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Henry Justin Allen (1868-1950) —
also known as Henry J. Allen —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Pittsfield, Warren
County, Pa., September
11, 1868.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1912,
1936;
Governor
of Kansas, 1919-23; defeated (Progressive), 1914; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1929-30; defeated, 1930.
Methodist.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta; Kiwanis.
Inducted to the Kansas Newspaper Hall of
Fame.
Died of cerebral
thrombosis, in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., January
17, 1950 (age 81 years, 128
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Wichita, Kan.
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Daniel Read Anthony Jr. (1870-1931) —
also known as Daniel R. Anthony, Jr. —
of Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.
Born in Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., August
22, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper work; postmaster at Leavenworth,
Kan., 1898-1902; mayor
of Leavenworth, Kan., 1903-05; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 1st District, 1907-29.
Died in Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., August
4, 1931 (age 60 years, 347
days).
Interment at Mt.
Muncie Cemetery, Lansing, Kan.
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David Haworth Bailey (1830-1896) —
also known as David H. Bailey —
of Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.
Born in Wilmington, Clinton
County, Ohio, September
27, 1830.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1860-61; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Ohio; U.S. Consul in Hong Kong, 1870-78; U.S. Consul General in Shanghai, 1879-80.
Died in Wilmington, Clinton
County, Ohio, January
20, 1896 (age 65 years, 115
days).
Interment at Sugar
Grove Cemetery, Wilmington, Ohio.
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Leland Judd Barrows (1906-1988) —
also known as Leland J. Barrows —
of Kansas.
Born in Hutchinson, Reno
County, Kan., October
27, 1906.
Newspaper reporter; radio
broadcaster; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Cameroon, 1960-66; Togo, 1960-61.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 3,
1988 (age 81 years, 128
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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George Monroe Beebe (1836-1927) —
also known as George M. Beebe —
of Troy, Doniphan
County, Kan.; Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.; Monticello, Sullivan
County, N.Y.; Ellenville, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in New Vernon, Orange
County, N.Y., October
28, 1836.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; secretary
of Kansas Territory, 1860-61; Governor
of Kansas Territory, 1860, 1860-61; candidate for justice of
Nevada state supreme court, 1865; candidate for New York
state senate 10th District, 1871; member of New York
state assembly from Sullivan County, 1873-74; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1875-79; defeated,
1878; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1876,
1880
(speaker),
1892;
Judge of New York Court of Claims, 1883-1900.
Died in Ellenville, Ulster
County, N.Y., March 1,
1927 (age 90 years, 124
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, New Windsor, N.Y.
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Austin Cogan Brady (1877-1966) —
also known as Austin C. Brady —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.; Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., May 8,
1877.
Newspaper publisher; U.S. Vice Consul in Manzanillo, 1917-18; U.S. Consul in Manzanillo, 1918; Punta Arenas, 1919-23; Malaga, 1924-29; Edinburgh, as of 1932-33.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., January
30, 1966 (age 88 years, 267
days).
Interment at Olivet
Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Joseph Little Bristow (1861-1944) —
also known as Joseph L. Bristow —
of Salina, Saline
County, Kan.
Born near Hazel Green, Wolfe
County, Ky., July 22,
1861.
Republican. Newspaper editor; secretary of
Kansas Republican Party, 1894-98; private secretary to Gov. Edmund
N. Morrill, 1895-97; special commander of Panama Railroad,
1905; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1909-15.
Methodist.
Died in Fairfax
County, Va., July 14,
1944 (age 82 years, 358
days).
Interment at Gypsum
Hill Cemetery, Salina, Kan.
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Arthur Capper (1865-1951) —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Garnett, Anderson
County, Kan., July 14,
1865.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kansas, 1908,
1928
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1936;
Governor
of Kansas, 1915-19; defeated, 1912; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1919-49.
Quaker.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Anti-Saloon
League.
Died in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., December
19, 1951 (age 86 years, 158
days).
Interment at Topeka
Cemetery, Topeka, Kan.
