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Glenn Leslie Alt (1895-1971) —
also known as Glenn L. Alt —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Denton, Doniphan
County, Kan., March
24, 1895.
Republican. Engineer;
university professor; candidate for mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1945.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., December
17, 1971 (age 76 years, 268
days).
Interment at Washtenong
Memorial Park, Ann Arbor Township, Washtenaw County, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of John L. Alt and Sarah Anna (Black) Alt; married to Viola L.
Feas. |
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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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William Patterson Borland (1867-1919) —
also known as William P. Borland —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., October
14, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer;
law professor; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1909-19; died in
office 1919.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in U.S. Army Field Hospital
No. 31, near Coblenz (Koblenz), Germany,
February
20, 1919 (age 51 years, 129
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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George Sylvester Counts (1889-1974) —
also known as George S. Counts —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; New Hope, Bucks
County, Pa.
Born near Baldwin City, Douglas
County, Kan., December
9, 1889.
University professor; author; president,
American Federation of Teachers, 1939-42; New York American Labor
Party state chair, 1942-44; Liberal candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1952; New York Liberal Party state chair,
1955-59.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Kappa; Kappa
Delta Pi.
Suffered a stroke,
and died two weeks later, in a hospital
at Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill., November
10, 1974 (age 84 years, 336
days). His body was
donated to Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of James Wilson Counts and Mertie Florella (Gamble)
Counts. |
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William Smith Culbertson (1884-1966) —
also known as William S. Culbertson —
of Kansas; Charmian, Franklin
County, Pa.
Born in Greensburg, Westmoreland
County, Pa., August
5, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer; economist;
university professor; member, U.S. Tariff Commission, 1921-25;
U.S. Minister to Romania, 1925-28; U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1928-33.
Presbyterian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Bar
Association; American
Society for International Law; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta; Delta
Phi Epsilon; American
Economic Association.
Died in 1966
(age about
81 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry White Edgerton (1888-1970) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Rush Center, Rush
County, Kan., October
20, 1888.
Lawyer;
law professor; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1938-63.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died February
23, 1970 (age 81 years, 126
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Eugene Edgerton and Annie Benedict (White) Edgerton;
married, June 28,
1913, to Alice Durand. |
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Minnie J. Grinstead (1869-1925) —
also known as Mineola Tamar Johnson —
of Liberal, Seward
County, Kan.
Born in Crawford
County, Kan., September
30, 1869.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; lecturer; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1919-24; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kansas, 1920
(alternate), 1924;
Seward
County Probate Judge, 1925.
Female.
Member, Women's
Christian Temperance Union.
First
woman state legislator in Kansas.
Died in Liberal, Seward
County, Kan., December
24, 1925 (age 56 years, 85
days).
Interment at Liberal Cemetery, Liberal, Kan.
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Herbert Spencer Hadley (1872-1927) —
also known as Herbert S. Hadley —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Boulder, Boulder
County, Colo.
Born in Olathe, Johnson
County, Kan., February
20, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer; Jackson
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1901-03; Missouri
state attorney general, 1905-09; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Missouri, 1908,
1912,
1916;
Governor
of Missouri, 1909-13; law professor; Chancellor,
Washington University, 1923-27.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., December
1, 1927 (age 55 years, 284
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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William Marion Jardine (1879-1955) —
also known as William M. Jardine —
of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.; Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Oneida
County, Idaho, January
16, 1879.
College professor; agronomist;
president,
Kansas State Agricultural College, 1918-25; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1925-29; U.S. Minister to Egypt, 1930; Kansas
state treasurer, 1933-34; appointed 1933; resigned 1934.
Congregationalist.
Member, Sigma
Xi; Beta
Theta Pi; Alpha
Zeta; Phi
Kappa Phi; Gamma
Sigma Delta; Freemasons;
Rotary;
American
Forestry Association; Farm
Bureau.
Died January
17, 1955 (age 76 years, 1
days).
Interment at Logan
City Cemetery, Logan, Utah.
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James Kenneth Logan (b. 1929) —
also known as James K. Logan —
of Olathe, Johnson
County, Kan.
Born in Quenemo, Osage
County, Kan., August
21, 1929.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; law clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Walter
Huxman, 1955-56; lawyer;
law professor; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1968; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, 1977-94; took
senior status 1994.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of
the Coif; Beta
Gamma Sigma; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Pi
Sigma Alpha; Alpha
Kappa Psi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Still living as of 2014.
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Walter Lewis McVey Jr. (1922-2014) —
also known as Walter L. McVey —
of Independence, Montgomery
County, Kan.
Born in Independence, Montgomery
County, Kan., February
19, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1949-52; member of Kansas
state senate, 1957-60; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 3rd District, 1961-63; university
professor.
Died in Olathe, Johnson
County, Kan., September
10, 2014 (age 92 years, 203
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Walter Frederick Sanders (1880-1961) —
also known as W. F. Sanders —
of Parkville, Platte
County, Mo.
Born in Silver Lake, Shawnee
County, Kan., April
27, 1880.
Republican. College teacher; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Missouri; chair of
Platte County Republican Party, 1949.
Presbyterian.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, Modern
Language Association; American
Legion.
Died in Parkville, Platte
County, Mo., September
17, 1961 (age 81 years, 143
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William August Sanders and Caroline (Dahlstrom) Sanders; married,
September
25, 1909, to Astrid C. Tulien. |
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Deanell Reece Tacha (b. 1946) —
of Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan.
Born in Goodland, Sherman
County, Kan., January
26, 1946.
Lawyer;
law professor; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, 1985-2011; took
senior status 2011; dean, Pepperdine University School of Law, 2011.
Female.
Still living as of 2014.
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William D. Tarrant (1929-1998) —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., May 4,
1929.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; Gun Dog
editor for Field & Stream magazine;
twice named Dog Writer of the Year by the Dog Writers Association of
America; electrical
equipment manufacturer; mayor
of Wichita, Kan., 1965-66; college professor.
Died in Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev., November
22, 1998 (age 69 years, 202
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Church of the Red Rocks Columbarium, Sedona, Ariz.
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