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(not intended to be complete)
Charles
B. Farwell (County Clerk, 1854-62)
Philip
Knopf (County Clerk, 1894-1902)
Orrin
N. Carter (County Judge, 1894-1905)
Oscar
De Priest (County Commissioner, 1894-1904)
Charles
S. Deneen (State's Attorney, 1896-1904)
Thomas
E. Barrett (Sheriff, 1902)
John
J. Healy (State's Attorney, 1905)
Peter
M. Hoffman (Coroner, 1905)
John
W. Rainey (Circuit Court Clerk, 1912-16)
Emmett
Whealan (County Commissioner, 1919-31)
Charles
W. Peters (Sheriff)
Maclay
Hoyne (State's Attorney)
Harry
R. Gibbons (County Treasurer)
William
Meyering (Sheriff, 1930-34)
Thomas
J. Courtney (State's Attorney, 1932-45)
John
S. Clark (County Assessor, 1934-54)
John
Toman (Sheriff, 1934-38)
Joseph
L. Gill (County Treasurer)
Thomas
J. O'Brien (Sheriff, 1939-42)
Thomas
J. Bowler (Clerk of Courts)
Peter
B. Carey (Sheriff, 1942-43)
Elmer
Michael Walsh (Sheriff, 1946-50)
Frank
Keenan (County Assessor, 1954-58)
P.
J. Cullerton (County Assessor, 1958-74)
Daniel
P. Ward (State's Attorney, 1960-66)
Andrew
J. Toman (Coroner, 1960-76)
Richard
B. Ogilvie (Sheriff, 1962-68)
Thomas
C. Hynes (County Assessor, 1978-97)
Richard
M. Daley (State's Attorney, 1981-89)
James
M. Houlihan (County Assessor, 1997-)
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
Alsip, Cook County, Illinois
Politicians buried here:
- Richard Joseph Daley (1902-1976) — also known as
Richard J. Daley; "The Boss" — of
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 15,
1902. Married, June 17,
1936, to Eleanor 'Sis' Guilfoyle (1907-2003); father of Richard
Michael Daley and William
Michael Daley. Democrat. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives 9th District, 1936-38; member of
Illinois
state senate 9th District, 1939-47; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1955-76; died in office 1976. Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus. Stricken with a heart
attack and died at his doctor's
office, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
20, 1976. Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
- See also Daley
family of Illinois
- Portraits: 1962;
1963;
1968.
- See also: Wikipedia
article; NNDB
dossier; Internet
Movie Database profile; Find-A-Grave
memorial.
- Books about Richard J. Daley: Mike
Royko, Boss
: Richard J. Daley of Chicago; Adam Cohen & Elizabeth Taylor, American
Pharaoh : Mayor Richard J. Daley : His Battle for Chicago and the
Nation; Hugh Brogan, All
Honorable Men : Huey Long, Robert Moses, Estes Kefauver, Richard J.
Daley; Roger Biles, Richard
J. Daley : Politics, Race, and the Governing of Chicago; Eugene
C. Kennedy, Himself!
The Life and Times of Richard J. Daley (out of print); Len
O'Connor, Requiem
: The Decline and Demise of Mayor Daley and His Era (out of
print); F. Richard Ciccone, Daley
: Power and Presidential Politics; Frank Sullivan, Legend:
The Only Inside Story About Mayor Richard J. Daley; Milton
Rakove, Don't
Make No Waves, Don't Back No Losers : An Insider's Analysis of the
Daley Machine
- Frank J. Corr (1877-1934) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
12, 1877. Mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1933. Died, from complication of diabetes,
in Presbyterian Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 3,
1934. Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
- Lawrence Joseph Sarsfield Daly (1912-1979) — also
known as Lar Daly; "America First" — of
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born January
22, 1912. Candidate for mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1955 (Republican primary), 1959 (Republican
primary), 1959 (Democratic primary), 1963 (Republican primary), 1967
(Republican primary), 1967; candidate in Republican primary for Governor of
Illinois, 1956, 1964; Tax Cut candidate for President
of the United States, 1960; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1962 (Democratic primary), 1966
(Republican primary), 1970 (Republican primary), 1978 (Republican
primary); Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1973. Died April 18,
1979. Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
- Richard Bernard Vail (1895-1955) — also known as
Richard B. Vail — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
31, 1895. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 2nd District, 1947-49, 1951-53;
defeated, 1948, 1952, 1954. Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 29,
1955. Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
- William A. Rowan (1882-1961) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Illinois, 1882.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1940;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 2nd District, 1943-47; defeated,
1946 (2nd District), 1954 (4th District). Died in 1961.
Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
- William Thomas Murphy (1899-1978) — also known as
William T. Murphy — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August 7,
1899. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1959-71. Member, American
Legion. Died in Oak Lawn, Cook
County, Ill., January
29, 1978. Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
- Ralph Harold Metcalfe (1910-1978) — also known as
Ralph H. Metcalfe — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., May 29,
1910. Democrat. Won gold,
silver and bronze Olympic medals in 1932 and 1936; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1952
(alternate), 1956
(alternate), 1964
(alternate), 1968;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1971-78; died in
office 1978. Catholic.
African
ancestry. Member, Amvets; American
Legion; Urban
League; NAACP; Elks; Alpha
Phi Alpha. Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
10, 1978. Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
- Emmet Francis Byrne (1896-1974) — also known as
Emmet F. Byrne — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
6, 1896. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1957-59. Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Phi
Alpha Delta. Died in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., September
25, 1974. Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
- James Cunningham Murray (1917-1999) — also known as
James C. Murray — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 16,
1917. Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1955-57; defeated,
1956; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1964;
circuit judge in Illinois, 1970-84; Judge, Illinois Appellate Court,
1986-94. Died in Oak Lawn, Cook
County, Ill., October
13, 1999. Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
- A. L. Cronin (1901-1974) — also known as Whitey
Cronin — of Illinois. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 30,
1901. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1948-52; member of Illinois
state senate, 1954-66. Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
23, 1974. Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
- Emmett Whealan (1875-1950) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 4,
1875. Son of James Whealan and Johanna (Dewey) Whealan; married,
November
8, 1905, to Catherine McDonald. Democrat. Printing
business; real estate
business; Cook County
Commissioner, 1919-31; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Illinois, 1928,
1932.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians. Died in 1950.
Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
- William Alexander Cunnea II (1905-1963) — also known
as William A. Cunnea — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
8, 1905. Son of William
Alexander Cunnea. Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1960.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Died, of colon
cancer, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 22,
1963. Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
- Lawrence F. King — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Republican. Delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1928.
Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
Mt. Auburn Cemetery
Berwyn, Cook County, Illinois
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:
Politicians buried here:
Holy Cross Cemetery
Calumet City, Cook County, Illinois
Politicians buried here:
- Frank J. Migas (b. 1888) — of East Chicago, Lake
County, Ind. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
28, 1888. Father-in-law of John
B. Nicosia. Democrat. Owner, Sweet Corn Candy Co.,
1921-31; vice-president, American State Bank of
Gary; deputy
sheriff; mayor
of East Chicago, Ind., 1939-51; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Indiana, 1940,
1948.
Catholic.
Member, Moose; Polish
National Alliance. Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
- John B. Nicosia (1910-1985) — of East Chicago, Lake
County, Ind. Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
10, 1910. Son-in-law of Frank
J. Migas. Democrat. Mayor
of East Chicago, Ind., 1964-72; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Indiana, 1964.
Died in 1985.
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
- Frank X. Rydzewski (1867-1928) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Poland,
1867.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1920,
1924.
Died in 1928.
Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.
Unknown Location
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Politicians buried here:
- Adolph Olson Eberhart (1870-1944) — also known as
Adolph O. Eberhart; A. O. Eberhart — of Mankato,
Blue
Earth County, Minn.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Värmland, Sweden,
June
23, 1870. Married to Adele Marie Hoke. Republican. Lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state senate, 1903-06; Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1907-09; Governor of
Minnesota, 1909-15; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1916
(speaker);
candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1916; real estate
broker. Lutheran.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; United
Commercial Travelers. Died December
6, 1944. Interment somewhere.
Acacia Park Cemetery
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Founded 1922
Politicians buried here:
All Saints Cemetery
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Founded 1893
Politicians buried here:
- John Jerome Gorman (1883-1949) — also known as
John J. Gorman — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., June 2,
1883. Republican. Delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 2nd District,
1920-22; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1921-23, 1925-27;
defeated, 1922, 1926. Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
24, 1949. Interment at All Saints Cemetery.
- James Thomas McDermott (1872-1938) — also known as
James T. McDermott — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich., February
13, 1872. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1907-14, 1915-17;
defeated, 1918 (4th District), 1928 (9th District); delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1912.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
7, 1938. Interment at All Saints Cemetery.
- Thomas Leonard Owens (1897-1948) — also known as
Thomas L. Owens — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
21, 1897. Son of John P. Owens and Hannah (Burke) Owens; married,
June
26, 1929, to Emma Florence Ekberg. Republican. Machinist;
accountant;
salesman;
lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1947-48; died in
office 1948. Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi; American
Legion. Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., June 7,
1948. Interment at All Saints Cemetery.
Bohemian National Cemetery
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Founded 1877
Politicians buried here:
- Anton Joseph Cermak (1873-1933) — also known as
Anton J. Cermak; "Pushcart Tony" — of
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Kladno, Bohemia (now Czech
Republic), May 9,
1873. Father of Helena I. Cermak (who married Otto
Kerner, Jr.). Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1924,
1928,
1932;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1928; mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1931-33; died in office 1933. On February 15,
1933, while he was standing on the running board of an open car
from which president-elect Franklin
D. Roosevelt had just given a speech, was shot and
badly
wounded by Italian-American bricklayer Guiseppe Zangara, who had
aimed for Roosevelt; over the next month, the wound became infected,
and he died, in Jackson Memorial Hospital,
Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., March 6,
1933. Interment at Bohemian National Cemetery.
- Charles Joseph Vopicka (1857-1935) — also known as
Charles J. Vopicka — of Illinois. Born in Bohemia (now
part of Czech
Republic), November
3, 1857. U.S. Minister to Bulgaria, 1913-19; Romania, 1913-20; Serbia, 1913-19. Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
4, 1935. Interment at Bohemian National Cemetery.
- Otto Kerner (1884-1952) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; River Forest, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
22, 1884. Father of Otto
Kerner, Jr.. Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1920;
circuit judge in Illinois, 1927-31; Illinois
state attorney general, 1933-38; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1939. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Died December
13, 1952. Interment at Bohemian National Cemetery.
