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Iroquois County
Illinois

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Iroquois County

Index to Locations Near HoopestonFloral HillCemetery OnargaOnarga Cemetery WatsekaOak Hill Cemetery Floral HillCemetery Near Hoopeston, Iroquois County, Illinois Elihu Durfee (1806-1889) — ofWayneCounty, N.Y.Born in Palmyra,WayneCounty, N.Y.,March27, 1806.Whig. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Wayne County 2nd District, 1850.Died in Hoopeston,VermilionCounty, Ill.,September28, 1889 (age83 years, 185days).Interment at Floral Hill Cemetery. Politicians buriedhere:     Relatives: Sonof Stephen Durfee and Mary (Allen) Durfee; married to Maria Howland;first cousin ofEliasDurfee; first cousin once removed ofHenryRees Durfee; first cousin twice removed ofDavidMelvin Durfee; first cousin thrice removed ofGideonWanton; second cousin ofJobDurfee; fourth cousin ofNathanielBriggs Durfee; fourth cousin once removed ofDudleyEmerson Cornell,BradfordKirk Durfee andCharlesW. Durfee.   Political family:Durfeefamily (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).   See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

Riley Alvin Bender (1890-1973) — also known asRiley A. Bender — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,July 8,1890.Prizefighter;hotelmanager;musicstore manager;seedwholesaler; candidate in Democratic primary forIllinoisstate senate 11th District, 1938; candidate for Republicannomination for President,1944,1948,1952.Churchof Christ.GermanandWelshancestry.Died, in Illinois CentralHospital,Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,March 6,1973 (age82 years, 241days).Interment at Onarga Cemetery.

Thomas Gaylord Vennum (1833-1898) — also known asThomas G. Vennum — of Watseka,IroquoisCounty, Ill.Born inWashingtonCounty, Pa.,December25, 1833.Republican.Banker;delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,1884,1892(alternate).Presbyterian.Member,OddFellows.Died in Watseka,IroquoisCounty, Ill.,June 29,1898 (age64 years, 186days).Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Christopher Columbus Vennum and Rosanna (Paul) Vennum; brother ofFrankB. Vennum; married,April 8,1862, to Lucia Ann Tuller; father ofThomasGaylord Vennum (1873-1925).
		Political family:Vennumfamily of Watseka, Illinois.
		See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial

Thomas Gaylord Vennum (1873-1925) — also known asThomas G. Vennum — of Watseka,IroquoisCounty, Ill.Born in Illinois,January31, 1873.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,1916.Died in Watseka,IroquoisCounty, Ill.,February6, 1925 (age52 years, 6days).Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.

	Relatives: SonofThomasGaylord Vennum (1833-1898) and Lucia Ann (Tuller) Vennum;married,October26, 1898, to Josephine A. Norris; nephew ofFrankB. Vennum.
		Political family:Vennumfamily of Watseka, Illinois.

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