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Sangamon County, Illinois
Calvary
Cemetery
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois
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James McMahon Graham (1852-1945) —
also known as James M. Graham —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Castleblayney, County Monaghan, Ireland,
April
14, 1852.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1885-86; Sangamon
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1892-96; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1900,
1920
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from Illinois 21st District, 1909-15; defeated,
1914, 1918.
Died in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., October
23, 1945 (age 93 years, 192
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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William H. Chamberlain (1931-c.1979) —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., January
22, 1931.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1964;
secretary
of state of Illinois, 1964-65; circuit judge in Illinois, 1965.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Urban
League; American
Judicature Society.
Died about 1979 (age about 48
years).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Camp Butler
National Cemetery
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois
| Politicians buried
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Otis B. Duncan —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1920.
African
ancestry.
Highest-ranking African-American officer to serve in World War I.
Interment at Camp Butler National Cemetery.
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Hutchinson
Cemetery
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois
| Politicians formerly
buried here: |
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William Lee Davidson Ewing (1795-1846) —
also known as William L. D. Ewing —
of Vandalia, Fayette
County, Ill.
Born in Logan
County, Ky., August
31, 1795.
Democrat. Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1833-34; Governor of
Illinois, 1834; U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1835-37; member of Illinois
Democratic State Committee, 1837-38; Illinois
state auditor of public accounts, 1843-46; died in office 1846.
Slaveowner.
Died in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., March
25, 1846 (age 50 years, 206
days).
Original interment at Hutchinson Cemetery; reinterment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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Daniel Pope Cook (1794-1827) —
of Edwardsville, Madison
County, Ill.
Born in Scott
County, Ky., October
16, 1794.
Lawyer;
Illinois
state attorney general, 1819; U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1819-27; U.S. Commercial
Agent (Consul) in Havana, 1827.
Died in Scott
County, Ky., October
16, 1827 (age 33 years, 0
days).
Original interment at Hutchinson Cemetery; reinterment in 1866 at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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Oak Ridge
Cemetery
1441 Monument Avenue
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois
Founded 1858
| Politicians buried
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Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) —
also known as "Honest Abe"; "Old
Abe"; "The Rail-Splitter"; "The
Illinois Baboon" —
of New Salem, Menard
County, Ill.; Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in a log
cabin, Hardin County (part now in Larue
County), Ky., February
12, 1809.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; postmaster;
lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1834-41; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1847-49; candidate for
Republican nomination for Vice President, 1856;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1858; President
of the United States, 1861-65; died in office 1865; His election
as president in 1860 precipitated the Civil War; determined to
preserve the Union, he led the North to victory on the battlefield,
freed the slaves in the conquered states, and in doing this,
redefined American nationhood. He was.
English
ancestry.
Elected in 1900 to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans.
Shot
by the assassin
John Wilkes Booth, during a play at
Ford's Theater,
in Washington,
D.C., April 14, 1865; died at Peterson's Boarding
House, across the street, the following day, April
15, 1865 (age 56 years, 62
days).
Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery; memorial monument at National
Mall, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1868 at Judiciary
Park, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Lincoln and Nancy (Hanks) Lincoln; married, November
4, 1842, to Mary
Ann Todd (sister-in-law of Ninian
Wirt Edwards; half-sister-in-law of Nathaniel
Henry Rhodes Dawson and Benjamin
Hardin Helm; half-sister of Emilie
Pariet Todd; aunt of Martha
Dee Todd; grandniece of David
Rittenhouse Porter); father of Robert
Todd Lincoln; second cousin four times removed of Richard
Henry Lee, Francis
Lightfoot Lee and Arthur
Lee; third cousin twice removed of Levi
Lincoln; third cousin thrice removed of Thomas
Sim Lee, Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee, Edmund
Jennings Lee and Zachary
Taylor; fourth cousin once removed of Levi
Lincoln Jr. and Enoch
Lincoln. |
| | | Political families: Lincoln-Lee
family; Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown
family of Kentucky; Edwards-Cook
family (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Clement
Claiborne Clay, Jr. — Isham
N. Haynie — William
M. Stone — John
Pitcher — Stephen
Miller — John
T. Stuart — William
H. Seward — Henry
L. Burnett — Judah
P. Benjamin — Robert
Toombs — Richard
Taylor Jacob — George
W. Jones — James
Adams — John
G. Nicolay — Edward
Everett — Stephen
T. Logan — Francis
P. Blair — John
Hay — Henry
Reed Rathbone — James
A. Ekin — Frederick
W. Seward — John
H. Surratt — John
H. Surratt, Jr. — James
Shields — Emily
T. Helm — John
A. Campbell — John
Merryman — Barnes
Compton |
| | | Lincoln counties in Ark., Colo., Idaho, Kan., La., Minn., Miss., Mont., Neb., Nev., N.M., Okla., Ore., Wash., W.Va., Wis. and Wyo. are
named for him. |
| | | The city
of Lincoln,
Nebraska, is named for
him. — Lincoln Memorial University,
in Harrogate,
Tennessee, is named for
him. — Lincoln University,
in Jefferson
City, Missouri, is named for
him. — Lincoln University,
near Oxford,
Pennsylvania, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Abraham
L. Keister
— Abraham
L. Tucker
— Abraham
L. Brick
— Abraham
L. Kellogg
— Abraham
Lincoln Bernstein
— A.
Lincoln Reiley
— A.
L. Helmick
— Abraham
L. Sutton
— A.
Lincoln Acker
— Abraham
L. Osgood
— Abraham
L. Witmer
— Abraham
L. Phillips
— Abraham
L. Payton
— A.
L. Auth
— A.
Lincoln Moore
— A.
Lincoln Niditch
— Abraham
L. Rubenstein
— Abraham
L. Davis, Jr.
— Abraham
L. Freedman
— A.
L. Marovitz
— Lincoln
Gordon
— Abraham
L. Banner
— Abraham
Lincoln Tosti
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
has appeared on the U.S. penny (one cent coin) since 1909, and on
the $5 bill since 1913. From the 1860s until 1927, his portrait
also appeared on U.S. notes and certificates of various
denominations from $1 to $500. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Abraham Lincoln: David
Herbert Donald, Lincoln —
George Anastaplo, Abraham
Lincoln : A Constitutional Biography — G. S. Boritt,
ed., The
Lincoln Enigma : The Changing Faces of an American
Icon — Albert J. Beveridge, Abraham
Lincoln 1809-1858 — Geoffrey Perret, Lincoln's
War : The Untold Story of America's Greatest President as Commander
in Chief — David Herbert Donald, We
Are Lincoln Men : Abraham Lincoln and His Friends —
Edward Steers, Jr., Blood
on the Moon: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln —
Mario Cuomo, Why
Lincoln Matters : Today More Than Ever — Michael W.
Kauffman, American
Brutus : John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln
Conspiracies — Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team
of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln —
Joshua Wolf Shenk, Lincoln's
Melancholy : How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His
Greatness — John Channing Briggs, Lincoln's
Speeches Reconsidered — Ronald C. White, Jr., The
Eloquent President : A Portrait of Lincoln Through His
Words — Harold Holzer, Lincoln
at Cooper Union : The Speech That Made Abraham Linco ln
President — Michael Lind, What
Lincoln Believed : The Values and Convictions of America's Greatest
President — Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team
of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln —
Michael Burlingame, ed., Abraham
Lincoln: The Observations of John G. Nicolay and John
Hay — Thomas J. Craughwell, Stealing
Lincoln's Body — Roy Morris, Jr., The
Long Pursuit: Abraham Lincoln's Thirty-Year Struggle with Stephen
Douglas for the Heart and Soul of America — John
Stauffer, Giants:
The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham
Lincoln — Karen Judson, Abraham
Lincoln (for young readers) — Maira Kalman, Looking
at Lincoln (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Abraham Lincoln:
Thomas J. DiLorenzo, The
Real Lincoln : A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an
Unnecessary War |
| | | Fiction about Abraham Lincoln: Gore
Vidal, Lincoln:
A Novel |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Mary Todd Lincoln (1818-1882) —
also known as Mary Ann Todd —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., December
13, 1818.