Burr Oak Cemetery
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Founded 1937
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:
Politicians buried here:
- George Washington Collins (1925-1972) — also known
as George W. Collins — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 5,
1925. Married to Cardiss
Robertson. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1964
(alternate), 1968;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1970-72; died in
office 1972. Baptist.
African
ancestry. Died in an airplane
crash during landing approach at Midway Airport,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
8, 1972. Interment at Burr Oak Cemetery.
City Cemetery (now gone)
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Politicians formerly buried here:
- James Curtiss (1803-1859) — of Illinois. Born April 7,
1803. Mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1847-48, 1850-51. Died November
2, 1859. Original interment at City Cemetery; reinterment to
unknown location.
- John M. S. Causin (1811-1861) — of Maryland. Born in
St.
Mary's County, Md., 1811.
Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1837-38, 1840-43, 1849; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1843-45; Presidential
Elector for Maryland, 1848.
Died in Cairo, Alexander
County, Ill., January
30, 1861. Original interment at City Cemetery; reinterment to
unknown location.
Douglas Monument Park
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1976
Politicians buried here:
- Stephen Arnold Douglas (1813-1861) — also known as
Stephen A. Douglas; "The Little Giant"
— of Quincy, Adams
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Brandon, Rutland
County, Vt., April 23,
1813. Father of Robert
Martin Douglas; grandfather of Robert
Dick Douglas. Democrat. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1837-39; secretary of
state of Illinois, 1840-41; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1841-43; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1843-47; U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1847-61; died in office 1861; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1852,
1856;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1860. Died, of typhoid
fever, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 3,
1861. Interment at Douglas Monument Park. Douglas counties in Colo., Ga., Ill., Kan., Minn., Mo., Neb., Nev., Ore., S.Dak., Wash. and Wis. are
named for him.
First Unitarian Church
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Politicians buried here:
- Morton Denison Hull (1867-1937) — also known as
Morton D. Hull — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
13, 1867. Married to Katherine Bingham. Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1906-14; member of Illinois
state senate, 1915-21; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1916;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 5th District,
1920-22; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 2nd District, 1923-33. Died in
Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt., August
20, 1937. Cremated; ashes
interred at First Unitarian Church.
Graceland Cemetery
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Founded 1860
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:
Politicians buried here:
- Melville Weston Fuller (1833-1910) — also known as
Melville W. Fuller — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine, February
11, 1833. Father of Mildred Fuller (who married Hugh
Campbell Wallace). Democrat. Delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention Cook County, 1862;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1863; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1876;
Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1888-1910; died in office 1910. Episcopalian.
Died in Sorrento, Hancock
County, Maine, July 4,
1910. Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
- Franklin MacVeagh (1837-1934) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chester
County, Pa., November
22, 1837. Son of Maj. John MacVeagh and Margaret (Lincoln)
MacVeagh; brother of Isaac
Wayne MacVeagh; married to Emily Eames; uncle of Charles
MacVeagh; granduncle of Lincoln
MacVeagh. Lawyer; wholesale
grocer; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1909-13. Died July 6,
1934. Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
- Carter Henry Harrison (1825-1893) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born near Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., February
15, 1825. Grandnephew of Benjamin
Harrison (1726-1791); first cousin once removed of Carter
Bassett Harrison and William
Henry Harrison (1773-1841); second cousin of John
Scott Harrison; second cousin once removed of Benjamin
Harrison (1833-1901); father of Carter
Henry Harrison II; second cousin thrice removed of William
Henry Harrison (1896-1990). Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 2nd District, 1875-79; mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1879-87, 1893; died in office 1893; candidate for
Governor
of Illinois, 1884. Shot and
killed
at his home, by Patrick Eugene Prendergast, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
28, 1893. Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
- Carter Henry Harrison II (1860-1953) — also known as
Carter H. Harrison — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 23,
1860. Great-grandnephew of Benjamin
Harrison (1726-1791); first cousin twice removed of Carter
Bassett Harrison and William
Henry Harrison (1773-1841); second cousin once removed of John
Scott Harrison; son of Carter
Henry Harrison; second cousin twice removed of Benjamin
Harrison (1833-1901); married, December
14, 1887, to Edith Ogden (author); third cousin twice removed of
William
Henry Harrison (1896-1990). Democrat. Lawyer; real estate
business; newspaper
editor and publisher; mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1897-1905, 1911-15; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1916,
1920,
1932,
1936.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of the Cincinnati; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Society
of Colonial Wars; Military
Order of the World Wars. Died December
25, 1953. Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
- Francis Cornwall Sherman (1805-1870) — also known as
Francis C. Sherman — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born September
18, 1805. Mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1841-42, 1862-65; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention Cook County, 1847.
Methodist.
Died November
7, 1870. Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
- Benjamin Wright Raymond (1801-1883) — of Illinois.
Born June 15,
1801. Whig. Mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1839-40, 1842-43. Presbyterian.
Died April 6,
1883. Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
- Fred A. Busse (1866-1914) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 3,
1866. Married 1908 to
Josephine Lee. Republican. Hardware
business; coal
dealer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1895-98; member of Illinois
state senate, 1899-1900; Illinois
state treasurer, 1903-05; member of Illinois
Republican State Committee, 1905; postmaster;
mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1907-11; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1908;
member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1910. German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, from valvular heart
disease, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 9,
1914. Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
- Joseph Medill (1823-1899) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born near St. John, New
Brunswick, April 6,
1823. Married, September
2, 1852, to Katherine Patrick (died 1894); father of Katherine
Van Etta Medill (daughter-in-law of Cyrus
Hall McCormick; married Robert
Sanderson McCormick); grandfather of Joseph
Medill McCormick (who married Ruth
Hanna), Joseph
Medill Patterson and Robert
Rutherford McCormick; great-grandfather of Alicia Patterson
(1907-1963) (who married Harry
Frank Guggenheim); great-great-grandfather of Joseph Medill
Patterson Albright (who married Madeleine
Korbel). Editor-in-chief of the Chicago Tribune newspaper;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 59th District,
1869-70; mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1871-73. Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., March 16,
1899. Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
- Hempstead Washburne (1852-1918) — of Illinois. Born
November
11, 1852. Mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1891-93. Died April 13,
1918. Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
- John Putnam Chapin (1810-1864) — of Illinois. Born
April
21, 1810. Mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1846-47. Died June 27,
1864. Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
- Charles McNeill Gray (1807-1885) — of Illinois. Born
March
7, 1807. Mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1853-54. Died October
17, 1885. Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
- Julian Sidney Rumsey (1823-1886) — also known as
Julian S. Rumsey; "The Father of Grain
Inspection" — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Batavia, Genesee
County, N.Y., April 3,
1823. Republican. Mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1861-62. Episcopalian.
Died April 20,
1886. Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
- John Peter Altgeld (1847-1902) — also known as
John P. Altgeld — of Andrew
County, Mo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Germany,
December
30, 1847. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Andrew
County State's Attorney, 1875; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1884; superior court judge in
Illinois, 1886-91; Governor of
Illinois, 1893-97; Independent candidate for mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1899. German
ancestry. Pardoned the surviving protesters of the Haymarket incident
in Chicago, and refused to send troops against the Pullman railway
strikers. These actions were not popular at the time, and he never
won another election. Died in Joliet, Will
County, Ill., March 12,
1902. Interment at Graceland Cemetery; statue at Lincoln Park.
- Lambert Tree (1832-1910) — of Illinois. Born in 1832.
Circuit judge in Illinois, 1870; U.S. Minister to Belgium, 1885-88; Russia, 1888-89. Died in 1910.
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
- Frank Orren Lowden (1861-1943) — also known as
Frank O. Lowden — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Oregon, Ogle
County, Ill. Born in Sunrise, Chisago
County, Minn., January
26, 1861. Son of Lorenzo Orren Lowden and Nancy Elizabeth (Breg)
Lowden; married, April 29,
1896, to Florence Pullman (daughter of George M. Pullman
(1831-1897; industrialist; inventor of Pullman railroad sleeping
car)). Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; law
professor; director, National Bank of the
Republic; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1900,
1904;
member of Republican
National Committee from Illinois, 1904-12; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 13th District, 1906-11; Governor of
Illinois, 1917-21; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1920,
1928.
Member, American Bar
Association. Died, from rectal
cancer, in El Conquistador Hotel,
Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., March 20,
1943. Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
- Norman Buel Judd (1815-1878) — also known as
Norman B. Judd — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Rome, Oneida
County, N.Y., January
10, 1815. Grandfather of Norman
Judd Gould. Republican. Member of Illinois
state senate, 1844, 1855-59; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1856,
1860;
member of Republican
National Committee from Illinois, 1856; Secretary
of Republican National Committee, 1856; U.S. Minister to Prussia, 1861-65; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1867-71. Died November
11, 1878. Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
- Reynold Erland Carlson (1912-1993) — Born in 1912.
U.S. Ambassador to Colombia, 1966. Died in 1993.
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
- George Edmund Foss (1863-1936) — also known as
George E. Foss — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Berkshire, Franklin
County, Vt., July 2,
1863. Son of George Edmund Foss and Marcia Cordelia (Noble)
Foss; brother of Eugene
Noble Foss; married to Georgia L. Fritze. Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1895-1913, 1915-19 (7th District
1895-1903, 10th District 1903-13, 1915-19). Died in 1936.
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
- Oscar Stanton De Priest (1871-1951) — also known as
Oscar De Priest — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Florence, Lauderdale
County, Ala., March 9,
1871. Son of Alexander R. De Priest and Mary (Karsner) De Priest;
married, February
23, 1898, to Jessie Williams. Republican. Painter;
real
estate broker; Cook County
Commissioner, 1894-1904; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1908
(alternate), 1920,
1924
(alternate), 1928,
1932,
1936;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1929-35; defeated,
1934, 1936, 1938. Congregationalist
or Presbyterian.
African
ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows. Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 12,
1951. Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
- Isaac Newton Arnold (1815-1884) — also known as
Isaac N. Arnold — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Hartwick, Otsego
County, N.Y., November
30, 1815. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1842-43, 1855; Presidential
Elector for Illinois, 1844;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1861-65 (2nd District 1861-63, 1st
District 1863-65). Member, Freemasons.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 24,
1884. Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
- Francis Wayland Palmer (1827-1907) — also known as
Frank Palmer — of Iowa. Born in Manchester, Dearborn
County, Ind., October
11, 1827. Republican. U.S.
Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1869-73. Died in Chicago,
Cook
County, Ill., December
3, 1907. Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
- Allan Cathcart Durborow, Jr. (1857-1908) — also
known as Allan C. Durborow, Jr. — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
10, 1857. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1891-95. Member, Phi
Kappa Psi. Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 10,
1908. Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
- William Edgar Church (1841-1917) — Born in Brooklyn,
Kings
County, N.Y., December
7, 1841. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; justice of
Dakota territorial supreme court, 1883-86. Died April 18,
1917. Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
- James Simpson, Jr. (1905-1960) — of Wadsworth, Lake
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., 1905.
