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• Barton, Ralph   b. August 14, 1891  d. May 20, 1931
  Cartoonist, Illustrator. One of America's most famous artists of the 1920s. His stylish celebrity caricatures, playful yet not mocking, became synonymous with the "Jazz Age" and were widely influential. "It is not the caricaturist's job to be penetrating", he said. "It is his job to put down the figure a man cuts before his fellows in his attempt to conceal the writhings of his soul". Ralph Waldo Emerson Barton was born in Kansas City, Missouri. His mother was a portrait painter, and in his...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
  Mount Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
   
• Buchanan, Junious 'Buck'    b. September 10, 1940  d. July 16, 1992
  Hall of Fame Football Player. Born in Gainesville, Alabama, he was an NAIA All-American defensive tackle from Grambling State University, when he debuted with Kansas City Chiefs in 1963. From 1963 to 1975, played for the Kansas City Chiefs
  and was on their AFL Championship teams in 1966 and 1969. Through the coarse of his career he played in 182 career games that included a string of 166 straight. He was six times selected to the AFL All-Star team (1964-69) and was selected to the All-Pro...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Mount Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
  Plot: Block 18, Lot 493, Space 8
  GPS coordinates: 38.9356804, -94.5736237 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Cronkite Jr., Walter Leland    b. November 4, 1916  d. July 17, 2009
  Television Broadcast Journalist. Born in St. Joseph, Missouri, he attended two years at the University of Texas from 1933 to 1935 before dropping out in his junior year to take a job as a full time reporter with the Houston Press in Texas. He began his broadcasting career working at several radio stations throughout the Midwestern United States prior to the outbreak of hostilities in Europe. During the Second World War he took a job as a reporter with United Press International covering the war...[Read More] (Bio by: Nils M. Solsvik Jr.)
  Mount Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
  GPS coordinates: 38.9360504, -94.5790787 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Davenport, Jack Arden    b. September 7, 1931  d. September 21, 1951
  Korean War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War as a Corporal in Company G, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division (Rein.). He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery in the vicinity of Songnae-Dong, Korea, on September 21, 1951. His citation reads "For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a squad leader in Company G, in action against enemy...[Read More]
  Cause of death: Hand grenade explosion in the line of duty
  Mount Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
   
• Irving, Theodore Leonard  b. March 24, 1898  d. March 8, 1962
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Missouri's 5th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1949 to 1953. (Bio by: K)
  Mount Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
   
• Jost, Henry Lee    b. December 6, 1873  d. July 13, 1950
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Missouri's 5th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1923 to 1925. Also served as Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri. (Bio by: K)
  Mount Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
   
• Kling, John 'Johnny'    b. February 25, 1875  d. January 31, 1947
  Major League Baseball Player. An outstanding catchers, he played with the Chicago Cubs from 1900 to 1911. Was also the player-manager of the Boston Braves in 1912 and finished his career with the Cincinatti Reds in 1913. (Bio by: Stuthehistoryguy)
  Mount Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
   
• Nichols, Charles 'Kid'    b. September 14, 1869  d. April 11, 1953
  Hall of Fame Major League Baseball Player. He began his minor league career at age 16, and broke into the National League with 27 victories for the Boston Beaneaters in 1890. The ace of the Boston staff, Nichols won 30 or more games seven times and led the Beaneaters to five pennants. He remained with Boston until 1901, managed Kansas City in 1902 and 1903, then pitched for and managed the St. Louis Cardinals in 1904 and 1905. He ended his career with the Phillies in 1906. He won 360 major...[Read More] (Bio by: anonymous)
  Mount Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
  Plot: Block 16, Lot 237
  GPS coordinates: 38.9359894, -94.5772705 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Quisenberry, Daniel    b. February 7, 1953  d. September 30, 1998
  Major League Baseball Player. Probably most remembered as a pitcher for the Kansas City Royals from 1979 to 1988, he was also a poet and published author. After being traded, he played for the St. Louis Cardinals during two seasons and for the San Francisco Giants for one season. Rolaids' Fireman of the Year, Royals' Pitcher of the Year, three-time member of the American League All Star team and the five-time American League leader in saves. Published works include: On Days Like This: Poems...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill Walker)
  Mount Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
   
