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UnknownLocations
Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois
| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  Luther Irvin Replogle (1902-1981) — of Illinois. Born in Tyrone,BlairCounty, Pa.,March 2,1902.Founder, Replogle Globes; U.S. Ambassador toIceland, 1969-72.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,July 3,1981 (age79 years, 123days).Interment somewhere. | | Orlo Marion Brees (1896-1980) — also known asOrlo M. Brees — of Endicott,BroomeCounty, N.Y.Born in Canton,FultonCounty, Ill.,April13, 1896.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;newspapereditor;printingbusiness;author;lecturer;poet;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Broome County 2nd District, 1941-52; memberofNewYork state senate 45th District, 1952.Member,AmericanLegion.Died in November,1980(age84years, 0 days).Interment somewhere.| |  Relatives:Married1933 toFrances W. Freeman. |
Glen OakPark
Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois
| Politicians who have(or had) monuments here: |  | Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) — also known asRobert G. Ingersoll;"The GreatAgnostic";"American Infidel";"Impious Pope Bob" —of Peoria,PeoriaCounty, Ill.;Washington,D.C.Born in Dresden,YatesCounty, N.Y.,August11, 1833.Lawyer;Democratic candidate forIllinoisstate house of representatives 5th District, 1860; colonel in theUnion Army during the Civil War;chargedabout 1864 withassaultand battery against the Peoria County Sheriff;tried;the jury was deadlocked and could not reach a verdict; the case wasdismissed before a new trial could be held;Illinoisstate attorney general, 1867-69; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Illinois,1876;made the nominating speech which dubbedJamesG. Blaine as "The Plumed Knight".Agnostic.Died in Dobbs Ferry,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,July 21,1899 (age65 years, 344days).Cremated;ashes interred atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; statue erected 1911 at GlenOak Park.| | Relatives: Sonof Rev. John Ingersoll and Mary (Livingston) Ingersoll; brother ofEbonClarke Ingersoll; married,February13, 1862, to Eve Amelia Parker; uncle ofJohnCarter Ingersoll; second cousin thrice removed ofJonathanIngersoll andJaredIngersoll; third cousin twice removed ofCharlesJared Ingersoll,JosephReed Ingersoll,RalphIsaacs Ingersoll andCharlesAnthony Ingersoll; fourth cousin once removed ofLamanIngersoll,ColinMacrae Ingersoll andCharlesRoberts Ingersoll. | | | | Political families:Ingersoll#1 family of New Haven, Connecticut;Ingersoll#2 family of New Haven, Connecticut (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoNNDBdossier | | | | Books about Robert G. Ingersoll: OrvinLarson,AmericanInfidel: Robert G. Ingersoll | | | | Image source: William C. Roberts,Leading Orators (1884) |
Parkview MemorialCemetery
Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Claudius Ulysses Stone (1879-1957) — also known asClaude U. Stone — of Peoria,PeoriaCounty, Ill.Born near Greenview,MenardCounty, Ill.,May 11,1879.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;U.S.Representative from Illinois 16th District, 1911-17; postmasteratPeoria,Ill., 1917-20; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromIllinois,1924,1936,1940(alternate).Died in Peoria,PeoriaCounty, Ill.,November13, 1957 (age78 years, 186days).Interment at Parkview Memorial Cemetery.
St. Mary'sCemetery
Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Thomas E. Madden (1900-1983) — of Peoria,PeoriaCounty, Ill.Born near Dunlap,PeoriaCounty, Ill.,May 9,1900.Democrat. Member ofIllinoisstate senate 18th District; elected 1936, 1940.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus;Eagles;UnitedCommercial Travelers.Died in Peoria,PeoriaCounty, Ill.,November18, 1983 (age83 years, 193days).Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof William H. Madden and Elizabeth Catherine (Murphy) Madden; marriedto Bernice H. Hamilton. |
SpringdaleCemetery
Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Thomas Ford (1800-1850) — ofOgleCounty, Ill.Born in Uniontown,FayetteCounty, Pa.,December5, 1800.Democrat. State court judge in Illinois, 1837;justice ofIllinois state supreme court, 1841-42;Governor ofIllinois, 1842-46.Died in Peoria,PeoriaCounty, Ill.,November3, 1850 (age49 years, 333days).Interment at Springdale Cemetery. | | George True Page (1859-1941) — also known asGeorge T. Page — of Peoria,PeoriaCounty, Ill.Born in Spring Bay,WoodfordCounty, Ill.,September22, 1859.Lawyer;bankdirector;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1919-30; tooksenior status 1930.Presbyterian.Member,American BarAssociation.Died in La Jolla,San DiegoCounty, Calif.,November4, 1941 (age82 years, 43days).Interment at Springdale Cemetery. | | William Dean Kellogg (1814-1872) — also known asWilliam Kellogg — of Canton,FultonCounty, Ill.; Peoria,PeoriaCounty, Ill.; Nebraska; Mississippi.Born in Kelloggsville,AshtabulaCounty, Ohio,July 8,1814.Republican.Lawyer;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1849-50; circuit judge inIllinois, 1850-55;U.S.Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1857-63;justice ofNebraska territorial supreme court, 1865-67;chiefjustice of Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1865-67;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Peoria, Illinois, 1867-69.Died in Peoria,PeoriaCounty, Ill.,December20, 1872 (age58 years, 165days).Interment at Springdale Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Amos Kellogg and Paulina (Dean) Kellogg; married,December21, 1843, to Lucinda Caroline Ross; second cousin once removed ofChaunceyFitch Cleveland; second cousin twice removed ofJonathanHunt,JamesHodges,CharlesKellogg (1773-1842) andFrankBillings Kellogg; second cousin thrice removed ofAaronKellogg; third cousin ofOrlandoKellogg; third cousin once removed ofHezekiahCase,ElijahHunt Mills,JamesLeonard Hodges,AlvanKellogg,DayOtis Kellogg,DwightKellogg,EnsignHosmer Kellogg andRowlandCase Kellogg; third cousin twice removed ofReturnJonathan Meigs, Sr.,JonathanIngersoll,JaredIngersoll,PierpontEdwards,JasonKellogg,JosiahMeigs,AugustusSeymour Porter (1769-1849),PeterBuell Porter,OrsamusCook Merrill,JarvisKing Pike,TimothyMerrill,DanielFiske Kellogg andHenryTheodore Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed ofOliverEllsworth,BenjaminGoodhue,IsaiahKidder,LymanKidder,EzraKidder andDavidKidder; fourth cousin ofParmenioAdams,AbielCase,SilasWright Jr.,MarshallChapin,JairusCase,ElishaHunt Allen,GouverneurMorris,MarcusMorton,AlmonCase,StaffordCanning Cleveland,EdwinCarpenter Pinney andNelsonAppleton Miles; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnDavenport,AaronBurr,JamesDavenport,MartinChittenden,TheodoreDwight,ReturnJonathan Meigs Jr.,LeonardWhite,GaylordGriswold,BenjaminTrumbull,JedediahSabin,HenryWaggaman Edwards,ElishaPhelps,HenryMeigs,CharlesJared Ingersoll,LancelotPhelps,LutherWalter Badger,SilasDewey Kellogg,JosephReed Ingersoll,RalphIsaacs Ingersoll,GreeneCarrier Bronson,ChesterAshley,DanielKellogg,JohnRussell Kellogg,AlvahNash,CalebBlodgett,WilliamAugustus Bird,JohnLarkin Payson,AugustusSeymour Porter (1798-1872),CharlesAnthony Ingersoll andCharlesPhelps Huntington; also fourth cousin once removed ofPeterBuell Porter Jr.,ThomasBelden Butler,OliverDwight Filley,GeorgeSmith Catlin,AlbertGallatin Kellogg,FrancisWilliam Kellogg,EdmundGillett Chapin,FarrandFassett Merrill,AsahelPierson Case,HiramBidwell Case,AlansonPike,PeterAugustus Porter,AugustusSabin Chase,WilliamFessenden Allen,ZenasFerry Moody,CharlesEdward Phelps,JohnMilton Hay,CharlesKellogg (1839-1903),MardenSabin,JosephSpalding,JamesLevi Hotchkiss,ClaytonHyde Lathrop,FrederickHobbes Allen,GeorgeWatson French andClaudeCarpenter Pinney. | | | | Political families:Kellogg#1 family of New York;Kellogg#2 family of New York;Kellogg#3 family of New York;Kellogg#4 family of Vermont and New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Anton Joseph Johnson (1878-1958) — also known asAnton J. Johnson — of Macomb,McDonoughCounty, Ill.Born in Peoria,PeoriaCounty, Ill.,October20, 1878.Republican.U.S.Representative from Illinois 14th District, 1939-49;mayor ofMacomb, Ill., 1949.DiedApril16, 1958 (age79 years, 178days).Interment at Springdale Cemetery.  | James A. Hedrick (1886-1952) — of Decatur,MaconCounty, Ill.Born in Athens,MenardCounty, Ill.,January29, 1886.Automobiledealer;gasolineretailer;real estatebusiness;mayorof Decatur, Ill., 1943-51.Member,Freemasons;Moose;Elks.Died in Decatur,MaconCounty, Ill.,September7, 1952 (age66 years, 222days).Interment at Springdale Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas H. Hedrick and Anna Marie (Casey) Hedrick; married,October8, 1909, to Aurelia M. 'Rilla' Martin. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Decatur (Ill.) DailyReview, April 16, 1947 |
| | | Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington (1836-1916) — of Illinois. Born in Virginia,1836.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Illinois 10th District, 1883-87; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Illinois,1888(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1892(ConventionVice-President).Died in1916(ageabout80 years).Interment at Springdale Cemetery. | | Richard Henry Whiting (1826-1888) — of Peoria,PeoriaCounty, Ill.Born in West Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,January17, 1826.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Peoria, Illinois, 1873-75;U.S.Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1875-77; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Illinois,1884.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 24,1888 (age62 years, 128days).Interment at Springdale Cemetery. | | Edwin Van Meter Champion (1890-1976) — also known asEdwin V. Champion — of Peoria,PeoriaCounty, Ill.Born in Mansfield,PiattCounty, Ill.,September18, 1890.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;PeoriaCounty State's Attorney, 1932-36;U.S.Representative from Illinois at-large, 1937-39.Member,PhiKappa Psi.Died in Peoria,PeoriaCounty, Ill.,February11, 1976 (age85 years, 146days).Entombed in mausoleum at Springdale Cemetery. | | Daniel Robinson Sheen (1852-1926) — also known asDaniel R. Sheen;Dan R.Sheen —of Peoria,PeoriaCounty, Ill.Born inPeoriaCounty, Ill.,November29, 1852.Lawyer;Prohibition candidate forU.S.Representative from Illinois 14th District, 1896; member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives 18th District, 1905-06; defeated(Prohibition), 1902, 1906, 1910; Prohibition candidate forGovernor ofIllinois, 1908; Prohibition candidate forjustice ofIllinois state supreme court 5th District, 1913.Died in Peoria,PeoriaCounty, Ill.,April23, 1926 (age73 years, 145days).Interment at Springdale Cemetery. | | Norman H. Purple — of Illinois. Democrat. Democratic Presidential Elector for Illinois,1844;justiceof Illinois state supreme court, 1845-48;delegateto Illinois state constitutional convention Peoria and Starkcounties, 1862.Interment at Springdale Cemetery. | | Washington Cockle (1811-1886) — of Peoria,PeoriaCounty, Ill.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 2,1811.Lawyer;banker;newspapereditor; member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1846-47; postmaster atPeoria,Ill., 1847-49, 1880-85.Died in Peoria,PeoriaCounty, Ill.,July 15,1886 (age75 years, 74days).Interment at Springdale Cemetery. | | Louis Frank Meek (1863-1917) — also known asLouis F. Meek — of Peoria,PeoriaCounty, Ill.Born in Eureka,WoodfordCounty, Ill.,June 12,1863.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,1900;postmaster atPeoria,Ill., 1913-17.Member,Freemasons;Sonsof Veterans.Died in Peoria,PeoriaCounty, Ill.,January1, 1917 (age53 years, 203days).Interment at Springdale Cemetery. | | William T. Dowdall (1835-1915) — of Peoria,PeoriaCounty, Ill.Born in Illinois,1835.Democrat.Newspaperpublisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromIllinois,1868,1880;postmaster atPeoria,Ill., 1886-89.Died in Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.,December31, 1915 (ageabout 80years).Interment at Springdale Cemetery. | | Alvan Kidder (1801-1871) — of Randolph,NorfolkCounty, Mass.; Peoria,PeoriaCounty, Ill.Born in Randolph,OrangeCounty, Vt.,February12, 1801.Democrat.Manufacturer;merchant;realestate business; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1835.Died in Peoria,PeoriaCounty, Ill.,November18, 1871 (age70 years, 279days).Interment at Springdale Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof John Kidder and Ruth (Mann) Kidder; married,July 24,1823, to Betsey Mann; nephew ofLymanKidder; first cousin ofIraKidder andJeffersonParish Kidder; first cousin once removed ofLymanKidder Bass,SilasWright Kidder andDanielS. Kidder; first cousin twice removed ofLymanMetcalfe Bass; second cousin ofFrancisKidder; second cousin twice removed ofHarleyWalter Kidder; third cousin once removed ofIsaiahKidder,EzraKidder,DavidKidder andNathanParker Kidder; fourth cousin ofJarvisKing Pike,CharlesStetson,ArbaKidder,LutherKidder,JosephSouther Kidder,PascalPaoli Kidder andIsaiahStetson; fourth cousin once removed ofGoldSelleck Silliman,BenjaminSilliman,CalebBlodgett,ChaunceyFitch Cleveland,OrlandoBurr Kidder,AdoniramJudson Kneeland,AlansonPike andIsaiahKidder Stetson. | | | | Political families:Kidderfamily of Bangor, Maine;Kidder-Wolcottfamily (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
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