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Thomas Clay McCreery (1816-1890) —
of Owensboro, Daviess
County, Ky.
Born near Owensboro, Daviess
County, Ky., December
12, 1816.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,
1856;
U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1868-71, 1873-79.
Died in Owensboro, Daviess
County, Ky., July 10,
1890 (age 73 years, 210
days).
Interment at Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery.
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William Thomas Ellis (1845-1925) —
also known as William T. Ellis —
of Henderson, Henderson
County, Ky.
Born near Knottsville, Daviess
County, Ky., July 24,
1845.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Daviess
County Attorney, 1870-76; Presidential Elector for Kentucky, 1876;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1889-95; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1896.
Died in Owensboro, Daviess
County, Ky., January
8, 1925 (age 79 years, 168
days).
Interment at Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery.
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Philip Triplett (1799-1852) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Madison
County, Ky., December
24, 1799.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1824; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1839-43; delegate to
Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849.
Died March 30,
1852 (age 52 years, 97
days).
Interment at Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery.
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Philip Thompson (1789-1836) —
of Yellow Banks (unknown
county), Ky.
Born near Harrodsburg, Mercer
County, Ky., August
20, 1789.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 11th District, 1823-25.
Died November
25, 1836 (age 47 years, 97
days).
Original interment at Moseley Burying Ground;
reinterment in 1856 at Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery.
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Urey Woodson (1859-1939) —
of Owensboro, Daviess
County, Ky.
Born in Madisonville, Hopkins
County, Ky., August
16, 1859.
Son of Samuel Charles Woodson (1825-1907) and Rebecca Jane
(Hawthorne) Woodson.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor and publisher; Kentucky
railroad commissioner, 1891-95; member of Democratic
National Committee from Kentucky, 1896-1912, 1916-18, 1924-28; Secretary
of Democratic National Committee, 1904-12; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1932;
Convention Secretary, 1908,
1912.
Presbyterian.
Died in Owensboro, Daviess
County, Ky., August 6,
1939 (age 79 years, 355
days).
Interment at Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery.
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John Hardin McHenry (1797-1871) —
also known as John H. McHenry —
of Hartford, Ohio
County, Ky.
Born near Springfield, Washington
County, Ky., October
13, 1797.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1840; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1845-47; delegate to
Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; state court judge
in Kentucky, 1854.
Died November
1, 1871 (age 74 years, 19
days).
Interment at Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery.
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James Leeper Johnson (1818-1877) —
of Kentucky.
Born near Smithland, Livingston
County, Ky., October
30, 1818.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1844; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1849-51; defeated,
1857; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1867.
Died in Owensboro, Daviess
County, Ky., February
12, 1877 (age 58 years, 105
days).
Interment at Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery.
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William Northcut Sweeney (1832-1895) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Liberty, Casey
County, Ky., May 5,
1832.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1869-71.
Died April 21,
1895 (age 62 years, 351
days).
Interment at Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery.
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Algernon Sidney Thruston (d. 1864) —
of Texas.
Attorney
General of the Texas Republic, 1838.
Died March 5,
1864.
Interment at Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery.
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George Washington Triplett (1809-1894) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Franklin
County, Ky., February
18, 1809.
Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1840; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1848-52; major in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; Representative
from Kentucky in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65.
Died in Owensboro, Daviess
County, Ky., June 25,
1894 (age 85 years, 127
days).
Interment at Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery.
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John Thixton (1834-1914) —
of Owensboro, Daviess
County, Ky.
Born in Owensboro, Daviess
County, Ky., March 17,
1834.
Son of John Thixton (c.1790-1852) and Jane (Kell) Thixton (died
1849).
Farmer;
grocer; mayor
of Owensboro, Ky., 1878-79.
Died in Owensboro, Daviess
County, Ky., May 23,
1914 (age 80 years, 67
days).
Interment at Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery.
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