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Index to Locations
Private or family graveyards
Paris Unknown location
Paris Auvergne Cemetery
Paris Paris Cemetery
Private or family
graveyards
Bourbon County, Kentucky
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James Garrard (1749-1822) —
Born in Stafford
County, Va., January
14, 1749.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1779; delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1792; Governor of
Kentucky, 1796-1804.
Baptist.
Died in Bourbon
County, Ky., January
19, 1822 (age 73 years, 5
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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John Edwards (1748-1837) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Stafford
County, Va., 1748.
Planter;
miller;
served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1781-85; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1792-95; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1795; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1796-1800.
Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died near Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky., 1837
(age about
89 years).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky
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Curtis Pendleton Smith (1863-1919) —
also known as Curtis P. Smith —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born October
21, 1863.
Mayor
of Dallas, Tex., 1906-07.
Died February
20, 1919 (age 55 years, 122
days).
Interment somewhere.
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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.
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.
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.
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Relatives: Son
of Thaddeus Zevely and Mary A. Zevely; married, June 23,
1908, to Janie C. Clay. |
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"Zev" (1920-1943) was named for
him by Harry F. Sinclair. |
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Julia Hoge Spencer Ardery (1889-1977) —
also known as Julia Hoge Spencer; Mrs. W. B.
Ardery —
of Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky.
Born in Richmond,
Va., September
16, 1889.
Democrat. Kentucky historian;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1936
(alternate), 1956;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Kentucky; member of Democratic
National Committee from Kentucky, 1956-60.
Female.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Delta
Delta Delta; Daughters of the
American Revolution; Colonial
Dames; American
Legion Auxiliary.
Died in March, 1977
(age 87
years, 0 days).
Interment somewhere.
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Auvergne
Cemetery
Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky
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Brutus Junius Clay (1808-1878) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Richmond, Madison
County, Ky., July 1,
1808.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1840, 1860; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1863-65.
Slaveowner.
Died near Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky., October
11, 1878 (age 70 years, 102
days).
Interment at Auvergne Cemetery.
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Paris
Cemetery
Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky
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Garrett Davis (1801-1872) —
of Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky.
Born in Mt. Sterling, Montgomery
County, Ky., September
10, 1801.
Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1830; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1839-47 (12th District 1839-43, 8th
District 1843-47); U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1861-72; died in office 1872.
Slaveowner.
Died in Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky., September
22, 1872 (age 71 years, 12
days).
Interment at Paris Cemetery.
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Virgil Munday Chapman (1895-1951) —
also known as Virgil Chapman —
of Irvine, Estill
County, Ky.; Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky.
Born in Middleton, Simpson
County, Ky., March
15, 1895.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1925-29, 1931-49 (7th District
1925-29, 1931-33, at-large 1933-35, 6th District 1935-49); defeated,
1928; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1949-51; died in office 1951.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, American Bar
Association; Alpha
Delta Sigma; Phi
Alpha Delta; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Order of
the Coif; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Woodmen;
Maccabees;
Sons
of Confederate Veterans.
Died, from injuries received in an automobile
accident, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March 8,
1951 (age 55 years, 358
days).
Interment at Paris Cemetery.
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John Thomas Croxton (1836-1874) —
also known as John T. Croxton —
of Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky.
Born near Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky., November
20, 1836.
Republican. Lawyer;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; Kentucky
Republican state chair, 1868; U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1873-74, died in office 1874.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from consumption
(tuberculosis),
in La Paz, Bolivia,
April
16, 1874 (age 37 years, 147
days).
Interment at Paris Cemetery.
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Robert Trimble (1776-1828) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Augusta
County, Va., November
17, 1776.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1802; state court judge in
Kentucky, 1807; U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1813-16; federal
judge, 1817; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1826-28.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died August
25, 1828 (age 51 years, 282
days).
Interment at Paris Cemetery.
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William Emmett Simms (1822-1898) —
also known as William E. Simms —
of Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky.
Born near Cynthiana, Harrison
County, Ky., January
2, 1822.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of
Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1849-51; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1859-61; colonel in
the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Senator
from Kentucky in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Slaveowner.
Died near Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky., June 25,
1898 (age 76 years, 174
days).
Interment at Paris Cemetery.
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Alexander Dalrymple Orr (1761-1835) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Virginia, 1761.
Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1790; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky at-large, 1791-97.
Slaveowner.
Died in 1835
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Paris Cemetery.
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Richard Hawes (1797-1877) —
of Winchester, Clark
County, Ky.
Born near Bowling Green, Caroline
County, Va., February
6, 1797.
Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1828; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1837-41; Confederate
provisional governor of Kentucky, 1862-65.
Slaveowner.
Died in Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky., May 25,
1877 (age 80 years, 108
days).
Interment at Paris Cemetery.
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William Breckinridge Ardery (1887-1967) —
also known as William B. Ardery —
of Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky.
Born near Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky., August
11, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 73rd District, 1930-31; candidate
for nomination for Governor of
Kentucky, 1931; circuit judge in Kentucky 14th District, 1936-67.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Judicature Society; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died of a heart
attack, in Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky., July 25,
1967 (age 79 years, 348
days).
Interment at Paris Cemetery.
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Archer Woodford (1899-1955) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky., June 11,
1899.
U.S. Vice Consul in Sao Paulo, as of 1924; Rio de Janeiro, as of 1927; Puerto Cortes, as of 1929; Berlin, as of 1932; U.S. Consul in Berlin, as of 1935; Maracaibo, 1936-39; Hamburg, 1940-41; Luanda, as of 1943-44.
Died September
10, 1955 (age 56 years, 91
days).
Interment at Paris Cemetery.
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Edward Fretwell Prichard Jr. (1915-1984) —
also known as E. F. Prichard, Jr.;
"Prich" —
of Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky.; Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky.
Born in Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky., January
21, 1915.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,
1948,
1960,
1964;
in 1949, he was convicted
of vote
fraud in federal court, over ballot-box
stuffing in Bourbon County, Kentucky; served five months in prison.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died in Kentucky, December
23, 1984 (age 69 years, 337
days).
Interment at Paris Cemetery.
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John V. Lovely (1815-1895) —
of Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky.
Born in 1815.
Postmaster at Paris,
Ky., 1887-89.
Died January
20, 1895 (age about 79
years).
Interment at Paris Cemetery.
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