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Following is a roster of some of the more notable people interred at Maple Grove Cemetery:

MILITARY

Maj. Sam Jones, Spanish-American War Warren Hill Norton, Civil War hero Maj. Sam Bird, directed JFK's funeral George Johnson, "Drummer Boy of Shiloh" J.F. Ritcherdson, served under Gen. Sherman

Capt. Jonathn C. Kirk, Civil War Medal of Honor Corp. Samuel Wright, Civil War Medal of Honor William P. Burgess, first Naval burial in Wichita Col. Woodcock, formed Wichita Militia Joseph Able, Artilleryman in Civil War, 103 years old

MUSIC

Jessie Clark, Wichita School Music Supt. Thomas Shaw, known as the "Music Man" Albert A. (Sulley) Sullivan, bandleader & entertainer Gerald Charles Garrett, bass singer for The Platters

Charles Dooling, jazz guitarist & teacher James Streeter, sax player, appeared in film "Fisherman's Wharf" Robert J. Love, songwriter

FIRE CHIEFS

C.W. Brown, served 1943-49 P.M. Wendel, served 1941-42

Ira Martindale, served 1942-43

POLICE CHIEFS

Charles E. Burrows, served 1890-93 Rufus Cone, served 1893-95 G.C. (Jack) Hay, served 1915-19

Frank Burt, served 1895-97, 1902-05, 1909-10 G.T. Cubbon, served 1899, 1900-22, 1905-07, 1911-13 Bedford Wood, served 1907-08

GOVERNMENT

	Henry Allen, US Senator 1929-30 & Governor 1919-23 W.J. Babb, Wichita Mayor 1913-14 Richard E. Bird, KS State Judge, U.S. Rep. 1920-22 "Tiger Bill" Campbell, Judge & Asst. Atty. Gen. 1872 Frank Coleman, Wichita Mayor 1941-42 Frank S. Barr, City Manager, Post Office Director George E. Harris, Wichita Mayor 1875 A.E. Howse, Wichita Mayor 1956-57 Lorenzo Lewelling, Kansas Governor 1893-94 Walter Minnick, Wichita Mayor 1911-12 Bert Wells, Wichita Mayor 1927-39	Col. Sam Amidon, Attorney, Natl. Democratic Leader E.T. Battin, Wichita Mayor 1917-19 Frank S. Boone, Deputy U.S. Marshall George W. Clement, Wichita Mayor 1889-1890 A.J. Coombs, Wichita Mayor 1927-28 J.H. Graham, Wichita Mayor 1907-08, 1911 Herman Hill, Wichita Mayor 1930-31 Wallace C. Kemp, Wichita Mayor 1921-22 Ben F. McLean, Wichita Mayor 1911-12 John L. Powell, Wichita Mayor 1919-20 Jerry "Sockless Jerry" Simpson, Congressman

BUSINESS

	James Allison, Friends University Herman Hoffman, built Hillcrest Building Charles Lawrence, founded Lawrence Photo Hiram W. Lewis, founded Farmers & Merchants Bank L.S. Naftzger, Banker W.C. Woodman, founded Ark Valley Bank Walter Morris, Real Estate Developer William Dye, "Chili King of the West" Col. E.E. Bleckley, VP Fourth National Bank William R. Snook, Mgr. of Travel Air Corp. Robert E. Lawrence, Member of State Legislature George Litzenberg, Journalist "Farmer Doolittle" C.E. Potts, Pioneer Druggist A.A. Hyde, Founder of Maple Grove Cemetery, philanthropist, invented Mentholatum Lucetta Fassett Carter, entrepreneur & philanthropist

MEDICAL

Andrew Fabrique, founded St. Francis Hospital Dr. Edward Tihen, prominent physician and historian

Martin Dewey, father of modern orthodontsia

PIONEERS

		Nereus Baldwin, photographer Rea Woodman, author & educator Donald "Cannonball" Green, stagecoach operator Bill Isley, author & historian Hiram W. Kendle, undertaker John McCormick, developed west side J.R. Mead, founder of Wichita J.H. Todd, early settler Helena S. Mason, originated Pavilion "Father" Silas Bliss, town character Burton Harvey (BBQ) Campbell, built Campbell Castle A.W. Harden, photographer Maj. Sam Jones, first black man elected to office William H. King, horse trainer Joseph McCoy, founded cattle-rail trade in western states Charles Payne, naturalist & animal collector Hugh S. Hall, early settler

EDUCATION & THE ARTS

Nathan J. Morrison, 1st President of Fairmount College (WSU) Arthur J. Hoare, Dean of Fairmount College (WSU) Paul Roulet, professor of French H. Rea Woodman, early pioneer teacher James Allison, Friends University Ulysses Grant Charles, architect Elbert Dumont, architect

Wm. H. Isely, 1st Dean of Fairmount College (WSU) Elizabeth Sprague, professor & founder of Art Dept (WSU) Grace Wilkie, Dean of Women, Fairmount College (WSU) Mary B. Dimond, author Edmund L. Davison, influential painter & banker Albert Ellis, landscape architect Lorenz Schmidt, architect