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Sangamon County, Illinois
CalvaryCemetery
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois
| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  James McMahon Graham (1852-1945) — also known asJames M. Graham — of Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.Born in Castleblayney, County Monaghan,Ireland,April14, 1852.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1885-86;SangamonCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1892-96; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Illinois,1900,1920(alternate);U.S.Representative from Illinois 21st District, 1909-15; defeated,1914, 1918.Died in Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.,October23, 1945 (age93 years, 192days).Interment at Calvary Cemetery. | | William H. Chamberlain (1931-c.1979) — of Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.Born in Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.,January22, 1931.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,1964;secretaryof state of Illinois, 1964-65; circuit judge in Illinois, 1965.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus;UrbanLeague;AmericanJudicature Society.Died about 1979 (ageabout 48years).Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
Camp ButlerNational Cemetery
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Otis B. Duncan — of Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; alternatedelegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,1920.Africanancestry.Highest-ranking African-American officer to serve in World War I. Interment at Camp Butler National Cemetery.
HutchinsonCemetery
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois
| Politicians formerlyburied here: | | | William Henry Bissell (1811-1860) — also known asWilliam H. Bissell — of Belleville,St. ClairCounty, Ill.Born in Hartwick,OtsegoCounty, N.Y.,April25, 1811.Democrat.Physician;lawyer;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1840-42; colonel in the U.S. Armyduring the Mexican War;U.S.Representative from Illinois, 1849-55 (1st District 1849-53, 8thDistrict 1853-55);Governor ofIllinois, 1857-60; died in office 1860.Catholic.FirstRepublican andfirstCatholic governor of Illinois.Died, at least partly fromsyphilis,which hadcrippledhim, in the IllinoisExecutiveMansion, Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.,March18, 1860 (age48 years, 328days).Original interment at Hutchinson Cemetery; reinterment in 1871 atOak Ridge Cemetery. | | William Lee Davidson Ewing (1795-1846) — also known asWilliam L. D. Ewing — of Vandalia,FayetteCounty, Ill.Born inLoganCounty, Ky.,August31, 1795.Democrat.LieutenantGovernor of Illinois, 1833-34;Governor ofIllinois, 1834;U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1835-37; member ofIllinoisDemocratic State Committee, 1837-38;Illinoisstate auditor of public accounts, 1843-46; died in office 1846.Slaveowner. Died in Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.,March25, 1846 (age50 years, 206days).Original interment at Hutchinson Cemetery; reinterment atOak Ridge Cemetery. | | Daniel Pope Cook (1794-1827) — of Edwardsville,MadisonCounty, Ill.Born inScottCounty, Ky.,October16, 1794.Lawyer;Illinoisstate attorney general, 1819;U.S.Representative from Illinois at-large, 1819-27; U.S. CommercialAgent (Consul) inHavana, 1827.Died inScottCounty, Ky.,October16, 1827 (age33 years, 0days).Original interment at Hutchinson Cemetery; reinterment in 1866 atOak Ridge Cemetery.
