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Private or familygraveyard
Douglas County, Kansas
| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  Ely Moore (1798-1860) — of New York. Born near Belvidere,WarrenCounty, N.J.,July 4,1798.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York 3rd District, 1835-39.Died in Lecompton,DouglasCounty, Kan.,January27, 1860 (age61 years, 207days).Interment in a private or family graveyard.
ClintonCemetery
Clinton, Douglas County, Kansas
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Walter Levi Payne — also known asWalter L. Payne — of Burlingame,OsageCounty, Kan.Republican.Kansasstate treasurer, 1917-21.Interment at Clinton Cemetery.
LawrenceCemetery
Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas
| Politicians buriedhere: |  | Walter Roscoe Stubbs (1858-1929) — also known asW. R. Stubbs — of Lawrence,DouglasCounty, Kan.Born near Richmond,WayneCounty, Ind.,November7, 1858.Republican.Rancher;member ofKansasstate house of representatives, 1903-07;Speaker ofthe Kansas State House of Representatives, 1905-06;KansasRepublican state chair, 1904-08;Governor ofKansas, 1909-13; defeated in primary, 1924; candidate forU.S.Senator from Kansas, 1912.Quaker. Member,Freemasons.Died, after a short illness and somehearttrouble, in Topeka,ShawneeCounty, Kan.,March25, 1929 (age70 years, 138days).Interment at Lawrence Cemetery. | | | William Ripley Brown (1840-1916) — also known asWilliam R. Brown — of Emporia,LyonCounty, Kan.; Hutchinson,RenoCounty, Kan.; El Reno,CanadianCounty, Okla.Born in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,July 16,1840.Republican.Lawyer;district judge in Kansas, 1867-77;U.S.Representative from Kansas 3rd District, 1875-77; probate judgein Oklahoma, 1894-98.Died, from acerebralhemorrhage, in Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.,March 4,1916 (age75 years, 232days).Interment at Lawrence Cemetery.
Memorial ParkCemetery
1517 East 15th Street
Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Elda Frank Caldwell (1859-1926) — also known asEldie F. Caldwell — of Lawrence,DouglasCounty, Kan.Born near Rockville,ParkeCounty, Ind.,September6, 1859.Republican.Lawyer;member ofKansasstate house of representatives, 1895; postmaster atLawrence,Kan., 1898-1903.Died in Lawrence,DouglasCounty, Kan.,September15, 1926 (age67 years, 9days).Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
Oak HillCemetery
Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Wilson Shannon (1802-1877) — of St. Clairsville,BelmontCounty, Ohio; Lawrence,DouglasCounty, Kan.Born in Mt. Olivet,BelmontCounty, Ohio,February24, 1802.Democrat.Lawyer;Governor ofOhio, 1838-40, 1842-44; defeated, 1840; U.S. Minister toMexico, 1844-45;wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush;U.S.Representative from Ohio 17th District, 1853-55; defeated, 1832;Governorof Kansas Territory, 1855-56, 1856; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Kansas,1864,1876.Catholic.Irishancestry.Died in Lawrence,DouglasCounty, Kan.,August30, 1877 (age75 years, 187days).Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery. | | John Palmer Usher (1816-1889) — of Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.; Lawrence,DouglasCounty, Kan.Born in Brookfield,MadisonCounty, N.Y.,January9, 1816.Member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1850-51; candidate forU.S.Representative from Indiana, 1856;Indianastate attorney general, 1861-62;U.S.Secretary of the Interior, 1863-65.Died ofcancer atUniversityHospital,Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,April13, 1889 (age73 years, 94days).Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.| |  Relatives: Sonof Nathaniel Usher and Lucy (Palmer) Usher; married,January26, 1844, to Margaret Patterson; first cousin once removed ofJonathanUsher; second cousin ofRobertCleveland Usher; second cousin twice removed ofRollinUsher Tyler; third cousin ofFrancisLandon Cleveland andRolandGreene Usher; third cousin once removed ofGroverCleveland andJamesHarlan Cleveland; third cousin twice removed ofEphraimSafford,IsaiahKidder,SamuelLord,JamesHarlan Cleveland Jr. andRichardFolsom Cleveland; third cousin thrice removed ofJosephWheeler Bloodgood; fourth cousin once removed ofChaunceyFitch Cleveland,CharlesStetson,JamesSafford,LutherKidder andIsaiahStetson. | | | | Political family:Usherfamily of Plainville, Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | James Henry Lane (1814-1866) — also known asJames H. Lane;"Liberator ofKansas";"Fighting Jim" —of Lawrenceburg,DearbornCounty, Ind.; Lawrence,DouglasCounty, Kan.Born in Lawrenceburg,DearbornCounty, Ind.,June 22,1814.Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;LieutenantGovernor of Indiana, 1849-53;U.S.Representative from Indiana 4th District, 1853-55;delegateto Kansas state constitutional convention, 1855, 1857;KansasDemocratic state chair, 1855;U.S.Senator from Kansas, 1861-66; died in office 1866; general in theUnion Army during the Civil War.Member,Freemasons.Deranged, andchargedwith financial irregularities, he was mortally wounded by aself-inflictedgunshoton July 1, 1866, and died ten days later, near Fort Leavenworth,LeavenworthCounty, Kan.,July 11,1866 (age52 years, 19days).Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery. | | William Alexander Harris (1841-1909) — also known asWilliam A. Harris — of Lawrence,DouglasCounty, Kan.; Linwood,LeavenworthCounty, Kan.Born near Luray,LoudounCounty, Va.,October29, 1841.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;civilengineer;farmer;U.S.Representative from Kansas at-large, 1893-95; member ofKansasstate senate, 1895-96;U.S.Senator from Kansas, 1897-1903; candidate for Democraticnomination for Vice President,1904;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas,1904,1908;candidate forGovernor ofKansas, 1906; vice-president, Denver, Laramie & NorthwesternRailroad.Episcopalian.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,December20, 1909 (age68 years, 52days).Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery. | | Charles Lawrence Robinson (1818-1894) — also known asCharles Robinson — of Belchertown,HampshireCounty, Mass.; Springfield,HampdenCounty, Mass.; Fitchburg,WorcesterCounty, Mass.; Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.; Lawrence,DouglasCounty, Kan.Born in Hardwick,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,July 21,1818.Physician;wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush;restaurantkeeper; member ofCaliforniastate assembly 12th District, 1851-52;delegateto Kansas state constitutional convention, 1855;Governor ofKansas, 1861-63; defeated (Democratic), 1890; member ofKansasstate senate, 1875-77; candidate forU.S.Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1886.Died near Lawrence,DouglasCounty, Kan.,August17, 1894 (age76 years, 27days).Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery. | | Dudley Chase Haskell (1842-1883) — also known asDudley C. Haskell — of Lawrence,DouglasCounty, Kan.Born in Springfield,WindsorCounty, Vt.,March23, 1842.Republican. Member ofKansasstate house of representatives, 1872;U.S.Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1877-83; died in office1883.DiedDecember16, 1883 (age41 years, 268days).Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery. | | Justin De Witt Bowersock (1842-1922) — also known asJustin D. Bowersock — of Lawrence,DouglasCounty, Kan.Born near Columbiana,ColumbianaCounty, Ohio,September19, 1842.Republican. President, Lawrence NationalBank,Bowersock Mills andPowerCo., KansasWaterPower Co., LawrenceIron Works,LawrencePaperManufacturing Co., Kansas and ColoradoRailroad;mayorof Lawrence, Kan., 1881-85; member ofKansasstate house of representatives, 1887; member ofKansasstate senate, 1895;U.S.Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1899-1907.Congregationalist.Died in Lawrence,DouglasCounty, Kan.,October27, 1922 (age80 years, 38days).Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery. | | Alexander Clark Mitchell (1860-1911) — also known asAlexander C. Mitchell — of Lawrence,DouglasCounty, Kan.Born in Ohio,1860.Republican. Member of Kansas state legislature, 1900;U.S.Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1911; died in office1911.DiedJuly 7,1911 (ageabout 51years).Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery. | | Solon O. Thatcher (1830-1895) — of Kansas. BornAugust31, 1830.Candidate forGovernor ofKansas, 1864.DiedAugust11, 1895 (age64 years, 345days).Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery. | | Horace Ladd Moore (1837-1914) — of Lawrence,DouglasCounty, Kan.Born in Ohio,1837.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1894-95.Died in1914(ageabout77 years).Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery. | | Samuel Kress Huson (1828-1875) — also known asSamuel K. Huson — of Dundee,YatesCounty, N.Y.; Lawrence,DouglasCounty, Kan.Born in New York,1828.Physician;postmaster atLawrence,Kan., 1859-61;mayorof Lawrence, Kan., 1862.Member,Freemasons;RoyalArch Masons.Died in Lawrence,DouglasCounty, Kan.,January2, 1875 (ageabout 46years).Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Richard Huson and Rebecca (Kress) Huson; married to Polly AnnSpicer. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | John Andrew Gregg (1877-1953) — of Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.; Wilberforce,GreeneCounty, Ohio; Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.Born in Eureka,GreenwoodCounty, Kan.,February18, 1877.Republican.Pastor;missionary;president,Edward Waters College, 1913-20;president,Wilberforce University, 1920-24;bishop;offered prayer, Republican National Convention,1940.AfricanMethodist Episcopal.Africanancestry. Member,NAACP.Died in Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.,February17, 1953 (age75 years, 365days).Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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