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Birth	:	1 Dec 1873 Coffey County, Kansas, USA
Death	:	6 Sep 1953
Burial	:	Mount Moriah Lutheran Church Cemetery, Berlin Center, Mahoning County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.0521100, -80.9480500
Description	:	PUBLISHER In 1958, the Strawn Dam project was renamed "John Redmond Dam and Reservoir" in honor of the publisher of the Burlington Daily Republican and a beloved Kansan who trained under William Allen White. Redmond had been a longtime champion for flood control and water conservation along the Neosho River which had started to become a reality with the authorization of four dams in 1950, including this one. Originally the project was authorized by Congress under the Flood Control Act of 1950 and called Strawn Dam in reference to Strawn, the town located where the reservoir is today. ***** Bio below from: A Standard... Read More	PUBLISHER In 1958, the Strawn Dam project was renamed "John Redmond Dam and Reservoir" in honor of the publisher of the Burlington Daily Republican and a beloved Kansan who trained under William Allen White. Redmond had been a longtime champion for flood control and water conservation along the Neosho River which had started to become a reality with the authorization of four dams in 1950, including this one. Originally the project was authorized by Congress under the Flood Control Act of 1950 and called Strawn Dam in reference to Strawn, the town located where the reservoir is today. ***** Bio below from: A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written & compiled by William E. Connelley, 1918, transcribed by Johna Logan and Whitney Roberts, students from USD 508, Baxter Springs Middle School, Baxter Springs, Kansas, January 25, 2000. JOHN REDMOND. One of the prominent newspaper men of Kansas, and there is no doubt but that the state has its full share of talented journalists, is John Redmond, the able editor and prosperous owner and publisher of the Burlington Daily Republican of Burlington. A natural inclination for this profession probably prevented the state from registering one more able member of its bar, for he was early designed for the law, in which his brother, C. H. Redmond, now of Denver, Colorado, is so successful, and in which his father, the late James Redmond, so long held a distinguished place. John Redmond was born in Coffey County, Kansas, December 1, 1873. His parents were James and Sarah Jane (Geesey) Redmond. His father, James Redmond, was educated for the priesthood but never took holy orders. Early in the Civil war he enlisted for service, entering the Forty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and gained rapid promotion for gallantry, reaching the rank of colonel. He served until 1863 when, because of serious wounds, he was relieved from active duty. He was a man of fine attainments and when he recovered sufficiently from his injuries to take up again the ordinary ways of life, he determined to study law at Ann Arbor, Michigan, and subsequently was admitted to the bar at La Grange, Indiana, where he practiced law until 1867, in which year he came to Kansas. Colonel Redmond located at Burlington and opened a law office and continued in active practice until his death in 1904. A republican in politics, he became a party leader in Coffey County and for several years served as chairman of the Coffey County Central Committee, and was also active and prominent in the various Masonic bodies. He is related to John Redmond, the Irish leader in the British parliament. John Redmond attended the public schools at Burlington and after being graduated from the high school became a student of law, to which he applied himself more or less continuously for five years and was well grounded thereby in the fundamentals. This profession, however, was not the one that appealed to him, and finally he went to Emporia, after an interview with William Allen White, and became a reporter on the Emporia Gazette, of which Mr. White had just become editor, still later becoming a member of the staff of the Topeka Capital, now owned by Governor Copper.[sic] He then went to Wichita and served acceptably on the staffs of the Daily Star and the Beacon, becoming in the meanwhile personally acquainted with many of the noted men of the state both in and out of politics and cementing friendships with newspaper men of nation wide reputation. All this experience was beneficial, was a school in fact that substantially prepared him for the launching of his own journalistic enterprise which has proved so eminently successful. He returned to Coffey County and with a stake of $45 and some nerve he bought the Daily Jeffersonian at Burlington, gradually absorbing the Courier, Herald, Times, Independent, Democrat, Republican and others and consolidating all under the name of the Burlington Republican. He discontinued the weekly edition October 1, 1915, and has issued the daily ever since and so popular is it with the farmers as with other residents that it has been said that the subscription list "covers the county like a blanket." Mr. Redmond owns his office building and has a fine modern plant, a linotype machine, presses of all kinds and up-to-date methods governing all the work. A business man of good judgment, he has been very successful in all that relates to this undertaking, and has a very comfortable home and some outside interests. Like his father, he has been an ardent and active republican. He has never asked for or accepted any official position except that of secretary of the central committee. He is actively identified with the State and National Editorial associations and belongs also to the Masons and the Sons of Veterans. He served as judge advocate general of the national body of the Sons of Veterans and as commander of the Kansas and Oklahoma division. Mr. Redmond was married November 17, 1897, to Miss Maude Batdorf, who was born in Ohio and who is prominent socially and has a wide acquaintance over the state. During the struggle of putting the paper on its feet financially she helped in the office, and although she has done no work around the office for years, she still is a partner in the business and an ever present help in time of trouble. Mr. Redmond is secretary of the Burlington Commercial Club, devoting much time to local affairs, and is a worker in all of the movements for the good of Burlington and Coffey counties.

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John Redmond's memorial is located at: Mount Moriah Lutheran Church Cemetery, Berlin Center, Mahoning County, USA.
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John Redmond death on 6 Sep 1953 in
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Latitude: 41.0521100
Longitude: -80.9480500

Family Members:

Parent

Col James Redmond

(1831 - 1904)

Sarah Jane Gesey Redmond

(1841 - 1903)

Spouse

Maude Batdorf Redmond

(1877 - 1975)

Siblings

Daisy E. Redmond

(1877 - 1888)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Mount Moriah Lutheran Church Cemetery
Berlin Center, Mahoning County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0521100, -80.9480500

2. Berlin Center West Cemetery
Berlin Center, Mahoning County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0242004, -80.9574966

3. Reichert Farm Cemetery
Lake Milton, Mahoning County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0730960, -80.9774510

4. Eckis Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.0833015, -80.9253006

5. Mottown Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.0447801, -81.0156483

6. Vaughn Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.1011009, -80.9875031

7. Lumberton Cemetery
Mahoning County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9876500, -80.9449800

8. Deerfield Cemetery
Deerfield, Portage County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0247220, -81.0341690

9. Hartzell Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.9965410, -81.0085490

10. Ellsworth Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.0244700, -80.8510760

11. Westover Farm Cemetery
Palmyra, Portage County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0979600, -81.0320990

12. Robinson Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.0699997, -81.0516968

13. Hayden Cemetery
Deerfield Township, Portage County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0031013, -81.0350037

14. Geeburg Methodist Church Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.0487850, -80.8380010

15. Pricetown Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.1345500, -80.9655100

16. Methodist Church Cemetery
North Jackson, Mahoning County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1043110, -80.8575580

17. North Benton Cemetery
North Benton, Mahoning County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9806100, -81.0120400

18. German Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery
Mahoning County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1064040, -80.8565520

19. Jackson Township Cemetery
North Jackson, Mahoning County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1068180, -80.8560650

20. Duck Creek Cemetery
Newton Township, Trumbull County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1396540, -80.9194020

21. North Cemetery
Palmyra Township, Portage County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1018982, -81.0505981

22. McCorkle Family Cemetery
North Jackson, Mahoning County, USA
Coordinate: 41.1271477, -80.8760223

23. Bunker Hill Cemetery
Beloit, Mahoning County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9592210, -80.9366900

24. Saint Pauls Monastery Cemetery
Canfield, Mahoning County, USA
Coordinate: 41.0228160, -80.8288300