Index to Locations
Charleston Mound Cemetery
Charleston Roselawn Cemetery
Mattoon Dodge Cemetery
Mound
Cemetery
Charleston, Coles County, Illinois
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Orlando Bell Ficklin (1808-1886) —
also known as Orlando B. Ficklin —
of Mt. Carmel, Wabash
County, Ill.; Charleston, Coles
County, Ill.
Born in Scott
County, Ky., December
16, 1808.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1835, 1838, 1842, 1878; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1843-49, 1851-53;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1856,
1860,
1864;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois; member of Illinois
Democratic State Committee, 1858-60; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention Coles, Moultrie and
Douglas counties, 1862.
Died in Charleston, Coles
County, Ill., May 5,
1886 (age 77 years, 140
days).
Interment at Mound Cemetery.
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Roselawn
Cemetery
Charleston, Coles County, Illinois
Politicians buried
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Melvin Thomas (1885-1942) —
of Charleston, Coles
County, Ill.
Born in Mason
County, W.Va., May 12,
1885.
Democrat. Farmer;
member of Illinois
state senate 34th District, 1937-41; defeated, 1940.
Member, Sigma
Xi.
Died in Charleston, Coles
County, Ill., January
31, 1942 (age 56 years, 264
days).
Interment at Roselawn Cemetery.
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Dodge
Cemetery
Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois
Politicians buried
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Lewis L. Lehman (d. 1925) —
of Mattoon, Coles
County, Ill.
Republican. University
of Illinois trustee, 1905-06; appointed 1905; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1916.
Died in 1925.
Interment at Dodge Cemetery.
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