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Boyle County
Kentucky

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Boyle County

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  • Danville Bellevue Cemetery


    Private or family graveyard
    Boyle County, Kentucky
    Politicians buried here:
      Elias Barbee (1763-1843) — of Kentucky. Born in Culpeper County, Va., June 14, 1763. Member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1809-12, 1825-27; member of Kentucky state senate, 1821-23. Died in Taylor County, Ky., October 6, 1843 (age 80 years, 114 days). Original interment at Winlock Cemetery, Near Campbellsville, Taylor County, Ky.; reinterment at in a private or family graveyard.


    Bellevue Cemetery
    Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky
    Politicians buried here:
      William Owsley (1782-1862) — of Kentucky. Born in Virginia, March 24, 1782. Whig. Lawyer; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1810-11; Judge, Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1812-28; member of Kentucky state senate, 1832; secretary of state of Kentucky, 1835-36; Governor of Kentucky, 1844-48. Died in Boyle County, Ky., December 9, 1862 (age 80 years, 260 days). Interment at Bellevue Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of William Owsley (1748-1819) and Catharine (Bolin) Owsley; married 1804 to Elizabeth Gill.
      Owsley County, Ky. is named for him.
      See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
      John Boyle (1774-1834) — of Lancaster, Garrard County, Ky. Born in Botetourt County, Va., October 28, 1774. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1800; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1803-09; Judge, Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1809-26; U.S. District Judge for Kentucky, 1827-34; died in office 1834. Slaveowner. Died near Danville, Boyle County, Ky., January 28, 1834 (age 59 years, 92 days). Interment at Bellevue Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of John Boyle and Jane (Black) Boyle; married to Elizabeth Tilford.
      Boyle County, Ky. is named for him.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article
      Joshua Fry Bell (1811-1870) — also known as Joshua F. Bell — of Danville, Boyle County, Ky. Born in Danville, Boyle County, Ky., November 26, 1811. Whig. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1845-47; candidate for Governor of Kentucky, 1859; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1862-67. Slaveowner. Died in Danville, Boyle County, Ky., August 17, 1870 (age 58 years, 264 days). Interment at Bellevue Cemetery.
      Bell County, Ky. is named for him.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
      Albert Gallatin Talbott (1808-1887) — of Kentucky. Born near Paris, Bourbon County, Ky., April 4, 1808. Democrat. Delegate to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1850, 1883; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1855-59; member of Kentucky state senate, 1869-73. Slaveowner. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., September 9, 1887 (age 79 years, 158 days). Interment at Bellevue Cemetery.
      Presumably named for: Albert Gallatin
      Relatives: Uncle of William Clayton Anderson.
      Political family: Anderson family of Lancaster and Danville, Kentucky.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
      Milton Jameson Durham (1824-1911) — also known as Milton J. Durham — of Danville, Boyle County, Ky. Born near Perryville, Mercer County (now Boyle County), Ky., May 16, 1824. Democrat. Lawyer; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1861-62; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1873-79; First Comptroller of the U.S. Treasury, 1885-89; banker. Southern Methodist. Slaveowner. Died in Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., February 12, 1911 (age 86 years, 272 days). Interment at Bellevue Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Benjamin Durham and Margaret (Robinson) Durham; married, June 18, 1850, to Martha J. Mitchell; married 1888 to Margaret Letcher Carter.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
      William Clayton Anderson (1826-1861) — also known as William C. Anderson — of Danville, Boyle County, Ky. Born in Lancaster, Garrard County, Ky., December 26, 1826. Lawyer; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1851-53, 1861; died in office 1861; American candidate for Presidential Elector for Kentucky, 1856; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1859-61; defeated, 1857. Slaveowner. Died in Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky., December 23, 1861 (age 34 years, 362 days). Interment at Bellevue Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Simeon H. Anderson; nephew of Albert Gallatin Talbott.
      Political family: Anderson family of Lancaster and Danville, Kentucky.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
      John Kincaid (1791-1873) — of Kentucky. Born near Danville, Boyle County, Ky., February 15, 1791. Democrat. Member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1819; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1829-31; state court judge in Kentucky, 1836. Slaveowner. Died February 7, 1873 (age 81 years, 358 days). Interment at Bellevue Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Speed Smith Fry (1817-1892) — also known as Speed S. Fry — of Danville, Boyle County, Ky. Born in Mercer County (part now in Boyle County), Ky., September 9, 1817. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; widely credited as having killed Confederate Gen. Felix Zolicoffer, during the battle at Mill Springs, Kentucky; candidate for U.S. Representative from Kentucky, 1866; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1884. Presbyterian. Died, in the Kentucky Soldiers' Home, of which he was superintendent, Harrods Creek, Jefferson County, Ky., August 1, 1892 (age 74 years, 327 days). Interment at Bellevue Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Thomas Walker Fry and Elizabeth Julia (Smith) Fry; married to Cynthia A. Hope; nephew of John Speed Smith; uncle of Letitia Barbour Green (who married Adlai Ewing Stevenson); granduncle of Lewis Green Stevenson; great-grandson of John Fry; great-granduncle of Adlai Ewing Stevenson II; second great-grandson of Joshua Fry; second great-granduncle of Adlai Ewing Stevenson III; first cousin of James Speed and Green Clay Smith; first cousin once removed of William Christian Bullitt (1856-1914), William Marshall Bullitt and Alexander Scott Bullitt; first cousin twice removed of William Christian Bullitt (1891-1967); second cousin twice removed of Robert Pryor Henry, John Flournoy Henry, Gustavus Adolphus Henry and Thomas Stanhope Flournoy; third cousin of Robert Goodloe Harper Speed; third cousin once removed of Robert Loring Speed; third cousin thrice removed of Richard Aylett Buckner.
      Political families: Clay family of Kentucky; Bullitt family; Fry family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
      See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial


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