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
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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.
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Elizabeth
Cemetery
Elizabeth, Jo Daviess County, Illinois
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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.
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Greenwood
Cemetery
Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of David H. Heer and Martha (Evans) Heer; married, April
21, 1914, to Myrtle L. Renwick. |
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Scales Mound
Township Cemetery
Scales Mound, Jo Daviess County, Illinois
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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.
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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 |
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Ladies Union
Cemetery
Near Stockton, Jo Daviess County, Illinois
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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.
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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.
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