Oak RidgeCemetery
1441 Monument Avenue
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois
Founded 1858
| Politicians buriedhere: |  | Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) — also known as"Honest Abe";"OldAbe";"The Rail-Splitter";"TheIllinois Baboon";"The GreatEmancipator" —of New Salem,MenardCounty, Ill.; Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.Born in alogcabin, Hardin County (part now inLarueCounty), Ky.,February12, 1809.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War;postmaster;lawyer;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1834-41;U.S.Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1847-49; candidate forRepublican nomination for Vice President,1856;candidate forU.S.Senator from Illinois, 1858;Presidentof the United States, 1861-65; died in office 1865; His electionas president in 1860 precipitated the Civil War; determined topreserve the Union, he led the North to victory on the battlefield,freed the slaves in the conquered states, and in doing this,redefined American nationhood.Englishancestry.Elected in 1900 to theHallof Fame for Great Americans.Shotby theassassinJohn Wilkes Booth, during aplay atFord'sTheater,inWashington,D.C., April 14, 1865; died at Peterson'sBoardingHouse, across the street, the following day,April15, 1865 (age56 years, 62days).Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery; memorial monument atNationalMall, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1868 atJudiciaryPark, Washington, D.C.| |  Relatives: Sonof Thomas Lincoln and Nancy (Hanks) Lincoln; married,November4, 1842, toMaryAnn Todd (sister-in-law ofNinianWirt Edwards; half-sister-in-law ofNathanielHenry Rhodes Dawson andBenjaminHardin Helm; half-sister ofEmiliePariet Todd; aunt ofMarthaDee Todd; grandniece ofDavidRittenhouse Porter); father ofRobertTodd Lincoln; first cousin twice removed ofArtieClyde Sullinger; second cousin four times removed ofRichardHenry Lee,FrancisLightfoot Lee andArthurLee; third cousin twice removed ofLeviLincoln; third cousin thrice removed ofThomasSim Lee,HenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,EdmundJennings Lee andZacharyTaylor; fourth cousin once removed ofLeviLincoln Jr.,EnochLincoln andAlexanderLincoln. | | | | Political families:Walker-Edwardsfamily of North Carolina and Georgia;Lincoln#1 family of Kentucky;Lincoln#2 family of Worcester, Massachusetts;Porter-Lincolnfamily of Pennsylvania (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:ClementClaiborne Clay, Jr. —IshamN. Haynie —WilliamM. Stone —JohnPitcher —StephenMiller —JohnT. Stuart —WilliamH. Seward —HenryL. Burnett —JudahP. Benjamin —RobertToombs —RichardTaylor Jacob —GeorgeW. Jones —JamesAdams —JohnG. Nicolay —EdwardEverett —StephenT. Logan —FrancisP. Blair —JohnHay —HenryReed Rathbone —JamesA. Ekin —FrederickW. Seward —JohnH. Surratt —JohnH. Surratt, Jr. —JamesShields —EmilyT. Helm —JohnA. Campbell —JohnMerryman —BarnesCompton —JohnB. Castleman —MelvinD. Hildreth | | | | Lincoln counties inArk.,Colo.,Idaho,Kan.,La.,Minn.,Miss.,Mont.,Neb.,Nev.,N.M.,Okla.,Ore.,Wash.,W.Va.,Wis. andWyo. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofLincoln,Nebraska, isnamed forhim. — Lincoln MemorialUniversity,inHarrogate,Tennessee, isnamed forhim. — LincolnUniversity,inJeffersonCity, Missouri, isnamed forhim. — LincolnUniversity,nearOxford,Pennsylvania, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:AbrahamL. Keister—AbrahamL. Tucker—A.Lincoln Pohalski—AbrahamL. Brick—AbrahamL. Kellogg—AbrahamL. Day—AbrahamLincoln Bernstein—AbrahamL. Tyre—A.Lincoln Reiley—A.L. Helmick—AbrahamL. Sutton—A.Lincoln Acker—AbrahamL. Osgood—AbrahamL. Witmer—AbrahamL. Phillips—A.Lincoln Dryden—AbrahamL. Payton—AbrahamL. Alloway—AbrahamL. Field—AbrahamL. Doris—A.L. Auth—A.Lincoln Moore—A.Lincoln Niditch—AbrahamL. Rubenstein—AbrahamL. Davis, Jr.—AbrahamL. Freedman—A.L. Marovitz—LincolnGordon—AbrahamL. Banner—AbrahamLincoln Tosti | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraithas appeared on the U.S. penny (one cent coin) since 1909, and onthe $5 bill since 1913. From the 1860s until 1927, hisportraitalso appeared on U.S. notes and certificates of variousdenominations from $1 to $500. