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Washington Irving Babb (1844-1925) —
also known as W. I. Babb —
of Mt. Pleasant, Henry
County, Iowa; Aurora, Kane
County, Ill.
Born in Des Moines
County, Iowa, October
2, 1844.
Son of Miles Babb and Mary (Moyer) Babb.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1884; district judge in Iowa 2nd
District, 1891-94; candidate for Governor of
Iowa, 1895.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Union
League.
Died September
4, 1925 (age 80 years, 337
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.
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John Charles Black (1839-1915) —
also known as John C. Black —
of Danville, Vermilion
County, Ill.
Born in Lexington, Holmes
County, Miss., January
27, 1839.
Son of Rev. John Black and Josephine (Culbertson) Black.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; Democratic candidate
for Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1872; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1884;
U.S. Commissioner of Pensions, 1885-89; candidate for Democratic
nomination for Vice President, 1888;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1893-95; defeated
(Democratic), 1866, 1880, 1884; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 1895-99; delegate
to Gold Democrat National Convention from Illinois, 1896; member, U.S. Civil Service
Commission, 1903-07.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Grand Army of the Republic.
Received the Medal
of Honor in 1893 for action at Prairie Grove, Ark., December 7,
1862.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
17, 1915 (age 76 years, 202
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Danville, Ill.
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William Perkins Black (1842-1916) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Woodford
County, Ky., November
11, 1842.
Son of Rev. John Black and Josephine (Culbertson) Black.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; received the
Medal
of Honor for action at Pea Ridge, Ark., March 7, 1862; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1886.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died January
3, 1916 (age 73 years, 53
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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John Henry Colvin (b. 1839) —
also known as John H. Colvin —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Little Falls, Herkimer
County, N.Y., October
25, 1839.
Son of Nancy Colvin and Harvey
Doolittle Colvin.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; Chicago
alderman, 1882-88; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1904.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Foresters;
Royal
Arcanum; Knights
of Honor.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Austin Connolly (1843-1914) —
also known as James A. Connolly —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., March 8,
1843.
Son of William Connolly and Margaret (Maguire) Connolly.
Republican. Lawyer;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Illinois
state 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, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died, of cerebral
hemorrhage, in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., December
15, 1914 (age 71 years, 282
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
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Francis Marion Drake (1830-1903) —
of Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa.
Born in Rushville, Schuyler
County, Ill., December
30, 1830.
Son of John Adams Drake and Harriet Jane (O'Neal) Drake.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; railroad
builder; philanthropist; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Iowa, 1888;
Governor
of Iowa, 1896-98.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa is named for
him.
Died, of diabetes,
in Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa, November
20, 1903 (age 72 years, 325
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Centerville, Iowa.
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Alanson William Edwards (1840-1908) —
also known as Alanson W. Edwards —
of Bunker Hill, Macoupin
County, Ill.; Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak.
Born in Lorain
County, Ohio, August
27, 1840.
Express
agent; telegraph
operator; major in the Union Army during the Civil War; warden,
Illinois Penitentiary at Joliet, 1871-72; newspaper
publisher; mayor of
Fargo, N.Dak., 1887-88; member of North
Dakota state house of representatives, 1895-96; U.S. Consul
General in Montreal, 1903-06.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died February
14, 1908 (age 67 years, 171
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1870
to Elizabeth Robertson. |
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Samuel Fallows (1835-1922) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Pendleton, Lancashire, England,
December
13, 1835.
Republican. Minister;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; Wisconsin
superintendent of public instruction, 1870-74; president,
Wesleyan University, 1874; bishop; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888.
Methodist;
later Reformed
Episcopal Church. Member, Freemasons;
Grand Army of the Republic.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
5, 1922 (age 86 years, 266
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Ill.
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Relatives:
Married to Lucy Bethia Huntington (1840-1916). |
| | | Personal motto: "Do with your might
what your hands find to do." |
| | | Epitaph: "He walked with God - God took
him." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Joseph Wilson Fifer (1840-1938) —
also known as Joseph W. Fifer; "Private
Joe" —
of Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.
Born in Staunton,
Va., October
28, 1840.
Son of John Fifer and Mary (Daniels) Fifer.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; McLean
County State's Attorney, 1872-80; member of Illinois
state senate, 1881-84; Governor of
Illinois, 1889-93; defeated, 1892; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1896
(speaker);
member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1899-1905; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 26th District,
1920-22.
Unitarian.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., August 6,
1938 (age 97 years, 282
days).
Interment at Park
Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill.
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Daniel Fish (b. 1848) —
of Delano, Wright
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Cherry Valley, Winnebago
County, Ill., January
31, 1848.
Son of Daniel Fish and Parmelia (Adams) Fish.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; newspaper
publisher; probate judge in Minnesota, 1876-77, 1879; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1880;
district judge in Minnesota 4th District, 1914-20.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Roger Sherman Greene (1840-1930) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
14, 1840.
Son of Rev. David Greene and Mary (Evarts) Greene.
Lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; justice of
Washington territorial supreme court, 1870-79; chief
justice of Washington territorial supreme court, 1879-87;
Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington, 1888; Prohibition candidate for
Governor
of Washington, 1890.
Baptist.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., February
17, 1930 (age 89 years, 65
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lewis Baldwin Parsons (b. 1818) —
also known as Lewis B. Parsons —
of Flora, Clay
County, Ill.
Born in Genesee
County, N.Y., April 5,
1818.
Son of Lewis Parsons and Lucina (Hoar) Parsons.
Democrat. Lawyer;
treasurer and president, Ohio and Mississippi Railroad;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1880; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1884.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lewis Parsons and Lucina (Hoar) Parsons; married, September
21, 1847, to Sarah Green Edwards (died 1850); married, July 5,
1852, to Julia Maria Edwards (died 1857); married, December
28, 1869, to Elizabeth Darrah (died 1887). |
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Edward Selig Salomon (1836-1913) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Germany,
December
25, 1836.
General in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of
Washington Territory, 1870-72; member of California
state assembly 42nd District, 1889-91.
Jewish.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died July 18,
1913 (age 76 years, 205
days).
Interment at Salem
Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Napoleon Bonaparte Thistlewood (1837-1915) —
also known as Napoleon B. Thistlewood —
of Cairo, Alexander
County, Ill.
Born near Harrington, Kent
County, Del., March 30,
1837.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor of
Cairo, Ill., 1879-83, 1897-1901; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 25th District, 1908-13.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Cairo, Alexander
County, Ill., September
15, 1915 (age 78 years, 169
days).
Interment at Beech
Grove Cemetery, Mounds, Ill.
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Samuel Rinnah Van Sant (1844-1936) —
also known as Samuel R. Van Sant —
of Winona, Winona
County, Minn.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill., May 11,
1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Minnesota
state house of representatives 15th District, 1893-95; Speaker of
the Minnesota State House of Representatives, 1895; Governor of
Minnesota, 1901-05; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1904,
1916,
1932.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Attica, Fountain
County, Ind., October
3, 1936 (age 92 years, 145
days).
Interment at Glendale
Cemetery, Le Claire, Iowa.
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