and Missouri state representative; born in Mount Carmel Thomas S. Hinde, real estate tycoon, Methodist minister, founder of Mount Carmel Lauren Kieffer, world-ranked equestrian Silas Z. Landes, U.S. Representative (1885–1889) Sydney Leathers, adult film actress, best known for the Anthony Weiner scandal Don Liddle, pitcher for New York Giants (1952–1954); 1954 World Series champion Gil Mains, defensive tackle for NFL's Detroit Lions (1953–1961) Mark Medoff, playwright, screenwriter, film and theater director, actor, and professor William M'Intosh, fur trader and real estate entrepreneur; defendant in Supreme Court Case of Johnson v. M'Intosh Kenneth Nance, lawyer, lobbyist, Oklahoma legislator Captain Bellenden Seymour Hutcheson, recipient of Canada's Victoria Cross O. L. Rapson, first manager of Grand Rapids Hotel Robert Ridgway, author and ornithologist Alice Janette Seals, adult film actress, used the stage name Kitty Foxx John Short, actor known for the film Maximum Overdrive Samuel Williams, judge and politician (1851–1913) Frederick Hinde Zimmerman, established Grand Rapids Hotel Jacob Zimmerman, legislator, newspaper editor and owner Peter Jacob Hinde Zimmerman, son of Frederick Zimmerman, owner of Grand Rapids Hotel References External links City website Wabash County Chamber of Commerce Mount Carmel Register Cities in Illinois Cities in Wabash County, Illinois 1815 establishments in Illinois Territory Populated places established in 1815