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Richard Chilcott (1855-1917) —
of Port Blakely, Bainbridge Island, Kitsap
County, Wash.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in England,
May
15, 1855.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; sea
captain; shipbroker;
stevedoring
business; Consul
for Central America in Seattle,
Wash., 1898; Consul
for Honduras in Seattle,
Wash., 1899-1903; Consul
for Nicaragua in Seattle,
Wash., 1899-1903.
English
and Irish ancestry.
Died, from Bright's
disease, heart
delatation, and arteriosclerosis,
in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., August
31, 1917 (age 62 years, 108
days).
Cremated.
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James Shields (1806-1879) —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.; Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill.; Rice
County, Minn.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Carrollton, Carroll
County, Mo.
Born in Altmore, County Tyrone, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), May 10,
1806.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1836; member of Illinois
Democratic State Committee, 1839-41; Illinois
state auditor of public accounts, 1841-43; in 1842, when the
Springfield paper published letters from "Aunt Becca" ridiculing him,
Shields demanded to know who wrote them; Abraham
Lincoln (then a Springfield lawyer) acknowledged responsibility,
and Shields challenged him to a duel,
which was averted only through the intervention of friends; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1843-45; Commissioner of the
General Land Office, 1845-47; general in the U.S. Army during the
Mexican War; U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1849, 1849-55; U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1858-59; general in the Union Army during
the Civil War; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1868; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1874, 1879; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1879.
Catholic.
Irish ancestry.
Died in Ottumwa, Wapello
County, Iowa, June 1,
1879 (age 73 years, 22
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Carrollton, Mo.; statue at Courthouse Grounds, Carrollton, Mo.; statue at State
Capitol Grounds, St. Paul, Minn.
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