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Index to Locations
DeLong Haynes Cemetery
Galesburg East Linwood Cemetery
Galesburg Hope Cemetery
Galesburg Linwood Cemetery
Galesburg Memorial Park Cemetery
Galesburg St. Joseph's Cemetery
Knoxville City Cemetery
Knoxville Knoxville Cemetery
Ontario Ontario Cemetery
Wataga Wataga Cemetery
Yates City Yates City Cemetery
Haynes
Cemetery
DeLong, Knox County, Illinois
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George M. Clark (1872-1939) —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Knox
County, Ill., April
24, 1872.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1912;
postmaster at Galesburg,
Ill., 1921-35 (acting, 1921-22).
Died in Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill., April 6,
1939 (age 66 years, 347
days).
Interment at Haynes Cemetery.
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Dale Harper Bragg (1906-1971) —
also known as Dale H. Bragg —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Knox
County, Ill., October
12, 1906.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1968.
Died in Sebring, Highlands
County, Fla., December
1, 1971 (age 65 years, 50
days).
Interment at Haynes Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Harry Eugene Bragg and Harriet Pearl (Keys) Bragg; married to
Genevieve P. Murdock. |
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memorial |
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East Linwood
Cemetery
Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
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Joseph E. Anderson (1884-1941) —
also known as Joe E. Anderson —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Wester, Gottland, Sweden,
April
14, 1884.
Republican. Grocer; mayor
of Galesburg, Ill., 1931-41; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 15th District, 1936.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, Kiwanis.
Died in Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill., November
28, 1941 (age 57 years, 228
days).
Interment at East Linwood Cemetery.
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Craig Lovitt (1932-1993) —
of Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Terre Haute, Henderson
County, Ill., February
18, 1932.
Democrat. Public Relations Director, Knox College, 1959-64; chair of
Knox County Democratic Party, 1964-78; administrative assistant
and campaign manager for U.S. Rep. Gale
Schisler, 1965-67; aide to Gov. Samuel
Shapiro, 1967-69; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 19th District, 1968; assistant to
Lt. Gov. and later U.S. Rep. Paul
Simon, 1973-77; aide to Illinois Secretary of State and later
U.S. Senator Alan
Dixon, 1977-93; aide to U.S. Sen. Carol
Moseley Braun; aide to Illinois Attorney General Roland
Burris.
Died, in St. John's Hospital,
Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., October
11, 1993 (age 61 years, 235
days).
Interment at East Linwood Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of John Preston Lovitt and Mildred (Pence) Lovitt. |
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Hope
Cemetery
Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois
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Edgar Addison Bancroft (1857-1925) —
also known as Edgar A. Bancroft —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill., November
20, 1857.
Republican. Lawyer;
solicitor in Illinois for Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad;
vice-president and general solicitor for Chicago and Western Indiana
Railroad
and the Belt Railway
Company; general counsel, International Harvester Company, farm
equipment and truck
manufacturer; candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois;
U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 1924-25, died in office 1925.
Died, from an intestinal
hemorrhage, in Karuizawa, Japan,
July
27, 1925 (age 67 years, 249
days).
Interment at Hope Cemetery.
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Clark Ezra Carr (1836-1919) —
also known as Clark E. Carr —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Boston Corners, Erie
County, N.Y., May 20,
1836.
Republican. Lawyer;
postmaster at Galesburg,
Ill., 1861-85; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1864,
1884;
U.S. Minister to Denmark, 1889-93.
Died, in Mitchell Sanitarium,
Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., February
28, 1919 (age 82 years, 284
days).
Interment at Hope Cemetery.
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Philip Sidney Post (1833-1895) —
also known as P. Sidney Post —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Florida, Orange
County, N.Y., March
19, 1833.
Republican. Lawyer;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Consul in Vienna, 1866-74; U.S. Consul General in Vienna, 1874-79; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 10th District, 1887-95; died in
office 1895.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1893 for action at the Battle of Nashville.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
6, 1895 (age 61 years, 293
days).
