, Ill., March 3, 1815. Republican. Member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1842; U.S. Representative from Illinois 13th District, 1865-67; state court judge in Illinois, 1873; member of Illinois state senate, 1878. Died May 11, 1891. Interment at Fraternal Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
• Paul Taylor Powell (1902-1970) — also known as Paul Powell — of Vienna, Johnson County, Ill. Born in Vienna, Johnson County, Ill., January 21, 1902. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960; chair of Johnson County Democratic Party, 1950; Speaker of the Illinois State House of Representatives, 1959-63; secretary of state of Illinois, 1965-70; died in office 1970. In 1966, his office was investigated for corruption; he was exonerated, but his chief investigator was indicted for theft of state funds. Died in Rochester, Olmsted County, Minn., October 10, 1970; about $800,000 was found in shoeboxes in his room at the St. Nicholas Hotel in Springfield, Ill. Interment at Fraternal Cemetery.
  • Books about Paul Powell: Robert E. Hartley, Paul Powell of Illinois : Lifelong Democrat

Politicians buried here:

• C. L. McCormick (b. 1919) — of Vienna, Johnson County, Ill. Born in McCormick, Pope County, Ill., December 1, 1919. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; merchant; member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1957-65, 1965-67, 1967-75, 1981-83 (59th District 1957-65, at-large 1965-67, 59th District 1967-75, 1981-83). Baptist. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Interment at Vienna Fraternal Cemetery.

Politicians buried here:

• Hezekiah West (1763-1845) — of Johnson County, Ill. Born November 7, 1763. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention Johnson County, 1818. Died July 29, 1845. Interment at West Eden Cemetery.