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Kemper, James Scott b. November 18, 1886 d. November 17, 1981
Insurance icon. Kemper also served as an Illinois delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948, and 1952. He was the treasurer of the Republican National Committee from 1944 to 1946, and the U.S. Ambassador to Brazil, from 1953 to 1955. He established the Lumberman's Mutual Casualty Company, the predecessor of the Kemper Insurance Companies.
Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Kirk, Edward Needles b. February 29, 1828 d. May 28, 1863
Civil War Union Brigadier General. At the start of the Civil War, he was a successful attorney when he organized the 34th Illinois Infantry and served as Colonel in command. He saw duty in Kentucky, Tennessee and commanded a brigade at the Battle of Shiloh, where he was wounded on April 7, 1862. After he recuperated, he returned to the field, participated in further actions and was promoted Brigadier General in November, 1862. In January, 1863, at the Battle of Stones River, Tennessee, he was...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section F, Lot 3&4
Knopf, Philip b. November 18, 1847 d. August 14, 1920
US Congressman. Elected to represent Illinois's 7th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1903 to 1909. Also served as a Member of the Illinois State Senate in 1886. (Bio by: K)
Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Kretsinger, George b. June 20, 1844 d. April 20, 1906
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Private in the Union Army in the Chicago Mercantile Battery, Illinois Light Artillery. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on May 22, 1863 at Vicksburg, Mississippi. His citation reads "Carried with others by hand a cannon up to and fired it through an embrasure of the enemy's works." (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Lovell, Sidney b. February 26, 1867 d. August 6, 1938
Architect. Lovell apprenticed his trade starting in 1882 with Colonel James Wood a recognized Chicago architect who specialized in the designing of theaters. During 1885 to 1888, Wood and Lovell traveled from Michigan to California, designing and remodeling opera houses. Upon the completion of the remodeling of the Grand Opera House in California, He was taken in as a partner, and the architectural firm of Wood and Lovell was established, with an office in San Francisco. This partnership...[Read More] (Bio by: David George Stuart)
Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Rosehill Mausoleum
Loyd, Alexander b. August 19, 1805 d. May 7, 1872
Chicago Mayor. Last name also spelled Lloyd. He served as Mayor of Chicago in 1841.
Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Mason, Roswell b. September 19, 1805 d. January 1, 1892
Chicago Mayor. Served as Mayor of Chicago from 1869 to 1871, and was in office during the 1871 Great Chicago Fire.
Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Mayer, Oscar b. March 29, 1859 d. March 11, 1955
Business Magnate. Oscar F. Mayer was born in the Bavaria section of Germany. In 1873, at the age of 14, the family grocery business failed, and Oscar came to the United States with his cousin. Settling in Detroit, he answered an ad and took a job as an apprentice with George Weber's Retail Meat Market. He stayed there for three years until 1876, when the he moved to Chicago to work at the Kohlhammer meat market, and also at the Armour meat packing company (located in the stockyards). In 1883...[Read More]
Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section 15
McArthur, John b. November 17, 1826 d. May 15, 1906
Civil War Union Brigadier General. John McArthur was born in Erskine, Scotland, on November 17, 1826, and immigrated to the United States in 1849. Before the war, McArthur worked in Chicago as a boilermaker and founded the Excelsior Iron Works with his brother-in-law. When war broke out in May of 1861, he became colonel of the 12th Illinois Infantry and fought in several battles, including Fort Henry and Fort Donelson. Promoted to brigadier general on March 21, 1862, he was wounded in the...[Read More] (Bio by: Shiver)
Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section 90, Lot 155
McWade, Edward b. January 14, 1865 d. May 17, 1943
Actor. His film credits include "Arsenic and Old Lace," "Yankee Doodle Dandy," "Mr. and Mrs. North," and "Woman of the Year." (Bio by: Laurie)
Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section 106 Lot 47
McWade, Margaret b. September 3, 1872 d. April 1, 1956
Vaudeville Actress. She appeared along with actress Margaret Seddon in an act billed as the 'Pixilated Sisters.' (Bio by: Laurie)
Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
McWade Jr., Robert b. January 25, 1872 d. January 20, 1938
Stage and Motion Picture Actor. He appeared in many films primarily in the 1930s, including "Anything Goes," "The Lemon Drop Kid," "Tugboat Annie," "I Am a Fugitive From the Chain Gang," and "Grand Hotel." (Bio by: Laurie)
Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Milliken, Isaac Lawrence d. December 2, 1885
Mayor of Chicago, Illinois (1854-55).
Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section I
Morris, Buckner Stith d. December 16, 1879
Chicago Mayor. He served as Mayor of Chicago, Illinois from 1838 to 1839.
Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section O
Morris, Nelson
Businessman. Born in Germany in 1838, he arrived in Chicago in 1854 and found work as a meat packer. In 1859, he established the Nelson Morris Company and was one of the original meatpacking companies at the city's Union Stock Yard. During the Civil War, he sold cattle to the Union armies and by 1873, the company's annual sales were in access of $11 million. During the last decades of the 19th century, his company owned packing plants in East St. Louis, Kansas City, as well as cattle ranches in...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
O'Brien, Peter b. 1842 d. September 30, 1898
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Private in the Union Army in Company A, 1st New York Cavalry. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on March 2, 1865 at Waynesboro, Virginia. His citation reads "Capture of flag and of a Confederate officer with his horse and equipment." (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section H, Lot 47, Grave 46841
O'Driscoll, Martha b. March 4, 1922 d. November 3, 1998
Actress. She appear in over 30 films from 1938 to 1947, including "Li�l Abner" (1940, as Daisy Mae), "Ghost Catchers" (1944), "Here Come the Co-Eds", "House of Dracula", "The Daltons Ride Again" and "Under Western Skies" (1945). (Bio by: Ginny M)
Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Main mausoleum, Aster Hall, Appleton Family Room
Ogilvie, Richard B. b. February 22, 1923 d. May 10, 1988
Governor of Illinois.
Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Paddock, George Arthur b. March 24, 1885 d. December 29, 1964
US Congressman. Served in the United States Army as a Major during World War I. Elected to represent Illinois's 10th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1941 to 1943. (Bio by: K)
Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Perce, Legrand Winfield b. 1836 d. 1911
US Congressman. Elected to represent Mississippi's 5th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1869 to 1873. (Bio by: K)
Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

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