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Abraham Lincoln: DavidHerbert Donald,Lincoln —George Anastaplo,AbrahamLincoln : A Constitutional Biography — G. S. Boritt,ed.,TheLincoln Enigma : The Changing Faces of an AmericanIcon — Albert J. Beveridge,AbrahamLincoln 1809-1858 — Geoffrey Perret,Lincoln'sWar : The Untold Story of America's Greatest President as Commanderin Chief — David Herbert Donald,WeAre Lincoln Men : Abraham Lincoln and His Friends —Edward Steers, Jr.,Bloodon the Moon: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln —Mario Cuomo,WhyLincoln Matters : Today More Than Ever — Michael W.Kauffman,AmericanBrutus : John Wilkes Booth and the LincolnConspiracies — Doris Kearns Goodwin,Teamof Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln —Joshua Wolf Shenk,Lincoln'sMelancholy : How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled HisGreatness — John Channing Briggs,Lincoln'sSpeeches Reconsidered — Ronald C. White, Jr.,TheEloquent President : A Portrait of Lincoln Through HisWords — Harold Holzer,Lincolnat Cooper Union : The Speech That Made Abraham Linco lnPresident — Michael Lind,WhatLincoln Believed : The Values and Convictions of America's GreatestPresident — Doris Kearns Goodwin,Teamof Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln —Michael Burlingame, ed.,AbrahamLincoln: The Observations of John G. Nicolay and JohnHay — Thomas J. Craughwell,StealingLincoln's Body — Roy Morris, Jr.,TheLong Pursuit: Abraham Lincoln's Thirty-Year Struggle with StephenDouglas for the Heart and Soul of America — JohnStauffer,Giants:The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and AbrahamLincoln — Karen Judson,AbrahamLincoln (for young readers) — Maira Kalman,Lookingat Lincoln (for young readers) | | | | Critical books about Abraham Lincoln:Thomas J. DiLorenzo,TheReal Lincoln : A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and anUnnecessary War | | | | Fiction about Abraham Lincoln: GoreVidal,Lincoln:A Novel | | | | Image source: Three Decades of FederalLegislation (1885) |
| | Mary Todd Lincoln (1818-1882) — also known asMary Ann Todd — of Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.Born in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,December13, 1818.FirstLady of the United States, 1861-65.Female.Died in Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.,July 16,1882 (age63 years, 215days).Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. | | Ninian Edwards (1775-1833) — of Kaskaskia,RandolphCounty, Ill.; Edwardsville,MadisonCounty, Ill.Born inMontgomeryCounty, Md.,March17, 1775.Democrat. Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1796-97; state court judge inKentucky, 1803;justice ofKentucky state supreme court, 1808;Governorof Illinois Territory, 1809-18;U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1818-24;Governor ofIllinois, 1826-30; candidate forU.S.Representative from Illinois, 1832.Baptist.Slaveowner. Died ofcholera,in Belleville,St. ClairCounty, Ill.,July 20,1833 (age58 years, 125days).Original intermentsomewherein Belleville, Ill.; reinterment in 1855 at Oak Ridge Cemetery;statue atNinianEdwards Plaza, Edwardsville, Ill.  | Shelby Moore Cullom (1829-1914) — also known asShelby M. Cullom — of Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.Born in Monticello,WayneCounty, Ky.,November22, 1829.Republican.Lawyer;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1856, 1860-61, 1872-74;Speaker ofthe Illinois State House of Representatives, 1861, 1873;candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois,1856;U.S.Representative from Illinois 8th District, 1865-71;Governor ofIllinois, 1877-83; resigned 1883;U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1883-1913; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Illinois,1884,1892,1904(delegation chair;speaker),1908.Died inWashington,D.C.,January28, 1914 (age84 years, 67days).Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Richard Northcraft Cullom and Elizabeth (Coffey) Cullom; married,December12, 1855, to Hannah M. Fisher; married,May 5,1863, to Julia Fisher; father of Eleanor M. 'Ella' Cullom (whomarriedWilliamBarret Ridgely); nephew ofAlvinCullom andWilliamCullom. | | | | Political family:Cullomfamily of Springfield, Illinois (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThevillageofCullom,Illinois, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier | | | | Image source: American Monthly Reviewof Reviews, December 1901 |
| | William Henry Bissell (1811-1860) — also known asWilliam H. Bissell — of Belleville,St. ClairCounty, Ill.Born in Hartwick,OtsegoCounty, N.Y.,April25, 1811.Democrat.Physician;lawyer;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1840-42; colonel in the U.S. Armyduring the Mexican War;U.S.Representative from Illinois, 1849-55 (1st District 1849-53, 8thDistrict 1853-55);Governor ofIllinois, 1857-60; died in office 1860.Catholic.FirstRepublican andfirstCatholic governor of Illinois.Died, at least partly fromsyphilis,which hadcrippledhim, in the IllinoisExecutiveMansion, Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.,March18, 1860 (age48 years, 328days).Original interment atHutchinson Cemetery;reinterment in 1871 at Oak Ridge Cemetery. | | William Lee Davidson Ewing (1795-1846) — also known asWilliam L. D. Ewing — of Vandalia,FayetteCounty, Ill.Born inLoganCounty, Ky.,August31, 1795.Democrat.LieutenantGovernor of Illinois, 1833-34;Governor ofIllinois, 