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Charles Fremont Cochran (1846-1906) —
also known as Charles F. Cochran —
of Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan.; St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Kirksville, Adair
County, Mo., September
27, 1846.
Democrat. Printer;
newspaper editor; lawyer; Atchison
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1880-84; member of Missouri
state senate 2nd District, 1891-94; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1897-1905.
Died in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., December
19, 1906 (age 60 years, 83
days).
Interment at Mt.
Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Kan.
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John B. Elliott (1878-1967) —
of Alhambra, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Fort Scott, Bourbon
County, Kan., July 29,
1878.
Democrat. Journalist; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1913-22; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
California, 1920,
1924
(alternate), 1932;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1926.
Died in Alhambra, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
21, 1967 (age 89 years, 115
days).
Interment at San
Gabriel Cemetery, San Gabriel, Calif.
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Michael Luther Essick (1834-1913) —
also known as M. L. Essick; "Old Man
Eloquent" —
of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.; Rochester, Fulton
County, Ind.
Born in Ohio, February
20, 1834.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Kansas
state senate, 1861-62; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; newspaper publisher; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Indiana, 1880;
candidate for circuit judge in Indiana 41st District, 1896.
Scottish,
German,
and Irish
ancestry. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Rochester, Fulton
County, Ind., September
19, 1913 (age 79 years, 211
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Rochester, Ind.
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Andrew Jackson Felt (1833-1912) —
also known as Andrew J. Felt —
of Nashua, Chickasaw
County, Iowa; Seneca, Nemaha
County, Kan.
Born in East Victor, Ontario
County, N.Y., December
27, 1833.
Republican. School
teacher; newspaper editor; lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Iowa, 1868,
1872;
postmaster;
banker;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Kansas; Lieutenant
Governor of Kansas, 1889-93.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died June 27,
1912 (age 78 years, 183
days).
Interment at Seneca
City Cemetery, Seneca, Kan.
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John Fields (1871-1934) —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born near Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa, July 29,
1871.
Republican. Chemist;
farmer;
banker;
editor, Oklahoma Farmer magazine; president, Times Co.,
publisher of Oklahoma Daily Times newspaper; candidate for Governor of
Oklahoma, 1914, 1922; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Oklahoma, 1916.
Died April
17, 1934 (age 62 years, 262
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Highland
Cemetery, Winfield, Kan.
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William E. Freeland (1879-1970) —
of Forsyth, Taney
County, Mo.
Born in Howard, Elk
County, Kan., January
5, 1879.
Republican. Farmer;
newspaper editor and publisher; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Taney County, 1923-34; member
of Missouri
state senate 19th District, 1937-40.
Member, Freemasons.
Died January
14, 1970 (age 91 years, 9
days).
Interment at Ozarks
Memorial Park, Branson, Mo.
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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, Kansas City, Kan.
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James Anthony Gray (1882-1951) —
also known as J. A. Gray —
of Watson, Atchison
County, Mo.
Born in Ansonia, Darke
County, Ohio, October
27, 1882.
Republican. Physician;
newspaper publisher; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Atchison County, 1935-51;
died in office 1951.
Died, following a heart
attack, in a hospital
at Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., June 6,
1951 (age 68 years, 222
days).
Interment at Americus Cemetery, Americus, Kan.
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Emanuel Haldeman-Julius (1889-1951) —
also known as E. Haldeman-Julius; Emanuel
Julius —
of Girard, Crawford
County, Kan.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 30,
1889.
Socialist. Author;
editor of the Socialist newspaper Appeal to Reason;
founder of Haldeman-Julius Publications, publisher
of many five-cent paperback books, called "Little Blue Books"; there
were more than 6,000 titles, mostly literature, biography,
self-improvement, and other educational topics, to make them widely
accessible to the public; all together, from 1919 to 1951, over 500
million copies were printed and sold; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1932; indicted
by a federal grand jury in March, 1950 for income
tax evasion; tried
and convicted
in April, 1951; sentenced
to six months in prison,
and fined
$12,500; released pending appeal.
Jewish;
later Agnostic.
