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Lyon County
Kansas

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Lyon County

Joseph M. Tanner (1894-1976) — of Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.Born inMaconCounty, Mo.,January6, 1894.Democrat.Travelingsalesman;druggist;member ofMissouristate house of representatives, 1943-58 (Jackson County 3rdDistrict 1943-46, Jackson County 2nd District 1947-58).Protestant.Member,Freemasons;Shriners.Died in August,1976(age82years, 0 days).Interment at Americus Cemetery.

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AmericusAmericus Cemetery

EmporiaMaplewood Memorial LawnCemetery

AmericusCemetery
Americus, Lyon County, Kansas

James Anthony Gray (1882-1951) — also known asJ. A. Gray — of Watson,AtchisonCounty, Mo.Born in Ansonia,DarkeCounty, Ohio,October27, 1882.Republican.Physician;newspaperpublisher; member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Atchison County, 1935-51;died in office 1951.Died, following aheartattack, in ahospitalat Jefferson City,ColeCounty, Mo.,June 6,1951 (age68 years, 222days).Interment at Americus Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

	Relatives: Sonof William Harrison Gray and Sara (Douds) Gray; married,December9, 1903, to Helen Anderson.
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	Relatives:Married1912 to Edith(Wright) Hart.
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MaplewoodMemorial Lawn Cemetery
Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas
Founded 1869

Preston Bierce Plumb (1837-1891) — also known asPreston B. Plumb — of Emporia,LyonCounty, Kan.Born inDelawareCounty, Ohio,October12, 1837.Republican.Newspapereditor and publisher;lawyer;colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofKansasstate house of representatives, 1863, 1867-68;LyonCounty Prosecuting Attorney;banker;U.S.Senator from Kansas, 1877-91; died in office 1891; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Kansas,1880.Died inWashington,D.C.,December20, 1891 (age54 years, 69days).Interment at Maplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:

	Relatives: Sonof David Prince Plumb and Hannah Maria (Bierce) Plumb; married1867 toCaroline Adeline Southwick.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial

Edward Herbert Rees (1886-1969) — also known asEdward H. Rees — of Emporia,LyonCounty, Kan.Born near Emporia,LyonCounty, Kan.,June 3,1886.Republican.Lawyer;member ofKansasstate house of representatives, 1927-33; member ofKansasstate senate, 1933-35;U.S.Representative from Kansas 4th District, 1937-61.Congregationalist.Member,AmericanLegion;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners;Lions.Died in Emporia,LyonCounty, Kan.,October25, 1969 (age83 years, 144days).Interment at Maplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof John J. Rees and Martha S. (Evans) Rees; married,June 21,1926, to Margaret Agnes Antle.
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William Allen White (1868-1944) — also known as"The Sage of Emporia" — of Emporia,LyonCounty, Kan.Born in Emporia,LyonCounty, Kan.,February10, 1868.Republican.Newspapereditor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas,1920(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1928(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1936(member,ResolutionsCommittee); Independent candidate forGovernor ofKansas, 1924.Received aPulitzerPrize in 1923 for his editorial, "To An Anxious Friend".Died in Emporia,LyonCounty, Kan.,January29, 1944 (age75 years, 353days).Interment at Maplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Dr. Allen White and Mary (Hatton) White; married,April27, 1893, to Sallie Lindsay.
		See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier
		Image source: Time Magazine, August 19,1940

Isaac Eli Lambert (1854-1909) — also known asIsaac E. Lambert;IkeLambert —of Emporia,LyonCounty, Kan.Born in Peoria,PeoriaCounty, Ill.,August18, 1854.Republican.Lawyer;race horseowner; postmaster atEmporia,Kan., 1889-94; delegate to Republican National Convention fromKansas,1896(member,CredentialsCommittee); member ofKansasstate house of representatives 47th District, 1897;U.S.Attorney for Kansas, 1897-1901.Methodist.Killed in thefire at theCopelandHotel,Topeka,ShawneeCounty, Kan.,January14, 1909 (age54 years, 149days).Interment at Maplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Martin D. Lambert and Adaline (Johnson) Lambert; married1877 toHarriet Stowe 'Hattie' Barnes; married1907 toMillison Slayton Cutler.
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William Stevens Jay (1820-1892) — also known asWilliam Jay — of Trenton,MercerCounty, N.J.; Whitmore Lake,WashtenawCounty, Mich.; Emporia,LyonCounty, Kan.Born in Pennington,MercerCounty, N.J.,July 22,1820.Republican.Merchant;member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Mercer County, 1855; delegateto Republican National Convention from New Jersey,1856;member ofMichiganstate senate 7th District, 1863-65;mayorof Emporia, Kan., 1870.Died in Emporia,LyonCounty, Kan.,March20, 1892 (age71 years, 242days).Interment at Maplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery.

Relatives: Sonof Smith Jay and Hannah (Wilson) Jay; married,June 7,1841, to Jane A. Stevens.

Judge Marshall McCowan (1855-1940) — also known asJ. M. McCowan — of Emporia,LyonCounty, Kan.Born in Newman,DouglasCounty, Ill.,November24, 1855.Democrat.Real estatedealer;newspapereditor; postmaster atEmporia,Kan., 1894-97; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromKansas,1904(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business),1908(alternate).Died in Emporia,LyonCounty, Kan.,June 3,1940 (age84 years, 192days).Interment at Maplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof Jonathan McCown and Olive (Blackman) McCown; married,September10, 1885, to Minnie E. Parker.
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