Index to Locations AtchisonMt. Vernon Cemetery Mt. VernonCemetery Rawlins Road Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas Founded 1864
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Albert Howell Horton (1837-1902) — also known asAlbert H. Horton — of Atchison,AtchisonCounty, Kan.Born in Brookfield,MadisonCounty, N.Y.,March12, 1837.Republican.Lawyer;Republican Presidential Elector for Kansas,1868;U.S.Attorney for Kansas, 1869-73; member ofKansasstate house of representatives, 1873; member ofKansasstate senate; elected 1876;chiefjustice of Kansas state supreme court, 1877-95; resigned 1895.Died, fromheartdisease andlivercancer, in Topeka,ShawneeCounty, Kan.,September2, 1902 (age65 years, 174days).Interment at Mt. Vernon Cemetery.  | John James Ingalls (1833-1900) — also known asJohn J. Ingalls — of Atchison,AtchisonCounty, Kan.Born in Middleton,EssexCounty, Mass.,December29, 1833.Republican.Lawyer;newspapereditor; member ofKansasstate senate, 1862; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Kansas, 1862, 1864;U.S.Senator from Kansas, 1873-91.Died in Las Vegas,San MiguelCounty, N.M.,August16, 1900 (age66 years, 230days).Interment at Mt. Vernon Cemetery. | | John Alexander Martin (1839-1889) — also known asJohn A. Martin — of Atchison,AtchisonCounty, Kan.Born in Brownsville,FayetteCounty, Pa.,March10, 1839.Republican.Newspaperpublisher;delegateto Kansas state constitutional convention, 1859; member ofKansasstate senate, 1859; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Kansas,1860,1868(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization),1880;general in the Union Army during the Civil War; postmaster atAtchison,Kan., 1861-74;mayorof Atchison, Kan., 1865; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Kansas, 1868-70, 1872-;Governor ofKansas, 1885-89.Scotch-Irishancestry.Died ofpleuro-pneumonia,in Atchison,AtchisonCounty, Kan.,October2, 1889 (age50 years, 206days).Interment at Mt. Vernon Cemetery. | | George Washington Glick (1827-1911) — also known asGeorge W. Glick — of Atchison,AtchisonCounty, Kan.Born in Greencastle,FairfieldCounty, Ohio,July 4,1827.Democrat. Member ofKansasstate house of representatives, 1864; member ofKansasstate senate, 1873; state court judge in Kansas, 1877;Governor ofKansas, 1883-85; defeated, 1868; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Kansas,1884,1892.Died in Atchison,AtchisonCounty, Kan.,April13, 1911 (age83 years, 283days).Interment at Mt. Vernon Cemetery.  | Willis Joshua Bailey (1854-1932) — also known asWillis J. Bailey — of Baileyville,NemahaCounty, Kan.; Atchison,AtchisonCounty, Kan.Born in Mt. Carroll,CarrollCounty, Ill.,October12, 1854.Republican.Farmer;banker;member ofKansasstate house of representatives, 1888;U.S.Representative from Kansas at-large, 1899-1901;Governor ofKansas, 1903-05; delegate to Republican National Convention fromKansas,1912,1920;governor, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, 1922-32.Died in Mission Hills,JohnsonCounty, Kan.,May 19,1932 (age77 years, 220days).Interment at Mt. Vernon Cemetery. | | Charles Fremont Cochran (1846-1906) — also known asCharles F. Cochran — of Atchison,AtchisonCounty, Kan.; St. Joseph,BuchananCounty, Mo.Born in Kirksville,AdairCounty, Mo.,September27, 1846.Democrat.Printer;newspapereditor;lawyer;AtchisonCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1880-84; member ofMissouristate senate 2nd District, 1891-94;U.S.Representative from Missouri 4th District, 1897-1905.Died in St. Joseph,BuchananCounty, Mo.,December19, 1906 (age60 years, 83days).Interment at Mt. Vernon Cemetery. | | Joseph Taggart (1867-1938) — of Kansas City,WyandotteCounty, Kan.Born near Waukon,AllamakeeCounty, Iowa,June 15,1867.Democrat.Lawyer;WyandotteCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1907-11;U.S.Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1911-17; defeated, 1916;served in the U.S. Army during World War I; state court judge inKansas, 1924.Died in Wadsworth,LeavenworthCounty, Kan.,December3, 1938 (age71 years, 171days).Interment at Mt. Vernon Cemetery. | | Chester Louis Mize Jr. (1917-1994) — also known asChester L. Mize — of Atchison,AtchisonCounty, Kan.Born in Atchison,AtchisonCounty, Kan.,December25, 1917.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;U.S.Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1965-71.Episcopalian.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;FarmBureau;Elks.DiedJanuary11, 1994 (age76 years, 17days).Interment at Mt. Vernon Cemetery. | | George Walter Allaman (1862-1937) — also known asGeorge W. Allaman — of Atchison,AtchisonCounty, Kan.Born in Cedar Rapids,LinnCounty, Iowa,September28, 1862.Democrat.Physician;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas,1920.Member,OddFellows.DiedSeptember24, 1937 (age74 years, 361days).Interment at Mt. Vernon Cemetery.
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