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James Rariden (1795-1856) —
of Wayne
County, Ind.
Born in Cynthiana, Harrison
County, Ky., February
14, 1795.
Lawyer; member of Indiana
state senate, 1823-29; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Indiana, 1824;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1829-30, 1832-33; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1837-41; defeated,
1835; delegate to
Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51.
Died in Cambridge City, Wayne
County, Ind., October
20, 1856 (age 61 years, 249
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Cambridge City, Ind.
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James Brown Ray (1794-1848) —
of Brookville, Franklin
County, Ind.
Born in Jefferson
County, Ky., February
19, 1794.
Brother of Martin M.
Ray (1795-1865); uncle of Martin M.
Ray (1823-1872).
Lawyer; merchant;
tavern
owner; newspaper
publisher; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1821-22; member of Indiana
state senate, 1822-25; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1824, 1831, 1837; Governor of
Indiana, 1825-31.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, August 4,
1848 (age 54 years, 167
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Martin M. Ray (1795-1865) —
of Fayette
County, Ind.; Wayne
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Kentucky, August
29, 1795.
Brother of James
Brown Ray; uncle of Martin M.
Ray (1823-1872).
Cabinetmaker;
merchant;
banker;
lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1826-27, 1834-36; candidate for
Indiana
state senate, 1848.
Methodist.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., May 16,
1865 (age 69 years, 260
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Henry Massey Rector (1816-1899) —
of Arkansas.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., May 1,
1816.
First cousin of Henry
Wharton Conway, James
Sevier Conway and Elias
Nelson Conway; third cousin of James
Lawson Kemper.
Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state senate; elected 1848; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives; elected 1854; justice of
Arkansas state supreme court, 1859-60; Governor of
Arkansas, 1860-62; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; delegate to
Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1874.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., August
12, 1899 (age 83 years, 103
days).
Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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Stanley Forman Reed (1884-1980) —
also known as Stanley F. Reed —
of Maysville, Mason
County, Ky.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Minerva, Mason
County, Ky., December
31, 1884.
Son of Dr. John A. Reed and Frances (Forman) Reed; married, May 11,
1908, to Winifred Elgin.
Democrat. Lawyer; counsel, Burley Tobacco
Growers Cooperative Association; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1912-16; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kentucky, 1920,
1936;
U.S. Solicitor General,
1935-38; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1938-57.
Protestant.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Phi.
Died in Huntington, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., April 2,
1980 (age 95 years, 93
days).
Interment at Maysville
Cemetery, Maysville, Ky.
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Ellsworth Regenstein (c.1878-1957) —
of Fort Thomas, Campbell
County, Ky.
Born in Mason
County, Ky.
Republican. Lawyer; Kentucky
superintendent of public instruction, 1910-12; director, Central
Savings Bank,
Newport; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1930; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kentucky, 1932;
organizer and president of the Kentucky Home Life
Insurance Co. in the 1930s.
Episcopalian.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., March 23,
1957 (age about 79
years).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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James Reily (1811-1863) —
of Texas.
Born in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, July 3,
1811.
Son of John Reily and Nancy (Hunter) Reily; married, March 4,
1834, to Ellen Hart Ross (grandniece of Henry
Clay).
Lawyer; major in the Texas Army during the Texas War of
Independence; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1840-41; Texas Republic
Minister to the United States, 1841-42; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1853-54; U.S. Consul in SAINT Petersburg, 1856; colonel in the Confederate Army during
the Civil War.
Presbyterian;
later Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Killed
in the Battle of Camp Bisland, on Bayou Teche, near Franklin, St. Mary
Parish, La., April 14,
1863 (age 51 years, 285
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Jerry Rhoads (b. 1941) —
of Madisonville, Hopkins
County, Ky.
Born April 5,
1941.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state senate 6th District, 2003-.
Baptist.
Member, Kiwanis;
American
Legion.
Still living as of 2004.
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John Roach —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kentucky, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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William A. Robards (1816-1851) —
of Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo.
Born in Jessamine
County, Ky., 1816.
Lawyer; Missouri
state attorney general, 1849-51; died in office 1851.
Died September
3, 1851 (age about 35
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William W. Roberts (b. 1901) —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Christianburg, Shelby
County, Ky., March 20,
1901.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1935-36.
Baptist.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Harold Dallas Rogers (b. 1937) —
also known as Harold Rogers; Hal Rogers —
of Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky.
Born in Barrier, Wayne
County, Ky., December
31, 1937.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kentucky, 1976,
1980,
1984,
2004,
2008;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1979; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1981-.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2009.
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S. D. Rouse —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1920.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Rowan (1773-1843) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born near York, York
County, Pa., July 12,
1773.
Married to Agnes Anne Lytle; uncle of Robert
Todd Lytle; father of John
Rowan, Jr..
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to
Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1799; secretary of
state of Kentucky, 1804-08; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1807-09; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1813-17, 1822-24; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1819-21; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1825-31.
Built the mansion "Federal Hill", later made famous by his cousin,
the songwriter Stephen Foster, in the song "My Old Kentucky Home."
