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Harrison Ray Anderson (1893-1979) —
also known as Harrison R. Anderson —
of Ellsworth, Ellsworth
County, Kan.; Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan., January
24, 1893.
Pastor, Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago, 1928-61; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1944 ; offered prayer, Republican National Convention, 1952,
1956.
Presbyterian.
Died in Santa
Barbara County, Calif., October
18, 1979 (age 86 years, 267
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Junction City, Kan.
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Relatives: Son
of John Byers Anderson and Josephine (Ferguson) Anderson; married, May 29,
1917, to Margaret Blanchard. |
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Paul Harold Andreen (1881-1957) —
also known as Paul H. Andreen —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Cokato, Wright
County, Minn.
Born in Lindsborg, McPherson
County, Kan., November
19, 1881.
Republican. Pastor; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Minnesota, 1936
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1940.
Lutheran.
Swedish
ancestry.
Died in Hennepin
County, Minn., October
23, 1957 (age 75 years, 338
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Moline, Ill.
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Garfield Joseph Archer (1880-1940) —
also known as Garfield Archer —
of Densmore, Norton
County, Kan.
Born in Densmore, Norton
County, Kan., June 9,
1880.
Republican. Farmer; lumber, coal,
and grain
merchant; ordained minister; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1932; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1940.
Methodist.
Died in Densmore, Norton
County, Kan., November
7, 1940 (age 60 years, 151
days).
Interment at Densmore
Cemetery, Densmore, Kan.
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Silas Walter Bond (1864-1939) —
also known as Silas W. Bond —
of Houghton, Allegany
County, N.Y.; Miltonvale, Cloud
County, Kan.; Wheaton, DuPage
County, Ill.; Santa Paula, Ventura
County, Calif.
Born in Nora, Jo Daviess
County, Ill., January
13, 1864.
Minister; professor,
Houghton Seminary, Houghton, N.Y.; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 37th District, 1904; president,
Miltonvale Wesleyan College, Miltonvale, Kan.; Prohibition candidate
for Governor of
Kansas, 1914; candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois.
Wesleyan
Methodist.
Died in Santa Paula, Ventura
County, Calif., December
3, 1939 (age 75 years, 324
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel Williams Bond and Matilda (Shaw) Bond; married, August
11, 1896, to Harriet 'Hattie' West; married, November
26, 1931, to Jessie LaVinia Ward. |
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Jeremiah Dunham Botkin (1849-1921) —
also known as Jeremiah D. Botkin —
of Winfield, Cowley
County, Kan.; Baldwin City, Douglas
County, Kan.; Liberal, Seward
County, Kan.
Born near Atlanta, Logan
County, Ill., April
24, 1849.
Methodist minister; candidate for Governor of
Kansas, 1888 (Prohibition), 1908 (Democratic); U.S.
Representative from Kansas at-large, 1897-99; defeated, 1894.
Methodist.
Died in Liberal, Seward
County, Kan., December
29, 1921 (age 72 years, 249
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Winfield, Kan.
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Abner McDonald Bryant (1838-1896) —
also known as A. M. Bryant —
of Fort Branch, Gibson
County, Ind.; Wahoo, Saunders
County, Neb.; Gettysburg, Graham
County, Kan.; Republican City, Harlan
County, Neb.; Falls City, Polk
County, Ore.
Born in Ohio
County, Ky., March 1,
1838.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; minister; school teacher
and principal; superintendent
of schools; member of Nebraska
state senate 16th District, 1877; president,
McPherson Normal College, Republican City, Neb., 1886-87.
Presbyterian.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died, of asthma,
in Falls City, Polk
County, Ore., June 4,
1896 (age 58 years, 95
days).
Interment at Falls
City Cemetery, Falls City, Ore.
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Charles Good —
of Liberal, Seward
County, Kan.
Minister; candidate for Presidential Elector for Kansas.
Still living as of 1972.
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John Andrew Gregg (1877-1953) —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.; Wilberforce, Greene
County, Ohio; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Eureka, Greenwood
County, Kan., February
18, 1877.
Republican. Pastor; missionary; president,
Edward Waters College, 1913-20; president,
Wilberforce University, 1920-24; bishop; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1940.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., February
17, 1953 (age 75 years, 365
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kan.
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Mark Holland (b. 1969) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in 1969.
Minister; mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 2013-17; defeated, 2017.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2017.
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Thomas Francis Lillis (1861-1938) —
also known as Thomas F. Lillis —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.
Born in Lexington, Lafayette
County, Mo., March 3,
1861.
Republican. Catholic priest; bishop of Leavenworth, Kans.
(1905-10) and Kansas City, Mo. (1913-38); offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1928.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., December
29, 1938 (age 77 years, 301
days).
Entombed at Mt.
St. Mary's Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Frederick Waldron Phelps (1929-2014) —
also known as Fred Phelps —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss., November
13, 1929.
Democrat. Lawyer; disbarred
by the state of Kansas in 1979 over harassment
of a court reporter and perjury
during the proceedings; in 1985, nine Federal judges filed a
disciplinary complaint against him over alleged false
accusations, which led to an agreement that he cease law
practice in Federal court; pastor of the Westboro Baptist
Church, which is widely
reviled for its extreme hatred
of homosexuals, and its tactics, such as picketing at military
funerals; candidate for Governor of
Kansas, 1990, 1994, 1998; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1992; candidate for mayor of
Topeka, Kan., 1993, 1997.
Baptist.
Died in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., March
19, 2014 (age 84 years, 126
days).
Cremated.
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Tom Procter (1885-1966) —
of Wild Cat Township, Elk
County, Kan.; Greenfield, Dade
County, Mo.
Born in Dade
County, Mo., 1885.
Republican. Farmer;
minister; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Dade County, 1929-32, 1945-50.
Baptist.
Died in 1966
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Greenfield Cemetery, Greenfield, Mo.
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