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Peoria Glen Oak Park
Peoria Parkview Memorial Cemetery
Peoria St. Mary's Cemetery
Peoria Springdale Cemetery
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Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois
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Luther Irvin Replogle (1902-1981) —
of Illinois.
Born in Tyrone, Blair
County, Pa., March 2,
1902.
Founder, Replogle Globes; U.S. Ambassador to Iceland, 1969-72.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 3,
1981 (age 79 years, 123
days).
Interment somewhere.
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Orlo Marion Brees (1896-1980) —
also known as Orlo M. Brees —
of Endicott, Broome
County, N.Y.
Born in Canton, Fulton
County, Ill., April
13, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
editor; printing
business; author; lecturer;
poet;
member of New York
state assembly from Broome County 2nd District, 1941-52; member
of New
York state senate 45th District, 1952.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in November, 1980
(age 84
years, 0 days).
Interment somewhere.
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Relatives:
Married 1933 to
Frances W. Freeman. |
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Glen Oak
Park
Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois
| Politicians who have
(or had) monuments here: |
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Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) —
also known as Robert G. Ingersoll; "The Great
Agnostic"; "American Infidel";
"Impious Pope Bob" —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Dresden, Yates
County, N.Y., August
11, 1833.
Lawyer;
Democratic candidate for Illinois
state house of representatives 5th District, 1860; colonel in the
Union Army during the Civil War; charged
about 1864 with assault
and battery against the Peoria County Sheriff; tried;
the jury was deadlocked and could not reach a verdict; the case was
dismissed before a new trial could be held; Illinois
state attorney general, 1867-69; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1876;
made the nominating speech which dubbed James
G. Blaine as "The Plumed Knight".
Agnostic.
Died in Dobbs Ferry, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 21,
1899 (age 65 years, 344
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; statue erected 1911 at Glen
Oak Park.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. John Ingersoll and Mary (Livingston) Ingersoll; brother of Ebon
Clarke Ingersoll; married, February
13, 1862, to Eve Amelia Parker; uncle of John
Carter Ingersoll; second cousin thrice removed of Jonathan
Ingersoll and Jared
Ingersoll; third cousin twice removed of Charles
Jared Ingersoll, Joseph
Reed Ingersoll, Ralph
Isaacs Ingersoll and Charles
Anthony Ingersoll; fourth cousin once removed of Laman
Ingersoll, Colin
Macrae Ingersoll and Charles
Roberts Ingersoll. |
| | | Political families: Ingersoll
#1 family of New Haven, Connecticut; Ingersoll
#2 family of New Haven, Connecticut (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Robert G. Ingersoll: Orvin
Larson, American
Infidel: Robert G. Ingersoll |
| | | Image source: William C. Roberts,
Leading Orators (1884) |
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Parkview Memorial
Cemetery
Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois
| Politicians buried
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Claudius Ulysses Stone (1879-1957) —
also known as Claude U. Stone —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born near Greenview, Menard
County, Ill., May 11,
1879.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 16th District, 1911-17; postmaster
at Peoria,
Ill., 1917-20; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1924,
1936,
1940
(alternate).
Died in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., November
13, 1957 (age 78 years, 186
days).
Interment at Parkview Memorial Cemetery.
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St. Mary's
Cemetery
Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois
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Thomas E. Madden (1900-1983) —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born near Dunlap, Peoria
County, Ill., May 9,
1900.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state senate 18th District; elected 1936, 1940.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Eagles;
United
Commercial Travelers.
Died in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., November
18, 1983 (age 83 years, 193
days).
Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of William H. Madden and Elizabeth Catherine (Murphy) Madden; married
to Bernice H. Hamilton. |
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Springdale
Cemetery
Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois
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Thomas Ford (1800-1850) —
of Ogle
County, Ill.
Born in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., December
5, 1800.
Democrat. State court judge in Illinois, 1837; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1841-42; Governor of
Illinois, 1842-46.
Died in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., November
3, 1850 (age 49 years, 333
days).
Interment at Springdale Cemetery.
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George True Page (1859-1941) —
also known as George T. Page —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born in Spring Bay, Woodford
County, Ill., September
22, 1859.
Lawyer;
bank
director; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1919-30; took
senior status 1930.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in La Jolla, San Diego
County, Calif., November
4, 1941 (age 82 years, 43
days).
Interment at Springdale Cemetery.
