Index to Locations
Atchison Mt. Vernon Cemetery
Mt. Vernon
Cemetery
Rawlins Road
Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas
Founded 1864
Politicians buried
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Albert Howell Horton (1837-1902) —
also known as Albert H. Horton —
of Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan.
Born in Brookfield, Madison
County, N.Y., March
12, 1837.
Republican. Lawyer;
Republican Presidential Elector for Kansas, 1868;
U.S.
Attorney for Kansas, 1869-73; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1873; member of Kansas
state senate; elected 1876; chief
justice of Kansas state supreme court, 1877-95; resigned 1895.
Died, from heart
disease and liver
cancer, in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., September
2, 1902 (age 65 years, 174
days).
Interment at Mt. Vernon Cemetery.
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John James Ingalls (1833-1900) —
also known as John J. Ingalls —
of Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan.
Born in Middleton, Essex
County, Mass., December
29, 1833.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Kansas
state senate, 1862; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Kansas, 1862, 1864; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1873-91.
Died in Las Vegas, San Miguel
County, N.M., August
16, 1900 (age 66 years, 230
days).
Interment at Mt. Vernon Cemetery.
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John Alexander Martin (1839-1889) —
also known as John A. Martin —
of Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan.
Born in Brownsville, Fayette
County, Pa., March
10, 1839.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; delegate
to Kansas state constitutional convention, 1859; member of Kansas
state senate, 1859; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kansas, 1860,
1868
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1880;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; postmaster at Atchison,
Kan., 1861-74; mayor
of Atchison, Kan., 1865; member of Republican
National Committee from Kansas, 1868-70, 1872-; Governor of
Kansas, 1885-89.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died of pleuro-pneumonia,
in Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan., October
2, 1889 (age 50 years, 206
days).
Interment at Mt. Vernon Cemetery.
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George Washington Glick (1827-1911) —
also known as George W. Glick —
of Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan.
Born in Greencastle, Fairfield
County, Ohio, July 4,
1827.
Democrat. Member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1864; member of Kansas
state senate, 1873; state court judge in Kansas, 1877; Governor of
Kansas, 1883-85; defeated, 1868; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kansas, 1884,
1892.
Died in Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan., April
13, 1911 (age 83 years, 283
days).
Interment at Mt. Vernon Cemetery.
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Willis Joshua Bailey (1854-1932) —
also known as Willis J. Bailey —
of Baileyville, Nemaha
County, Kan.; Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan.
Born in Mt. Carroll, Carroll
County, Ill., October
12, 1854.
Republican. Farmer; banker;
member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1888; U.S.
Representative from Kansas at-large, 1899-1901; Governor of
Kansas, 1903-05; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kansas, 1912,
1920;
governor, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, 1922-32.
Died in Mission Hills, Johnson
County, Kan., May 19,
1932 (age 77 years, 220
days).
Interment at Mt. Vernon Cemetery.
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Charles Fremont Cochran (1846-1906) —
also known as Charles F. Cochran —
of Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan.; St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Kirksville, Adair
County, Mo., September
27, 1846.
Democrat. Printer;
newspaper
editor; lawyer; Atchison
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1880-84; member of Missouri
state senate 2nd District, 1891-94; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1897-1905.
Died in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., December
19, 1906 (age 60 years, 83
days).
Interment at Mt. Vernon Cemetery.
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Joseph Taggart (1867-1938) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born near Waukon, Allamakee
County, Iowa, June 15,
1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; Wyandotte
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1907-11; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1911-17; defeated, 1916;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; state court judge in
Kansas, 1924.
Died in Wadsworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., December
3, 1938 (age 71 years, 171
days).
Interment at Mt. Vernon Cemetery.
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Chester Louis Mize Jr. (1917-1994) —
also known as Chester L. Mize —
of Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan.
Born in Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan., December
25, 1917.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1965-71.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Farm
Bureau; Elks.
Died January
11, 1994 (age 76 years, 17
days).
Interment at Mt. Vernon Cemetery.
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George Walter Allaman (1862-1937) —
also known as George W. Allaman —
of Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan.
Born in Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa, September
28, 1862.
Democrat. Physician;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1920.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died September
24, 1937 (age 74 years, 361
days).
Interment at Mt. Vernon Cemetery.
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