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Bell, Carey b. November 14, 1936 d. May 6, 2007
Blues Musician. Born Carey Bell Harrington. He was a harmonica player and major influence on the Chicago blues scene for over six decades. Inspired by musician Louis Jordan, he began his career during the 1950s, later performing and recording with Muddy Waters and Willie Dixon. Some of his notable albums include "Carey Bell's Blues Harp", (1969), "Last Night", (1973), "Heartaches and Pain", (1977), "Harpslinger", (1988) and "Second Nature", (2004). He died of heart failure. (Bio by: C.S.)
Mount Hope Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Busbey, Fred E. b. February 8, 1895 d. February 11, 1966
US Congressman. After serving in the Army during World War I, he opened a successful investment brokerage business in Chicago. He was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth Congress and served one term 1943 to 1945. Busbey was re-elected for three more terms, serving from 1947 to 1949 and from 1951 to 1955. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he resummed his investment business, retired in 1958 and resided in Flordia until his death. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mount Hope Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Dunham, Ransom W. b. March 21, 1838 d. August 19, 1896
US Congressman. He moved to Chicago in 1857, became a grain and provision commission merchant and was president of the Board of Trade of Chicago in 1882. In 1883, he was elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth, and Fiftieth Congresses, retiring after his final term in 1889. He died of a heart attack while en route to attend the centennial celebration in his native state. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mount Hope Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Fortune, Jesse b. February 28, 1930 d. August 31, 2009
Singer. Known as the "Fortune Tellin' Man", he was one of the great Chicago blues vocalists of the 1950s and 1960s. In 1952, he migrated to Chicago and began performing with such blues notables as Otis Rush, Buddy Guy, Ted Taylor and Willie Dixon. He is best remembered for his 1960s recordings of "Too Many Cooks", "Dark is the Night", "Sandu", "Losin Hard", and "Ain't About the Money". In his later years Fortune worked with guitarist Dave Specter and his band "Bluebirds", and released the album...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mount Hope Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Harris, Paul Percy b. April 19, 1868 d. January 27, 1947
Social Reformer. A Chicago attorney, he founded Rotary International. Paul Harris Plaza in downtown Racine is a pedestrian park named for him. (Bio by: Joe Goodman)
Mount Hope Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Henshaw, Roy Knikelbine b. July 29, 1911 d. June 8, 1993
Major League Baseball Player. During his eight years pitching in the majors, he played for four different teams. He began with the Chicago Cubs (1933, 1935 to 1936) after pitching collegiately for the University of Chicago. He then played for the Brooklyn Dodgers (1937), St. Louis Cardinals (1938), and finished with the Detroit Tigers (1942 to 1944). He had a career record of 33 wins, 40 losses, with an earned run average of 4.16 and 337 strike outs. (Bio by: Mel Bashore)
Mount Hope Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Perkins, Eddie b. March 3, 1937 d. May 10, 2012
Hall of Fame Professional Boxer. He was the former WBA World Lightweight Champion (1962, 1963 to 1965) and the former WBC Lightweight Champion (1963 to 1965). Raised in Chicago, his interest of the sport was born from his roughhousing with neighborhood friends. His energies would later be refined in a disciplined manner during his training sessions at the Chicago gym owned by the legendary heavyweight Joe Louis. Following his amateur career, he turned professional in 1956 came under the...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Mount Hope Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Sproul, Elliott W. b. December 28, 1856 d. June 22, 1935
US Congressman. He immigrated to America in 1879, was in the building business and was naturalized as citizen in 1886. From 1896 to 1899, he was member of the Chicago City Council and delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1920. He was also a member of the board of directors of the Chicago Public Library, 1919 to 1921. In 1921, he was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-seventh and to the next four succeeding Congresses, serving until he resigned in 1931. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mount Hope Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Swift, Gustavus Franklin b. June 24, 1839 d. March 29, 1903
Meat Packing Founder.
Mount Hope Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Weaver, George D. 'Buck' b. November 18, 1890 d. January 31, 1956
Major League Baseball Player. He began his major league career on April 11, 1912, as a shortstop for the Chicago White Sox. An excellent infielder, he was switched to third base and was known as the only third baseman in the league that Ty Cobb would not bunt against. During the 1919 World Series known as the Black Sox Scandal, Weaver played error-less ball in the Series and batted .324. At the grand jury trial on the a ledge fix to loose the Series, he was banned from playing pro ball for...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mount Hope Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section 35, by the road
Wharton, Charles Stuart b. April 22, 1875 d. September 4, 1939
US Congessman. In 1899, he was a prosecuting attorney in Lake, Illinois and was assistant city attorney of Chicago in 1903. He was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth Congress serving 1905 to 1907. Unsuccessful candidate for reelection he resumed the practice of law in Chicago and was a Government appeal agent in Chicago during World War I. In 1920, he was appointed assistant State's attorney serving until resigning in December 1923. He resumed the practice of law, was author of several...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mount Hope Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

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