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Morehead-Wintersmith family of Elizabethtown, Kentucky

Note: This is just one of 1,164 family groupings listed on The Political Graveyard web site. These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.

This specific family group is a subset of the much larger Four Thousand Related Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset.

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  Horatio Gates Wintersmith (1785-1835) — also known as Horatio G. Wintersmith — of Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ky. Born in Martinsburg, Berkeley County, Va. (now W.Va.), May 15, 1785. Postmaster at Elizabethtown, Ky., 1816-31. Died in Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ky., January 21, 1835 (age 49 years, 251 days). Interment at Elizabethtown City Cemetery, Elizabethtown, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of Maria Magdalene (Leitner) Winterschmidt and Carl Gottfried Winterschmidt; married, July 30, 1811, to Elizabeth Hodgen (sister of Samuel LaRue Hodgen); married, April 11, 1820, to Matilda Morehead (sister of Charles Slaughter Morehead); married 1826 to Jane C. Stovall; father of Charles G. Wintersmith, Robert Lawrence Wintersmith and Richard Curd Wintersmith; grandfather of David Cooper Swan Wintersmith.
  Political families: Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family of Kentucky; Morehead-Wintersmith family of Elizabethtown, Kentucky (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Samuel LaRue Hodgen (1791-1864) — of Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ky. Born in Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ky., April 30, 1791. Republican. Merchant; postmaster at Elizabethtown, Ky., 1861-64. Died in Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ky., August 15, 1864 (age 73 years, 107 days). Interment at Elizabethtown City Cemetery, Elizabethtown, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of Robert Hodgen and Sarah (LaRue) Hodgen; brother of Elizabeth Hodgen (who married Horatio Gates Wintersmith); married 1834 to Ann Elizabeth Montague; uncle of Charles G. Wintersmith and Robert Lawrence Wintersmith; granduncle of David Cooper Swan Wintersmith; first cousin once removed of John Larue Helm.
  Political families: Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family of Kentucky; Morehead-Wintersmith family of Elizabethtown, Kentucky (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Motley Morehead (1796-1866) — of Guilford County, N.C. Born in Pittsylvania County, Va., July 4, 1796. Whig. Lawyer; railroad promoter; member of North Carolina house of commons, 1821, 1826-27, 1838; Governor of North Carolina, 1841-45; Delegate from North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62. Died in Alum Springs, Greenbrier County, W.Va., August 27, 1866 (age 70 years, 54 days). Interment at First Presbyterian Churchyard, Greensboro, N.C.
  Relatives: Son of John Morehead and Obedience (Motley) Morehead; married, September 6, 1821, to Ann Lindsay; father of Corrina Mary Morehead (who married William Waigstill Avery); cousin *** of James Turner Morehead.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Morehead-Wintersmith family of Elizabethtown, Kentucky (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  The World War II Liberty ship SS John M. Morehead (built 1943 at Wilmington, North Carolina; sold 1947, scrapped 1966) was named for him.
  See also National Governors Association biography
  James Turner Morehead (1797-1854) — also known as James T. Morehead — of Covington, Kenton County, Ky. Born near Shepherdsville, Bullitt County, Ky., May 24, 1797. Member of Kentucky state senate, 1828; Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, 1832-34; Governor of Kentucky, 1834-36; U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1841-47. Baptist. Slaveowner. Died in Covington, Kenton County, Ky., December 28, 1854 (age 57 years, 218 days). Interment at Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
  Relatives: Cousin *** of John Motley Morehead; first cousin of Charles Slaughter Morehead.
  Political family: Morehead-Wintersmith family of Elizabethtown, Kentucky (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  The city of Morehead, Kentucky, is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article
  Charles Slaughter Morehead (1802-1868) — also known as Charles S. Morehead — of Kentucky. Born near Bardstown, Nelson County, Ky., July 7, 1802. Member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1828; Kentucky state attorney general, 1832-38; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1847-51; Governor of Kentucky, 1855-59. Slaveowner. Died in Greenville, Washington County, Miss., December 21, 1868 (age 66 years, 167 days). Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1879 at Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Morehead and Margaret 'Peggy' (Slaughter) Morehead; brother of Matilda Morehead (who married Horatio Gates Wintersmith); uncle of Richard Curd Wintersmith; first cousin of James Turner Morehead.
  Political family: Morehead-Wintersmith family of Elizabethtown, Kentucky (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography
  John Larue Helm (1802-1867) — of Kentucky. Born near Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ky., July 4, 1802. Lawyer; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1826; member of Kentucky state senate, 1844-48; Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, 1848-50; Governor of Kentucky, 1850-51, 1867; died in office 1867. Died in Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ky., September 8, 1867 (age 65 years, 66 days). Interment at Helm Cemetery, Near Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of George Helm and Rebecca (LaRue) Helm; married to Lucinda Barbour Hardin; father of Benjamin Hardin Helm (who married Emily Todd Helm); first cousin once removed of Samuel LaRue Hodgen; second cousin of Charles G. Wintersmith and Robert Lawrence Wintersmith; second cousin once removed of David Cooper Swan Wintersmith.
  Political families: Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family of Kentucky; Morehead-Wintersmith family of Elizabethtown, Kentucky (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Charles G. Wintersmith (1812-1881) — of Kentucky. Born in Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ky., July 15, 1812. Lawyer; candidate for U.S. Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1855. Member, Freemasons. Died in Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ky., October 14, 1881 (age 69 years, 91 days). Interment at Elizabethtown City Cemetery, Elizabethtown, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of Horatio Gates Wintersmith and Elizabeth (Hodgen) Wintersmith; half-brother of Richard Curd Wintersmith; brother of Robert Lawrence Wintersmith; married to Emily Cotton and Malvina Underwood Gorin; nephew of Samuel LaRue Hodgen; uncle of David Cooper Swan Wintersmith; second cousin of John Larue Helm.
  Political families: Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family of Kentucky; Morehead-Wintersmith family of Elizabethtown, Kentucky (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Waigstill Avery (1816-1864) — of Morganton, Burke County, N.C. Born in Burke County, N.C., May 25, 1816. Democrat. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state legislature, 1842; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1860; delegate to North Carolina secession convention, 1861; Delegate from North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62. Mortally wounded while fighting Union guerillas in Tennessee, and died in Morganton, Burke County, N.C., July 3, 1864 (age 48 years, 39 days). Interment a private or family graveyard, Burke County, N.C.
  Relatives: Son of Isaac Thomas Avery and Harriet (Erwin) Avery; married, May 27, 1846, to Corrina Mary Morehead (daughter of John Motley Morehead); grandson of Waightstill Avery; second cousin of Lorenzo Burrows; third cousin once removed of Noyes Barber; third cousin twice removed of Horace Billings Packer; fourth cousin of Daniel Packer, Asa Packer, Edwin Barber Morgan, Christopher Morgan, Edwin Denison Morgan and Alfred Avery Burnham; fourth cousin once removed of Judson B. Phelps, Morgan Gardner Bulkeley, William Henry Bulkeley, Robert Asa Packer and William Frederick Morgan Rowland.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Fairbanks-Adams family; Lenoir family of North Carolina; Beakes-Greene-Witter family; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Robert Lawrence Wintersmith (1816-1890) — also known as R. L. Wintersmith — of Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ky. Born in Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ky., August 13, 1816. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1868, 1880 (alternate). Died in Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ky., February 26, 1890 (age 73 years, 197 days). Interment at Elizabethtown City Cemetery, Elizabethtown, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of Horatio Gates Wintersmith and Elizabeth (Hodgen) Wintersmith; half-brother of Richard Curd Wintersmith; brother of Charles G. Wintersmith; married, August 14, 1838, to Euphemia Swan; father of David Cooper Swan Wintersmith; nephew of Samuel LaRue Hodgen; second cousin of John Larue Helm.
  Political families: Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family of Kentucky; Morehead-Wintersmith family of Elizabethtown, Kentucky (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Richard Curd Wintersmith (1822-1902) — also known as Richard C. Wintersmith — of Hardin County, Ky. Born in Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ky., 1822. Kentucky state treasurer, 1849-57. Died in Jefferson County, Ky., 1902 (age about 80 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Horatio Gates Wintersmith and Matilda A. (Morehead) Wintersmith; half-brother of Charles G. Wintersmith and Robert Lawrence Wintersmith; nephew of Charles Slaughter Morehead; uncle of David Cooper Swan Wintersmith.
  Political families: Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family of Kentucky; Morehead-Wintersmith family of Elizabethtown, Kentucky (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  David Cooper Swan Wintersmith (1839-1912) — also known as David C. Swan Wintersmith — of Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ky. Born in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., May 4, 1839. Republican. Postmaster at Elizabethtown, Ky., 1864-66, 1870-71, 1871-83. Died in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., November 10, 1912 (age 73 years, 190 days). Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of Robert Lawrence Wintersmith and Euphemia (Swan) Wintersmith; married, August 27, 1868, to Willie Shirley; nephew of Charles G. Wintersmith and Richard Curd Wintersmith; grandson of Horatio Gates Wintersmith; grandnephew of Samuel LaRue Hodgen; second cousin once removed of John Larue Helm.
  Political families: Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family of Kentucky; Morehead-Wintersmith family of Elizabethtown, Kentucky (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
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