Fought a duel
about 1801 with an acquaintance, James Chambers, in which the latter
was killed; arrested
and tried on
murder
charges,
but acquitted.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., July 13,
1843 (age 70 years, 1
days).
Interment at Bardstown
Cemetery, Bardstown, Ky.
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Frederic Mosley Sackett (1868-1941) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., December
17, 1868.
Son of Frederic Moseley Sackett (1840-1913) and Emma Louisa (Paine)
Sackett (1842-1922); married, April 12,
1898, to Olive Speed (1869-1948).
Republican. Lawyer; president, Louisville Gas Co.
and Louisville Lighting
Co., 1907-12; president, Pioneer Coal Co. and
Black Star Coal Co.;;
U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1925-30; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 1928;
U.S. Ambassador to Germany, 1930-33.
Unitarian.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., May 18,
1941 (age 72 years, 152
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Cecil Carlton Sanders (b. 1914) —
of Lancaster, Garrard
County, Ky.
Born in Garrard
County, Ky., March 2,
1914.
Son of James B. Sanders and Suella (Jones) Sanders.
Democrat. School
teacher; athletic
coach; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1953-55; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1955-59.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
American
Legion; Rotary; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Still living as of 2006.
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Larry Saunders (b. 1939) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born August 1,
1939.
Democrat. Lawyer; realtor;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1968-88; member of Kentucky
state senate 37th District, 1993-; chair of
Jefferson County Democratic Party, 2000.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2004.
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Ernesto Scorsone (b. 1952) —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born February
15, 1952.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1980;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1985-96; member of Kentucky
state senate 13th District, 1996-; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1998.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2004.
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George F. Shannon (c.1785-1836) —
also known as "Peg Leg" —
of St. Charles, St. Charles
County, Mo.
Born in a log
cabin in Washington
County, Pa.
Married 1813
to Ruth Snowden Price; brother of Thomas
Shannon, James
Shannon and Wilson
Shannon; granduncle of Isaac
Charles Parker.
Youngest member of the Lewis
and Clark
expedition, 1804-06; lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1820-24; circuit judge in
Kentucky; U.S.
Attorney for Missouri, 1829-34.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Wounded in a skirmish with Indians in 1807 and lost a
leg. Shannon's Creek, a tributary of the Yellowstone River, is
named
for him.
Died, in a hotel at
Palmyra, Marion
County, Mo., August
30, 1836 (age about 51
years).
Interment at Massey
Mill Cemetery, Near Palmyra, Marion County, Mo.
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James Shannon (c.1791-1832) —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Washington
County, Pa.
Son-in-law of Isaac
Shelby; brother of George
F. Shannon, Thomas
Shannon and Wilson
Shannon; granduncle of Isaac
Charles Parker.
Lawyer; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Central America, 1832, died in office 1832.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of yellow
fever, in 1832
(age about
41 years).
Interment somewhere
in Frankfort, Ky.
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Roy Mahlon Shelbourne (b. 1890) —
also known as Roy M. Shelbourne —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Bardwell, Carlisle
County, Ky., November
12, 1890.
Son of Moreau Thomas Shelbourne and Jenny Lind (Dennis) Shelbourne;
married, October
8, 1914, to Edith Richardson.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; delegate to
Kentucky convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1944;
U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky, 1946-64.
Christian.
Member, Kappa
Sigma; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Thaxter Sims (d. 1978) —
also known as J. Thaxter Sims —
of Mt. Olivet, Robertson
County, Ky.; Cynthiana, Harrison
County, Ky.
Married to Sallie Worthington.
Democrat. Lawyer; Robertson
County Attorney, 1930-33; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1932
(alternate), 1960,
1964.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Fayette
County, Ky., October
17, 1978.
Interment at Battle
Grove Cemetery, Cynthiana, Ky.
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Green Clay Smith (1826-1895) —
also known as Green C. Smith —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Richmond, Madison
County, Ky., July 4,
1826.
Grandson of Green
Clay; son of John
Speed Smith.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; lawyer; member
of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1861; general in the Union Army
during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1863-66; Governor of
Montana Territory, 1866-68; Prohibition candidate for President
of the United States, 1876.
Baptist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 29,
1895 (age 68 years, 360
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Walker Smith, Jr. (b. 1874) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., November
21, 1874.
Son of William Walker Smith.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Ohio state
house of representatives from Hamilton County, 1902-05; U.S.
Consul General in Santo Domingo, 1914.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Marion Gene Snyder (1928-2007) —
also known as Gene Snyder —
of Brownsboro Farms, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., January
26, 1928.
Son of Marion Hustavus Snyder and Lois E. Snyder; married 1961 to Mary
Louise Hodges (divorced 1974).
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1963-65, 1967-87 (3rd District
1963-65, 4th District 1967-87); defeated, 1964.
Lutheran.
Member, Optimist
Club.
Died in Naples, Collier
County, Fla., February
16, 2007 (age 79 years, 21
days).
Interment at Duncan
Memorial, Oldham County, Ky.
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Jerry Curtis South (1867-1930) —
also known as Jerry C. South —
of Mountain Home, Baxter
County, Ark.
Born in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., March 24,
1867.
