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Food Industry Politicians in Kansas
Processors, Distributors, Grocers

William Lewis Couch (1850-1890) — also known as William L. Couch — of Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kan.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Okla. Born in Wilkes County, N.C., November 20, 1850. Grocer; hardware business; horse and mule dealer; mayor of Oklahoma City, Okla., 1889; resigned 1889. Shot in the leg in dispute over a land claim; the wound probably became infected, and he subsequently died, in Oklahoma, April 21, 1890 (age 39 years, 152 days). Interment at Fairlawn Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla.   Relatives: Son of Meshach H. Couch and Mary 'Polly' (Bryan) Couch; married to Cynthia Gordon.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: City of Oklahoma City   Raymond Harold Johnston (1906-1962) — also known as Raymond H. Johnston; Ray Johnston — of Concordia, Cloud County, Kan. Born near Concordia, Cloud County, Kan., June 23, 1906. Grocer; automobile dealer; mayor of Concordia, Kan., 1950-51, 1952-54, 1956-57, 1959-60, 1962; died in office 1962. Member, Elks; Rotary. Died, from a heart attack, while in an ambulance en route to a hospital, in Concordia, Cloud County, Kan., November 12, 1962 (age 56 years, 142 days). Interment at St. Concordia Cemetery, Concordia, Kan.   Relatives: Married to Viola Agnes DeLude.   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, Leavenworth, Kan.   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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