Find A Grave - Rock Island

Baker, Gene (Eugene Walter) b. June 15, 1925 d. December 1, 1999
Major League Baseball Player. He was infielder for eight seasons with the Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates. Baker was named to the 1955 National League All Star Team and was a member of the 1960 World Champion Pirates. In a career of 630 games, Baker had 590 hits and a lifetime batting average of .265. After retiring as a player he was a coach with the Pirates during the 1963 season. (Bio by: C.S.)
Rock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section L, Grave 16
Buford, Gen. Napoleon Bonapart b. January 13, 1807 d. March 28, 1883
Civil War Union Brigadier General. Graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1831, and resigned his commission in 1835. Joined the Union Army in August 1861, and saw service at the Battles of Belmont, Island No. 10, Corinth, and in the Vicksburg campaign. In April 1862 he was appointed Brigadier General, US Volunteers and commanded District of East Arkansas. His half brother was Major General John Buford of Gettysburg fame. (Bio by: Don Connelly)
Chippiannock Cemetery, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Block 32, Lot 1
Cable, Ransom Reed b. September 23, 1834 d. November 12, 1909
Businessman. Served as president of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company. His uncle, Philander Cable, was president of the Rock Island-Peoria Railroad. Ransom donated to Rock Island its waterworks pumping station. Philander's son, Ben Cable, was a congressman from the Rock Island district for many years, after which time he spent some time living abroad. In 1891, while in France, he purchased a large bronze monument. This monument, designed and sculpted by Paul De Vigne, was...[Read More] (Bio by: Warrick L. Barrett)
Chippiannock Cemetery, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA
Confederate P.O.W. Cemetery
1,960 Confederate graves lie here from the Union Civil War Prisoner of War Camp, which was used from December 9, 1863 to June 11, 1865.
Rock Island Confederate Cemetery, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA
Denkmann, Frederick b. 1824 d. 1905
Frederick Denkmann, a native of Germany, was a pioneer Rock Island lumber man, who, with his brother-in-law, Frederick Weyerhaeuser, formed the Weyerhaeuser-Denkmann Lumber Company. In 1860, the two bought the failed Mead, Smith and Marsh sawmill in Rock Island and renamed it Weyerhaeuser & Denkmann. Mr. Denkmann managed the mill's day-to-day operations while Mr. Weyerhaeuser worked to build the business, especially by securing timber rights in the coveted white-pine forests to the north...[Read More]
Chippiannock Cemetery, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA
Hoffman, Gen. William b. 1807 d. 1884
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. After graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1828. he fought in every major war until his death. During the Civil War he served first as Lieutenant Colonel of the 8th United States Regular Infantry, then as Colonel of the 3rd United States Regular Infantry before being placed in charge of all Union prisoner of war camps and hospitals. While in that capacity he contributed to the suffering of Confederate Prisoners by stifling...[Read More] (Bio by: T. Denardo)
Chippiannock Cemetery, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA
Mansill, Richard b. 1829 d. 1903
The monument is thought to represent the four pillars of the universe. Richard Mansill came to Rock Island with his parents from Staffordshire, England, at the age of 20. He first worked as a miner in Coaltown. He then, employing thrift and imagination, became involved in myriad interests, including a lumbar yard and coal mines of his own. He was also interested in countless matters concerning the natural sciences and was the author of many books about the origin and workings of the universe...[Read More]
Chippiannock Cemetery, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA
Memorial, Confederate Prison Camp b. December 3, 1863
Inscription: "In memory of the Confederate veterans who died at the Rock Island Confederate Prison Camp. May they never be forgotton, let no man asperse the memory of our sacred dead . They were men who died for a cause they believed was worth fighting for and made the ultimate sacrifice." This prison began accepting prisoners on Dec. 3, 1863. (Bio by: Mr. Denardo)
Rock Island Confederate Cemetery, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA
Moskala, Edward J. b. November 6, 1921 d. April 9, 1945
World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served as a Private First Class, U.S. Army, Company C, 383d Infantry, 96th Infantry Division. On April 9, 1945 Pvt. Moskala’s unit’s attack on Kakazu Ridge, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands was halted by enemy concentrated machinegun and mortar fire. With utter disregard for his personal safety, Pvt. Moskala charged 40 yards through withering, grazing fire and wiped out 2 machinegun nests. When strong counterattacks and fierce enemy resistance from...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Rock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section E, Grave 293
Oliver, Gene b. March 22, 1935 d. March 3, 2007
Major League Baseball Player. Born Eugene George Oliver, he was a catcher, first baseman and outfielder for ten seasons (1959, 1961 to 1969) with the St. Louis Cardinals, Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs. His best year was in 1965 when he had 106 hits with 21 homeruns. In 786 career games, Oliver had 546 hits with a .246 lifetime batting average. He died from complications after lung surgery. (Bio by: C.S.)
