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Index to Locations
Kansas City Elmwood Cemetery
Kansas City Highland Park Cemetery
Kansas City Huron Indian Cemetery
Kansas City Maple Hill Cemetery
Kansas City Memorial Park Cemetery
Kansas City Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Kansas City Mt. Hope Cemetery
Kansas City Oak Grove Cemetery
Kansas City Quindaro Cemetery
Kansas City Woodlawn Cemetery
Elmwood
Cemetery
Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas
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James E. Porter (1857-1946) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Cass
County, Mo., August
23, 1857.
Democrat. Insurance
and real
estate business; mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 1910-13.
Member, Freemasons.
Died April
26, 1946 (age 88 years, 246
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Highland Park
Cemetery
Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas
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Clark E. Tucker (1897-1971) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born December
1, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 1947-55; indicted
in 1952, along with two city commissioners, on charges
related to city procurement of asphalt.
Died December
18, 1971 (age 74 years, 17
days).
Interment at Highland Park Cemetery.
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Robert Blackwell Docking (1925-1983) —
also known as Robert B. Docking —
of Arkansas City, Cowley
County, Kan.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., October
9, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; mayor
of Arkansas City, Kan., 1965; Governor of
Kansas, 1967-75; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kansas, 1972;
speaker, 1968.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Rotary;
Eagles;
Moose.
Died October
8, 1983 (age 57 years, 364
days).
Interment at Highland Park Cemetery.
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George Docking (1904-1964) —
of Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan.
Born in Clay Center, Clay
County, Kan., February
23, 1904.
Democrat. Governor of
Kansas, 1957-61; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kansas, 1960.
Died of respiratory
emphysema in a hospital
at Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., January
20, 1964 (age 59 years, 331
days).
Interment at Highland Park Cemetery.
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Harry Darby (1895-1987) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., January
23, 1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; engineer;
shipbuilder;
member of Republican
National Committee from Kansas, 1940-64; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kansas, 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956
(speaker),
1960;
U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1949-50.
Episcopalian.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Military
Order of the World Wars; Navy
League; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Jesters;
Rotary;
Phi
Delta Theta.
Died in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., January
17, 1987 (age 91 years, 359
days).
Interment at Highland Park Cemetery.
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Thomas B. Bowling (1843-1911) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Kingston, Roane
County, Tenn., 1843.
Democrat. Wyandotte
County Sheriff, 1882-85, 1888-91; acting postmaster at Kansas
City, Kan., 1896.
Died, from apoplexy,
in Wyandotte
County, Kan., August
14, 1911 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Highland Park Cemetery.
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Anna Bates Potter (d. 1912) —
of Kansas.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Independent candidate for mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 1893.
Female.
Died March
27, 1912.
Entombed in mausoleum at Highland Park Cemetery.
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Huron Indian
Cemetery
Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas
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Nathaniel Barnes (1847-1910) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Somerset, Perry
County, Ohio, November
9, 1847.
Republican. Coffee
broker; mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 1893-95; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kansas, 1896
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee); postmaster at Kansas
City, Kan., 1897-1902.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., February
11, 1910 (age 62 years, 94
days).
Interment at Huron Indian Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Weaver Barnes and Chrislann (Vanatta) Barnes. |
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Maple Hill
Cemetery
Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas
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Paul F. Mitchum (c.1906-1964) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., about 1906.
Republican. Mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 1955-64; died in office 1964.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died November
28, 1964 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery.
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Charles W. Green (1868-1940) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Greene
County, N.Y., July 1,
1868.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee); mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 1913-17.
Congregationalist.
Died April 8,
1940 (age 71 years, 282
days).
Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery.
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Memorial Park
Cemetery
Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas
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Don Carlos McCombs (1878-1951) —
also known as Don C. McCombs —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in New Albany, Floyd
County, Ind., April
16, 1878.
Mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 1927-47.
Died December
6, 1951 (age 73 years, 234
days).
Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
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William Warring Gordon (1874-1963) —
also known as William W. Gordon —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Owen
County, Ky., June 13,
1874.
Member of Kansas state legislature, 1910; mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 1923-26; removed 1926.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Charged
in September 1926 with 25 counts of official
misconduct, and removed from
office as mayor.
Died May 26,
1963 (age 88 years, 347
days).
Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Jabez Oscar Emerson (1875-1968) —
also known as Jabez O. Emerson —
of Emporia, Lyon
County, Kan.; Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Lyon
County, Kan., February
2, 1875.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1911-13; mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 1926-27; appointed 1926; defeated, 1927.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died October
6, 1968 (age 93 years, 247
days).
Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Jay Emerson and Mary Elizabeth (Norman) Emerson; married,
January
1, 1902, to Carrie Elizabeth Doak. |
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Robert L. Roberts (1922-1973) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; postmaster
at Kansas
City, Kan., 1959-68, 1970-73 (acting, 1959); served in the U.S.
