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Morgan County
Illinois

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Morgan County

Index to Locations Jacksonville Diamond Grove Cemetery Jacksonville Jacksonville East Cemetery Diamond Grove Cemetery Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois Politicians buried here:   Richard Yates (1815-1873) — of Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill. Born in Warsaw, Gallatin County, Ky., January 18, 1815. Member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1842-45, 1848-49; U.S. Representative from Illinois, 1851-55 (7th District 1851-53, 6th District 1853-55); Governor of Illinois, 1861-65; U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1865-71. Died in St. Louis, Mo., November 27, 1873 (age 58 years, 313 days). Interment at Diamond Grove Cemetery.   Relatives: Father of Richard Yates (1860-1936); granduncle of Richard Yates Rowe; third cousin twice removed of Richard Ridgely, Daniel Dorsey, Alexander Warfield, Thomas Beale Dorsey and Andrew Dorsey; fourth cousin once removed of Caleb Dorsey.   Political families: Dorsey-Poffenbarger family of Maryland; Maull family of Lewes, Delaware (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Politician named for him: Richard Y. Rowe   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article   Joseph Duncan (1794-1844) — of Brownsville, White County, Ill.; Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill. Born in Paris, Bourbon County, Ky., February 22, 1794. Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1825-29; U.S. Representative from Illinois, 1827-34 (at-large 1827-33, 3rd District 1833-34); Governor of Illinois, 1834-38; defeated, 1842. Died in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill., January 15, 1844 (age 49 years, 327 days). Interment at Diamond Grove Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography   Richard Yates (1860-1936) — of Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill.; Springfield, Sangamon County, Ill. Born in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill., December 12, 1860. Republican. Lawyer; county judge in Illinois, 1894-97; Governor of Illinois, 1901-05; defeated, 1892; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1904; U.S. Representative from Illinois at-large, 1919-33; defeated, 1932. Methodist. Died in Springfield, Sangamon County, Ill., April 11, 1936 (age 75 years, 121 days). Interment at Diamond Grove Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Richard Yates (1815-1873) and Catherine (Geers) Yates; married, October 23, 1888, to Helen 'Nellie' Wadsworth; first cousin once removed of Richard Yates Rowe; third cousin thrice removed of Richard Ridgely, Daniel Dorsey, Alexander Warfield, Thomas Beale Dorsey and Andrew Dorsey.   Political families: Dorsey-Poffenbarger family of Maryland; Maull family of Lewes, Delaware; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article   Edward Capps (1866-1950) — of Princeton, Mercer County, N.J. Born in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill., December 21, 1866. University professor; U.S. Minister to Greece, 1920. Member, American Association of University Professors; American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Died in 1950 (age about 83 years). Interment at Diamond Grove Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Stephen Reid Capps and Rhoda S. (Tomlin) Capps; married, July 20, 1892, to Grace Alexander.   See also U.S. State Dept career summary William Henry Hinrichsen (1850-1907) — also known as William H. Hinrichsen — of Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill. Born in Franklin, Morgan County, Ill., May 27, 1850. Democrat. Justice of the peace; Morgan County Sheriff, 1880; newspaper editor; secretary of state of Illinois, 1893-97; Illinois Democratic state chair, 1895-96; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1896; U.S. Representative from Illinois 16th District, 1897-99. Died in Alexander, Morgan County, Ill., December 18, 1907 (age 57 years, 205 days). Interment at Diamond Grove Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Image source: Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899) Andrew Russel (b. 1856) — of Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill. Born in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill., June 17, 1856. Republican. Banker; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1904 (alternate), 1916, 1920, 1928; Illinois state treasurer, 1909-11, 1915-17; defeated, 1912; Illinois state auditor of public accounts, 1917-25. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Woodmen; Redmen; Moose. Interment at Diamond Grove Cemetery.   Image source: Illinois Blue Book 1919   Richard Yates Rowe (1888-1973) — also known as Richard Y. Rowe — of Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill. Born in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill., December 12, 1888. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of Illinois Republican State Central Committee, 1943; Illinois Republican state chair, 1944; secretary of state of Illinois, 1944-45; Illinois state treasurer, 1947-49. Member, American Legion; Rotary. Died in a hospital at Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill., March 19, 1973 (age 84 years, 97 days). Interment at Diamond Grove Cemetery.   Presumably named for: Richard Yates   Relatives: Son of Frederick Harvey Rowe and Marietta Yates (Mathers) Rowe; married to Sarah Jane Harris; grandnephew of Richard Yates (1815-1873); first cousin once removed of Richard Yates (1860-1936).   Political family: Dorsey-Poffenbarger family of Maryland (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Jacksonville East Cemetery 600 Myrtle Street Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   John Jay Hardin (1810-1847) — also known as John J. Hardin — of Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill.; Illinois. Born in Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky., January 6, 1810. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1836-42; U.S. Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1843-45; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War. Killed in battle, at Buena Vista, Coahuila, February 23, 1847 (age 37 years, 48 days). Interment at Jacksonville East Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Martin Davis Hardin; married to Sarah Ellen Smith (who later married Reuben Hyde Walworth).   Political family: Hardin family of Frankfort, Kentucky (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

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