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Pulaski County
Kentucky

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Pulaski County


Index to Locations

  • Near Nancy Zollicoffer Park Cemetery
  • Somerset Fountain Square
  • Somerset Old Baptist Cemetery
  • Somerset Somerset City Cemetery


    Zollicoffer Park Cemetery
    Near Nancy, Pulaski County, Kentucky

    Politicians who have monuments here:
      Felix Kirk Zollicoffer (1812-1862) — also known as Felix K. Zollicoffer — of Tennessee. Born in Bigbyville, Maury County, Tenn., May 19, 1812. Member of Tennessee state senate, 1849; fought a pistol duel with rival editor John L. Martin, in Nashville, Tenn., 1852; U.S. Representative from Tennessee 8th District, 1853-59; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Shot and killed in a Civil War battle near Mill Springs, Wayne County, Ky., January 19, 1862 (age 49 years, 245 days). Interment at Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.; cenotaph at Zollicoffer Park Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial


    Fountain Square
    Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky

    Politicians who have monuments here:
      John Sherman Cooper (1901-1991) — of Somerset, Pulaski County, Ky. Born in Somerset, Pulaski County, Ky., August 23, 1901. Son of John Cooper. Republican. Member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1928-30; county judge in Kentucky, 1930-38; candidate for Governor of Kentucky, 1939; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1946-49, 1952-55, 1956-73; defeated, 1948, 1954; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1948, 1956, 1960 (member, Resolutions Committee), 1972 (delegation chair); U.S. Ambassador to India, 1955-56; Nepal, 1955-56; East Germany, 1974-76; member, President's Commission on the Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64. Baptist or Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Rotary; American Bar Association; Beta Theta Pi. The John Sherman Cooper Power Plant in Somerset, Ky., is named for him. Died of heart failure, in Washington, D.C., February 21, 1991 (age 89 years, 182 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; statue at Fountain Square.
      Relatives: Married to Lorraine Rowan (1905-1985).
      Cross-reference: William Butts Macomber, Jr.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial


    Old Baptist Cemetery
    Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky
    Politicians buried here:
      Tunstall Quarles (c.1770-1855) — of Somerset, Pulaski County, Ky. Born in Virginia, about 1770. Democrat. Member of Kentucky state legislature; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 9th District, 1817-20. Died in 1855 (age about 85 years). Interment at Old Baptist Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Somerset City Cemetery
    Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky
    Politicians buried here:
      Thomas Zantzinger Morrow (1835-1913) — of Somerset, Pulaski County, Ky. Born in Flemingsburg, Fleming County, Ky., September 3, 1835. Son of Alexander S. Morrow (1792-1861) and Margaret (Boyd) Morrow (1795-1862). Republican. Member of Kentucky state senate; circuit judge in Kentucky; candidate for Governor of Kentucky, 1883. Died in Somerset, Pulaski County, Ky., August 25, 1913 (age 77 years, 356 days). Interment at Somerset City Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Alexander S. Morrow (1792-1861) and Margaret (Boyd) Morrow (1795-1862); married, December 24, 1858, to Virginia Catherine Bradley (1842-1900); brother-in-law of William O'Connell Bradley; father of Edwin Porch Morrow; uncle of Christine Bradley South. See South-Cockrell-Hargis-Morrow family of Kentucky.
      John Summers Kindrick (1810-1898) — also known as John S. Kindrick — of Somerset, Pulaski County, Ky. Born in Washington County, Va., August 9, 1810. Son of John Kindrick, Jr. and Elizabeth (Summers) Kindrick. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1860. Died in Somerset, Pulaski County, Ky., January 17, 1898 (age 87 years, 161 days). Interment at Somerset City Cemetery.
      Relatives: Grandfather of Sophia Kendrick Alcorn (1883-1967; inventor of "Tadoma Method" or "Alcorn System" for teaching the deaf-blind).


     

     


     
       
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