Find A Grave - Jackson County

Ace, Goodman b. January 15, 1899 d. March 25, 1982
Radio Actor, Comedian. From 1931 to 1945 he teamed with his wife Jane Ace to play in the comedy radio program "Easy Aces" (his character was the straightman to his wife's character was "Mistress Misspeack"). He had a successful career as a comedy writer, providing material for early television entertainment figures such as comedian Milton Berle...[Read More]
Mount Carmel Cemetery, Raytown, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
Ace, Jane b. October 12, 1900 d. November 11, 1974
Radio Actress. Born Jane Epstein in Kansas City, Missouri, together with her husband Goodman Ace, they were one of the most popular novelty teams during radio's golden era. In 1930, when circumstances forced Goodman Ace to continue broadcasting after his show had finished on KMBC Radio Kansas City, he brought his wife Jane in for an impromptu discussion. The results soon became a hit domestic comedy duo known as, "Easy Aces". In 1931, "Easy Aces" joined the regular CBS Radio lineup and moved to...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mount Carmel Cemetery, Raytown, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
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
Barger, Charles Denver b. 1892 d. November 25, 1936
World War I Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served in the United States Army during World War I as a Private First Class in Company L, 354th Infantry, 89th Division. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery near Bois-deBantheville, France, on October 31, 1918. His citation reads "Learning that 2 daylight patrols had been caught out in No Man's Land and were unable to return, Pfc. Barger and another stretcher bearer upon their own initiative made 2 trips 500 yards beyond our lines, under...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Blue Springs Cemetery, Blue Springs, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
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
Bell, Charles Jasper b. January 16, 1885 d. January 21, 1978
US Congressman. Elected to represent Missouri's 4th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1935 to 1949. Also served as a State Court Judge from 1931 to 1934. (Bio by: K)
Blue Springs Cemetery, Blue Springs, 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)
Boyd, John R. b. 1835 d. 1862
Civil War Confederate Army Officer. He served during the Civil War as Colonel and commander of the 12th Missouri (CSA) Cavalry regiment. He was killed at the first battle of Independence, Missouri.
Woodlawn Cemetery, Independence, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
Plot: Buried next to Brigadier General John Taylor Hughes
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
Branton, Moses b. February 24, 1842 d. August 14, 1923
Confederate Army. Served under General Stonewall Jackson. He was captured at Gettysburg.
Blue Springs Cemetery, Blue Springs, Jackson County, Missouri, USA

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