Find A Grave - Illinois

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
Adair, Jackson Leroy b. February 23, 1887 d. January 19, 1956
US Congressman. He was elected to represent Illinois's 15th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1933 to 1937.
Clayton South Side Cemetery, Clayton, Adams County, Illinois, USA
Addams, Jane b. September 6, 1860 d. May 21, 1935
Social Reformer. A Nobel Peace Prize winner, she was daughter of John H. Addams a former Civil War officer and Illinois State Senator. Prospering intellectually as the eighth of nine children, she was surrounded by politics and activism all her life - her father was a friend of Abraham Lincoln (so much so that Lincoln addressed her father as "Dear, Double-D Addams" in letters) and she paid attention to the ways and means of...[Read More] (Bio by: R. Digati)
Cause of death: Cancer
Cedarville Cemetery, Cedarville, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA
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
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
Allen, James Cameron b. January 29, 1822 d. January 30, 1912
Congressman. He grew up in Indiana and became an attorney. He served as District Attorney from 1846 to 1848, afterwards moving to Illinois. He was a member of the Illinois House from 1850 to 1851. In 1852 Allen was elected to the US House as a Democrat and served from 1853 to 1855. He appeared to have won reelection in 1854 and served until the House decided he was not entitled to the seat. Allen won the election to fill the vacancy and served out the rest of the term. He was Clerk of the US...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Haven Hill Cemetery, Olney, Richland County, Illinois, USA
Allen, John Clayton b. February 14, 1860 d. January 12, 1939
US Congressman. He moved to Nebraska in 1881, engaged in mercantile pursuits and was a member of the McCook City Council, 1887 to 1889. He was elected Mayor of McCook in 1890 and was the Secretary of State of Nebraska from 1891 to 1895. In 1896 he moved to Monmouth, Illinois, became president of the People's National Bank of Monmouth and was a member of the State School Board, serving 1917 to 1927. In 1925, he was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth Congress and to the three succeeding...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Vermont Cemetery, Vermont, Fulton County, Illinois, USA
Allen, Leo Elwood b. October 5, 1898 d. January 19, 1973
US Congressman. Served in the United States Army during the First World War as a Sergeant in the 123rd Field Artillery, seeing action in France. Elected to represetn two different Illinois Distritcs in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1933 to 1961. First represented the 13th District from 1933 to 1949, then the 16th District from 1949 to 1961. (Bio by: K)
Greenwood Cemetery, Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA
Allen, William Joshua b. June 9, 1829 d. January 26, 1901
US Congressman. He was elected to represent two different Illinois Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives during the Civil War, first representing the 9th District from 1862 to 1863, then the 13th District, serving from 1863 to 1865. He served as a Illinois delegate to the Democratic National Convention during every Presidential election from 1860 to 1888. (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA
Plot: Section 7, Lot 140
Allen, Willis b. December 6, 1806 d. April 15, 1859
US Congressman. Elected as a Democrat to represent Illinois' 2nd and 9th Districts in the Thirty-Second and Thirty-Third Congresses, he served from 1851 to 1855. Allen was born in Roanoke, Virginia, and worked as a farmer in Tennessee before moving to Franklin (now Williamson) County, Illinois in 1830. There he studied law and became a practicing attorney in Marion. Prior to his election to the US House, Allen served as Sheriff of Franklin County (1834 to 1838), as a member of the State...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Rose Hill Cemetery, Marion, Williamson County, Illinois, USA
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

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