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William Augustus Barstow (1813-1865) —
also known as William A. Barstow —
of Waukesha, Waukesha
County, Wis.; Janesville, Rock
County, Wis.
Born in Plainfield, Windham
County, Conn., September
13, 1813.
Son of William A. Barstow.
Democrat. Secretary of
state of Wisconsin, 1850-52; Governor of
Wisconsin, 1854-56; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Wisconsin, 1860;
president, St. Croix & Lake Superior Railroad; colonel in
the Union Army during the Civil War.
Died in Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., December
13, 1865 (age 52 years, 91
days).
Interment somewhere
in Cleveland, Ohio.
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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, Wichita, Kan.
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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, Lawrence, Kan.
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Joseph Little Bristow (1861-1944) —
also known as Joseph L. Bristow —
of Salina, Saline
County, Kan.
Born near Hazel Green, Wolfe
County, Ky., July 22,
1861.
Son of William Bristow and Savannah (Little) Bristow.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; secretary of
Kansas Republican Party, 1894-98; private secretary to Gov. Edmund
N. Morrill, 1895-97; special commander of Panama Railroad,
1905; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1909-15.
Methodist.
Died in Fairfax
County, Va., July 14,
1944 (age 82 years, 358
days).
Interment at Gypsum
Hill Cemetery, Salina, Kan.
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James Guthrie Harbord (1866-1947) —
also known as James G. Harbord —
of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born near Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., March 21,
1866.
Son of George W. Harbord and Effie Critton (Gault) Harbord
(c.1840-1923).
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
general in the U.S. Army during World War I; president (1923-30), and
chairman (1930-47), Radio Corporation of America; director, Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad; director, Bankers Trust Co.;
director, National Broadcasting
Co.; director, Radio-Keith-Orpheum, Inc. (RKO); director, New York
Life Insurance
Co.; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1924,
1932;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Union
League.
Died in Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
20, 1947 (age 81 years, 152
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Heimké (1847-1931) —
of Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.
Born in France,
July
8, 1847.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; importing and
purchasing agent, Mexican Central Railway, 1881-82; general
manager, Chihuahua and Durango telephone
companies; U.S. Vice Consul in Chihuahua, 1887-92; U.S. Consul in Chihuahua, 1892-93; U.S. Minister to Guatamala, 1908-09; Salvador, 1909-14.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., July 14,
1931 (age 84 years, 6
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Edwin Carl Johnson (1884-1970) —
also known as Edwin C. Johnson; "Big
Ed" —
of Craig, Moffat
County, Colo.
Born in Scandia, Republic
County, Kan., January
1, 1884.
Son of Nels Johnson and Anna Belle (Lunn) Johnson.
Democrat. Railroad work; telegrapher;
farmer;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1923-31; Lieutenant
Governor of Colorado, 1931-32; Governor of
Colorado, 1933-37, 1955-57; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1937-55; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Colorado, 1952.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Grange.
Died in Denver,
Colo., May 30,
1970 (age 86 years, 149
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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George Pierson Morehouse (b. 1859) —
of Council Grove, Morris
County, Kan.; Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.
Born in Decatur, Macon
County, Ill., July 28,
1859.
Son of Horace Morehouse and Lavinia F. (Strong) Morehouse.
Republican. Lawyer; Morris
County Attorney, 1894-97; local attorney, Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe Railroad, 1894-1915; member of Kansas
state senate, 1901-05; historian.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial
location unknown.
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Eugene Collins Pulliam (b. 1889) —
also known as Eugene C. Pulliam —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Grant
County, Kan., May 3,
1889.
Son of Irvin Brown Pulliam and Martha Ellen (Collins) Pulliam.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; director, New York Central Railroad;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1952,
1956.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1941
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