Drowned
in his swimming
pool, in Girard, Crawford
County, Kan., July 31,
1951 (age 62 years, 1
days). Possibly suicide,
but the coroner ruled his death to be accidental.
Interment at Cedarville
Cemetery, Cedarville, Ill.
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James Freeman Hale (1856-1936) —
also known as J. F. Hale —
of Mankato, Jewell
County, Kan.
Born in Nova
Scotia, February
29, 1856.
Democrat. School
teacher; Jewell
County Register of Deeds, 1896-98; newspaper publisher;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1924,
1928.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Died in 1936
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Mankato, Kan.
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Relatives: Son
of William H. Hale and Clarissa (Davis) Hale; married to Mary F.
Higbee. |
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memorial |
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J. F. Halladay (b. 1860) —
of Iroquois, Kingsbury
County, S.Dak.
Born in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., September
9, 1860.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; postmaster;
South
Dakota state auditor, 1903-07.
Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Albert Halladay and Elizabeth (Fitzhenry) Halladay; married 1886 to Carrie
Eva Hammond. |
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Manual, 1903 |
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Mrs. Ralph A. Harris (d. 1952) —
of Ottawa, Franklin
County, Kan.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; member of Republican
National Committee from Kansas, 1936-40; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1944.
Female.
Died March
13, 1952.
Burial location unknown.
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Donald Read Heath (1894-1981) —
also known as Donald R. Heath —
of Kansas.
Born in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., August
12, 1894.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
correspondent; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Bucharest, 1921-23; Warsaw, 1923-24; U.S. Consul in Warsaw, 1924-25; Berne, 1925-29; Port-au-Prince, 1929-33; Santiago, 1941-44; U.S. Minister to Bulgaria, 1947-50; Cambodia, 1950-52; Laos, 1950-54; Vietnam, 1950-52; U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia, 1952-54; Vietnam, 1952-54; Lebanon, 1955-57; Saudi Arabia, 1958-61.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta.
Died in Orinda, Contra
Costa County, Calif., October
15, 1981 (age 87 years, 64
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Homer Hoch (1879-1949) —
of Marion, Marion
County, Kan.
Born in Marion, Marion
County, Kan., July 4,
1879.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 4th District, 1919-33; defeated, 1932;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1928
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); justice of
Kansas state supreme court, 1938-49; died in office 1949.
Methodist.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta; Freemasons.
Died in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., January
30, 1949 (age 69 years, 210
days).
Interment at Marion
Cemetery, Marion, Kan.
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Andrew J. Hoisington (1848-1907) —
of Great Bend, Barton
County, Kan.
Born near Quincy, Adams
County, Ill., July 12,
1848.
Republican. Newspaper editor; postmaster at Great
Bend, Kan., 1875-77.
Died near Winterset, Madison
County, Iowa, February
25, 1907 (age 58 years, 228
days).
Interment at Jefferson-Goar Cemetery, Winterset, Iowa.
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Lyman Underwood Humphrey (1844-1915) —
also known as Lyman U. Humphrey —
of Independence, Montgomery
County, Kan.
Born in New Baltimore, Stark
County, Ohio, July 25,
1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
newspaper editor; banker;
candidate for Kansas
state house of representatives, 1871; member of Kansas
state senate, 1876; Lieutenant
Governor of Kansas, 1877-81; Governor of
Kansas, 1889-93; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kansas, 1892.
Died in Independence, Montgomery
County, Kan., September
12, 1915 (age 71 years, 49
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Independence, Kan.
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Ira Barnes Hyde (1893-1946) —
also known as Ira Hyde —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, Mo.
Born in Princeton, Mercer
County, Mo., October
12, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
publisher; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Mercer County, 1945-46; died
in office 1946.
Died, in the University of Kansas Hospital,
Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., February
23, 1946, (age 52 years, 134
days).
Interment at Princeton
Cemetery, Princeton, Mo.
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John James Ingalls (1833-1900) —
also known as John J. Ingalls —
of Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan.
