Find A Grave - Forest Home Cemetery

Chamberlin, Charles H b. April 16, 1841 d. September 16, 1894
Lyricist. Wrote the lyrics of State Song "Illinois."
Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Lot 32 Section 4
de Cleyre, Voltairine b. November 17, 1866 d. June 19, 1912
Female anarchist and social reformer. Famous for speaking at Copper Union in New York City in front of 2,000 people declaring "Freedom of speech means nothing if it does not mean the freedom for that to be said which we do not like." She was one of Emma Goldman's best friends.
Cause of death: Abcess on the brain
Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: 3 graves to the right of the Haymarket Monument right by the bush. Next to her is Mena Neebe, the wife of one of the Haymarket Martyrs
Dennis (Waldron), Eugene (Francis Xavier) b. August 10, 1905 d. January 31, 1961
General Secretary of the American Communist Party.
Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Fallows, Samuel b. December 13, 1835 d. September 5, 1922
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Entered the Civil War as the Chaplain of the 32nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, but abandoned his religious capacity to command troops in combat. He was successively the Lieutenant Colonel of the 40th Wisconsin Infantry, then the Colonel and commander of the 49th Wisconsin Infantry. He was brevetted Brigadier General, USV on October 24, 1865 for his "meritorious services". After the war he returned to his religious vocation, eventually becoming a Bishop...[Read More]
Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section 14, Lot 202
Flynn, Elizabeth Gurley b. August 7, 1890 d. September 5, 1964
Union Organizer / American Communist Party Official.
Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Goldman, Emma b. June 27, 1869 d. May 14, 1940
Anarchist. Known for her political activism, writing and speeches, she was a major figure in the history of American radicalism and feminism. Goldman immigrated to the United States in 1885. She became a political activist as a result of the Haymarket affair in 1886. Goldman became an influential writer and lecturer on anarchist philosophy, women's rights, and social issues. She founded and edited the magazine "Mother Earth" in 1906. Goldman was an early advocate working for the causes of free...[Read More] (Bio by: William Seitz)
Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Lot 1044, Section N
GPS coordinates: 41.8695602, -87.8199615 (hddd.dddd)
Harvey, Lynne 'Angel' b. October 4, 1916 d. May 3, 2008
Broadcasting Producer. Generally recognized as "The First Lady of Radio," she was the long-time producer of ABC Radio's "Paul Harvey News," and in 1997 became the first producer ever to be inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame. Born Lynee Cooper in St. Louis, Missouri, she was a graduate of Washington University there. Early in her career, while with a CBS affiliate, she became one of the nation's first women to run an entire daily broadcast, from 4 p.m. to midnight, which included everything...[Read More] (Bio by: Fred Beisser)
Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Mausoleum, Section 49, Lot 676
GPS coordinates: 41.8671913, -87.8315277 (hddd.dddd)
Harvey Sr., Paul b. September 4, 1918 d. February 28, 2009
News Commentator. Born Paul Harvey Aurandt, he was a radio legend who began his career in 1933 while still in high school. He became nationally syndicated for the first time in 1951, while working in Chicago. Known for his unique, staccato-style delivery of news combined with commentary, his style resonated with tens of millions of Americans for over five decades. His program was carried by over 1,200 radio stations and 400 Armed Forces Network stations around the world. He earned dozens of...[Read More] (Bio by: Fred Beisser)
Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Mausoleum, Section 49, Lot 676
GPS coordinates: 41.8671913, -87.8315277 (hddd.dddd)
Hascall, Gen. Milo Smith b. August 5, 1829 d. August 30, 1904
Civil War Union Brigadier General. He graduated from West Point in 1852 and after spending a year in the artillery service, he became a contractor for the Northern Indiana Railroad. When the Civil War began, he enlisted and was commissioned Colonel of the 17th Indiana Infantry. Assigned to brigade command in the Army of the Cumberland, he was promoted Brigadier General in April, 1862. He participated in the Battle of Stone's River and then fought in the Siege of Knoxville in 1863. In the...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Haymarket Martyrs Monument [memorial] d. November 11, 1887
On May 4th, 1886 labor activists planned a meeting in Chicago's Haymarket Square to protest the killing of a worker by police during a strike for an eight-hour workday. As the meeting was about to end Police Inspector John Bonfield sent in 176 policemen to disperse the crowd although Mayor Carter Harrison had just left the meeting and deemed it peaceful. Someone (unknown to this day) ignited a bomb killing policeman Mathias Degan. The policemen responded by shooting wildly into the fleeing...[Read More] (Bio by: Bobby Hart)
Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Lot 789, Section N
GPS coordinates: 41.8698082, -87.8197784 (hddd.dddd)
Haywood, William 'Big Bill' [Half of cremated remains] b. February 4, 1869 d. May 17, 1928
Labor Leader. He organized and led the Industrial Workers of the World. After his death he was cremated, with half his ashes interred in the United States and half in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia.
Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Cremated
Heyer, Adam 'Frank' b. 1889 d. February 14, 1929
Gangster. Victim of Saint Valentine's Day Massacre, Chicago, Illinois.
Cause of death: Murdered.
Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section R
Hoffman, Richard William b. 1893 d. 1975
US Congressman. Elected to represent Illinois's 10th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1949 to 1957. He also served as an Alternate Delegate to the Republican National Convention from Illinois in 1956 and 1960. (Bio by: K)
Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Leary, S.P. b. June 6, 1930 d. January 26, 1998
Blues Musician. A native of Carthage, Texas, he began playing drums at the age of 14. He is best known for backing such music greats as Muddy Waters, James Cotton, T. Bone Walker, Lowell Fulson, and Howlin' Wolf. Leary began his musical career by touring with Walker and Fulson during the 1940s. He later joined the United States Army, but returmed to music after his discharge in 1953. He appeared on Howlin Wolf's albums, "I'm Leaving You", and "I've Been Abused." He also appeared on several...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Lundin, Frederick b. May 18, 1868 d. August 20, 1947
US Congressman. Elected to represent Illinois' 7th District in the United States House of Representatives, he served from 1909 to 1911. He also served as a Member of the Illinois State Senate in 1894, and as an Alternate Delegate to the Republican National Convention from Illinois in 1904. (Bio by: K)
Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Meyer, William b. June 22, 1863 d. September 26, 1926
Spanish-American War Medal of Honor Recipient. A native of Germany, he served in the United States Navy during the War with Spain as a Carpenter's Mate on board the "USS Nashville". He was awarded the MOH for his bravery during the cutting of the cable leading from Cienfuegos, Cuba, on May 11, 1898. His citation reads "Facing the heavy fire of the enemy, Meyer set an example of extraordinary bravery and coolness throughout this action." His Medal was awarded to him on July 7, 1899. (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section 49, Lot 299
Parsons (Gonzales), Lucy (Lucia Ella) b. 1853 d. March 7, 1942
Anarchist. Modern scholarship concludes the probability that she was born as a slave in Texas, though she later claimed to be the daughter of a Mexican mother and a Creek father, denying any black heritage. She met and married Albert Parsons, a former Confederate soldier, around 1871. The racially mixed couple was forced to flee Texas and settled in Chicago in 1873. They became involved with Marxist socialism and the Workingmen's Party of the United States. She wrote and and lectured for the...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Cause of death: Died in home fire when her blindness prevented her from escaping
Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: About 2 gravestones to the right of the Haymarket Monument
Pottawatomie Indian Burying Ground
This memorial is an Indian Hill Marker and center of original Indian Village and Burial Ground. The site of Forest Home Cemetery was a graveyard long before the coming of European settlers to Illinois. The Pottawatomie People, the original occupants of much of the Chicago area, had established a graveyard here. The monument, erected on May 25, 1941, reads, in part: "This is the site of a village and burial ground of the Pottawatomie Indians from ancient times until 1835 when they were exiled to...[Read More] (Bio by: William Seitz)
Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section 27
GPS coordinates: 41.8656883, -87.8234863 (hddd.dddd)
Reitman, Ben b. 1880 d. 1942
Was an eccentric physician in Chicago in early 1900s. He was primarily known for being one of Emma Goldman's (author of socialist articles on Mother Earth) lovers. Toured with Emma Goldman on her lecture dates.
Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: About 5 gravestones to the right of the Haymarket Monument
Rogers, Samuel F. b. 1845 d. November 1, 1905
Korean Expedition Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Born in Buffalo, New York, he served as a US Navy Quartermaster on board the U.S.S. Colorado. During an attack on Korean forts at positions called the Citadel, June 11, 1871, Quartermaster Rogers was part of the landing party. In the assault, the leading officer was wounded and even though himself wounded, Quartermaster Rogers fought courageously in hand-to-hand combat to protect the officer. For gallantry in the face of the enemy, he...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Sect. CL, plot 1700

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