Great-grandson of Samuel
South; grandson of Jeremiah
Weldon South; first cousin twice removed of Harrison
Cockrill and Jeremiah
Vardaman Cockrell; son-in-law of Thomas
Frazier Hargis; brother-in-law of Enoch
Edgar Hume and Christine
Bradley South; first cousin of South
Trimble; brother of John
Glover South; first cousin once removed of South
Strong; uncle of Eleanor
Marion Hume Offutt.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas state legislature,
1891-1901; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas,
1892,
1896,
1900,
1904,
1908,
1912
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
24, 1930 (age 63 years, 184
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Wright Southgate (1800-1849) —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Newport, Campbell
County, Ky., November
27, 1800.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1827; mayor
of Covington, Ky., 1835-36; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 13th District, 1837-39.
Died in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., December
26, 1849 (age 49 years, 29
days).
Interment at Linden
Grove Cemetery, Covington, Ky.
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James Cresap Sprigg (1802-1852) —
of Shelbyville, Shelby
County, Ky.
Born in Frostburg, Allegany
County, Md., 1802.
Brother of Michael
Cresap Sprigg.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1830-34, 1837-40, 1852; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1841-43.
Died in Shelbyville, Shelby
County, Ky., October
3, 1852 (age about 50
years).
Interment at Grove
Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville, Ky.
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Richard Henry Stanton (1812-1891) —
also known as Richard H. Stanton —
of Maysville, Mason
County, Ky.
Born in Alexandria, D.C. (now Va.), September
9, 1812.
Son of Richard Stanton and Harriet (Perry) Stanton; married 1833 to Asenath
Throop; brother of Frederick
Perry Stanton.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; postmaster;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1844,
1852,
1868;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1849-55; defeated,
1855; Presidential Elector for Kentucky, 1856;
circuit judge in Kentucky, 1868-74.
Died in Maysville, Mason
County, Ky., March 20,
1891 (age 78 years, 192
days).
Interment at Maysville
Cemetery, Maysville, Ky.
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Benjamin F. Stapleton (b. 1873) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Paintsville, Johnson
County, Ky., November
12, 1873.
Married 1917
to Mabel Freeland.
Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; postmaster;
oil
business; mayor of
Denver, Colo., 1923-31, 1935-47; Colorado
state auditor, 1933-35; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Colorado, 1940.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Adlai Ewing Stevenson (1835-1914) —
also known as Adlai E. Stevenson —
of Metamora, Woodford
County, Ill.; Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.
Born in Christian
County, Ky., October
23, 1835.
Married, December
20, 1866, to Letitia Green; cousin of James
Stevenson Ewing and Sydenham
Benoni Alexander; father of Lewis
Green Stevenson; grandfather of Adlai
Ewing Stevenson II; great-grandfather of Adlai
Ewing Stevenson III.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Illinois, 1864;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 13th District, 1875-77, 1879-81;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1884,
1892;
Vice
President of the United States, 1893-97; defeated, 1900;
candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1908.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Delta Theta.
His grandson, McLean Stevenson, was an actor who played Col. Blake on
the television series "M*A*S*H".
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 14,
1914 (age 78 years, 234
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill.
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John White Stevenson (1812-1886) —
also known as John W. Stevenson —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Richmond,
Va., May 2,
1812.
Great-grandson of Carter
Braxton; son of Andrew
Stevenson.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1845-48; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1848,
1852,
1856,
1880;
delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1857-61; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1867; Governor of
Kentucky, 1867-71; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1871-77.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., August
10, 1886 (age 74 years, 100
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Brady M. Stewart —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1940,
1948;
county judge in Kentucky, 1947.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Katie Kratz Stine (b. 1956) —
of Fort Thomas, Campbell
County, Ky.
Born December
6, 1956.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1995-98; member of Kentucky
state senate 24th District, 1999-.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, Junior
League; Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Still living as of 2004.
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Robert Stivers (b. 1961) —
Born December
24, 1961.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state senate 25th District, 1998-.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Still living as of 2004.
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Richard Charles Stoll (1876-1949) —
also known as Richard C. Stoll —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., March 21,
1876.
Son of Richard
Pindell Stoll.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kentucky, 1912,
1916,
1920;
circuit judge in Kentucky, 1920-31.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of the
Coif; Kappa
Alpha Order; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died June 26,
1949 (age 73 years, 97
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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South Strong (1880-1939) —
of Jackson, Breathitt
County, Ky.
Born in Lost Creek, Breathitt
County, Ky., July 23,
1880.
Great-grandson of Jeremiah
Weldon South; first cousin thrice removed of Harrison
Cockrill; grandnephew of Isaac
Newton Cardwell and Thomas
Perrin Cardwell; first cousin once removed of Jerry
Curtis South and John
Glover South; second cousin of Eleanor
Marion Hume Offutt.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to
Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1912; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1912.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, of pneumonia,
at Jackson, Breathitt
County, Ky., November
29, 1939 (age 59 years, 129
days).
Interment at Combs
Cemetery, Jackson, Ky.
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John Todd Stuart (1807-1885) —
also known as John T. Stuart —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born near Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., November
10, 1807.
