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Carmel Cemetery</a> <li><b>Belleville</b> <a href="cms01454">Mt. Hope Cemetery</a> <li><b>Belleville</b> <a href="cms00330">Walnut Hill Cemetery</a> <li><b>Near Belleville</b> <a href="cms06007">Unnamed Cemetery</a> <li><b>East St. Louis</b> <a href="cms03165">St. Clair Memorial Park Cemetery</a> <li><b>Fairview Heights</b> <a href=" ">Lakeview Memorial Gardens</a> <li><b>Lebanon</b> <a href="cms06902">College Hill Cemetery</a> <li><b>Millstadt</b> <a href="cms01151">Mt. Evergreen Cemetery</a> </ul> <p> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms06133">Private or family graveyard</a></b></span><br> St. Clair County, Illinois <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Kinney (1781-1843)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-lived.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1781/index.html">1781</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clergy.html">Baptist minister</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Illinois</a>, 1826-30; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Illinois</a>, 1830, 1834. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Died near Belleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-died.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1843/10-01.html">October 1, 1843</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">about 62 years</a>). Interment in a private or family graveyard. </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms04995">Unknown Location</a></b></span><br> Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians formerly buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Ninian Edwards (1775-1833)</b> — of Kaskaskia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/RA-lived.html">Randolph County</a>, Ill.; Edwardsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MA-lived.html">Madison County</a>, Ill. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1775/03-17.html">March 17, 1775</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a>, 1796-97; state court judge in Kentucky, 1803; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/spju.html">justice of Kentucky state supreme court</a>, 1808; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/trgv.html">Governor of Illinois Territory</a>, 1809-18; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Illinois</a>, 1818-24; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Illinois</a>, 1826-30; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a>, 1832. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Slaveowner. Died of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cholera.html">cholera</a>, in Belleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-died.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/07-20.html">July 20, 1833</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 125 days</a>). Original interment somewhere; reinterment in 1855 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-buried.html#cms00230">Oak Ridge Cemetery</a>, Springfield, Ill.; statue at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MA-buried.html#cms07908">Ninian Edwards Plaza</a>, Edwardsville, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Margaret (Beall) Edwards and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards1.html#768.35.15">Benjamin Edwards</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards2.html#789.49.67">Cyrus Edwards</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1803/02-20.html">February 20, 1803</a>, to Elvira Lane; father of Julia Catherine Edwards (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cook2.html#284.94.63">Daniel Pope Cook</a>) and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards6.html#527.37.13">Ninian Wirt Edwards</a>; uncle of Lucy Amanda Gray (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mclean.html#440.37.08">Finis Ewing McLean</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cook5.html#242.12.35">John Pope Cook</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/metaker-meyenborg.html#551.56.29">Richard Lee Metcalfe</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/metaker-meyenborg.html#542.26.26">Theodore W. Metcalfe</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0337.html">Edwards-Cook family</a> (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/EW.html">Edwards County, Ill.</a> is named for him.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;">The <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-cities.html">city</a> of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MA-names.html">Edwardsville, Illinois</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000078">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403770">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/ninian-edwards/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninian Edwards">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms01656">Green Mount Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Edward Michael Irwin (1869-1933)</b> — also known as <b>Edward M. Irwin</b> — of New Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-lived.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill.; Belleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-lived.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill. Born near Leasburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CF-born.html">Crawford County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/04-14.html">April 14, 1869</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-parties.html">chair of St. Clair County Republican Party</a>, 1898-1924; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-officials.html">St. Clair County Coroner</a>, 1904-08; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/IL.html">1920</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 22nd District, 1925-31; defeated, 1930. Died in Belleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-died.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/01-30.html">January 30, 1933</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 291 days</a>). Interment at Green Mount Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Emelia Flach.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=I000040">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405897">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Adam Wilson Snyder (1799-1842)</b> — also known as <b>Adam W. Snyder</b> — of Illinois. Born in Connellsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/FA-born.html">Fayette County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1799/10-06.html">October 6, 1799</a>. Democrat. Member of Illinois state legislature, 1830; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 1st District, 1837-39; candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois. Died in Belleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-died.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/05-14.html">May 14, 1842</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/42.html">42 years, 220 days</a>). Interment at Green Mount Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Epitaph:</i> "Ye men of genius, tread lightly o'er his grave; he was your kinsman."</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000664">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410137">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Breese Hay (1834-1916)</b> — of Belleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-lived.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill. Born in Belleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-born.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1834/01-08.html">January 8, 1834</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 12th District, 1869-73; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/belleville.html#2">Belleville, Ill.</a>, 1882-86; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-officials.html">St. Clair County Judge</a>, 1886-1900, 1905-14; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/belleville.html">mayor of Belleville, Ill.</a>, 1901-05. Died in Winnetka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-died.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/06-16.html">June 16, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 160 days</a>). Interment at Green Mount Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Andrew Edgar Hay and Emilie (Morrison) Hay; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/10-15.html">October 15, 1857</a>, to Maria Hinckley.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000383">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=405251">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/149323982">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Walter Nesbit (1878-1938)</b> — of Belleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-lived.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill. Born in Belleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-born.