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Macon County
Illinois

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Macon County

Index to Locations Frantz Cemetery Decatur Unknown location Decatur Fairlawn Cemetery Decatur Graceland Cemetery Decatur Greenwood Cemetery Frantz Cemetery Macon County, Illinois Politicians buried here:   Charles Martin Borchers (1869-1946) — also known as Charles M. Borchers — of Decatur, Macon County, Ill. Born in Lockville, Fairfield County, Ohio, November 18, 1869. Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of Decatur, Ill., 1909-11, 1919-23; U.S. Representative from Illinois 19th District, 1913-15; defeated, 1914, 1930; candidate for Governor of Illinois, 1924. Died in Decatur, Macon County, Ill., December 2, 1946 (age 77 years, 14 days). Interment at Frantz Cemetery.   Relatives: Married, June 28, 1905, to Alice Bowman.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Unknown Location Decatur, Macon County, Illinois Politicians buried here:   Carl N. Weilepp (d. 1955) — of Illinois. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1928. Died in Decatur, Macon County, Ill., April 16, 1955. Interment somewhere. Fairlawn Cemetery Decatur, Macon County, Illinois Founded 1913 Politicians buried here:   Thomas Burrows Jack (1872-1936) — also known as Thomas B. Jack — of Decatur, Macon County, Ill. Born in Decatur, Macon County, Ill., July 29, 1872. Democrat. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Illinois 19th District, 1918. Died in 1936 (age about 63 years). Interment at Fairlawn Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Samuel Sloan Jack and Josephine (McKee) Jack; married, June 18, 1902, to Helen Beardsley Ottoway; married, March 9, 1921, to Grace Alice Stevens.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   William Francis Calhoun (1844-1929) — also known as William F. Calhoun — of Decatur, Macon County, Ill. Born in Perry County, Pa., November 21, 1844. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; dentist; newspaper editor; postmaster at Decatur, Ill., 1897-1913. Member, Grand Army of the Republic. Died in Decatur, Macon County, Ill., June 10, 1929 (age 84 years, 201 days). Interment at Fairlawn Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John Caldwell Calhoun (1810-1858) and Catherine (Kiner) Calhoun; married, August 18, 1869, to Blanche Barbara Derthick; second cousin once removed of Sarah Ann Calhoun (who married Alexander Henry Brown); second cousin twice removed of John Ewing Colhoun, Joseph Calhoun and John Caldwell Calhoun (1782-1850); third cousin once removed of Andrew Pickens, Floride Calhoun and John Alfred Calhoun; fourth cousin of Francis Wilkinson Pickens; fourth cousin once removed of John Temple Graves.   Political family: Calhoun-Pickens family of South Carolina (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Samuel Sloan Jack (1836-1909) — also known as Samuel S. Jack — of Decatur, Macon County, Ill. Born in Westmoreland County, Pa., October 17, 1836. Democrat. School principal; newspaper publisher; real estate business; member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1875-78; postmaster at Decatur, Ill., 1887-91. Presbyterian. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Died in Halifax, Nova Scotia, August 17, 1909 (age 72 years, 304 days). Interment at Fairlawn Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Sarah Neeley (Sloan) Jack and Joseph Jack; married, February 6, 1868, to Josephine McKee; married, November 27, 1892, to Katharine Laird; father of Thomas Burrows Jack.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Graceland Cemetery Decatur, Macon County, Illinois Politicians buried here:   Zeno John Rives (1874-1939) — also known as Zeno J. Rives — of Litchfield, Montgomery County, Ill. Born in Indiana, 1874. Republican. U.S. Representative from Illinois 21st District, 1905-07. Died in 1939 (age about 65 years). Interment at Graceland Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Greenwood Cemetery Decatur, Macon County, Illinois Politicians buried here:   Rolla Coral McMillen (1880-1961) — also known as Rolla C. McMillen — of Decatur, Macon County, Ill. Born in Piatt County, Ill., 1880. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1940; U.S. Representative from Illinois, 1944-51 (19th District 1944-49, 22nd District 1949-51). Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association. Died in 1961 (age about 81 years). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Jesse Hale Moore (1817-1883) — also known as Jesse H. Moore — of Illinois. Born near Lebanon, St. Clair County, Ill., April 22, 1817. Republican. U.S. Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1869-73; U.S. Consul in Callao, 1881-83, died in office 1883. Died, from yellow fever, in Callao, Peru, July 11, 1883 (age 66 years, 80 days). Original interment somewhere in Peru; reinterment at Greenwood Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Isaac Campbell Pugh (1805-1874) — also known as Isaac C. Pugh — of Decatur, Macon County, Ill. Born in Christian County, Ky., November 23, 1805. Republican. Postmaster at Decatur, Ill., 1831-34, 1871-74; served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor of Decatur, Ill., 1868. Died in Decatur, Macon County, Ill., November 19, 1874 (age 68 years, 361 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Hannah Elizabeth (Campbell) Pugh and John Pugh; married to Elvira E. Gorin.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Bradford Kirk Durfee (1838-1916) — also known as Bradford K. Durfee — of Decatur, Macon County, Ill. Born in Marshall, Calhoun County, Mich., March 25, 1838. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; real estate and insurance business; member of Illinois state house of representatives 29th District, 1879-83; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1892. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Knights of Pythias. Died in Glen Arbor, Leelanau County, Mich., July 19, 1916 (age 78 years, 116 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Nathan Durfee and Margaret (Kirk) Durfee; married 1868 to Lucy Hamilton; first cousin of Charles W. Durfee; fourth cousin once removed of Job Durfee, Elias Durfee, Elihu Durfee, Nathaniel Briggs Durfee and Daniel Parrish Witter.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Sprague family of Providence, Rhode Island; Fairbanks-Adams family; Durfee-Wanton family of Newport, Rhode Island; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Beakes-Greene-Witter family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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