Lawyer; law partner of Abraham
Lincoln; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1833-37; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1839-43, 1863-65 (3rd District
1839-43, 8th District 1863-65).
Died November
23, 1885 (age 78 years, 13
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
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Greg Stumbo —
of Prestonsburg, Floyd
County, Ky.
Born in Prestonsburg, Floyd
County, Ky.
Married to Mary Karen Henderson.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1984-2003; Kentucky
state attorney general, 2004-.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2006.
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Mac Swinford (1899-1975) —
Born in Cynthiana, Harrison
County, Ky., December
23, 1899.
Son of MaCalla
C. Swinford and Alice Freeman 'Allie' (McKee) Swinford
(1867-1942); married, November
17, 1927, to Minnie Bentgon Peterson (1901-1995); father of John
McKee Swinford.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1926-29; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, 1933-37; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky, 1937-75;
died in office 1975; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky, 1937-75;
died in office 1975.
Died, in Cincinnati General Hospital,
Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
3, 1975. (age 75 years, 42
days).
Interment at Battle
Grove Cemetery, Cynthiana, Ky.
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King Swope (1893-1961) —
of Danville, Boyle
County, Ky.; Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Danville, Boyle
County, Ky., August
10, 1893.
Son of James H. Swope and Mary Jessie (King) Swope; married, March 22,
1917, to Mary Margaret Richards.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Kentucky, 1916;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1919-21; defeated,
1920; state court judge in Kentucky, 1931; candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 1935, 1939; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kentucky, 1936,
1940,
1944.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Elks.
Died in 1961
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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William Preston Taulbee (1851-1890) —
also known as William P. Taulbee —
of Salyersville, Magoffin
County, Ky.
Born in Morgan
County, Ky., October
22, 1851.
Son of William Harrison Taulbee (1824-1905) and Mary Ann (Wilson)
Taulbee (1831-1916); married to Lou Emma Oney (1852-1903).
Democrat. Ordained
minister; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1885-89.
Shot
and mortally
wounded, by Charles E. Kincaid, a journalist with whom he had
quarreled, in the U.S.
Capitol Building, and died eleven days later at Providence Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., March 11,
1890. Kincaid pleaded self-defense and was found not guilty of
murder in 1891. (age 38 years, 140
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Morgan County, Ky.
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Harrison Taylor (1810-1876) —
of Maysville, Mason
County, Ky.
Born in Lewis
County, Ky., August
19, 1810.
Son of Joseph Taylor and Elizabeth (Harrison) Taylor; married 1840 to
Charlotte J. Duke.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1836, 1862-67; Speaker of
the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1863-67; district
Commonwealth Attorney, 1839-50; candidate for delegate to
Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1850; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1858-61; Presidential Elector for Kentucky, 1864;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1867.
Died in a hotel at
Brooksville, Bracken
County, Ky., November
28, 1876. (age 66 years, 101
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Sylvester Taylor (1853-1928) —
also known as William S. Taylor; W. S. Taylor;
"Hogjaw" —
of Morgantown, Butler
County, Ky.
Born in Butler
County, Ky., October
10, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer; state court judge in Kentucky, 1886;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1888,
1900;
Kentucky
state attorney general, 1896-99; Governor of
Kentucky, 1899-1900.
Indicted
in 1900 as a conspirator in the assassination
of William
J. Goebel; fled
to Indiana; never extradited; pardoned
in 1909 by Gov. Augustus
E. Willson.
Died August 2,
1928 (age 74 years, 297
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Zachary Taylor (1849-1921) —
of Tennessee.
Born near Brownsville, Haywood
County, Tenn., May 9,
1849.
Republican. Lawyer; insurance
business; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1881-83; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1885-87; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1896.
Died in Ellendale, Shelby
County, Tenn., February
19, 1921 (age 71 years, 286
days).
Interment at Zachary
Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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George Whitfield Terrell (1803-1846) —
also known as George W. Terrell —
of Texas.
Born in Nelson
County, Ky., 1803.
Son of Col. James Terrell; married to Barbara Ann Culp (1807-1873;
who later married Joseph
Carroll Harrison).
Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1829-36; Attorney
General of the Texas Republic, 1841-44.
Died May 13,
1846 (age about 42
years).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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David Smith Terry (1823-1889) —
also known as David S. Terry —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Stockton, San Joaquin
County, Calif.
Born in Christian County (part now in Todd
County), Ky., March 8,
1823.
Son of Joseph Royal Terry (1792-1877) and Sarah David (Smith) Terry
(1793-1837); brother of Benjamin
Franklin Terry; married, November
26, 1852, to Cornelia Runnels (1829-1884; niece of Hardin
Richard Runnels); married, January
7, 1886, to Sarah Althea Hill (1857-1937).
Lawyer; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; advocated the extension of
slavery to California; justice of
California state supreme court, 1855-59; chief
justice of California state supreme court, 1857-59; killed U.S.
Senator David
C. Broderick in a duel
near San Francisco in 1859; tried for
murder,
but acquitted; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
delegate
to California state constitutional convention, 1878-79; candidate
for Presidential Elector for California, 1880;
his wife Sarah Althea Hill claimed to be the widow and heir of
wealthy U.S. Senator William
Sharon; in September, 1888, when her claim was finally rejected
by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen
J. Field (acting as a Court of Appeals judge for California), she
and Terry caused an altercation in the courtroom and were jailed
six months for contempt
of court.
