Index to Locations
Private or family graveyards
Alton Alton Cemetery
Alton Oakwood Cemetery
Edwardsville Lusk Park
Edwardsville Ninian Edwards Plaza
Edwardsville Sunset Hill Cemetery
Edwardsville Valley View Cemetery
Edwardsville Woodlawn Cemetery
Edwardsville Woodlawn Gardens
Cemetery
Private or family
graveyard
Madison County, Illinois
Politicians buried
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Dick H. Mudge —
of Edwardsville, Madison
County, Ill.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 22nd District, 1918; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Illinois; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1936.
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Alton
Cemetery
1205 East Fifth Street
Alton, Madison County, Illinois
Politicians buried
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Joseph Brown (d. 1899) —
of Alton, Madison
County, Ill.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Democrat. Riverboat
captain; mayor of
Alton, Ill., 1856-57; mayor
of St. Louis, Mo., 1871-75.
Died December
3, 1899.
Entombed in mausoleum at Alton Cemetery.
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David Jewett Baker (1792-1869) —
also known as David J. Baker —
of Kaskaskia, Randolph
County, Ill.
Born in East Haddam, Middlesex
County, Conn., September
7, 1792.
Democrat. Probate judge in Illinois, 1827-30; U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1830; U.S.
Attorney for Illinois, 1831-39.
Died in Alton, Madison
County, Ill., August
6, 1869 (age 76 years, 333
days).
Interment at Alton Cemetery.
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Robert Smith (1802-1867) —
of Alton, Madison
County, Ill.
Born in New Hampshire, 1802.
Democrat. Member of Illinois state legislature, 1840; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1843-49, 1857-59 (1st District
1843-49, 8th District 1857-59).
Died in 1867
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Alton Cemetery.
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Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe (1822-1906) —
also known as Lyne S. Metcalfe —
of Alton, Madison
County, Ill.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Madisonville, Hopkins
County, Ky., April
21, 1822.
Republican. Mayor of
Alton, Ill., 1840; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1877-79; defeated,
1878.
Died in Kirkwood, St. Louis
County, Mo., January
31, 1906 (age 83 years, 285
days).
Interment at Alton Cemetery.
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George T. Brown (1820-1880) —
of Alton, Madison
County, Ill.
Born in Scotland,
1820.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of
Alton, Ill., 1846-47; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention from Madison County,
1847; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1856
(member, Platform
Committee).
Scottish
ancestry.
Sergeant at Arms of the U.S. Senate 1861-69; served the impeachment
summons on President Andrew
Johnson.
Died in Alton, Madison
County, Ill., June 10,
1880 (age about 59
years).
Interment at Alton Cemetery.
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Wilbur T. Norton (1844-1925) —
of Alton, Madison
County, Ill.
Born September
10, 1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
editor; candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois;
postmaster at Alton,
Ill., 1889-94, 1897-1906.
Died January
8, 1925 (age 80 years, 120
days).
Interment at Alton Cemetery.
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Arthur Harold Otto Beneze (1896-1970) —
also known as A. H. Otto Beneze;
"Tootie" —
of Illinois.
Born in Alton, Madison
County, Ill., April
11, 1896.
Socialist. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Socialist
Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1926.
Died in the Soldiers
and Sailors Home in Quincy, Adams
County, Ill., October
21, 1970 (age 74 years, 193
days).
Interment at Alton Cemetery.
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Oakwood
Cemetery
Alton, Madison County, Illinois
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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Cyrus Edwards (1793-1877) —
of Alton, Madison
County, Ill.
Born in Howard
County, Md., June 17,
1793.
Whig. Candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1838; postmaster at Alton,
Ill., 1841-43; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention from Madison County,
1847.
Baptist.
Died in Alton, Madison
County, Ill., August
31, 1877 (age 84 years, 75
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Lusk
Park
(formerly Lusk Cemetery)
Randle Street
Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois
Ninian Edwards
Plaza
Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois
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Ninian Edwards (1775-1833) —
of Kaskaskia, Randolph
County, Ill.; Edwardsville, Madison
County, Ill.
Born in Montgomery
County, Md., March
17, 1775.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1796-97; state court judge in
Kentucky, 1803; justice of
Kentucky state supreme court, 1808; Governor
of Illinois Territory, 1809-18; U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1818-24; Governor of
Illinois, 1826-30; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1832.
Baptist.
Slaveowner.
Died of cholera,
in Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill., July 20,
1833 (age 58 years, 125
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Belleville, Ill.; reinterment in 1855 at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.; statue at Ninian Edwards Plaza.
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Sunset Hill
Cemetery
Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois
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Ralph Tyler Smith (1915-1972) —
also known as Ralph T. Smith —
of Alton, Madison
County, Ill.
Born in Granite City, Madison
County, Ill., October
6, 1915.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1955-69; Speaker of
the Illinois State House of Representatives, 1967-69; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1968;
U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1969-70; defeated, 1970.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Elks; Eagles;
Moose;
Freemasons;
Shriners;
Optimist
Club.
Died in Alton, Madison
County, Ill., August
13, 1972 (age 56 years, 312
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Sunset Hill Cemetery.
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Valley View
Cemetery
Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois
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Charles Boeschenstein (1862-1952) —
of Edwardsville, Madison
County, Ill.
Born in Highland, Madison
County, Ill., October
27, 1862.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; banker; mayor
of Edwardsville, Ill., 1887-89; organized Edwardsville Water
Co., 1897; member of Illinois
Democratic State Central Committee, 1900-12; Illinois
Democratic state chair, 1904-12; member of Democratic
National Committee from Illinois, 1912-24; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1920,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1940.
Died in Alton, Madison
County, Ill., July 3,
1952 (age 89 years, 250
days).
Interment at Valley View Cemetery.
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Edward Coles (1786-1868) —
of Madison
County, Ill.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., December
15, 1786.
Governor
of Illinois, 1822-26.
Slaveowner.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 7,
1868 (age 81 years, 205
days).
Cenotaph at Valley View Cemetery.
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Woodlawn
Cemetery
Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois
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William Flavius Lester Hadley (1847-1901) —
also known as William F. L. Hadley —
of Edwardsville, Madison
County, Ill.
Born near Collinsville, Madison
County, Ill., June 15,
1847.
Republican. Member of Illinois
state senate, 1886; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1888;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 18th District, 1895-97; defeated,
1896.
Died in Riverside, Riverside
County, Calif., April
25, 1901 (age 53 years, 314
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Woodlawn Gardens
Cemetery
Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois
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J. F. Gillham (d. 1958) —
of Edwardsville, Madison
County, Ill.
Republican. Circuit judge in Illinois 3rd Circuit, 1919-25; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1928.
Died in 1958.
Interment at Woodlawn Gardens Cemetery.
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