Index to Locations
Kankakee Kankakee Memorial Garden
Kankakee Mound Grove Cemetery
Manteno Elmwood Cemetery
Kankakee Memorial
Garden
Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois
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Louis E. Beckman (1876-1946) —
of Kankakee, Kankakee
County, Ill.
Born in Kankakee, Kankakee
County, Ill., May 20,
1876.
Republican. Banker; mayor
of Kankakee, Ill., 1925; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 20th District, 1927-29; member of
Illinois
state senate 20th District, 1937-46; died in office 1946.
Died January
7, 1946 (age 69 years, 232
days).
Interment at Kankakee Memorial Garden.
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Benjamin W. Alpiner (1867-1946) —
also known as Ben W. Alpiner —
of Kankakee, Kankakee
County, Ill.
Born in 1867.
Democrat. Tobacco
dealer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1916
(alternate), 1920;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 20th District; elected 1934;
elected unopposed 1940.
Died July 15,
1946 (age about 79
years).
Interment at Kankakee Memorial Garden.
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Mound Grove
Cemetery
Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois
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Lennington Small (1862-1936) —
also known as Len Small —
of Kankakee, Kankakee
County, Ill.
Born near Kankakee, Kankakee
County, Ill., June 16,
1862.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1899, 1919; member of Illinois
state senate 16th District, 1901-03; Illinois
state treasurer, 1905-07, 1917-19; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1908,
1912,
1932;
Governor
of Illinois, 1921-29.
Died May 17,
1936 (age 73 years, 336
days).
Interment at Mound Grove Cemetery.
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Herman Wilber Snow (1836-1914) —
also known as Herman W. Snow —
of Sheldon, Iroquois
County, Ill.; Kankakee, Kankakee
County, Ill.
Born in Michigan City, LaPorte
County, Ind., July 3,
1836.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1872-74; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1880;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1891-93; delegate to
Gold Democrat National Convention from Illinois, 1896.
Died in Kankakee, Kankakee
County, Ill., August
25, 1914 (age 78 years, 53
days).
Interment at Mound Grove Cemetery.
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Hamilton Kinkaid Wheeler (1848-1918) —
also known as Hamilton K. Wheeler —
of Kankakee, Kankakee
County, Ill.
Born in Ballston town, Saratoga
County, N.Y., August
5, 1848.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state senate, 1884; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1893-95; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1896,
1900.
Died in Kankakee, Kankakee
County, Ill., July 19,
1918 (age 69 years, 348
days).
Interment at Mound Grove Cemetery.
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Charles Daniel Sherwood (1833-1895) —
also known as Charles D. Sherwood —
of Rushford, Fillmore
County, Minn.; Sherwood, Franklin
County, Tenn.
Born in New Milford, Litchfield
County, Conn., November
18, 1833.
Republican. Physician;
lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives, 1859-61, 1863 (District 9
1859-60, District 14 1861, 1863); postmaster;
Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1864-66.
Drowned,
reportedly as a suicide,
in Lake
Michigan, near Chicago, Illinois, July 2,
1895 (age 61 years, 226
days).
Interment at Mound Grove Cemetery.
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Arthur Wilkins DeSelm (d. 1950) —
also known as Arthur W. DeSelm —
of Kankakee, Kankakee
County, Ill.
County judge in Illinois, 1903; circuit judge in Illinois 12th
Circuit, 1919-25.
Died in Kankakee, Kankakee
County, Ill., February
14, 1950.
Interment at Mound Grove Cemetery.
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Elmwood
Cemetery
Manteno, Kankakee County, Illinois
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