Index to Locations
Bells Clardy's County Cemetery
Bennettstown La Fayette Cemetery
Hopkinsville Pioneer Cemetery
Hopkinsville Riverside Cemetery
Clardy's County
Cemetery
Bells, Christian County, Kentucky
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John Daniel Clardy (1828-1918) —
also known as John D. Clardy —
of Newstead, Christian
County, Ky.
Born in Smith
County, Tenn., August
30, 1828.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1895-99.
Slaveowner.
Died near Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky., August
20, 1918 (age 89 years, 355
days).
Interment at Clardy's County Cemetery.
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La Fayette
Cemetery
Bennettstown, Christian County, Kentucky
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John McKenzie Moss (1868-1929) —
also known as J. McKenzie Moss —
of Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky.
Born in Bennettstown, Christian
County, Ky., January
3, 1868.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1902-03; circuit judge
in Kentucky 8th Circuit, 1909-21; general counsel and deputy
commissioner, U.S. Bureau of Internal Revenue; Assistant U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, under Andrew
W. Mellon, 1923-26; Judge
of U.S. Court of Claims, 1926-29; died in office 1929.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 11,
1929 (age 61 years, 159
days).
Interment at La Fayette Cemetery.
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Pioneer
Cemetery
Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky
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Robert Pryor Henry (1788-1826) —
also known as Robert P. Henry —
of Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky.
Born in Scott
County, Ky., November
24, 1788.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 12th District, 1823-26; died in
office 1826.
Slaveowner.
Died in Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky., August
25, 1826 (age 37 years, 274
days).
Interment at Pioneer Cemetery; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Riverside
Cemetery
Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky
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George Post Wheeler (1869-1956) —
also known as Post Wheeler —
Born in Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y., August
6, 1869.
Newspaper
editor; mining
business; author;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Paraguay, 1930-33; Albania, 1933-34; poet.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in 1956
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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Edward Thompson Breathitt Jr. (1924-2003) —
also known as Edward T. Breathitt; Ned
Breathitt —
of Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky.
Born in Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky., November
26, 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 9th District, 1952-57; Governor of
Kentucky, 1963-67; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1964,
1972,
1980;
counsel and vice-president, Southern Railway
System.
Methodist.
Member, Jaycees;
Kiwanis;
Elks; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Collapsed while making a
speech at Lexington Community College, and died a few days later,
from heart
disease, in the University of Kentucky Hospital,
Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., October
14, 2003 (age 78 years, 322
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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Benjamin Edwards Grey (1809-1875) —
also known as Benjamin E. Grey —
of Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky.
Born near Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky., July 31,
1809.
Whig. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1838-39; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1847-51; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1851-55.
Died in Selma, Dallas
County, Ala., March 7,
1875 (age 65 years, 219
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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Burwell Clark Ritter (1810-1880) —
also known as Burwell C. Ritter —
of Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky.
Born in Kentucky, 1810.
Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1850; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1865-67.
Slaveowner.
Died in 1880
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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John Pierce Campbell Jr. (1820-1888) —
of Kentucky.
Born near Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky., December
8, 1820.
Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1850; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1855-57.
Slaveowner.
Died in Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky., October
29, 1888 (age 67 years, 326
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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James Streshly Jackson (1823-1862) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Fayette
County, Ky., September
27, 1823.
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1861; general in the
Union Army during the Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Killed
by rifle
shot in the Battle of Perryville, Boyle
County, Ky., October
8, 1862 (age 39 years, 11
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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Frank Houston Bassett (1873-1950) —
of Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky.
Born in Stephensport, Breckinridge
County, Ky., November
1, 1873.
Democrat. Played and umpired professional
baseball in the Cotton and Southern leagues; dry goods
merchant; hardware
business; physician;
mayor
of Hopkinsville, Ky., 1918-21; Christian
County Court Clerk, 1922-34; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Welsh
ancestry. Member, American Medical
Association; Elks.
Died in Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky., August
5, 1950 (age 76 years, 277
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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Frank Houston Bassett Jr. (1906-1986) —
also known as Frank H. Bassett, Jr. —
of Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky.
Born in Pembroke, Christian
County, Ky., August
15, 1906.
Democrat. Accountant;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 9th District, 1944-47; member of
Kentucky
state senate 6th District, 1958-61.
Died in Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky., March
15, 1986 (age 79 years, 212
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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Sara Belle Bassett (1906-2001) —
also known as Sara Belle McPherson; Mrs. Frank H. Bassett,
Jr. —
of Ancon, Canal Zone (now Panama);
Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky.
Born in Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky., July 4,
1906.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Canal Zone,
1940.
Female.
Died in Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky., March
24, 2001 (age 94 years, 263
days).
Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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