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• Anderson, Josephine    b. 1849  d. August 13, 1863
  Civil War Figure. She was the 14-year-old sister of Confederate partisan "Bloody" Bill Anderson, who was one of William Quantrill's men. In August 1863, shortly after Union General Thomas Ewing issued the infamous Order No. 11, she, her 10-year-old sister, plus [Read More] (Bio by: Mr. Denardo)
  Union Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
  Plot: Corner of East Spruce
   
• Armour, Andrew    b. January 27, 1829  d. May 28, 1892
  Businessman. One of 5 Armours who developed Armor and Company Meat Packing. In 1871 John Plankington and Phillip Armour opened a small slaughterhouse in Kansas City. The company already had two large packinghouses, one in Milwaukee and one in Chicago. John Plankington retired from Plankington and Armour in 1885 and Armour Brothers was organized. Phillip Danforth Armour, founder; Simeon B. Armour, eldest brother; A. Watson Armour, and his sons, Kirkland B. Armour and Charles W. Armour, made up...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill Walker)
  Elmwood Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
  Plot: Armour family plot
   
• Armour, Charles W.    b. June 10, 1857  d. March 22, 1927
  Businessman, Meatpacking Magnate. He was one of the five Armours who developed the meatpacking firm of Armor & Company. He was born in Stockbridge, New York, where his parents were farmers and little is known of his early life. His brother, Phillip Danforth Armour and associate John Plankington opened a small slaughterhouse in Kansas City in 1871. The company already had two large packinghouses, one in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and one in Chicago, Illinois. Plankington retired from the business in...[Read More] (Bio by: William Bjornstad)
  Elmwood Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
  Plot: Armour family plot
   
• Armour, Kirkland B.   b. April 10, 1854  d. September 27, 1901
  Businessman. One of 5 Armours who developed Armor and Company Meat Packing. In 1871 John Plankington and Phillip Armour opened a small slaughterhouse in Kansas City. The company already had two large packinghouses, one in Milwaukee and one in Chicago. Born in Stockbridge, New York, Kirkland B. Armour and his brother, Charles, came to Kansas City from Chicago to work in the meat packing plant. John Plankington retired from Plankington & Armour in 1885 and Armour Brothers was organized...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill Walker)
  Elmwood Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
   
• Armour, Simeon    b. February 1, 1828  d. March 29, 1899
  Businessman. One of 5 Armours who developed Armor and Company Meat Packing. In 1871 John Plankington and Phillip Armour opened a small slaughterhouse in Kansas City. The company already had two large packinghouses, one in Milwaukee and one in Chicago. John Plankington retired from Plankington & Armour in 1885 and Armour Brothers was organized. Phillip Danforth Armour, founder; Simeon B. Armour, eldest brother; A. Watson Armour, and his sons, Kirkland B. Armour and Charles W. Armour, made up...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill Walker)
  Elmwood Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
  Plot: Armour family plot
   
• Askew, Frank    b. January 9, 1837  d. April 28, 1902
  Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Graduated from Michigan University, studied law, but did not seek admission to the bar. At the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861 he was commissioned first as a Lieutenant in the 17th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, then as Colonel and commander of the 15th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on July 14, 1865 for "meritorious service". A well thought of member of the community in Kansas City Missouri, he served on the...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill Walker)
  Elmwood Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
  Plot: Block C, Lot 152
   
• Barkley, John    b. August 28, 1895  d. April 14, 1966
  World War I Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served during World War I in the United States Army as a Private First Class, in Company K, 4th Infantry, 3rd Division. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery near Cunel, France on October 7, 1918. His citation reads "Pfc. Barkley, who was stationed in an observation post half a kilometer from the German line, on his own initiative repaired a captured enemy machinegun and mounted it in a disabled French tank near his post. Shortly afterward...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  Forest Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
   
