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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.
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.
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John South —
of Kentucky.
Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1793-1804.
Burial location unknown.
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Simon Cockrell (1745-1839) —
of Virginia.
Born in Prince
William County, Va., December
10, 1745.
Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1791-93, 1798-1800.
Died in Cass
County, Mo., July 18,
1839 (age 93 years, 220
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Johnson County, Mo.
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Aaron Lewis (1750-1811) —
of Kentucky.
Born in 1750.
Delegate
to Kentucky statehood convention, 1788.
Died in 1811
(age about
61 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel South (c.1767-1832) —
of Madison
County, Ky.
Born in Maryland, about 1767.
General in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1810; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1810; Kentucky
state treasurer, 1818-24.
Died in Fayette
County, Ky., August
24, 1832 (age about 65
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Fayette County, Ky.
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Moses Cockrell (1767-1800) —
of Lee
County, Va.
Born in Augusta
County, Va., 1767.
Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1799-1800.
Dreamed one night that there was a white otter down in his salt well;
in the morning, he had himself lowered into the well in a basket; the
basket broke, and he fell to
his death, or perhaps drowned,
in Lee
County, Va., 1800
(age about
33 years).
Interment somewhere in Lee County, Va.
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William Lee Davidson Ewing (1795-1846) —
also known as William L. D. Ewing —
of Vandalia, Fayette
County, Ill.
Born in Logan
County, Ky., August
31, 1795.
Democrat. Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1833-34; Governor of
Illinois, 1834; U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1835-37; member of Illinois
Democratic State Committee, 1837-38; Illinois
state auditor of public accounts, 1843-46; died in office 1846.
Slaveowner.
Died in Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill., March
25, 1846 (age 50 years, 206
days).
Original interment at Hutchinson Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.; reinterment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
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John Louis Hargis (1802-1886) —
also known as "Bally John" —
of Jackson, Breathitt
County, Ky.; Morehead, Rowan
County, Ky.
Born in Washington
County, Va., March 4,
1802.
Lawyer;
Breathitt
County Court Clerk; removed from
office as Court Clerk, 1846, over unspecified
charges
against him; delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1855-57.
Died in Morehead, Rowan
County, Ky., April 2,
1886 (age 84 years, 29
days).
Interment somewhere
in Morehead, Ky.
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Jeremiah Weldon South (1805-1880) —
also known as Jere South; "The Father of Breathitt
County" —
of Owsley
County, Ky.
Born in Madison
County, Ky., July 10,
1805.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1840; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1843-47.
Died on the floor of the Kentucky State
Senate, old State
Capitol Building, Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., April
15, 1880 (age 74 years, 280
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Ephraim Brevard Ewing (1819-1873) —
also known as Ephraim B. Ewing —
of Ray
County, Mo.
Born in Todd
County, Ky., March
16, 1819.
Lawyer;
secretary
of state of Missouri, 1849-53; Missouri
state attorney general, 1856-58; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1859-61; circuit judge in Missouri,
1873.
Died, from cerebrospinal
meningitis, in Iron Mountain, St.
Francois County, Mo., June 2,
1873 (age 54 years, 78
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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John Seldon Hargis (1820-1892) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Lee
County, Va., November
11, 1820.
Member of Kentucky
state senate, 1892; died in office 1892.
Died in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., February
28, 1892 (age 71 years, 109
days).
Interment at Hargis
Family Cemetery, Jackson, Ky.
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Elisha Logan Cockrell (1823-1876) —
of Estill
County, Ky.
Born in Breathitt
County, Ky., December
4, 1823.
Whig. Farmer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1847-48; county judge in
Kentucky, 1860.
Methodist.
Died in Irvine, Estill
County, Ky., November
2, 1876 (age 52 years, 334
days).
Interment at Cockrell
Family Cemetery, Ravenna, Ky.
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Harrison Cockrill (1826-1876) —
of Owsley
County, Ky.
Born in Breathitt
County, Ky., June 18,
1826.
Member of Kentucky
state senate, 1863-65, 1869-73; county judge in Kentucky, 1860;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Kentucky; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 9th District, 1874.
