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Alfred J. Abbott (1844-1916) —
of Bon Homme, Bon Homme
County, S.Dak.
Born in Manchester, England,
December
22, 1844.
Republican. Postmaster;
member of Dakota
territorial House of Representatives, 1868-69; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 4th District, 1889-90.
English ancestry.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
7, 1916 (age 71 years, 47
days).
Interment at Bon Homme Cemetery, Bon Homme, S.Dak.
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Jane Addams (1860-1935) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Cedarville, Stephenson
County, Ill., September
6, 1860.
Progressive. Social
worker; sociologist;
lecturer;
woman suffrage activist; pacifist; delegate to Progressive National
Convention from Illinois, 1912; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Illinois; received the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1931.
Female.
Presbyterian
or Unitarian.
English ancestry. Lesbian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American Civil
Liberties Union; Women's
International League for Peace and Freedom; NAACP.
Died, from cancer,
in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 21,
1935 (age 74 years, 257
days).
Interment at Cedarville
Cemetery, Cedarville, Ill.
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Harvey Sandburg Amerson (1875-1943) —
also known as Harvey S. Amerson —
of Elk Rapids, Antrim
County, Mich.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Illinois, November
29, 1875.
Republican. Merchant;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Antrim County, 1911-12.
German
and English ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in 1943
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Elk Rapids, Mich.
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Orville Elbridge Atwood (1880-1939) —
also known as Orville E. Atwood —
of Newaygo, Newaygo
County, Mich.; Fremont, Newaygo
County, Mich.; Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Morgan Park (now part of Chicago), Cook
County, Ill., February
23, 1880.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Newaygo County, 1919-22;
member of Michigan
state senate 26th District, 1923-26, 1929-30; defeated in
primary, 1926; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Michigan, 1924;
secretary
of state of Michigan, 1935-36; defeated, 1936; director, Michigan
Sales Tax Division, 1939.
Congregationalist.
English ancestry. Member, Delta
Upsilon; Freemasons.
While driving east on U.S. Highway 16, from Lansing to Detroit, he collided
with a westbound bus, was badly injured, and died an hour later in
McPherson Hospital,
Howell, Livingston
County, Mich., June 15,
1939 (age 59 years, 112
days). His passenger, auto executive Frank D. Longyear
(1879-1939), was also killed. Four passengers on the bus were
injuried, including Claud
Erickson of Lansing, and State Rep. Martin
R. Kronk of Detroit.
Interment at Deepdale
Memorial Park, Delta Township, Eaton County, Mich.
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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, Rock Island, Ill.
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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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Archibald F. Bunting (b. 1871) —
of Empire, Leelanau
County, Mich.
Born in Albion, Edwards
County, Ill., May 17,
1871.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,
1900;
Leelanau
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1901-02; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Leelanau District, 1905-08.
English ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Ernest R. Dexter (b. 1875) —
of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in Washington
County, Ill., February
23, 1875.
Republican. Farmer; merchant;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Isabella County, 1923-28.
English and Welsh
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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George Willems Frisby (1890-1974) —
also known as George W. Frisby —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 12,
1890.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1936.
English and German
ancestry.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
18, 1974 (age 84 years, 128
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Arthur Radcliffe Getty (1861-1919) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in London, England,
1861.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; musician; lyricist;
poet;
Vice-Consul
for Great Britain in Chicago,
Ill., 1896-1901.
English and Irish
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
6, 1919 (age about 58
years).
Cremated.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Gibson Getty and Emily (Crossley) Getty; married, July 26,
1919, to Marie Reid. |
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Victor M. Gore (b. 1858) —
of Benton Harbor, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Plainview, Macoupin
County, Ill., September
29, 1858.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 7th District,
1907-08; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1914-27.
English ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Michigan Manual 1927 |
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George Graham Hunter (1872-1958) —
also known as George G. Hunter —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Marion, Grant
County, Ind.; St. Johns, Clinton
County, Mich.
Born in Ovid Township, Clinton
County, Mich., August
16, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Clinton County, 1919-22;
member of Michigan
state senate 15th District, 1923-26; Clinton
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1929-34; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Michigan.
English ancestry. Member, Rotary.
Died in St. Johns, Clinton
County, Mich., March
14, 1958 (age 85 years, 210
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Ovid, Mich.
