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Index to Locations
Private or family graveyards
Belleville Unknown location
Belleville Green Mount Cemetery
Belleville Mt. Carmel Cemetery
Belleville Mt. Hope Cemetery
Belleville Walnut Hill Cemetery
Near Belleville Unnamed Cemetery
East St. Louis St. Clair Memorial Park
Cemetery
Fairview Heights Lakeview Memorial
Gardens
Lebanon College Hill Cemetery
Millstadt Mt. Evergreen Cemetery
Private or family
graveyard
St. Clair County, Illinois
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William Kinney (1781-1843) —
of St.
Clair County, Ill.
Born in Washington
County, Pa., 1781.
Baptist
minister; merchant;
Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1826-30; candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1830, 1834.
Baptist.
Died near Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill., October
1, 1843 (age about 62
years).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Unknown
Location
Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois
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Ninian Edwards (1775-1833) —
of Kaskaskia, Randolph
County, Ill.; Edwardsville, Madison
County, Ill.
Born in Montgomery
County, Md., March
17, 1775.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1796-97; state court judge in
Kentucky, 1803; justice of
Kentucky state supreme court, 1808; Governor
of Illinois Territory, 1809-18; U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1818-24; Governor of
Illinois, 1826-30; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1832.
Baptist.
Slaveowner.
Died of cholera,
in Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill., July 20,
1833 (age 58 years, 125
days).
Original interment somewhere; reinterment in 1855 at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.; statue at Ninian
Edwards Plaza, Edwardsville, Ill.
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Green Mount
Cemetery
Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois
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Edward Michael Irwin (1869-1933) —
also known as Edward M. Irwin —
of New Athens, St. Clair
County, Ill.; Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born near Leasburg, Crawford
County, Mo., April
14, 1869.
Republican. School
teacher; physician;
chair
of St. Clair County Republican Party, 1898-1924; St.
Clair County Coroner, 1904-08; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1920;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 22nd District, 1925-31; defeated,
1930.
Died in Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill., January
30, 1933 (age 63 years, 291
days).
Interment at Green Mount Cemetery.
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Adam Wilson Snyder (1799-1842) —
also known as Adam W. Snyder —
of Illinois.
Born in Connellsville, Fayette
County, Pa., October
6, 1799.
Democrat. Member of Illinois state legislature, 1830; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1837-39; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Illinois.
Died in Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill., May 14,
1842 (age 42 years, 220
days).
Interment at Green Mount Cemetery.
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John Breese Hay (1834-1916) —
of Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill., January
8, 1834.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 12th District, 1869-73; postmaster
at Belleville,
Ill., 1882-86; St.
Clair County Judge, 1886-1900, 1905-14; mayor
of Belleville, Ill., 1901-05.
Died in Winnetka, Cook
County, Ill., June 16,
1916 (age 82 years, 160
days).
Interment at Green Mount Cemetery.
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Walter Nesbit (1878-1938) —
of Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill., May 1,
1878.
Coal
miner; Secretary-Treasurer,
District 12, United Mine Workers of America, 1917-33; U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1933-35; defeated, 1930
(Democratic), 1934 (Democratic primary), 1934 (National Progressive).
Member, United
Mine Workers.
Died in Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill., December
6, 1938 (age 60 years, 219
days).
Interment at Green Mount Cemetery.
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Mt. Carmel
Cemetery
Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois
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Charles Melvin Price (1905-1988) —
also known as Melvin Price —
of East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill., January
1, 1905.
Democrat. Secretary to U.S. Rep. Edwin
M. Schaefer, 1933-43; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1945-88 (22nd District 1945-49,
25th District 1949-53, 24th District 1953-73, 23rd District 1973-83,
21st District 1983-88); died in office 1988.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Amvets;
Knights
of Columbus; Moose; Eagles;
Elks; Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Died in Camp Springs, Prince
George's County, Md., April
22, 1988 (age 83 years, 112
days).
Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery.
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Mt. Hope
Cemetery
Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois
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Charles Adam Karch (1875-1932) —
also known as Charles A. Karch —
of East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill.; Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in Englemann Township, St. Clair
County, Ill., March
17, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1905-06, 1911-12; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, 1914; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 22nd District, 1931-32; defeated,
1908 (22nd District), 1926 (at-large); died in office 1932; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1932.
Died November
6, 1932 (age 57 years, 234
days).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Walnut Hill
Cemetery
Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois
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John Reynolds (1788-1865) —
of Cadiz, Hardin
County, Ill.