Member, Freemasons.
Died of a (probably) self-inflicted
gunshot
wound, in Estill
County, Ky., May 22,
1876 (age 49 years, 339
days).
Interment at Cockrell
Family Cemetery, Ravenna, Ky.
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Isaac Newton Cardwell (b. 1827) —
of Irvine, Estill
County, Ky.
Born in Tennessee, September
27, 1827.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; served in the Union
Army during the Civil War; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1872.
Died in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Interment somewhere
in Frankfort, Ky.
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Archibald Calloway Cope (1828-1907) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Breathitt
County, Ky., May 10,
1828.
Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1887-88.
Died in Breathitt
County, Ky., November
8, 1907 (age 79 years, 182
days).
Interment at Cope
Family Cemetery, Breathitt County, Ky.
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Thomas Perrin Cardwell (1829-1915) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Breathitt
County, Ky., July 12,
1829.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1864-65; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1865-69.
Died in Breathitt
County, Ky., December
27, 1915 (age 86 years, 168
days).
Interment somewhere
in Breathitt County, Ky.
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Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell (1832-1915) —
also known as Jeremiah V. Cockrell —
of Sherman, Grayson
County, Tex.; Anson, Jones
County, Tex.; Abilene, Taylor
County, Tex.
Born near Warrensburg, Johnson
County, Mo., May 7,
1832.
Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; lawyer;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; district judge
in Texas, 1885-93; U.S.
Representative from Texas 13th District, 1893-97.
Slaveowner.
Died in Abilene, Taylor
County, Tex., March
18, 1915 (age 82 years, 315
days).
Interment at Abilene Municipal Cemetery, Abilene, Tex.
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Francis Marion Cockrell (1834-1915) —
also known as Francis M. Cockrell —
of Warrensburg, Johnson
County, Mo.
Born in Warrensburg, Johnson
County, Mo., October
1, 1834.
Democrat. Lawyer;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1875-1905; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1904;
member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1905-10; alternate delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1912.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
13, 1915 (age 81 years, 73
days).
Interment at Sunset
Hill Cemetery, Warrensburg, Mo.
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Thomas Zantzinger Morrow (1835-1913) —
of Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky.
Born in Flemingsburg, Fleming
County, Ky., September
3, 1835.
Republican. Member of Kentucky
state senate, 1860; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1870; candidate
for Governor of
Kentucky, 1883.
Died in Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky., August
25, 1913 (age 77 years, 356
days).
Interment at Somerset
Cemetery, Somerset, Ky.
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John T. Crisp (1838-1903) —
of Independence, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born near Lone Jack, Jackson
County, Mo., April 3,
1838.
Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1878 (Democratic, 8th District),
1880 (Democratic, 8th District), 1882 (Independent Democratic, 5th
District); member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jackson County 1st District,
1895-98, 1903; died in office 1903.
Sponsor of "Jim Crow" bill to require racial segregation on
railroads.
Died, from heart
disease, in Independence, Jackson
County, Mo., April
21, 1903 (age 65 years, 18
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Independence, Mo.
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Hernando De Soto Money (1839-1912) —
also known as Hernando D. Money —
of Carrollton, Carroll
County, Miss.; Winona, Montgomery
County, Miss.
Born in Zeiglersville, Holmes
County, Miss., August
26, 1839.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; mayor
of Winona, Miss., 1873-74; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi, 1875-85, 1893-97 (3rd District
1875-83, 4th District 1883-85, 1893-97); U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1897-1911; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Mississippi, 1904.
Died near Biloxi, Harrison
County, Miss., September
18, 1912 (age 73 years, 23
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Carroll County, Miss.
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Thomas Frazier Hargis (1842-1903) —
also known as Thomas F. Hargis —
of Carlisle, Nicholas
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Jackson, Breathitt
County, Ky., June 24,
1842.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
county judge in Kentucky, 1869-71; member of Kentucky
state senate 30th District, 1871-75; candidate for circuit judge
in Kentucky, 1874; district judge in Kentucky, 1878-79; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1879-84.
