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Ephriam and Reuben's nephew William Mast later moved to Basehor and in 1896 married Margaret Towne, the daughter of the couple from whom they had purchased the land. Basehor was founded in 1889 by Reuben Basehor and his brother Ephraim. They both were of Pennsylvania Dutch descent and came to Kansas in 1854. After living in Lawrence for a time ...
The Basehor Sentinel was a local weekly newspaper for Basehor, Kansas. The paper was started and owned by Mike Bell and Paul Massey of Bonner Springs.
This is a list of Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) posts in Kansas, United States.. The G.A.R., Department of Kansas was established December 7, 1866. It was preceded by an organization known as the Veteran Brotherhood (and Union Brotherhood), State of Kansas organized in December 1865.
A horse drawn caisson transporting the remains of William Howard Taft from the Capitol to All Souls Church, Unitarian on March 11, 1930. Former president William Howard Taft, also retired Chief Justice of the United States, was given a state funeral in Washington, D.C., on March 11, 1930, three days after his death. He lay in state in the ...
William Allen White bought the newspaper for $3,000 ($109,872 in 2023 dollars [2]) in 1895. Through his editorship, over the next five decades, he became an iconic figure in American journalism and political life.
Henry Justin Allen (1868–1950), U.S. Senator from Kansas, 21st Governor of Kansas [206] William Augustus Ayres (1867–1952), U.S. Representative from Kansas [ 207 ] Sheila Bair (1954–), Chairperson of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation [ 208 ]
William Robert Brady (May 25, 1956 – March 19, 2023) was an American politician who served in the Kansas State Senate and Kansas House of Representatives. He was born and raised in Parsons, Kansas , and was originally elected to the State House in 1980.
He was a member of the Kansas Senate in 1895 and 1896, and was elected as a U.S. senator from Kansas (March 4, 1897, to March 4, 1903). He was an unsuccessful candidate for the governorship of Kansas in 1906. Harris is believed to have been the only Confederate veteran ever elected to any office of importance in Kansas.