Calvary Catholic Cemetery is a Catholic cemetery in the

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suburb of

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, United States. The cemetery was consecrated on November 2, 1859 (

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) by Bishop

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. The arched limestone entrance overlooking Evanston's Chicago Avenue was designed by Chicago architect James J. Egan.

Notable burials

* James R. Buckley, US congressman *

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* John Coughlin, 1st ward alderman from 1892 to 1938 * John Creed, Civil War

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recipient * Thomas Cusack, US congressman *

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, mayor of Chicago from 1923 to 1926 *

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, Illinois governor * James Dunne, Civil War

recipient *

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, author * John Frederick Finerty, US congressman * George Peter Foster, US congressman * John Gottselig, ice hockey player * James H. Hallinan, MLB player *

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portrait painter *

John Patrick Hopkins John Patrick Hopkins (October 29, 1858October 13, 1918) was American politician who served as the 35th mayor of Chicago from 1893 to 1895. A member of the Democratic Party, Hopkins was the first of nine Irish American Catholic mayors of Chicago ...

, mayor of Chicago from 1893 to 1895 * Edward N. Hurley, Chairman of the

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, mayor of Chicago from 1933 to 1947 *

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, mayor of Chicago from 1947 to 1955 *

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, US congressman *

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, Hall of Fame football player * Roland Victor Libonati, US congressman * William Lorimer, US congressman and senator * William F. Mahoney, US representative from 1901 to 1904 *

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, US congressman *

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, Civil War

recipient *

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, first owner of the Chicago Black Hawks NHL team in 1926. He named the team after his WWI army unit, the 86th Infantry "Blackhawk" Division *

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, Civil War

recipient * William J. Moxley, US congressman *

James A. Mulligan James Adelbert Mulligan (June 30, 1830 – July 26, 1864) was Colonel (United States), colonel of the 23rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. On February 20, 1865, the United States Senate conf ...

, Civil War brevet general *

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, MLB umpire *

Marie Owens Marie Owens (December 21, 1853 – June 1927; born Marie Connolly aka Marie Connolly Owens) is believed to have been the first female police officer in the U.S. and the first female police officer in the Chicago Police Department, in 1891, r ...

, first policewoman in Chicago, first known female police officer in America *

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, professional tennis player and coach *

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, US representative from 1918 to 1923 * Alexander John Resa, US congressman * Jimmy Ryan, MLB player * James Michael Slattery, US senator * Edmund J. Stack, US congressman * Patrick D. Tyrrell, Secret Service detective * Howard Wakefield, MLB player * James Hugh Ward, US congressman

References

Burials at Calvary Cemetery (Evanston, Illinois) Cemeteries in Cook County, Illinois Roman Catholic cemeteries in Illinois 1859 establishments in Illinois Cemeteries established in the 1850s {{US-cemetery-stub