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Lincoln Cemetery is a cemetery in Worth Township, Cook County, Illinois, United States. The cemetery maintains a Chicago address, 12300 South Kedzie Avenue.〔http://www.dignitymemorial.com/lincoln-cemetery/en-us/index.page〕 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 (Section 1) *Albert Ammons (1907–1949), Jazz/Boogie-Woogie pianist (Section TLA) *Lillian Hardin Armstrong () (1898–1971), Jazz singer/pianist/second wife of Louis Armstrong (Garden of Peace Mausoleum) *Big Bill Broonzy (1893–1958), Bluesman (Section TLA) *Gwendolyn Brooks () (1917–2000), Poet (Section TLA) *Bessie Coleman () (1892–1926), early African-American aviator (Section 9) *Johnny Dodds (1892–1940), Jazz clarinetist (Section 18) *Warren "Baby" Dodds (1898–1959), Jazz drummer (Section 32) *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 (Section 6) *William "Bill" Francis (1879–1942) Third baseman and manager in the Negro Leagues. *King Daniel Ganaway Photographer () (died March 16, 1944) *Al Hibbler (1915-2001), American baritone vocalist.〔(Albert George Hibbler )〕 *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〔("Certificate and Record of Death of Frank Leland" Chicago Department of Health, Chicago, IL, November 14, 1914 )〕 *Jimmy Reed (1925–1976), Bluesman (Section N) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lincoln Cemetery (Cook County)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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