La Salle County
Illinois
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La Salle County
Illinois
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in La Salle County
Index to Locations
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W. H. L. Wallace (d. 1862) —
of Ottawa, La Salle
County, Ill.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1856;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Shot
and killed while leading troops at the Civil
War battle of Shiloh near Pittsburg Landing, Hardin
County, Tenn., April 6,
1862.
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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James W. Turner (1862-1913) —
also known as Jim Turner —
of Earlville, La Salle
County, Ill.; La Grange, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Earlville, La Salle
County, Ill., May 3,
1862.
Republican. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives 7th District, 1903-05.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in La Grange, Cook
County, Ill., January
29, 1913 (age 50 years, 271
days).
Interment at Precinct Cemetery.
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Alexander Campbell (1814-1898) —
of Illinois.
Born near Concord, Franklin
County, Pa., October
4, 1814.
Mayor
of La Salle, Ill., 1852; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1858; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention La Salle, Livingston
and Grundy counties, 1862; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1875-77.
Died in La Salle, La Salle
County, Ill., August 8,
1898 (age 83 years, 308
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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William Cullen (1826-1914) —
of Illinois.
Born in County Donegal, Ireland,
March
4, 1826.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1881-85 (7th District 1881-83, 8th
District 1883-85).
Died in Ottawa, La Salle
County, Ill., January
17, 1914 (age 87 years, 319
days).
Interment at Ottawa Avenue Cemetery.
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Maurice T. Maloney —
of Ottawa, La Salle
County, Ill.
Democrat. Illinois
state attorney general, 1893-97; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1908.
Interment at St. Columba Cemetery.
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Walter Reeves (1848-1909) —
of Streator, La Salle
County, Ill.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1848.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 11th District, 1895-1903; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1904,
1908.
Died in 1909
(age about
61 years).
Interment at Riverview Cemetery.
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Ralph Plumb (1816-1903) —
of Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio; Streator, La Salle
County, Ill.
Born in Busti, Chautauqua
County, N.Y., March 29,
1816.
Republican. Merchant;
lawyer;
member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1855; served in the Union Army during
the Civil War; coal mining
business; railroad
builder; banker; mayor
of Streator, Ill., 1882-85; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 8th District, 1885-89.
Died in Streator, La Salle
County, Ill., April 8,
1903 (age 87 years, 10
days).
Interment at Riverview Cemetery.
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