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Charles T. Payne greets his great-nephew Barack Obama. Payne is the younger brother of Madelyn Dunham, maternal grandmother of the 44th President of the United States. Charles Payne.jpg
Charles T. Payne greets his great-nephew Barack Obama. Payne is the younger brother of Madelyn Dunham, maternal grandmother of the 44th President of the United States.

The following is a list of people from Butler County, Kansas . The area includes the cities of El Dorado, Augusta, Rose Hill, and other cities rural areas in the county. Inclusion on the list should be reserved for notable people past and present who have resided in the county, either in cities or rural areas.

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Family of Barack Obama

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Old west

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Brian Bannister American baseball player

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Marion Koogler McNay American painter

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Stanley Armour Dunham was the maternal grandfather of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States. He and his wife Madelyn Payne Dunham raised Obama from the age of 10 in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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Charles T. Payne American World War II soldier (1925–2014)

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Augusta High School is a public secondary school in Augusta, Kansas, United States, operated by Augusta USD 402 school district, and located at 2020 Ohio Street. The school mascot is the oriole and the school's colors are black and orange. The school competes in the Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League.

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  2. Carla K. Johnson Obama's great-uncle recalls liberating Nazi camp July 22, 2008 Associated Press
  3. Profile: Obama's great-uncle Charles Payne June 5, 2009 BBC News
  4. Steve Chaggaris Morning Bulletin: Friday, June 5, 2009 June 5, 2009 CBS News
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  7. "The Winrod Legacy of Hate". Anti-Defamation League. Archived from the original on September 11, 2002. Retrieved December 23, 2010. Gordon Winrod, 73, is the pastor of Our Savior's Church in Gainesville, MO. His two children who were arrested with him are Stephen Winrod, 33, and Carol Winrod, 27. The elder Winrod is the son of the late Reverend Gerald Winrod of Wichita, Kansas, a pro-Nazi and anti-Semitic preacher active in the 1930s and 1940s.