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Index to Locations
Private or family graveyards
Frankfort Unknown location
Frankfort Frankfort Cemetery
Frankfort Old State Capitol Grounds
Private or family
graveyard
Franklin County, Kentucky
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Martin Davis Hardin (1780-1823) —
also known as Martin D. Hardin —
of Kentucky.
Born in Pennsylvania, June 21,
1780.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1805-06, 1812, 1818-20; Speaker of
the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1819-20; major in
the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; secretary
of state of Kentucky, 1812-16; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1816-17; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Kentucky.
Slaveowner.
Died in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., October
8, 1823 (age 43 years, 109
days).
Original interment at in a private or family graveyard; reinterment
at Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky
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Elwood Hamilton (1883-1945) —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Benson, Franklin
County, Ky., February
22, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,
1912;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1912-14; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky, 1935-38; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1938-45; died in
office 1945.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died September
19, 1945 (age 62 years, 209
days).
Interment somewhere.
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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.
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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.
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Frankfort
Cemetery
215 E. Main Street
Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky
Founded 1844; approximate acreage: 100
Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1974
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Richard Mentor Johnson (1780-1850) —
also known as Richard M. Johnson —
of Great Crossings, Scott
County, Ky.
Born in Jefferson
County, Ky., October
17, 1780.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1804; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1807-19, 1829-37 (4th District
1807-13, at-large 1813-15, 3rd District 1815-19, 5th District
1829-33, 13th District 1833-37); U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1819-29; Vice
President of the United States, 1837-41; defeated, 1840;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1844.
Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., November
19, 1850 (age 70 years, 33
days).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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John Jordan Crittenden (1787-1863) —
also known as John J. Crittenden —
of Illinois; Russellville, Logan
County, Ky.; Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born near Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky., September
10, 1787.
Lawyer;
Illinois
territory attorney general, 1809-10; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1811-17, 1825-29; served in the
U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1817-19, 1835-41, 1842-48, 1855-61;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Kentucky; U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1827-29; secretary
of state of Kentucky, 1834-35; U.S.
Attorney General, 1841, 1850-53; Governor of
Kentucky, 1848-50; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1861-63.
Two of his sons were generals on opposite sides in the Civil War; a
grandson of his was killed in Gen. Custer's expedition against the
Sioux in 1876.
Slaveowner.
Died in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., July 26,
1863 (age 75 years, 319
days).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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John White (1802-1845) —
of Richmond, Madison
County, Ky.
Born in Middlesboro, Bell
County, Ky., February
14, 1802.
Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1832; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1835-45 (9th District 1835-43, 6th
District 1843-45); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1841-43; district judge in Kentucky 19th
District, 1845; died in office 1845.
Slaveowner.
Died in Richmond, Madison
County, Ky., September
22, 1845 (age 43 years, 220
days).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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George Mortimer Bibb (1776-1859) —
also known as George M. Bibb —
of Yellow Banks (now Owensboro), Daviess
County, Ky.
Born in Prince
Edward County, Va., October
30, 1776.
Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1806, 1817; U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1807-08, 1819-24; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1808-10, 1828; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1811-14, 1829-35; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1844-45.
Slaveowner.
Died in Georgetown, Washington,
D.C., April
14, 1859 (age 82 years, 166
days).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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William Taylor Barry (1784-1835) —
also known as William T. Barry —
of Kentucky.
Born near Lunenburg, Lunenburg
County, Va., February
5, 1784.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1807, 1814; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1810-11; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1814-16; state court judge in Kentucky,
1816-17; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1817-21; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1820-24; secretary
of state of Kentucky, 1824-25; justice of
Kentucky state supreme court, 1825; candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 1828; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1829-35.
Slaveowner.
Appointed Minister to Spain, but died en route to post, in Liverpool,
England,
August
30, 1835 (age 51 years, 206
days).
Original interment and cenotaph at St.
James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England; reinterment in 1854 at
Frankfort Cemetery.
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Robert Perkins Letcher (1788-1861) —
also known as Robert P. Letcher —
of Lancaster, Garrard
County, Ky.
Born in Goochland
County, Va., February
10, 1788.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1813; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1823-33, 1834-35 (4th District
1823-33, 5th District 1834-35); defeated, 1853; Governor of
Kentucky, 1840-44; U.S. Minister to Mexico, 1849-52.
