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Rock Island County
Illinois

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Rock Island County

Index to Locations East Moline St. Mary's Cemetery Moline Riverside Cemetery Rock Island Chippiannock Cemetery St. Mary's Cemetery East Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Charles Francis Carpentier (1896-1964) — also known as Charles F. Carpentier — of East Moline, Rock Island County, Ill. Born in Moline, Rock Island County, Ill., September 19, 1896. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; movie theater operator; mayor of East Moline, Ill., 1929-39; defeated (Citizens), 1927; member of Illinois state senate 33rd District, 1939-53; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1940 (alternate), 1956, 1960; secretary of state of Illinois, 1953-64; died in office 1964. Catholic. Member, American Legion; Knights of Columbus; Forty and Eight; Eagles; Moose; Elks; Rotary; Catholic Order of Foresters. Died, while seeking the Republican nomination for Governor, April 3, 1964 (age 67 years, 197 days). Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Gregoir Carpentier and Louise (De Connick) Carpentier; married, June 22, 1920, to Alta Sarginson. Edward Andries (1884-1958) — also known as Ed Andries — of Moline, Rock Island County, Ill. Born in Belgium, January 24, 1884. Naturalized U.S. citizen; cabinetmaker; building contractor; banker; Honorary Vice-Consul for Belgium in Moline, Ill., 1929-46; Honorary Consul for Belgium in Moline, Ill., 1946-54. Catholic. Belgian ancestry. Member, Catholic Order of Foresters; Eagles; Moose. Died in Moline, Rock Island County, Ill., April 16, 1958 (age 74 years, 82 days). Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery.   Relatives: Married, October 29, 1908, to Alida Heisbrandt.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Moline Dispatch, August 2, 1949 Riverside Cemetery Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois Politicians buried here:   Peter Henry Wessel (1838-1924) — also known as Peter H. Wessel — of Moline, Rock Island County, Ill. Born in Germany, January 4, 1838. Republican. Physician; banker; mayor of Moline, Ill., 1889-93, 1899-1903. Died, from asthma and a stroke, in Moline, Rock Island County, Ill., December 10, 1924 (age 86 years, 341 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Riverside Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial August Henry Arp (1893-1963) — also known as A. Henry Arp — of Moline, Rock Island County, Ill. Born in Rock Island County, Ill., September 22, 1893. Democrat. Physician; mayor of Moline, Ill., 1933-45. Died in Moline, Rock Island County, Ill., December 20, 1963 (age 70 years, 89 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of August Heinrich Arp and Matilda (Hardy) Arp; married to Elsa Mauritzson.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Daily Times (Davenport, Iowa), April 13, 1933   John Deere (1804-1886) — of Moline, Rock Island County, Ill. Born in Rutland, Rutland County, Vt., February 7, 1804. Blacksmith; inventor of the first successful steel plow; founder of John Deere & Company, manufacturers of farm implements; president, National Bank of Moline; mayor of Moline, Ill., 1873-75. Died in Moline, Rock Island County, Ill., May 17, 1886 (age 82 years, 99 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery; statue at John Deere Historic Site, Grand Detour, Ill.   Relatives: Son of William Rinold Deere and Sarah (Yates) Deere; married, January 28, 1827, to Demarias Lamb (aunt of Charles Otis Nason (1828-1903)); married 1867 to Lucenia Lamb (aunt of Charles Otis Nason (1828-1903)).   Political families: Upham family; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   The World War II Liberty ship SS John Deere (built 1942 at Portland, Oregon; scrapped 1961) was named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier George Fredrick Johnson (1873-1955) — also known as George F. Johnson — of Green River, Henry County, Ill.; East Moline, Rock Island County, Ill.; Montalvo, Ventura County, Calif. Born in Cobden, Union County, Ill., March 25, 1873. Democrat. Physician; mayor of East Moline, Ill., 1907-13, 1917-23, 1925-27; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1920. Died in Montalvo, Ventura County, Calif., August 6, 1955 (age 82 years, 134 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of George W. Johnson and Emma Alice (Armstrong) Johnson; married, November 14, 1896, to Anna Martha Schulze.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: The Daily Times (Davenport, Iowa), July 11, 1936   Thomas William Crawford (1863-1928) — also known as Tom Crawford — of Silvis, Rock Island County, Ill. Born in Montreal, Quebec, March 15, 1863. Railroad shop foreman; mayor of Silvis, Ill., 1911-13. Struck by a train and killed, in Silvis, Rock Island County, Ill., June 18, 1928 (age 65 years, 95 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery.   Relatives: Married 1881 to Adeline Blanche Schryver.