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William Dean Kellogg (1814-1872) —
also known as William Kellogg —
of Canton, Fulton
County, Ill.; Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.; Nebraska; Mississippi.
Born in Kelloggsville, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, July 8,
1814.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1849-50; circuit judge in
Illinois, 1850-55; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1857-63; justice of
Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1865-67; chief
justice of Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1865-67; U.S.
Collector of Internal Revenue at Peoria, Illinois, 1867-69.
Died in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., December
20, 1872 (age 58 years, 165
days).
Interment at Springdale Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Amos Kellogg and Paulina (Dean) Kellogg; married, December
21, 1843, to Lucinda Caroline Ross; second cousin once removed of
Chauncey
Fitch Cleveland; second cousin twice removed of Jonathan
Hunt, James
Hodges, Charles
Kellogg (1773-1842) and Frank
Billings Kellogg; second cousin thrice removed of Aaron
Kellogg; third cousin of Orlando
Kellogg; third cousin once removed of Hezekiah
Case, Elijah
Hunt Mills, James
Leonard Hodges, Alvan
Kellogg, Day
Otis Kellogg, Dwight
Kellogg, Ensign
Hosmer Kellogg and Rowland
Case Kellogg; third cousin twice removed of Return
Jonathan Meigs, Sr., Jonathan
Ingersoll, Jared
Ingersoll, Pierpont
Edwards, Jason
Kellogg, Josiah
Meigs, Augustus
Seymour Porter (1769-1849), Peter
Buell Porter, Orsamus
Cook Merrill, Jarvis
King Pike, Timothy
Merrill, Daniel
Fiske Kellogg and Henry
Theodore Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed of Oliver
Ellsworth, Benjamin
Goodhue, Isaiah
Kidder, Lyman
Kidder, Ezra
Kidder and David
Kidder; fourth cousin of Parmenio
Adams, Abiel
Case, Silas
Wright Jr., Marshall
Chapin, Jairus
Case, Elisha
Hunt Allen, Gouverneur
Morris, Marcus
Morton, Almon
Case, Stafford
Canning Cleveland, Edwin
Carpenter Pinney and Nelson
Appleton Miles; fourth cousin once removed of John
Davenport, Aaron
Burr, James
Davenport, Martin
Chittenden, Theodore
Dwight, Return
Jonathan Meigs Jr., Leonard
White, Gaylord
Griswold, Benjamin
Trumbull, Jedediah
Sabin, Henry
Waggaman Edwards, Elisha
Phelps, Henry
Meigs, Charles
Jared Ingersoll, Lancelot
Phelps, Luther
Walter Badger, Silas
Dewey Kellogg, Joseph
Reed Ingersoll, Ralph
Isaacs Ingersoll, Greene
Carrier Bronson, Chester
Ashley, Daniel
Kellogg, John
Russell Kellogg, Alvah
Nash, Caleb
Blodgett, William
Augustus Bird, John
Larkin Payson, Augustus
Seymour Porter (1798-1872), Charles
Anthony Ingersoll and Charles
Phelps Huntington; also fourth cousin once removed of Peter
Buell Porter Jr., Thomas
Belden Butler, Oliver
Dwight Filley, George
Smith Catlin, Albert
Gallatin Kellogg, Francis
William Kellogg, Edmund
Gillett Chapin, Farrand
Fassett Merrill, Asahel
Pierson Case, Hiram
Bidwell Case, Alanson
Pike, Peter
Augustus Porter, Augustus
Sabin Chase, William
Fessenden Allen, Zenas
Ferry Moody, Charles
Edward Phelps, John
Milton Hay, Charles
Kellogg (1839-1903), Marden
Sabin, Joseph
Spalding, James
Levi Hotchkiss, Clayton
Hyde Lathrop, Frederick
Hobbes Allen, George
Watson French and Claude
Carpenter Pinney. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg
#1 family of New York; Kellogg
#2 family of New York; Kellogg
#3 family of New York; Kellogg
#4 family of Vermont and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Anton Joseph Johnson (1878-1958) —
also known as Anton J. Johnson —
of Macomb, McDonough
County, Ill.
Born in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., October
20, 1878.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 14th District, 1939-49; mayor of
Macomb, Ill., 1949.
Died April
16, 1958 (age 79 years, 178
days).
Interment at Springdale Cemetery.
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James A. Hedrick (1886-1952) —
of Decatur, Macon
County, Ill.
