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Hope Cemetery

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CEMETERY

Hope Cemetery

Ottawa, KS | Franklin County

Among the many gravestones and mausoleums, a large upright stone marks the grave of newspaper editor and publisher Etta Semple (1855-1914). A plaque on the unhewn stone contains an inscription describing this beloved woman as a freethinker, radical, socialist, feminist, sanitarium founder, and champion of the downtrodden. The Semple stone stands in the middle section of the west side.

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