Find A Grave - Shawnee County

Anthony, George Tobey b. June 9, 1824 d. August 5, 1896
7th Kansas Governor. He served as Captain and commander of the 17th Independent Battery New York Volunteer Light Artillery during the Civil War, being brevetted Major, US Volunteers for his service. A cousin of noted suffragette Susan B. Anthony, he served as Governor of Kansas from 1877 to 1879.
Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
Capper, Arthur b. July 14, 1865 d. December 19, 1951
20th Kansas Governor, US Senator. Prominent Kansas newspaperman who established the Topeka Daily Capital. Served as Governor of Kansas from 1915 to 1919. Elected as a Senator from Kansas to the United States Senate, serving as a Republican from 1919 to 1949, a span of 30 years. (Bio by: Mr. Denardo)
Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
Colmery, Harry b. 1890 d. 1979
Drafted the GI Bill of Rights in 1943 at the Mayflower Hote in Washington,DC, on behalf of the American Legion. (Bio by: Ginny M)
Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
Plot: Section: Circle Lot : 25-B Space: 14
GPS coordinates: 39.0404701, -95.7388916 (hddd.dddd)
Crawford, Samuel b. April 10, 1835 d. October 21, 1913
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General, 3rd Kansas Governor. Entered the Civil War as a Captain in the 2nd Kansas Volunteer Infantry, which in time was converted to cavalry, and was redesignated as the 2nd Kansas Cavarly. He was then commissioned Colonel and commander of the 83rd United States Colored Troops. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for "meritorious services". Two months before that, he had been elected as Governor of Kansas, an office he served in...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
Plot: Section 58, Lot 46
Curtis, Charles b. January 25, 1860 d. February 8, 1936
Vice President of the United States. Born the son of Orren Curtis and Ellen Pappan, the grand daughter of White Plume, a Kansa-Kaw chief. As a child, Curtis lived for three years on a Kaw reservation and learned to speak French and Kansa before he learned English. After his mother died in 1863 his upbringing was left to his grandparents, dividing time between both Topeka and the Kaw reservation. In 1869 Curtis rode as a jockey in his first race and continued to ride until 1876. He attended...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Cause of death: Heart attack
Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
Plot: Section 80
GPS coordinates: 39.0387192, -95.6518326 (hddd.dddd)
Davis, John b. August 9, 1826 d. August 1, 1901
US Congressman. He was elected to represent Kansas' 5th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1891 to 1895.
Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
Finney, Joan Marie b. February 12, 1925 d. July 28, 2001
Kansas Governor. Served as Governor of Kansas from 1991 to 1995. She was born in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Leonard and Mary Sands McInroy. She graduated from Manhattan High School in 1942. She earned a bachelor's degree in economic history at Washburn University. (Bio by: Bill Walker)
Cause of death: Complications of liver cancer
Mount Calvary Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
Foster, Harold R. b. August 16, 1892 d. July 25, 1982
Cartoonist, he drew the "Tarzan" comic strip from 1931-37. In 1937, he created and drew "Prince Valiant" comic strip. (Bio by: Ginny M)
Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
Plot: Section 55
GPS coordinates: 39.0426407, -95.6525192 (hddd.dddd)
Hanback, Lewis b. March 27, 1839 d. September 7, 1897
During the Civil War, he enlisted as a private in Company K, 27th Illinios Volunteer Infantry and was promoted to brigade inspector; studied law in Albany, NY; admitted to the bar in 1885; elected justice of the peace in 1867; probate judge of Shawnee County, 1868-1872; assistant chief clerk of the state house of representatives; assistant secretary of the state senate in 1877; assistant U.S. district attorney of Kansas 1877-1879; elected as a Republican to the Forty-eight & Forty-ninth...[Read More] (Bio by: Mr. Denardo)
Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
Plot: near George Anthony
Helms, David b. 1838 d. 1921
Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served in the Civil War as a Private in Company B, 83d Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery at Vicksburg, Mississippi on May 22, 1863. His citation reads "Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party." His Medal was awarded to him on July 26, 1894. He was one of ten 83rd Indiana soldiers to be awarded the Medal of Honor for bravery during the Civil War (the others being Private Clinton L. Armstrong...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Silver Lake Cemetery, Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
Holliday, Cyrus K. b. April 3, 1826 d. March 29, 1900
Founding father of Topeka. He also founded Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. He added Santa Fe to the name as a marketing ploy, not knowing if railroad would go to Santa Fe. (Bio by: Ginny M)
Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
Plot: Section 8
GPS coordinates: 39.0408516, -95.6532822 (hddd.dddd)
Hudson, Gen. Joseph Kennedy b. 1840 d. 1907
US Army Brigadier General. At the start of the Civil War, he enlisted as a Private in Company E, of the 3rd Kansas Regiment. He participated in the various battles through the campaigns in Missouri and was commissioned First Lieutenant in 1862. In December, 1863, he was commissioned Major of the 62nd US Colored Infantry. He commanded the 62nd in engagments through Mississippi to Texas, until the end of the war. After the war he engaged in farming, editor of the Topeka Capital and was elected to...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
Huxman, Walter Augustus b. February 16, 1887 d. June 25, 1972
Governor of Kansas; 1937-1939; federal judge 1939; Federal Judge of Kansas State Supreme Court 1928. (Bio by: Mr. Denardo)
Penwell-Gabel Cemetery and Mausoleum, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
Landon, Alf (Alfred Mossman) b. September 9, 1887 d. October 12, 1987
Kansas Governor. He was the 1936 Republican Candidate for President, losing to Franklin D. Roosevelt. Born in West Middlesex, Pennsylvania, in 1908, he graduated from the University of Kansas with a law degree, and decided to remain in Kansas, working in a bank. In 1912, he and three partners started a business to develop oil wells, then a new burgeoning business, and Landon quickly became a leader in the petroleum industry. In 1917, when the United States entered World War I, he joined the...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
Plot: Singing Tower, Lot 325, Space 10 (NW corner of section, along road)
GPS coordinates: 39.0379791, -95.7424088 (hddd.dddd)
Martin, John b. November 12, 1833 d. September 3, 1913
US Senator. Elected as a Senator from Kansas to the United States Senate, serving from 1893 to 1895.
Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
Menninger, Charles F. b. July 11, 1862 d. November 28, 1953
One of the founders of The Menninger Clinic in Topeka, KS. It is one of the world's most renowned psychiatric clinics.
Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
Plot: section 5, lot 144, grave 9
Menninger, Karl A. b. July 22, 1893 d. July 18, 1990
One of the founders of The Menninger Clinic in Topeka, KS. It is one of the world's most renowned psychiatric clinics.
Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
Plot: Singing Tower Section, lot 372, grave 11
Menninger, Will b. October 15, 1899 d. September 6, 1966
One of the founders of The Menninger Clinic in Topeka, KS. It is one of the world's most renowned psychiatric clinics.
Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
Plot: Singing Tower Section, lot 372, grave 5
GPS coordinates: 39.3754005, -95.7415390 (hddd.dddd)
Osborn, Thomas Andrew b. October 26, 1836 d. February 4, 1898
6th Kansas Governor, US Diplomat. Served as Governor of Kansas from 1873 to 1877. Served as United States Minister to Chile in 1877, and as United States Minister to Brazil from 1881 to 1885.
Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
Otis, John Grant b. February 10, 1838 d. February 22, 1916
Civil War Union Army Officer, US Congressman. Born in Danby, Vermont, he was admitted to the bar in 1859 and opened a law practice in Topeka, Kansas. At the start of the Civil War, he assisted in recruiting the first black regiment of Kansas in 1862. In February 1863, he was promoted Colonel paymaster general of the Governor's military staff and served for the remainder of the war. After the war, he served as State agent of the Grange, 1873 to 1875 and was elected as a Populist to the Fifty-...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
Plot: sect 9

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