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La Salle County
Illinois

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in La Salle County

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards Earlville Precinct Cemetery La Salle Oakwood Cemetery Ottawa Ottawa Avenue Cemetery Ottawa St. Columba Cemetery Streator Riverview Cemetery Private or family graveyard La Salle County, Illinois Politicians buried here:   W. H. L. Wallace (d. 1862) — of Ottawa, La Salle County, Ill. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1856; general in the Union Army during the Civil War. Shot and killed while leading troops at the Civil War battle of Shiloh near Pittsburg Landing, Hardin County, Tenn., April 6, 1862. Interment in a private or family graveyard. Precinct Cemetery Earlville, La Salle County, Illinois Politicians buried here:   James W. Turner (1862-1913) — also known as Jim Turner — of Earlville, La Salle County, Ill.; La Grange, Cook County, Ill. Born in Earlville, La Salle County, Ill., May 3, 1862. Republican. Member of Illinois state house of representatives 7th District, 1903-05. Member, Freemasons. Died in La Grange, Cook County, Ill., January 29, 1913 (age 50 years, 271 days). Interment at Precinct Cemetery. Oakwood Cemetery La Salle, La Salle County, Illinois Politicians buried here:   Alexander Campbell (1814-1898) — of Illinois. Born near Concord, Franklin County, Pa., October 4, 1814. Mayor of La Salle, Ill., 1852; member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1858; delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention La Salle, Livingston and Grundy counties, 1862; U.S. Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1875-77. Died in La Salle, La Salle County, Ill., August 8, 1898 (age 83 years, 308 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Ottawa Avenue Cemetery Ottawa, La Salle County, Illinois Politicians buried here:   William Cullen (1826-1914) — of Ottawa, La Salle County, Ill. Born in County Donegal, Ireland, March 4, 1826. Republican. U.S. Representative from Illinois, 1881-85 (7th District 1881-83, 8th District 1883-85). Died in Ottawa, La Salle County, Ill., January 17, 1914 (age 87 years, 319 days). Interment at Ottawa Avenue Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Ole E. Benson (1866-1952) — of Ottawa, La Salle County, Ill. Born in Norway, January 23, 1866. Republican. Farmer; member of Illinois state house of representatives 39th District, 1913-19, 1923-25, 1929-39; member of Illinois state senate 39th District, 1939-51. Lutheran. Norwegian ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Order of the Eastern Star; Modern Woodmen. Died in Ottawa, La Salle County, Ill., March 2, 1952 (age 86 years, 39 days). Interment at Ottawa Avenue Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Bjornson Runestad Benson and Bertha Benson; married 1890 to Louise Benson; married 1912 to Lena Hovda.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial St. Columba Cemetery Ottawa, La Salle County, Illinois Politicians buried here:   Maurice T. Maloney — of Ottawa, La Salle County, Ill. Democrat. Illinois state attorney general, 1893-97; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1900, 1908. Interment at St. Columba Cemetery.   Relatives: Uncle of John Looney. Riverview Cemetery Streator, La Salle County, Illinois Politicians buried here:   Walter Reeves (1848-1909) — of Streator, La Salle County, Ill. Born near Brownsville, Fayette County, Pa., September 25, 1848. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1884 (alternate), 1904, 1908; U.S. Representative from Illinois 11th District, 1895-1903. Died in Streator, La Salle County, Ill., April 9, 1909 (age 60 years, 196 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Ralph Plumb (1816-1903) — of Oberlin, Lorain County, Ohio; Streator, La Salle County, Ill. Born in Busti, Chautauqua County, N.Y., March 29, 1816. Republican. Merchant; lawyer; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1855; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; coal mining business; railroad builder; banker; mayor of Streator, Ill., 1882-85; U.S. Representative from Illinois 8th District, 1885-89. Died in Streator, La Salle County, Ill., April 8, 1903 (age 87 years, 10 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   John C. Ames (1852-1922) — of Streator, La Salle County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Freedom Township, La Salle County, Ill., July 17, 1852. Republican. Druggist; hardware merchant; lumber business; mayor of Streator, Ill., 1885-89; banker; U.S. Collector of Customs at Chicago, Ill., Illinois, 1909. Died in Lake Wales, Polk County, Fla., March 21, 1922 (age 69 years, 247 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Aurelia Ann (Mooar) Ames and Isaac Ames.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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