Republican. Farmer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 10th District, 1933-35; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1936;
member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1943. Episcopalian.
Died in 1960.
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
- Lorenzo Brentano (1813-1891) — also known as
Lorenz Brentano — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Germany,
November
4, 1813. Father of Theodore
Brentano. Republican. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives 61st District, 1863-65; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1864;
Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1868;
U.S. Consul in Dresden, 1872-76; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1877-79. Sentenced
to life imprisonment
for his role in a German revolution
in 1849; escaped
to the United States. Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
18, 1891. Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
- Daniel Webster Mills (1838-1904) — also known as
Daniel W. Mills — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Ohio, 1838.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1897-99. Died in 1904.
Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
- Walter Cass Newberry (1835-1912) — of Petersburg,
Va.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Sangerfield, Oneida
County, N.Y., December
23, 1835. Democrat. General in the Union Army during the Civil
War; mayor
of Petersburg, Va., 1869-70; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1891-93. Died in
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 20,
1912. Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
- Julius Goldzier (1854-1925) — of Illinois. Born in
Austria,
January
20, 1854. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1893-95. Jewish.
Died January
20, 1925. Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
- Lynden Evans (1858-1926) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in La Salle, La Salle
County, Ill., June 28,
1858. Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1911-13. Died in
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 6,
1926. Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
- William Josiah MacDonald (1873-1946) — also known as
William J. MacDonald — of Calumet, Houghton
County, Mich. Born in Potosi, Grant
County, Wis., November
17, 1873. Democrat. Candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 12th Circuit, 1911; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1913-15; defeated,
1914, 1916. Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 29,
1946. Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
- Usher Ferguson Linder (d. 1876) — also known as
Usher F. Linder — of Illinois. Illinois
state attorney general, 1837-38. Died June 5,
1876. Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
- Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884) — also known as
Cyrus H. McCormick — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Rockbridge
County, Va., February
15, 1809. Son of Robert McCormick (1780-1846) and Mary Ann
'Polly' (Hall) McCormick; married, January
26, 1858, to Nancy Maria 'Nettie' Fowler; uncle of Robert
Sanderson McCormick (son-in-law of Joseph
Medill); granduncle of Joseph
Medill McCormick and Robert
Rutherford McCormick; great-granduncle of William
McCormick Blair, Jr.. Democrat. One of the inventors
of the McCormick reaper, and the founder of the farm
implement manufacturing company which became International
Harvester; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1862; member of Democratic
National Committee from Illinois, 1876. Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 13,
1884. Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
- Abraham Lincoln Auth (1877-1968) — also known as
A. L. Auth — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
19, 1877. Brother-in-law of James
Frank Hemmons; married 1906 to
Henrietta M. Dusold (died 1920); married 1933 to
Catherine McGrath Ahrens. Democrat. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives 27th District, 1925-27, 1929-39,
1941-49. Member, Elks. Died
March
27, 1968. Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
- William Henry Powell (1825-1904) — of Ohio
County, W.Va. Born May 10,
1825. Republican. Presidential Elector for West Virginia, 1868.
Died December
26, 1904. Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
- Marshall Field (1893-1956) — of Huntington, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
28, 1893. Son of Marshall Field, Jr. and Albertine (Huck) Field;
married 1916
to Evelyn Marshall; married 1930 to Audrey
(Janes) Coats; married 1936 to Ruth
(Pruyn) Phipps. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1944,
1948.
Publisher, Chicago Sun-Times newspaper.
Died, of brain
cancer, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
8, 1956. Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
Griffin Funeral Home Columbarium
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Politicians buried here:
- William Levi Dawson (1886-1970) — also known as
William L. Dawson — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Albany, Dougherty
County, Ga., April 26,
1886. Married to Nellie Brown. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; lawyer;
member of Illinois
Democratic State Central Committee, 1930-32; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1940
(alternate), 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1968;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1943-70; died in
office 1970. African
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Alpha
Phi Alpha; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
9, 1970. Cremated; ashes
interred at Griffin Funeral Home Columbarium.
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Politicians buried here:
- Harry Peter Beam (1892-1967) — also known as
Harry P. Beam — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., November
23, 1892. Son of Peter J. Beam and Margaret B. Beam; married, June 29,
1921, to Marge Brown. Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1931-42. Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; American Bar
Association. Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
31, 1967. Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
- George Edmund Gorman (1873-1935) — of Illinois. Born
in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 13,
1873. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1913-15. Died in
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
13, 1935. Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
Irving Park Boulevard Cemetery
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Politicians buried here:
- Frank Buchanan (1862-1930) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born near Madison, Jefferson
County, Ind., June 14,
1862. Son of Joseph Buchanan and Emeline (Connor) Buchanan;
married, March 17,
1898, to Minnie Murphy. Democrat. Ironworker;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1911-17; in 1915, when
the U.S. was still neutral in World War I, he was president of
"Labor's National Peace Council," which advocated a weapons embargo
against the countries then at war; the organization secretly received
funding from German
agents; when a grand jury
investigation was announced, he retaliated by introducing
resolutions to impeach U.S. Attorney H.
Snowden Marshall; indicted
in December 1915, along with H.
Robert Fowler, Frank
S. Monnett, and others, for restraint
of trade over the Peace Council's attempts to foment
strikes in U.S. munitions plants; stood
trial in May 1917, along with (ultimately) six co-defendants; the
jury convicted three, but deadlocked over the other four, including
Buchanan; he was not re-tried. Died, of heart
disease, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 18,
1930. Interment at Irving Park Boulevard Cemetery.
Lincoln Cemetery
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:
Politicians buried here:
- George Washington Murray (1853-1926) — also known as
George W. Murray — of Sumter, Sumter
County, S.C. Born in South Carolina, 1853.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1893-97 (7th District
1893-95, 1st District 1895-97). African
ancestry. Died in 1926.
Interment at Lincoln Cemetery.
- Quentin J. Goodwin (c.1918-2000) — of Illinois. Born
in New York, New York
County, N.Y. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1979-80. Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
9, 2000. Interment at Lincoln Cemetery.
Lincoln Park
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Politicians who have monuments here:
- John Peter Altgeld (1847-1902) — also known as
John P. Altgeld — of Andrew
County, Mo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Germany,
December
30, 1847. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Andrew
County State's Attorney, 1875; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1884; superior court judge in
Illinois, 1886-91; Governor of
Illinois, 1893-97; Independent candidate for mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1899. German
ancestry. Pardoned the surviving protesters of the Haymarket incident
in Chicago, and refused to send troops against the Pullman railway
strikers. These actions were not popular at the time, and he never
won another election. Died in Joliet, Will
County, Ill., March 12,
1902. Interment at Graceland Cemetery;
statue at Lincoln Park.
Montrose Cemetery
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Politicians buried here:
Mt. Carmel Cemetery
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Politicians buried here:
- Peter Charles Granata (1898-1973) — also known as
Peter C. Granata — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
28, 1898. Republican. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1930, 1933-73; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 8th District, 1931-32; defeated,
1932; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1952,
1956,
1960.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
29, 1973. Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery.
- Thomas J. Lynch — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Illinois, 1912
(alternate), 1936,
1944
(alternate); criminal court judge in Illinois. Interment at Mt.
Carmel Cemetery.
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Politicians buried here:
- Elliott Wilford Sproul (1856-1935) — also known as
Elliott W. Sproul — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Apohaqui, New
Brunswick, December
28, 1856. Son of Elliott Burgoyne Sproul and Rebecca Jane (Earl)
Sproul; married, June 2,
1881, to Jessie M. Sibbet (died 1920). Republican. Naturalized
U.S. citizen; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1920;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1921-31; defeated,
1930, 1932. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows. Died in 1935.
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
- Fred Ernst Busbey (1895-1966) — also known as
Fred E. Busbey — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Tuscola, Douglas
County, Ill., February
8, 1895. Son of Charles Oscar Busbey and Martha (Welch) Busbey;
married, June 26,
1920, to Julia Mabel Humpf. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; stockbroker;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1943-45, 1947-49,
1951-55; defeated, 1944, 1948, 1954. Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Phi
Kappa Sigma. Died in Cocoa Beach, Brevard
County, Fla., February
11, 1966. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
- Ransom Williams Dunham (1838-1896) — also known as
Ransom W. Dunham — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Savoy, Berkshire
County, Mass., March 21,
1838. Republican. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1883-89. Died in
Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., August
19, 1896. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
- Charles Stuart Wharton (1875-1939) — also known as
Charles S. Wharton — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Illinois, 1875.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1905-07. Died in 1939.
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Politicians buried here:
- Ernest Withall — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Married to Edith Withall. Republican. Alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1908.
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
Mt. Mayriv Cemetery
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Politicians buried here:
- Henry Horner (1879-1940) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
30, 1879. Democrat. Lawyer;
probate judge in Illinois, 1915-31; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1928,
1932,
1936,
1940;
Governor
of Illinois, 1933-40; died in office 1940. Jewish.
Died October
6, 1940. Interment at Mt. Mayriv Cemetery.
- David M. Pfaelzer — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1916.
Interment at Mt. Mayriv Cemetery.
Mt. Olive Cemetery
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:
Politicians buried here:
Mt. Olivet Cemetery
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:
Politicians buried here:
- Thomas James Courtney (1892-1971) — also known as
Thomas J. Courtney — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
23, 1892. Son of James R. Courtney and Catherine (Hussey)
Courtney; married, July 19,
1917, to Kathryn Foley. Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state senate 11th District, 1927-33; Cook County
State's Attorney, 1932-45; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1936,
1944;
candidate in primary for mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1939; candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1944; circuit judge in Illinois, 1945-70. Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Knights
of Columbus. Died December
3, 1971. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
- Magne Alfred Michaelson (1878-1949) — also known as
M. Alfred Michaelson; M. A. Michaelson — of
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Kristiansand, Norway,
September
7, 1878. Republican. Delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 25th District,
1920-22; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1921-31; defeated,
1918, 1932. Indicted
in 1928 on charges of violating the National
Prohibition Act. Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
26, 1949. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
- Thomas Aloysius Doyle (1886-1935) — also known as
Thomas A. Doyle — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
9, 1886. Son of Thomas Doyle and Julia (Egan) Doyle; married, June 26,
1918, to Emile Carstens. Democrat. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives 9th District, 1919-23; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1923-31; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1928.