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/05-01.html">May 1, 1878</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">Coal miner</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">Secretary-Treasurer</a>, District 12, United Mine Workers of America, 1917-33; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> at-large, 1933-35; defeated, 1930 (Democratic), 1934 (Democratic primary), 1934 (National Progressive). Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">United Mine Workers</a>. Died in Belleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-died.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/12-06.html">December 6, 1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 219 days</a>). Interment at Green Mount Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Charles Nesbit and Helen (Green) Nesbit; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/05-28.html">May 28, 1902</a>, to Regina Marxer.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000048">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408138">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter Nesbit">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms04545">Mt. Carmel Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Charles Melvin Price (1905-1988)</b> — also known as <b>Melvin Price</b> — of East St. Louis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-lived.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill. Born in East St. Louis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-born.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/01-01.html">January 1, 1905</a>. Democrat. Secretary to U.S. Rep. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/scadden-schafe.html#634.06.23">Edwin M. Schaefer</a>, 1933-43; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a>, 1945-88 (22nd District 1945-49, 25th District 1949-53, 24th District 1953-73, 23rd District 1973-83, 21st District 1983-88); died in office 1988. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/amvets.html">Amvets</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/anc-ord-hibernians.html">Ancient Order of Hibernians</a>. Died in Camp Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/PG-died.html">Prince George's County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1988/04-22.html">April 22, 1988</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 112 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000522">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408907">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms01454">Mt. Hope Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Charles Adam Karch (1875-1932)</b> — also known as <b>Charles A. Karch</b> — of East St. Louis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-lived.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill.; Belleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-lived.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill. Born in Englemann Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-born.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/03-17.html">March 17, 1875</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1905-06, 1911-12; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois</a>, 1914; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 22nd District, 1931-32; defeated, 1908 (22nd District), 1926 (at-large); died in office 1932; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/IL.html">1932</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/11-06.html">November 6, 1932</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 234 days</a>). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Charles Karch and Mary (Heberer) Karch; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/06-27.html">June 27, 1905</a>, to Huldah Karch.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000010">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406182">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6826244">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms00330">Walnut Hill Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Reynolds (1788-1865)</b> — of Cadiz, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/HR-lived.html">Hardin County</a>, Ill. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1788/02-26.html">February 26, 1788</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/spju.html">Justice of Illinois state supreme court</a>, 1818-25; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Illinois</a>, 1823; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1827-29, 1846, 1852; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Illinois State House of Representatives</a>, 1852; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Illinois</a>, 1830-34; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 1st District, 1834-37, 1839-43; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a>, 1848; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sppi.html">Illinois superintendent of public instruction</a>, 1858. Slaveowner. Died in Belleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-died.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/05-08.html">May 8, 1865</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 71 days</a>). Interment at Walnut Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reynolds.html#088.36.01">Thomas Reynolds</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000174">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409150">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/john-reynolds/">National Governors Association biography</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Jehu Baker (1822-1903)</b> — of Belleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-lived.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill. Born near Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-born.html">Fayette County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/11-04.html">November 4, 1822</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-officials.html">St. Clair County Master in Chancery</a>, 1861-65; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a>, 1865-69, 1887-89, 1897-99 (12th District 1865-69, 18th District 1887-89, 21st District 1897-99); U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/VZ-diplomats.html ">Venezuela</a>, 1878-81, 1882-85; U.S. Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/VZ-consuls.html ">Caracas</a>, as of 1882-85. Died in Belleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-died.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/03-01.html">March 1, 1903</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 117 days</a>). Interment at Walnut Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000066">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401070">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/baker-jehu ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Gustavus Koerner (1809-1896)</b> — also known as <b>Gustave Koerner</b> — of Belleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-lived.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-born.html">Germany</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1809/index.html">1809</a>. Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/spju.html">justice of Illinois state supreme court</a>, 1845-48; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-consuls.html ">Hamburg</a>, 1848-49; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Illinois</a>, 1853-57; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1860/IL.html">1860</a>; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SP-diplomats.html ">Spain</a>, 1862-64; candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Illinois</a>, 1872. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/index.html">1896</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">about 87 years</a>). Interment at Walnut Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/koerner-gustavus ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Edwin Martin Schaefer (1887-1950)</b> — also known as <b>Edwin M. Schaefer</b> — of Belleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-lived.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill. Born in Belleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-born.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/05-14.html">May 14, 1887</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/chemical.html">Chemical</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/engineer.html">engineer</a>, and later general superintendent, Morris & Co. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/meat.html">meat packers</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-officials.html">St. Clair County Treasurer</a>, 1930-32; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 22nd District, 1933-43; director, Griesediech-Western <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/alcohol-biz.html">Brewery</a> Co. