Barnes, Virgil Jennings 'Zeke' b. March 5, 1897 d. July 24, 1958 Major League Baseball Player. He played as a right-handed pitcher for ten seasons (1919 to 1920, 1922 to 1928) with the New York Giants, and, briefly, the Boston Braves. Previous to his baseball career he served in the United States Army during World War I, seeing combat in France during the 1918 Meuse-Argonne Offensive, where he was gassed. He made his Major League debut with the Giants at the tail end of the 1919 season. His older brother Jesse L. Barnes, also was a pitcher and a teammate...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge) Holton Cemetery, Holton, Jackson County, Kansas, USA
Broderick, Case b. September 13, 1839 d. April 1, 1920 US Congressman. During the Civil War he served in the Union Army as a Private in the 2nd Battery, Kansas Volunteer Light Artillery, being mustered in on June 28, 1863, and mustered out on August 11, 1865. Admitted to the Kansas Bar Association as a lawyer in 1870, he developed a successful law practice before entering the political arena. He served as Mayor of Holton, Kansas from 1874 to 1875, as Jackson County, Kansas prosecuting attorney from 1875 to 1880, and in the Kansas State Senate from...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge) Holton Cemetery, Holton, Jackson County, Kansas, USA
Grimshaw, Samuel b. March 2, 1840 d. November 11, 1918 Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He enlisted in the Union Army at Smithfield, Jefferson County, Ohio on August 9, 1862, and was mustered in as a Private in Company B, 52nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery at the Battle of Utoy Creek near Atlanta, Georgia on August 6, 1864, with his citation reading "Saved the lives of some of his comrades, and greatly imperiled his own by picking up and throwing away a lighted shell which had fallen in the midst...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge) Holton Cemetery, Holton, Jackson County, Kansas, USA
Petersen, Danny John b. March 10, 1949 d. January 9, 1970 Vietnam Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served in the United States Army during the War in Vietnam as a Specialist Fourth Class in Company B, 4th Battalion, 23rd Infantry, 25th Infantry Division. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery in the Tay Ninh Province, Republic of Vietnam, on January 9, 1970. His citation reads "Sp4c. Petersen distinguished himself while serving as an armored personnel carrier commander with Company B during a combat operation against a North Vietnamese Army...[Read More] Cause of death: Killed in action Netawaka Cemetery, Netawaka, Jackson County, Kansas, USA
b. March 5, 1897 d. July 24, 1958