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William Eugene Stanley (1844-1910) —
also known as W. E. Stanley —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Knox
County, Ohio, December
28, 1844.
Republican. Member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1881; Governor of
Kansas, 1899-1903.
Died in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., October
13, 1910 (age 65 years, 289
days).
Interment at Highland Cemetery.
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William Greiffenstein (1829-1899) —
also known as "Father of Wichita" —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Germany,
July
28, 1829.
Mayor
of Wichita, Kan., 1878, 1879-84.
Died September
27, 1899 (age 70 years, 61
days).
Interment at Highland Cemetery.
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Edwin Bird Allen (1836-1908) —
also known as Edwin B. Allen —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born near Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio, March 7,
1836.
Republican. Physician;
Sedgwick
County Coroner, 1870-71; mayor of
Wichita, Kan., 1871-72; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1872-76, 1883-84; secretary of
state of Kansas, 1885-89.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of a cerebral
hemorrhage, in the State Hospital for
Insane, St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., March 31,
1908 (age 72 years, 24
days).
Interment at Highland Cemetery.
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Finlay Ross (c.1847-1933) —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Toronto, Ontario,
about 1847.
Mayor
of Wichita, Kan., 1897-1900, 1905-06.
Presbyterian.
Died February
23, 1933 (age about 86
years).
Interment at Highland Cemetery.
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Joseph P. Allen (1839-1903) —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Elkhart
County, Ind., October
9, 1839.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; druggist; mayor of
Wichita, Kan., 1887-88.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., August
17, 1903 (age 63 years, 312
days).
Interment at Highland Cemetery.
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Ralph Carter Harrison (1900-1963) —
of Kansas.
Born in Colwich, Sedgwick
County, Kan., January
1, 1900.
Member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1935-36; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kansas, 1950.
Member, Shriners.
Died of a heart
attack, in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., September
9, 1963 (age 63 years, 251
days).
Interment at Highland Cemetery.
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Henry Justin Allen (1868-1950) —
also known as Henry J. Allen —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Pittsfield, Warren
County, Pa., September
11, 1868.
Son of John Allen and Rebecca (Goodin) Allen.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kansas, 1912,
1936;
Governor
of Kansas, 1919-23; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1929-30; defeated, 1930.
Methodist.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta; Kiwanis.
Inducted to the Kansas Newspaper Hall of
Fame.
Died of cerebral
thrombosis, in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., January
17, 1950 (age 81 years, 128
days).
Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.
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Lorenzo Dow Lewelling (1846-1900) —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Salem, Henry
County, Iowa, December
21, 1846.
Candidate for secretary of
state of Kansas, 1886; Governor of
Kansas, 1893-95; member of Kansas
state senate, 1896.
Died of heart
disease in Arkansas City, Cowley
County, Kan., September
3, 1900 (age 53 years, 256
days).
Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.
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Jeremiah Simpson (1842-1905) —
also known as Jerry Simpson —
of Medicine Lodge, Barber
County, Kan.
Born in Prince
Edward Island, March 31,
1842.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 7th District, 1891-95, 1897-99;
defeated, 1894, 1898.
Died in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., October
23, 1905 (age 63 years, 206
days).
Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.
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Richard Ely Bird (1878-1955) —
also known as Richard E. Bird —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, November
4, 1878.
Son of Nicholas Bird and Laura Cordelia (Wilder) Bird.
Republican. Lawyer;
district judge in Kansas 18th District, 1917-20; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 8th District, 1921-23; defeated, 1922.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
10, 1955 (age 76 years, 67
days).
Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.
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Ben F. McLean (c.1859-1930) —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Nebraska, about 1859.
Republican. Mayor of
Wichita, Kan., 1901-04, 1923-24; resigned 1924; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1908.
Died October
13, 1930 (age about 71
years).
Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.
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Lindley M. Cox (c.1840-1913) —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Indiana, about 1840.
Mayor
of Wichita, Kan., 1893-96.
Died March 7,
1913 (age about 73
years).
Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.
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John Lee Powell (c.1859-1946) —
also known as John L. Powell —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Illinois, about 1859.
Mayor
of Wichita, Kan., 1919-20; appointed 1919.
Died October
28, 1946 (age about 87
years).
Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.
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Frank W. Coleman (d. 1965) —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Mayor
of Wichita, Kan., 1939-40, 1946-47.
Died February
8, 1965.
Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.