Born in Middleton, Essex
County, Mass., December
29, 1833.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Kansas
state senate, 1862; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Kansas, 1862, 1864; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1873-91.
Died in Las Vegas, San Miguel
County, N.M., August
16, 1900 (age 66 years, 230
days).
Interment at Mt.
Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Kan.
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Edward Keating (1875-1965) —
of Denver,
Colo.; Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.; Washington,
D.C.
Born near Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., July 9,
1875.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from Colorado, 1913-19 (at-large 1913-15, 3rd
District 1915-19); defeated, 1918.
Catholic.
Died March
18, 1965 (age 89 years, 252
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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Charles Warner Landis (1867-1925) —
also known as Charles W. Landis —
of Osborne, Osborne
County, Kan.; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Pennsylvania, October
21, 1867.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1908.
Died, from tuberculosis,
in Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz., May 11,
1925 (age 57 years, 202
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Philip Landis and Christiana (Shelly) Landis; married 1892 to Eva
Patterson. |
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W. C. Lansdon (b. 1863) —
Born in Linn
County, Kan., May 6,
1863.
Democrat. School
teacher; newspaper editor; candidate for Governor of
Kansas, 1916, 1918.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Lansdon. |
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Frank Hood Lee (1873-1952) —
also known as Frank H. Lee —
of Joplin, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born near De Soto, Johnson
County, Kan., March
29, 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jasper County 3rd District,
1915-18; U.S.
Representative from Missouri at-large, 1933-35; defeated, 1922
(15th District), 1930 (15th District), 1934 (7th District), 1938 (7th
District); newspaper publisher; hotel
owner.
Died November
20, 1952 (age 79 years, 236
days).
Interment at Ozark
Memorial Park, Joplin, Mo.
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William Mahoney (1869-1952) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.; Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
13, 1869.
Pressman;
labor
leader; Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1904; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Minnesota; founder and editor, Minnesota
Union Advocate newspaper, 1920-32; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1932-34; Farmer-Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1943.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., August
17, 1952 (age 83 years, 217
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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George Washington Martin (1841-1914) —
also known as George W. Martin —
of Junction City, Geary
County, Kan.
Born in Hollidaysburg, Blair
County, Pa., June 30,
1841.
Newspaper publisher; postmaster at Junction
City, Kan., 1864-65; Kansas state printer, 1873-81; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1883; mayor
of Junction City, Kan., 1883-85.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
and Welsh
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died March
27, 1914 (age 72 years, 270
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Junction City, Kan.
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John Alexander Martin (1839-1889) —
also known as John A. Martin —
of Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan.
Born in Brownsville, Fayette
County, Pa., March
10, 1839.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; delegate
to Kansas state constitutional convention, 1859; member of Kansas
state senate, 1859; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kansas, 1860,
1868
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1880;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; postmaster at Atchison,
Kan., 1861-74; mayor
of Atchison, Kan., 1865; member of Republican
National Committee from Kansas, 1868-70, 1872-; Governor of
Kansas, 1885-89.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died of pleuro-pneumonia,
in Atchison, Atchison
County, Kan., October
2, 1889 (age 50 years, 206
days).
Interment at Mt.
Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Kan.
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Judge Marshall McCowan (1855-1940) —
also known as J. M. McCowan —
of Emporia, Lyon
County, Kan.
Born in Newman, Douglas
County, Ill., November
24, 1855.
Democrat. Real estate
dealer; newspaper editor; postmaster at Emporia,
Kan., 1894-97; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kansas, 1904
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1908
(alternate).
Died in Emporia, Lyon
County, Kan., June 3,
1940 (age 84 years, 192
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, Kan.
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John Berridge McCuish (1906-1962) —
also known as John McCuish —
of Newton, Harvey
County, Kan.
Born in Leadville, Lake
County, Colo., June 22,
1906.
Republican. Newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kansas, 1936,
1948;
Lieutenant
Governor of Kansas, 1955-57; Governor of
Kansas, 1957.
Died, of a stroke,
in Newton, Harvey
County, Kan., March
12, 1962 (age 55 years, 263
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Newton, Kan.
