Find A Grave - Atchison County

Bailey, Willis Joshua b. October 12, 1854 d. May 19, 1932
16th Kansas Governor. He served as Governor of Kansas from 1903 to 1905, and founded the town of Baileysville, Kansas.
Mount Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas, USA
Plot: RF-BL27-BK8-2
Butler, Pardee b. March 9, 1816 d. September 19, 1888
Abolitionist. A native of Onondaga County, New York,his family moved to Wadsworth, Ohio where he came under the influence of the teachings of Judge Brown, the uncle of the famous abolitionist, John Brown. As an adult he moved his family to Iowa where he would farm and become an evangelist for the Chrsitan Church. With the opening of the Kansas territory and the debate on whether it would become a slave or free state, he decided to move there to fight against the pro-slavery cause. On August 17...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo)
Pardee Cemetery, Cummings, Atchison County, Kansas, USA
Cochran, Charles Fremont b. September 27, 1846 d. December 19, 1906
US Congressman. From 1880 to 1884, he was the prosecuting attorney of Atchison County, Kansas. In 1885, he returned to Missouri, was the editor of St. Joseph Gazette and served in the State senate 1890 to 1894. In 1897, he was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth and to the three succeeding Congresses serving until 1905. After his term, he founded the Observer newspaper, of which he served as editor until his death. He is presumed to be buried at Mount Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Kansas, but...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mount Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas, USA
Earhart, Amelia [memorial] b. July 24, 1897 d. 1937
Aviation Pioneer. She was born in Atchison, Kansas. Her flying career began in Los Angeles in 1921 when, at age 24, she took flying lessons from Neta Snook and bought her first airplane, a Kinner Airstar. Due to family problems, she sold her airplane in 1924 and moved back East, where she took employment as a social worker. Four years later, she returned to aviation bought an Avro Avian airplane and became the first woman to make a solo-return transcontinental flight. From then on, she...[Read More] (Bio by: Ugaalltheway)
International Forest of Friendship Memorial, Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas, USA
Glick, George Washington b. July 4, 1827 d. April 13, 1911
Member of Ks state house of representatives 1864; state court judge 1877; 9th Governor of Kansas 1883-1885. (Bio by: Mr. Denardo)
Mount Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas, USA
Plot: RG-BL17
Ingalls, John James b. December 29, 1833 d. August 16, 1900
Republican U.S. Senator 1873-1891. Member state constitutional convention 1859. Secretary of the Territorial council 1860. Secretary of the State Senate 1861. During the civil war, served as judge advocate of the Kansas Volunteers. Member State Senate 1862. Unsuccessful candidate for Lt. Governor of Kansas in 1862 and 1864. Elected as a Representative to the US Senate in 1872. Reelected in 1879 and in 1885.
Mount Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas, USA
Plot: R30-BL166
Jarvis, Gregory B. [memorial] b. August 24, 1944 d. January 28, 1986
The International Forest of Friendship is a living, growing memorial to the World History of Aviation and Aerospace. The space shuttle Challenger exploded Jan 28, 1986, all seven aboard perished. Names of those pioneers of space exploration, along with three other astronauts who also gave their lives, are immortalized in the inner circle around the Moon Tree. This tree was grown from a seed taken to the moon by the late Command Module pilot, Col. Stuart Roosa, in Apollo 14, 1971.
(Bio by: Mr. Denardo)
International Forest of Friendship Memorial, Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas, USA
Plot: Next to Mt Vernon cemetery
Lane, Morgan D. b. 1844 d. July 22, 1892
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Private in the Union Army Signal Corps. At Jetersville, Virginia , April 6, 1865, Private Lane in advance of the Army, pursued and captured 7 rebels, to include 2 naval officers, 1 engineer, 1 acting signal officer, 3 enlisted men and the flag of the Confederate gunboat Nansemond. He later rose to the rank of Sergeant and for that action was awarded the Medal of Honor on March 16, 1866. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mount Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas, USA
Plot: R41-BK7-5
Martin, John Alexander b. March 10, 1839 d. October 2, 1889
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General, Kansas Governor. Served in the Civil War first as Colonel and commander of the 8th Kansas Volunteer Infantry, then as Provost Marshal of Nashville, Tennessee. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for "faithful and meritorious services during the war". He served as Governor of Kansas from 1885 to 1889. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Mount Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas, USA
Plot: Range 68, Block 105
McNair, Dr. Ronald E. [memorial] b. October 12, 1950 d. January 28, 1986
The International Forest of Friendship is a living, growing memorial to the World History of Aviation and Aerospace. The space shuttle Challenger exploded Jan. 28, 1986, all seven aboard perished. Names of those pioneers of space exploration, along with three other astronauts who also gave their lives, are immortalized in the inner circle around the Moon Tree. This tree was grown from a seed taken to the moon by the late Command Module pilot Col. Stuart Roosa on Apollo 14, 1971. (Bio by: Mr. Denardo)
International Forest of Friendship Memorial, Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas, USA
Plot: Next to Mt Vernon cemetery
Resnik, Judith A. [memorial] b. April 4, 1949 d. January 28, 1986
The International Forest of Friendship is a living, growing memorial to the World History of Aviation and Aerospace. The space shuttle Challenger exploded Jan 28, 1986, all 7 aboard perished. Names of those pioneers of space exploration, along with three other astronauts who also gave their lives, are immortalized in the inner circle around the Moon Tree. This tree was grown from a seed taken to the moon by the late Command Module pilot, Stuart Roosa, in Apollo 14, 1971. (Bio by: Mr. Denardo)
International Forest of Friendship Memorial, Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas, USA
Plot: Next to Mt Vernon cemetery
Scobee, Francis R. [memorial] b. May 19, 1939 d. January 28, 1986
The International Forest of Friendship is a living, growing memorial to the World History of Aviation and Aerospace. The space shuttle Challenger exploded Jan 28, 1986, all seven aboard perished. Names of those pioneers of space exploration, along with three other astronauts who also gave their lives, are immortalized in the inner circle around the Moon Tree. This tree was grown from a seed taken to the moon by the lateCommand Module pilot Col. Stuart Roosa, in Apollo 14, 1971. (Bio by: Mr. Denardo)
International Forest of Friendship Memorial, Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas, USA
Smith, Michael J. [memorial] b. April 20, 1945 d. January 28, 1986
The International Forest of Friendship is a living, growing memorial to the World History of Aviation and Aerospace. The space shuttle Challehger exploded Jan. 28, 1986, all seven aboard perished. Names of those pioneers of space exploration, along with three other astronauts who also gave their lives, are immortalized in the inner circle around the Moon Tree. This tree was grown from a seed taken to the moon by the late Command Module pilot Stuart Roosa in Apollo 14, 1974. (Bio by: Mr. Denardo)
International Forest of Friendship Memorial, Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas, USA
Plot: Next to Mt Vernon cemetery
Taggart, Joseph b. June 15, 1867 d. December 3, 1938
U.S. Congressman. He was the prosecuting attorney of Wyandotte County, Kansas, from 1907 to 1911, when elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Alexander C. Mitchell. Reelected to the Sixty-third and Sixty-fourth Congresses, he served from November 7, 1911, to March 3, 1917. In World War I, he served as Captain in the Quartermaster Corps of the United States Army. After the war, he resumed the practice of law in Kansas City, Kansas and was...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Mount Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas, USA
Plot: RA-BL25

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