Born in Montgomery
County, Pa., February
26, 1788.
Democrat. Justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1818-25; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1823; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1827-29, 1846, 1852; Speaker of
the Illinois State House of Representatives, 1852; Governor of
Illinois, 1830-34; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1834-37, 1839-43;
candidate for Illinois
state senate, 1848; candidate for Illinois
superintendent of public instruction, 1858.
Slaveowner.
Died in Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill., May 8,
1865 (age 77 years, 71
days).
Interment at Walnut Hill Cemetery.
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Jehu Baker (1822-1903) —
of Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born near Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., November
4, 1822.
Republican. Lawyer; St.
Clair County Master in Chancery, 1861-65; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1865-69, 1887-89, 1897-99 (12th
District 1865-69, 18th District 1887-89, 21st District 1897-99); U.S.
Minister to Venezuela, 1878-81, 1882-85; U.S. Consul General in Caracas, as of 1882-85.
Died in Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill., March 1,
1903 (age 80 years, 117
days).
Interment at Walnut Hill Cemetery.
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Gustavus Koerner (1809-1896) —
also known as Gustave Koerner —
of Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in Germany,
1809.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1845-48; U.S. Consul in Hamburg, 1848-49; Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1853-57; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1860;
U.S. Minister to Spain, 1862-64; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Illinois; candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1872.
Died in 1896
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Walnut Hill Cemetery.
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Edwin Martin Schaefer (1887-1950) —
also known as Edwin M. Schaefer —
of Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill., May 14,
1887.
Democrat. Chemical
engineer,
and later general superintendent, Morris & Co. meat packers;
St.
Clair County Treasurer, 1930-32; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 22nd District, 1933-43; director,
Griesediech-Western Brewery
Co.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., November
8, 1950 (age 63 years, 178
days).
Interment at Walnut Hill Cemetery.
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Frederick John Kern (1864-1931) —
also known as Fred J. Kern —
of Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born near Millstadt, St. Clair
County, Ill., September
2, 1864.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 21st District, 1901-03; mayor
of Belleville, Ill., 1902; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1904
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1908,
1912
(speaker).
Died November
9, 1931 (age 67 years, 68
days).
Interment at Walnut Hill Cemetery.
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Charles Waite Thomas —
also known as Charles W. Thomas —
of Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1880
(alternate), 1904.
Interment at Walnut Hill Cemetery.
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Unnamed
Cemetery
Old Collinsville Road
Near Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois
St. Clair
Memorial Park Cemetery
East St. Louis, St. Clair County, Illinois
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Edward Edwin Miller (1880-1946) —
also known as Edward E. Miller —
of East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in Creston, Union
County, Iowa, July 22,
1880.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance
business; private secretary to U.S. Rep. William
A. Rodenberg; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1912;
Illinois
state treasurer, 1921-23; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 22nd District, 1923-25.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., August
1, 1946 (age 66 years, 10
days).
Interment at St. Clair Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Lakeview Memorial
Gardens
Fairview Heights, St. Clair County, Illinois
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Alan John Dixon (1927-2014) —
also known as Alan J. Dixon; "Al the
Pal" —
of Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.; Fairview Heights, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill., July 7,
1927.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1951-63 (49th District 1951-57,
43rd District 1957-63); member of Illinois
state senate, 1963-71; Illinois
state treasurer, 1971-77; secretary
of state of Illinois, 1977-81; U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1981-93.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion.
Died July 6,
2014 (age 86 years, 364
days).
Interment at Lakeview Memorial Gardens.
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College Hill
Cemetery
Lebanon, St. Clair County, Illinois
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Augustus C. French (1808-1864) —
of Crawford
County, Ill.; St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in Hill, Merrimack
County, N.H., August
2, 1808.
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois; Governor of
Illinois, 1846-53; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention from St. Clair
County, 1862.
Died in Lebanon, St. Clair
County, Ill., September
4, 1864 (age 56 years, 33
days).
Interment at College Hill Cemetery.
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Mt. Evergreen
Cemetery
Millstadt, St. Clair County, Illinois
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William Nicolas Baltz (1860-1943) —
also known as William N. Baltz —
of Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.; Millstadt, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in Millstadt, St. Clair
County, Ill., February
5, 1860.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 22nd District, 1913-15; defeated,
1914, 1926; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1916.
Died in Millstadt, St. Clair
County, Ill., April
22, 1943 (age 83 years, 76
days).
Interment at Mt. Evergreen Cemetery.
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