1834;U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1835-37; member ofIllinoisDemocratic State Committee, 1837-38;Illinoisstate auditor of public accounts, 1843-46; died in office 1846.Slaveowner. Died in Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.,March25, 1846 (age50 years, 206days).Original interment atHutchinson Cemetery;reinterment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. | | William Barret Ridgely (1853-1920) — also known asWilliam B. Ridgely — of Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.Born in Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.,July 19,1853.Republican. Vice-president, SpringfieldIronCompany;banker;postmaster atSpringfield,Ill., 1897-99; U.S. Comptroller of the Currency, 1901-08;delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,1908.Died inWashington,D.C.,April30, 1920 (age66 years, 286days).Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Charles Ridgely and Jane Maria (Barret) Ridgely; married,October24, 1882, to Eleanor M. 'Ella' Cullom (daughter ofShelbyMoore Cullom); married,December30, 1905, to Kate Deering; nephew ofRedickMcKee Ridgely; second great-grandnephew ofSamuelHuntington; first cousin twice removed ofNathanielHuntington,JamesHuntington andElishaMills Huntington; first cousin thrice removed ofSamuelH. Huntington; first cousin five times removed ofBenjaminHuntington; second cousin twice removed ofJosephLyman Huntington; second cousin four times removed ofJabezHuntington,JoshuaCoit,HenryHuntington andGurdonHuntington; third cousin ofEdwinReed Ridgely andAustinEugene Lathrop; third cousin once removed ofCollinsDwight Huntington,GeorgeMilo Huntington andHelenHuntington Hull; third cousin thrice removed ofJedediahHuntington,JohnDavenport,EbenezerHuntington,JamesDavenport,AsahelOtis,AugustusSeymour Porter,SamuelLathrop,PeterBuell Porter,AbelHuntington,ZinaHyde Jr. andBenjaminNicoll Huntington; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnHall Brockway,AbialLathrop andHilliardSamuel Ridgely. | | | | Political family:Cullomfamily of Springfield, Illinois (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial —Comptrollersof the Currency |
| | John Riley Tanner (1844-1901) — also known asJohn R. Tanner — of Illinois. Born inWarrickCounty, Ind.,April 4,1844.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofIllinoisstate senate, 1881;Illinoisstate treasurer, 1887-89;Governor ofIllinois, 1897-1901.DiedMay 23,1901 (age57 years, 49days).Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. | | William Jayne (1826-1916) — of Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.Born in Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.,October8, 1826.Republican.Mayorof Springfield, Ill., 1859-61; member ofIllinoisstate senate, 1860-61;Governorof Dakota Territory, 1861-63;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Dakota Territory, 1863-64; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Illinois,1884.Died, of apoplexy (stroke),in Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.,March20, 1916 (age89 years, 164days).Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. | | William Joshua Allen (1829-1901) — also known asWilliam J. Allen — of Metropolis,MassacCounty, Ill.; Marion,WilliamsonCounty, Ill.; Cairo,AlexanderCounty, Ill.; Carbondale,JacksonCounty, Ill.Born inWilsonCounty, Tenn.,June 9,1829.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofIllinoisstate senate, 1855;U.S.Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, 1855-59; circuitjudge in Illinois 26th Circuit, 1859-61; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Illinois,1860,1868,1872,1876,1884;delegateto Illinois state constitutional convention Williamson andJohnson counties, 1862;U.S.Representative from Illinois, 1862-65 (9th District 1862-63, 13thDistrict 1863-65);delegateto Illinois state constitutional convention 1st District,1869-70;U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of Illinois, 1887-1901;died in office 1901.Died, of "grippe" (influenza),in Hot Springs,GarlandCounty, Ark.,January26, 1901 (age71 years, 231days).Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. | | James Carroll Robinson (1823-1886) — also known asJames C. Robinson — of Marshall,ClarkCounty, Ill.Born near Paris,EdgarCounty, Ill.,August19, 1823.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;U.S.Representative from Illinois, 1859-65, 1871-75 (7th District1859-63, 11th District 1863-65, 8th District 1871-73, 12th District1873-75); candidate forGovernor ofIllinois, 1864.Died, of "congestion of the brain" (presumably astroke orcerebralhemorrhage), in Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.,November3, 1886 (age63 years, 76days).Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. | | William McKendree Springer (1836-1903) — also known asWilliam M. Springer — of Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.Born inSullivanCounty, Ind.,May 30,1836.