First
Lady of the United States, 1861-65.
Female.
Died in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., July 16,
1882 (age 63 years, 215
days).
Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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Ninian Edwards (1775-1833) —
of Kaskaskia, Randolph
County, Ill.; Edwardsville, Madison
County, Ill.
Born in Montgomery
County, Md., March
17, 1775.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1796-97; state court judge in
Kentucky, 1803; justice of
Kentucky state supreme court, 1808; Governor
of Illinois Territory, 1809-18; U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1818-24; Governor of
Illinois, 1826-30; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1832.
Baptist.
Slaveowner.
Died of cholera,
in Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill., July 20,
1833 (age 58 years, 125
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Belleville, Ill.; reinterment in 1855 at Oak Ridge Cemetery;
statue at Ninian
Edwards Plaza, Edwardsville, Ill.
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Shelby Moore Cullom (1829-1914) —
also known as Shelby M. Cullom —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Monticello, Wayne
County, Ky., November
22, 1829.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1856, 1860-61, 1872-74; Speaker of
the Illinois State House of Representatives, 1861, 1873;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 8th District, 1865-71; Governor of
Illinois, 1877-83; resigned 1883; U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1883-1913; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1884,
1892,
1904
(speaker),
1908.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
28, 1914 (age 84 years, 67
days).
Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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William Henry Bissell (1811-1860) —
also known as William H. Bissell —
of Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.
Born in Hartwick, Otsego
County, N.Y., April
25, 1811.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1840; colonel in the U.S. Army
during the Mexican War; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1849-55 (1st District 1849-53, 8th
District 1853-55); Governor of
Illinois, 1857-60; died in office 1860.
Catholic.
Died in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., March
18, 1860 (age 48 years, 328
days).
Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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William Lee Davidson Ewing (1795-1846) —
also known as William L. D. Ewing —
of Vandalia, Fayette
County, Ill.
Born in Logan
County, Ky., August
31, 1795.
Democrat. Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1833-34; Governor of
Illinois, 1834; U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1835-37; member of Illinois
Democratic State Committee, 1837-38; Illinois
state auditor of public accounts, 1843-46; died in office 1846.
Slaveowner.
Died in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., March
25, 1846 (age 50 years, 206
days).
Original interment at Hutchinson Cemetery;
reinterment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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William Barret Ridgely (1853-1920) —
also known as William B. Ridgely —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., July 19,
1853.
Republican. Vice-president, Springfield Iron
Company; banker;
postmaster at Springfield,
Ill., 1897-99; U.S. Comptroller of the Currency, 1901-08;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1908.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
30, 1920 (age 66 years, 286
days).
Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Ridgely and Jane Maria (Barret) Ridgely; married, October
24, 1882, to Eleanor M. 'Ella' Cullom (daughter of Shelby
Moore Cullom); married, December
30, 1905, to Kate Deering; nephew of Redick
McKee Ridgely; second great-grandnephew of Samuel
Huntington; first cousin twice removed of Nathaniel
Huntington, James
Huntington and Elisha
Mills Huntington; first cousin thrice removed of Samuel
H. Huntington; first cousin five times removed of Benjamin
Huntington; second cousin twice removed of Joseph
Lyman Huntington; second cousin four times removed of Joshua
Coit, Henry
Huntington and Gurdon
Huntington; third cousin of Edwin
Reed Ridgely and Austin
Eugene Lathrop; third cousin once removed of Collins
Dwight Huntington, George
Milo Huntington and Helen
Huntington Hull; third cousin thrice removed of John
Davenport, Ebenezer
Huntington, James
Davenport, Asahel
Otis, Augustus
Seymour Porter, Samuel
Lathrop, Peter
Buell Porter, Abel
Huntington, Zina
Hyde Jr. and Benjamin
Nicoll Huntington; fourth cousin once removed of John
Hall Brockway, Abial
Lathrop and Hilliard
Samuel Ridgely. |
| | | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Comptrollers
of the Currency |
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John Riley Tanner (1844-1901) —
also known as John R. Tanner —
of Illinois.
