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Ben Mitchell Williamson (1864-1941) —
also known as Ben Williamson —
of Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky.
Born in Kentucky, 1864.
Democrat. U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1930-31.
Died in 1941
(age about
77 years).
Entombed in mausoleum at Ashland Cemetery.
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Laban Theodore Moore (1829-1892) —
also known as Laban T. Moore —
of Louisa, Lawrence
County, Ky.
Born in Virginia, 1829.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 9th District, 1859-61; member of Kentucky
state senate.
Died, of pneumonia,
at Catlettsburg, Boyd
County, Ky., November
9, 1892 (age about 63
years).
Interment at Ashland Cemetery.
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William Wirt Culbertson (1835-1911) —
of Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky.
Born near Lewistown, Mifflin
County, Pa., September
22, 1835.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of
Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1870; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1873; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kentucky, 1880,
1884;
mayor
of Ashland, Ky., 1882-83; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 9th District, 1883-85.
Died in Oxford, Butler
County, Ohio, October
31, 1911 (age 76 years, 39
days).
Interment at Ashland Cemetery.
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Ronald B. Halleck (d. 1995) —
of Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,
1968;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1968-72; Kentucky
railroad commissioner, 1972-74; candidate for Kentucky
state senate 25th District, 1975; candidate for Kentucky
auditor of public accounts, 1983.
Died October
23, 1995.
Interment at Ashland Cemetery.
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George Philip Ellison (d. 1984) —
also known as George P. Ellison —
of Kentucky.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky at-large, 1932.
Died April 11,
1984.
Interment at Ashland Cemetery.
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Allan N. Cisco (1866-1955) —
of West Liberty, Morgan
County, Ky.
Born in Morgan
County, Ky., 1866.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,
1908.
Died in Boyd
County, Ky., September
27, 1955 (age about 89
years).
Interment at Ashland Cemetery.
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John Thomas Diederich (d. 1974) —
also known as John T. Diederich —
of Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,
1948
(alternate), 1952,
1972
(alternate); Kentucky
Republican state chair, 1955.
Died September
10, 1974.
Interment at Ashland Cemetery.
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