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Henry John Hyde (1924-2007) —
also known as Henry J. Hyde —
of Bensenville, DuPage
County, Ill.; Wood Dale, DuPage
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
18, 1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1967-75; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1975-; defeated, 1962.
Catholic.
English and Irish
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Knights
of Columbus.
Died, from complications of earlier heart
surgery, in Rush University Medical
Center, Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
29, 2007 (age 83 years, 225
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Franklin Jewell (1874-1927) —
also known as John F. Jewell —
of Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill.
Born in Scales Mound, Jo Daviess
County, Ill., May 11,
1874.
Lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Martinique, 1902-06; St. Michaels, 1906-08; Melbourne, 1908-11; Vladivostok, 1911-14; Chefoo, 1916; Lourenco Marques, 1917; Batavia, 1919; Birmingham, 1922-27, died in office 1927.
English ancestry.
Died in Birmingham, England,
October
23, 1927 (age 53 years, 165
days).
Interment at Scales Mound Township Cemetery, Scales Mound, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Edwin Jewell and Ann (Reed) Jewell. |
| | | Epitaph: "Like one who wraps the
drapery of his couch about him and lies down to pleasant
dreams." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Walter Johnson —
of Rock Island, Rock
Island County, Ill.
Born in England.
Republican. U.S. Surveyor of Customs, 1891.
English ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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William Edwin Lee (1852-1920) —
also known as William E. Lee —
of Long Prairie, Todd
County, Minn.
Born in Alton, Madison
County, Ill., January
8, 1852.
Republican. Banker; Todd
County Register of Deeds, 1877-80; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1885-88, 1893-94 (District 39
1885-88, District 46 1893-94).
English ancestry.
Died in Long Prairie, Todd
County, Minn., November
16, 1920 (age 68 years, 313
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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, Springfield, Ill.; 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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Charles Otis Nason (1828-1903) —
also known as Charles O. Nason —
of Moline, Rock
Island County, Ill.
Born in Hartford, Windsor
County, Vt., September
20, 1828.
Republican. Superintendent of wood department, John Deere Co. Plow
Works; director and treasurer, Moline Plow
Works; treasurer, People's Power
Company; mayor of
Moline, Ill., 1887-89.
Episcopalian.
English ancestry.
Died in Portsmouth, Rockingham
County, N.H., December
7, 1903 (age 75 years, 78
days).
Interment at Pleasant
Street Cemetery, Claremont, N.H.
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Daniel Lace Quirk (1818-1910) —
also known as Daniel L. Quirk —
of Belleville, Wayne
County, Mich.; Sterling, Whiteside
County, Ill.; Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Isle of
Man, June 15,
1818.
Democrat. Wayne
County Auditor, 1852-54; postmaster at Belleville,
Mich., 1853-54; hotelier;
co-founder and later president, First National Bank of
Ypsilanti, the first national bank incorporated in Washtenaw County;
he and others organized the Ypsilanti Woolen
Manufacturing Company, which later became the Ypsilanti Underwear
Company; founder and president, Peninsular Paper
Company; railroad
builder.
Manx ancestry.
Died in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, Mich., December
3, 1910 (age 92 years, 171
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Ypsilanti, Mich.
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John Henry Stelle (1891-1962) —
also known as John Stelle —
of McLeansboro, Hamilton
County, Ill.
Born in McLeansboro, Hamilton
County, Ill., August
10, 1891.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1928
(alternate), 1932
(alternate), 1940,
1944
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
Illinois
state treasurer, 1935-37; Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1937-40; Governor of
Illinois, 1940-41.
English, Irish, German,
and French
ancestry. Member, American
Legion.
Died July 5,
1962 (age 70 years, 329
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, McLeansboro, Ill.
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John Thompson (1862-1944) —
also known as "Shepherd of the Loop" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Nenthead, Cumbria, England,
July
24, 1862.
Democrat. Pastor,
Chicago Methodist Temple (First Methodist Church), 1924-41; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1944.
Methodist.
English ancestry.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
19, 1944 (age 82 years, 57
days).
Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Glen Ellyn, Ill.
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Ernest Withall (1875-1949) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in London, England,
October
17, 1875.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1908.
English ancestry.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
22, 1949 (age 73 years, 309
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of William Walter Withall and Louisa (Brown) Withall; married to
Edith Vesta Earle. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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