Five months after his release from jail, he encountered Justice Field
and slapped him in the face; he was then shot
through the heart and killed by
U.S. Deputy Marshal David Neagle, the justice's bodyguard, in the train
station dining
room at Lathrop, San Joaquin
County, Calif., August
14, 1889. Neagle was arrested by local authorities, but later
released on the demand of the U.S. government. (age 66 years, 159
days).
Interment at Stockton
Rural Cemetery, Stockton, Calif.
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George Morgan Thomas (1828-1914) —
also known as George M. Thomas —
of Vanceburg, Lewis
County, Ky.
Born near Poplar Flat, Lewis
County, Ky., November
23, 1828.
Son of Elijah H. Thomas and Mary Arminta (Boggs) Thomas.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1859-63, 1872-73; county judge in
Kentucky, 1868; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1871; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1874-80;
U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1881-85; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 1884,
1888;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 9th District, 1887-89; defeated,
1870.
Died, reportedly from angina
pectoris, in Vanceburg, Lewis
County, Ky., January
7, 1914 (age 85 years, 45
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Vanceburg, Ky.
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Manlius Valerius Thomson (1802-1850) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Scott
County, Ky., August
13, 1802.
Lawyer; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1840-44; colonel in the U.S. Army during
the Mexican War.
Died in Georgetown, Scott
County, Ky., July 22,
1850 (age 47 years, 343
days).
Interment at Georgetown
College Campus, Georgetown, Ky.
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John Wooleston Tibbatts (1801-1852) —
also known as John W. Tibbatts —
of Newport, Campbell
County, Ky.
Born in Kentucky, November
28, 1801.
Father-in-law of George
Baird Hodge.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1843-47; colonel in
the U.S. Army during the Mexican War.
Died in Newport, Campbell
County, Ky., July 5,
1852 (age 50 years, 220
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Southgate, Ky.
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Jouett Ross Todd (b. 1903) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., May 16,
1903.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kentucky, 1932
(alternate), 1940;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1939; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1942; member of Republican
National Committee from Kentucky, 1944; Treasurer
of Republican National Committee, 1944.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Melvin Alvah Traylor (1878-1934) —
also known as Melvin A. Traylor —
of Malone, Hill
County, Tex.; Ballinger, Runnels
County, Tex.; East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born, in a log
cabin near Breeding, Adair
County, Ky., October
21, 1878.
Son of James Milton Traylor and Kitty (Harvey) Traylor; married to
Dorothy Arnold Yerby.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1928,
1932;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1932.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
14, 1934 (age 55 years, 116
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Kenneth Herndon Tuggle (1904-1978) —
also known as Kenneth H. Tuggle —
of Barbourville, Knox
County, Ky.
Born in Barbourville, Knox
County, Ky., June 12,
1904.
Son of Jesse Davis Tuggle and Sue Gregory (Root) Tuggle; married, August
20, 1937, to Vivian Shifley.
Republican. Lawyer; president, Union National Bank of
Barbourville, 1934-53; candidate for Kentucky
state attorney general, 1939; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1943-47; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 1948,
1952;
member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1953-75.
Methodist.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Pi
Kappa Alpha; American
Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association.
Died in 1978
(age about
74 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Arthur Turner (1878-1943) —
also known as Arthur Turner —
of Jonesboro, Craighead
County, Ark.; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Corydon, Henderson
County, Ky., February
11, 1878.
Grandson of James
Albert Turner.
Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1908-11.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, of arteriosclerosis,
in a hospital
at San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., October
22, 1943 (age 65 years, 253
days).
Interment at Glen
Abbey Memorial Park, San Diego, Calif.
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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.
Brother of Warner
Lewis Underwood; father of John
Cox Underwood; grandfather of Oscar
Wilder Underwood.
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, Bowling Green, Ky.
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Paris Roscoe Vanover, Sr. (1863-1927) —
also known as Roscoe Vanover, Sr. —
Born in Wise
County, Va., September
7, 1863.
Son of John Hill Vanover (died 1901) and Keziah (Landireth) Vanover
(died 1893); married, September
10, 1885, to Martha Jane Potter (1869-1938); first cousin once
removed of Edward
Jackson Picklesimer, Sr..
Republican. Lawyer; circuit judge in Kentucky 35th District,
1920-21.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, from a gall
bladder infection, in Pike
County, Ky., September
18, 1927 (age 64 years, 11
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William F. Vermilion (1830-1894) —
of Iowa.
Born in Kentucky, October
18, 1830.
Father of Charles
William Vermilion.
Republican. Physician;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; member
of Iowa
state senate, 1869-73.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa, December
28, 1894 (age 64 years, 71
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Centerville, Iowa.
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Frederick Moore Vinson (1890-1953) —
also known as Fred M. Vinson —
of Louisa, Lawrence
County, Ky.; Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky.
Born in Louisa, Lawrence
County, Ky., January
22, 1890.
