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Anderson, George Alburtus b. March 11, 1853 d. January 31, 1896
US Congressman. Elected to represent Illinois's 12th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1887 to 1889.
Woodland Cemetery, Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, USA
Browning, Orville Hickman b. February 10, 1806 d. August 10, 1881
Civil War US Senator, Presidential Cabinet Secretary. Served in the Illinois Militia during the Black Hawk War. Elected as a Senator from Illinois to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Stephen Douglas, serving from 1861 to 1863. Appointed United States Secretary of the Interior by President Andrew Johnson, serving from 1866 to 1869. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Woodland Cemetery, Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, USA
Glover, John Montgomery b. September 4, 1822 d. November 15, 1891
US Congressman. Elected to represent Missouri's 12th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1873 to 1879.
Woodland Cemetery, Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, USA
Hawkins, Martin J. b. 1830 d. 1886
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Corporal in Company A, 33rd Ohio Infantry, Union Army. In April 1862, he was one of the 22 men which included 2 civilians who penetrated nearly 200 miles south into Confederate enemy territory. There they captured a railroad train at Big Shanty, Georgia in an attempt to destroy the bridges and track between Chattanooga and Atlanta. For bravery in the face of the enemy, he was awarded the Medal of Honor in September, 1863 and later...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Woodland Cemetery, Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Lot No. 182, Block 12
Morgan, James Dada b. August 1, 1810 d. September 12, 1896
Civil War Union Brevet Major General. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, at the start of the Civil War, he was appointed Lieutenant Colonel of the 10th Illinois Infantry Regiment on April 29, 1861. In July 1861, he was promoted Colonel in command of a brigade in the Army of Mississippi and fought at the Battle Corinth. He was promoted Brigadier General in July 1862, commanding the 2nd Division of the Reserve Corps during the Chickamauga Campaign, the siege of Chattanooga and at the Battle of...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Woodland Cemetery, Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, USA
Morris, Isaac Newton b. January 22, 1812 d. October 29, 1879
US Congressman. Elected to represent Illinois's 5th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1857 to 1861. Also served as a member of the Illinois State Legislature. He was the son of Ohio Senator Thomas Morris, and the brother of Ohio Congressman Jonathan D. Morris.
Woodland Cemetery, Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, USA
Richardson, William Alexander b. January 16, 1811 d. December 27, 1875
Civil War US Congressman, US Senator, Mexican War Army Officer. Served in the United States Army during the Mexican War as a Major in the Illinois Volunteers. He was twice was elected to represent Illinois 5th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving first from 1847 to 1856 (having been elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Stephen Douglas), then from 1861 to 1863. Unsuccessfully ran for Governor of Illinois in 1856, but served as Governor of the...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Woodland Cemetery, Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, USA
Tillson, John b. October 12, 1825 d. August 6, 1892
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Served in the Civil War first as a Captain in the United States Regular Army, then was Colonel and commander of the 10th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on March 10, 1865. After the war he served breifly in the Regular Army (resigning in 1866 with the rank of Captain), and served in the Illinois State Legislature. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Woodland Cemetery, Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Block 15, Lot 5
Wood I., John B. b. December 20, 1798 d. June 11, 1880
Illinois Governor. Wood came west from his native New York in 1818 and is recognized for founding the city of Quincy, Illinois in 1822. He was elected Lieutenant Governor of Illinois in 1856 and became Governor in 1860 upon the death of elected Governor William Henry Bissell, serving the rest of his term. He was Colonel of the 137th Illinois Infantry Regiment in 1864 during the Civil War. (Bio by: Amy)
Woodland Cemetery, Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, USA

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