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• Banks, George Lovell    b. October 13, 1839  d. August 20, 1924
  Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served during the Civil War as a Sergeant in Company C, 15th Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery during the Battle of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee on November 25, 1863. His citation reads "As color bearer, led his regiment in the assault, and, though wounded, carried the flag forward to the enemy's works, where he was again wounded. In a brigade of 8 regiments this flag was the first planted on the parapet". His...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  Mount Hope Cemetery, Independence, Montgomery County, Kansas, USA
   
• Brown, William Rufus    b. October 11, 1823  d. March 24, 1891
  Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. He entered Civil War service on July 22, 1861, when he was commissioned as Captain and commander of Company E, 4th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry. He led his company for over a year, then was honorably mustered out on August 31, 1862. A little over a month later he rejoined the Union war effort, being commissioned as Lieutenant Colonel of the 13th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry. At it's beginning the regiment only had eight of the required ten...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  Mount Hope Cemetery, Independence, Montgomery County, Kansas, USA
  Plot: Section F, Lot 107
   
• Dalton, Bob    b. May 13, 1869  d. October 5, 1892
  Western Outlaw. Born in Jackson County, Missouri, before entering a life of crime he served as a Deputy Marshal in Wichita, Kansas, keeping the peace in the Osage Nation. In 1890, after he and his brother Emmett Dalton were accused of selling whiskey to Indians, he abandoned his lawful ways, went New Mexico Territory where he formed the Dalton Gang. Recognized as the leader, for the next two years he with his brothers along with various associates began their campaign of larceny, robbing banks...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Elmwood Cemetery, Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas, USA
   
• Dalton, Franklin    b. March 12, 1859  d. November 27, 1888
  American Western Figure. Born the fifth of fifteen children of Lewis and Adeline Dalton in Jackson County, Missouri. He married Nancy Kestesson in February 1878. He was commissioned a Deputy Marshal for Judge Isaac Parker's federal court in Fort Smith, Arkansas in 1884. His brother Grat served on posses with him before turning outlaw. In November 1887, near the Arkansas border in Indian Territory, while reportedly trying to capture whiskey runners, he was shot and killed in the line of duty.
  (Bio by: Iola)
  Elmwood Cemetery, Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas, USA
   
• Dalton, Grat    b. March 30, 1861  d. October 5, 1892
  Outlaw. Son of Lewis and Adeline Dalton, he was born near Lawrence, Kansas. He had a brief career as a lawman. While working as a deputy U.S. marshal, he got a bullet wound in his arm while attempting to arrest a suspect. He soon got a bad reputation as a lawman, and he decided to go to the other side of the law and started robbing trains and banks with the infamous Dalton Gang. On October 5, 1892, they rode into Coffeyville, Kansas and attempted to rob two banks, the Condon Bank and the...[Read More] (Bio by: Sarah Lee)
  Elmwood Cemetery, Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas, USA
   
• Forsythe, Albert Palaska   b. May 24, 1830  d. September 2, 1906
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Illinois's 15th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1879 to 1881.
  Liberty Cemetery, Liberty, Montgomery County, Kansas, USA
   
• Humphrey, Lyman Underwood    b. July 25, 1844  d. September 12, 1915
  Politician. Served as, Candidate for Kansas State House of Representatives (1871), Member of of Kansas State Senate (1876), Lieutenant Governor of Kansas (1877), Governor of Kansas (1889-1893) and Candidate for United States Representative from Kansas (1892).
  Mount Hope Cemetery, Independence, Montgomery County, Kansas, USA
   
• Inge, William    b. May 3, 1913  d. June 10, 1973
  Playwright.
  Cause of death: Suicide
  Mount Hope Cemetery, Independence, Montgomery County, Kansas, USA
   
• Luhn, Nolan   b. July 27, 1921  d. November 27, 2011
  Professional Football Player. For five seasons (1945 to 1949), he played at the offensive and defensive end positions in the National Football League with the Green Bay Packers. Born Nolan Harry Luhn, he attended Bellville High School (Texas) and Kilgore Community College, before transferring to the University of Tulsa, where he played collegiate football. While with the Hurricanes, he experienced a bowl game title as Tulsa defeated Georgia Tech 26 to 12 on January 1st, 1945. Selected by Green...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
  Robbins Cemetery, Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas, USA
   
• McGugin, Harold Clement  b. November 22, 1893  d. March 7, 1946
  United States Congressman from Kansas 1931 - 1935. United States Army Lieutenant Colonel. While in military service in France during World War II he contracted an incuable disease and died in the Army Navy Hospital in Hot Springs Arkansas.
  Restlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas, USA
   
• Meyer, Herbert Alton  b. August 30, 1886  d. 1950
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Kansas's 3rd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1947 to 1950.
  Mount Hope Cemetery, Independence, Montgomery County, Kansas, USA
   
• Power, William Todd 'Bob'    b. 1869  d. October 5, 1892
  Western Outlaw. Also known as William St. Power, he was a hand on the Bar X Bar Ranch in New Mexico Territory, when he became acquainted with Bob and Emmett Dalton. In 1890, he joined the newly formed Dalton Gang and for the next two years he with the Dalton brothers along with various associates began their campaign of larceny, robbing banks, trains and killing anyone who opposed them or stood in their way. On October 5, 1892, while robbing a bank in Coffeyville, Kansas, he with Bob Dalton...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Elmwood Cemetery, Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas, USA
   
• Rusher, William   b. July 19, 1923  d. April 16, 2011
  Political Activist, Theorist. An attorney, syndicated columnist, and magazine publisher, he shall be remembered as the longtime conservative philosopher of the Republican Party. Raised in New York City from early childhood, Rusher graduated from Princeton University in 1943, served with the US Army Air Corps in India during World War II, then earned a degree from Harvard Law School in 1948. He was in a New York legal practice for several years before joining the staff of William F. Buckley's "...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
  Mount Hope Cemetery, Independence, Montgomery County, Kansas, USA
   
• Russell, Reb    b. May 31, 1905  d. March 16, 1978
  Actor. Born Lafayette Russell, he was an All-State college football player, having led Northwestern University to many victories. He had his film debut with a bit part in "The All-American." (aka Sport of a Nation) Later he played in western pictures. Most remembered in "The Man from Hell," "Fighting To Live" and "Cheyenne Tornado." (Bio by: MC)
  Elmwood Cemetery, Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas, USA
   
• Tann, George A.   b. November 27, 1825  d. March 31, 1909
  Literary Figure. The Black homeopath who treated the Ingalls family for malaria. He was featured as "Dr. Tan" in the book "Little House on the Prairie" by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
  Mount Hope Cemetery, Independence, Montgomery County, Kansas, USA
   

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