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Pottawatomie Indian Burying Ground
This memorial is an Indian Hill Marker and center of original Indian Village and Burial Ground. The site of Forest Home Cemetery was a graveyard long before the coming of European settlers to Illinois. The Pottawatomie People, the original occupants of much of the Chicago area, had established a graveyard here. The monument, erected on May 25, 1941, reads, in part: "This is the site of a village and burial ground of the Pottawatomie Indians from ancient times until 1835 when they were exiled to...[Read More] (Bio by: William Seitz)
Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section 27
GPS coordinates: 41.8656883, -87.8234863 (hddd.dddd)
Reitman, Ben b. 1880 d. 1942
Was an eccentric physician in Chicago in early 1900s. He was primarily known for being one of Emma Goldman's (author of socialist articles on Mother Earth) lovers. Toured with Emma Goldman on her lecture dates.
Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: About 5 gravestones to the right of the Haymarket Monument
Rest, Showman's [memorial] d. June 22, 1918
Early morning, June 22, 1918, the 26-car Hagenbeck-Wallace circus train on the outskirts of Hammond, IN, was struck by a troop train, killing 86 circus employees and performers. 56 are buried at Showman's Rest, Woodlawn Cemetery, Forest Park, Illinois. The identity of many of the victims was unknown, as they were roustabouts and temporary workers. Only two have "nicknames," Smiley and Baldy. The other stones are marked either with the person's job, such as "4 Horse Driver," or simply "...[Read More] (Bio by: David M. Habben)
Woodlawn Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Showman's Rest Section
Rogers, Samuel F. b. 1845 d. November 1, 1905
Korean Expedition Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Born in Buffalo, New York, he served as a US Navy Quartermaster on board the U.S.S. Colorado. During an attack on Korean forts at positions called the Citadel, June 11, 1871, Quartermaster Rogers was part of the landing party. In the assault, the leading officer was wounded and even though himself wounded, Quartermaster Rogers fought courageously in hand-to-hand combat to protect the officer. For gallantry in the face of the enemy, he...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Sect. CL, plot 1700
Sabath, Adolph Joachim 'A.J.' b. April 4, 1866 d. November 6, 1952
US Congressman. A Jewish immigrant from Bohemia, he immigrated to the United States at age 15. After working his way through law school, he held several City of Chicago local offices and became active in state and national Democratic party. Sabath was elected to Congress from the Jewish West Side in 1907. He represented Illinois' 5th and 7th Districts, serving until his death in 1952 at the age of 86. He was a leading opponent of prohibition in the 1920's, a strong supporter of the New Deal...[Read More] (Bio by: William Seitz)
Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Lot 1, Section 60
GPS coordinates: 41.8683281, -87.8315506 (hddd.dddd)
Sebille, Louis Joseph b. November 21, 1915 d. August 5, 1950
Korean War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Sebille served as a Major, United States Air Force, 67th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 18th Fighter-Bomber Group, 5th Air Force. He was awarded his medal posthumously for service Near Hanchang, Korea, on August 5, 1950. His citation reads-Maj. Sebille, distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. During an attack on a camouflaged area containing a concentration of enemy...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Shapiro, Samuel Harvey b. April 25, 1907 d. March 16, 1987
Illinois Governor. Served in the United States Navy during World War II. Served as Governor of Illinois from 1968 to 1969.
Waldheim Jewish Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Smith, William Sooy b. July 22, 1830 d. March 4, 1916
Civil War Union Brigadier General. He was born in Tarlton, Ohio, and received his education from local schools. He then worked and paid his way through the University of Ohio, graduating in 1849. For his engineering education he entered West Point, graduating 6th in the class of 1853. A man of high technological and intellectual ability, he resigned from the US Army on June 19, 1854, to work as an engineer on the Illinois Central Railroad. He lost the job due to poor health, but after 2 years...[Read More] (Bio by: Ugaalltheway)
Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section 1, Lot 207
Spink, Al b. August 26, 1853 d. May 27, 1928
Publisher, Writer, Sports Organizer. Born in Quebec, Al and his brothers played cricket but after moving to Chicago following the United States Civil War they learned the game of baseball. The Spink's founded the Mutual Club on Chicago's west side in 1869, one of many amateur clubs in the Chicago area at the time. Al followed older brother Billy to Saint Louis. At the time Billy was sporting editor of the Saint Louis Globe-Democrat. With Billy's encouragement, Al became a sportswriter for the...[Read More] (Bio by: Richard Blunk)
Woodlawn Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Sunday, Billy b. November 19, 1862 d. November 6, 1935
The Baseball Evangelist. He was born in Ames, Iowa, to a father who was a Union soldier and died a month after Billy's birth. Extreme poverty forced his mother to place him in an orphanage. While playing for a local baseball team, he was invited to play for the old Chicago Whitestockings later becoming the Cubs. A fast runner, he stole 95 bases in one season. His professional career found him also playing for teams in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia before converting to Christianity. Billy...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Lot 106, Section 32
GPS coordinates: 41.8666611, -87.8214035 (hddd.dddd)
Todd, Michael [original burial site] b. June 22, 1903 d. March 22, 1958
Motion picture producer and innovator of the 1950s. His work was integral in the development of widescreen or "Cinerama" film presentation formats. He was married for a time to actress Joan Blondell, and later to actress Elizabeth Taylor. (Bio by: A.J. Marik)
Cause of death: Plane crash
Waldheim Jewish Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Weinshenker, Albert b. December 23, 1893 d. February 14, 1929
Organized Crime Figure. He was a victim of the infamous "Saint Valentine's Day Massacre" (the others were Reinhardt Schwimmer, Frank Gusenberg and his brother Peter Gusenberg, Adam Heyer (aka Adam Meyer), John May and Albert Kachellek). He was a gangster working for crimelord Bugs Moran. On January 19, 1929, Al Capone gangster Patsy Lolordo and his wife, Aleina, were murdered in their Chicago home by 3 men, Albert Kachellek, Pete Gusenberg and Frank Gusenberg, all working for Capone's rival...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Cause of death: Murdered.
Waldheim Jewish Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: In Sons and Daughters of Jacob Gate
Winokur, Ann Sosnovsky
Labor activist. She was an active participant in the International Ladies Garment Workers Union which began in 1900 in New York city. Participated in many strikes throughout US.
Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: about 3 gravestones behind the haymarket monument towards the gravel road

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