Find A Grave - Cook County

Abbott, Robert Sengstacke b. November 24, 1870 d. February 29, 1940
Newspaper Publisher. He was the editor and founder of the popular African-American newspaper the "Chicago Defender" (May 5, 1905), considered by many to be the most influential black newspaper ever printed. However, he is better known as a racial crusader than writer. The paper he founded in with an initial investment of 25 cents later became the most prominent black newspaper in the history of Illinois and the United States, starting with 300 copies at 25 cents each to the paper reaching a...[Read More] (Bio by: Curtis Jackson)
Lincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Accardo, Anthony b. April 28, 1906 d. May 22, 1992
Organized Crime Figure. Born in Chicago, Illinois in 1906, he joined the city's organized crime family, the "Outfit," during the late 1920s. He served under three bosses (Alphonse Capone, Frank Nitti, and Paul Ricca), before becoming the boss himself. He expanded the Outfit's...[Read More] (Bio by: Joseph)
Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery, Hillside, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Mausoleum, Turn right, on lef hand side
Acklin, Barbara b. February 28, 1943 d. November 27, 1998
Singer, Songwriter. She had several hit songs during the 1960s and 1970s, including "Love Makes a Woman", "Just Ain't No Love", "Am I the Same Girl", and "I Bake Me a Man". She also co-wrote the 1971 hit single "Have You Seen Her" for the Chi-Lites and "Whispers Gettin' Louder" for singer Jackie Wilson. She died of pneumonia.
Burr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Adler, Dankmar b. July 3, 1844 d. April 16, 1900
Architect. Along with his partner Louis Sullivan, he designed such buildings as the Chicago Auditorium in Chicago, Illinois and the Wainwright Building in St. Louis, Missouri. The Wainwright was considered to be the first skyscraper.
Zion Gardens Cemetery, Rosemont (Cook County), Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Mount Mayriv
Aiuppa, Joseph 'Doves' b. December 1, 1907 d. February 22, 1997
Organized Crime Figure. He was a long time power in the Chicago, Illinois Mafia syndicate known as "The Outfit". He began his criminal career as a muscleman and hired gun for Al Capone in 1935; by 1970 he had risen high in the Chicago mob. Though he controlled the mob's operations in Cicero and the western suburbs of Chicago, he was always a number two or three man in the hierarchy of the Outfit . His nominal boss during...[Read More] (Bio by: Joseph)
Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Crucifix Garden, South Building, Tier 2, Crypt 7453
Aldrich, James Franklin b. April 6, 1853 d. March 8, 1933
US Congressman. He was elected to represent Illinois's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1893 to 1897. He was the son of Congressman William Aldrich.
Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Aldrich, William b. January 19, 1820 d. December 3, 1885
US Congressman. He was elected to represent Illinois's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1877 to 1883, being defeated in 1882. He was the father of Congressman James Franklin Aldrich.
Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Ali, Noble Drew b. 1886 d. 1929
Religious Leader. The founder of Moorish Science Temple of America, he was born Timothy Drew in North Carolina. Adopted into the Cherokee Tribe, he worked as a circus magician, then traveled to Egypt where he studied under a priest who recognized him as a "prophet." He established his first temple in Newark, New Jersey in 1913. His Chicago temple was called the Moorish Science Temple of America. Ali taught that blacks are Moabites or Moors, for whom the promised land is Morocco. He died after...[Read More] (Bio by: David M. Habben)
Burr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Alinsky, Saul b. January 30, 1909 d. June 12, 1972
Community Organizer. Saul Alinsky is generally considered to be the founder of modern community organizing. Alinsky's teachings influenced Barack Obama in his early career as a community organizer on the far South Side of Chicago. Working for Gerald Kellman's Developing Communities Project, Obama learned and taught Alinsky's methods for community organizing. Several prominent national leaders have been influenced by Alinsky's teachings, including Ed Chambers, Tom Gaudette, Michael Gecan...[Read More]
Zion Gardens Cemetery, Rosemont (Cook County), Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Mount Mayriv
Allison, Luther b. 1939 d. 1997
Blues Musician. Born in Widener, Arkansas; much of his life was spent in the cotton fields, in 1951, the family moved to Chicago. The family, 15 children, was a musical one with several siblings singing in a gospel group called the Southern Travelers. In 1957, he formed his own group called the Rolling Stones, their name soon changed to The Four Jivers By the end of the 1950's he was one of the biggest blues musician's in Chicago. His first recording, Love Me Mama, in 1969, is a blues...[Read More] (Bio by: Babe'z)
Cause of death: Lung cancer
Washington Memory Gardens, Homewood, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Altgeld, John Peter b. December 30, 1847 d. March 12, 1902
23rd Illinois Governor. Born in Niederselters, Germany (then part of the Electorate of Hesse), he served in the Union Army during the Civil War, being mustered in as a Private in Company C, 163rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry on May 12, 1864, and being mustered out on October 10, 1864. He served as Governor of Illinois from 1893 to 1897. During his term in office he pardoned the so-called "Haymarket" rioters after celebrated lawyer ...[Read More]
Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Lakeside Section, Lot 295
Ammons, Albert b. September 23, 1907 d. December 2, 1949
Jazz Musician. He one of the big three of late-1930s boogie-woogie pianists along with Pete Johnson and Mede Lux Lewis. Arguably the most powerful of the three, he was also flexible enough to play swing music. Albert Ammons played in Chicago clubs from the 1920s on, although he also worked as a cab driver for a time. Starting in 1934, he led his own band in Chicago, and he made his first records in 1936. In 1938, he appeared at Carnegie Hall with Pete Johnson and Mede Lux Lewis, an event that...[Read More] (Bio by: Daniel L. Taylor Sr.)
Lincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Lot #122, Section TLA, Row SW 1/2
Ammons, Gene 'Jug' b. April 14, 1925 d. August 6, 1974
Jazz Musician. Born Eugene Ammons, he was a tenor saxophonist and son of jazz pianist Albert Ammons. In 1943 he went on the road with trumpeter King Kolax and the following year he joined Billy Eckstine's Bebop Band and soon made a name for himself. In 1947, he made his first records as a leader, for the Chicago-based Mercury label and teamed up with Sonny Stitt in the 1950s, making many fine recordings to include "Jivin", "Golden Sax", "Funky" and "Groove Blues". During the 1960s, he went...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Lincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Anderson, Johannes S. b. July 30, 1887 d. April 15, 1950
World War I Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served in the United States Army during World War I as a First Sergeant in Company B, 132nd Infantry, 33rd Infantry Division. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery at Consenvoye, France, on October 8, 1918. His citation reads “While his company was being held up by intense artillery and machinegun fire, 1st Sgt. Anderson, without aid, voluntarily left the company and worked his way to the rear of the nest that was offering the most stubborn...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Acacia Park Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Poplar Section, Lot NE 25, Block 1, Grave 2
Annunzio, Frank b. January 12, 1915 d. April 8, 2001
US Congressman. Elected to represent Illinois's 7th and 11th Districts in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1965 to 1993.
Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section 12, Block 39, Lot 3, Grave 1
Anson, Adrian Constantine 'Cap' b. April 11, 1852 d. April 14, 1922
Hall of Fame Major League Baseball Player. Born in Marshalltown, Iowa, he began to play professionally in the National Association (NA) as an infielder at the age of 19. Regarded as one of the greatest players of his era, he played a record 27 consecutive seasons 1876 to 1897, with the Chicago Cubs franchise, then known as the White Stockings and later the Colts. He led the team to five National League pennants in the 1880s and was the first to tally over 3,000 career hits. He finished his...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section E, Division 4, Lot 10 (just off of paved road)
Apple, Andrew O. b. January 30, 1845 d. June 7, 1890
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Born in Northampton, Pennsylvania, he served during the Civil War in Company I, 12th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, rising to Corporal. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery in the Union Army assaults on Confederate positions at Petersburg, Virginia on April 2, 1865. His citation reads "Conspicuous gallantry as color bearer in the assault on Fort Gregg." The capture of Fort Gregg by the men of the 12th West Virginia and other troops was one...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Bluff City Cemetery, Elgin, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section 4, Lot 166
Arimondi, Vittorio b. June 3, 1861 d. April 15, 1928
Opera Singer. A respected bass over a long career, he is possibly best remembered as Mephistopheles in Charles Gounod's "Faust" and as the first Pistol of Giuseppe Verdi's "Falstaff". Raised in the northwestern Italian city of Saluzzo, he studied music while training for a career in business; after making his 1883 operatic bow at Varese in Carlos Gomes' "Il Guarany" he spent the next decade refining his art in provincial theatres. Arimondi made his 1893 La Scala Milano debut in as the hired...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Mount Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section G, Block 12, Lot 149, 20 feet north of the Ceccarini Mausoleum
Armour, Philip Danforth b. May 16, 1832 d. January 6, 1901
Businessman, Meatpacking Magnate. He was born in Stockbridge, New York, where his parents were farmers. When he was 19, he left for California to join the gold rush, where he started a business building sluices for use in the gold mining enterprise. Around 1856, he took his profits from the sluice business and relocated to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he started a wholesale grocery business. In 1859, he took up partnership with Frederick Miles who was in the grain business and later on he teamed...[Read More] (Bio by: William Bjornstad)
Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Armstrong, George Buchanan b. October 27, 1822 d. May 5, 1871
United States Postal Official. While assistant Postmaster of Chicago, he proposed to send mail via the railway as a means of faster delivery. In 1864 Postmaster General Montgomery Blair first experimented, then implimented this practice. Thus George B. Armstrong is considered the founder of the United States Railway Mail Service. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section E

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