Married, January
24, 1923, to Roberta
Dixon.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1924-29, 1931-38 (9th District
1924-29, 1931-33, at-large 1933-35, 8th District 1935-38); defeated,
1928; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1936;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1938-43; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1945-46; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1946-53; died in office 1953.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Phi
Delta Theta.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
8, 1953 (age 63 years, 229
days).
Interment at Pinehill
Cemetery, Louisa, Ky.
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John Leonard Walker (b. 1906) —
also known as J. Leonard Walker —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Jefferson
County, Ky., November
21, 1906.
Son of Edgar Walker and Catherine (Burke) Walker; married, April 28,
1933, to Evelyn M. Hook.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Kentucky
state attorney general, 1951; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky, 1954-59.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Coleman Covington Wallace —
also known as Coleman C. Wallace —
of Richmond, Madison
County, Ky.
Father of William
Luxon Wallace.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kentucky, 1912.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Luxon Wallace (1889-1974) —
also known as William L. Wallace —
of Richmond, Madison
County, Ky.; Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Richmond, Madison
County, Ky., January
2, 1889.
Son of Coleman
Covington Wallace.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1920,
1948
(alternate), 1952,
1956,
1960
(member, Credentials
Committee); member of Kentucky
state senate 29th District, 1921-24; member of Kentucky
Republican State Central Committee, 1936-69.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Sons of
the American Revolution; Kiwanis;
American
Legion; American Bar
Association.
Died December
23, 1974 (age 85 years, 355
days).
Interment at Richmond
Cemetery, Richmond, Ky.
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William Thomas Ward (1808-1878) —
also known as William T. Ward —
of Kentucky.
Born in Virginia, August 9,
1808.
Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member
of Kentucky state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1851-53; general in
the Union Army during the Civil War.
Died October
12, 1878 (age 70 years, 64
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Orie Solomon Ware (1882-1974) —
also known as Orie S. Ware —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Peach Grove, Pendleton
County, Ky., May 11,
1882.
Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1927-29.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in Fort Mitchell, Kenton
County, Ky., December
16, 1974 (age 92 years, 219
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Fort Mitchell, Ky.
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Edgar T. Washburn —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.
Lawyer; mayor of
Paducah, Ky., 1936-40; defeated, 1931.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Aaron Sherman Watkins (1863-1941) —
also known as Aaron S. Watkins —
of Wilmore, Jessamine
County, Ky.; Van Wert, Van Wert
County, Ohio; Columbus Grove, Putnam
County, Ohio; Germantown, Montgomery
County, Ohio; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Rushsylvania, Logan
County, Ohio, November
29, 1863.
Son of William White Watkins and Rebecca J. (Elliott) Watkins;
married, November
8, 1890, to Emma L. Davis (1857-1950); grandfather of W.
Dean Watkins.
School
teacher; lawyer; Methodist
minister; university
professor; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1904; Prohibition
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1905, 1922, 1932; Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1908, 1912; president,
Asbury College, 1909-10; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1916; Prohibition candidate for President
of the United States, 1920.
Methodist.
Died in Rushsylvania, Logan
County, Ohio, February
9, 1941 (age 77 years, 72
days).
Interment at Equality
Cemetery, Rushsylvania, Ohio.
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John Clarence Watts (1902-1971) —
also known as John C. Watts —
of Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky.
Born in Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky., July 9,
1902.
Son of William Montague Watts and Frances Elizabeth (Wilson) Watts;
married, March 27,
1945, to Nora Mae Wilburn.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer; chair of
Jessamine County Democratic Party, 1928-53; Jessamine
County Attorney, 1933-45; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1940;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1947-48; Kentucky motor
transportation commissioner, 1948-51; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1951-71; died in
office 1971.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Knights
of Pythias; Lions.
Died in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., September
24, 1971 (age 69 years, 77
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Nicholasville, Ky.
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Lynn Boyd Wells (b. 1893) —
also known as Lynn B. Wells —
of West Liberty, Morgan
County, Ky.
Born in West Liberty, Morgan
County, Ky., January
29, 1893.
Son of Edward Granvil Wells and Arzelda (Keeton) Wells; married to
Jewel D. Johnson.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
elected Kentucky
state house of representatives 75th District 1955.
Church
of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lawrence Winchester Wetherby (1908-1994) —
also known as Lawrence W. Wetherby —
of Anchorage, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born in Middletown, Jefferson
County, Ky., January
2, 1908.
Son of Samuel David Wetherby and Fanny (Yenowine) Wetherby; married,
April
24, 1930, to Helen Dwyer.
Democrat. Lawyer; juvenile court judge in Kentucky, 1943-47;
Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1947-50; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
secretary
of Kentucky Democratic Party, 1948-51; Governor of
Kentucky, 1950-55; member of Democratic
National Committee from Kentucky, 1954; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1956; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1965-66.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma Nu
Phi; Rotary.
Died at King's Daughters Memorial Hospital,
Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., March 27,
1994 (age 86 years, 84
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Joseph M. White (1781-1839) —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.; Monticello, Jefferson
County, Fla.
Born in Franklin
County, Ky., May 10,
1781.
