Forest Hill Calvary Cemetery Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri
Forest Hill Calvary Cemetery is a cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri .
History
The Forest Hill Calvary Cemetery was established in 1888. George Kessler served as the landscape architect when the cemetery was established.[ 1]
The cemetery is approximately 160 acres (65 ha). It is located at 69th Street and Troost Avenue.[ 1]
Notable burials
Edward Robert Atwill (1840–1911), bishop of Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri [ 2] Charles A. Baird (1870–1944), athletic director at the University of Michigan [ 3] John L. Barkley (1895–1966), U.S. Medal of Honor recipient[ 4] Harold Roe Bartle (1901–1974), businessman, philanthropist, executive, mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, namesake of Kansas City Chiefs[ 5] Albert I. Beach (1883–1939), mayor of Kansas City, Missouri[ 6] Joseph Boggs (1749–1843), army officer, moved from Old Westport Cemetery in 1915[ 7] Daniel Boone III (1809–1880), and Mary Constance Philibert Boone (1814–1904), early Kansas City founders who settled in the area that later became Forest Hill Cemetery[ 8] Louis C. Boyle (1866–1925), Kansas Attorney General and lawyer[ 9] Walter Halben Butler (1852–1931), U.S. Representative from Iowa, newspaperman and lawyer[ 10] Arthur Chapman (1863–1928), member of the Missouri House of Representatives [ 11] Laurie Perry Cookingham (1896–1992), city manager of multiple cities, including Kansas City, Missouri and Fort Worth, Texas [ 12] Thomas T. Crittenden (1832–1909), Governor of Missouri[ 13] Thomas T. Crittenden Jr. (1863–1938), mayor of Kansas City, Missouri[ 14] Jesse M. Donaldson (1885–1970), U.S. Postmaster General[ 15] Tatiana Dokoudovska (1921–2005), French ballet dancer[ 16] Bobby Greenlease (1947–1953), six-year-old kidnapping and homicide victim[ 17] J. C. Hall (1891–1982), founder and chief executive of Hallmark Cards [ 18] Sid J. Hare (1860–1938), landscape architect[ 19] John L. Harrington (1868–1942), civil engineer and bridge designer[ 20] Waldo P. Johnson (1817–1885), Confederate States and U.S. Senator from Missouri[ 21] William Tell Johnson (1848–1930), American lawyer and judge[ 22] William Thornton Kemper Sr. (1867–1938), Kansas City banker[ 23] Bertha Mae Lillenas (1889–1945), evangelist and hymn writer[ 24] Robert A. Long (1850–1934), American lumber baron, developer, investor, newspaper owner, and philanthropist[ 25] Homer B. Mann (1869–1950), president of Park College , insurance businessman and state politician[ 26] Jay H. Neff (1854–1915), mayor of Kansas City, Missouri and newspaperman[ 27] J. C. Nichols (1880–1950), real estate developer[ 28] Buck O'Neill (1911-2006), first baseman and manager in the Negro American League, first African American coach in Major League Baseball, played a major role in establishing the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum , member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame Satchel Paige (1906–1982), American baseball player in Negro league and Major League Baseball, member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame[ 29] Sidney Catlin Partridge (1857–1930), bishop of Kyoto, bishop of Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri[ 30] Joseph M. Patterson (1837–1914), member of the Illinois Senate Tom Pendergast (1872–1945), Political boss in Kansas City from 1925 to 1939[ 31] Mason S. Peters (1844–1914), U.S. Representative from Kansas[ 32] Charles H. Price II (1931–2012), businessman and U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom and Belgium John H. Ricksecker (1843–1929), Civil War Medal of Honor recipient[ 33] Frank P. Sebree (1854–1940), lawyer and member of the Missouri House of Representatives[ 34] Joe Shannon (1867–1943), U.S. Representative from Missouri and Democratic political boss[ 35] Joseph O. Shelby (1830–1897), Confederate States Army general[ 36] George M. Shelley (1850–1929), Mayor of Kansas City[ 37] Kate Spade , fashion designer and entrepreneur, she was the co-founder and co-owner of the designer brand Kate Spade New York [ 38] Kenneth A. Spencer (1902–1960), coal miner and philanthropist[ 39] Robert Nelson Spencer (1877–1961), bishop of Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri[ 40] Carrie Westlake Whitney (1854–1934), librarian and first director of Kansas City Public Library [ 41] Hazel Browne Williams (1907–1986), educator at the University of Missouri–Kansas City [ 42]
See also
References
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