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofIllinoisDemocratic State Committee, 1860-62; member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1871-72; defeated, 1860;U.S.Representative from Illinois, 1875-95 (12th District 1875-83,13th District 1883-95);U.S.District Judge for Indian Territory, 1895-99.Died, ofpneumonia,inWashington,D.C.,December4, 1903 (age67 years, 188days).Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. | | Loren Edgar Wheeler (1862-1932) — also known asLoren E. Wheeler — of Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.Born in Havana,MasonCounty, Ill.,October7, 1862.Republican.Mayorof Springfield, Ill., 1897-1901; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Illinois,1900;postmaster atSpringfield,Ill., 1901-14;U.S.Representative from Illinois 21st District, 1915-23, 1925-27;defeated, 1922, 1926.Died, ofperniciousanemia, in Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.,January8, 1932 (age69 years, 93days).Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. | | James Austin Connolly (1843-1914) — also known asJames A. Connolly — of Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.Born in Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.,March 8,1843.Republican.Lawyer;colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1873-76;U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of Illinois, 1876-85, 1889-93;U.S.Representative from Illinois 17th District, 1895-99; defeated,1886.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.Died, ofcerebralhemorrhage, in Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.,December15, 1914 (age71 years, 282days).Entombed in mausoleum at Oak Ridge Cemetery. | | Daniel Pope Cook (1794-1827) — of Edwardsville,MadisonCounty, Ill.Born inScottCounty, Ky.,October16, 1794.Lawyer;Illinoisstate attorney general, 1819;U.S.Representative from Illinois at-large, 1819-27; U.S. CommercialAgent (Consul) inHavana, 1827.Died inScottCounty, Ky.,October16, 1827 (age33 years, 0days).Original interment atHutchinson Cemetery;reinterment in 1866 at Oak Ridge Cemetery. | | Ben Franklin Caldwell (1848-1924) — of Chatham,SangamonCounty, Ill.Born near Carrollton,GreeneCounty, Ill.,August2, 1848.Democrat.Banker;farmer;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1882-86; member ofIllinoisstate senate, 1890-94;U.S.Representative from Illinois, 1899-1905, 1907-09 (17th District1899-1903, 21st District 1903-05, 1907-09); defeated, 1904; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Illinois,1912.Member,Freemasons.Died, ofmiocarditis,in Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.,December29, 1924 (age76 years, 149days).Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. | | John Alexander McClernand (1812-1900) — also known asJohn A. McClernand — of Shawneetown,GallatinCounty, Ill.; Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.Born inBreckinridgeCounty, Ky.,May 30,1812.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War;newspaperpublisher; Democratic Presidential Elector for Illinois,1840;member ofIllinoisDemocratic State Committee, 1841-46, 1852-56; member of Illinoisstate legislature, 1840;U.S.Representative from Illinois, 1843-51, 1859-61 (2nd District1843-51, 6th District 1859-61); Democratic Presidential Elector forIllinois,1852;general in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Illinois,1876(ConventionPresident; member,ResolutionsCommittee;speaker),1880.Died in1900(ageabout88 years).Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. | | John Todd Stuart (1807-1885) — also known asJohn T. Stuart — of Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.Born near Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,November10, 1807.Lawyer;law partner ofAbrahamLincoln; member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1833-37;U.S.Representative from Illinois, 1839-43, 1863-65 (3rd District1839-43, 8th District 1863-65); member ofIllinoisstate senate 12th District, 1849-50.DiedNovember23, 1885 (age78 years, 13days).Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. | | Samuel Hubbel Treat (d. 1887) — also known asSamuel H. Treat — of Illinois.Justiceof Illinois state supreme court, 1841-55.DiedMarch27, 1887.Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. | | Anthony Lausett Knapp (1828-1881) — also known asAnthony L. Knapp — of Jerseyville,JerseyCounty, Ill.Born in Middletown,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,June 14,1828.Democrat. Member ofIllinoisstate senate, 1859;U.S.Representative from Illinois, 1861-65 (6th District 1861-63, 10thDistrict 1863-65).DiedMay 24,1881 (age52 years, 344days).Original interment atSpringfield Cemetery;reinterment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. | | William Allen Northcott (1854-1917) — also known asWilliam A. Northcott — of Greenville,BondCounty, Ill.; Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.Born in Murfreesboro,RutherfordCounty, Tenn.,January28, 1854.Republican.Lawyer;BondCounty State's Attorney, 1882-92;LieutenantGovernor of Illinois, 1897-1905; alternate delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Illinois,1904;U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of Illinois, 1905-14;president, Inter-OceanCasualtyCo.Episcopalian.Member,ModernWoodmen of America;OddFellows;Elks;Knightsof Pythias;Freemasons.DiedJanuary25, 1917 (age62 years, 363days).Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. | | Frank Stoddard Dickson (1876-1953) — also known asFrank S. Dickson — of Ramsey,FayetteCounty, Ill.Born in Hillsboro,MontgomeryCounty, Ill.,October6, 1876.Republican.U.S.Representative from Illinois 23rd District, 1905-07;AdjutantGeneral of Illinois, 1910-22; appointed 1910.Died inWashington,D.C.,February24, 1953 (age76 years, 141days).Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. | | Ninian Wirt Edwards (1809-1889) — also known asNinian W. Edwards — ofSangamonCounty, Ill.Born in Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,April15, 1809.Democrat.Illinoisstate attorney general, 1834-35; member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1837-41, 1849-53; member ofIllinoisstate senate, 1845-49;delegateto Illinois state constitutional convention from Sangamon County,1847;Illinoissuperintendent of public instruction, 1854-57.Died in Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.,September2, 1889 (age80 years, 140days).Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. | | John Pope Cook (1825-1910) — also known asJohn P. Cook — of Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.; Ransom,HillsdaleCounty, Mich.Born in Belleville,St. ClairCounty, Ill.,June 12,1825.Mayorof Springfield, Ill., 1855;SangamonCounty Sheriff, 1856; general in the Union Army during the CivilWar.Died in Ransom,HillsdaleCounty, Mich.,October12, 1910 (age85 years, 122days).Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. | | Isham N. Haynie (c.1822-1866) — ofAlexanderCounty, Ill.Born about 1822. Republican. Member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1850; common pleas court judge inIllinois, 1857; candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois,1860;candidate forU.S.Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1862; served in theUnion Army during the Civil War;AdjutantGeneral of Illinois, 1865-66; appointed 1865; died in office 1866.Was present in Peterson's Boarding House whenAbrahamLincoln died.DiedMay 21,1866 (ageabout 44years).Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. | | Ozias Mather Hatch (1814-1893) — also known asOzias M. Hatch — ofPikeCounty, Ill.Born in1814.Member of Illinois state legislature, 1840;secretaryof state of Illinois, 1857-65.Died in1893(ageabout79 years).Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. | | Erastus Newton Bates (1828-1898) — also known asErastus N. Bates — of Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.; Centralia,MarionCounty, Ill.; Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Plainfield,HampshireCounty, Mass.,February29, 1828.Lawyer;delegateto Minnesota state constitutional convention 11th District, 1857;member ofMinnesotastate senate 4th District, 1857-58; general in the Union Armyduring the Civil War; member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1866-67;Illinoisstate treasurer, 1869-73.Died in Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.,May 29,1898 (age70 years, 90days).Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. | | Stephen Trigg Logan (1800-1880) — also known asStephen T. Logan — ofBarrenCounty, Ky.; Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.Born inFranklinCounty, Ky.,February24, 1800.Republican.Lawyer;BarrenCounty Commonwealth Attorney, 1822-32; circuit judge in Illinois,1835-40; law partner ofAbrahamLincoln, 1841-44; member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1843-47, 1855-56;delegateto Illinois state constitutional convention from Sangamon County,1847; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,1860.Died in Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.,July 24,1880 (age80 years, 151days).Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. | | William Butler — ofSangamonCounty, Ill.Illinoisstate treasurer, 1859-63.Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. | | Earle Benjamin Searcy (b. 1887) — also known asEarl B. Searcy — of Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.Born in Palmyra,MacoupinCounty, Ill.,May 14,1887.