Died in Springfield, Clark
County, Ohio, August
3, 1903 (age 61 years, 40
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Enoch Edgar Hume (1844-1911) —
also known as E. Edgar Hume; Edgar Enoch
Hume —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born near Bedford, Trimble
County, Ky., March
24, 1844.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1875-77; mayor
of Frankfort, Ky., 1905-06.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from acute
interstitial nephritis, in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., July 5,
1911 (age 67 years, 103
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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William O'Connell Bradley (1847-1914) —
also known as William O. Bradley —
of Lancaster, Garrard
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born near Lancaster, Garrard
County, Ky., March
18, 1847.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1872, 1876; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Kentucky; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kentucky, 1880,
1884,
1888
(speaker),
1892,
1900,
1904,
1912;
candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1888;
member of Republican
National Committee from Kentucky, 1890-96; Governor of
Kentucky, 1895-99; defeated, 1887; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1909-14; died in office 1914.
Baptist;
later Presbyterian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 23,
1914 (age 67 years, 66
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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James Buchanan Marcum (1858-1903) —
also known as J. B. Marcum —
of Kentucky.
Born January
9, 1858.
Republican. Kentucky
Republican state chair, 1903.
Shot
and killed,
by Curtis Jett and Tom White, at the behest of county judge James
H. Hargis, on the steps of the Breathitt County
Courthouse, Jackson, Breathitt
County, Ky., May 4,
1903 (age 45 years, 115
days).
Interment at Sewell
Cemetery, Jackson, Ky.
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John Fox Vardaman (1859-1947) —
also known as John F. Vardaman —
of Cripple Creek, Teller
County, Colo.; Goldfield, Esmeralda
County, Nev.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Greenwood, Leflore
County, Miss.
Born in Gonzales
County, Tex., January
7, 1859.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1916
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Methodist.
Died December
18, 1947 (age 88 years, 345
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Greenwood, Miss.
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Alexander Hamilton Hargis (1859-1943) —
Born in Breathitt
County, Ky., August
21, 1859.
Member of Kentucky
state senate, 1892.
Died in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., April
30, 1943 (age 83 years, 252
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Breathitt County, Ky.
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James Kimble Vardaman (1861-1930) —
also known as James K. Vardaman; "The Great White
Chief" —
of Greenwood, Leflore
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born near Edna, Jackson
County, Tex., July 26,
1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1890-96; Speaker of
the Mississippi State House of Representatives, 1894; major in
the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Mississippi, 1904,
1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker),
1916;
Governor
of Mississippi, 1904-08; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1913-19.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., June 25,
1930 (age 68 years, 334
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Memorial Park, Jackson, Miss.
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James Henderson Hargis (1862-1908) —
also known as James H. Hargis; "Big
Jim" —
of Jackson, Breathitt
County, Ky.
Born in Jackson, Breathitt
County, Ky., October
13, 1862.
Democrat. County judge in Kentucky, 1890; member of Kentucky
Democratic State Central Committee, 1899-1907.
Tried
and acquitted for the 1902-03 murders
of J.
B. Marcum and two others, but found liable for plotting
the killings in a 1904 civil suit for money damages by surviving
family members.
Shot
and killed by
his son, Beech Hargis, in the Hargis Brothers general
store, Jackson, Breathitt
County, Ky., February
6, 1908 (age 45 years, 116
days).
Interment at Hargis
Family Cemetery, Jackson, Ky.
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South Trimble (1864-1946) —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born in Hazel Green, Wolfe
County, Ky., April
13, 1864.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1890; Speaker of
the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1899-1901; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1901-07; Clerk of the
U.S. House, 1911-19, 1931-46.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
23, 1946 (age 82 years, 224
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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William E. Spell (1864-1931) —
of Waco, McLennan
County, Tex.
Born in DeSoto
Parish, La., April
19, 1864.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1900.
Died, from acute dilation
of heart, in Waco, McLennan
County, Tex., February
28, 1931 (age 66 years, 315
days).
Interment at Ridge
Park Cemetery, Hillsboro, Tex.