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Frank Gates Allen (1858-1940) — also known as Frank G. Allen — of Moline, Rock Island County, Ill. Born in Aurora, Kane County, Ill., February 14, 1858. Republican. Secretary and vice-president, Moline Plow Company; president, Moline State Trust & Savings Bank; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1908, 1912. Member, Freemasons. Died in Moline, Rock Island County, Ill., August 30, 1940 (age 82 years, 198 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery.   Relatives: Married 1882 to Minnie Florence Stephens; father of Marjorie Allen Seiffert.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Paul Harold Andreen (1881-1957) — also known as Paul H. Andreen — of Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa; Cokato, Wright County, Minn. Born in Lindsborg, McPherson County, Kan., November 19, 1881. Republican. Pastor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1936 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization); offered prayer, Republican National Convention, 1940. Lutheran. Swedish ancestry. Died in Hennepin County, Minn., October 23, 1957 (age 75 years, 338 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Mary (Strand) Andreen and Gustav Albert Andreen; married, November 12, 1918, to Althea Martha Brown.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Chippiannock Cemetery 12th Street and 31st Avenue Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois Founded 1855 See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Chester Charles Thompson (1893-1971) — also known as Chester Thompson — of Rock Island, Rock Island County, Ill. Born in Rock Island, Rock Island County, Ill., September 19, 1893. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; plastering contractor; Rock Island County Treasurer; mayor of Rock Island, Ill., 1927-32; defeated, 1964; U.S. Representative from Illinois 14th District, 1933-39; defeated, 1938. Methodist. Member, Moose; Eagles. Died in Rock Island, Rock Island County, Ill., January 30, 1971 (age 77 years, 133 days). Interment at Chippiannock Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Charles L. Thompson and Susan (Miller) Thompson; married to Margaret M. Flynn.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   William Harrison Gest (1838-1912) — also known as William H. Gest — of Rock Island, Rock Island County, Ill. Born in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill., January 7, 1838. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Illinois 11th District, 1887-91; circuit judge in Illinois 14th Circuit, 1897-1912; died in office 1912. Died in Rock Island, Rock Island County, Ill., August 9, 1912 (age 74 years, 215 days). Interment at Chippiannock Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Ben Taylor Cable (1853-1923) — also known as Ben T. Cable — of Rock Island, Rock Island County, Ill. Born in Georgetown, Scott County, Ky., August 11, 1853. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1884, 1892, 1900, 1904 (member, Platform and Resolutions Committee), 1908; U.S. Representative from Illinois 11th District, 1891-93; delegate to Gold Democrat National Convention from Illinois, 1896. Died in Rock Island, Rock Island County, Ill., December 13, 1923 (age 70 years, 124 days). Interment at Chippiannock Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Philander Lathrop Cable and Mary Jane (Taylor) Cable; married, June 7, 1882, to Maria C. Benton (daughter of Thomas Hart Benton Jr.).   Political family: Benton family of Missouri and Tennessee (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: The Parties and The Men (1896)   Gustav Albert Andreen (1864-1940) — also known as Gustav Andreen — of Rock Island, Rock Island County, Ill. Born in Porter, Porter County, Ind., March 13, 1864. Republican. Pastor; president, Augustana College, 1901-35; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1932. Lutheran. Swedish ancestry. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., October 1, 1940 (age 76 years, 202 days). Interment at Chippiannock Cemetery.   Relatives: Father of Paul Harold Andreen.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   John Buford, Sr. (1779-1848) — of Versailles, Woodford County, Ky.; Rock Island, Rock Island County, Ill. Born in Barren County, Ky., 1779. Farmer; merchant; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1824-27; member of Illinois state senate, 1843-47; postmaster at Rock Island, Ill., 1843-47. Presbyterian. French and English ancestry. Died in Rock Island, Rock Island County, Ill., March 25, 1848 (age about 68 years). Interment at Chippiannock Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Margaret (Kirtley) Buford and Simeon Buford, Sr.; married, September 6, 1799, to Nancy Hickman; married, January 4, 1825, to Ann Bannister (Howe) Watson; father of John Buford, Jr., Napoleon Bonaparte Buford, Thomas Jefferson Buford and James Monroe Buford.   Political family: Buford family of Rock Island, Illinois.

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