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Macon County
Illinois

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Macon County


Index to Locations

  • Frantz Cemetery
  • Decatur Unknown location
  • Decatur Graceland Cemetery
  • Decatur Greenwood Cemetery


    Frantz Cemetery
    Macon County, Illinois
    Politicians buried here:
      Charles Martin Borchers (1869-1946) — also known as Charles M. Borchers — of Decatur, Macon County, Ill. Born in Lockville, Fairfield County, Ohio, November 18, 1869. Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of Decatur, Ill., 1909-11, 1919-23; U.S. Representative from Illinois 19th District, 1913-15; defeated, 1914, 1930; candidate for Governor of Illinois, 1924. Died in Decatur, Macon County, Ill., December 2, 1946 (age 77 years, 14 days). Interment at Frantz Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married, June 28, 1905, to Alice Bowman.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Unknown Location
    Decatur, Macon County, Illinois
    Politicians buried here:
      Carl N. Weilepp (d. 1955) — of Illinois. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1928. Died in Decatur, Macon County, Ill., April 16, 1955. Interment somewhere.


    Graceland Cemetery
    Decatur, Macon County, Illinois
    Politicians buried here:
      Zeno John Rives (1874-1939) — also known as Zeno J. Rives — of Litchfield, Montgomery County, Ill. Born in Indiana, 1874. Republican. U.S. Representative from Illinois 21st District, 1905-07. Died in 1939 (age about 65 years). Interment at Graceland Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Greenwood Cemetery
    Decatur, Macon County, Illinois
    Politicians buried here:
      Rolla Coral McMillen (1880-1961) — also known as Rolla C. McMillen — of Decatur, Macon County, Ill. Born in Piatt County, Ill., 1880. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1940; U.S. Representative from Illinois, 1944-51 (19th District 1944-49, 22nd District 1949-51). Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association. Died in 1961 (age about 81 years). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Jesse Hale Moore (1817-1883) — of Illinois. Born near Lebanon, St. Clair County, Ill., April 22, 1817. Republican. U.S. Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1869-73. Died in Peru, July 11, 1883 (age 66 years, 80 days). Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Greenwood Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


     

     


     
       
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