Kankakee County
Illinois
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Kankakee County
Illinois
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Kankakee County
Index to Locations Kankakee MemorialGarden Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois
|  Benjamin W. Alpiner (1867-1946) — also known asBen W. Alpiner — of Kankakee,KankakeeCounty, Ill.Born in1867.Democrat.Tobaccodealer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,1916(alternate),1920;Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois,1924;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives 20th District; elected 1934;elected unopposed 1940.DiedJuly 15,1946 (ageabout 79years).Interment at Kankakee Memorial Garden.
Mound GroveCemetery Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois
| Herman Wilber Snow (1836-1914) — also known asHerman W. Snow — of Sheldon,IroquoisCounty, Ill.; Kankakee,KankakeeCounty, Ill.Born in Michigan City,LaPorteCounty, Ind.,July 3,1836.Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1872-74; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from Illinois,1880;U.S.Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1891-93; delegate toGold Democrat National Convention from Illinois, 1896.Died in Kankakee,KankakeeCounty, Ill.,August25, 1914 (age78 years, 53days).Interment at Mound Grove Cemetery.
| Hamilton Kinkaid Wheeler (1848-1918) — also known asHamilton K. Wheeler — of Kankakee,KankakeeCounty, Ill.Born in Ballston town,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.,August5, 1848.Republican.Lawyer;member ofIllinoisstate senate, 1884;U.S.Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1893-95; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Illinois,1896,1900.Died in Kankakee,KankakeeCounty, Ill.,July 19,1918 (age69 years, 348days).Interment at Mound Grove Cemetery.
| Charles Daniel Sherwood (1833-1895) — also known asCharles D. Sherwood — of Rushford,FillmoreCounty, Minn.; Sherwood,FranklinCounty, Tenn.Born in New Milford,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,November18, 1833.Republican.Physician;lawyer;member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives, 1859-61, 1863 (District 91859-60, District 14 1861, 1863);postmaster;LieutenantGovernor of Minnesota, 1864-66.Drowned,reportedly as asuicide,inLakeMichigan, near Chicago, Illinois,July 2,1895 (age61 years, 226days).Interment at Mound Grove Cemetery.
| Arthur Wilkins DeSelm (d. 1950) — also known asArthur W. DeSelm — of Kankakee,KankakeeCounty, Ill.County judge in Illinois, 1903; circuit judge in Illinois 12thCircuit, 1919-25.Died in Kankakee,KankakeeCounty, Ill.,February14, 1950.Interment at Mound Grove Cemetery.ElmwoodCemetery Manteno, Kankakee County, Illinois
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