![]() He graduated from Centre College inġ826 and studied law with Judge Breck in Richmond, Kentucky. John Todd Stuart was born in Fayette County, Kentucky – seven miles east of Lexington to Robert and Hannah (Todd) Stuart. (see page 2) for the Burial of President Abraham Lincoln. The establishment of Oak Ridge Cemetery and in 1865, he served on the Board of Managers of Oak Ridge Cemetery, in the preparation of the Public Vault, He also served several terms as City Council Alderman. In 1868, he was elected Clerk of the Sangamon County Circuit Court. In 18, he was elected Printer to the Constitutional Conventions. Lanphier was publishing the Register, he was once elected State Printer,īeing the last one elected under the Constitution of 1818. From that time, and until 1863, when it was sold, he publishedĪnd was part of entire owner of the Illinois State Register. On the death of hisīrother-in-law, William Walters (#24) in 1846, he and George Walker purchased the Register. He was born in Alexandria, Virginia and on August 6, 1839, arrived in Springfield as an apprentice in the Illinois Register office. Crawford, Secretary of the Treasury resumed the practice of law interested in saw and grist mills and engaged in mercantile pursuits Governor of Illinois 1826-1831 died (while assisting others during a cholera epidemic) in Belleville, IL, on July 20, 1833…” ![]() “…(son of Benjamin Edwards), a Senator from Illinois born at ‘Mount Pleasant,’ Montgomery County, MD., Maattended private schools was graduated from Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, in 1792 studied law moved to Beardstown, KY, in 1795 member, State House of Representatives 1796-1797 admitted to the bar in 1798 and commenced practice in Russellville, KY judge of the General Court of Kentucky 1803 judge of the circuit court 1804 judge of the court of appeals 1806 chief justice of the state 1808 Governor of the Territory of Illinois 1809-1818 upon the admission of Illinois as a State into the Union was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from Decemto March 4, 1824, when he resigned and appointed Minister to Mexico in 1824, but while en route was recalled to testify before a select committee of the House of Representatives appointed to investigate charges made by him against William H. Ma– JRemoved from Belleville, Illinois Re-interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery - Block 10, Lot 107-108 Caldwell was a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows societies, the Knights of Pythias, the Improved Order of Red Men and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. "A Representative from Illinois born near Carrollton, Greene County, IL, Augmoved to Illinois in April 1853 with his parents, who settled neat Chatham, IL attended the public schools engaged in agricultural pursuits member of the Board of Supervisors of Sangamon County in 18 member of the State House of Representatives 1882-1886 served in the State Senate 1890-1894 upon his election to Congress in 1898 he resigned the presidency of the Farmer’s National Bank of Springfield, which office he had held since 1885 president of the Caldwell State Bank of Chatham elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-sixth, Fifty-seventh, and Fifty-eighth Congresses (Ma– March 3, 1909) was not a candidate for re-nomination in 1908 again engaged in banking in Chatham, IL…” Augustine, Florida, where he had large citrus groves. From 1854 to 1855, he was a member of the city council. Orson Stafford was a dry goods merchant, a builder, and editor of the Illinois State Journal. They had one child, Emma E., born May 23, 1854, and died March 30, 1855.” She is a direct descendant of Roger Sherman, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. He was married in Rochester, IL, August 29, 1841, to Eliza A. At Chicago-in his own words-not finding that terrible monopoly, the railroad, to bring him here in eight hours, for six or seven dollars, he had the privilege of paying twenty-five dollars in gold for a stage ticket, enjoyed the luxury of eight days jolting, and arrived at Springfield, Nov. In 1837 he was attached to a government surveying party, on the northern lakes, charged with the duty of selection sites for light-houses. ![]() In 1829, he went to sea and lived a life of a sailor until 1835, when he was disabled by a shipwreck, making him a cripple for life. 11, 1816, in Willsboro, Essex county, N.Y.
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