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Samuel Medary (1801-1864) —
also known as "The Wheel Horse of Ohio
Democracy" —
of Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Montgomery Square, Montgomery
County, Pa., February
25, 1801.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1834; member of Ohio
state senate, 1836; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Ohio, 1844,
1856,
1864;
postmaster at Columbus,
Ohio, 1847-49, 1858; Governor
of Minnesota Territory, 1857-58; Governor
of Kansas Territory, 1858-59, 1859-60, 1860, 1860; candidate for
Governor
of Kansas, 1859.
Originated the slogan "Fifty-four forty or fight," calling for
aggressive action on the Oregon boundary dispute with Great Britain
in the 1840s; the American claim of all the land up to 54°40'
north latitude encompassed most of what is now British Columbia. Indicted
by a federal grand jury in 1864 for conspiracy
against the government; arrested;
released on bond; never tried.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, November
7, 1864 (age 63 years, 256
days).
Interment at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
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Daniel Azro Millington (1823-1891) —
of Winfield, Cowley
County, Kan.
Born in Hubbardton, Rutland
County, Vt., May 16,
1823.
Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; newspaper editor; postmaster;
mayor
of Winfield, Kan., 1875-76.
Died of heart
failure, in Winfield, Cowley
County, Kan., May 7,
1891 (age 67 years, 356
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Winfield, Kan.
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Relatives: Son
of Solomon Millington and Clarinda (Richardson) Millington; married,
May
16, 1848, to Mary Ann Smith. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Bill Bottorff, Winfield
historian |
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David A. Mims (1833-1901) —
of Garden City, Finney
County, Kan.
Born in Pikeville, Pike
County, Ky., April
18, 1833.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
editor; mayor
of Garden City, Kan., 1890.
Died August
29, 1901 (age 68 years, 133
days).
Interment at Valley
View Cemetery, Garden City, Kan.
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William Alfred Peffer (1831-1912) —
also known as William A. Peffer —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Cumberland
County, Pa., September
10, 1831.
Farmer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
newspaper publisher; member of Kansas
state senate, 1874; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Kansas; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1891-97; Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Kansas, 1898.
Died October
7, 1912 (age 81 years, 27
days).
Interment at Topeka
Cemetery, Topeka, Kan.
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Bishop Walden Perkins (1841-1894) —
also known as Bishop W. Perkins —
of Oswego, Labette
County, Kan.
Born in Rochester, Lorain
County, Ohio, October
18, 1841.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Labette
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1869; Labette
County Probate Judge, 1870-82; newspaper editor; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1880;
U.S.
Representative from Kansas, 1883-91 (at-large 1883-85, 3rd
District 1885-91); U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1892-93.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 20,
1894 (age 52 years, 245
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Samuel Ritter Peters (1842-1910) —
also known as Samuel R. Peters —
of Memphis, Scotland
County, Mo.; Marion, Marion
County, Kan.; Newton, Harvey
County, Kan.
Born in Walnut Township, Pickaway
County, Ohio, August
16, 1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Missouri, 1872;
member of Kansas
state senate, 1874-75; district judge in Kansas, 1875-83; U.S.
Representative from Kansas, 1883-91 (at-large 1883-85, 7th
District 1885-91); postmaster at Newton,
Kan., 1898-1910.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Newton, Harvey
County, Kan., April
21, 1910 (age 67 years, 248
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Newton, Kan.
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Preston Bierce Plumb (1837-1891) —
also known as Preston B. Plumb —
of Emporia, Lyon
County, Kan.
Born in Delaware
County, Ohio, October
12, 1837.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; lawyer;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1863, 1867-68; Lyon
County Prosecuting Attorney; banker; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1877-91; died in office 1891; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1880.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
20, 1891 (age 54 years, 69
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, Kan.
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Eugene Collins Pulliam (1889-1975) —
also known as Eugene C. Pulliam —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born, in a sod
dugout, in Grant
County, Kan., May 3,
1889.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; director, New York
Central Railroad;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1952
(speaker),
1956.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary.
