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Joseph Brown (d. 1899) —
of Alton, Madison
County, Ill.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Riverboat
captain; mayor of
Alton, Ill., 1856-57; mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1871-75.
Died December
3, 1899.
Entombed in mausoleum at Alton Cemetery.
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David Jewett Baker (1792-1869) —
also known as David J. Baker —
of Kaskaskia, Randolph
County, Ill.
Born in East Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn., September
7, 1792.
Democrat. Probate judge in Illinois, 1827-30; U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1830; U.S.
Attorney for Illinois, 1831-39.
Died in Alton, Madison
County, Ill., August 6,
1869 (age 76 years, 333
days).
Interment at Alton Cemetery.
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Robert Smith (1802-1867) —
of Alton, Madison
County, Ill.
Born in New Hampshire, 1802.
Democrat. Member of Illinois state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1843-49, 1857-59 (1st District
1843-49, 8th District 1857-59).
Died in 1867
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Alton Cemetery.
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Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe (1822-1906) —
of Alton, Madison
County, Ill.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Madisonville, Hopkins
County, Ky., April 21,
1822.
Republican. Mayor of
Alton, Ill.; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1877-79.
Died in Kirkwood, St. Louis
County, Mo., January
31, 1906 (age 83 years, 285
days).
Interment at Alton Cemetery.
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George T. Brown (1820-1880) —
of Alton, Madison
County, Ill.
Born in Scotland,
1820.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of
Alton, Ill., 1846-47; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention Madison County,
1847; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1856
(member, Platform
Committee).
Scottish
ancestry.
Sergeant at Arms of the U.S. Senate 1861-69; served the impeachment
summons on President Andrew
Johnson.
Died in Alton, Madison
County, Ill., June 10,
1880 (age about 59
years).
Interment at Alton Cemetery.
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Arthur Harold Otto Beneze (1896-1970) —
also known as A. H. Otto Beneze;
"Tootie" —
of Illinois.
Born in Alton, Madison
County, Ill., April 11,
1896.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Socialist Labor candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1926.
Died in the Soldiers
and Sailors Home in Quincy, Adams
County, Ill., October
21, 1970 (age 74 years, 193
days).
Interment at Alton Cemetery.
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Charles Boeschenstein (b. 1864) —
of Edwardsville, Madison
County, Ill.
Born in Madison
County, Ill., October
27, 1864.
Son of Charles Boeschenstein and Louisa (Leder) Boeschenstein.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; banker; mayor
of Edwardsville, Ill., 1887-89; organized Edwardsville Water
Co., 1897; member of Illinois
Democratic State Central Committee, 1900-12; Illinois
Democratic state chair, 1904-12; member of Democratic
National Committee from Illinois, 1912-24; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1920,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1940.
Interment at Valley View Cemetery.
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Edward Coles (1786-1868) —
of Madison
County, Ill.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., December
15, 1786.
Governor
of Illinois, 1822-26.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 7,
1868 (age 81 years, 205
days).
Cenotaph at Valley View Cemetery.
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