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Johnson County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Johnson County

Index to Locations Lenexa Lenexa Cemetery Olathe Olathe Memorial Cemetery Prairie Village Corinth Cemetery Shawnee Old Monticello Cemetery Shawnee St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery Shawnee Shawnee Cemetery Spring Hill Spring Hill Cemetery Lenexa Cemetery Lenexa, Johnson County, Kansas Politicians buried here:   Lewis W. Breyfogle (1836-1907) — of Olathe, Johnson County, Kan. Born in Delaware County, Ohio, September 17, 1836. Republican. Banker; member of Kansas state senate, 1882; postmaster at Olathe, Kan., 1905-07. Methodist. Died in Olathe, Johnson County, Kan., April 1, 1907 (age 70 years, 196 days). Interment at Lenexa Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Elizabeth 'Beth' (Trout) Breyfogle and Israel P. Breyfogle; married 1860 to Lizzie Merritt Shaw; married 1867 to Laura A. Pennock; uncle of John William Breyfogle; grandnephew of George Breyfogle; granduncle of John William Breyfogle Jr.; third cousin twice removed of Russel Pealer Breyfogle.   Political family: Breyfogle family of Olathe, Kansas.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Olathe Memorial Cemetery Olathe, Johnson County, Kansas Politicians buried here: John Pierce St. John (1833-1916) — also known as John P. St. John — of Independence, Jackson County, Mo.; Olathe, Johnson County, Kan. Born in Brookville, Franklin County, Ind., February 25, 1833. Lawyer; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Kansas state senate, 1873; Governor of Kansas, 1879-83; Prohibition candidate for President of the United States, 1884. Congregationalist; later Christian Scientist. Died in Olathe, Johnson County, Kan., August 31, 1916 (age 83 years, 188 days). Interment at Olathe Memorial Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Sophia (Snell) St. John and Samuel St. John; married, March 28, 1852, to Mary Jane Brewer; married, March 28, 1860, to Susan Jane 'Jenny' Parker.   The city of St. John, Kansas, is named for him.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: The Parties and The Men (1896)   George Hartshorn Hodges (1866-1947) — also known as George H. Hodges — of Olathe, Johnson County, Kan. Born in Orion, Richland County, Wis., February 6, 1866. Democrat. Lumber business; bank director; mayor of Olathe, Kan., 1900; member of Kansas state senate, 1905-12; Governor of Kansas, 1913-15; defeated, 1914; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1920; candidate for U.S. Senator from Kansas, 1920. Disciples of Christ. Member, Freemasons. Died in a hospital at Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo., October 7, 1947 (age 81 years, 243 days). Interment at Olathe Memorial Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of William Wesley Hodges and Lydia Ann (Hartshorn) Hodges; married 1899 to Ora May Murray.   See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial   Chauncey Bundy Little (1877-1952) — also known as Chauncey B. Little — of Olathe, Johnson County, Kan. Born in Olathe, Johnson County, Kan., February 10, 1877. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1925-27; candidate for Governor of Kansas, 1928. Died in Olathe, Johnson County, Kan., September 29, 1952 (age 75 years, 232 days). Interment at Olathe Memorial Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John T. Little and Mary (Bundy) Little; married to Nellie S. Sherman.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   John William Breyfogle (1872-1967) — also known as John W. Breyfogle — of Olathe, Johnson County, Kan. Born in Johnson County, Kan., December 21, 1872. Republican. Bank teller; zinc miner; real estate loan business; newspaper editor and publisher; bank director; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1928. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. Died, in the Good Samaritan Nursing Home, Olathe, Johnson County, Kan., May 3, 1967 (age 94 years, 133 days). Interment at Olathe Memorial Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Israel Breyfogle and Mary Ann (Devanney) Breyfogle; married, June 7, 1905, to Kate Oakley Taylor; married, November 1, 1933, to Lorraine Johnston; father of John William Breyfogle Jr.; nephew of Lewis W. Breyfogle; great-grandnephew of George Breyfogle; fourth cousin once removed of Russel Pealer Breyfogle.   