Interment at Hope Cemetery.
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Edward John King (1867-1929) —
also known as Edward J. King —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., July 1,
1867.
Republican. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1907; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 15th District, 1915-29; died in
office 1929.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
17, 1929 (age 61 years, 231
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Hope Cemetery.
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Alfred Marion Craig (1831-1911) —
also known as Alfred M. Craig —
of Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Paris, Edgar
County, Ill., January
15, 1831.
Lawyer;
banker;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 34th District,
1869-70; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1873-1900.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill., September
6, 1911 (age 80 years, 234
days).
Interment at Hope Cemetery.
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Alfred Babcock (1805-1871) —
of Gaines, Orleans
County, N.Y.; Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Hamilton, Madison
County, N.Y., April
15, 1805.
Whig. Physician;
U.S.
Representative from New York 33rd District, 1841-43.
Died May 16,
1871 (age 66 years, 31
days).
Interment at Hope Cemetery.
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Charles Curtis Craig (1865-1944) —
also known as Charles C. Craig —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Ill., June 16,
1865.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1899-1903; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee); justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1913-18; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 15th District, 1922.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill., August
25, 1944 (age 79 years, 70
days).
Interment at Hope Cemetery.
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Omer Nixon Custer (1873-1942) —
also known as Omer N. Custer —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Fayette
County, Pa., December
25, 1873.
Republican. Banker;
president, Purington Paving
Brick
Company; president, Intra-State Telephone
Company; postmaster at Galesburg,
Ill., 1909-13; Illinois
state treasurer, 1925-27, 1929-31; newspaper
publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1928
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1932,
1936,
1940;
candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1932.
Died in Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill., October
17, 1942 (age 68 years, 296
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Hope Cemetery.
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Walter C. Frank (1869-1929) —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Appanoose
County, Iowa, August
24, 1869.
Circuit judge in Illinois 9th Circuit, 1925.
Died in Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill., August
11, 1929 (age 59 years, 352
days).
Entombed at Hope Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of John E. Frank and Harriet E. (Price) Frank; married to Irene O.
Olson. |
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memorial |
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Francis A. Freer (1843-1908) —
also known as Frank A. Freer —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Pennsylvania, April 6,
1843.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; postmaster at Galesburg,
Ill., 1889-93, 1897-1908.
Presbyterian.
French
Huguenot and Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Good
Templars; Sons of
Temperance; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died, from heart
disease, in Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill., December
16, 1908 (age 65 years, 254
days).
Interment at Hope Cemetery.
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William Selden Gale (1822-1900) —
also known as W. Selden Gale —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Adams, Jefferson
County, N.Y., February
15, 1822.
Lawyer;
postmaster at Galesburg,
Ill., 1849-53; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention from Knox County,
1862; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1869; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Illinois; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1880.
Died, from pleurisy,
in Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill., September
1, 1900 (age 78 years, 198
days).
Interment at Hope Cemetery.
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David Edgerton (1815-1853) —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Moriah, Essex
County, N.Y., February
2, 1815.
Democrat. Postmaster at Galesburg,
Ill., 1845-49.
Died in Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill., November
1, 1853 (age 38 years, 272
days).
Interment at Hope Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Sarah Mary 'Sally' (Spencer) Edgerton and Jedediah Edgerton;
married, January
29, 1848, to Abigail Cottle Hurlbut; first cousin twice removed
of David
Hough; second cousin once removed of Howard
Curtis Brown; second cousin twice removed of Curtis
Palmer Brown; third cousin once removed of Samuel
Townsend Douglass and Silas
Hamilton Douglas; third cousin twice removed of Jeremiah
Mason, Bela
Edgerton, Charles
Mann Hamilton, Claudius
Victor Pendleton and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991); third cousin thrice removed of George
Champlin and Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996); fourth cousin of Robert
Coit Jr. and Henry
Woolsey Douglas; fourth cousin once removed of Orville
Hungerford, Alfred
Peck Edgerton, Joseph
Ketchum Edgerton, Judson
H. Warner, Alonzo
Mark Leffingwell, Thomas
Theodore Prentis and William
Brainard Coit. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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memorial |
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Josiah Gale (1828-1863) —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in 1828.