Lawyer; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1820; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Florida Territory, 1825-37.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., October
19, 1839 (age 58 years, 162
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Wayne Edward Whitfield (b. 1943) —
also known as W. Edward Whitfield; Ed
Whitfield —
of Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky.
Born in Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky., May 25,
1943.
Lawyer; business
executive; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 8th District, 1973-75; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1995-.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Charles Anderson Wickliffe (1788-1869) —
also known as Charles A. Wickliffe —
of Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky.
Born near Springfield, Washington
County, Ky., June 8,
1788.
Married to Margaret Crepps (1788-1863); father-in-law of David
Levy Yulee; father of Robert
Charles Wickliffe (1819-1895); grandfather of John
Crepps Wickliffe Beckham and Robert
Charles Wickliffe (1874-1912).
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the War of
1812; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1812-13, 1822-23, 1833-35; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1823-33, 1861-63 (9th District
1823-33, 5th District 1861-63); Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1836-39; Governor of
Kentucky, 1839-40; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1841-45; delegate to
Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1856.
Presbyterian.
Died near Ilchester, Howard
County, Md., October
31, 1869 (age 81 years, 145
days).
Interment at Bardstown
Cemetery, Bardstown, Ky.
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Robert Charles Wickliffe (1819-1895) —
of Bayou Sara, West
Feliciana Parish, La.
Born in Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky., January
6, 1819.
Son of Charles
Anderson Wickliffe; married to Anna Ruffin Dawson (died 1853;
daughter of John
Bennett Dawson; niece of Isaac
Johnson) and Annie Davis Anderson (1837-1876); uncle of John
Crepps Wickliffe Beckham.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state senate; Lieutenant
Governor of Louisiana, 1854-56; Governor of
Louisiana, 1856-60; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Louisiana, 1876,
1884.
Presbyterian.
Died in Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky., April 18,
1895 (age 76 years, 102
days).
Interment at Bardstown
Cemetery, Bardstown, Ky.
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David L. Williams (b. 1953) —
of Burkesville, Cumberland
County, Ky.
Born May 28,
1953.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1985-86; member of Kentucky
state senate 16th District, 1987-; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1992; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 2004,
2008.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2008.
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Gladys Christine Williams (b. 1921) —
also known as Gladys Williams —
of Taylorsville, Spencer
County, Ky.
Born in Spencer
County, Ky., June 30,
1921.
Daughter of Amos S. Williams and Edith Scott (Snider) Williams.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 1944.
Female.
Baptist.
Member, Order
of the Eastern Star.
Still living as of 1955.
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Simeon Slavens Willis (1879-1965) —
also known as Simeon Willis —
of Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky.
Born in Lawrence
County, Ohio, December
1, 1879.
Son of John H. Willis and Abigail (Slavens) Willis; married, April 14,
1920, to Idah
Lee Millis.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1927-32; Governor of
Kentucky, 1943-47; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kentucky, 1944,
1948.
Methodist;
later Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Newcomen
Society.
Died in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., April 2,
1965 (age 85 years, 122
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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John Wilson (b. 1976) —
of Garrard
County, Ky.
Born April 14,
1976.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Garrard County Republican Party, 2004-.
Still living as of 2006.
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Thomas H. Woods (1836-1910) —
of Mississippi.
Born in Glasgow, Barren
County, Ky., March 17,
1836.
Delegate
to Mississippi secession convention, 1861; served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; banker; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1889-1900; resigned 1900; chief
justice of Mississippi state supreme court, 1889-91, 1896-1900;
resigned 1900.
Died August
10, 1910 (age 74 years, 146
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Meridian, Miss.
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David Meade Woodson (1806-1877) —
also known as David M. Woodson —
of Carrollton, Greene
County, Ill.
Born near Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky., 1806.
Son of Samuel
Hughes Woodson (1779-1827) and Anna Randolph (Meade) Woodson;
brother of Tucker
Woodson and Samuel
Hughes Woodson (1815-1881); married to Lucy Nash McDowell and
Julia Kennett; first cousin once removed of Silas
Woodson; father of John
McDowell Woodson.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1833; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention Greene County, 1847;
justice
of Illinois state supreme court, 1848; circuit judge in Illinois;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1868.
Died in Carrollton, Greene
County, Ill., 1877
(age about
71 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John McDowell Woodson (b. 1834) —
also known as John M. Woodson —
of Carrollton, Greene
County, Ill.; Carlinville, Macoupin
County, Ill.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky., June 5,
1834.
Grandson of Samuel
Hughes Woodson (1779-1827); nephew of Tucker
Woodson and Samuel
Hughes Woodson (1815-1881); son of David
Meade Woodson and Lucy Nash (McDowell) Woodson; first cousin
twice removed of Silas
Woodson; married to Virginia C. Davis, Mary Ann Henderson and
Sarah Alice Nutt.
Engineer;
lawyer; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention Greene County, 1862;
member of Illinois
state senate, 1867-69; attorney for several railroads.
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Hughes Woodson (1779-1827) —
of near Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky.; Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., 1779.
