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Iroquois County
Illinois

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Iroquois County

Index to Locations Near Hoopeston Floral Hill Cemetery Onarga Onarga Cemetery Watseka Oak Hill Cemetery Floral Hill Cemetery Near Hoopeston, Iroquois County, Illinois Politicians buried here:   Elihu Durfee (1806-1889) — of Wayne County, N.Y. Born in Palmyra, Wayne County, N.Y., March 27, 1806. Whig. Member of New York state assembly from Wayne County 2nd District, 1850. Died in Hoopeston, Vermilion County, Ill., September 28, 1889 (age 83 years, 185 days). Interment at Floral Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Stephen Durfee and Mary (Allen) Durfee; married to Maria Howland; first cousin of Elias Durfee; first cousin once removed of Henry Rees Durfee; first cousin twice removed of David Melvin Durfee; first cousin thrice removed of Gideon Wanton; second cousin of Job Durfee; fourth cousin of Nathaniel Briggs Durfee; fourth cousin once removed of Dudley Emerson Cornell, Bradford Kirk Durfee and Charles W. Durfee.   Political families: Durfee-Wanton family of Newport, Rhode Island; Cornell family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Onarga Cemetery Onarga, Iroquois County, Illinois Politicians buried here:   Riley Alvin Bender (1890-1973) — also known as Riley A. Bender — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., July 8, 1890. Prize fighter; hotel manager; music store manager; seed wholesaler; candidate in Democratic primary for Illinois state senate 11th District, 1938; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1944, 1948, 1952. Church of Christ. German and Welsh ancestry. Died, in Illinois Central Hospital, Chicago, Cook County, Ill., March 6, 1973 (age 82 years, 241 days). Interment at Onarga Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Edward Bender and Rachel Josephine 'Josie' (Davis) Bender. Oak Hill Cemetery Watseka, Iroquois County, Illinois Politicians buried here:   Thomas Gaylord Vennum (1833-1898) — also known as Thomas G. Vennum — of Watseka, Iroquois County, Ill. Born in Washington County, Pa., December 25, 1833. Republican. Banker; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1884, 1892 (alternate). Presbyterian. Member, Odd Fellows. Died in Watseka, Iroquois County, Ill., June 29, 1898 (age 64 years, 186 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Christopher Columbus Vennum and Rosanna (Paul) Vennum; brother of Frank B. Vennum; married, April 8, 1862, to Lucia Ann Tuller; father of Thomas Gaylord Vennum (1873-1925).   Political family: Vennum family of Watseka, Illinois.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Thomas Gaylord Vennum (1873-1925) — also known as Thomas G. Vennum — of Watseka, Iroquois County, Ill. Born in Illinois, January 31, 1873. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1916. Died in Watseka, Iroquois County, Ill., February 6, 1925 (age 52 years, 6 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Gaylord Vennum (1833-1898) and Lucia Ann (Tuller) Vennum; married, October 26, 1898, to Josephine A. Norris; nephew of Frank B. Vennum.   Political family: Vennum family of Watseka, Illinois.

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