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-died.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/11-08.html">November 8, 1950</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 178 days</a>). Interment at Walnut Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Cross-reference:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/price.html#804.10.04">Melvin Price</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000110">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=409619">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Frederick John Kern (1864-1931)</b> — also known as <b>Fred J. Kern</b> — of Belleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-lived.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill. Born near Millstadt, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-born.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/09-02.html">September 2, 1864</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 21st District, 1901-03; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/belleville.html">mayor of Belleville, Ill.</a>, 1902; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/IL.html">1904</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1908/IL.html">1908</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/IL.html">1912</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/speakers.html">speaker</a>). Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/11-09.html">November 9, 1931</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 68 days</a>). Interment at Walnut Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000131">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406297">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Charles Waite Thomas</b> — also known as <b>Charles W. Thomas</b> — of Belleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-lived.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/IL.html">1880</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/IL.html">1904</a>. Interment at Walnut Hill Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms06007">Unnamed Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Old Collinsville Road <br> Near Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>John Messinger (1771-1846)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-lived.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1771/index.html">1771</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/cncn1.html">Delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention</a> from St. Clair County, 1818. Land surveyor; in 1835, he produced the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/first.html">first</a> map of Illinois based on the official U.S. survey. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/index.html">1846</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">about 75 years</a>). Interment at Unnamed Cemetery. </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms03165">St. Clair Memorial Park Cemetery</a></b></span><br> East St. Louis, St. Clair County, Illinois <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Edward Edwin Miller (1880-1946)</b> — also known as <b>Edward E. Miller</b> — of East St. Louis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-lived.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill. Born in Creston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/UN-born.html">Union County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/07-22.html">July 22, 1880</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">Real estate</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance</a> business; private secretary to U.S. Rep. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rockwood-rodeyn.html#282.03.32">William A. Rodenberg</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/IL.html">1912</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/trea.html">Illinois state treasurer</a>, 1921-23; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 22nd District, 1923-25. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-died.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1946/08-01.html">August 1, 1946</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 10 days</a>). Interment at St. Clair Memorial Park Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000723">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407703">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name=" ">Lakeview Memorial Gardens</a></b></span><br> Fairview Heights, St. Clair County, Illinois <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Alan John Dixon (1927-2014)</b> — also known as <b>Alan J. Dixon</b>; <b>"Al the Pal"</b> — of Belleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-lived.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill.; Fairview Heights, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-lived.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill. Born in Belleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-born.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/07-07.html">July 7, 1927</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1951-63 (49th District 1951-57, 43rd District 1957-63); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a>, 1963-71; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/trea.html">Illinois state treasurer</a>, 1971-77; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Illinois</a>, 1977-81; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Illinois</a>, 1981-93. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2014/07-06.html">July 6, 2014</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 364 days</a>). Interment at Lakeview Memorial Gardens. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Cross-reference:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lovejoy-lowdermilk.html#295.81.00">Craig Lovitt</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lovejoy-lowdermilk.html#295.81.00">Craig Lovitt</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beaty-bechtold.html#077.24.20">María C. Bechily</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000366">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403483">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan J. Dixon">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/166/000129776">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1752679">Internet Movie Database profile</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms06902">College Hill Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Lebanon, St. Clair County, Illinois <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Augustus C. French (1808-1864)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CA-lived.html">Crawford County</a>, Ill.; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-lived.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill. Born in Hill, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ME-born.html">Merrimack County</a>, N.H., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1808/08-02.html">August 2, 1808</a>. Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Illinois</a>, 1846-53; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/cncn3.html">delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention</a> from St. Clair County, 1862. Died in Lebanon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-died.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/09-04.html">September 4, 1864</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 33 days</a>). Interment at College Hill Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Presumably named for:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/pols-named-for-famous.html">Augustus Caesar</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/augustus-c-french/">National Governors Association biography</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms01151">Mt. Evergreen Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Millstadt, St. Clair County, Illinois <br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>William Nicolas Baltz (1860-1943)</b> — also known as <b>William N. Baltz</b> — of Belleville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-lived.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill.; Millstadt, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-lived.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill. Born in Millstadt, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-born.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/02-05.html">February 5, 1860</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 22nd District, 1913-15; defeated, 1914, 1926; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/IL.html">1916</a>. Died in Millstadt, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SC-died.html">St. Clair County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/04-22.html">April 22, 1943</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 76 days</a>). Interment at Mt. 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