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 Iola City Cemetery - Iola, KS Posted by:  YoSam.
N 37° 55.485 W 095° 24.803
15S E 287879 N 4200212
Large cemetery, locals call it the "old" city cemetery.
Waymark Code: WMJB1E
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 10/22/2013
Views: 3
County of Cemetery: Allen County
Location of Cemetery: West St., west side of Iola, KS
Number of graves: 5,000
Famous Residents: Iola Colborn : b. Jan.13, 1831 d. Jan. 25, 1911
for whom the city was named
Scott, Charles Frederick : b. September 7, 1860 d. September 18, 1938
US Congressman. He was elected to represent Kansas in the United States House of Representatives (first as an At-Large Delegate, then 2nd District), serving from 1901 to 1911.
Funston, Edward Hogue : b. September 16, 1836 d. September 10, 1911
US Congressman. During the Civil War he served in the Union Army as a 1st Lieutenant in the 16th Battery, Ohio Volunteer Light Artillery, and participated in the engagements along the Mississippi River. After the war he moved to a prairie farm near Carlyle, Allen County, Kansas in 1867. Involved in Kansas politics, he was a member of the Kansas State House of Representatives from 1873 to 1876 and served as Speaker in 1875. He was later elected as member of the Kansas State Senate.
City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Iola, Allen County, Kansas
Approximate number of graves: 5,000
Cemetery Status: Active
Cemetery Website: [Web Link]
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