Calvary Cemetery, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA
Pfeffer, Edward Joseph 'Jeff' b. March 4, 1888 d. August 15, 1972
Major League Baseball Player. He was a right-handed pitcher for five teams in thirteen seasons in the major leagues. He pitched for the St. Louis Browns (1911), Brooklyn Dodgers (1913), Brooklyn Robins (1914 to 1921), St. Louis Cardinals (1921 to 1924), and finished with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1924). During his career, he played in 352 games. He was a starting pitcher in 280 games, compiling a 158-112 won-loss record. He had an earned run average of 2.77 and struck out 836 batters. In 1916 he...[Read More] (Bio by: Mel Bashore)
Rock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA
Rich, Louis b. 1896 d. November, 1970
Businessman. He immigrated to America from Russia, arriving as a steerage passenger in 1906. Working as a Kosher butcher, he saved enough money to gradually bring his family to America, and open his own business. In 1921, he bought a truck and started the Rock Island Produce Company, in Rock Island, Illinois. His business sold chicken and eggs which he bought daily from area farmers. In the early 1940's, chicken farms started moving to the south, and the new supermarkets were buying their eggs...[Read More] (Bio by: Dustin Oliver)
Hebrew Cemetery, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA
Rodman, Thomas Jackson b. July 31, 1816 d. June 7, 1871
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. An 1841 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, he was a noted ordnance inventor and designer of several types of heavy cannon used by the Union Army during the Civil War. He invented the "wet chill", hollow-core system of cannon founding, which resulted in the strongest cast iron cannon ever made. He also invented prismatic and perforated-cake gunpowder, which allowed more consistent ignition in large cannon. His 15-inch...[Read More] (Bio by: John Klear)
Rock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial [memorial]
Erected by the Veteran's Association together with the local community in 1915, the monument is dedicated to the memory of all US Armed Forces personal who served in America's conflicts. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Chippiannock Cemetery, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA
Thompson, Chester C. b. September 18, 1893 d. January 30, 1971
US Congressman. During World War I, he served as a Corporal in Headquarters Company of the 25th Coast Artillery. From 1922 to 1926, he was treasurer of Rock Island County, Illinois. He was mayor of Rock Island, 1927 to 1933 and member of the Democratic State central committee, 1930 to 1932. In 1933, he was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth Congresses, serving until 1939. Not a candidate for reelection, he was appointed chairman of the board of the...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Chippiannock Cemetery, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA
Tipton, David M. b. 1828 d. 1904
Captain Tipton was a friend of Mark Twain and captain of government snagboat the "Colonel Alexander Mackenzie." He died at the wheel of his boat in the middle of Lake Pepin. His crew found an anchor at the bottom of the harbor at Keokuk, Iowa, brought it to Chippiannock Cemetery and placed it near his grave.
Chippiannock Cemetery, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA
Weyerhaeuser, Frederick b. 1834 d. 1914
Born in Niedersaulheim, Germany, he emigrated to America in 1852 and worked as a laborer in Erie, Pennsylvania. After marrying Elizabeth Bladel, he moved to Illinois where he found work in a sawmill. Weyerhaeuser saved as much money as he could and in 1857 managed to buy a sawmill and timber yard in Rock Island. The business was a great success and he acquired additional sawmills on the shores of the Mississippi. He also purchased large forests in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Idaho, Washington and...[Read More]
Chippiannock Cemetery, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA
Witek, Frank Peter b. December 10, 1921 d. August 3, 1944
World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. His citation reads "For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving with the 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, 3d Marine Division, during the Battle of Finegayen at Guam, Marianas, on 3 August 1944. When his rifle platoon was halted by heavy surprise fire from well-camouflaged enemy positions, Pfc. Witek daringly remained standing to fire a full magazine from his automatic at point-...[Read More]
Rock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section E, Row 0, Grave 72

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