Slaveowner.
Died January
24, 1861 (age 72 years, 349
days).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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John Brown (1757-1837) —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born in Staunton,
Va., September
12, 1757.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1784-88; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1787-88; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1789-92 (at-large 1789-91, 2nd
District 1791-92); U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1792-1805.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., August
29, 1837 (age 79 years, 351
days).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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Beverly Leonidas Clarke (1809-1860) —
also known as Beverly L. Clarke —
of Franklin, Simpson
County, Ky.
Born in Winterfield, Chesterfield
County, Va., February
11, 1809.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1841-42; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1847-49; defeated,
1851; delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; candidate for
Governor
of Kentucky, 1855; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1856;
U.S. Minister to Guatemala, 1858-60, died in office 1860; Honduras, 1858-60, died in office 1860.
Protestant;
later Catholic.
Slaveowner.
Died in Guatemala,
March
17, 1860 (age 51 years, 35
days).
Original interment somewhere in Guatemala; reinterment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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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.
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Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn (1838-1918) —
also known as Joseph C. S. Blackburn —
of Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky.
Born near Spring Station, Woodford
County, Ky., October
1, 1838.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1871-75; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1875-85; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1885-97, 1901-07; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1896,
1900,
1904
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
12, 1918 (age 79 years, 346
days).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Mitchell Blackburn and Lavinia St. Clair (Bell) Blackburn;
brother of Luke
Pryor Blackburn; married, February
10, 1858, to Therese Graham; married, December
11, 1901, to Mary E. Blackburn; father of Corinne Blackburn (who
married William
Holt Gale); granduncle of Smith
Alford Blackburn; great-granduncle of Charles
Milton Blackburn; first cousin twice removed of Gabriel
Slaughter; third cousin of Charles
Rice Slaughter; third cousin once removed of Robert
Pryor Henry, John
Flournoy Henry and Gustavus
Adolphus Henry. |
| | | Political families: Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison
family of Kentucky; Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Mount
Blackburn, the highest peak of the Wrangell Mountains, in the Copper
River Census Area, Alaska, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS Joe C. S. Blackburn (built 1943 at Brunswick,
Georgia; sold for scrap 1967) was named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: The Parties and The Men
(1896) |
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Isham Talbot (1773-1837) —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born near Talbot, Bedford
County, Va., 1773.
Member of Kentucky
state senate, 1812-15; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1815-19, 1820-25.
Slaveowner.
Died near Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., September
25, 1837 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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James Turner Morehead (1797-1854) —
also known as James T. Morehead —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born near Shepherdsville, Bullitt
County, Ky., May 24,
1797.
Member of Kentucky
state senate, 1828; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1832-34; Governor of
Kentucky, 1834-36; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1841-47.
Baptist.
Slaveowner.
Died in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., December
28, 1854 (age 57 years, 218
days).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham (1869-1940) —
also known as J. C. W. Beckham —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky., August
5, 1869.
Democrat. School
principal; lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1894-98; Speaker of
the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1898; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1900; Governor of
Kentucky, 1900-07; defeated, 1927; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1900,
1904
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1908,
1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1916,
1920,
1936;
U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1915-21; defeated, 1920, 1936.
Presbyterian.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., January
9, 1940 (age 70 years, 157
days).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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Augustus Owsley Stanley (1867-1958) —
also known as Augustus O. Stanley —
of Henderson, Henderson
County, Ky.
Born in Shelbyville, Shelby
County, Ky., May 21,
1867.
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Kentucky; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1903-15; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1912,
1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1920,
1924,
1928;
Governor
of Kentucky, 1915-19; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1919-25; defeated, 1924.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
12, 1958 (age 91 years, 83
days).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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John Adair (1757-1840) —
of Harrodsburg, Mercer
County, Ky.
Born in Chester District (now Chester
County), S.C., January
9, 1757.
Democrat. General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1792; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1793-95, 1798, 1800-03, 1817; Speaker of
the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1802-03; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1805-06; general in the U.S. Army during
the War of 1812; Governor of
Kentucky, 1820-24; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1831-33.
Slaveowner.
