Ogle County
Illinois
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Ogle County
Illinois
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Ogle County
Index to Locations
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Joseph Medill McCormick (1877-1925) —
also known as Medill McCormick —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 16,
1877.
Son of Robert
Sanderson McCormick.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1916,
1920;
member of Illinois state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1917-19; U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1919-25; died in office 1925.
Scotch-Irish
and Dutch
ancestry.
Committed
suicide, in Washington,
D.C., February
25, 1925 (age 47 years, 285
days).
Interment at Middlecreek Cemetery.
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John Deere (1804-1886) —
of Moline, Rock Island
County, Ill.
Born in Rutland, Rutland
County, Vt., February
7, 1804.
Son of William Rinold Deere and Sarah (Yates) Deere (1780-1826).
Blacksmith;
inventor
of the first successful steel plow; founder of John Deere &
Company, manufacturers of farm
implements; president, National Bank of
Moline; mayor of
Moline, Ill., 1873-75.
Died in Moline, Rock Island
County, Ill., May 17,
1886 (age 82 years, 99
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Moline, Ill.; statue at John Deere Historic Site.
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Robert Roberts Hitt (1834-1906) —
also known as Robert R. Hitt —
of Mt. Morris, Ogle
County, Ill.
Born in Urbana, Champaign
County, Ohio, January
16, 1834.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1882-1906 (5th District 1882-83,
6th District 1883-95, 9th District 1895-1903, 13th District 1903-06);
died in office 1906.
Died in 1906
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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