Son of Tucker Woodson (c.1744-1779) and Elizabeth (Moore) Woodson;
third cousin once removed of Frederick
Bates, James
Woodson Bates and Edward
Bates; married to Anna Randolph Meade; father of Tucker
Woodson (1804-1874), David
Meade Woodson and Samuel
Hughes Woodson (1815-1881); first cousin of Silas
Woodson; third cousin twice removed of Daniel
Woodson and John
Archibald Woodson; grandfather of John
McDowell Woodson; third cousin thrice removed of James
Alexander Woodson and Urey
Woodson.
Lawyer; Jessamine
County Court Clerk, 1803-19; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1821-23; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1825-26.
Died near Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky., 1827
(age about
48 years).
Interment at Crocket
Burying Ground, Nicholasville, Ky.
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Samuel Hughes Woodson (1815-1881) —
also known as Samuel H. Woodson —
of Independence, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Jessamine
County, Ky., 1815.
Son of Samuel
Hughes Woodson (1779-1827) and Anna (Randolph) Woodson; brother
of Tucker
Woodson and David
Meade Woodson; married 1839 to
Margaret J. Ashby (died 1912); first cousin once removed of Silas
Woodson; uncle of John
McDowell Woodson.
Lawyer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 25th District,
1845-46; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1857-61; circuit judge
in Missouri.
Died in 1881
(age about
66 years).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Independence, Mo.
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Silas Woodson (1819-1896) —
of Knox
County, Ky.; St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born near Barbourville, Knox
County, Ky., May 18,
1819.
Third cousin once removed of Frederick
Bates, James
Woodson Bates and Edward
Bates; first cousin of Samuel
Hughes Woodson (1779-1827); son of Wade Netherland Woodson and
Alice (Chick) Woodson; first cousin once removed of Tucker
Woodson, David
Meade Woodson and Samuel
Hughes Woodson (1815-1881); married, September
13, 1842, to Mary Jane McRoberts (1825-1845); married, July 27,
1846, to Olivia Adams (1828-1856); married, December
27, 1866, to Virginia Juliet Lard (1846-1907); third cousin twice
removed of Daniel
Woodson and John
Archibald Woodson; first cousin twice removed of John
McDowell Woodson; third cousin thrice removed of James
Alexander Woodson and Urey
Woodson.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1842, 1853-55; delegate to
Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; secretary of
state of Missouri, 1860-70; Governor of
Missouri, 1873-75; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Missouri, 1876;
circuit judge in Missouri, 1881-96.
Protestant;
later Catholic.
Died October
9, 1896 (age 77 years, 144
days).
Interment at Mt.
Mora Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mo.
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Tucker Woodson (1804-1874) —
of Jessamine
County, Ky.
Born near Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky., November
4, 1804.
Son of Anna Randolph (Meade) Woodson and Samuel
Hughes Woodson (1779-1827); married to Evelyn Byrd; brother of David
Meade Woodson and Samuel
Hughes Woodson (1815-1881); first cousin once removed of Silas
Woodson; uncle of John
McDowell Woodson.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives; member of Kentucky
state senate; Jessamine
County Judge.
Died July 8,
1874 (age 69 years, 246
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Bailey Peyton Wootton (1870-1949) —
also known as Bailey P. Wootton —
of Hazard, Perry
County, Ky.
Born in Muhlenberg
County, Ky., May 20,
1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1916;
Kentucky
state attorney general, 1932-36; candidate in primary for Governor of
Kentucky, 1935.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of cancer, in
Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., April 16,
1949 (age 78 years, 331
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Wilson W. Wyatt (1905-1996) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., November
21, 1905.
Son of Richard H. Wyatt and Mary (Watkins) Wyatt; married, June 14,
1930, to Anne Kinnaird Duncan.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1941-45; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1944,
1948,
1952,
1960;
Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1959-63; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1962; member of Democratic
National Committee from Kentucky, 1963.
Presbyterian.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; American Bar
Association; Rotary.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., June 11,
1996 (age 90 years, 203
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Thomas S. Yates (1882-1947) —
of Grayson, Carter
County, Ky.
Born in Carter
County, Ky., May 21,
1882.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1932; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1936,
1940,
1944;
Kentucky
Republican state chair, 1937-41; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1944.
Died in Carter
County, Ky., July 17,
1947 (age 65 years, 57
days).
Interment somewhere
in Grayson, Ky.
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James William Zevely (1861-1927) —
also known as J. W. Zevely —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.; Washington,
D.C.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Linn, Osage
County, Mo., October
8, 1861.
Son of Thaddeus Zevely and Mary A. Zevely; married, June 23,
1908, to Janie C. Clay.
Democrat. Librarian;
secretary
of Missouri Democratic Party, 1888; Inspector in Charge for U.S.
Department of the Interior; lawyer; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Oklahoma, 1912,
1916;
as attorney for the Sinclair Consolidated Oil
Corporation, and for Harry F. Sinclair, he was a figure in the Teapot
Dome scandal of the 1920s.
The champion racehorse "Zev" (1920-1943) was named for
him by Harry F. Sinclair.
Died, of pernicious
anemia and liver
cirrhosis, in East Hampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 10,
1927. (age 65 years, 245
days).
Interment somewhere
in Paris, Ky.
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