• Bartle, Harold Roe Bennett Sturdyvant    b. 1901  d. 1974
  Kansas City Mayor, Boy Scout Executive. The son of a poor minister who grew up in coal mining towns of Virginia, he served in the infantry during World War I, and saved most of his pay, which he invested in oil lands and banks after the war. Having vowed he would devote his life to public service once he had achieved financial security, he retired from his law practice and joined the staff of the Boy Scouts. His service with the Boy Scouts took him and his family to Wyoming, St. Joseph Missouri...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill Walker)
  Forest Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
   
• 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
   
• Bingham, George Caleb    b. March 20, 1811  d. July 7, 1879
  American painter of landscapes and realistic genre paintings, concerned with the effects of light. Work includes, "Fur Traders Descending the Missouri" (1845). (Bio by: Bill Walker)
  Union Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
   
• Boone, Sarah Griffen   b. January 29, 1786  d. June 9, 1850
  Wife of Daniel M. Boone, who was one of Daniel Boone's sons.
  Boone-Hays Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
   
• Borland, William Patterson    b. October 14, 1867  d. February 20, 1919
  US Congressman.
  Elmwood Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
   
• Bowman, Samuel Millard    b. January 3, 1815  d. June 4, 1885
  Civil War Union Brevet Major General. He served during the Civil War first as the Major of the 4th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry, then as Colonel and commander of the 84th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He was brevetted both Brigadier and Major General, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for "gallant and meritorious services during the war". However, his Brigadier General brevet was confirmed by the United States Senate to rank from that day, but his Major General brevet was not confirmed until...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  Elmwood Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
  Plot: Block A, Lot 263
  GPS coordinates: 39.0970840, -94.5266037 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Boyle, Harold V. 'Hal'   b. 1911  d. 1974
  Hal Boyle graduated from Central High School in Kansas City Missouri, started as a copy boy at the Kansas City Bureau of Associated Press, later became a reporter, was AP's first columnist, won a Pulitzer prize in 1945 for columns and stories from the North African and European war theaters, wrote a book "Best of Boyle". Per the AP web site: "During 30 years with the AP Boyle wrote some 7,680 columns. He had more bylines than any other AP writer at the time of his retirement in 1974." (Bio by: Bill Walker)
  Cause of death: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gerhig's disease)
  Forest Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
   
• Brennan, Addison Foster    b. July 18, 1887  d. January 7, 1962
  Major League Baseball Player. He played on four teams in seven seasons in the major leagues as a left-handed pitcher. He played with the Philadelphia Phillies (1910 to 1913), Chicago Whales (1914 to 1915), and split his last year in 1918 with the Washington Senators and Cleveland Indians. He appeared in 132 games, 77 as starting pitcher. During his ML career he won 37 and lost 36 with an earned run average of 3.11. He struck out 283 batters. (Bio by: Mel Bashore)
  Forest Hill 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)
   
• Butler, Walter Halben    b. February 13, 1852  d. April 24, 1931
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Iowa's 4th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1891 to 1893. (Bio by: K)
  Forest Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
   
• Calhoun, James Silas    b. 1802  d. July 2, 1852
  New Mexico Territorial Governor. Served in the Mexican War as a Colonel in the United States Army. Served as Governor of the New Mexico Territory from 1851 to 1852. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  Union Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
   
• Chick, William Miles    b. 1794  d. 1847
  Colonel in the War of 1812. The first settler and first postmaster of Kansas City, Mo. He came to Westport in 1837 and operated a general store. In 1843, he established himself as a fur trader in Kansas City. He died of pneumonia in 1847.
  Union Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
  Plot: Marker # 15
   
• Coates, Sarah    b. March 10, 1829  d. July 24, 1897
  Social Reformer. Headed a local Woman’s Suffrage Club for several years and was a personal friend of Susan B. Anthony. She served on many boards and helped found a group that became the Missouri Federation of Women’s Clubs. She was born in Pennsylvania. Her husband Kersey Coates was also born in Pennsylvania and practiced law there. He moved to the area that became Kansas City Missouri about 1854, where he was a director of a railroad, partner in a bank, and a real estate investor. He...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill Walker)
  Elmwood Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
   

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