• Sanders, Joseph L    b. October 15, 1896  d. May 14, 1965
  Singer, Songwriter. Known as Joe Sanders, he was the Sanders part of the well-known Coon-Sanders Orchestra of the 1920s and 1930s. He was the second child of Joseph Harrison Sanders and his wife Helena Soice. His older brother, Roy, became a professional baseball player with the Cincinatti Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates. The family moved from Thayer, Kans., to Belton, Mo., when Joe was a small child and then to Kansas City, Mo., when he was about 13. Trained as a classical pianist, he also had a...[Read More] (Bio by: Janet Miller)
  Mount Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
   
• Seufert, Ruth    b. July 5, 1897  d. January 25, 1975
  A pianist herself, she married the Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra's Swedish cellist, Arno Seufert. Started her own concert management agency, booking artists into the Music Hall in Kansas City, Missouri. Best known for presenting The Ruth Seufert Celebrity Series of concerts. Names such as Metropolitan lyric soprano Eleanor Steber, Puerto Rican pianist Jesús María Sanromá and a violin-piano recital duo of Adolf Busch and Rudolf Serkin! There was Metropolitan Opera mezzo Rose Bampton...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill Walker)
  Mount Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
   
• Smith, Hilton    b. February 27, 1907  d. November 18, 1983
  Hall of Fame Negro Leagues Baseball Player. He began his professional career signing with the Negro Leagues' Kansas City Monarchs as a right-handed in 1936. He was a star pitcher on the Monarchs, possessing what may have been the best curveball in baseball history. He was credited with 20 or more wins in each of his 12 seasons, named to Negro Leagues East-West all-star game roster six times and named All-Star starting pitcher twice. As a pitcher, he had a career 161 wins, with 22 losses and was...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Mount Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
  Plot: Block 25, Lot 67
  GPS coordinates: 38.9374199, -94.5785294 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Stover, Clara   b. 1882  d. January 9, 1975
  It was in Omaha that a fellow approached Stover with a chocolate-covered ice cream bar idea. Stover produced and sold it for a year. After the first mad surge for the novelty, sales dropped off and the Stovers bailed out with $25,000. This novelty was the Eskimo Pie. The Stover's moved to Denver where they began "Mrs. Stover's Bungalow Candies." In 1931 they moved their business to Kansas City. Many Kansas Citizens will remember the company headquarters at 1206 Main street in downtown Kansas...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill Walker)
  Mount Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
  Plot: Mausoleum
   
• Stover, Russell    b. 1888  d. May 11, 1954
  It was in Omaha that a fellow approached Stover with a chocolate-covered ice cream bar idea. Stover produced and sold it for a year. After the first mad surge for the novelty, sales dropped off and the Stovers bailed out with $25,000. This novelty was the Eskimo Pie. The Stover's moved to Denver where they began "Mrs. Stover's Bungalow Candies." In 1931 they moved their business to Kansas City. Many Kansas Citizens will remember the company headquarters at 1206 Main street in downtown Kansas...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill Walker)
  Mount Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
  Plot: Mausoleum
   
• Wilkinson, James Leslie    b. May 14, 1878  d. August 21, 1964
  Baseball Hall of Famer. The only white man to steer a franchise in the Negro National League, Wilkinson was the owner of the Kansas City Monarchs, founded in 1920. He won 17 pennants and two Colored World Series. Among future stars to play for him were Jackie Robinson, Satchel Paige, and Cool Papa Bell. Wilkinson was also instrumental in designing lighting systems to bring night baseball to the game before the Major Leagues. He was inducted posthumously, along with 16 others, into the...[Read More] (Bio by: wolf forrest)
  Mount Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
  Plot: Garden Mausoleum 1, View 5, Crypt C, Tier 49
   
• Williams, Claude 'Fiddler'    b. February 22, 1908  d. April 25, 2004
  Jazz Pioneer, Musician. He played guitar, mandolin, banjo and cello by the age of ten. He then heard Joe Venuti's violin at an outdoor pavilion "above the orchestra, on top of all the other instruments" and convinced his family to buy him his first fiddle the next day. His paying work started with his brother-in-law Ben Johnson's string band, a group of young musicians playing barber shops, hotels, and front yards. Claude remembers making good tip money in an evening, "six to seven dollars...[Read More] (Bio by: Sherry)
  Mount Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
   
• Winchell, Barry    b. August 31, 1977  d. July 6, 1999
  Murder Victim. Private, 101st Airborne Division, US Army. He was beaten with a baseball bat as he slept, and died the next day from his injuries. A movie was made about his life, called "Soldier's Girl." It showed his relationship with a transgendered singer, his attempt to hide his private life from the military, and his murder. (Bio by: kimshockey (reb))
  Mount Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
   

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