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• Allen, Dennis Roy    b. June 10, 1940  d. December 1, 1995
  Actor. Best known for his appearances on the popular 1960s comedy-variety series, "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In." He also appeared on "Love American Style." (Bio by: Hamtaro)
  Cause of death: Lung cancer
  Maple Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas, USA
   
• Allen, Forrest C. 'Phog'    b. November 18, 1885  d. September 16, 1974
  Hall of Fame College Basketball Coach. As a student, he played basketball for James Naismith (the inventor of the game) from 1905 to 1907. He was a coach at University of Kansas, Baker University, and Haskell Institute. (Bio by: Ginny M)
  Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, USA
  Plot: Section 13
  GPS coordinates: 38.9596405, -95.2122498 (hddd.dddd)
   
• Allen, Henry Justin    b. September 12, 1868  d. January 17, 1950
  Kansas Governor, US Senator. Served as Governor of Kansas from 1919 to 1923. Elected as a Senator from Kansas to the United States Senate, serving from 1929 to 1930. He was defeated in his 1930 re-election bid.
  He commissioned the design and construction of the only genuine Frank Lloyd Wright house in the state of Kansas. It was the last house Mr. Wright designed in his famous Prairie style. Governor and Mrs. Allen lived there from its completion in 1918 until about 1947. The house still...[Read More] (Bio by: Mark Klausen)
  Maple Grove Cemetery, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA
   
• Anderson, John Alexander    b. June 26, 1834  d. May 18, 1892
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Kansas's 1st and 5th Districts in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1879 to 1891.
  
  Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Junction City, KS (1868-1873)
  
  President, Kansas State, Manhattan, KS (1873-1879)
  Highland Cemetery, Junction City, Geary County, Kansas, USA
   
• Anthony, Daniel Read   b. August 22, 1824  d. November 12, 1904
  Newspaper Publisher. Published the Leavenworth "Daily Times" for nearly 40 years.
  Mount Muncie Cemetery, Lansing, Leavenworth County, Kansas, USA
  Plot: buried near Blunt, Gillpatrick and Brewer
   
• Anthony Jr., Daniel Read    b. August 22, 1870  d. August 4, 1931
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Kansas' 1st District in the United States House of Representatives to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Congressman (and future US Vice-President) Charles Curtis. Served in Congress from 1907 to 1929. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  Mount Muncie Cemetery, Lansing, Leavenworth County, Kansas, USA
  Plot: Shares a gravestone with his dad
   
• 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
   
• Arn, Edward Ferdinand    b. May 19, 1906  d. January 22, 1998
  Kansas Governor. Served as the Governor of Kansas from 1951 to 1955. Also served as Kansas State Supreme Court Justice in 1949, Kansas State Attorney General in 1947, and Candidate for United States Senator from Kansas. (Bio by: K)
  Mission Chapel Mausoleum, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA
   
• Avery, William Henry  b. August 11, 1911  d. November 4, 2009
  US Congressman, Kansas Governor. A Republican, he was elected to five terms in the US House of Representatives, serving from 1955 to 1965. He declined to seek a sixth term so he could successfully run for the Kansas governorship, and held that office from 1965 to 1967. Avery is probably best remembered as the governor who sanctioned the executions of Perry Smith and Richard Hickock, the murderers of the Clutter family. Born in Wakefield, he graduated from the University of Kansas at...[Read More]
  Highland Cemetery, Wakefield, Clay County, Kansas, USA
   
• Ayers, James F.   d. January 18, 1895
  Indian Wars Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served during the Wars with the Plains Indians as a Private in Company H, 6th United States Regular Cavalry. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery at Sappa Creek, Kansas on April 23, 1875. His citation reads "Rapid pursuit, gallantry, energy, and enterprise in an engagement with Indians". His Medal was issued to him on November 16, 1876. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  Fort Riley Post Cemetery, Fort Riley, Geary County, Kansas, USA
   
• Ayres, William Augustus    b. April 19, 1867  d. February 17, 1952
  US Congressman. Elected to represent two different Kansas Districts in the United States House of Representatives on two seperate occasions serving first from 1915 to 1921, then from 1923 to 1935. He represented first the 8th District from 1915 to 1921 and from 1923 to 1933, then the 5th District from 1933 to 1935. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  Old Mission Cemetery, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA
   
• Babb, William J.    b. October 28, 1846  d. June 15, 1923
  Wichita Mayor. Babb served as the Mayor of Wichita, Kansas, from 1913 to 1914, and was also a Populist Candidate for United States Representative from Kansas for the 7th District in 1903. (Bio by: K)
  Maple Grove Cemetery, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA
   
• Bailey, Joseph    b. May 6, 1825  d. March 21, 1867
  Civil War Union Brevet Major General. Born in Pennsville, Ohio, he was a civil engineer at the start of the Civil War, when he enlisted in the Union Army. Appointed Captain of Company D, in the 4th Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment, he contributed to the Union Army's engineering activities in support of the Seige of Port Hudson. Bailey's engineering skills during the Red River Campaign considered the reason the campaign did not result in the loss of the entire 30,000-man Army of the Gulf. In June 1864...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Evergreen Cemetery, Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas, USA
  Plot: Section 3, Lot 2
   
• 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
   
• Baker, Lucien   b. June 8, 1846  d. July 21, 1907
  United States Senator. Born near Cleveland, Ohio. Graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor with a degree in Law. He served as a Republican Senator for Kansas from March 4 1895 until March 3 1901. His brother was John Harris Baker United States Represenative for Indiana. (Bio by: Toni Mantey)
  Mount Muncie Cemetery, Lansing, Leavenworth County, Kansas, USA
   
• Baker, William  b. April 29, 1831  d. February 11, 1910
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Kansas's 6th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1891 to 1897.
  Lincoln Cemetery, Lincoln, Lincoln County, Kansas, USA
   
• Baldwin, Evelyn Briggs    b. July 22, 1862  d. October 25, 1933
  Arctic Explorer. He was a member of the United Nations Meteorological office from 1892 to 1900. Baldwin acted as second in command of Walter Wellmen's first American polar expedition to the archipelagos (1898 to 1899); during this expedition he discovered and explored Graham Bell Island. In 1901, he became the leader of a North Pole expedition funded by William Ziegler, an American millionaire. He later became a famous lecturer. (Bio by: Tammi)
  Oswego Cemetery, Oswego, Labette County, Kansas, USA
   
• 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
   
• Banta, Jack    b. June 24, 1925  d. September 17, 2006
  Major League Baseball Player. Real name Jackie Kay Banta. He was a pitcher for four seasons (1947 to 1950) with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Banta was a member of the 1949 National League Pennant winning Dodgers and appeared in 3 games during the 1949 World Series. That year he recorded a season high 10 victories and posted a 3.37 ERA. In a career 69 games, Banta won 14 and lost 12 with a 3.78 lifetime ERA. (Bio by: C.S.)
  Memorial Park Cemetery, Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas, USA
   
• 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
   

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