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Adams County
Illinois

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Adams County

Index to Locations

  • New Lorraine Cemetery
  • ClaytonSouth Side Cemetery
  • LibertyZander Cemetery
  • QuincyCalvary Cemetery
  • QuincyQuincy Memorial Park
  • QuincySt. Peter's Cemetery
  • QuincyWoodland Cemetery
  • QuincyWoodlawn Cemetery


    New LorraineCemetery
    Adams County, Illinois
    A. Otis Arnold (1878-1941) — of Quincy,AdamsCounty, Ill.Born near Big Neck,AdamsCounty, Ill.,January24, 1878.Republican. Member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives 36th District, 1919-29; candidateforU.S.Representative from Illinois 15th District, 1938; member ofIllinoisstate senate 36th District, 1941; died in office 1941.Methodist.Member,Rotary;Freemasons;OddFellows.DiedSeptember11, 1941 (age63 years, 230days).Interment at New Lorraine Cemetery.
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  • South SideCemetery
    Clayton, Adams County, Illinois
    Jackson Leroy Adair (1887-1956) — also known asJ. Leroy Adair;Jefferson LeroyAdair —of Muskogee,MuskogeeCounty, Okla.; Quincy,AdamsCounty, Ill.Born in Clayton,AdamsCounty, Ill.,February23, 1887.Democrat.Lawyer;AdamsCounty State's Attorney, 1916-20, 1924-28; member ofIllinoisstate senate 36th District, 1929-33;U.S.Representative from Illinois 15th District, 1933-37; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Illinois,1936;U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of Illinois, 1937-56;died in office 1956.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons;American BarAssociation;Elks;Moose;Eagles.Died in Quincy,AdamsCounty, Ill.,January19, 1956 (age68 years, 330days).Interment at South Side Cemetery.
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     Relatives: Sonof Henry L. Adair and Sarah Emily (Pevehouse) Adair; married to MaudeE. Gruber.
     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —federaljudicial profile —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial


    ZanderCemetery
    Liberty, Adams County, Illinois
    Lewis Leonard Boyer (1886-1944) — also known asLewis L. Boyer — of Illinois. Born near Richfield,AdamsCounty, Ill.,May 19,1886.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Illinois 15th District, 1937-39; defeated,1938; candidate forIllinoisstate senate 36th District, 1940, 1942.Died in Quincy,AdamsCounty, Ill.,March12, 1944 (age57 years, 298days).Interment at Zander Cemetery.
    Politicians buriedhere:
     
