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Rosa <I>Lyon</I> Anthony

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Rosa Lyon Anthony

Birth
Medina, Orleans County, New York, USA
Death
21 Dec 1916 (aged 92)
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
Burial
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
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Topeka State Journal Friday 22 December, 1916, pg. 1C.

Mrs. George T. Anthony, widow of George T. Anthony, former governor of the State of Kansas, died at San Antonio, Tex. this morning where she was spending the winter.

Mrs. Anthony's home was at Ottawa, Kan. where she has resided since 1888. She was 92 years of age, and was born at Medina, NY where she and Mr. Anthony were married in 1852. They came to Leavenworth, Kan. in 1865 following Mr. Anthony's muster out of the Union Army.

He was elected governor in 1876 and following a single term was active in legislative affairs and held several appointive offices.

She is survived by her two grandchildren, Miss Alma Anthony of Ottawa and Mrs. Anna A. Drake of Chicago. Funeral services will be held at Ottawa, Kan. and the body will arrive here Saturday morning on the Santa Fe at 10:25 and will be taken direct to the Topeka Cemetery where burial will be made in the same lot as her husband and son, George H. Anthony.
Topeka State Journal Friday 22 December, 1916, pg. 1C.

Mrs. George T. Anthony, widow of George T. Anthony, former governor of the State of Kansas, died at San Antonio, Tex. this morning where she was spending the winter.

Mrs. Anthony's home was at Ottawa, Kan. where she has resided since 1888. She was 92 years of age, and was born at Medina, NY where she and Mr. Anthony were married in 1852. They came to Leavenworth, Kan. in 1865 following Mr. Anthony's muster out of the Union Army.

He was elected governor in 1876 and following a single term was active in legislative affairs and held several appointive offices.

She is survived by her two grandchildren, Miss Alma Anthony of Ottawa and Mrs. Anna A. Drake of Chicago. Funeral services will be held at Ottawa, Kan. and the body will arrive here Saturday morning on the Santa Fe at 10:25 and will be taken direct to the Topeka Cemetery where burial will be made in the same lot as her husband and son, George H. Anthony.


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