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Kankakee County
Illinois

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Kankakee County

Index to Locations Kankakee Kankakee Memorial Garden Kankakee Mound Grove Cemetery Manteno Elmwood Cemetery Kankakee Memorial Garden Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois Politicians buried here:   Louis E. Beckman (1876-1946) — of Kankakee, Kankakee County, Ill. Born in Kankakee, Kankakee County, Ill., May 20, 1876. Republican. Banker; mayor of Kankakee, Ill., 1925; member of Illinois state house of representatives 20th District, 1927-29; member of Illinois state senate 20th District, 1937-46; died in office 1946. Died January 7, 1946 (age 69 years, 232 days). Interment at Kankakee Memorial Garden.   Relatives: Father of Louis E. Beckman (born c.1911).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Benjamin W. Alpiner (1867-1946) — also known as Ben W. Alpiner — of Kankakee, Kankakee County, Ill. Born in 1867. Democrat. Tobacco dealer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1916 (alternate), 1920; Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1924; member of Illinois state house of representatives 20th District; elected 1934; elected unopposed 1940. Died July 15, 1946 (age about 79 years). Interment at Kankakee Memorial Garden.   Relatives: Son of Solomon Alpiner and Henrietta Alpiner.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Mound Grove Cemetery Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois Politicians buried here:   Lennington Small (1862-1936) — also known as Len Small — of Kankakee, Kankakee County, Ill. Born near Kankakee, Kankakee County, Ill., June 16, 1862. Republican. Farmer; member of Illinois Republican State Central Committee, 1899, 1919; member of Illinois state senate 16th District, 1901-03; Illinois state treasurer, 1905-07, 1917-19; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1908, 1912, 1932; Governor of Illinois, 1921-29. Died May 17, 1936 (age 73 years, 336 days). Interment at Mound Grove Cemetery.   Relatives: Married 1883 to Ida Moore.   See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier   Herman Wilber Snow (1836-1914) — also known as Herman W. Snow — of Sheldon, Iroquois County, Ill.; Kankakee, Kankakee County, Ill. Born in Michigan City, LaPorte County, Ind., July 3, 1836. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1872-74; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1880; U.S. Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1891-93; delegate to Gold Democrat National Convention from Illinois, 1896. Died in Kankakee, Kankakee County, Ill., August 25, 1914 (age 78 years, 53 days). Interment at Mound Grove Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Hamilton Kinkaid Wheeler (1848-1918) — also known as Hamilton K. Wheeler — of Kankakee, Kankakee County, Ill. Born in Ballston town, Saratoga County, N.Y., August 5, 1848. Republican. Lawyer; member of Illinois state senate, 1884; U.S. Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1893-95; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1896, 1900. Died in Kankakee, Kankakee County, Ill., July 19, 1918 (age 69 years, 348 days). Interment at Mound Grove Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Andrew P. Wheeler and Sarah (Jewett) Wheeler; married 1873 to Mary Armina Storrs.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Charles Daniel Sherwood (1833-1895) — also known as Charles D. Sherwood — of Rushford, Fillmore County, Minn.; Sherwood, Franklin County, Tenn. Born in New Milford, Litchfield County, Conn., November 18, 1833. Republican. Physician; lawyer; member of Minnesota state house of representatives, 1859-61, 1863 (District 9 1859-60, District 14 1861, 1863); postmaster; Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota, 1864-66. Drowned, reportedly as a suicide, in Lake Michigan, near Chicago, Illinois, July 2, 1895 (age 61 years, 226 days). Interment at Mound Grove Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Daniel Sherwood and Fanny (Shore) Sherwood; married to Charlotte Phoebe Ferris.   The community of Sherwood, Tennessee, is named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Arthur Wilkins DeSelm (d. 1950) — also known as Arthur W. DeSelm — of Kankakee, Kankakee County, Ill. County judge in Illinois, 1903; circuit judge in Illinois 12th Circuit, 1919-25. Died in Kankakee, Kankakee County, Ill., February 14, 1950. Interment at Mound Grove Cemetery. Elmwood Cemetery Manteno, Kankakee County, Illinois Politicians buried here:   Erasmus B. Collins (1825-1866) — of Indiana. Born in Kentucky, 1825. Physician; secretary of state of Indiana, 1855-57; served in the Union Army during the Civil War. Died January 31, 1866 (age about 40 years). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.

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