Franklin County Veterans of 12th Kansas Reunion Portrait
Photo shows Franklin County men from Company D of the 12th Kansas Volunteers at a late 1880s reunion, two generations present. The unit, the county's only wholly recruited company, served in Wilson's Creek and guarded eastern counties. Mustered 1862 at several local sites, with a few at Ottawa before its town’s founding.
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Persian Gulf
Franklin County
Forest Park
12Th
Kansas Volunteers
Kansas
Andreas
Franklin Countian
Wilson's Creek
Sterling Price
Peoria
Centropolis
Sac’ and Fox
Indian Agency
Ohio City
Stanton
Miami County
Ottawa
Marais Des Cygnes
Hickory Street
Open House and Elections for Franklin County Extension Council
Franklin County Extension Council hosts an open house October 8 through 12 at the new county office annex 1418 S Main and elects 12 members to four committees agriculture home economics 4 H and youth and economic development. Any county resident of voting age may vote and serve. elections will be county at large. Open house and voting run 8 am to 5 pm daily, extended to 8 pm on October 12.
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Franklin County Extension Council
Franklin County
S. Main
Extension Council
Mastermind of Kennedy Campaign Dies at 73
Larry O'Brien, who directed John F Kennedy's presidential campaign and later served a decade as NBA commissioner, died at 73 after a battle with cancer in New York. Close friend Joseph Napolitan called him a giant of American politics and sports, noting his organizational talent and ability to forge compromises.
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NEW York
Larry O’brien
John F. Kennedy
National Basketball Association
New York Hospital
Cornell Medical Center
Joseph Napolitan
Napolitan
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Deborah Barker
James Swank
Columbus Burney
Alford Copple
Columbus Kirkham
Arsen Gordon
James B. Frame
Unknown
Lilburn White
D.M. Valentine
House of Representatives
Thomas Lindsay
Daniel C. Marland
W.E. Kibbe
Gregory Geoffrey
France
William F. Ivey
Ohio Township
Andrew Dial
Virginia
John Yerkes
Sgt
W.H. Ambrose
Lane Town Company
William Aiken
Yerkes
Ambrose
Aiken
Berea
Richmond
John T. Baker
Pottawatomie Township
Joshua Baker
Thomas Boston Kelsey
Joseph M. Baker
John
James F. Kelsey
Thomas B. Kelsey
Henry Shively
Shively
Kansas Territory
G.W. Ashby
Alfred Johnson
Johnson
South Carolina
William L. Service
James A. Taylor
Tennessee
James Davis
Lane
Pennsylvania
Albert Or
Alfred Wasson
Indiana
Thomas M. Mannen
W.B. Thornbrugh
Joshua Hodges
Spt
Asdrubal Reed
Hodges
William Pile
Isaiah
Walter M. Clark
William Copple
John Powell
William Hasket
William Hackett
Reuben
Ottawa Herald
S. Cedar
Kan
Robert W. Bozworth
Mike Detwiler
Man Fes
Dickinson
Riowa
Pacific Heights
Perth
Jack Kennedy
O'Brien
Underwood
General Motors
Buick Park Avenue
Buick
Kenny Masz
Scott Stiles
P.R. Wit
GMC
Aderwood
Niac Alta
Corte
Penny Sue
West Side
Fae Aeunday
Ealing
the Rhina Land
Lisue
Jmu Alun
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