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The Union Miners Cemetery is a cemetery in Mount Olive, Illinois. The cemetery is the burial site of labor leader Mary Harris "Mother" Jones. Miners Day has been celebrated on October 12 at the cemetery since 1899. [2] [3] It is the only union-owned cemetery in the United States. [3] [4]
Mount Olive is a city in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,015 at the 2020 census. [ 3 ] The city is part of the Metro East region within the St. Louis metropolitan area .
Mt. Olive Township (N½ T7N R6W) is located in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,274 and it contained 1,536 housing units. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,274 and it contained 1,536 housing units.
Bunker Hill Publications, headquartered in Hillsboro, Illinois, publishes four weekly subscription papers and a free circulation paper. The subscription papers are the Bunker Hill Gazette-News , The Southwestern Journal , the Madison County Chronicle , and the Mount Olive Herald .
Pages in category "People from Mount Olive, Illinois" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
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United States Department of Labor poster, 2010 Mother Jones' burial site at the Union Miners Cemetery in Mount Olive, Illinois. Jones' words are still invoked by union supporters more than a century later: "Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living."
Olive was born the third of seven children to Royce Boise Oatman (1809-1851) and Mary Ann Sperry Oatman (1813-1851) in La Harpe, Hancock County, Illinois. [1] In 1839, her parents left the Methodist church and joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) under the leadership of Joseph Smith. [1]