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Henry County
Illinois

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Henry County

Index to Locations Cambridge Rosedale Cemetery Near Galva Protestant Cemetery Kewanee Pleasant View Cemetery Kewanee South Pleasant View Cemetery Rosedale Cemetery Cambridge, Henry County, Illinois Politicians buried here:   Walter Hardy Ammerman (1864-1933) — also known as Walter H. Ammerman — of Moline, Rock Island County, Ill.; East Moline, Rock Island County, Ill. Born in Henry County, Ill., July 8, 1864. Civil engineer; village president of East Moline, Illinois, 1903-07. Member, Elks. Died in Moline, Rock Island County, Ill., March 4, 1933 (age 68 years, 239 days). Interment at Rosedale Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Jonathan Reed Ammerman and Sarah Ann (Hardy) Ammerman; married 1908 to Jennie Mae Bartlett.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Protestant Cemetery Near Galva, Henry County, Illinois Politicians buried here:   Thomas E. Milchrist — of Galva, Henry County, Ill. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1888; U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 1891-93. Interment at Protestant Cemetery. Pleasant View Cemetery Kewanee, Henry County, Illinois Politicians buried here:   Charles Wayland Brooks (1897-1957) — also known as C. Wayland Brooks — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Bureau County, Ill., March 8, 1897. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lawyer; candidate for U.S. Representative from Illinois at-large, 1934; candidate for Governor of Illinois, 1936; member of Republican National Committee from Illinois, 1939-52; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1940 (member, Resolutions Committee), 1944, 1948, 1952 (member, Resolutions Committee; speaker), 1956 (member, Credentials Committee); U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1940-49; defeated, 1948. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Forty and Eight; Freemasons; Shriners; Moose; Phi Delta Phi; Delta Sigma Phi; Elks; Purple Heart. Died in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., January 14, 1957 (age 59 years, 312 days). Interment at Pleasant View Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Rev. Jonas Gardner Brooks and Ida Nora (Bickford) Brooks; married, August 26, 1920, to Gertrude Ackerly; married, May 8, 1946, to Mary (Thomas) Peavey (daughter of John W. Thomas).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article   Mark Ashton Saunders (1883-1974) — also known as Mark A. Saunders — of Kewanee, Henry County, Ill. Born in Bradford, Stark County, Ill., September 6, 1883. Republican. Mayor of Kewanee, Ill., 1935-43; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1936, 1940 (alternate), 1948. Congregationalist. Member, Odd Fellows. Died in Kewanee, Henry County, Ill., April 26, 1974 (age 90 years, 232 days). Interment at Pleasant View Cemetery. South Pleasant View Cemetery Kewanee, Henry County, Illinois Politicians buried here:   Daniel William Bates (d. 1946) — also known as Daniel W. Bates — of Kewanee, Henry County, Ill. Mayor of Kewanee, Ill., 1943-46; died in office 1946. Died August 26, 1946. Interment at South Pleasant View Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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