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;real estatebroker; member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives 45th District, 1921-23; member ofIllinoisstate senate 45th District, 1923-45; clerk of the Illinoissupreme court; elected 1944, 1950.Christian.Member,AmericanLegion;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Elks;DisabledAmerican Veterans.One of the founding members of the American Legion. Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. | | David L. Phillips (1823-1880) — of Anna,UnionCounty, Ill.; Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.Born inWilliamsonCounty, Ill.,October28, 1823.Republican.Schoolteacher;minister;delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,1860;newspapermanaging editor; postmaster atSpringfield,Ill., 1877-80.Died in Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.,June 19,1880 (age56 years, 235days).Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. | | Stuart Mason Allen (1902-1943) — also known asStuart Allen — of St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.Born in St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,December13, 1902.Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul inTientsin, 1929-32; U.S. Consul inChefoo, as of 1938;Vancouver, 1942-43, died in office 1943.Died in Vancouver,BritishColumbia,July 5,1943 (age40 years, 204days).Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. | | Redick McKee Ridgely (1830-1914) — also known asRedick M. Ridgely — of Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.Born inSt.Louis, Mo.,March29, 1830.Democrat. Postmaster atSpringfield,Ill., 1894-96; member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1900; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Illinois,1908.Died in Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.,June 23,1914 (age84 years, 86days).Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. | | Vincent Y. Dallman — of Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,1924,1932,1936,1956,1960;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Springfield, Illinois, 1941-51.Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. | | William M. Vicars (1906-1959) — of Pontiac,LivingstonCounty, Ill.Born in Braidwood,WillCounty, Ill.,October20, 1906.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1935-45; candidate forIllinoisstate auditor of public accounts, 1944; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Illinois,1948(alternate),1952.Died in Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.,February14, 1959 (age52 years, 117days).Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. | | Bushrod Ebenezer Hoppin (1828-1923) — also known asBushrod E. Hoppin — ofMadisonCounty, N.Y.;SangamonCounty, Ill.Born in Lebanon,MadisonCounty, N.Y.,September2, 1828.Republican.Farmer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Madison County 1st District, 1867.Died in Arlington,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,April20, 1923 (age94 years, 230days).Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery. | | Jacob Bunn Jr. (1864-1926) — of Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.Born in Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.,October21, 1864.Republican. President, Illinois Watch Co. (watchmanufacturers);president, Sangamo Electric Co.; president, Springfield MarineBank;delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,1924.Died, fromcirrhosis ofthe liver, in Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.,May 10,1926 (age61 years, 201days).Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Jacob Bunn and Elizabeth (Ferguson) Bunn; married to MildredJeffress. |
| | William Converse Staley (1899-1978) — also known asW. Converse Staley — of Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.Born in Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.,September28, 1899.Republican. President, BakerManufacturingCompany, makers of heavy equipment; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Illinois,1944,1948.DiedApril27, 1978 (age78 years, 211days).Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Edward E. Staley and Elsie (Converse) Staley; married1920 to JennieBarnes; married to Ann Zgaga. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
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Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois
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| Politicians formerlyburied here: | | | Anthony Lausett Knapp (1828-1881) — also known asAnthony L. Knapp — of Jerseyville,JerseyCounty, Ill.Born in Middletown,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,June 14,1828.Democrat. Member ofIllinoisstate senate, 1859;U.S.Representative from Illinois, 1861-65 (6th District 1861-63, 10thDistrict 1863-65).DiedMay 24,1881 (age52 years, 344days).Original interment at Springfield Cemetery; reinterment atOak Ridge Cemetery.
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