Born in Athens, Menard
County, Ill., January
29, 1886.
Automobile
dealer; gasoline
retailer; real estate
business; mayor
of Decatur, Ill., 1943-51.
Member, Freemasons;
Moose;
Elks.
Died in Decatur, Macon
County, Ill., September
7, 1952 (age 66 years, 222
days).
Interment at Springdale Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas H. Hedrick and Anna Marie (Casey) Hedrick; married, October
8, 1909, to Aurelia M. 'Rilla' Martin. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Decatur (Ill.) Daily
Review, April 16, 1947 |
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Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington (1836-1916) —
of Illinois.
Born in Virginia, 1836.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 10th District, 1883-87; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1888
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1892
(Convention
Vice-President).
Died in 1916
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Springdale Cemetery.
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Richard Henry Whiting (1826-1888) —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born in West Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., January
17, 1826.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Collector of Internal Revenue at Peoria, Illinois, 1873-75; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1875-77; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1884.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 24,
1888 (age 62 years, 128
days).
Interment at Springdale Cemetery.
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Edwin Van Meter Champion (1890-1976) —
also known as Edwin V. Champion —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born in Mansfield, Piatt
County, Ill., September
18, 1890.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Peoria
County State's Attorney, 1932-36; U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1937-39.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., February
11, 1976 (age 85 years, 146
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Springdale Cemetery.
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Daniel Robinson Sheen (1852-1926) —
also known as Daniel R. Sheen; Dan R.
Sheen —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born in Peoria
County, Ill., November
29, 1852.
Lawyer;
Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 14th District, 1896; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 18th District, 1905-06; defeated
(Prohibition), 1902, 1906, 1910; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1908; Prohibition candidate for justice of
Illinois state supreme court 5th District, 1913.
Died in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., April
23, 1926 (age 73 years, 145
days).
Interment at Springdale Cemetery.
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Norman H. Purple —
of Illinois.
Democrat. Democratic Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1844;
justice
of Illinois state supreme court, 1845-48; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention Peoria and Stark
counties, 1862.
Interment at Springdale Cemetery.
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Washington Cockle (1811-1886) —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 2,
1811.
Lawyer;
banker;
newspaper
editor; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1846-47; postmaster at Peoria,
Ill., 1847-49, 1880-85.
Died in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., July 15,
1886 (age 75 years, 74
days).
Interment at Springdale Cemetery.
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Louis Frank Meek (1863-1917) —
also known as Louis F. Meek —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born in Eureka, Woodford
County, Ill., June 12,
1863.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1900;
postmaster at Peoria,
Ill., 1913-17.
Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of Veterans.
Died in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., January
1, 1917 (age 53 years, 203
days).
Interment at Springdale Cemetery.
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William T. Dowdall (1835-1915) —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born in Illinois, 1835.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1868,
1880;
postmaster at Peoria,
Ill., 1886-89.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., December
31, 1915 (age about 80
years).
Interment at Springdale Cemetery.
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Alvan Kidder (1801-1871) —
of Randolph, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born in Randolph, Orange
County, Vt., February
12, 1801.
Democrat. Manufacturer;
merchant;
real
estate business; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1835.
Died in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., November
18, 1871 (age 70 years, 279
days).
Interment at Springdale Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of John Kidder and Ruth (Mann) Kidder; married, July 24,
1823, to Betsey Mann; nephew of Lyman
Kidder; first cousin of Ira
Kidder and Jefferson
Parish Kidder; first cousin once removed of Lyman
Kidder Bass, Silas
Wright Kidder and Daniel
S. Kidder; first cousin twice removed of Lyman
Metcalfe Bass; second cousin of Francis
Kidder; second cousin twice removed of Harley
Walter Kidder; third cousin once removed of Isaiah
Kidder, Ezra
Kidder, David
Kidder and Nathan
Parker Kidder; fourth cousin of Jarvis
King Pike, Charles
Stetson, Arba
Kidder, Luther
Kidder, Joseph
Souther Kidder, Pascal
Paoli Kidder and Isaiah
Stetson; fourth cousin once removed of Gold
Selleck Silliman, Benjamin
Silliman, Caleb
Blodgett, Chauncey
Fitch Cleveland, Orlando
Burr Kidder, Adoniram
Judson Kneeland, Alanson
Pike and Isaiah
Kidder Stetson. |
| | | Political families: Kidder
family of Bangor, Maine; Kidder-Wolcott
family (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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