Lincoln Cemetery (Cook County)
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| Details | |
| Established | 1911 |
| Location | Cook County, Illinois |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 41°40′12″N 87°42′09″W / 41.6701153°N 87.7026071°W |
| Owned by | Dignity Memorial |
| Size | 112 acres (45 ha) |
| No. of interments | over 16,000 |
| Website | Lincoln Cemetery |
| Find a Grave | Lincoln Cemetery |
Lincoln Cemetery is a historically African American cemetery in Blue Island, Illinois, United States. The cemetery is about 112 acres (45 ha) with over 16,000 interments.
History
Founded in 1911 by local Black business leaders, the cemetery is next to the Oak Hill Cemetery.[1] The cemetery is noteworthy for the number of famous African-American Chicagoans buried there, among them several notable blues and jazz musicians, as well as notables in literature, sports, and history.[2]
Notable graves
- Robert Sengstacke Abbott (1870–1940), newspaper publisher[2]
- Albert Ammons (1907–1949), jazz/boogie-woogie pianist
- Gene Ammons (1925–1974), jazz tenor saxophonist (son of Albert Ammons)
- Lillian Hardin Armstrong[3] (1898–1971), jazz singer/pianist/second wife of Louis Armstrong (Garden of Peace Mausoleum)[2]
- Charles Avery (1892–1974), blues and boogie-woogie pianist[4]
- Big Bill Broonzy (1893–1958), blues musician
- Gwendolyn Brooks[5] (1917–2000), poet, first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize[2]
- James Albert Bray (1870–1944), American bishop, academic administrator and college president
- Bessie Coleman[6] (1892–1926), early African-American aviator[2]
- Johnny Dodds (1892–1940), jazz clarinetist
- Warren "Baby" Dodds(1898–1959), jazz drummer
- Charles "Pat" Dougherty(1879–1939) American baseball pitcher in the pre-Negro leagues
- Andrew Rube Foster (1879–1930), American baseball player, manager, and executive in the Negro leagues. "The father of black baseball."[2]
- William "Bill" Francis(1879–1942) third baseman and manager in the Negro leagues.
- King Daniel Ganaway, photographer[7] (d. 1944)
- Octavius Granady (1872–1928), committeeman in the "Bloody 20th Ward", killed by the mobster Morris Elder.[2]
- Emma Griffin (1877-1918), Vaudeville performer and entrepreneur [8]
- Vivian Harsh (1890–1960), first African American librarian in the Chicago Public Library, created a monumental research collection on black life.[2]
- Al Hibbler (1915–2001), American baritone vocalist.[9]
- Papa Charlie Jackson (1887–1938), American blues singer, songster and banjoist/guitarist
- Tom "College Boy" Johnson(1889–1926) American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues
- Frank Leland (1869–1914), American baseball player, manager, and executive in the pre-Negro leagues[10]
- Lillian C. Moseley (1905–2007) Bronzeville socialite, worked for notables on both sides of the law: Al Capone, Attorney Roy Washington, The Honorable Harold Washington, first African American Mayor of Chicago and the Honorable Judge Abraham Lincoln Marovitz
- Jimmy Reed (1925–1976), blues musician
- Elder Lucy Smith (1875–1952) first woman to pastor a major Chicago congregation, early radio evangelist.[2]
- Blanche Wilkins Williams (1876–1936), educator of deaf children
- A. Wilberforce Williams (1865–1940), African American physician, teacher and journalist
- Eisenhower administration.
- Ella (Wilson) Wright (1884[11]–1959)[12] schoolteacher and mother of writer Richard Wright 1908–1960.
- At least 14 victims of the Chicago race riot of 1919, including murdered teenager Eugene Williams, whose homicide touched off the riots.[13][14][15]
References
- ISBN 0964242648.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Rumore, Kori (July 25, 2021). "As first victim of Chicago's 1919 race riots finally receives a grave marker, here's a look at other notable people buried in Lincoln Cemetery". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
- ISBN 978-0743463300. Retrieved November 13, 2022 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Charles Avery". Wirz.de. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
- ^ "A Tombstone Tour of Chicago". WTTW. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
- ^ Plantz, Connie Bessie Coleman (November 13, 2014). "The life of Bessie Coleman : first African-American woman pilot". Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, Inc. Retrieved November 13, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Family's racial history comes into focus". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
- ^ Griffin, Emma. "Death Index". Ancestry.com. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
- ISBN 978-1935106609. Retrieved November 13, 2022 – via Google Books.
- ^ "1914 Frank Leland Death Certificate". Google Docs. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
- ^ "Family Search". Familysearch.org. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
- ^ "Family Search". Familysearch.org. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
- ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
- ^ "Marker coming for Black teen whose 1919 death roiled Chicago". Associated Press. June 5, 2021. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
- ^ Palmer, J. Coyden (February 29, 2020). "Half of victims of 1919 Chicago Race Riot located in unmarked graves at Lincoln Cemetery". Chicago Crusader. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