Catholic.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
29, 1935. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
- Lawrence Edward McGann (1852-1928) — also known as
Lawrence E. McGann — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Galway, Ireland,
February
2, 1852. Son of Edward McGann (died 1854) and Bridget (Ford)
McGann; married, May 1,
1883, to Mary White; married, April 21,
1903, to Edith Foster. Democrat. Boot and shoe
business; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1891-97 (2nd District 1891-95, 3rd
District 1895-97). Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Died July 22,
1928. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
- Patrick Henry Moynihan (1869-1946) — also known as
P. H. Moynihan — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
25, 1869. Republican. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 2nd District, 1933-35; defeated,
1934, 1936, 1940; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1944.
Died May 20,
1946. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
- Charles Martin (1856-1917) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born near Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence
County, N.Y., May 20,
1856. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1912;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1917; died in office
1917. Died October
28, 1917. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
- William J. Lynch (1908-1976) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 6,
1908. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1932
(alternate), 1936
(alternate), 1940
(alternate), 1956,
1960,
1964;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Illinois
state senate, 1950-57; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 1966.
Member, American Bar
Association. Died August 9,
1976. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
- Henry Patrick Bergen (d. 1937) — also known as
Henry P. Bergen — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1928. Died July 5,
1937. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
- Edward J. Carey (d. 1919) — Married to Mary Howley
(died 1890) and Anna Powers. Judge. Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
10, 1919. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Oak Woods Cemetery
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Founded 1855
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:
Politicians buried here:
- William Hale Thompson (1869-1944) — also known as
"Big Bill" — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 14,
1869. Mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1915-23, 1927-31; defeated (Republican), 1931;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932;
Union Progressive candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1936. Died March 14,
1944. Interment at Oak Woods Cemetery.
- Harold Washington (1922-1987) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 15,
1922. Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1965; member of Illinois
state senate, 1977; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1981-83; resigned
1983; mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1983-87; defeated in primary, 1977; died in office
1987. African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; National
Bar Association. Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
25, 1987. Interment at Oak Woods Cemetery.
- See also: congressional
biography; Govtrack.us
page; NNDB
dossier.
- Books about Harold Washington: Paul
Kleppner, Chicago
Divided : The Making of a Black Mayor; Melvin G. Holli, Bashing
Chicago Traditions : Harold Washington's Last Campaign, Chicago,
1987 (out of print); Dempsey J. Travis, Harold,
the People's Mayor : The Authorized Biography of Mayor Harold
Washington; Florence Hamlish Levinsohn, Harold
Washington: A political biography; Alton Miller, Harold
Washington: The Mayor, the Man; Naurice Roberts, Harold
Washington : Mayor With A Vison (for young readers, out of
print)
- Monroe Heath (1827-1894) — of Illinois. Born March 27,
1827. Mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1876-79. Died October
21, 1894. Interment at Oak Woods Cemetery.
- James Hutchinson Woodworth (1804-1869) — of Chicago,
Cook
County, Ill. Born in New York, December
4, 1804. Republican. Mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1848-50; member of Illinois state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 2nd District, 1855-57. Died March 26,
1869. Interment at Oak Woods Cemetery.
- Eugene Sawyer (1934-2008) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Greensboro, Hale
County, Ala., September
3, 1934. Son of Eugene Sawyer, Sr. and Bernice Sawyer. Democrat.
Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1980,
1996;
mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1987-89; defeated in primary, 1989. African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha. Died, of heart
failure, in a hospital
at Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
19, 2008. Interment at Oak Woods Cemetery.
- Lyman Trumbull (1813-1896) — of Alton, Madison
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Colchester, New London
County, Conn., October
12, 1813. Republican. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1840-41; secretary of
state of Illinois, 1841-43; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1848-53; U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1855-73; candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1880. Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 25,
1896. Interment at Oak Woods Cemetery.
- Charles Samuel Deneen (1863-1940) — also known as
Charles S. Deneen — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Edwardsville, Madison
County, Ill., May 4,
1863. Son of Samuel H. Deneen and Mary F. (Ashley) Deneen;
married, May 10,
1891, to Bina Day Maloney. Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1893-94; Cook County
State's Attorney, 1896-1904; law partner of Charles
H. Hamill, 1898-1905; Governor of
Illinois, 1905-13; defeated, 1912; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1928,
1932;
U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1925-31. Member, American Bar
Association. Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
5, 1940. Interment at Oak Woods Cemetery.
- John Marshall Hamilton (1847-1905) — also known as
John M. Hamilton — of McLean
County, Ill. Born in Ridgewood, Union
County, Ohio, May 28,
1847. Son of Samuel Hamilton and Nancy (McMorris) Hamilton;
married 1870
to Helen Williams. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the
Civil War; lawyer;
member of Illinois
state senate, 1877-81; Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1881-83; Governor of
Illinois, 1883-85. Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
22, 1905. Interment at Oak Woods Cemetery.
- Bernard E. Epton — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Republican. Candidate for mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1983. Jewish.
Interment at Oak Woods Cemetery.
- James Robert Mann (1856-1922) — also known as
James R. Mann — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born near Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., October
20, 1856. Republican. Lawyer;
Chicago alderman, 1893-96; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1897-1922 (1st District 1897-1903,
2nd District 1903-22); died in office 1922; chair of Cook
County Republican Party, 1902. Died in Washington,
D.C., November
30, 1922. Interment at Oak Woods Cemetery.
- Barratt O'Hara (1882-1969) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in St. Joseph, Berrien
County, Mich., April 28,
1882. Son of Thomas
O'Hara and Mary (Barratt) O'Hara; married to Florence M. Hoffman.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1913-17; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1915; major in the U.S. Army during World
War I; candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1920; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 2nd District, 1949-51, 1953-69;
defeated, 1938 (at-large), 1950 (2nd District). Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; United
Spanish War Veterans. Died in Washington,
D.C., August
11, 1969. Interment at Oak Woods Cemetery.
- John Hovey Rice (1816-1911) — also known as John
H. Rice — of Monson, Piscataquis
County, Maine; Foxcroft (now part of Dover-Foxcroft), Piscataquis
County, Maine. Born in Mt. Vernon, Kennebec
County, Maine, February
5, 1816. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention
from Maine, 1856;
U.S.
Representative from Maine, 1861-67 (5th District 1861-63, 4th
District 1863-67). Died March 14,
1911. Interment at Oak Woods Cemetery.
- Burton Chauncey Cook (1819-1894) — also known as
Burton C. Cook — of Ottawa, La Salle
County, Ill. Born in Pittsford, Monroe
County, N.Y., May 11,
1819. Republican. Member of Illinois state legislature; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1865-71; member of Republican
National Committee from Illinois, 1866-68. Died in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., August
18, 1894. Interment at Oak Woods Cemetery.
- Eliza Daggett (1851-1926) — of Attleboro, Bristol
County, Mass. Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., January
9, 1851. Daughter-in-law of Homer
Daggett, Sr.. Candidate for mayor
of Attleboro, Mass., 1921. Female.
Died April 28,
1926. Interment at Oak Woods Cemetery.
- Marvin Robert Dee (1917-1975) — also known as Doc
Dee — of Illinois. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
21, 1917. Republican. Lawyer; engineer;
appraiser;
construction
executive; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 20th District, 1973-74. Member,
Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sigma
Phi. Died January
11, 1975. Interment at Oak Woods Cemetery.
- Louis Joseph Behan (b. 1876) — also known as
Louis J. Behan — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., March 10,
1876. Son of William
James Behan. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1936.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus. Interment at Oak Woods Cemetery.
- Ralph Chester Otis (b. 1870) — also known as
Ralph C. Otis — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 8,
1870. Second cousin four times removed of Samuel
Alleyne Otis; second cousin twice removed of Oran
Gray Otis and Harrison
Gray Otis; third cousin twice removed of Asa H.
Otis; first cousin twice removed of David
Perry Otis; son of Joseph Edward Otis (1830-1902) and Maria
(Taylor) Otis (1836-1910); third cousin once removed of Lauren
Ford Otis; married, November
23, 1899, to Sarane Seelye (born 1872). Republican. Banker;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1916.
Interment at Oak Woods Cemetery.
Ridgelawn Cemetery
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Politicians buried here:
- Jacob H. Marks (1864-1920) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., 1864.
Republican. Member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1910. Jewish.
Member, Maccabees.
Died, of endocarditis,
in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 6,
1920. Interment at Ridgelawn Cemetery.
Rosehill Cemetery
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Founded 1859
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:
Politicians buried here:
- Charles Gates Dawes (1865-1951) — also known as
Charles G. Dawes; "Charging Charlie" —
of Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.; Evanston, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Marietta, Washington
County, Ohio, August
27, 1865. Son of Rufus
R. Dawes and Mary Beman (Gates) Dawes; married, January
24, 1889, to Cora D. Blymyer; brother of Rufus
Cutler Dawes and Beman
Gates Dawes. Republican. Engineer;
lawyer;
banker;
U.S. Comptroller of the Currency, 1897-1902; colonel in the U.S. Army
during World War I; Vice
President of the United States, 1925-29; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1929-31; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1932,
1936.
Awarded Nobel
Peace Prize in 1925. Died in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., April 23,
1951. Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
- Lyman Judson Gage (1836-1927) — also known as
Lyman J. Gage — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif. Born in DeRuyter, Madison
County, N.Y., June 28,
1836. Son of Eli A. Gage and Mary (Judson) Gage; married 1864 to Sarah
Etheridge (died 1874); married, June 7,
1887, to Cornelia Washburn; married, November
25, 1909, to Frances Ada Ballou. Bank
president; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1897-1902. Methodist.
Member, American
Bankers Association. Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., January
26, 1927. Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
- Augustus Garrett (1801-1848) — of Illinois. Born in
1801.
Mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1843-44, 1845-46. Unitarian.
Died November
30, 1848. Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at
Rosehill Cemetery.
- John Blake Rice (1809-1874) — of Illinois. Born in
Easton, Talbot
County, Md., May 28,
1809. Republican. Mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1865-69; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1873-74; died in
office 1874. Died December
17, 1874. Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
- John Wentworth (1815-1888) — also known as
"Long John" — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Sandwich, Carroll
County, N.H., March 5,
1815. Grandson of John
Wentworth, Jr.. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1843-51, 1853-55, 1865-67 (4th
District 1843-51, 2nd District 1853-55, 1st District 1865-67); mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1857-58, 1860-61; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention Cook County, 1862.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
16, 1888. Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
- George Bell Swift (1845-1912) — of Illinois. Born December
14, 1845. Mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1893, 1895-97. Methodist.
Died July 2,
1912. Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
- Harvey Doolittle Colvin (1815-1892) — also known as
Harvey D. Colvin — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born December
18, 1815. Father of John
Henry Colvin. Mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1873-76. Died April 16,
1892. Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
- Roswell B. Mason (1805-1892) — of Illinois. Born September
19, 1805. Mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1869-71. Presbyterian.