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Jane Madden Spell (1866-1953) —
also known as Jane Madden; Jane Madden Cotten; Mrs.
Leonidas Cotten; Mrs. William E. Spell —
of Waco, McLennan
County, Tex.
Born in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., August
26, 1866.
Democrat. Vice-president of first Texas women's suffrage
organization; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas,
1928.
Female.
Died in Waco, McLennan
County, Tex., June 11,
1953 (age 86 years, 289
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Waco, Tex.
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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.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Arkansas state legislature, 1891-1901; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1892,
1896,
1904
(speaker),
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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Egbert Railey Cockrell (1872-1934) —
also known as E. R. Cockrell —
of Waco, McLennan
County, Tex.; Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Weston, Platte
County, Mo., 1872.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Fort Worth, Tex., 1921-24.
Died in Fulton, Callaway
County, Mo., September
13, 1934 (age about 62
years).
Interment at Greenwood
Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tex.
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John Glover South (1873-1940) —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., January
23, 1873.
Republican. Physician;
U.S. Minister to Panama, 1921-30; Portugal, 1930-33.
Died May 13,
1940 (age 67 years, 111
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Ewing Cockrell (1874-1962) —
of Warrensburg, Johnson
County, Mo.
Born in Warrensburg, Johnson
County, Mo., May 28,
1874.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1926; circuit judge in Missouri 17th
Circuit, 1927.
Died January
21, 1962 (age 87 years, 238
days).
Interment at Sunset
Hill Cemetery, Warrensburg, Mo.
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William Whitney Kitchen (1875-1912) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Gulfport, Harrison
County, Miss.
Born in Toronto, Ontario,
April
6, 1875.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; physician;
U.S. Consul in Tenerife, 1911-12, died in office 1912.
While suffering from chronic heart
disease, he died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in Tenerife (Santa Cruz de Tenerife), Canary
Islands, October
16, 1912 (age 37 years, 193
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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James Harris Baldwin (1876-1944) —
also known as James H. Baldwin —
of Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., August
1, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Montana, 1934-35; U.S.
District Judge for Montana, 1935-44; died in office 1944.
Died in Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont., October
26, 1944 (age 68 years, 86
days).
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, Butte, Mont.
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Edwin Porch Morrow (1877-1935) —
also known as Edwin P. Morrow —
of Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky.
Born in Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky., November
28, 1877.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, 1911-14; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1916,
1920
(chair, Committee
on Permanent Organization; speaker),
1928
(alternate), 1932;
Governor
of Kentucky, 1919-23; defeated, 1915; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 9th District, 1934.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died suddenly, from a heart
lesion, in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., June 15,
1935 (age 57 years, 199
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Christine Bradley South (1879-1957) —
also known as Christine Duncan Bradley —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born in Lancaster, Garrard
County, Ky., December
20, 1879.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,
1920
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1928
(speaker),
1932;
member of Republican
National Committee from Kentucky, 1937.
Female.
Died in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., February
20, 1957 (age 77 years, 62
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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South Strong (1880-1939) —
of Jackson, Breathitt
County, Ky.
Born in Lost Creek, Breathitt
County, Ky., July 23,
1880.
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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Eleanor Hume Offutt (1894-1955) —
also known as Eleanor Marion Hume —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born in Franklin
County, Ky., September
30, 1894.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,
1936
(alternate), 1940.
Female.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; Colonial
Dames.
Died in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., December
13, 1955 (age 61 years, 74
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Hiram Phillips (1894-1972) —
of Sprigg, Mingo
County, W.Va.
Born in Matewan, Mingo
County, W.Va., April
11, 1894.
Democrat. Coal miner;
president
of Mine Workers union local; grocer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mingo County, 1935-36,
1949-52.
Baptist.
Member, Moose; Redmen;
United
Mine Workers.
Died in Franklin
County, Ohio, September
7, 1972 (age 78 years, 149
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Wesley Phillips and Gillian (Whitely) Phillips; married, April 3,
1915, to Pricy Thelma Wells; third cousin once removed of John
T. Crisp. |
| | | Political family: Cockrell-South
family of Kentucky. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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