     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage


    CalvaryCemetery
    Quincy, Adams County, Illinois
    Leo W. Lenane (born c.1891) — of Quincy,AdamsCounty, Ill.Born about 1891. Democrat.Mayor ofQuincy, Ill., 1935-38, 1953-54; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Illinois,1956(alternate),1960,1964.Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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    Quincy MemorialPark
    Quincy, Adams County, Illinois
    John Thomas Reardon (1910-1984) — of Quincy,AdamsCounty, Ill.Born in St. Mary'sHospital,Quincy,AdamsCounty, Ill.,March 3,1910.Circuit judge in Illinois, 1957-76; Judge, Illinois Appellate Court,1976.Catholic.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;Eagles;Elks;Lions;Knightsof Columbus.Died, ofpancreaticcancer, at St. Mary'sHospital,Quincy,AdamsCounty, Ill.,March16, 1984 (age74 years, 13days).Interment at Quincy Memorial Park.William Kennedy Abbott (1860-1926) — also known asWilliam K. Abbott — of Quincy,AdamsCounty, Ill.BornFebruary21, 1860.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,1916(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business).DiedMarch21, 1926 (age66 years, 28days).Interment at Quincy Memorial Park.
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    St. Peter'sCemetery
    Quincy, Adams County, Illinois
    Thomas James Awerkamp (1923-1992) — also known asThomas J. Awerkamp — of Quincy,AdamsCounty, Ill.Born in Quincy,AdamsCounty, Ill.,May 23,1923.Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member ofIllinoisstate senate 36th District, 1965-67.Catholic.Member,ExchangeClub;Knightsof Columbus;Elks.DiedJuly 2,1992 (age69 years, 40days).Interment at St. Peter's Cemetery.
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    WoodlandCemetery
    Quincy, Adams County, Illinois
    Orville Hickman Browning (1806-1881) — also known asOrville H. Browning — of Quincy,AdamsCounty, Ill.Born in Cynthiana,HarrisonCounty, Ky.,February10, 1806.Republican. Member ofIllinoisstate senate, 1837-41; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Illinois,1860;U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1861-63;U.S.Secretary of the Interior, 1866-69;delegateto Illinois state constitutional convention 28th District,1869-70.Died in Quincy,AdamsCounty, Ill.,August10, 1881 (age75 years, 181days).Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
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     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article
     William Alexander Richardson (1811-1875) — also known asWilliam A. Richardson — of Quincy,AdamsCounty, Ill.Born near Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,January16, 1811.Democrat. Member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1837-39, 1845-47; member ofIllinoisDemocratic State Committee, 1837-38; member ofIllinoisstate senate, 1838-42; Democratic Presidential Elector forIllinois,1844;colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;U.S.Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1847-56, 1861-63; candidate forGovernor ofIllinois, 1856;Governorof Nebraska Territory, 1858; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Illinois,1860,1868;U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1863-65.Died in Quincy,AdamsCounty, Ill.,December27, 1875 (age64 years, 345days).Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
     RichardsonCounty, Neb. is named for him.
     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article
     John Wood (1798-1880) — of Quincy,AdamsCounty, Ill.Born in Moravia,CayugaCounty, N.Y.,December20, 1798.Member ofIllinoisstate senate, 1850;LieutenantGovernor of Illinois, 1857-60;Governor ofIllinois, 1860-61.Died in Quincy,AdamsCounty, Ill.,June 4,1880 (age81 years, 167days).Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
     Relatives: Sonof Dr. David Wood.
     See alsoNational GovernorsAssociation biography
     John Montgomery Glover (1822-1891) — also known asJohn M. Glover — of La Grange,LewisCounty, Mo.Born in Harrodsburg,MercerCounty, Ky.,September4, 1822.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the Union Army during the Civil War;U.S.Representative from Missouri 12th District, 1873-79.Died near Newark,KnoxCounty, Mo.,November15, 1891 (age69 years, 72days).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Knox County, Mo.; reinterment atWoodland Cemetery.
     Relatives: UncleofJohnMilton Glover.
     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage
     Isaac Newton Morris (1812-1879) — also known asIsaac N. Morris — of Quincy,AdamsCounty, Ill.Born in Ohio,1812.Democrat. Member of Illinois state legislature, 1850;U.S.Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1857-61.Died in1879(ageabout67 years).Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
     Presumably namedfor:IsaacNewton
     Relatives: Son ofThomasMorris; brother ofJonathanDavid Morris.
     Political family:Morris #2family of Ohio.
     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage
     Bernard Arntzen (1833-1895) — of Illinois. BornAugust5, 1833.Member ofIllinoisstate senate 37th District, 1875-79.DiedNovember2, 1895 (age62 years, 89days).Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
     Relatives:Married to Harriet Munn.
     John Tillson (d. 1892) — of Quincy,AdamsCounty, Ill.Born in Illinois. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,1856;colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives 37th District, 1873-75;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Quincy, Illinois, 1879.Died in1892.Interment at Woodland Cemetery. Lyman McCarl (1859-1920) — of Quincy,AdamsCounty, Ill.Born in Richfield Township,AdamsCounty, Ill.,May 3,1859.Democrat. County judge in Illinois, 1910-20; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Illinois,1916.Unitarian.Member,Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;Elks.Died from astroke,in hisofficeat the AdamsCountyCourthouse, Quincy,AdamsCounty, Ill.,April13, 1920 (age60 years, 346days).Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
     Relatives:Son-in-law ofBenjaminF. Berrian.
     Eugene Wallace Godfrey (1861-1940) — also known asEugene W. Godfrey — of Fort Payne,DeKalbCounty, Ala.Born in Quincy,AdamsCounty, Ill.,March14, 1861.Republican. Postmaster atFortPayne, Ala., 1889-91.Died in Palmyra,MarionCounty, Mo.,June 23,1940 (age79 years, 101days).Interment at Woodland Cemetery.
     Relatives: Sonof Eugene Wallace Godfrey (1819-1862; Captain, U.S. Army, killed atbattle of Shiloh, Tenn.) and Caroline Cobb (Savage) Godfrey; nephewofCyrusOrlando Godfrey; second cousin ofAlbertG. Godfrey.
     Political family:Godfreyfamily of Taunton, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
     See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial


    WoodlawnCemetery
    Quincy, Adams County, Illinois
    George Alburtus Anderson (1853-1896) — also known asGeorge A. Anderson — of Quincy,AdamsCounty, Ill.Born inBotetourtCounty, Va.,March11, 1853.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Illinois 12th District, 1887-89.Died in Quincy,AdamsCounty, Ill.,January31, 1896 (age42 years, 326days).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage


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