Wickliffe family of Kentucky
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- Charles Anderson Wickliffe (1788-1869) — also known
as Charles A. Wickliffe — of Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky. Born near Springfield, Washington
County, Ky., June 8,
1788. Father-in-law of David
Levy Yulee; father of Robert
Charles Wickliffe (1819-1895); grandfather of John
Crepps Wickliffe Beckham and Robert
Charles Wickliffe (1874-1912). Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1812-13, 1822-23, 1833-35; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1823-33, 1861-63 (9th District
1823-33, 5th District 1861-63); Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1836-39; Governor of
Kentucky, 1839-40; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1841-45; delegate to
Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1856.
Presbyterian.
Died in Howard
County, Md., October
31, 1869. Interment at Bardstown
Cemetery, Bardstown, Ky.
- David Levy Yulee (1810-1886) — also known as
David Levy; "Father of Florida's Railroads"
— of St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla.; Homosassa, Citrus
County, Fla. Born in St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands, June 12,
1810. Son-in-law of Charles
Anderson Wickliffe. Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from St. Johns County,
1838-39; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Florida Territory, 1841-45; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1845-51, 1855-61. Jewish. Imprisoned
as a Confederate
at Fort Pulaski, Fla. for a time after the Civil War. Died in New
York, New York
County, N.Y., October
10, 1886. Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. Levy County,
Fla. is named for him.
- Robert Charles Wickliffe (1819-1895) — of Bayou
Sara, West
Feliciana Parish, La. Born in Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky., January
6, 1819. Son of Charles
Anderson Wickliffe; uncle of John
Crepps Wickliffe Beckham. Democrat. Member of Louisiana
state senate; Governor of
Louisiana, 1856-60; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Louisiana, 1876.
Presbyterian.
Died in Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky., April 18,
1895. Burial
location unknown.
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham (1869-1940) — also
known as J. Crepps Wickliffe Beckham; J. C. W. Beckham
— of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky. Born in Wickland, Nelson
County, Ky., August 5,
1869. Grandson of Charles
Anderson Wickliffe; nephew of Robert
Charles Wickliffe (1819-1895); son of William Netherton Beckham
and Julia (Wickliffe) Beckham; married, November
21, 1900, to Jean Raphael Fuqua; cousin of Robert
Charles Wickliffe (1874-1912). Democrat. School
principal; lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1894-98; Speaker of
the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1898; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1900; Governor of
Kentucky, 1900-07; defeated, 1927; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1904,
1908,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1936;
U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1915-21; defeated, 1920, 1936. Presbyterian.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., January
9, 1940. Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky. Beckham County,
Okla. is named for him.
- Robert Charles Wickliffe (1874-1912) — also known as
Robert C. Wickliffe — of St. Francisville, West
Feliciana Parish, La. Born in Kentucky, 1874.
Grandson of Charles
Anderson Wickliffe; cousin of John
Crepps Wickliffe Beckham. Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 6th District, 1909-12; died in
office 1912. Died June 11,
1912. Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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