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• Barth, Charles H.    b. 1858  d. 1926
  United States Army Brigadier General. Born in Iowa, he graduated from West Point in 1881 and was commissioned an officer of the Engineer Corps. He served in the Apache Indian Campaign of 1881 and in the Philippine Insurrection 1899 to 1902 for which he was awarded a citation and Silver Star Medal. During World War I, for his service he was decorated by French Government with the Legion of Honor and Croix de Guerre Cross of War. After the war, he commanded the defenses of Manila and Subic Bays...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas, USA
   
• Bauer, Hank    b. July 31, 1922  d. February 9, 2007
  Major League Baseball Player, Manager. Born Henry Albert Bauer, in East St. Louis, Illinois. He was an outfielder for fourteen seasons (1948 to 1961) with the New York Yankees and Kansas City Athletics. During his career, Bauer was a member of nine American League Pennant-winning teams (1949 to 1953, 1955 to 1958 Yankees) and seven World Championship teams (1949 to 1953, 1956, 1958 Yankees). During the 1958 World Series against the Milwaukee Braves, Bauer hit 4 homeruns and had a .323 batting...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
  Resurrection Catholic Cemetery, Lenexa, Johnson County, Kansas, USA
   
• Beach, William D.    b. June 18, 1856  d. June 18, 1932
  Brigadier General, Retired US Army.
  Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas, USA
  Plot: Section F
   
• Beauclair-Drew, Stephanie Faye 'Baby Faye'   b. October 14, 1984  d. November 15, 1984
  Stephanie Fae Beauclair (October 14, 1984 – November 15, 1984), better known as Baby Fae, was an American infant born in 1984 with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. She became the first infant subject of a xenotransplant procedure, receiving the heart of a baboon. (Bio by: Dale Bernhardt)
  Osage City Cemetery , Osage City, Osage County, Kansas, USA
   
• Beech, Walter H.    b. January 30, 1891  d. November 29, 1950
  Walter began his career in aviation by building a glider of his own design at age 14. By 1932 he co-founded Beech Aircraft Company with his wife, Olive Ann. His early Beechcrafts set many distance and speed records. During World War II, Beech turned the entire production of his company to defense, producing more than 7,400 military aircraft. In the postwar years, he applied his design genius to producing a new line of light aircraft, the most famous of which was the "V" tailed Bonanza. The farm...[Read More] (Bio by: David George Stuart)
  Old Mission Mausoleum, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA
   
• Bell, Harry    b. September 21, 1860  d. November 6, 1938
  Philippine Insurrection Medal of Honor Recipient. Served during the Philippine Insurrection as a Captain in the 36th United States Volunteer Infantry. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery near Porac, Luzon, Philippine Islands, on October 17, 1899. His citation reads "Led a successful charge against a superior force, capturing and dispersing the enemy and relieving other members of his regiment from a perilous position". His Medal was issued March 8, 1902. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
  Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas, USA
  Plot: Section A, Grave 167
   
• Bennett, Robert Frederick    b. May 23, 1927  d. October 9, 2000
  39th Kansas Governor. He served as Governor of Kansas from 1975 to 1979.
  Corinth Cemetery, Prairie Village, Johnson County, Kansas, USA
   
• Benson, Alfred Washburn    b. July 15, 1843  d. January 1, 1916
  Politician. Served as, Major in the Union Army during the Civil War (1861-1865), Member of Kansas State Senate (1881-1885), District Judge (1885-1897), U.S. Senator from Kansas (1906-1907) and Justice of Kansas State Supreme Court (1907-1915).
  Highland Cemetery, Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas, USA
   
• Berringer, Brook W.    b. July 9, 1973  d. April 18, 1996
  Played for the Nebraska Cornhuskers Football Team. He Died in a Plane Crash he was piloting. Berringer, 22, who was expected to be selected in the NFL draft, held a pilot's license and often flew the plane. Berringer had often said he wanted to be a commercial airline pilot. Berringer was 7-0 as a starter during the 1994 season when Tommie Frazier was sidelined with blood clots in his leg. He was to have graduated in December of 1996 with a major in business administration.
  Goodland Cemetery, Goodland, Sherman County, Kansas, USA
   