Died in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., June 23,
1975 (age 86 years, 51
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Lebanon, Ind.
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Clyde Martin Reed (1871-1949) —
also known as Clyde M. Reed —
of Parsons, Labette
County, Kan.
Born in Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill., October
19, 1871.
Republican. Lawyer;
secretary to Gov. Henry
J. Allen, 1919; law partner of Bernard
L. Glover; newspaper publisher; Governor of
Kansas, 1929-31; defeated in primary, 1924; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1939-49; died in office 1949.
Methodist.
Suffered a heart
attack, and fell down
a staircase, in Parsons, Labette
County, Kan., November
8, 1949 (age 78 years, 20
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Parsons, Kan.
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Allan W. Ricker (1869-1955) —
also known as Allen W. Ricker —
of Iowa City, Johnson
County, Iowa; Pittsburg, Crawford
County, Kan.; Ellsworth, Hamilton
County, Iowa; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; West St. Paul, Dakota
County, Minn.
Born in Johnson
County, Iowa, December
15, 1869.
Socialist. Newspaper editor; People's candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 2nd District, 1898; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1912; candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 12th District, 1917.
Died in Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
11, 1955 (age 85 years, 58
days).
Interment at Lone Tree Cemetery, Lone Tree, Iowa.
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William Wallace Ross (1828-1889) —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Huron, Erie
County, Ohio, December
25, 1828.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; delegate
to Kansas state constitutional convention, 1857; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1860;
mayor
of Topeka, Kan., 1865-66.
Died, of stomach
cancer, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., June 5,
1889 (age 60 years, 162
days).
Original interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.; reinterment in 1924 at Hollywood
Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Edward L. Safford (1888-1972) —
of Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., August
4, 1888.
Republican. Banker;
newspaper reporter; mayor
of Santa Fe, N.M., 1926-28; New Mexico
Republican state chair, 1931; candidate for Governor of
New Mexico, 1946.
Died July 17,
1972 (age 83 years, 348
days).
Interment at Santa
Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M.
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Dixie Newton Sansom (b. 1948) —
also known as Dixie Sansom; Dixie Ann
Newton —
of Florida.
Born in a hospital
at Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., December
6, 1948.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1984-92; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Florida, 1988;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1992.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2010.
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Terence John Scanlon (1931-1992) —
also known as Terry Scanlon —
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., July 26,
1931.
Democrat. Businessman who owned Pizza Hut restaurant
franchises, a beer
distributorship, and was publisher of the Wichita
Business Journal; Kansas
Democratic state chair, 1977-79.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of pancreatic
cancer, in St. Francis Medical
Center, Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., January
15, 1992 (age 60 years, 173
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Wichita, Kan.
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Charles Frederick Scott (1860-1938) —
also known as Charles F. Scott —
of Iola, Allen
County, Kan.
Born in Allen
County, Kan., September
7, 1860.
Republican. Newspaper editor; member of Kansas
state senate, 1892-96; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Kansas; U.S.
Representative from Kansas, 1901-11 (at-large 1901-07, 2nd
District 1907-11); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kansas, 1916,
1932.
Died in 1938
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Iola
Cemetery, Iola, Kan.
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Frederick Andrew Seaton (1909-1974) —
of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.; Hastings, Adams
County, Neb.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
11, 1909.
Republican. Radio
announcer; sports
reporter; editor, manager, and publisher of newspapers; vice-chair of
Kansas Republican Party, 1934-37; campaign secretary for Gov. Alfred
M. Landon, 1936; member of Nebraska
unicameral legislature, 1945-49; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1951-52; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1956-61; candidate for Governor of
Nebraska, 1962.
Methodist
or Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Rotary;
Navy
League; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Beta
Theta Pi; Pi
Kappa Delta.
Recipient, Medal
of Freedom.
Died in St. Mary's Hospital,
Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., January
16, 1974 (age 64 years, 36
days).
Interment at Parkview
Cemetery, Hastings, Neb.
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Charles Arthur Sprague (1887-1969) —
also known as Charles A. Sprague —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ore.
