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Coles County
Illinois

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Coles County

Index to Locations Charleston Mound Cemetery Charleston Roselawn Cemetery Mattoon Dodge Cemetery Mound Cemetery Charleston, Coles County, Illinois Politicians buried here:   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.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Roselawn Cemetery Charleston, Coles County, Illinois Politicians buried here:   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.   Relatives: Married to Margery Helen Scriven.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Dodge Cemetery Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois Politicians buried here:   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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