Adkins, Charles b. February 7, 1863 d. March 31, 1941 US Congressman. He was elected to represent Illinois' 19th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1925 to 1933. Bement Cemetery, Bement, Piatt County, Illinois, USA
Burke, Robert Charles b. November 7, 1949 d. May 17, 1968 Viet Nam Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. Official Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty for service as a machine gunner with Company 1. While on Operation Allenbrook, Company 1 was approaching a dry river bed with a heavily wooded treeline thatborders the hamlet of Le Nam (1), when they suddenly came under intense mortar, rocket propelled grenades, automatic weapons and small arms fire from a large, well concealed...[Read More] Monticello Cemetery, Monticello, Piatt County, Illinois, USA
Moore, Allen Francis b. September 30, 1869 d. July 18, 1945 US Congressman. Graduated from Lombard College, Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois in 1889, engaged in the manufacture of proprietary medicines and in banking. He was the trustee of the University of Illinois, 1908 to 1914, elected as a Republican to the Sixty-seventh and Sixty-eighth Congresses, March 4, 1921 to March 3, 1925. He declined to be a candidate for reelection and resumed his former business pursuits in Monticello, Illnois. In 1939 he moved to San Antonio, Texas, and worked in oil...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) Monticello Cemetery, Monticello, Piatt County, Illinois, USA
b. February 7, 1863 d. March 31, 1941
