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• Anthony, George Tobey    b. June 9, 1824  d. August 5, 1896
  7th Kansas Governor. He served as Captain and commander of the 17th Independent Battery New York Volunteer Light Artillery during the Civil War, being brevetted Major, US Volunteers for his service. A cousin of noted suffragette Susan B. Anthony, he served as Governor of Kansas from 1877 to 1879.
  Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
   
• Capper, Arthur    b. July 14, 1865  d. December 19, 1951
  20th Kansas Governor, US Senator. Prominent Kansas newspaperman who established the Topeka Daily Capital. Served as Governor of Kansas from 1915 to 1919. Elected as a Senator from Kansas to the United States Senate, serving as a Republican from 1919 to 1949, a span of 30 years. (Bio by: Mr. Denardo)
  Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
   
• Crawford, Samuel    b. April 10, 1835  d. October 21, 1913
  Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General, 3rd Kansas Governor. Entered the Civil War as a Captain in the 2nd Kansas Volunteer Infantry, which in time was converted to cavalry, and was redesignated as the 2nd Kansas Cavarly. He was then commissioned Colonel and commander of the 83rd United States Colored Troops. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for "meritorious services". Two months before that, he had been elected as Governor of Kansas, an office he served in...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
  Plot: Section 58, Lot 46
   
• Curtis, Charles    b. January 25, 1860  d. February 8, 1936
  Vice President of the United States. Born the son of Orren Curtis and Ellen Pappan, the grand daughter of White Plume, a Kansa-Kaw chief. As a child, Curtis lived for three years on a Kaw reservation and learned to speak French and Kansa before he learned English. After his mother died in 1863 his upbringing was left to his grandparents, dividing time between both Topeka and the Kaw reservation. In 1869 Curtis rode as a jockey in his first race and continued to ride until 1876. He attended...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
  Cause of death: Heart attack
  Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
  Plot: Section 80
  GPS coordinates: 39.0387192, -95.6518326 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Davis, John    b. August 9, 1826  d. August 1, 1901
  US Congressman. He was elected to represent Kansas' 5th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1891 to 1895.
  Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
   
• Foster, Harold R.    b. August 16, 1892  d. July 25, 1982
  Cartoonist, he drew the "Tarzan" comic strip from 1931-37. In 1937, he created and drew "Prince Valiant" comic strip. (Bio by: Ginny M)
  Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
  Plot: Section 55
  GPS coordinates: 39.0426407, -95.6525192 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Hanback, Lewis   b. March 27, 1839  d. September 7, 1897
  During the Civil War, he enlisted as a private in Company K, 27th Illinios Volunteer Infantry and was promoted to brigade inspector; studied law in Albany, NY; admitted to the bar in 1885; elected justice of the peace in 1867; probate judge of Shawnee County, 1868-1872; assistant chief clerk of the state house of representatives; assistant secretary of the state senate in 1877; assistant U.S. district attorney of Kansas 1877-1879; elected as a Republican to the Forty-eight & Forty-ninth...[Read More] (Bio by: Mr. Denardo)
  Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
  Plot: near George Anthony
   
• Holliday, Cyrus K.    b. April 3, 1826  d. March 29, 1900
  Founding father of Topeka. He also founded Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. He added Santa Fe to the name as a marketing ploy, not knowing if railroad would go to Santa Fe. (Bio by: Ginny M)
  Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
  Plot: Section 8
  GPS coordinates: 39.0408516, -95.6532822 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Hudson, Gen. Joseph Kennedy    b. 1840  d. 1907
  US Army Brigadier General. At the start of the Civil War, he enlisted as a Private in Company E, of the 3rd Kansas Regiment. He participated in the various battles through the campaigns in Missouri and was commissioned First Lieutenant in 1862. In December, 1863, he was commissioned Major of the 62nd US Colored Infantry. He commanded the 62nd in engagments through Mississippi to Texas, until the end of the war. After the war he engaged in farming, editor of the Topeka Capital and was elected to...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
   
• Martin, John    b. November 12, 1833  d. September 3, 1913
  US Senator. Elected as a Senator from Kansas to the United States Senate, serving from 1893 to 1895.
  Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
   
• Osborn, Thomas Andrew    b. October 26, 1836  d. February 4, 1898
  6th Kansas Governor, US Diplomat. Served as Governor of Kansas from 1873 to 1877. Served as United States Minister to Chile in 1877, and as United States Minister to Brazil from 1881 to 1885.
  Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
   
• Otis, John Grant   b. February 10, 1838  d. February 22, 1916
  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-...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
  Plot: sect 9
   
• Peffer, William Alfred    b. September 10, 1831  d. October 6, 1912
  US Senator. Elected as a Senator from Kansas to the United States Senate, serving from 1891 to 1897. (Bio by: K)
  Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
   
• Ritchie, John    b. July 17, 1817  d. August 31, 1887
  Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. He served in the Civil war first as Colonel and commander of the 5th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry, then as Colonel of the 2nd Indian Home Guards, then finally as an Aide-de-Camp to Major General Samuel R. Curtis. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on February 21, 1865, but, with the belief that he wasn't a competent enough officer, and his brevet commission was obtained through political influence, the War Department refused to issue it. He...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
  Plot: Section 18, Lot 5
   
• Ryan, Thomas    b. 1837  d. 1914
  US Congressman. Represented two seperate Kansas Districts in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1877 to 1891. First represented the 3rd District from 1877 to 1885, then the 4th District from 1885 to 1891.
  Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
   
• Stumbaugh, Frederick Shearer    b. April 14, 1817  d. May 15, 1897
  Civil War Union Brigadier General.
  Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
   
• Tornado, Disaster Memorial   d. June 8, 1966
  This memorial is given as a tribute for those who worked unselfishly in restoring our city to normalcy and as a memorial to those who lost their lives in the tornado of June 8, 1966. Lisle Brauer, Mary Beasley, Craig Beymer, Calvin Wolfe and wife, John Wells, John Scheibe, W. Crouch, Gerford Lee, John Culver, Sterling Taylor, Edward Lyons, Mattie Anderson, George Sklenick, Oliver Milton, Mrs. Bertha Whitney and Nancy Hummer, whose parents donated this memorial. (Bio by: Mr. Denardo)
  Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
   
• Vail, Thomas    b. October 21, 1812  d. October 6, 1889
  Religious Leader. First Episcopal Bishop of State of Kansas. He and his wife Ellen were instrumental in founding the first hospital in Topeka (Christ Hospital) in 1882. (Bio by: Ginny M)
  Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
  Plot: Section 18
  GPS coordinates: 39.0304909, -95.6537704 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Walsh, Hugh Sleight   b. November 10, 1810  d. April 23, 1877
  Territorial Governor of Kansas. Born in New York, Walsh served four times as acting territorial governor of Kansas, but never more than two months at a time. He served during the period in the state's history known as "bleeding Kansas". President James Buchanan consistantly called on him to take office, when the elected governors were unable to serve, towards the last days of Kansas's stint as a territory which were also the final days of Buchanan's presidency. Walsh was the only territorial...[Read More]
  Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
   
• Whitehead, John Milton    b. March 6, 1823  d. March 7, 1909
  Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served during the Civil War as Chaplain of the 15th Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery during the Battle of Stones River, Tennessee on December 31, 1862. His citation reads "Went to the front during a desperate contest and unaided carried to the rear several wounded and helpless soldiers". His Medal was awarded to him on April 4, 1898. He was one of three 15th Indiana Infantry soldiers to be awarded the Medal of...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
   

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