The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.

Thursday, June 20, 2019

Gen. Martin Reuben Merritt Wallace Buried at Rosehill Cemetery-- Part 2


Continued from June 10, 2019.

From Find a Grave for Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago.

Quite a few famous folks are buried at this cemetery, along with a lot of Civil War brevet brigadier generals, who I will list in an upcoming post.

Charles Frederick Gunther--  created Cracker Jacks
John D. Hertz--  Founder Yellow Cab and Hertz Rent-A-Car
Otis Hinckley--  Co-founder of Hinckley & Schmitt

Jerome Holtzman--  famous sportswriter
Oscar Ferdinand Mayer--  Founded Oscar Mayer
Ignaz Schwinn--  bicycles

Julius Rosenwald--  Part owner of Sears &Roebuck Co., philanthropist, Rosenwald Schools.
Richard Warren Sears--  Founded Sears, Roebuck and Company
John Graves Shedd--  Second president and chairman of the board of Marshall Field& Co.  Philanthropist Built Chicago's Shedd Aquarium.

George Joseph Schmitt--  Co-founder of Hinckley & Schmitt
Reinhart Schwimmer--  Gangster killed at Chicago;s St. Valentine's Day Massacre, February 14, 1929.
Aaron Montgomery Ward--  Founded Montgomery Ward and Co.
Henry Haven Windsor--  Founder of "Popular Mechanics" magazine

I'll be listing folks from the Civil War who are buried at Rosehill in my next post.

This Is Quite a Lineup of Notables for this Cemetery--  Old Secesh




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