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Bureau County
Illinois

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Bureau County

Index to Locations

OhioUnion Cemetery

PrincetonUnknown location

PrincetonOakland Cemetery

Spring ValleyMt. Olivet Cemetery

TiskilwaMt. Bloom Cemetery

UnionCemetery
Ohio, Bureau County, Illinois

William Warfield Wilson (1868-1942) — also known asWilliam W. Wilson — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Ohio,BureauCounty, Ill.,March 2,1868.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1903-13, 1915-21;delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,1924.Died in1942(ageabout74 years).Interment at Union Cemetery.

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	Relatives: Sonof Joseph G. Wilson and Sarah A. Wilson; married,October11, 1892, to Sarah M. Moore.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

UnknownLocation
Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois

Josef T. Skinner — of Princeton,BureauCounty, Ill.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,1944.Interment somewhere.

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OaklandCemetery
Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois

Owen Lovejoy (1811-1864) — of Princeton,BureauCounty, Ill.Born in Albion,KennebecCounty, Maine,January6, 1811.Republican.Minister;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1854-56; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Illinois,1856(speaker);U.S.Representative from Illinois, 1857-64 (3rd District 1857-63, 5thDistrict 1863-64); died in office 1864.Congregationalist.Died in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,March25, 1864 (age53 years, 79days).Interment at Oakland Cemetery; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.

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	Relatives: Sonof Elizabeth Gordon (Pattee) Lovejoy and Rev. Daniel Lovejoy; brotherof Elijah Parish Lovejoy; married1843 to EuniceConant (Storrs) Denham; cousin *** ofNathanAllen Farwell; third cousin twice removed ofJohnH. Lovejoy.
		Political family:Lovejoy-Farwellfamily of Rockland, Maine.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

Thomas Jefferson Henderson (1824-1911) — also known asThomas J. Henderson — of Princeton,BureauCounty, Ill.Born in Brownsville,HaywoodCounty, Tenn.,November29, 1824.Republican.StarkCounty Clerk of the Court, 1849-53;lawyer;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1855-56; member ofIllinoisstate senate, 1857-60; colonel in the Union Army during the CivilWar; Republican Presidential Elector for Illinois,1868;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Peoria, Illinois, 1871;U.S.Representative from Illinois, 1875-95 (6th District 1875-83, 7thDistrict 1883-95); delegate to Republican National Convention fromIllinois,1896.Member,PhiKappa Psi.Died inWashington,D.C.,February6, 1911 (age86 years, 69days).Interment at Oakland Cemetery.

	Presumably namedfor:ThomasJefferson
		Relatives: Son of William HendrickHenderson and Sarah Murphy (Howard) Henderson; married,May 29,1849, to Henrietta Independence Butler.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial

Cyrus Langworthy (1791-1874) — of Ohio; Princeton,BureauCounty, Ill.Born in Windsor,WindsorCounty, Vt.,November13, 1791.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1842;owner ofcarding mills;banker.Died in Princeton,BureauCounty, Ill.,January16, 1874 (age82 years, 64days).Interment at Oakland Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof James Langworthy and Anna (Dean) Langworthy; married,November29, 1814, to Charlotte Drake; father ofBenjaminFranklin Langworthy; uncle ofLuciusHart Langworthy andEdwardLangworthy.
		Political family:Langworthyfamily of Iowa and New York.
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

Mt. OlivetCemetery
Spring Valley, Bureau County, Illinois

Cornelius N. Hollerich — of Spring Valley,BureauCounty, Ill.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,1916(alternate),1928.Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.

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Mt. BloomCemetery
Tiskilwa, Bureau County, Illinois

Bradford Newcomb Stevens (1813-1885) — also known asBradford N. Stevens — of Tiskilwa,BureauCounty, Ill.Born in Boscawen,MerrimackCounty, N.H.,January3, 1813.Schoolteacher;merchant;mayor of Tiskilwa, Ill.;U.S.Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1871-73.Died in Tiskilwa,BureauCounty, Ill.,November10, 1885 (age72 years, 311days).Interment at Mt. Bloom Cemetery.

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