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Jo Daviess County
Illinois

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Jo Daviess County

Index to Locations East Dubuque East Dubuque Cemetery Elizabeth Elizabeth Cemetery Galena Greenwood Cemetery Scales Mound Scales Mound Township Cemetery Near Stockton Ladies Union Cemetery East Dubuque Cemetery East Dubuque, Jo Daviess County, Illinois Politicians buried here:   Milton J. Glenn (1902-1957) — of Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa. Born in East Dubuque, Jo Daviess County, Ill., April 21, 1902. Democrat. Circuit judge in Iowa, 1939-57; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1944, 1948. Died in Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn., August 18, 1957 (age 55 years, 119 days). Interment at East Dubuque Cemetery. Elizabeth Cemetery Elizabeth, Jo Daviess County, Illinois Politicians buried here:   John Charles McKenzie (1860-1941) — also known as John C. McKenzie — of Elizabeth, Jo Daviess County, Ill. Born near Elizabeth, Jo Daviess County, Ill., February 18, 1860. Republican. Member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1892-96; member of Illinois state senate, 1900-11; U.S. Representative from Illinois 13th District, 1911-25; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1928. Died in Elizabeth, Jo Daviess County, Ill., September 17, 1941 (age 81 years, 211 days). Interment at Elizabeth Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Greenwood Cemetery Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois Politicians buried here:   Elihu Benjamin Washburne (1816-1887) — also known as Elihu B. Washburne; "Watchdog of the Treasury" — of Galena, Jo Daviess County, Ill. Born in Livermore, Androscoggin County, Maine, September 23, 1816. Republican. U.S. Representative from Illinois, 1853-69 (1st District 1853-63, 3rd District 1863-69); U.S. Secretary of State, 1869; U.S. Minister to France, 1869-77; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1880; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1880. Presbyterian. Died in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., October 22, 1887 (age 71 years, 29 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Israel Washburn and Martha (Benjamin) Washburn; brother of Israel Washburn Jr., Cadwallader Colden Washburn, Charles Ames Washburn and William Drew Washburn; married 1845 to Adele Gratiot; father of Hempstead Washburne; nephew of Reuel Washburn; uncle of Charles Fox Washburn, Fanny Washburn (who married Charles Payson), Robert Charles Washburn, William Drew Washburn Jr. and Stanley Washburn; fourth cousin once removed of Charles Sumner and Dwight May Sabin.   Political family: Washburn family of Massachusetts (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier   Leo Elwood Allen (1898-1973) — also known as Leo E. Allen — of Galena, Jo Daviess County, Ill. Born in Elizabeth, Jo Daviess County, Ill., October 5, 1898. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Illinois, 1933-61 (13th District 1933-49, 16th District 1949-61); delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1940 (alternate), 1960. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Odd Fellows. Died in Galena, Jo Daviess County, Ill., January 19, 1973 (age 74 years, 106 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Alphonso Arthur Allen and Sarah Sadie (Steinberger) Allen; married 1924 to Gladys Dahl.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Harry LeRoy Heer (1873-1962) — also known as Harry L. Heer — of Galena, Jo Daviess County, Ill. Born in Galena, Jo Daviess County, Ill., January 22, 1873. Mining engineer; lawyer; circuit judge in Illinois 15th Circuit, 1925. German and Welsh ancestry. Died in Hennepin County, Minn., November 12, 1962 (age 89 years, 294 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of David H. Heer and Martha (Evans) Heer; married, April 21, 1914, to Myrtle L. Renwick. Scales Mound Township Cemetery Scales Mound, Jo Daviess County, Illinois Politicians buried here:   John Franklin Jewell (1874-1927) — also known as John F. Jewell — of Galena, Jo Daviess County, Ill. Born in Scales Mound, Jo Daviess County, Ill., May 11, 1874. Lawyer; U.S. Consul in Martinique, 1902-06; St. Michaels, 1906-08; Melbourne, 1908-11; Vladivostok, 1911-14; Chefoo, 1916; Lourenco Marques, 1917; Batavia, 1919; Birmingham, 1922-27, died in office 1927. English ancestry. Died in Birmingham, England, October 23, 1927 (age 53 years, 165 days). Interment at Scales Mound Township Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Edwin Jewell and Ann (Reed) Jewell.   Epitaph: "Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch about him and lies down to pleasant dreams."   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Ladies Union Cemetery Near Stockton, Jo Daviess County, Illinois Politicians buried here:   William G. Curtiss (1859-1929) — of Stockton, Jo Daviess County, Ill. Born in 1859. Democrat. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Illinois 13th District, 1922, 1924, 1928. Died in 1929 (age about 70 years). Interment at Ladies Union Cemetery.   Harold Derrer Nagel (1920-1996) — also known as Harold D. Nagel — of Stockton, Jo Daviess County, Ill. Born in Stockton, Jo Daviess County, Ill., April 2, 1920. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; Jo Daviess County State's Attorney, 1948-64; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1964. Evangelical United Brethren. Member, American Bar Association. Died in Rockford, Winnebago County, Ill., June 19, 1996 (age 76 years, 78 days). Interment at Ladies Union Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Ella Rose (Derrer) Nagel and Karl Otto Nagel; married, May 31, 1947, to Patricia Jane Nichols.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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