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Walter Roscoe Stubbs (1858-1929) —
also known as W. R. Stubbs —
of Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan.
Born near Richmond, Wayne
County, Ind., November
7, 1858.
Son of John T. Stubbs and Esther (Bailey) Stubbs.
Republican. Rancher;
member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1903-07; Speaker of
the Kansas State House of Representatives, 1905-06; Kansas
Republican state chair, 1904-08; Governor of
Kansas, 1909-13; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1912.
Quaker.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, after a short illness and some heart
trouble, in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., March 25,
1929 (age 70 years, 138
days).
Interment at Lawrence Cemetery.
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William Ripley Brown (1840-1916) —
also known as William R. Brown —
of Emporia, Lyon
County, Kan.; Hutchinson, Reno
County, Kan.; El Reno, Canadian
County, Okla.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., July 16,
1840.
Son of John Brown and Mary (Ripley) Brown.
Republican. Lawyer;
district judge in Kansas, 1867-77; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 3rd District, 1875-77; probate judge
in Oklahoma, 1894-98.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., March 4,
1916 (age 75 years, 232
days).
Interment at Lawrence Cemetery.
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Wilson Shannon (1802-1877) —
of St. Clairsville, Belmont
County, Ohio; Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan.
Born in Mt. Olivet, Belmont
County, Ohio, February
24, 1802.
Democrat. Lawyer; Governor of
Ohio, 1838-40, 1842-44; defeated, 1840; U.S. Minister to Mexico, 1844-45; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 17th District, 1853-55; defeated, 1832;
Governor
of Kansas Territory, 1855-56, 1856; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kansas, 1876.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan., August
30, 1877 (age 75 years, 187
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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John Palmer Usher (1816-1889) —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.; Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan.
Born in Brookfield, Madison
County, N.Y., January
9, 1816.
Son of Nathaniel Usher (1786-1865) and Lucy (Palmer) Usher
(1791-1870).
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1850-51; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1856; Indiana
state attorney general, 1861-62; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1863-65.
Died of cancer at
University Hospital,
Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 13,
1889 (age 73 years, 94
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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James Henry Lane (1814-1866) —
also known as James H. Lane; "Liberator of
Kansas"; "Fighting Jim" —
of Lawrenceburg, Dearborn
County, Ind.; Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan.
Born in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn
County, Ind., June 22,
1814.
Son of Amos
Lane and Mary (Foote) Lane.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1849-53; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 4th District, 1853-55; delegate to
Kansas state constitutional convention, 1855, 1857; Kansas
Democratic state chair, 1855; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1861-66; died in office 1866; general in the
Union Army during the Civil War.
Member, Freemasons.
Deranged and charged
with financial irregularities, he committed
suicide by gunshot
on July 1, 1866, and died ten days later, near Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., July 11,
1866 (age 52 years, 19
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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William Alexander Harris (1841-1909) —
also known as William A. Harris —
of Linwood, Leavenworth
County, Kan.
Born near Luray, Loudoun
County, Va., October
29, 1841.
Son of William
Alexander Harris (1805-1864).
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Kansas at-large, 1893-95; member of Kansas
state senate, 1896; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1897-1903; candidate for Democratic
nomination for Vice President, 1904;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1908.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
20, 1909 (age 68 years, 52
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Charles Lawrence Robinson (1818-1894) —
also known as Charles Robinson —
of Sacramento
County, Calif.; Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan.
Born in Hardwick, Worcester
County, Mass., July 21,
1818.
Republican. Member of California
state assembly 12th District, 1851-52; delegate to
Kansas state constitutional convention, 1855; Governor of
Kansas, 1861-63; member of Kansas
state senate, 1873.
Died near Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan., August
17, 1894 (age 76 years, 27
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Dudley Chase Haskell (1842-1883) —
of Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan.
Born in Springfield, Windsor
County, Vt., March 23,
1842.
Republican. Member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1872; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1877-83; died in office
1883.
Died December
16, 1883 (age 41 years, 268
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Justin De Witt Bowersock (1842-1922) —
also known as Justin D. Bowersock —
of Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan.
Born near Columbiana, Columbiana
County, Ohio, September
19, 1842.
Son of I. Bowersock and Adaline (McDonald) Bowersock.
Republican. President, Lawrence National Bank,
Bowersock Mills and Power
Co., Kansas Water
Power Co., Lawrence Iron Works,
Lawrence Paper
Manufacturing Co., Kansas and Colorado Railroad;
mayor
of Lawrence, Kan., 1881-85; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1887; member of Kansas
state senate, 1895; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1899-1907.
Congregationalist.
Died in Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan., October
27, 1922 (age 80 years, 38
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Alexander Clark Mitchell (1860-1911) —
also known as Alexander C. Mitchell —
of Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan.
Born in Ohio, 1860.
Republican. Member of Kansas state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1911; died in office
1911.
Died July 7,
1911 (age about 51
years).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Solon O. Thatcher (1830-1895) —
of Kansas.
Born August
31, 1830.
Candidate for Governor of
Kansas, 1864.
Died August
11, 1895 (age 64 years, 345
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Horace Ladd Moore (1837-1914) —
of Lawrence, Douglas
County, Kan.
Born in Ohio, 1837.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1894-95.
Died in 1914
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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