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Leavenworth County
Kansas

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Leavenworth County

Index to Locations

  • Fort Leavenworth Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery
  • Lansing Mt. Muncie Cemetery
  • Leavenworth Mt. Calvary Cemetery


    Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery
    Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas
    Politicians buried here:
      James McKinley Neal (1899-1982) — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born in Greensboro, Greene County, Ga., March 8, 1899. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; pharmacist; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Jackson County 4th District, 1947-64. Baptist. African ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Omega Psi Phi; American Legion; Urban League; NAACP. Died in Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kan., November 11, 1982 (age 83 years, 248 days). Interment at Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of James Neal and Lizzie (Barnett) Neal; married 1924 to Georgia C. Campbell.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Mt. Muncie Cemetery
    Lansing, Leavenworth County, Kansas
    See also Findagrave page for this location.
    Politicians buried here:
      Thomas Moonlight (1833-1899) — of Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kan. Born in Forfarshire, Scotland, November 10, 1833. Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for Kansas, 1867; secretary of state of Kansas, 1869-71; member of Kansas state senate, 1872-74; Adjutant General of Kansas, 1883-84; candidate for Governor of Kansas, 1886; Governor of Wyoming Territory, 1887-89; U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1894-98. Died in Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kan., February 7, 1899 (age 65 years, 89 days). Interment at Mt. Muncie Cemetery.
      See also U.S. State Dept career summary
      David Josiah Brewer (1837-1910) — of Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kan. Born in Smyrna (now Izmir), Turkey, June 20, 1837. Lawyer; county judge in Kansas, 1862-65; district judge in Kansas 1st District, 1865-69; justice of Kansas state supreme court, 1870-84; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1884-90; Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1889-1910; died in office 1910. Congregationalist. Died in Washington, D.C., March 28, 1910 (age 72 years, 281 days). Interment at Mt. Muncie Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Rev. Josiah Brewer and Emilia (Field) Brewer; married, October 3, 1861, to Louise R. Landon; married, June 5, 1901, to Emma Miner Mott; father-in-law of Wellington Wells; nephew of Stephen Johnson Field.
      Political family: Whitney-Field-Brewer-Wells family of California.
      See also federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article — Ballotpedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Lucien Baker (1846-1907) — of Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kan. Born in Fulton County, Ohio, June 8, 1846. Republican. Lawyer; member of Kansas state senate, 1893-95; U.S. Senator from Kansas, 1895-1901. Died in Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kan., June 21, 1907 (age 61 years, 13 days). Interment at Mt. Muncie Cemetery.
      Relatives: Brother of John Harris Baker; uncle of Francis Elisha Baker.
      Political family: Baker-Defrees family of Indiana.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
      Alexander Caldwell (1830-1917) — of Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kan. Born in Drakes Ferry, Huntingdon County, Pa., March 1, 1830. Republican. Banker; U.S. Senator from Kansas, 1871-73; resigned 1873. Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, in St. Joseph's Hospital, Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo., May 19, 1917 (age 87 years, 79 days). Interment at Mt. Muncie Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of James Caldwell.
      The city of Caldwell, Kansas, is named for him.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
      Thomas Carney (1824-1888) — of Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kan. Born near Tipton, Delaware County, Ohio, August 20, 1824. Republican. Member of Kansas state house of representatives, 1861; Governor of Kansas, 1863-65; mayor of Leavenworth, Kan., 1865. Died, of apoplexy (stroke), in Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kan., July 28, 1888 (age 63 years, 343 days). Interment at Mt. Muncie Cemetery.
      See also National Governors Association biography
      Robert Crozier (1827-1895) — of Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kan. Born in Cadiz, Harrison County, Ohio, October 13, 1827. Republican. U.S. Attorney for Kansas, 1861-64; U.S. Senator from Kansas, 1873-74. Died in Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kan., October 2, 1895 (age 67 years, 354 days). Interment at Mt. Muncie Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
      Daniel Read Anthony Jr. (1870-1931) — also known as Daniel R. Anthony, Jr. — of Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kan. Born in Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kan., August 22, 1870. Republican. Lawyer; newspaper work; postmaster at Leavenworth, Kan., 1898-1902; mayor of Leavenworth, Kan., 1903-05; U.S. Representative from Kansas 1st District, 1907-29. Died in Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kan., August 4, 1931 (age 60 years, 347 days). Interment at Mt. Muncie Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Daniel Read Anthony and Anna (Osborn) Anthony; married, June 21, 1897, to Elizabeth Havens.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
    Dighton Corson Dighton Corson (1827-1915) — of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis.; Virginia City, Storey County, Nev.; Deadwood, Lawrence County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Pierre, Hughes County, S.Dak. Born in Canaan, Somerset County, Maine, October 21, 1827. Lawyer; member of Wisconsin state assembly, 1858; Milwaukee County District Attorney, 1859; District Attorney, 1st Judicial District of Nevada; delegate to South Dakota state constitutional convention, 1885, 1889; judge of South Dakota state supreme court 1st District, 1889-1913. Died in Pierre, Hughes County, S.Dak., May 7, 1915 (age 87 years, 198 days). Interment at Mt. Muncie Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Nancy (Tuttle) Corson and Isaac Corson; married, May 22, 1882, to Elizabeth Hoffman.
      Corson County, S.Dak. is named for him.
      See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Image source: South Dakota Legislative Manual, 1903
      Daniel Read Anthony (1824-1904) — also known as Daniel R. Anthony — of Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kan. Born in Adams, Berkshire County, Mass., August 22, 1824. Republican. Postmaster at Leavenworth, Kan., 1861-66, 1874-83; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War. Died in Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kan., November 12, 1904 (age 80 years, 82 days). Interment at Mt. Muncie Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Lucy (Read) Anthony and Daniel Anthony; married to Anna Eliza Osborn; father of Daniel Read Anthony Jr..
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial


    Mt. Calvary Cemetery
    Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas
    Politicians buried here:
      Walter Francis Kane Jr. (1915-1978) — also known as Walter F. Kane — of Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kan.; Sun City, Maricopa County, Ariz. Born in Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kan., October 14, 1915. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; postmaster at Leavenworth, Kan., 1967, 1969-74 (acting, 1967, 1969-71). Catholic. Member, Rotary; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Died, in Boswell Hospital, Sun City, Maricopa County, Ariz., May 22, 1978 (age 62 years, 220 days). Interment at Mt. Calvary Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Mary Ann (Beyer) Kane and Walter Samuel Francis Kane; married to Leah L. McKenna.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial
      Charles Adam Taschetta (1859-1924) — also known as Charles A. Taschetta — of Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kan. Born in Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kan., September 13, 1859. Democrat. Grocer; Leavenworth County Auditor, 1897-1903; postmaster at Leavenworth, Kan., 1915-23. Catholic. Died, from a heart attack, in Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kan., July 2, 1924 (age 64 years, 293 days). Interment at Mt. Calvary Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Peter Taschetta and Elizabeth (Adam) Taschetta; married, July 23, 1883, to Martha Dobson.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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