Died January
1, 1892. Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
- John Charles Haines (1818-1896) — also known as
John C. Haines — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born May 26,
1818. Mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1858-60; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 59th District,
1869-70. Died July 4,
1896. Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
- DeWitt Clinton Cregier (1829-1898) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 1,
1829. Married, August 2,
1853, to Mary S. Foggin. Democrat. Engineer;
mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1889-91. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
9, 1898. Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
- John A. Roche (1844-1904) — of Illinois. Born August
12, 1844. Mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1887-89. Died February
10, 1904. Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
- Alexander Loyd (1805-1871) — of Illinois. Born August
19, 1805. Mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1840-41. Episcopalian.
Died April 7,
1871. Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
- Buckner Stith Morris (1800-1879) — of Illinois. Born
August
19, 1800. Mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1838-39. Catholic.
Died December
16, 1879. Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
- Levi Day Boone (1808-1882) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born December
6, 1808. Mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1855-56. Baptist.
Died January
24, 1882. Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
- Isaac Lawrence Milliken (1815-1885) — of Illinois.
Born August
29, 1815. Mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1854-55. Died December
2, 1885. Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
- Lester Legrant Bond (1829-1903) — also known as
Lester L. Bond — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Ravenna, Portage
County, Ohio, October
27, 1829. Married, October
12, 1856, to Amy S. Aspinwall. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1866-70; Presidential Elector for
Illinois, 1868;
mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1873. Died April 15,
1903. Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
- Hugh Robert Wilson (1885-1946) — also known as
Hugh R. Wilson — Born in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., January
29, 1885. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1927-37; U.S. Ambassador to Germany, 1938. Died in Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt., December
29, 1946. Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
- Dwight Herbert Green (1897-1958) — also known as
Dwight H. Green — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Ligonier, Noble
County, Ind., January
9, 1897. Son of Harry Green and Minnie (Gerber) Green; married,
June
29, 1926, to Mabel Victoria Kingston. Republican. Served in the
U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 1931-35;
candidate for mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1939; Governor of
Illinois, 1941-49; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1940,
1944
(speaker),
1948
(Temporary
Chair; speaker),
1952,
1956.
Episcopalian.
Member, Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Alpha Delta; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Military
Order of the World Wars. Died February
20, 1958. Entombed in mausoleum at Rosehill Cemetery.
- Charles Benjamin Farwell (1823-1903) — also known as
Charles B. Farwell — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Painted Post, Steuben
County, N.Y., July 1,
1823. Son of Henry Farwell and Nancy (Jackson) Farwell; brother
of John
Villiers Farwell. Republican. Cook County
Clerk, 1854-62; dry goods
merchant; member of Republican
National Committee from Illinois, 1870-72; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1871-77, 1881-83 (1st District
1871-73, 3rd District 1873-77, 1881-83); U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1887-91. He and his brother built, in
1887, the Texas State Capitol, and received three million acres of
land as payment. Died in Lake Forest, Lake
County, Ill., September
23, 1903. Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
- John Lourie Beveridge (1824-1910) — of Cook
County, Ill. Born in Greenwich, Washington
County, N.Y., July 6,
1824. Brother of James
H. Beveridge. Republican. Member of Illinois
state senate, 1871; U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1871-73; Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1873; Governor of
Illinois, 1873-77. Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 3,
1910. Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
- William Grant Stratton (1914-2001) — also known as
William G. Stratton — of Morris, Grundy
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Ingleside, Lake
County, Ill., February
26, 1914. Son of William
Joseph Stratton. Republican. U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1941-43, 1947-49; Illinois
state treasurer, 1943-45, 1951-53; candidate in primary for secretary of
state of Illinois, 1944; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; candidate for secretary of
state of Michigan, 1948; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1952,
1956,
1960;
Governor
of Illinois, 1953-61; defeated in primary, 1968; candidate for
Republican nomination for Vice President, 1960.
Methodist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions; Eagles; Delta
Chi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; American
Legion; Amvets. Indicted
in 1964 on income
tax charges;
tried
and acquitted in 1965. Died at Northwestern Memorial Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 2,
2001. Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
- Richard Buell Ogilvie (1923-1988) — also known as
Richard B. Ogilvie — of Northfield, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., February
22, 1923. Son of Kenneth S. Ogilvie and Edna Mae (Buell) Ogilvie;
married, February
11, 1950, to Dorothy Louise Shriver. Republican. Served in the
U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; Cook County
Sheriff, 1962-68; Governor of
Illinois, 1969-73; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1972
(delegation chair). Presbyterian.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Alpha Delta; American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion; Moose. Died
May
10, 1988. Cremated; ashes
interred at Rosehill Cemetery.
- Julius White (1816-1890) — of Illinois. Born September
23, 1816. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Minister to Argentina, 1872-73. Died May 12,
1890. Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
- James Scott Kemper (1886-1981) — also known as
James S. Kemper — of Winnetka, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Van Wert, Van Wert
County, Ohio, November
18, 1886. Republican. Insurance
executive; created Lumberman's Mutual Casualty Company, which later
became Kemper Insurance
Companies; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952;
Treasurer
of Republican National Committee, 1944-46; U.S. Ambassador to Brazil, 1953-55. Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1981.
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
- Meyer Kestnbaum (1896-1960) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
31, 1896. Son of Benjamin Kestnbaum (1872-1965) and Julia
(Weintraub) Kestnbaum (1876-1943); married, June 2,
1925, to Gertrude Dana (1895-1982); granduncle of Lawrence
Kestenbaum. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
president, Hart, Schaffner and Marx, clothing
manufacturers, from 1941; director, Chicago and North Western Railway;
chair, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1954-55; special assistant to Pres.
Dwight
D. Eisenhower, 1955-60. Jewish.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations. Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
14, 1960. Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
- Henry Riggs Rathbone (1870-1928) — also known as
Henry R. Rathbone — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Kenilworth, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Washington,
D.C., February
12, 1870. Grandson of Ira
Harris; son of Henry Reed Rathbone and Clara (Harris) Rathbone;
married, December
22, 1903, to Laura Lucille Harney. Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1916;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1923-28; defeated in
primary, 1918; died in office 1928. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias. Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 15,
1928. Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
- Edgar Allan Jonas (1885-1965) — also known as
Edgar A. Jonas — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Mishicot, Manitowoc
County, Wis., October
14, 1885. Republican. State court judge in Illinois, 1923;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1948;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 12th District, 1949-55; defeated,
1954, 1956. Died November
14, 1965. Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
- George Royal Davis (1840-1899) — of Illinois. Born
in Palmer, Hampden
County, Mass., January
3, 1840. Republican. U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1879-85 (2nd District 1879-83, 3rd
District 1883-85). Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
25, 1899. Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
- William Aldrich (1820-1885) — of Two Rivers, Manitowoc
County, Wis.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Greenfield Center, Saratoga
County, N.Y., January
19, 1820. Cousin of Nelson
Wilmarth Aldrich; father of James
Franklin Aldrich. Republican. Member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1859; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1877-83; defeated,
1882. Died in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac
County, Wis., December
3, 1885. Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
- Edward Dean Cooke (1849-1897) — also known as
Edward D. Cooke — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Cascade, Dubuque
County, Iowa, October
17, 1849. Republican. Member of Illinois state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1895-97; died in
office 1897. Died in Washington,
D.C., June 24,
1897. Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
- Benjamin Drake Magruder (b. 1838) — also known as
B. D. Magruder — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Jefferson
County, Miss., September
27, 1838. Married 1864 to Julia
M. Latham. Republican. Lawyer; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1885-1906. Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery.
- Philip Knopf (1847-1920) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born near Long Grove, Lake
County, Ill., November
18, 1847. Married, December
23, 1880, to Carrie Fehlman. Republican. Served in the Union Army
during the Civil War; teaming
business; member of Illinois
state senate, 1887-94; Cook County
Clerk, 1894-1902; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1896;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1903-09. Died August
14, 1920. Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
- Legrand Winfield Perce (1836-1911) — of Mississippi.
Born in New York, 1836.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 5th District, 1869-73. Died in 1911.
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
- James Franklin Aldrich (1853-1933) — also known as
J. Frank Aldrich — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Two Rivers, Manitowoc
County, Wis., April 6,
1853. Son of William
Aldrich. Republican. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1893-97. Died in
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 8,
1933. Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
- George Arthur Paddock (1885-1964) — also known as
George A. Paddock — of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Winnetka, Cook
County, Ill., March 24,
1885. Son of George Laban Paddock and Caroline Matilda (Bolles)
Paddock; married to Elsie Elizabeth Mauritzon. Republican. Major in
the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 10th District, 1941-43. Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Loyal
Legion; Delta
Tau Delta; Freemasons.
Died December
29, 1964. Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
- Charles Walhart Woodman (1844-1898) — also known as
Charles W. Woodman — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Aalborg, Denmark,
March
11, 1844. Republican. Served in the Union Navy during the Civil
War; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1880;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1895-97. Died in
Elgin, Kane
County, Ill., March 16,
1898. Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
- George Elon White (1848-1935) — also known as
George E. White — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Massachusetts, 1848.
Republican. Member of Illinois state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1895-99. Died in 1935.
Entombed in mausoleum at Rosehill Cemetery.
- Robert Joseph Twyman (1897-1976) — also known as
Robert J. Twyman — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., June 18,
1897. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1947-49; defeated,
1948. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Delta
Theta Phi. Died in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., June 28,
1976. Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
- Martin Emerich (1846-1922) — of Illinois. Born in Baltimore,
Md., April 27,
1846. Democrat. Member of Illinois state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1903-05. Jewish.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., September
27, 1922. Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
- Charles Marsh Thomson (1877-1943) — of Illinois.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
13, 1877. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 10th District, 1913-15; state court
judge in Illinois, 1915. Died in 1943.
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
- George Albert Carpenter (1867-1944) — of Illinois.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
20, 1867. U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 1910. Died
September
13, 1944. Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
- Arthur Telcser (1932-1999) — of Illinois. Born in
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
17, 1932. Republican. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1967-83; Speaker of
the Illinois State House of Representatives, 1981. Died, of a heart
attack, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
26, 1999. Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
- William Bross — of Cook
County, Ill. Grandfather of William
Bross Lloyd. Co-founder of Chicago Tribune newspaper;
Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1865-69. Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
- Charles Henry Bartlett (1872-1941) — also known as
Charles H. Bartlett — of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., September
4, 1872. Son of Charles T. Bartlett and Martha (Cronkhite)
Bartlett; married 1929 to
Gwendolyn Williams. Lawyer; mayor
of Evanston, Ill., 1925-37. Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Rotary; Sigma
Chi. Died, of a heart
attack, in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., January
21, 1941. Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
- George Schneider (d. 1906) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Republican. Delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1856,
1860.
