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J. F. Dunwoody (b. 1847) —
of Kansas; Lamar, Barton
County, Mo.; Joplin, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born in Chester
County, Pa., March
26, 1847.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
merchant; miller;
member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1880; member of Missouri
state senate 28th District, 1911-14.
Burial location unknown.
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Nicholas Ford (1833-1897) —
of Rochester, Andrew
County, Mo.; Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.; Miltonvale, Cloud
County, Kan.
Born in Wicklow, County Wicklow, Ireland,
June
21, 1833.
Mining
business; merchant; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Andrew County, 1875-76; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 9th District, 1879-83; defeated
(Republican), 1890; Republican candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1884.
Died, from typhoid
fever, in Miltonvale, Cloud
County, Kan., June 18,
1897 (age 63 years, 362
days).
Interment at Catholic
Cemetery, Aurora, Kan.
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Bernard Anthony Gufler (1903-1973) —
also known as Bernard Gufler —
of Tacoma, Pierce
County, Wash.
Born in Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan., June 1,
1903.
Wholesale merchant; school
teacher; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Vancouver, 1929-30; Riga, 1930-33; U.S. Ambassador to Ceylon, 1959-61; Finland, 1961-63.
Died in 1973
(age about
70 years).
Cremated.
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William Silas Hill (1886-1972) —
also known as William S. Hill —
of Fort Collins, Larimer
County, Colo.
Born in Corning, Nemaha
County, Kan., January
20, 1886.
Republican. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; merchant; member of Colorado state
legislature, 1920; secretary to Gov. Ralph
Carr; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 2nd District, 1941-59; defeated,
1938; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1964.
Presbyterian.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Rotary;
Elks; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Fort Collins, Larimer
County, Colo., August
28, 1972 (age 86 years, 221
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Fort Collins, Colo.
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William Stevens Jay (1820-1892) —
also known as William Jay —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.; Whitmore Lake, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Emporia, Lyon
County, Kan.
Born in Pennington, Mercer
County, N.J., July 22,
1820.
Republican. Merchant; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Mercer County, 1855; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1856;
member of Michigan
state senate 7th District, 1863-65; mayor
of Emporia, Kan., 1870.
Died in Emporia, Lyon
County, Kan., March
20, 1892 (age 71 years, 242
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, Kan.
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Relatives: Son
of Smith Jay and Hannah (Wilson) Jay; married, June 7,
1841, to Jane A. Stevens. |
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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, Kansas City, Kan.
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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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Emery Lee Vassar (1887-1977) —
also known as Emery L. Vassar —
of Caldwell, Canyon
County, Idaho.
Born in Goodland, Sherman
County, Kan., May 27,
1887.
Republican. Merchant; mayor
of Caldwell, Idaho, 1935; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Idaho, 1956.
Died in Canyon
County, Idaho, July 24,
1977 (age 90 years, 58
days).
Interment at Canyon
Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, Idaho.
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Relatives: Son
of Euretta Eunice (Willson) Vassar and Samuel Hunter Vassar; married
to Josephine Lee Spaeth; married, March 1,
1962, to Sarah Etta (Brown) West. |
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memorial |
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