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Allen, William Joshua b. June 9, 1829 d. January 26, 1901
US Congressman. He was elected to represent two different Illinois Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives during the Civil War, first representing the 9th District from 1862 to 1863, then the 13th District, serving from 1863 to 1865. He served as a Illinois delegate to the Democratic National Convention during every Presidential election from 1860 to 1888. (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section 7, Lot 140
Bates, Erastus Newton b. February 29, 1828 d. May 29, 1898
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Graduate of Williams College of Massachusetts in 1853. Upon moving to Minnesota, became member of the constitutional convention of 1857 and served as State Senator 1857-1858. Became a resident of Centralia, Illinois in 1859, where he began the practice of law. His Civil War service began as Major of the 80th Illinois Union Volunteers in August, 1862. Promoted to Lt. Colonel and then Colonel; brevetted as brigadier general in March 1865 in recognition of...[Read More] (Bio by: BJJ)
Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section 10, Lot 82
Bissell, William Henry b. April 25, 1811 d. March 18, 1860
Mexican War United States Army Officer, US Congressman, 11th Illinois Governor. Born near Cooperstown, New York, and graduated in medicine at Philadelphia. Practiced medicine for a short time, then studied law. He was a representative in the state legislature of 1840. He served as Colonel of the Second Illinois Volunteers in the Mexican War, and gained distinction at the Battle of Buena Vista. He served in Congress from 1840 to 1855. While there he was challenged to a duel by Jefferson Davis; a...[Read More]
Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Block 12, Bissell Mound
Caldwell, Ben Franklin b. August 2, 1848 d. December 29, 1924
US Congressman. Represented two Illinois Districts in the United States House of Representatives on two different occasions. First elected to represent the 17th District, serving from 1899 to 1903, then the 21 District, serving from 1903 to 1905, then from 1907 to 1909. (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Block 10, 119
Coleman, Phoebe b. February 4, 1804 d. October 13, 1897
Published in the Illinois State Register, Springfield, Illinois, on October 14, 1897:

Died, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Sinnette Richardson, on Wednesday morning, Oct. 13, 1897, of dropsy, Mrs. Phoebe Florville Coleman, widow of William Florville, aged 76 years. The deceased was colored and was well known in this city. She was born in Kentucky and has been a resident of this state for the past sixty years. Her husband was a well known barber. She leaves to mourn her loss two...[Read More]
Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Block 5, 30
Connolly, James Austin b. March 8, 1840 d. December 15, 1914
Connolly was a Major in the 123rd Illinois Infantry & a Brevet Colonel with the U.S. Volunteers. He was a U.S. District Attorney for the Eastern District of Illinois from 1876-1885 & 1889-1893, a member of the Illinois State Legislature & a U.S. Representative from Illinois 17th District from 1895-1899. (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Cause of death: Cerebral hemorrage
Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Left Corridor, Crypt 1, Row C
Cook, Gen. John b. June 12, 1825 d. October 12, 1910
Civil War Union Brigadier General. The son of Daniel P. Cook, second Congressman from Illinois and the man for whom Cook County was named, in 1855, he was elected Mayor of Springfield and the following year Sheriff of Sangamon County. After the Confederate bombardment of Fort Sumter in April 1861 he raised a company of troops and was commissioned Colonel of the 7th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He was promoted to Brigadier General, US Volunteers in 1864.
Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Block 10, Lot 171 & 184
Cullom, Shelby Moore b. November 22, 1829 d. January 22, 1914
Illinois Governor, US Congressman and Senator. He was known as "Mr. Republican" and "the man who looked like Lincoln" during his long political career. A native of Kentucky, he moved to Springfield, Illinois in 1853, where he was admitted to the bar and elected City Attorney in 1855. He went on to serve in the State House of Representatives (1856, 1860 to 1861), the last session as House Speaker, and three terms in the US Congress (1865 to 1871), representing Illinois' 8th District...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Block 34, 1
Edwards, Ninian b. March 17, 1775 d. July 20, 1833
US Senator, 3rd Illinois Governor. Served as Territorial Governor of Illinois from 1809 to 1818. Elected as a Senator from Illinois to the United States Senate, serving from 1818 to 1824. Served as Governor of Illinois from 1826 to 1830.
Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA
Ewing, William Lee Davidson b. August 31, 1795 d. March 25, 1846
Illinois Governor. Served as Governor of Illinois in 1834.
Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA
Harlan, Emory B. b. December 16, 1839 d. November 20, 1875
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he was residing in Salem, Illinois & enlisted in the 49th Illinois Infantry, despite being a Quaker. In this unit he served throughout the war as Private, Lieutenant, Captain, Major, Lieutenant Colonel & finally Brigadier General, all by the age of 26. Following the war he practiced law and served as Private Secretary to Governor John M. Palmer. He later entered the newspaper field and became the Springfield...[Read More] (Bio by: BJJ)
Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Block 9, 102
Haynie, Isham Nicholas b. November 18, 1824 d. May 21, 1868
Civil War Union Brigadier General. Deeply devoted to Union, in the days leading up to the Civil War's outbreak, he was the organizer of the 48th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Commissioned Colonel in command of the 48th Illinois, he led his troops in engagements in the Tennessee Campaigns of 1862 and was severely wounded at the Battle of Shiloh. Promoted Brigadier General in November 1862, he was placed in command of the 3rd Division, XVII Corps in the Vicksburg Campaign and was again severely...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Block 10, 232
Jayne, William b. October 8, 1826 d. March 20, 1916
Mayor of Springfield, Illinois 1859-1861, member of the Illinois State Senate 1860-1861, Governor of the Dakota Territory 1861-1863, delegate to the U.S. Congress from Dakota Territory 1863-1864. (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Cause of death: apoplexy
Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section 10 Lot 139
Jones (Grant), Ellen Wrenshall 'Nellie' b. July 4, 1855 d. August 30, 1922
American Social Figure. Nicknamed "Nellie", she was the third child and only daughter of President Ulysses S. Grant and First Lady Julia Dent Grant. She married English Army officer Algernon Charles Frederick Sartoris at the White House in Washington, DC on May 21, 1874 during President Grant's second administration. The couple lived in England and had four children before divorcing in 1893. When Algernon Sartoris died later that year, he left her a vast fortune. She returned to America, and...[Read More]
Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Block 10, Lot 334
Kelly, John J.H. b. 1851 d. February 4, 1907
Indian Campaigns Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Corporal in the United States Army in Company I, 5th US Infantry. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on September 9, 1874 at Upper Wichita River, Texas. His citation reads "Gallantry in action." (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Block 25, Lot 41
Lewis, John Llewellyn b. February 12, 1880 d. June 11, 1969
Lewis was an American labor leader & president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1920 to 1960. Lewis & the UMWA formed the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1938. He organized other industrial unions such as The United Auto Workers & the United Steel Workers of America & after a long strike in 1946, the UMWA negotiated the nation's first health & retirement program for workers. (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA
Lincoln, Abraham [original burial site] b. February 12, 1809 d. April 15, 1865
Sixteenth United States President. As newly elected Abraham Lincoln made his way by train to Washington to assume the Presidency, the Union was fast disintegrating with secession by South Carolina followed by seven other Southern States. A Confederate government was already operating in the South. After taking the oath of office with outgoing President Buchanan beside him, he assumed the responsibility for preserving the Union by reversing secession. The South demanded the Union withdraw from...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Temporary vault, while monument was built
Lincoln, Abraham b. February 12, 1809 d. April 15, 1865
Sixteenth United States President. As newly elected Abraham Lincoln made his way by train to Washington to assume the Presidency, the Union was fast disintegrating with secession by South Carolina followed by seven other Southern States. A Confederate government was already operating in the South. After taking the oath of office with outgoing President Buchanan beside him, he assumed the responsibility for preserving the Union by reversing secession. The South demanded the Union withdraw from...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA
Lincoln, Edward Baker 'Eddie' b. March 10, 1846 d. February 1, 1850
Son of Abraham Lincoln. He was the second son of future President Abraham and Mary Lincoln. His arrival came during the period his father was serving in the House of Representatives. The family, Robert, Eddie and their parents had boarded at Mrs Ann G. Sprigg's Boarding House while in Washington. In December 1849, Eddie became ill with pulmonary tuberculosis. After 52 days of acute illness, he passed away at barely four years old. Services were conducted at the Springfield First Presbyterian...[Read More]
Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA
Lincoln, Mary Todd b. December 13, 1818 d. July 16, 1882
Presidential First Lady. She was born to pioneer settlers in Kentucky. When Mary Lincoln was seven, her mother died and her father remarried. She belonged to the aristocracy of Lexington with an excellent social life and a sound private education. Nearly 21, she went to Springfield, Illinois to live with her sister. Here she met Abraham Lincoln. Three years later, after a stormy courtship and a broken engagement, they were married. They were opposites in background and temperament. The...[Read More]
Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA

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