Died in 1906.
Interment at Rosehill Cemetery.
St. Adalbert's Cemetery
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Politicians buried here:
- Stanley Henry Kunz (1864-1946) — also known as
Stanley H. Kunz — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Nanticoke, Luzerne
County, Pa., September
26, 1864. Democrat. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1888-90; member of Illinois
state senate, 1902-06; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Illinois, 1904,
1912,
1924,
1928;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 8th District, 1921-31, 1932-33;
defeated, 1930, 1938. Died April 23,
1946. Interment at St. Adalbert's Cemetery.
- Leo Paul Kocialkowski (1882-1958) — also known as
Leo Kocialkowski — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
16, 1882. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Illinois, 1928;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 8th District, 1933-43. Catholic.
Died September
27, 1958. Interment at St. Adalbert's Cemetery.
- William Walter Link (1884-1950) — also known as
William W. Link — of Illinois. Born in Swiec, Poland,
February
12, 1884. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1945-47; defeated,
1946. Polish
ancestry. Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
23, 1950. Interment at St. Adalbert's Cemetery.
- Anthony Michalek (1878-1916) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Radvanov, Bohemia (now Czech
Republic), January
16, 1878. Republican. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1905-07; defeated,
1906, 1908. Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
21, 1916. Interment at St. Adalbert's Cemetery.
St. Boniface Cemetery
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:
Politicians buried here:
- Thomas Gallagher (1850-1930) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., July 6,
1850. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 8th District, 1909-21. Died in San
Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., February
4, 1930. Interment at St. Boniface Cemetery.
- John Minwegen (d. 1918) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Alderman, Chicago, Ill., 1900-04; member, Board of
Public Improvement; Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1912.
Died in 1918.
Interment at St. Boniface Cemetery.
St. Henry's Catholic Church
Cemetery
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Politicians buried here:
- Peter Reinberg — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Illinois, 1916,
1920.
Interment at St. Henry's Catholic Church Cemetery.
St. Mary's Cemetery
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Politicians buried here:
- Edward Austin Kelly (1892-1969) — also known as
Edward A. Kelly — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 3,
1892. Son of John J. Kelly and Nellie (O'Connor) Kelly; married,
June
22, 1922, to Rosemary Eulert. Democrat. Professional baseball
player, 1912-16; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; accountant;
real
estate and insurance
business; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1931-43, 1945-47;
defeated, 1942, 1946. Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus. Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
30, 1969. Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery.
- Neil Joseph Linehan (1895-1967) — also known as
Neil J. Linehan — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
23, 1895. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1949-51; defeated,
1950, 1952. Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Moose. Died
August
23, 1967. Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery.
Union Ridge Cemetery
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:
Politicians buried here:
- Edward Kimble Valentine (1843-1916) — of Nebraska.
Born in Iowa, 1843.
Republican. District judge in Nebraska 6th District, 1877-78; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska, 1879-85 (at-large 1879-83, 3rd
District 1883-85). Died in 1916.
Interment at Union Ridge Cemetery.
All Saints Cemetery
Des Plaines, Cook County, Illinois
Founded 1923
Politicians buried here:
- Michael Lambert Igoe (1885-1967) — also known as
Michael L. Igoe — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., April 16,
1885. Son of James F. Igoe and Katherine (Sherrin) Igoe; married,
November
22, 1928, to Ruth O'Connor. Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1913-30; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1924,
1928,
1932,
1936;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Illinois, 1930-32; U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1935; resigned 1935; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 1935-38;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1938; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 1939-65. Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Foresters.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
21, 1967. Interment at All Saints Cemetery.
- James Bernard Bowler (1875-1957) — also known as
James B. Bowler — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
5, 1875. Married to Anastasia V. Sweeney; uncle of Thomas
J. Bowler. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Illinois, 1916,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1953-57; died in
office 1957. Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 18,
1957. Interment at All Saints Cemetery.
- Charles Augustus Boyle (1907-1959) — also known as
Charles A. Boyle — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Spring Lake, Ottawa
County, Mich., August
13, 1907. Son of Michael Melvin Boyle and Rose (Marsh) Boyle;
married, August
14, 1940, to Helen Shaughnessy. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 12th District, 1955-59; died in
office 1959. Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi; Knights
of Columbus; Holy
Name Society; Elks. Killed
in an automobile
accident in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
4, 1959. Interment at All Saints Cemetery.
- James Thomas Igoe (1883-1971) — also known as
James T. Igoe — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
23, 1883. Son of Thomas Igoe and Helen Igoe; married, October
20, 1909, to Katherine Jordan. Democrat. Printing
business; Chicago City Clerk, 1917-23; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1920,
1928,
1936;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1927-33. Member, Elks. Died
in 1971.
Interment at All Saints Cemetery.
- Edward Rowan Finnegan (1905-1971) — of Illinois.
Born in Des Plaines, Cook
County, Ill., June 5,
1905. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1961-65 (12th District 1961-63, 9th
District 1963-65); circuit judge in Illinois, 1965-71; died in office
1971. Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Knights
of Columbus. Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
2, 1971. Interment at All Saints Cemetery.
- Michael J. Faherty (1858-1950) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Ireland,
November
11, 1858. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1920.
Died February
27, 1950. Interment at All Saints Cemetery.
- Robert E. Crowe (1879-1958) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in 1879.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1920.
State's Attorney; prosecutor in Loeb and Leopold case. Died in 1958.
Interment at All Saints Cemetery.
- William J. Cowhey (d. 1968) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1960,
1964;
Illinois state fire marshall, 1961. Died in May, 1968.
Interment at All Saints Cemetery.
- William L. McFetridge (d. 1969) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Illinois, 1944,
1960,
1964.
Died in 1969.
Interment at All Saints Cemetery.
Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery
Des Plaines, Cook County, Illinois
Politicians buried here:
- Henry Christian Senne (1826-1911) — also known as
Henry C. Senne — of Des Plaines, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Norde Branke, Hessen, Germany,
October
26, 1826. Married 1848 to
Dorothea Linnemann. Merchant;
banker;
lumber
business; village
president of Des Plaines, Illinois, 1870-71, 1875-77, 1881-83,
1888-91, 1892-93; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1871-75. Died in Des Plaines, Cook
County, Ill., February
8, 1911. Interment at Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery.
Ridgewood Cemetery
Des Plaines, Cook County, Illinois
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:
Politicians buried here:
- Carl Richard Chindblom (1870-1956) — also known as
Carl R. Chindblom — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
21, 1870. Son of Carl P. Chindblom and Christine (Engel)
Chindblom; married, April 27,
1907, to Christien Nilsson. Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 10th District, 1919-33. Lutheran.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
12, 1956. Interment at Ridgewood Cemetery.
Oakland Cemetery
Dolton, Cook County, Illinois
Calvary Cemetery
Evanston, Cook County, Illinois
Founded 1859
Politicians buried here:
- Edward Joseph Kelly (1876-1950) — also known as
Edward J. Kelly — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 1,
1876. Son of Stephen Kelly and Helen (Lang) Kelly; married, March 20,
1910, to Mary Edmunds Roche (died 1918); married, January
25, 1922, to Margaret E. Kirk. Democrat. Chief engineer,
Sanitary District of Chicago; park district commissioner, 1922-34;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948;
mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1933-47; member of Democratic
National Committee from Illinois, 1947. Died October
20, 1950. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
- Martin H. Kennelly (1887-1961) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born August
11, 1887. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Illinois, 1936
(alternate), 1948,
1952;
mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1947-55; defeated in primary, 1955. Died November
29, 1961. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
- William Emmett Dever (1862-1929) — also known as
William E. Dever — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Woburn, Middlesex
County, Mass., March 13,
1862. Cousin of Paul
Andrew Dever. Democrat. Mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1923-27; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1924,
1928.
Died September
3, 1929. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
- Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne (1853-1937) — also known as
Edward F. Dunne — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Waterville, Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., October
12, 1853. Son of P. W. Dunne and Delia M. (Lawler) Dunne;
married, August
16, 1881, to Elizabeth J. Kelley. Democrat. Lawyer;
circuit judge in Illinois, 1892-1905; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Illinois, 1900;
mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1905-07; defeated, 1907, 1911; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1908,
1916,
1920,
1932,
1936;
Governor
of Illinois, 1913-17. Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Died May 24,
1937. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
- John Patrick Hopkins (1858-1918) — also known as
John P. Hopkins — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born October
29, 1858. Democrat. Mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1893-95; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1904,
1912;
Honorary Vice-President, 1912.
Died October
13, 1918. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
- William Lorimer (1861-1934) — also known as
"The Blond Boss" — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Manchester, England,
April
27, 1861. Republican. Real estate
business; contractor;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1895-1901, 1903-09 (2nd District
1895-1901, 6th District 1903-09); delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1896,
1904,
1908;
U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1909-12. He was accused
of bribery
in winning election to the Senate; in 1912, the Senate invalidated
his election. Died September
13, 1934. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
- James McAndrews (1862-1942) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Woonsocket, Providence
County, R.I., October
22, 1862. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1901-05, 1913-21, 1935-41 (4th
District 1901-03, 5th District 1903-05, 6th District 1913-21, 9th
District 1935-41); defeated, 1920 (6th District), 1932 (9th
District), 1940 (9th District). Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
31, 1942. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
- James Michael Slattery (1878-1948) — also known as
James M. Slattery — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Illinois, 1878.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1936,
1940;
U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1939-40; defeated, 1940. Died in 1948.
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
- John William Rainey (1880-1923) — also known as
John W. Rainey — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
21, 1880. Son of John J. Rainey and Catherine Rainey; married, June 17,
1914, to Ethel F. McMahon. Democrat. Cook County
Circuit Court Clerk, 1912-16; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1918-23; died in
office 1923. Catholic.
Died May 4,
1923. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
- William George Clark (1924-2001) — also known as
William G. Clark — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 16,
1924. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1953-54, 1957-59; member of Illinois
state senate, 1955-56; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Illinois, 1960,
1964;
Illinois
state attorney general, 1961-69; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1968; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1976-92. Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Amvets; American
Legion; Moose; Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Ancient
Order of Hibernians; Catholic
Lawyers Guild. Died in Skokie, Cook
County, Ill., August
17, 2001. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
- William Frank Mahoney (1856-1904) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
22, 1856. Married to Jennie A. Gleason. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1901-04 (5th District 1901-03, 8th
District 1903-04); died in office 1904. Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
27, 1904. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
- George Peter Foster (1858-1928) — also known as
George P. Foster — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Dover, Morris
County, N.J., April 3,
1858. Son of Peter Foster and Margaret Foster; married, November
27, 1884, to Julie Hoey. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1899-1905 (3rd District 1899-1903,
4th District 1903-05). Died in 1928.
