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Scotch-Irish ancestry Politicians in Kansas

Wesley Richard Childs (b. 1869) — also known as Wesley R. Childs — of Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kan. Born in Allen County, Kan., June 26, 1869. Republican. Coal mining business; postmaster at Kansas City, Kan., 1907-13; insurance agent. Presbyterian. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Rev. Lucas S. Childs and Sophia (Keyes) Childs; married, January 2, 1892, to Ella McClung. Alfred Mossman Landon (1887-1987) — also known as Alf M. Landon — of Independence, Montgomery County, Kan.; Topeka, Shawnee County, Kan. Born in West Middlesex, Mercer County, Pa., September 9, 1887. Republican. Oil producer; Governor of Kansas, 1933-37; candidate for President of the United States, 1936; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1940 (member, Resolutions Committee), 1944, 1948. Methodist. English and Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Elks; Phi Gamma Delta; Phi Delta Phi. Died in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kan., October 12, 1987 (age 100 years, 33 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Kan.   Relatives: Son of Anne (Mossman) Landon and John Manuel Landon; married, January 9, 1915, to Margaret Euphemia Fleming; married, January 15, 1930, to Theo Cobb; father of Nancy Josephine Landon (who married Howard Henry Baker Jr.).   Political family: Baker-Dirksen family of Huntsville and Alcoa, Tennessee.   Cross-reference: Frederick Andrew Seaton   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books by Alfred M. Landon: America at the Crossroads   Books about Alfred M. Landon: Donald R. McCoy, Landon of Kansas   Image source: Official Report of the 21st Republican National Convention (1936)   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.   Presumably named for: George Washington   Relatives: Son of David Martin and Mary (Howell) Martin; married, December 20, 1863, to Lyida Coulson; married, October 10, 1901, to Josephine (Morgon) Blakely.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   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.   Relatives: Son of James Martin and Jane Montgomery (Crawford) Martin; married, June 7, 1871, to Ida Challiss.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   George J. Tallman (1824-1906) — of Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kan. Born in Westmoreland County, Pa., July 6, 1824. Physician; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; druggist; mayor of Coffeyville, Kan., 1873. Methodist. German and Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Died in Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kan., July 10, 1906 (age 82 years, 4 days). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Coffeyville, Kan.   Relatives: Married 1858 to Nini W. Barker.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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