• Berry, Ralph 'Wild Red'    b. November 20, 1906  d. July 28, 1973
  Professional Wrestler. He was a light heavyweight, but wrestled primarily as a heavyweight. He held the light-heavywieht championship more times then anyone, the first time he won it was in 1937, lost it and regained it three more times which was a record. Berry lived a healthy life and never drank anything stronger then milk. (Bio by: Miss Hildy)
  Mount Olive Cemetery, Pittsburg, Crawford County, Kansas, USA
   
• Bird, Richard Ely    b. November 4, 1878  d. January 10, 1955
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Kansas' 8th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1921 to 1923.
  Maple Grove Cemetery, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA
   
• Blasdel, Thomas Annis    b. January 2, 1843  d. October 12, 1932
  Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He served during the Civil war as a Private in Company H, 83rd indiana Volunteer Infantry. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery at Vicksburg, Mississippi on May 22, 1863. .Rank and Organization: Private, Company H, 83d Indiana Infantry. His citation states simply "Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party." (Bio by: Bill Walker)
  Fairlawn Burial Park, Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas, USA
   
• Blood, James    b. March 21, 1819  d. February 4, 1894
  First mayor of Lawrence, Kansas 1857 and 1859. Colonel.
  Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, USA
   
• Blue, Richard Whiting  b. September 8, 1841  d. January 28, 1907
  Politician. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War (1861-1865), Alternate Delegate to Republican National convention from West Virginia (1868), Probate Judge (1872-1876), Member of Kansas State Senate (1880-1888) and U.S. Representative from Kansas at-large (1895-1897). He was defeated in 1896.
  Pleasanton Cemetery, Pleasanton, Linn County, Kansas, USA
   
• Blunt, James Gillpatrick    b. July 21, 1826  d. July 27, 1881
  Civil War Union Major General. Brigadier General of Volunteers, promoted to Major General in 1862. Recruited the "Kansas Brigade" in 1861.
  Mount Muncie Cemetery, Lansing, Leavenworth County, Kansas, USA
  Plot: shares a headstone with William Gillpatrick, buried next to David Josiah
   
• Botkin, Jeremiah Dunham    b. April 24, 1849  d. December 29, 1921
  US Congressman. Elected to represent Kansas as an At-Large Delegate in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1897 to 1899. Unsuccessfully ran for Governor of Kansas in 1888 and 1908.
  Union Cemetery, Winfield, Cowley County, Kansas, USA
   
• Bowersock, Justin De Witt    b. September 19, 1842  d. October 27, 1922
  Politician. Served as, Mayor of Lawrence, Kansas (1881), Member of Kansas State House of Representatives (1887), Member of Kansas State Senate (1895) and U.S. Representative from Kansas for the 2nd District (1899-1907).
  Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, USA
   
• Boyd, Robert Richard 'Rope'    b. October 1, 1919  d. September 7, 2004
  Professional Baseball Player. A native of Potts Camp, Mississippi, the 5'10", and 170lbs, Boyd first played baseball with the Memphis Red Sox in the Negro League from 1947 to 1949. In 1950 he signed up to play in the major leagues and made his debut on September 8, 1951. Boyd played with the Chicago White Sox in 1951, 1953, and 1954, Baltimore Orioles from 1956 to 1960, Kansas City Athletics in 1961, and the Milwaukee Braves in 1961. (Bio by: K)
  Old Mission Cemetery, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA
   
• Bratling, Frank  b. 1845  d. July 10, 1873
  Indian Wars Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. After moving from Germany to the United States he joined the United States Army in Louisville, Kentucky on July 27, 1870. Serving as a Corporal in Company C, 8th United States Cavalry, he was stationed at Fort Selden in Don Ana County, New Mexico, which had been built to protect settlers in the area and those settlers that were passing through from the Indians. In July of 1873, the 8th Cavalry's Captain George W. Chilson and ten men departed...[Read More] (Bio by: Tom Todd)
  Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas, USA
  Plot: Unmarked
   
• Breeding, James Floyd    b. September 28, 1901  d. October 17, 1977
  Politician. Served as, Member of Kansas State House of Representatives (1947-1949), Candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Kansas (1950), U.S. Representative from Kansas for the 5th District (1957-1963) and Democratic Candidate for U.S. Senator from Kansas (1966).
  Rolla Cemetery, Rolla, Morton County, Kansas, USA
   

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