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Joseph Rogers Underwood (1791-1876) —
also known as Joseph R. Underwood —
of Glasgow, Barren
County, Ky.; Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky.
Born in Goochland
County, Va., October
24, 1791.
Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1816-19, 1825-26, 1861-63;
Presidential Elector for Kentucky, 1824;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1828; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1828-35; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1835-43; Presidential
Elector for Kentucky, 1844;
U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1847-53.
Died near Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky., August
23, 1876 (age 84 years, 304
days).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
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James Andrew McKenzie (1840-1904) —
also known as James A. McKenzie —
of Long View, Hardin
County, Ky.
Born in Bennettstown, Christian
County, Ky., August 1,
1840.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member
of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1867; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1877-83; secretary of
state of Kentucky, 1883-87; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1884,
1888;
U.S. Minister to Peru, 1893-97.
Died in Christian
County, Ky., June 25,
1904 (age 63 years, 329
days).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
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William Huston Natcher (1909-1994) —
also known as William H. Natcher —
of Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky.
Born in Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky., September
11, 1909.
Son of J. M. Natcher and Blanche (Hays) Natcher.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1940;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1953-94; died in
office 1994.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Kiwanis;
Odd
Fellows.
Died March 29,
1994 (age 84 years, 199
days).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
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Warner Lewis Underwood (1808-1872) —
also known as Warner L. Underwood —
of Kentucky.
Born in Virginia, 1808.
Member of Kentucky state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1855-59; U.S. Consul
in Glasgow, 1862-64.
Died in 1872
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
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John Edward Halsell (1826-1899) —
of Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky.
Born near Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky., September
11, 1826.
Democrat. State court judge in Kentucky, 1870; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1883-87; mayor
of Bowling Green, Ky., 1888.
Died in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., December
26, 1899 (age 73 years, 106
days).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
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Rodes Kirby Myers (1900-1960) —
also known as Rodes K. Myers —
of Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky.
Born in Warren
County, Ky., 1900.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1956;
Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1939-43; candidate in primary for Governor of
Kentucky, 1943.
Died in 1960
(age about
60 years).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
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John Cox Underwood (1840-1913) —
also known as John C. Underwood —
of Kentucky.
Born in Georgetown, Washington,
D.C., 1840.
Son of Joseph
Rogers Underwood.
Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1875-79.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died October
25, 1913 (age about 73
years).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
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Henry H. Denhardt (1876-1937) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Warren
County, Ky., 1876.
Democrat. Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1923-27.
Shot
and injured on Election Day 1931. After his girlfriend was killed in
November 1936, he was charged
with murder
and tried in
LaGrange, Ky.; the jury could not reach a verdict.
Before he could be tried a second time, he was shot and
killed,
at the Armstrong Hotel,
Shelbyville, Shelby
County, Ky., September
20, 1937 (age about 61
years).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
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J. Boadley Davenport —
of Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky.
Democrat. Warren
County Sheriff and Jailer; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1936.
Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
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James Hobson —
of Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky.
Son of William Edward Hobson and Ida Morehead Hobson.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,
1928.
Interment at Fairview Cemetery.
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| Politicians formerly
buried here: |
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Edwin Lee Norris (1865-1924) —
also known as Edwin L. Norris —
of Dillon, Beaverhead
County, Mont.; Great Falls, Cascade
County, Mont.
Born in Cumberland
County, Ky., August
15, 1865.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Montana
state senate from Beaverhead County, 1897-1900; Lieutenant
Governor of Montana, 1905-08; Governor of
Montana, 1908-13; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Montana, 1912,
1916
(Honorary
Vice-President).
Died in Great Falls, Cascade
County, Mont., April 25,
1924 (age 58 years, 254
days).
Original interment at Fairview Cemetery; reinterment at Highland
Cemetery, Great Falls, Mont.
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