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Johnson County
Kentucky

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Johnson County


Index to Locations

  • Denny Pigg Cemetery
  • Paintsville Mayo Cemetery

    Denny Pigg Cemetery
    Johnson County, Kentucky
    Politicians buried here:
      Henry Arrowood (1896-1960) — of Paintsville, Johnson County, Ky. Born in River, Johnson County, Ky., November 11, 1896. Son of Mary Jane (Daniels) Arrowood (1873-1963) and Andrew Jackson Arrowood (1874-1931). Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; newspaper editor and publisher; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1942-47, 1952-53 (91st District 1942-43, 98th District 1944-47, 1952-53). Baptist. Member, Kiwanis; American Legion; Disabled American Veterans. Died in Johnson County, Ky., November 12, 1960 (age 64 years, 1 days). Interment at Denny Pigg Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married to Ernestine Pigg.
      See also Find-A-Grave memorial

    Mayo Cemetery
    Paintsville, Johnson County, Kentucky
    Politicians buried here:
      John Caldwell Calhoun Mayo (1864-1914) — also known as John C. C. Mayo — of Paintsville, Johnson County, Ky. Born in Johnson County, Ky., September 16, 1864. Democrat. School teacher; coal mining baron; reputed to be the wealthiest man and largest landholder in Kentucky; philanthropist; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1908, 1912; member of Democratic National Committee from Kentucky, 1912-14. Methodist. Died, from Bright's disease and peritonitis, in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., May 11, 1914 (age 49 years, 237 days). Interment at Mayo Cemetery.
      Presumably named for: John C. Calhoun
      Relatives: Married, February 21, 1897, to Alice Alka Meek.
      Alice Mayo (1881-1961) — also known as Alice Alka Meek; Mrs. John C. C. Mayo — of Paintsville, Johnson County, Ky.; Ashland, Boyd County, Ky. Born in Johnson County, Ky., March 27, 1881. Daughter of Hulda (Price) Meek (1847-1923) and Greenville 'Green' Meek. Democrat. Member of Democratic National Committee from Kentucky, 1929. Female. Methodist. Died, in King's Daughters Hospital, Ashland, Boyd County, Ky., September 5, 1961 (age 80 years, 162 days). Interment at Mayo Cemetery.
      Relatives: Daughter of Hulda (Price) Meek (1847-1923) and Greenville 'Green' Meek; married, February 21, 1897, to John Caldwell Calhoun Mayo; married, September 16, 1916, to Samuel Prichard Fetter (1881-1921).


     

     


    		 
       
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