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James Proctor Knott (1830-1911) —
also known as J. Proctor Knott —
of Lebanon, Marion
County, Ky.; Danville, Boyle
County, Ky.
Born in Raywick, Marion
County, Ky., August
29, 1830.
Democrat. Member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1857-58; Missouri
state attorney general, 1858-61; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1867-71, 1875-83; Governor of
Kentucky, 1883-87; delegate to
Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1891.
Presbyterian.
Died June 18,
1911 (age 80 years, 293
days).
Interment at Ryder Cemetery.
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Frank Leslie Chelf (1907-1982) —
also known as Frank L. Chelf —
of Lebanon, Marion
County, Ky.
Born in Elizabethtown, Hardin
County, Ky., September
22, 1907.
Son of Judge Weed S. Chelf and Hallie (Wrather) Chelf.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1936;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1945-67; defeated,
1966.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Phi
Delta Theta.
Died in Lebanon, Marion
County, Ky., September
1, 1982 (age 74 years, 344
days).
Interment at Ryder Cemetery.
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Clement Sidney Hill (1813-1892) —
of Kentucky.
Born near Lebanon, Marion
County, Ky., February
13, 1813.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1839; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1853-55; defeated,
1851 (5th District), 1874 (4th District).
Died in Lebanon, Marion
County, Ky., January
5, 1892 (age 78 years, 326
days).
Interment at St. Augustine's Cemetery.
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Hyleme Salem George (1912-2001) —
also known as H. S. George; Hyleme Salem
Shaheen —
of Lebanon, Marion
County, Ky.
Born in Hamat, Lebanon,
January
28, 1912.
Democrat. Candidate for Kentucky
state house of representatives 30th District, 1955; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1960,
1964
(alternate).
Lebanese
ancestry.
Died December
23, 2001 (age 89 years, 329
days).
Interment at St. Augustine's Cemetery.
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