Other notables buried there:
Walter Chrysler 1875-1940. Founder of Chrysler Corporation and had New York City's Chrysler Building built.
Francis Pharcellus Church 1839-1906. Editor of the New York Sun who penned "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus."
Samuel Gompers 1850-1924 Labor leader and founder of the American Federation of Labor.
Walter S. Gurnee 1805-1903. Mayor of Chicago. it would be interesting to find out how he ended up here.
William E. LeRoy 1818-1888. U.S. Navy during the Civil War.
William Rockefeller 1841-1922. The head of New York's Standard Oil Company.
Thomas J. Watson 1874-1956. Transformed a small manufacturer of adding machines into IBM.
And There Are Lots More. these Are Ones I Knew About or Found Interesting. --Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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