Political family: Breyfogle family of Olathe, Kansas.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   John William Breyfogle Jr. (1906-2004) — also known as John Breyfogle, Jr. — of Olathe, Johnson County, Kan. Born in Kansas, August 22, 1906. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1948, 1968. Died in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz., January 11, 2004 (age 97 years, 142 days). Interment at Olathe Memorial Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John William Breyfogle and Kate Oakley (Taylor) Breyfogle; grandnephew of Lewis W. Breyfogle; second great-grandnephew of George Breyfogle.   Political family: Breyfogle family of Olathe, Kansas.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Corinth Cemetery Prairie Village, Johnson County, Kansas Politicians buried here:   Robert Frederick Bennett (1927-2000) — also known as Robert F. Bennett; Bob Bennett — of Prairie Village, Johnson County, Kan.; Overland Park, Johnson County, Kan. Born in Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo., May 23, 1927. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; lawyer; mayor of Prairie Village, Kan., 1957-65; member of Kansas state senate, 1965-75; Governor of Kansas, 1975-79; defeated, 1978. Protestant. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Optimist Club; Freemasons. Died, of lung cancer, at St. Joseph's Health Center, Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo., October 9, 2000 (age 73 years, 139 days). Interment at Corinth Cemetery.   See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial Old Monticello Cemetery Shawnee, Johnson County, Kansas Politicians buried here:   John Anderson Jr. (1917-2014) — of Olathe, Johnson County, Kan. Born near Olathe, Johnson County, Kan., May 8, 1917. Republican. Lawyer; Johnson County Attorney, 1947-53; member of Kansas state senate, 1953-56; Kansas state attorney general, 1956-61; appointed 1956; Governor of Kansas, 1961-65. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association. Died in Olathe, Johnson County, Kan., September 15, 2014 (age 97 years, 130 days). Interment at Old Monticello Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of John Anderson and Ora May (Bookout) Anderson; married, May 22, 1943, to Arlene Auchard.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery Shawnee, Johnson County, Kansas Politicians buried here:   Thomas A. Soetaert (1936-2016) — also known as Tony Soetaert — of Shawnee, Johnson County, Kan. Born in Shawnee, Johnson County, Kan., October 1, 1936. Insurance agent; mayor of Shawnee, Kan., 1977-89. Catholic. Died December 16, 2016 (age 80 years, 76 days). Interment at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Joyce Huff.   The Soetaert Aquatic Center, in Shawnee, Kansas, is named for him.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   James M. Killmer (1845-1930) — of Rosedale (now part of Kansas City), Wyandotte County, Kan. Born in 1845. Democrat. Postmaster at Rosedale, Kan., 1886-87; mayor of Rosedale, Kan., 1890-91, 1898-1900. Died in 1930 (age about 85 years). Interment at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Shawnee Cemetery Shawnee, Johnson County, Kansas Politicians buried here:   Delbert C. Miller (1854-1941) — also known as Cortes Adelbert Miller — of Monticello, Lewis County, Mo.; Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born in Bethel, Branch County, Mich., December 12, 1854. Socialist. School teacher; candidate for Missouri state house of representatives, 1916 (Jackson County 2nd District), 1936 (Jackson County 9th District); Socialist candidate for Presidential Elector for Missouri, 1940 (on behalf of Norman Thomas and Maynard C. Krueger). Died, from hypostatic pneumonia, in Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo., March 10, 1941 (age 86 years, 88 days). Interment at Shawnee Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Timothy Leonard Miller and Betsy (Pond) Miller; married, January 19, 1877, to Alice Marian Voorus.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Spring Hill Cemetery Spring Hill, Johnson County, Kansas Politicians buried here:   David Hunter Heflebower (1836-1906) — also known as David H. Heflebower — of Bucyrus, Miami County, Kan. Born in 1836. Kansas state treasurer, 1897-99. Died in 1906 (age about 70 years). Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery.

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