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Thomas Moonlight (1833-1899) —
of Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.
Born in Forfarshire, Scotland,
November
10, 1833.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; secretary of
state of Kansas, 1869-71; member of Kansas
state senate, 1872-74; Adjutant
General of Kansas, 1883-84; candidate for Governor of
Kansas, 1886; Governor of
Wyoming Territory, 1887-89; U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1894-98.
Died in Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., February
7, 1899 (age 65 years, 89
days).
Interment at Mt. Muncie Cemetery.
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David Josiah Brewer (1837-1910) —
of Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.
Born in Smyrna (now Izmir), Turkey,
June
20, 1837.
Son of Rev. Josiah Brewer and Emilia (Field) Brewer.
Lawyer;
county judge in Kansas, 1862-65; district judge in Kansas 1st
District, 1865-69; justice of
Kansas state supreme court, 1870-84; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1884-90; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1889-1910; died in office 1910.
Congregationalist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 28,
1910 (age 72 years, 281
days).
Interment at Mt. Muncie Cemetery.
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Lucien Baker (1846-1907) —
of Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.
Born in Fulton
County, Ohio, June 8,
1846.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Kansas
state senate, 1893-95; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1895-1901.
Died in Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., June 21,
1907 (age 61 years, 13
days).
Interment at Mt. Muncie Cemetery.
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Alexander Caldwell (1830-1917) —
of Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.
Born in Drakes Ferry, Huntingdon
County, Pa., March 1,
1830.
Son of James Caldwell.
Republican. Banker; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1871-73; resigned 1873.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in St. Joseph's Hospital,
Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., May 19,
1917 (age 87 years, 79
days).
Interment at Mt. Muncie Cemetery.
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Thomas Carney (1824-1888) —
of Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.
Born near Tipton, Delaware
County, Ohio, August
20, 1824.
Republican. Member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1861; Governor of
Kansas, 1863-65; mayor
of Leavenworth, Kan., 1865.
Died, of apoplexy
(stroke),
in Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., July 28,
1888 (age 63 years, 343
days).
Interment at Mt. Muncie Cemetery.
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Robert Crozier (1827-1895) —
of Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.
Born in Cadiz, Harrison
County, Ohio, October
13, 1827.
Republican. U.S.
Attorney for Kansas, 1861-64; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1873-74.
Died in Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., October
2, 1895 (age 67 years, 354
days).
Interment at Mt. Muncie Cemetery.
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Daniel Read Anthony, Jr. (1870-1931) —
also known as Daniel R. Anthony, Jr. —
of Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.
Born in Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., August
22, 1870.
Son of Daniel Anthony and Annie (Osborne) Anthony.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
work; mayor
of Leavenworth, Kan., 1903-05; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 1st District, 1907-29.
Died in Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., August 4,
1931 (age 60 years, 347
days).
Interment at Mt. Muncie Cemetery.
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