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Shelby-Bullock-Magoffin family of Kentucky

Note: This is just one of 1,325 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.

These groupings — even the names of the groupings, and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have, not the choices of any historian or genealogist.

  Isaac Shelby (1750-1826) — Born in Frederick County (part now in Washington County), Md., December 11, 1750. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1779; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1782; delegate to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1792; Governor of Kentucky, 1792-96, 1812-16; general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. Welsh and English ancestry. Died of a broken blood vessel in the head, in Lincoln County, Ky., July 18, 1826 (age 75 years, 219 days). Interment at Shelby Traveller's Rest Burying Ground, Stanford, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of Evan Shelby and Letitia 'Leddy' (Cox) Shelby; married, April 19, 1783, to Susannah Hart; father of Susanna Hart Shelby (who married James Shannon); grandfather of Anna Nelson Shelby (who married Beriah Magoffin) and Thomas Hart Shelby; great-grandfather of Beriah Magoffin Jr..
  Political families: Shelby-Bullock-Magoffin family of Kentucky; Shannon family of Washington County, Pennsylvania (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Shelby counties in Ala., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Mo., Ohio, Tenn. and Tex. are named for him.
  The town of Shelby, New York, is named for him.  — The city of Shelbyville, Illinois, is named for him.  — The city of Shelbyville, Indiana, is named for him.  — The city of Shelbyville, Missouri, is named for him.  — The city of Shelbyville, Tennessee, is named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS Isaac Shelby (built 1944 at Brunswick, Georgia; mined and wrecked in the Tyrrhenian Sea, 1945) was named for him.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Edmund Bullock (1763-1852) — of Kentucky. Born in Hanover County, Va., 1763. Member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1793-98; Speaker of the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1796-98; member of Kentucky state senate, 1805-17. Died in Fayette County, Ky., July 16, 1852 (age about 89 years). Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of Agnes (Wingfield) Bullock and Edward Bullock; married, May 21, 1799, to Elizabeth Fontaine; father of William Fontaine Bullock; grandfather of Thomas Hart Shelby.
  Political family: Shelby-Bullock-Magoffin family of Kentucky (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  James Shannon (c.1791-1832) — of Lexington, Fayette County, Ky. Born in Claysville, Washington County, Pa., about 1791. Lawyer; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Central America, 1832, died in office 1832. Irish ancestry. Died, of yellow fever, 1832 (age about 41 years). Interment somewhere in Frankfort, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of George David Shannon and Jane (Milligan) Shannon; brother of George F. Shannon, Thomas Shannon and Wilson Shannon; married to Susanna Hart Shelby (daughter of Isaac Shelby); granduncle of Isaac Charles Parker.
  Political families: Shelby-Bullock-Magoffin family of Kentucky; Shannon family of Washington County, Pennsylvania (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Fontaine Bullock (1807-1889) — Born in Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., January 16, 1807. Lawyer; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1837-38, 1840-41; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1846-55; law professor; Presidential Elector for Kentucky, 1864. Died in Hemp Ridge, Shelby County, Ky., August 9, 1889 (age 82 years, 205 days). Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of Edmund Bullock and Elizabeth (Fontaine) Bullock; married 1829 to Sophia Oldham; married to Mary Pearce; uncle of Thomas Hart Shelby; second cousin thrice removed of Daniel French Slaughter; second cousin four times removed of Daniel French Slaughter Jr..
  Political family: Shelby-Bullock-Magoffin family of Kentucky (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Beriah Magoffin (1815-1885) — of Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Ky. Born in Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Ky., April 18, 1815. Democrat. State court judge in Kentucky, 1840; member of Kentucky state senate, 1850; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1856; Governor of Kentucky, 1859-62; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1867. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Died in Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Ky., February 28, 1885 (age 69 years, 316 days). Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery, Harrodsburg, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of Beriah Magoffin (1773-1843) and Jane 'Jenny' (McAfee) Magoffin; married, April 21, 1840, to Anna Nelson Shelby (granddaughter of Isaac Shelby); father of Beriah Magoffin Jr..
  Political family: Shelby-Bullock-Magoffin family of Kentucky (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Magoffin County, Ky. is named for him.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Mary Todd Lincoln (1818-1882) — also known as Mary Ann Todd — of Springfield, Sangamon County, Ill. Born in Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., December 13, 1818. First Lady of the United States, 1861-65. Female. Died in Springfield, Sangamon County, Ill., July 16, 1882 (age 63 years, 215 days). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
  Relatives: Daughter of Robert Smith Todd and Eliza Ann (Parker) Todd; half-sister of Emily Todd Helm; married, November 4, 1842, to Abraham Lincoln; mother of Robert Todd Lincoln; aunt of Martha Dee Todd; grandniece of David Rittenhouse Porter, George Bryan Porter and James Madison Porter; first cousin of Frances Stuart Todd (who married Thomas Hart Shelby); first cousin twice removed of Arthur Rumney Ringwalt.
  Political families: Lincoln #1 family of Kentucky; Shelby-Bullock-Magoffin family of Kentucky; Porter-Lincoln family of Pennsylvania (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Thomas Hart Shelby (1829-1895) — also known as Thomas H. Shelby — of Lexington, Fayette County, Ky. Born in Fayette County, Ky., February 28, 1829. Democrat. U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue at Lexington, Kentucky, 1893-95; died in office 1895. Presbyterian. Died, from disease of the throat, in Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., February 19, 1895 (age 65 years, 356 days). Interment at Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Hart Shelby (1789-1869) and Mary A. (Bullock) Shelby; married, December 18, 1849, to Frances Stuart Todd (first cousin of Mary Todd Lincoln); married, November 26, 1856, to Florence McDowell; nephew of William Fontaine Bullock; grandson of Isaac Shelby and Edmund Bullock; first cousin once removed of Beriah Magoffin Jr.; third cousin twice removed of Daniel French Slaughter; third cousin thrice removed of Daniel French Slaughter Jr..
  Political families: Lincoln #1 family of Kentucky; Shelby-Bullock-Magoffin family of Kentucky (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Beriah Magoffin Jr. (1843-1932) — of St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn.; McAlester, Pittsburg County, Okla. Born in Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Ky., March 13, 1843. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; farmer; member of Minnesota state house of representatives District 24, 1877. Presbyterian. Died in McAlester, Pittsburg County, Okla., August 29, 1932 (age 89 years, 169 days). Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery, Harrodsburg, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of Beriah Magoffin and Anna Nelson (Shelby) Magoffin; married, September 8, 1868, to Lucy Ellen Thompson; great-grandson of Isaac Shelby; first cousin once removed of Thomas Hart Shelby.
  Political family: Shelby-Bullock-Magoffin family of Kentucky (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial — Minnesota Legislator record

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