Army during the Vietnam war.
Stabbed
and mortally
wounded by Carroll Edward Noel, Jr., a former mail handler, in
the office
of the assistant postmaster, at the main post
office, and was dead on arrival at Bethany Medical
Center, Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., November
29, 1973 (age about 51
years). Noel was tried for murder, and found not guilty by reason
of insanity.
Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Mt. Calvary
Cemetery
38th & State Avenue
Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas
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John E. Reardon (1943-1988) —
also known as Jack Reardon —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., August
23, 1943.
School
teacher; mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 1975-87; defeated, 1987.
Died, of heart
failure, November
25, 1988 (age 45 years, 94
days).
Interment at Mt. Calvary Cemetery.
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Thomas F. Hannan (c.1859-1902) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born about 1859.
Mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 1886-88, 1891-93.
Catholic.
Member, Modern
Woodmen of America; Knights
of Labor.
Died August
5, 1902 (age about 43
years).
Interment at Mt. Calvary Cemetery.
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Mt. Hope
Cemetery
3600 Parallel Parkway
Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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Jep Hansen Mailand (1848-1913) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Slesvig, Denmark,
1848.
Brickmason;
merchant;
Vice-Consul
for Denmark in Kansas
City, Kan.-Mo., 1897-1907.
Danish
ancestry.
Died in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., December
7, 1913 (age about 65
years).
Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
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Epitaph: "A
faithfull loving husband and father / A true friend and and honorable
citizen / Rest in Peace." |
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memorial |
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Oak Grove
Cemetery
Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas
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William Henry Craddock (1851-1904) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born near Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., December
25, 1851.
Democrat. Mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 1901-03; candidate for Governor of
Kansas, 1902.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., March 4,
1904 (age 52 years, 70
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Dudley Emerson Cornell (1837-1911) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born near Wilton, Saratoga
County, N.Y., January
12, 1837.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor
of Wyandotte, Kan., 1883-85; mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 1907-09.
Died February
27, 1911 (age 74 years, 46
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Stephen Alonzo Cobb (1833-1878) —
of Wyandotte (now part of Kansas City), Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Madison, Somerset
County, Maine, June 17,
1833.
Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Kansas
state senate, 1862; mayor
of Wyandotte, Kan., 1862, 1868; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1872; U.S.
Representative from Kansas at-large, 1873-75.
Died in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., August
24, 1878 (age 45 years, 68
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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James R. Parr (1821-1886) —
of Kansas.
Born December
14, 1821.
Mayor
of Wyandotte, Kan., 1859-66.
Died December
4, 1886 (age 64 years, 355
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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John Randolph Goodin (1836-1885) —
also known as John R. Goodin —
of Humboldt, Allen
County, Kan.; Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Tiffin, Seneca
County, Ohio, December
14, 1836.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1867; district judge in Kansas
7th District, 1868-76; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1875-77; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1880
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Died in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., December
18, 1885 (age 49 years, 4
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Quindaro
Cemetery
Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas
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Harry A. Mendenhall (1865-1937) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born near Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind., January
11, 1865.
Republican. Mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 1917-21.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died May 11,
1937 (age 72 years, 120
days).
Interment at Quindaro Cemetery.
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George Morris Gray (1856-1958) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Waukegan, Lake
County, Ill., March 4,
1856.
Surgeon;
mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 1906-07.
Died August
12, 1958 (age 102 years,
161 days).
Interment at Quindaro Cemetery.
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Woodlawn
Cemetery
Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas
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Robert L. Marshman (c.1848-1907) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Holmes
County, Ohio, about 1848.
Republican. Mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 1897-1901.
Member, Modern
Woodmen of America; Elks.
Died January
13, 1907 (age about 59
years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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William Warren Rose (1864-1931) —
also known as William W. Rose —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Oyster Bay, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., March
12, 1864.
Architect;
mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 1905-06, 1906; defeated, 1897 (Fusion),
1907 (Democratic); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kansas, 1908,
1920.
Member, Freemasons.
An ouster
lawsuit was filed against him in 1905 over his refusal to
enforce the state's liquor
prohibition law; fined
$1,000 for contempt
by the Kansas Supreme Court in 1907 for trying to hold office as
mayor.
Died May 4,
1931 (age 67 years, 53
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Orrin Larrabee Miller (1856-1926) —
also known as Orrin L. Miller —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Maine, 1856.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1895-97.
Died in 1926
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Frank Mapes (1861-1896) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Racine, Racine
County, Wis., 1861.
Democrat. Postmaster at Kansas
City, Kan., 1893-96.
While postal inspectors discovered
that he had embezzled
about $9,200 from post office accounts, he died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., March
15, 1896 (age about 34
years).
Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Alfred R. Mapes and Elizabeth P. (Chittenden) Mapes; married to
Annie Lispenard Sharp. |
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memorial |
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