Born in Warrick
County, Ind., April 4,
1844.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Illinois
state senate, 1881; Illinois
state treasurer, 1887-89; Governor of
Illinois, 1897-1901.
Died May 23,
1901 (age 57 years, 49
days).
Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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William Jayne (1826-1916) —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., October
8, 1826.
Republican. Mayor
of Springfield, Ill., 1859-61; member of Illinois
state senate, 1860-61; Governor
of Dakota Territory, 1861-63; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Dakota Territory, 1863-64; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1884.
Died, of apoplexy (stroke),
in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., March
20, 1916 (age 89 years, 164
days).
Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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William Joshua Allen (1829-1901) —
also known as William J. Allen —
of Metropolis, Massac
County, Ill.; Marion, Williamson
County, Ill.; Cairo, Alexander
County, Ill.; Carbondale, Jackson
County, Ill.
Born in Wilson
County, Tenn., June 9,
1829.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state senate, 1855; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, 1855-59; circuit
judge in Illinois 26th Circuit, 1859-61; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1860,
1864,
1868,
1872,
1876,
1884;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention Williamson and
Johnson counties, 1862; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1862-65 (9th District 1862-63, 13th
District 1863-65); delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 1st District,
1869-70; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Illinois, 1887-1901;
died in office 1901.
Died, of "grippe" (influenza),
in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., January
26, 1901 (age 71 years, 231
days).
Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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James Carroll Robinson (1823-1886) —
also known as James C. Robinson —
of Marshall, Clark
County, Ill.
Born near Paris, Edgar
County, Ill., August
19, 1823.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1859-65, 1871-75 (7th District
1859-63, 11th District 1863-65, 8th District 1871-73, 12th District
1873-75); candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1864.
Died, of "congestion of the brain" (presumably a stroke or
cerebral
hemorrhage), in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., November
3, 1886 (age 63 years, 76
days).
Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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William McKendree Springer (1836-1903) —
also known as William M. Springer —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Sullivan
County, Ind., May 30,
1836.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
Democratic State Committee, 1860-62; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1871-72; defeated, 1860; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1875-95 (12th District 1875-83,
13th District 1883-95); U.S.
District Judge for Indian Territory, 1895-99.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Washington,
D.C., December
4, 1903 (age 67 years, 188
days).
Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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Loren Edgar Wheeler (1862-1932) —
also known as Loren E. Wheeler —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Havana, Mason
County, Ill., October
7, 1862.
Republican. Mayor
of Springfield, Ill., 1897-1901; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1900;
postmaster at Springfield,
Ill., 1901-14; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 21st District, 1915-23, 1925-27;
defeated, 1922, 1926.
Died, of pernicious
anemia, in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., January
8, 1932 (age 69 years, 93
days).
Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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James Austin Connolly (1843-1914) —
also known as James A. Connolly —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., March 8,
1843.
Republican. Lawyer;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1873-76; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Illinois, 1876-85, 1889-93;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 17th District, 1895-99; defeated,
1886.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died, of cerebral
hemorrhage, in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., December
15, 1914 (age 71 years, 282
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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Daniel Pope Cook (1794-1827) —
of Edwardsville, Madison
County, Ill.
Born in Scott
County, Ky., October
16, 1794.
Lawyer;
Illinois
state attorney general, 1819; U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1819-27; U.S. Commercial
Agent (Consul) in Havana, 1827.
Died in Scott
County, Ky., October
16, 1827 (age 33 years, 0
days).
Original interment at Hutchinson Cemetery;
reinterment in 1866 at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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Ben Franklin Caldwell (1848-1924) —
of Chatham, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born near Carrollton, Greene
County, Ill., August
2, 1848.
Democrat. Banker; farmer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1882-86; member of Illinois
state senate, 1890-94; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1899-1905, 1907-09 (17th District
1899-1903, 21st District 1903-05, 1907-09); defeated, 1904; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1912.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of miocarditis,
in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., December
29, 1924 (age 76 years, 149
days).
Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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John Alexander McClernand (1812-1900) —
also known as John A. McClernand —
of Shawneetown, Gallatin
County, Ill.; Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Breckinridge
County, Ky., May 30,
1812.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; newspaper
publisher; candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois;
member of Illinois
Democratic State Committee, 1841-46, 1852-56; member of Illinois
state legislature, 1840; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1843-51, 1859-61 (2nd District
1843-51, 6th District 1859-61); general in the Union Army during the
Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1876
(Convention
President; member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker),
1880.
Died in 1900
(age about
88 years).
Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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John Todd Stuart (1807-1885) —
also known as John T. Stuart —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born near Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., November
10, 1807.
Lawyer;
law partner of Abraham
Lincoln; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1833-37; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1839-43, 1863-65 (3rd District
1839-43, 8th District 1863-65); member of Illinois
state senate 12th District, 1849-50.
Died November
23, 1885 (age 78 years, 13
days).
Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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Samuel Hubbel Treat (d. 1887) —
also known as Samuel H. Treat —
of Illinois.
Justice
of Illinois state supreme court, 1841-55.
Died March
27, 1887.
Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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Anthony Lausett Knapp (1828-1881) —
also known as Anthony L. Knapp —
of Jerseyville, Jersey
County, Ill.
Born in Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y., June 14,
1828.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state senate, 1859; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1861-65 (6th District 1861-63, 10th
District 1863-65).
Died May 24,
1881 (age 52 years, 344
days).
Original interment at Springfield Cemetery;
reinterment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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William Allen Northcott (1854-1917) —
also known as William A. Northcott —
of Greenville, Bond
County, Ill.; Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn., January
28, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer; Bond
County State's Attorney, 1882-92; Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1897-1905; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1904;
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Illinois, 1905-14;
president, Inter-Ocean Casualty
Co.
Episcopalian.
Member, Modern
Woodmen of America; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Died January
25, 1917 (age 62 years, 363
days).
Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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Frank Stoddard Dickson (1876-1953) —
also known as Frank S. Dickson —
of Ramsey, Fayette
County, Ill.
Born in Hillsboro, Montgomery
County, Ill., October
6, 1876.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 23rd District, 1905-07; Adjutant
General of Illinois, 1910-22; appointed 1910.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
24, 1953 (age 76 years, 141
days).
Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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Ninian Wirt Edwards (1809-1889) —
also known as Ninian W. Edwards —
of Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., April
15, 1809.
Democrat. Illinois
state attorney general, 1834-35; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1837-41, 1849-53; member of Illinois
state senate, 1845-49; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention from Sangamon County,
1847; Illinois
superintendent of public instruction, 1854-57.
Died in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., September
2, 1889 (age 80 years, 140
days).
Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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John Pope Cook (1825-1910) —
also known as John P. Cook —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.; Ransom, Hillsdale
County, Mich.
Born in Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill., June 12,
1825.
Mayor
of Springfield, Ill., 1855; Sangamon
County Sheriff, 1856; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War.
Died in Ransom, Hillsdale
County, Mich., October
12, 1910 (age 85 years, 122
days).
Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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Isham N. Haynie (c.1822-1866) —
of Alexander
County, Ill.
Born about 1822.
Republican. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1850; common pleas court judge in
Illinois, 1857; candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1862; served in the
Union Army during the Civil War; Adjutant
General of Illinois, 1865-66; appointed 1865; died in office 1866.
Was present in Peterson's Boarding House when Abraham
Lincoln died.
Died May 21,
1866 (age about 44
years).
Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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Ozias Mather Hatch (1814-1893) —
also known as Ozias M. Hatch —
of Pike
County, Ill.
Born in 1814.
Member of Illinois state legislature, 1840; secretary
of state of Illinois, 1857-65.
Died in 1893
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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Erastus Newton Bates (1828-1898) —
also known as Erastus N. Bates —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Centralia, Marion
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Plainfield, Hampshire
County, Mass., February
29, 1828.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Minnesota state constitutional convention 11th District, 1857;
member of Minnesota
state senate 4th District, 1857-58; general in the Union Army
during the Civil War; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1866-67; Illinois
state treasurer, 1869-73.
Died in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., May 29,
1898 (age 70 years, 0
days).
Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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Stephen Trigg Logan (1800-1880) —
also known as Stephen T. Logan —
of Barren
County, Ky.; Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Franklin
County, Ky., February
24, 1800.
Republican. Lawyer; Barren
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1822-32; circuit judge in Illinois,
1835-40; law partner of Abraham
Lincoln, 1841-44; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1843-47, 1855-56; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention from Sangamon County,
1847; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1860.
Died in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., July 24,
1880 (age 80 years, 151
days).
Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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William Butler —
of Sangamon
County, Ill.
Illinois
state treasurer, 1859-63.
Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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Earle Benjamin Searcy (b. 1887) —
also known as Earl B. Searcy —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Palmyra, Macoupin
County, Ill., May 14,
1887.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real estate
broker; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 45th District, 1921-23; member of
Illinois
state senate 45th District, 1923-45; clerk of the Illinois
supreme court; elected 1944.
Christian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Disabled
American Veterans.
One of the founding members of the American Legion.
Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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David L. Phillips (1823-1880) —
of Anna, Union
County, Ill.; Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Williamson
County, Ill., October
28, 1823.
Republican. School
teacher; minister;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1860;
newspaper
managing editor; postmaster at Springfield,
Ill., 1877-80.
Died in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., June 19,
1880 (age 56 years, 235
days).
Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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Stuart Mason Allen (1902-1943) —
also known as Stuart Allen —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., December
13, 1902.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Tientsin, 1929-32; U.S. Consul in Chefoo, as of 1938; Vancouver, 1942-43, died in office 1943.
Died in Vancouver, British
Columbia, July 5,
1943 (age 40 years, 204
days).
Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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Redick McKee Ridgely (1830-1914) —
also known as Redick M. Ridgely —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., March
29, 1830.
Democrat. Postmaster at Springfield,
Ill., 1894-96; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1900; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1908.
Died in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., June 23,
1914 (age 84 years, 86
days).
Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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Vincent Y. Dallman —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1924,
1932,
1936,
1956,
1960;
U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 8th Illinois District,
1941-51.
Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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William M. Vicars (1906-1959) —
of Pontiac, Livingston
County, Ill.
Born in Braidwood, Will
County, Ill., October
20, 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1935-45; candidate for Illinois
state auditor of public accounts, 1944; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1948
(alternate), 1952.
Died in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., February
14, 1959 (age 52 years, 117
days).
Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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Bushrod Ebenezer Hoppin (1828-1923) —
also known as Bushrod E. Hoppin —
of Madison
County, N.Y.; Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Lebanon, Madison
County, N.Y., September
2, 1828.
Republican. Farmer;
member of New York
state assembly from Madison County 1st District, 1867.
Died in Arlington, Middlesex
County, Mass., April
20, 1923 (age 94 years, 230
days).
Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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Jacob Bunn Jr. (1864-1926) —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., October
21, 1864.
Republican. President, Illinois Watch Co. (watch manufacturers);
president, Sangamo Electric Co.; president, Springfield Marine Bank;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1924.
Died, from cirrhosis of
the liver, in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., May 10,
1926 (age 61 years, 201
days).
Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Bunn and Elizabeth (Ferguson) Bunn; married to Mildred
Jeffress. |
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William Converse Staley (1899-1978) —
also known as W. Converse Staley —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., September
28, 1899.
Republican. President, Baker Manufacturing
Company, makers of heavy equipment; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1944,
1948.
Died April
27, 1978 (age 78 years, 211
days).
Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward E. Staley and Elsie (Converse) Staley; married 1920 to Jennie
Barnes; married to Ann Zgaga. |
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Old Hutchinson
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Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois
Springfield
Cemetery
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois
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Anthony Lausett Knapp (1828-1881) —
also known as Anthony L. Knapp —
of Jerseyville, Jersey
County, Ill.
Born in Middletown, Orange
County, N.Y., June 14,
1828.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state senate, 1859; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1861-65 (6th District 1861-63, 10th
District 1863-65).
Died May 24,
1881 (age 52 years, 344
days).
Original interment at Springfield Cemetery; reinterment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
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