YAGER, JOHN H. (1833-?) German-Born Attorney & Legal Colleague of Lyman Trumbull of Alton, Illinois; Appointed Surveyor of Customs for the Port of Alton by President Abraham Lincoln - 1861# yagerjohnh
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ROSS, JOSEPH PRESLEY (1828-90) Prominent Chicago, Illinois Physician; Attending Surgeon at Camp Douglas during the American Civil War# rossjosephpresley
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SCHNEIDER, GEORGE (1823-1905) German-Born American Abolitionist Newspaperman in St. Louis, Missouri & Chicago, Illinois# schneidergeorge
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CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER WILLIAM (1828-93) Confederate Brigadier General – Tennessee; Elected Mayor of Jackson, Tennessee - 1856# campbellalexanderwilliam
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CAMPBELL, JOSIAH ABIGAIL PATTERSON (1830-1917) Confederate Lieutenant Colonel – 40th Mississippi Infantry; Confederate Congressman – Mississippi – 1861-62# campbelljosiahabigailpatterson
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FITCH, THOMAS D. (1829-1901) Union Surgeon – 42nd Illinois Infantry, the unit being heavily engaged at the Battles of Stones River & Chickamauga; Noted Chicago, Illinois Physician after the American Civil War# fitchthomasd
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CATTELL, ALEXANDER GILMORE (1816-94) U.S. Senator – New Jersey – 1866-71# cattellalexandergilmore
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BUTLER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1818-93) Union Major General – Massachusetts; U.S. Congressman – Massachusetts – 1867-75 & 1877-79; U.S. Presidential Candidate – Greenback Party - 1884 # butlerbenjaminfranklin
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BOUCHARDON, EDME (1698-1762) French Sculptor# bouchardone
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BOUCHER, FRANCOIS (1703-70) French Painter# boucherf
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PHILLIPS, JOSEPH MAXWELL (1828-1922) Businessman & Steamboat Owner in Cairo, Illinois # phillipsjosephmaxwell
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MEIGS, RETURN JONATHAN, JR. (1764-1825) U.S. Postmaster General – 1814-23; Governor of Ohio – 1810-14; U.S Senator – Ohio – 1808-10; Namesake of Meigs County, Ohio # meigsreturnjonathanjr
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SPENCER, JOHN WINCHELL (1801-78) Early Settler & Prominent Citizen of Rock Island and Moline, Illinois; Lieutenant of the Rock River Rangers during the Black Hawk War - 1832 # spencerjohnwinchell
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PATTISON, ROBERT EMORY (1850-1904) Governor of Pennsylvania – 1883-87 & 1891-95# pattisonrobertemory
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PATTON, GEORGE SMITH, JR. (1885-1945) United States Army General during World War II, colloquially known as “Old Blood and Guts”; Veteran of the Pancho Villa Expedition & World War I# pattongeorgesmithjr
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MORRISON, JAMES L.D. (1816-88) Raised & Served as Lieutenant Colonel of the 2nd Illinois Volunteers during the Mexican War; U.S. Representative – Illinois – 1856-57; Namesake of Morrisonville, Illinois# morrisonjamesld
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McCLURE, DANIEL (1824-1900) Union Brevet Brigadier General; Secretary of State of Indiana – 1856-58# mccluredaniel
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BEACH, JAMES ALFRED (1839-88) Union Captain – 59th Illinois Infantry, heavily engaged at the Battles of Pea Ridge & Perryville; Prominent citizen and banker in Bunker Hill, Illinois after the American Civil War# beachjamesalfred
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BUCK, HORATIO BARDWELL (1832-?) Union Assistant Surgeon, served in the Army of the Potomac from Chancellorsville and Gettysburg through the Mine Run Campaign; Physician in Springfield, Illinois after the Civil War# buckhoratiobardwell
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MOORE, STEPHEN RITCHIE (1832-?) Prominent Attorney in Kankakee, Illinois; Defended Father Charles Chiniquy against charges brought by the Roman Catholic bishop of Chicago in 1858 # morestephenritchie
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