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Chester Charles Thompson (1893-1971) —
also known as Chester Thompson —
of Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill.
Born in Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill., September
19, 1893.
Son of Charles L. Thompson and Susan (Miller) Thompson.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; plastering
contractor; Rock
Island County Treasurer; mayor
of Rock Island, Ill., 1927-32; defeated, 1964; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 14th District, 1933-39; defeated,
1938.
Methodist.
Member, Moose; Eagles.
Died in Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill., January
30, 1971 (age 77 years, 133
days).
Interment at Chippiannock Cemetery.
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William Harrison Gest (1838-1912) —
also known as William H. Gest —
of Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill.
Born in Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill., January
7, 1838.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 11th District, 1887-91; circuit
judge in Illinois 14th Circuit, 1897-1912; died in office 1912.
Died in Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill., August 9,
1912 (age 74 years, 215
days).
Interment at Chippiannock Cemetery.
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Benjamin Taylor Cable (1853-1923) —
also known as Benjamin T. Cable; Ben T.
Cable —
of Illinois.
Born in Georgetown, Scott
County, Ky., August
11, 1853.
Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1884,
1892,
1904,
1908;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 11th District, 1891-93; delegate to
Gold Democrat National Convention from Illinois, 1896.
Died in Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill., December
13, 1923 (age 70 years, 124
days).
Interment at Chippiannock Cemetery.
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John Buford, Sr. (1779-1848) —
of Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky.; Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill.
Born in Barren
County, Ky., 1779.
Son of Margaret (Kirtley) Buford (born 1760) and Simeon
Buford, Sr..
Farmer;
merchant;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1824-27; postmaster;
member of Illinois
state senate, 1843-47.
Presbyterian.
French
and English
ancestry.
Died in Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill., March 25,
1848 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Chippiannock Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Margaret (Kirtley) Buford (born 1760) and Simeon
Buford, Sr.; married, September
6, 1799, to Nancy Hickman (died 1824); married, January
4, 1825, to Ann Bannister (Howe) Watson (died 1835); father of
John Buford, Jr. (Civil War general), Napoleon Bonaparte Buford
(Civil War general), Thomas
Jefferson Buford and James
Monroe Buford. See Buford
family of Illinois. |
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