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George W. Clement (1830-1896) —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Plaistow, Rockingham
County, N.H., February
22, 1830.
Mayor
of Wichita, Kan., 1889-90.
Died January
3, 1896 (age 65 years, 315
days).
Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.
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George E. Harris (c.1833-1915) —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born about 1833.
Mayor
of Wichita, Kan., 1875.
Died July 8,
1915 (age about 82
years).
Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.
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William J. Babb (1846-1923) —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in South Carolina, October
28, 1846.
Populist candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kansas 7th District, 1903; mayor of
Wichita, Kan., 1913-14.
Died June 15,
1923 (age 76 years, 230
days).
Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.
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Walter A. Minnick (c.1855-1925) —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born about 1855.
Mayor
of Wichita, Kan., 1911-12.
Died April 30,
1925 (age about 70
years).
Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.
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Wallace C. Kemp (d. 1929) —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Indiana.
Mayor
of Wichita, Kan., 1921-22.
Died August
30, 1929.
Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.
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Samuel Barker Amidon (1863-1926) —
also known as S. B. Amidon —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Perry
County, Ohio, May 3,
1863.
Son of Henry Nelson Amidon (1821-1908) and Mary Ellen (Barker) Amidon
(1823-1895).
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1916
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee); member of Democratic
National Committee from Kansas, 1920.
Died in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., May 8,
1926 (age 63 years, 5
days).
Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.
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Andrew Frank Schoeppel (1894-1962) —
also known as Andrew F. Schoeppel —
of Ness City, Ness
County, Kan.; Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born near Claflin, Barton
County, Kan., November
23, 1894.
Son of George J. Schoeppel and Anna (Phillip) Schoeppel.
Republican. Athletic
coach; lawyer; Governor of
Kansas, 1943-47; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1949-62; died in office 1962; member, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Nu; Phi
Alpha Delta; Rotary; Lions; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died of abdominal
cancer, at the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
21, 1962 (age 67 years, 59
days).
Interment at Old Mission Cemetery.
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William Augustus Ayres (1867-1952) —
also known as William A. Ayres —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Elizabethtown, Hardin
County, Ill., April 19,
1867.
Son of William Warren Ayres and Katharine (Drumm) Ayres.
Democrat. Lawyer; Sedgwick
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1907-12; U.S.
Representative from Kansas, 1915-21, 1923-34 (8th District
1915-21, 1923-33, 5th District 1933-34); defeated, 1920; resigned
1934; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1924;
member, Federal Trade
Commission, 1934-52; died in office 1952; chair, Federal Trade
Commission, 1937, 1942, 1946.
Christian.
German
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
17, 1952 (age 84 years, 304
days).
Interment at Old Mission Cemetery.
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Chester Isaiah Long (1860-1934) —
also known as Chester I. Long —
of Medicine Lodge, Barber
County, Kan.
Born near Millerstown, Perry
County, Pa., October
12, 1860.
Republican. Member of Kansas
state senate, 1889; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 7th District, 1895-97, 1899-1903;
defeated, 1924; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1903-09; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kansas, 1908.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 1,
1934 (age 73 years, 262
days).
Interment at Old Mission Cemetery.
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Victor Murdock (1871-1945) —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Burlingame, Osage
County, Kan., March 18,
1871.
U.S.
Representative from Kansas, 1903-15 (7th District 1903-07, 8th
District 1907-15); Progressive candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1914; member, Federal Trade
Commission, 1917-24; chair, Federal Trade
Commission, 1919-20, 1922-23.
Died in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., July 8,
1945 (age 74 years, 112
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Old Mission Cemetery.
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Joe Skubitz (1906-2000) —
of Pittsburg, Crawford
County, Kan.; Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Frontenac, Crawford
County, Kan., May 6,
1906.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kansas, 1960;
U.S.
Representative from Kansas 5th District, 1963-79.
Died in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., September
11, 2000 (age 94 years, 128
days).
Interment at Old Mission Cemetery.
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Orsemus Hills Bentley (1855-1927) —
also known as O. H. Bentley —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born December
19, 1855.
Lawyer;
rancher;
railroad
promoter; historian;
mayor
of Wichita, Kan., 1915-16.
Episcopalian.
Died January
22, 1927 (age 71 years, 34
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Old Mission Cemetery.
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Herman W. Beuttel (d. 1986) —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Mayor
of Wichita, Kan., 1944-45.
Died in 1986.
Entombed in mausoleum at Old Mission Cemetery.
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