Lincoln Cemetery (Cook County)
Historically African American cemetery in Cook County, Illinois, US From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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| Established | 1911 |
| Location | Cook County, Illinois |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 41°40′12″N 87°42′09″W |
| Owned by | Dignity Memorial |
| Size | 112 acres (45 ha) |
| No. of interments | over 16,000 |
| Website | Lincoln Cemetery |
| Find a Grave | Lincoln Cemetery |
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]
- 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
- Marian Robinson (1937-2024), Mother of Michelle Obama
- 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
- Jesse Ernest Wilkins Sr. (1894–1959) Undersecretary of Labor in the 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]
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