Wyandotte County
Kansas
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Wyandotte County
Kansas
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Wyandotte County
Index to Locations ElmwoodCemetery Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas
Highland ParkCemetery Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas
|  George Docking (1904-1964) — of Lawrence,DouglasCounty, Kan.Born in Clay Center,ClayCounty, Kan.,February23, 1904.Democrat.Governor ofKansas, 1957-61; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromKansas,1960.Died ofrespiratoryemphysema in ahospitalat Kansas City,WyandotteCounty, Kan.,January20, 1964 (age59 years, 331days).Interment at Highland Park Cemetery.
| Harry Darby (1895-1987) — of Kansas City,WyandotteCounty, Kan.Born in Kansas City,WyandotteCounty, Kan.,January23, 1895.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;engineer;shipbuilder;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Kansas, 1940-64; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Kansas,1940,1944,1948,1952,1956(delegation chair;speaker),1960;U.S.Senator from Kansas, 1949-50.Episcopalian.Member,Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion;Forty andEight;MilitaryOrder of the World Wars;NavyLeague;Freemasons;Shriners;Jesters;Rotary;PhiDelta Theta.Died in Kansas City,WyandotteCounty, Kan.,January17, 1987 (age91 years, 359days).Interment at Highland Park Cemetery.
| Thomas B. Bowling (1843-1911) — of Kansas City,WyandotteCounty, Kan.Born in Kingston,RoaneCounty, Tenn.,1843.Democrat.WyandotteCounty Sheriff, 1882-85, 1888-91; acting postmaster atKansasCity, Kan., 1896.Died, fromapoplexy,inWyandotteCounty, Kan.,August14, 1911 (ageabout 68years).Interment at Highland Park Cemetery.
| Anna Bates Potter (d. 1912) — of Kansas. Born in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Independent candidate formayorof Kansas City, Kan., 1893.Female.DiedMarch27, 1912.Entombed in mausoleum at Highland Park Cemetery.Huron IndianCemetery Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas
Maple HillCemetery Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas
Memorial ParkCemetery Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas
| Robert L. Roberts (1922-1973) — of Kansas City,WyandotteCounty, Kan.Born in Fort Worth,TarrantCounty, Tex.,1922.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; postmasteratKansasCity, Kan., 1959-68, 1970-73 (acting, 1959); served in the U.S.Army during the Vietnam war.Stabbedandmortallywounded by Carroll Edward Noel, Jr., a former mail handler, intheofficeof the assistant postmaster, at the mainpostoffice, and was dead on arrival at BethanyMedicalCenter, Kansas City,WyandotteCounty, Kan.,November29, 1973 (ageabout 51years). Noel was tried for murder, and found not guilty by reasonof insanity.Interment at Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mt. CalvaryCemetery 38th & State Avenue Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas
| Thomas F. Hannan (c.1859-1902) — of Kansas City,WyandotteCounty, Kan.Born about 1859.Mayorof Kansas City, Kan., 1886-88, 1891-93.Catholic.Member,ModernWoodmen of America;Knightsof Labor.DiedAugust5, 1902 (ageabout 43years).Interment at Mt. Calvary Cemetery.Mt. HopeCemetery 3600 Parallel Parkway Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas See alsoFindagravepage for this location.
Oak GroveCemetery Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas
| Stephen Alonzo Cobb (1833-1878) — of Wyandotte (now part of Kansas City),WyandotteCounty, Kan.Born in Madison,SomersetCounty, Maine,June 17,1833.Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofKansasstate senate, 1862;mayorof Wyandotte, Kan., 1862, 1868; member ofKansasstate house of representatives, 1872;U.S.Representative from Kansas at-large, 1873-75.Died in Kansas City,WyandotteCounty, Kan.,August24, 1878 (age45 years, 68days).Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
| James R. Parr (1821-1886) — of Kansas. BornDecember14, 1821.Mayorof Wyandotte, Kan., 1859-66.DiedDecember4, 1886 (age64 years, 355days).Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery. | John Randolph Goodin (1836-1885) — also known asJohn R. Goodin — of Humboldt,AllenCounty, Kan.; Kansas City,WyandotteCounty, Kan.Born in Tiffin,SenecaCounty, Ohio,December14, 1836.Democrat.Lawyer;newspapereditor; member ofKansasstate house of representatives, 1867; district judge in Kansas7th District, 1868-76;U.S.Representative from Kansas 2nd District, 1875-77; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Kansas,1880(member,ResolutionsCommittee).Died in Kansas City,WyandotteCounty, Kan.,December18, 1885 (age49 years, 4days).Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery.
QuindaroCemetery Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas
WoodlawnCemetery Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas
| Frank Mapes (1861-1896) — of Kansas City,WyandotteCounty, Kan.Born in Racine,RacineCounty, Wis.,1861.Democrat. Postmaster atKansasCity, Kan., 1893-96.While postal inspectorsdiscoveredthat he hadembezzledabout $9,200 from post office accounts, he died from aself-inflictedgunshot,in Kansas City,WyandotteCounty, Kan.,March15, 1896 (ageabout 34years).Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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