| Birth: | Feb. 10, 1838 | | Death: | Feb. 22, 1916
Topeka
Shawnee County
Kansas, USA | 
Civil War Union Army Officer, US Congressman. Born in Danby, Vermont, he was admitted to the bar in 1859 and opened a law practice in Topeka, Kansas. At the start of the Civil War, he assisted in recruiting the first black regiment of Kansas in 1862. In February 1863, he was promoted Colonel paymaster general of the Governor's military staff and served for the remainder of the war. After the war, he served as State agent of the Grange, 1873 to 1875 and was elected as a Populist to the Fifty-second Congress in 1891, serving until 1893. (bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
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Spouse:
Bina A. Numan Otis (1847 - 1926)*
Children:
John Foster Otis (1875 - 1923)*
*Calculated relationship
Search Amazon for John Otis | | | Burial:
Topeka Cemetery
Topeka
Shawnee County
Kansas, USA
Plot: sect 9 |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: Tom Denardo
Record added: Mar 21, 2002
Find A Grave Memorial# 6280333 |
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