The Political Graveyard: Morehead family of Frankfort, Kentucky

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Morehead family of Frankfort, Kentucky

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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 (1816-1864)); cousin *** of James Turner Morehead.
		Political families: Kellogg-Seymour-Chapin-Adams family of Connecticut and New York; Morehead family of Frankfort, Kentucky; Pendleton family of Connecticut (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).

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. 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 (1802-1868).
		Political family: Morehead family of Frankfort, Kentucky (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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. 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: First cousin of James Turner Morehead (1797-1854).
		Political family: Morehead family of Frankfort, Kentucky (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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 (1785-1864) and Harriet (Erwin) Avery (1795-1858); married, May 27, 1846, to Corrina Mary Morehead (1825-1897; daughter of John Motley Morehead); grandson of Waightstill Avery (1741-1821); 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: Pendleton family of Connecticut; Kellogg-Seymour-Chapin-Adams family of Connecticut and New York; Beakes-Greene-Jennings family of Michigan; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Lenoir-Avery family of North Carolina (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).

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