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
- Frank Lawler (1842-1896) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., June 25,
1842. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 2nd District, 1885-91. Died January
17, 1896. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
- James Richard Buckley (1870-1945) — also known as
James R. Buckley — of Illinois. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
18, 1870. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1923-25; defeated,
1924. Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 22,
1945. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
- Alexander John Resa (1887-1964) — also known as
Alexander J. Resa — of Illinois. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August 4,
1887. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1945-47; defeated,
1946. Died in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., July 4,
1964. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
- John Frederick Finerty (1846-1908) — of Illinois.
Born in Galway, Ireland,
September
10, 1846. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
correspondent; newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 2nd District, 1883-85. Died in
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 10,
1908. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
- James Hugh Ward (1853-1916) — of Illinois. Born in
Illinois, 1853.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1885-87. Died in 1916.
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
- Thomas Cusack (1858-1926) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Kilrush, County Clare, Ireland,
October
5, 1858. Son of John Cusack and Dehlia (McMahon) Cusack; married,
July
10, 1895, to Mary E. Greene. Democrat. Sign
painter; advertising
business; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1899-1901. Died in
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
19, 1926. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
- Roland Victor Libonati (1900-1991) — also known as
Roland V. Libonati — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
29, 1900. Democrat. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1930; member of Illinois
state senate, 1943-57 (17th District 1943-57, 7th District 1957);
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1957-65. Died May 30,
1991. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
- William James Moxley (1851-1938) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in County Cork, Ireland,
May
22, 1851. Republican. Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1900,
1904;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1909-11. Died near
Delavan, Walworth
County, Wis., August 4,
1938. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
- Edmund John Stack (1874-1957) — also known as
Edmund J. Stack — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
31, 1874. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1911-13; defeated,
1906. Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 12,
1957. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
- Francis Edmund Donoghue (1873-1952) — also known as
Francis E. Donoghue — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
27, 1873. Son of M. F. Donoghue and Elizabeth (Shields) Donoghue.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1901-05, 1907-09 (15th District
1901-03, 2nd District 1903-05, 1907-09). Catholic.
Died January
11, 1952. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
- Thomas J. Finucane (d. 1920) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Republican. Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1900;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1904;
member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1919. Died July 14,
1920. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
- James Brady McCahey (1890-1976) — also known as
James B. McCahey — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 15,
1890. Father of James
Brady McCahey, Jr.. Democrat. President, Chicago Board of
Education, 1933-47; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1940,
1944
(alternate), 1952.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
14, 1976. Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
St. Mary's Cemetery
Evergreen Park, Cook County, Illinois
Politicians buried here:
- Michael Anthony Bilandic (1923-2002) — also known as
Michael A. Bilandic — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
13, 1923. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World
War II; mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1976-79; defeated in primary, 1979; Judge,
Illinois Appellate Court, 1984-90; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1990-2000. Croatian
ancestry. Died, of cardiac
arrest, in Northwestern Memorial Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
15, 2002. Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery.
- Raymond Stephen McKeough (1888-1979) — also known as
Raymond S. McKeough; Ray McKeough — of Chicago,
Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 29,
1888. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1932
(alternate), 1940,
1944,
1948
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from Illinois 2nd District, 1935-43; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1942. Died December
16, 1979. Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery.
Unknown Location
Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois
Politicians buried here:
Forest Home Cemetery
(formerly Waldheim Cemetery)
Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois
Founded 1873
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:
Politicians buried here:
- Gus Hall (1910-2000) — also known as Arvo Kustaa
Halberg — of Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio; Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y. Born in Virginia, St. Louis
County, Minn., October
8, 1910. Married 1935 to
Elizabeth Turner. Communist. Steelworker;
union
organizer and one of the leaders of the steelworkers' strike in
1937; candidate for mayor
of Youngstown, Ohio, 1937; served in the U.S. Navy during World
War II; indicted
in 1948, and convicted
in 1949, under the Smith
Act, of conspiring to teach the violent
overthrow of the U.S. government; fled
to Mexico; arrested
in 1951 and sent back; spent eight years in prison;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984. Finnish
ancestry. Died, of complications from diabetes,
in Lenox Hill Hospital,
New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
13, 2000. Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.
- William Z. Foster (1881-1961) — of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y. Born in Taunton, Bristol
County, Mass., February
25, 1881. Married to Esther Abramovitch. Communist. Labor
organizer; helped lead steelworkers strike in 1919; candidate for
President
of the United States, 1924, 1928, 1932; candidate for Governor of
New York, 1930; arrested
after a demonstration
in 1930, and jailed
for six months; indicted
on July 20, 1948 under the Smith
Act, and charged
with conspiring to advocate
the overthrow of the government; never tried due to illness. Irish
ancestry. Died, in a sanatorium
at Moscow, Russia,
September
1, 1961. Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.
- Adolph Joachim Sabath (1866-1952) — also known as
Adolph J. Sabath; A. J. Sabath — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Bohemia (now part of Czech
Republic), April 4,
1866. Son of Joachim Sabath and Barbara Sabath; married, December
31, 1917, to Mae Ruth Fuerst. Democrat. Lawyer;
municipal judge in Illinois, 1895-97; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1904,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932
(alternate), 1936,
1940,
1944;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1907-52 (5th District 1907-49, 7th
District 1949-52); died in office 1952. Jewish. Bohemian
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen.
Died in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., November
6, 1952. Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.
- Richard William Hoffman (1893-1975) — also known as
Richard W. Hoffman — of Riverside, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Illinois, 1893.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 10th District, 1949-57; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1956,
1960.
Died in 1975.
Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.
- Frederick Lundin (1868-1947) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Sweden,
May
18, 1868. Republican. Member of Illinois
state senate, 1894; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1904;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1909-11. Died in
Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif., August
20, 1947. Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.
- Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890-1964) — also known as
"Rebel Girl" — of New York. Born in Concord,
Merrimack
County, N.H., August 7,
1890. Communist. Speaker and organizer for
the Industrial Workers of the World ("Wobblies") in 1906-16; one of
the founders
of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which later expelled
her for being a Communist; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1942 (at-large), 1954 (24th
District); convicted
under the anti-Communist
Smith Act, and sentenced
to three years in prison;
released in 1957; became National Chair of the Communist Party U.S.A.
in 1961. Female. Irish
ancestry. Member, American Civil
Liberties Union. Died in Russia,
September
5, 1964. Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.
- Carl Winter (1906-1991) — of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Michigan. Born in 1906.
Married to Helen
Allison Winter (daughter of Alfred
Wagenknecht and Hortense
Allison Wagenknecht; niece of Elmer
T. Allison). Communist. Candidate for New York
state senate 13th District, 1932; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1940; convicted
in 1949 under the Smith
Act, for conspiring to advocate the overthrow
of the government; served five years in prison.
Died in 1991.
Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.
- Alfred Wagenknecht (1881-1956) — also known as
Paul Holt; A. B. Mayer; A. B. Martin; U. P.
Duffy — of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Ohio. Born in Görlitz, Germany,
August
15, 1881. Married 1905 to Hortense
Allison (sister of Elmer
T. Allison); father of Helen
Allison Winter (who married Carl
Winter). Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington at-large, 1906, 1912; executive
secretary, Communist Labor Party, 1919-20; executive secretary,
United Communist Party, 1920-21; national secretary, Friends of
Soviet Russia, 1922. Died August
26, 1956. Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.
- Eugene Dennis (1905-1961) — also known as Francis
Xavier Waldron — Born in Seattle, King
County, Wash., August
10, 1905. Communist. Union
organizer; fled
to the Soviet Union in 1929 to avoid prosecution;
General Secretary, Communist Party, 1946-59, and Chairman, 1959-61;
arrested
in 1948, along with other party leaders, and charged
with advocating
the violent overthrow of the United States; convicted
in 1949, and sentenced
to five years in prison.
Died January
31, 1961. Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.
- Albert Henry Maack (1853-1914) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Germany,
May
14, 1853. Son of Paulina Wilhelmina (Gerstenberg) Maack
(1825-1880) and Hermann Carl Wilhelm Maack (1833-1896); married to
Wilhelmine Caroline Dreier (1858-1944). Presidential Elector for
Illinois, 1904.
Died from complications of diabetes,
in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
16, 1914. Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.
- James Frank Hemmons (1869-1954) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Queen Anne's
County, Md., October
28, 1869. Brother-in-law of Abraham
Lincoln Auth. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1940.
Died, of amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's
disease), on January
24, 1954. Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.
- Samuel T. Hammersmark — of Illinois. Candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1924. Interment at
Forest Home Cemetery.
- Helen Allison Winter (1908-2001) — also known as
Helen Winter; Helen Allison Wagenknecht — of
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich. Born in Seattle, King
County, Wash., February
14, 1908. Daughter of Alfred
Wagenknecht and Hortense
Allison Wagenknecht; niece of Elmer
T. Allison; married to Carl
Winter. Communist. Candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1946. Female.
Died December
13, 2001. Interment at Forest Home Cemetery.
Jewish Waldheim Cemetery
Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois
Politicians buried here:
- Samuel Harvey Shapiro (1907-1987) — also known as
Samuel H. Shapiro — of Kankakee, Kankakee
County, Ill. Born in Estonia,
April
25, 1907. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1947-61; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1956
(alternate), 1960,
1964;
Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1961-68; Governor of
Illinois, 1968-69. Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Amvets; Moose; Kiwanis;
Elks; B'nai
B'rith. Died in Kankakee, Kankakee
County, Ill., March 15,
1987. Interment at Jewish Waldheim Cemetery.
- Abraham Lincoln Marovitz (1905-2001) — also known as
A. L. Marovitz — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis., August
10, 1905. Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state senate 19th District, 1939-50; superior court judge in
Illinois, 1950-63; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 1963. Lithuanian
ancestry. Died in 2001.
Interment at Jewish Waldheim Cemetery.
- Morris Eller (d. 1943) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Republican. Chicago City Sealer; ward boss; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1924,
1928.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., 1943.
Interment at Jewish Waldheim Cemetery.
Mt. Carmel Cemetery
Hillside, Cook County, Illinois
Politicians buried here:
- Fred B. Roti (1920-1999) — of Illinois. Born in
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
18, 1920. Member of Illinois
state senate, 1951-56. Convicted
of extortion
and racketeering, 1993; served four years in federal prison.
Died, of cancer, in
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
20, 1999. Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery.
