Lincoln Cemetery (Blue Island)
- Lincoln Cemetery (Blue Island)
Lincoln Cemetery is a cemetery on Kedzie Avenue in Blue Island, Worth Township, Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is noteworthy for the number of famous African-American Chicagoans buried there, among them several blues and jazz musicians of note.
Notable graves
*Robert Sengstacke Abbott (1870-1940), newspaper publisher
*Bessie Coleman [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=19750] First African-American aviator (died April 30 1926)
*Big Bill Broonzy Bluesman (died August 15 1958)
*Albert Ammons Jazz/Boogie-Woogie pianist (died December 2, 1949)
*Lillian Hardin Armstrong [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=4158] Jazz singer/pianist/second wife of Louis Armstrong (died 1971)
*Gwendolyn Brooks [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6331201] Poet (died December 3, 2000)
*Johnny Dodds Jazz clarinetist (died August 8, 1940)
*Warren "Baby" Dodds [Jazz] drummer (died February 14, 1959)
*Jimmy Reed Bluesman (died August 29, 1976)
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