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Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) —
also known as Robert G. Ingersoll; "The Great
Agnostic"; "American Infidel";
"Impious Pope Bob" —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born in Dresden, Yates
County, N.Y., August
11, 1833.
Son of Rev. John Ingersoll (1792-1759) and Mary (Livingston)
Ingersoll (died 1835).
Lawyer;
Democratic candidate for Illinois
state house of representatives 5th District, 1860; colonel in the
Union Army during the Civil War; charged
about 1864 with assault and
battery against the Peoria County Sheriff; tried;
the jury was deadlocked and could not reach a verdict; the case was
dismissed before a new trial could be held; Illinois
state attorney general, 1867-69; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1876;
made the nominating speech which dubbed James
G. Blaine as "The Plumed Knight".
Agnostic.
Died in Dobbs Ferry, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 21,
1899 (age 65 years, 344
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; statue at Glen Oak Park.
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Thomas Ford (1800-1850) —
of Ogle
County, Ill.
Born in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., December
5, 1800.
Democrat. State court judge in Illinois, 1837; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1841-42; Governor of
Illinois, 1842-46.
Died in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., November
3, 1850 (age 49 years, 333
days).
Interment at Springdale Cemetery.
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William Kellogg (1814-1872) —
of Canton, Fulton
County, Ill.; Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born in Kelloggsville, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, July 8,
1814.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1849-50; circuit judge in
Illinois, 1850-55; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1857-63; justice of
Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1865-67; chief
justice of Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1865-67.
Died December
20, 1872 (age 58 years, 165
days).
Interment at Springdale Cemetery.
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Anton Joseph Johnson (1878-1958) —
also known as Anton J. Johnson —
of Macomb, McDonough
County, Ill.
Born in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., October
20, 1878.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 14th District, 1939-49; mayor of
Macomb, Ill., 1949.
Died April 16,
1958 (age 79 years, 178
days).
Interment at Springdale Cemetery.
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Nicholas Ellsworth Worthington (1836-1916) —
of Illinois.
Born in Virginia, 1836.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 10th District, 1883-87; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1888
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1892.
Died in 1916
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Springdale Cemetery.
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Richard Henry Whiting (1826-1888) —
of Illinois.
Born in Connecticut, 1826.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1875-77.
Died in 1888
(age about
62 years).
Interment at Springdale Cemetery.
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Edwin Van Meter Champion (1890-1976) —
also known as Edwin V. Champion —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born in Mansfield, Piatt
County, Ill., September
18, 1890.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Peoria
County State's Attorney, 1932-36; U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1937-39.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., February
11, 1976 (age 85 years, 146
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Springdale Cemetery.
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Norman H. Purple —
of Illinois.
Democrat. Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1844;
justice
of Illinois state supreme court, 1845-48; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention Peoria and Stark
counties, 1862.
Interment at Springdale Cemetery.
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