Index to Locations
Jacksonville Diamond Grove Cemetery
Jacksonville Jacksonville East
Cemetery
Diamond Grove
Cemetery
Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Jacksonville East
Cemetery
600 Myrtle Street
Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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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.
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