Greene County
Illinois
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Greene County
Illinois
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Greene County
Index to Locations Private or familygraveyard Greene County, Illinois CarrolltonCemetery Carrollton, Greene County, Illinois See alsoFindagravepage for this location.
|  Thomas Carlin (1789-1852) — of Carrollton,GreeneCounty, Ill.Born near Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,July 18,1789.Democrat. Member ofIllinoisstate senate, 1824-28; served in the U.S. Army during the BlackHawk War;Governor ofIllinois, 1838-42.Died in Carrollton,GreeneCounty, Ill.,February14, 1852 (age62 years, 211days).Interment at Carrollton Cemetery.
| Sidney Elmer Simpson (1894-1958) — also known asSid Simpson — of Carrollton,GreeneCounty, Ill.Born in Carrollton,GreeneCounty, Ill.,September20, 1894.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;U.S.Representative from Illinois 20th District, 1943-58; died inoffice 1958;chair ofGreene County Republican Party, 1950-58; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from Illinois,1956.Member,AmericanLegion;Forty andEight.Died in Pittsfield,PikeCounty, Ill.,October26, 1958 (age64 years, 36days).Interment at Carrollton Cemetery.
| Albert George Burr (1829-1882) — also known asAlbert G. Burr — of Illinois. Born near Batavia,GeneseeCounty, N.Y.,November8, 1829.Democrat. Member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1861;delegateto Illinois state constitutional convention Morgan and Scottcounties, 1862;U.S.Representative from Illinois 10th District, 1867-71; state courtjudge in Illinois, 1877.Died in Carrollton,GreeneCounty, Ill.,June 10,1882 (age52 years, 214days).Interment at Carrollton Cemetery.
| David Meade Woodson (1806-1877) — also known asDavid M. Woodson — of Carrollton,GreeneCounty, Ill.Born near Nicholasville,JessamineCounty, Ky.,May 18,1806.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1833;delegateto Illinois state constitutional convention from Greene County,1847;justice ofIllinois state supreme court, 1848; circuit judge in Illinois,1850; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,1868.Died in Carrollton,GreeneCounty, Ill.,August26, 1877 (age71 years, 100days).Interment at Carrollton Cemetery.
| Charles Drury Hodges (1810-1884) — of Carrollton,GreeneCounty, Ill.Born in Queene Anne,TalbotCounty, Md.,February4, 1810.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1851-53;GreeneCounty Judge, 1854-59;U.S.Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1859; director andsecretrary-treasurer of the St. Louis, Jacksonville & ChicagoRailroad;circuit judge in Illinois, 1867-73; member ofIllinoisstate senate, 1873-77.Died in Carrollton,GreeneCounty, Ill.,April 1,1884 (age74 years, 57days).Interment at Carrollton Cemetery.
| Edna Oakes Simpson (1891-1984) — also known asEdna Oakes;Mrs. Sid Simpson — of Carrollton,GreeneCounty, Ill.Born in Carrollton,GreeneCounty, Ill.,October26, 1891.Republican.U.S.Representative from Illinois 20th District, 1959-61; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Illinois,1960(member,ResolutionsCommittee).Female.Died in Alton,MadisonCounty, Ill.,May 15,1984 (age92 years, 202days).Interment at Carrollton Cemetery.
| S. Elmer Simpson (1861-1937) — of Carrollton,GreeneCounty, Ill.Born in1861.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromIllinois,1916;member ofIllinoisRepublican State Central Committee, 1919.Died in1937(ageabout76 years).Interment at Carrollton Cemetery.
White HallCemetery White Hall, Greene County, Illinois
VFW or LambornCemetery White Hall Township, Greene County, Illinois
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