- Albert J. Horan (d. 1993) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Illinois, 1932,
1940
(alternate), 1944,
1948
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1952,
1956,
1960.
Died July 6,
1993. Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery.
- Charles V. Barrett — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Republican. Delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1924,
1928.
Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery.
Queen of Heaven Cemetery
Hillside, Cook County, Illinois
Politicians buried here:
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien (1878-1964) — also known as
Thomas J. O'Brien; "Blind Tom" — of
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 30,
1878. Son of Thomas O'Brien and Mary (Murphy) O'Brien; married,
July
15, 1920, to Nettie Kaufer. Democrat. Accountant;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1907-10, 1929-32; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1933-39, 1943-64; died
in office 1964; arrested
in a police raid on a gambling
establishment, 1935; Cook County
Sheriff, 1939-42; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1960.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus. Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., April 14,
1964. Interment at Queen of Heaven Cemetery.
- Frank Annunzio (1915-2001) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
12, 1915. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1965-93 (7th District 1965-73, 11th
District 1973-93). Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus. Died, of Parkinson's
disease, in Lincolnwood, Cook
County, Ill., April 8,
2001. Interment at Queen of Heaven Cemetery.
- Daniel John Ronan (1914-1969) — also known as
Daniel J. Ronan — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 13,
1914. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War
II; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1948-52; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1960,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1965-69; died in
office 1969. Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets; Knights
of Columbus. Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
13, 1969. Entombed in mausoleum at Queen of Heaven Cemetery.
- Dominic M. Janec, Jr. — also known as
"Diamonds" — of Cook
County, Ill. Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1938. Interment at
Queen of Heaven Cemetery.
- Arthur L. Hellyer (1899-1981) — of Illinois. Born in
1899.
Democrat. Candidate for Illinois
state treasurer, 1956. Died in 1981.
Interment at Queen of Heaven Cemetery.
- J. Theodore Meyer (1936-2004) — also known as Ted
Meyer — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in 1936.
Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives 28th District, 1967-72, 1975-82.
Catholic.
Died, of Parkinson's
disease, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
3, 2004. Interment at Queen of Heaven Cemetery.
Resurrection Cemetery
Justice, Cook County, Illinois
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:
Politicians buried here:
- John Carl Kluczynski (1896-1975) — also known as
John C. Kluczynski — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
15, 1896. Son of Thomas Kluczynski and Mary (Sulaski) Kluczynski;
married to Stephanie Polowy. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during
World War I; restaurant
owner; caterer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives 4th District, 1933-48; member of
Illinois
state senate 4th District, 1949; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1951-75; died in
office 1975. Polish
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Polish
National Alliance. Died January
26, 1975. Entombed in mausoleum at Resurrection Cemetery.
- Martin Gorski (1886-1949) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Poland,
October
30, 1886. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1943-49 (4th District 1943-49, 5th
District 1949); died in office 1949. Died December
4, 1949. Interment at Resurrection Cemetery.
- Anton Frank Maciejewski (1893-1949) — also known as
A. F. Maciejewski — of Cicero, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Anderson, Grimes
County, Tex., January
3, 1893. Democrat. Coal
dealer; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1928,
1940;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1939-42; resigned
1942. Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
25, 1949. Interment at Resurrection Cemetery.
- John George Fary (1911-1984) — also known as John
G. Fary — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 11,
1911. Democrat. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1955-75; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1975-83. Polish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Moose; Eagles; Kiwanis;
Lions;
Polish
National Alliance. Died June 7,
1984. Interment at Resurrection Cemetery.
Church of the Holy Comforter
Kenilworth, Cook County, Illinois
Politicians buried here:
- Alan Rogers Johnston (1914-1999) — also known as
Alan R. Johnston — of Illinois. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 21,
1914. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1963-70; candidate in primary for
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 12th District, 1969. Died in Vero
Beach, Indian River
County, Fla., December
24, 1999. Cremated; ashes
interred at Church of the Holy Comforter.
Unknown Location
La Grange, Cook County, Illinois
Politicians buried here:
- John Peter Barnes (1881-1959) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; La Grange, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Beaver
County, Pa., March 15,
1881. Son of Albert Barnes and Olive A. (Jack) Barnes; married 1908 to Sara A.
Darr. Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 1931-57;
took senior status 1957. Member, American Bar
Association. Died in Elgin, Kane
County, Ill., April 10,
1959. Interment somewhere.
St. Adalbert's Cemetery
Niles, Cook County, Illinois
Politicians buried here:
- Leonard William Schuetz (1887-1944) — also known as
Leonard W. Schuetz — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Posen, Prussia (now Poznan, Poland),
November
16, 1887. Democrat. Business
executive; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1931-44; died in
office 1944. Died in Washington,
D.C., February
13, 1944. Interment at St. Adalbert's Cemetery.
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon (1893-1959) — also known as
Thomas S. Gordon — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
17, 1893. Married to Celia Balcer. Democrat. Alternate delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1936;
Chicago City Treasurer, 1939-42; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 8th District, 1943-59. Catholic.
Member, Polish
National Alliance; Knights
of Columbus. Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
22, 1959. Interment at St. Adalbert's Cemetery.
- Chester Anton Chesney (1916-1986) — also known as
Chester A. Chesney — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 9,
1916. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 11th District, 1949-51; defeated,
1950. Died in Marco Island, Collier
County, Fla., September
20, 1986. Interment at St. Adalbert's Cemetery.
- Walter J. LaBuy (1888-1967) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Beaver Dam, Dodge
County, Wis., July 25,
1888. Son of Jacob LaBuy. Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1920
(alternate), 1932;
circuit judge in Illinois, 1933-44; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 1944.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Union
League. Died September
29, 1967. Interment at St. Adalbert's Cemetery.
- Edmund K. Jarecki (1879-1966) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born October
21, 1879. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Illinois, 1920
(alternate), 1936.
Died October
15, 1966. Interment at St. Adalbert's Cemetery.
Woodlawn Cemetery
North Riverside, Cook County, Illinois
Politicians buried here:
Town of Maine Cemetery
Park Ridge, Cook County, Illinois
Politicians buried here:
St. Joseph Cemetery
River Grove, Cook County, Illinois
Politicians buried here:
- Timothy Patrick Sheehan (1909-2000) — also known as
Timothy P. Sheehan — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 9,
1909. Married to Marilyn Muehl. Republican. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 11th District, 1951-59; defeated,
1958, 1960; candidate for mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1959; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1964,
1968,
1972,
1976,
1980,
1984.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Delta
Sigma Pi; Beta
Gamma Sigma. Died in Resurrection Medical
Center, Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
8, 2000. Interment at St. Joseph Cemetery.
- Frank Schnur (1888-1958) — of St.
Louis, Mo.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Nagyszentmiklós, Torontál
County, Hungary (now Sînnicolaul Mare, Timis County, Romania),
1888.
Socialist Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1934; Socialist Labor
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1936, 1944, 1948; Socialist Labor
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1956. Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
18, 1958. Interment at St. Joseph Cemetery.
Mt. Carmel Cemetery
Riverside, Cook County, Illinois
Politicians buried here:
- Roger C. Sullivan (1861-1920) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Belvidere, Boone
County, Ill., February
3, 1861. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Illinois, 1904,
1912
(speaker),
1916;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1914. Died, of heart
failure, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 14,
1920. Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery.
Memorial Park Cemetery
Skokie, Cook County, Illinois
Politicians buried here:
- Sidney Richard Yates (1909-2000) — also known as
Sidney R. Yates — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
27, 1909. Married to Adeline J. Holleb. Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1949-63, 1965-99;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1962; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1964,
1996.
Jewish.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Bar
Association. Died, of kidney
failure and complications of pneumonia,
in Sibley Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., October
5, 2000. Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
- Ralph Edwin Church (1883-1950) — also known as
Ralph E. Church — of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill. Born near Catlin, Vermilion
County, Ill., May 5,
1883. Son of Henry George Church and Lola (Douglas) Church;
married, December
21, 1918, to Marguerite
Stitt. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives 6th District, 1917-32; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1935-41, 1943-50 (10th District
1935-41, 1943-49, 13th District 1949-50); defeated (Independent),
1932; died in office 1950; candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1940. Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Delta
Chi; Phi
Kappa Psi; American
Society for International Law. Died in a committee
meeting in the House Office Building, Washington,
D.C., March 21,
1950. Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
- Marguerite Stitt Church (1892-1990) — also known as
Marguerite S. Church; Marguerite Stitt; Mrs. Ralph
E. Church — of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill. Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
13, 1892. Daughter of William James Stitt and Adelaide (Forsythe)
Stitt; married, December
21, 1918, to Ralph
Edwin Church. Republican. Psychologist;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 13th District, 1951-63; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1964.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, League
of Women Voters; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Association of University Women; Delta
Kappa Gamma; Zonta; Beta
Sigma Phi; American
Legion Auxiliary. Died May 26,
1990. Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
- Francis Servis Wilson (1872-1951) — also known as
Francis S. Wilson — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Youngstown, Mahoning
County, Ohio, February
7, 1872. Son of David
M. Wilson and Grisselda E. (Campbell) Wilson; married, November
18, 1903, to Caroline E. Siegfried. Democrat. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; circuit judge in Illinois,
1920-27; Judge, Illinois Appellate Court, 1927-35; alternate delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1932;
justice
of Illinois state supreme court 7th District, 1935-51; died in
office 1951. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Sons of
the American Revolution. Died in 1951.
Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
- Stephen Albion Day (1882-1950) — also known as
Stephen A. Day — of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Canton, Stark
County, Ohio, July 13,
1882. Grandson of Luther
T. Day; son of William
Rufus Day and Mary Elizabeth (Schaefer) Day; brother of William
Louis Day; married to Mary Thayer and Shirley Spoerer.
Republican. Private secretary to U.S. Chief Justice Melville
W. Fuller, 1905-07; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1932;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1941-45; defeated, 1938,
1944. Died in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., January
5, 1950. Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
- Milton Rakove (1918-1983) — also known as
"Mayor Daley's Intellectual" — of Wilmette, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Buhl, St. Louis
County, Minn., October
30, 1918. Democrat. University
professor; political historian;
consultant and speechwriter to U.S. Sen. Charles
H. Percy and Gov. Otto
Kerner; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1980.
Died, in Weiss Memorial Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
5, 1983. Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
- James V. Pacelli (1902-1984) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., July 4,
1902. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1948.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
11, 1984. Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
- Elmer Gertz (1906-2000) — of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill. Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
14, 1906. Son of Morris Gertz and Grace Gertz. Lawyer; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 13th District,
1969-70. Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Congress. Suffered a heart
attack, and died three months later, in a nursing
home at Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 27,
2000. Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
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