Helms, John Henry b. March 16, 1874 d. February 17, 1919 US Navy Peacetime Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served in the United States Navy. His citation reads "Serving on board the USS Chicago, for heroism in rescuing Ishi Tomizi, ship's cook, from drowning at Montevideo, Uruguay, 10 January 1901." (Bio by: Don Morfe) Mound Grove Cemetery, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois, USA Plot: Section 19, Lot 59
Snow, Herman Wilber b. July 3, 1836 d. August 25, 1914 US Congressman. He was raised and educated in Madisonville, Kentucky, and then settled in Sheldon, Illinois. Snow taught school in Sheldon and Chicago while studying law, attained admission to the bar, and then began a practice in Sheldon. He enlisted in the Army for the Civil War as a Private in the 139th Illinois Infantry. Snow received a commission and by the end of the war had been promoted to Lieutenant Colonel as Provost Marshal of Georgia on the staff of General James B. Steedman. After...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern) Mound Grove Cemetery, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois, USA
Wheeler, Hamilton Kinkaid b. August 5, 1848 d. July 19, 1918 US Congressman. Raised in Grant Park, Illinois, he attended schools in Kankakee County and graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 1872, becoming an attorney in Kankakee. He specialized in railroad law and was general solicitor for the Indiana, Illinois & Iowa line; he also owned a large stock farm in Iowa. In 1884 Wheeler served in the Illinois Senate. In 1892 he was elected to the US House of Representatives as a Republican and served one term, 1893 to 1895. He did not...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern) Mound Grove Cemetery, Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois, USA
b. March 16, 1874 d. February 17, 1919
b. June 16, 1862 d. May 17, 1936