Forest Hill Calvary Cemetery
Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri
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Forest Hill Calvary Cemetery is a cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri.
Established1888
Location
6901 Troost Avenue
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri
CountryUnited States
Coordinates39°00′08″N 94°34′14″W
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| Details | |
| Established | 1888 |
| Location | 6901 Troost Avenue Kansas City, Missouri |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 39°00′08″N 94°34′14″W |
| Size | 160 acres (65 ha) |
| Website | https://www.fhccemetery.com/ |
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'Neil (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]