Democrat. Postmaster at Galesburg,
Ill., 1858-61.
Died in the military
service, 1863
(age about
35 years).
Interment at Hope Cemetery.
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Nehemiah Homand Losey (1804-1875) —
also known as Nehemiah H. Losey —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Montgomery, Orange
County, N.Y., March 4,
1804.
Democrat. School
teacher; surveyor;
college
professor; postmaster at Galesburg,
Ill., 1837-40.
Died in Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill., June 1,
1875 (age 71 years, 89
days).
Interment at Hope Cemetery.
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George Cromwell Lanphere (1814-1886) —
also known as George C. Lanphere —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in New York, June 30,
1814.
Democrat. Postmaster at Galesburg,
Ill., 1855-58.
Died July 6,
1886 (age 72 years, 6
days).
Interment at Hope Cemetery.
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George Candee Gale (1873-1927) —
also known as George C. Gale —
of Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill., July 12,
1873.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 43rd District,
1920-22.
Died September
1, 1927 (age 54 years, 51
days).
Interment at Hope Cemetery.
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Linwood
Cemetery
Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois
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William Estus McVey (1885-1958) —
also known as William E. McVey —
of Harvey, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Clinton
County, Ohio, December
13, 1885.
Republican. University
professor; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1951-58; died in
office 1958.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Tau.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
10, 1958 (age 72 years, 240
days).
Interment at Linwood Cemetery.
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Frederick Reuben Jelliff (1854-1936) —
also known as Fred R. Jelliff —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Whitesboro, Oneida
County, N.Y., September
25, 1854.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1904.
Died in Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill., September
17, 1936 (age 81 years, 358
days).
Interment at Linwood Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Fletcher Gould Jelliff and Mary White (Wilcox) Jelliff; married,
February
25, 1897, to Lillie C. Bassler. |
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Memorial Park
Cemetery
Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
St. Joseph's
Cemetery
Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
City
Cemetery
Knoxville, Knox County, Illinois
| Politicians buried
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James Knox (1807-1876) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Canajoharie, Montgomery
County, N.Y., July 4,
1807.
Delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention from Knox County,
1847; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1853-57.
Died October
8, 1876 (age 69 years, 96
days).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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Knoxville
Cemetery
Knoxville, Knox County, Illinois
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John Henry Lewis (1830-1929) —
also known as John H. Lewis —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Ill.
Born near Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., July 21,
1830.
Republican. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1874; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1881-83.
Died in Knoxville, Knox
County, Ill., January
6, 1929 (age 98 years, 169
days).
Interment at Knoxville Cemetery.
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Ontario
Cemetery
Ontario, Knox County, Illinois
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Henry Wetmore Crane (1859-1932) —
also known as Henry W. Crane —
of Oneida, Knox
County, Ill.; Woodhull, Henry
County, Ill.
Born in Oneida, Knox
County, Ill., July 7,
1859.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1908.
Died by suicide,
in Woodhull, Henry
County, Ill., October
10, 1932 (age 73 years, 95
days).
Interment at Ontario Cemetery.
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Wataga
Cemetery
Wataga, Knox County, Illinois
Yates City
Cemetery
Yates City, Knox County, Illinois
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Clinton L. Ewing (1879-1953) —
of Douglas, Knox
County, Ill.
Born in Yates City, Knox
County, Ill., December
7, 1879.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives 3rd District, 1927-31; member of
Illinois
state senate 43rd District, 1931-43.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles;
Woodmen;
Farm
Bureau.
Died January
23, 1953 (age 73 years, 47
days).
Interment at Yates City Cemetery.
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