Born in Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan., November
12, 1887.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; Governor of
Oregon, 1939-43.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Rotary.
Died in Salem, Marion
County, Ore., March
13, 1969 (age 81 years, 121
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mount
Crest Abbey Mausoleum, Salem, Ore.
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Milo W. Sutton (b. 1928) —
of Emporia, Lyon
County, Kan.; Salina, Saline
County, Kan.; Hermosa Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Hartford, Lyon
County, Kan., December
24, 1928.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1951-55; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1956.
Lutheran.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 2002.
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James Marion Tadlock (b. 1866) —
of Logan, Phillips
County, Kan.; Phillipsburg, Phillips
County, Kan.; El Reno, Canadian
County, Okla.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Monroe, Snohomish
County, Wash.; Raymond, Pacific
County, Wash.; Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash.; Eureka, Humboldt
County, Calif.
Born in Crawford
County, Ind., November
2, 1866.
Democrat. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; newspaper editor; candidate for secretary
of state of Washington, 1916; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Washington, 1920;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1940.
Congregationalist.
Member, Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Robert John Walker (1801-1869) —
also known as Robert J. Walker —
of Madisonville, Madison
County, Miss.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Northumberland, Northumberland
County, Pa., July 19,
1801.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1835-45; resigned 1845; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1845-49; Governor
of Kansas Territory, 1857; newspaper publisher.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
11, 1869 (age 68 years, 115
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Lewis Waller (1850-1907) —
also known as John L. Waller —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.; Wyandotte (now part of Kansas City), Wyandotte
County, Kan.; Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in slavery
in New
Madrid County, Mo., January
12, 1850.
Republican. Barber; lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Kansas; U.S. Consul in Tamatave, 1891-93; in March 1895, during France's military
takeover of Madagascar from the Hova monarchy, he was arrested
by French forces and tried in
a French military court, purportedly for the offense of corresponding
with (or spying
for) the Hovas, but more likely because the Queen of the Hovas had
granted him 2.5 square miles, rich with rubber and mahogany trees; sentenced
to twenty years in a French prison; his case became an international
cause celebre, and the U.S. government protested his imprisonment;
ultimately pardoned
in February 1896 by French president Félix Faure, and freed
after ten months in prison, in exchange for U.S. acquiesance to
French rule over Madagascar; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; newspaper editor.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
13, 1907 (age 57 years, 274
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Yonkers, N.Y.
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William Allen White (1868-1944) —
also known as "The Sage of Emporia" —
of Emporia, Lyon
County, Kan.
Born in Emporia, Lyon
County, Kan., February
10, 1868.
Republican. Newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kansas, 1920
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1928
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1936
(member, Resolutions
Committee); Independent candidate for Governor of
Kansas, 1924.
Received a Pulitzer
Prize in 1923 for his editorial, "To An Anxious Friend".
Died in Emporia, Lyon
County, Kan., January
29, 1944 (age 75 years, 353
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, Kan.
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Daniel Woodson (1824-1894) —
of Lynchburg,
Va.; Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.; Coffeyville, Montgomery
County, Kan.
Born May 13,
1824.
Newspaper editor and publisher; secretary
of Kansas Territory, 1854-57; Governor
of Kansas Territory, 1855, 1855, 1856, 1856, 1857.
Died in Claremore, Cherokee Nation County, Indian Territory (now Rogers
County, Okla.), October
5, 1894 (age 70 years, 145
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Bartley Francis Yost (1877-1963) —
also known as Bartley F. Yost —
of Osborne, Osborne
County, Kan.
Born in Switzerland,
September
20, 1877.
Co-owner of a newspaper; U.S. Deputy Consul General in Paris, 1909-13; U.S. Consular Agent in Almeria, 1913-16; U.S. Vice Consul in Genoa, 1917-18; Santa Rosalia, 1918; U.S. Consul in Guaymas, 1918-21; Torreon, as of 1924-26; Sault Ste. Marie, as of 1927-29; Nogales, as of 1932.
Swiss
ancestry.
Died September
8, 1963 (age 85 years, 353
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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