Died in Harrodsburg, Mercer
County, Ky., May 19,
1840 (age 83 years, 131
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1872 at
Frankfort Cemetery.
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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.
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Christopher Greenup (c.1750-1818) —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born in Virginia, about 1750.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1785; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky at-large, 1792-97; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1798; Clerk of the Kentucky State
Senate, 1799-1802; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1802; Governor of
Kentucky, 1804-08; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Kentucky; justice of the peace.
Slaveowner.
Died in Blue Licks Spring, Nicholas
County, Ky., April
27, 1818 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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Charles Scott (1739-1813) —
Born in Goochland
County, Va., 1739.
General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of Virginia state legislature, 1789; Governor of
Kentucky, 1808-12.
Died in Clark
County, Ky., October
22, 1813 (age about 74
years).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in
1854 at Frankfort Cemetery.
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George Madison (1763-1816) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Augusta County (part now in Rockingham
County), Va., June, 1763.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Kentucky
auditor of public accounts, 1796-1816; major in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812; Governor of
Kentucky, 1816; died in office 1816.
Died of tuberculosis,
in Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky., October
14, 1816 (age 53 years, 0
days).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of John Madison and Agatha (Strother) Madison; married, February
11, 1796, to Jane Smith; first cousin once removed of James
Madison and William
Taylor Madison; first cousin thrice removed of Henry
Gaines Johnson and James
Francis Buckner Jr.; second cousin once removed of John
Walker, John
Tyler (1747-1813), Francis
Walker, Clement
F. Dorsey and Zachary
Taylor; second cousin twice removed of Andrew
Dorsey, John
Strother Pendleton, Albert
Gallatin Pendleton and Aylett
Hawes Buckner; second cousin thrice removed of David
Shelby Walker and Alexander
Warfield Dorsey; second cousin four times removed of James
David Walker, David
Shelby Walker Jr., Eli
Huston Brown Jr., Sidney
Fletcher Taliaferro and Max
Rogers Strother; second cousin five times removed of Albin
Owings Jr. and Eli
Huston Brown III; third cousin of Robert
Brooke, Meriwether
Lewis, Richard
Aylett Buckner and John
Tyler (1790-1862); third cousin once removed of Francis
Taliaferro Helm, Thomas
Walker Gilmer, Aylette
Buckner, David
Gardiner Tyler and Lyon
Gardiner Tyler; third cousin twice removed of Charles
John Helm and Hubbard
Dozier Helm; third cousin thrice removed of Hubbard
T. Smith, Key
Pittman, Vail
Montgomery Pittman and Bronson
Murray Cutting. |
| | | Political families: Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg
family of Virginia; Tyler
family of Virginia; Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Charles Slaughter Morehead (1802-1868) —
also known as Charles S. Morehead —
of Kentucky.
Born near Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky., July 7,
1802.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1828; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1832-38; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1847-51; Governor of
Kentucky, 1855-59.
Slaveowner.
Died in Greenville, Washington
County, Miss., December
21, 1868 (age 66 years, 167
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1879 at
Frankfort Cemetery.
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Thomas Hanson Paynter (1851-1921) —
also known as Thomas H. Paynter —
of Greenup, Greenup
County, Ky.; Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born near Vanceburg, Lewis
County, Ky., December
9, 1851.
Democrat. Lawyer; Greenup
County Attorney, 1876-82; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 9th District, 1889-95; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1895-1906; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1907-13; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1908.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., March 8,
1921 (age 69 years, 89
days).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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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.
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William Lindsay (1835-1909) —
of Clinton, Hickman
County, Ky.; Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born near Lexington, Rockbridge
County, Va., September
4, 1835.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member
of Kentucky
state senate, 1867-70, 1889-93; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1870-78; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1880
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1893-1901.
Died in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., October
15, 1909 (age 74 years, 41
days).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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Simon Bolivar Buckner (1823-1914) —
also known as Simon Buckner —
of Munfordville, Hart
County, Ky.
Born in Hart
County, Ky., April 1,
1823.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; general in
the Confederate Army during the Civil War; farmer; Governor of
Kentucky, 1887-91; Gold Democratic candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1896.
Died in Hart
County, Ky., January
8, 1914 (age 90 years, 282
days).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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Luke Pryor Blackburn (1816-1887) —
also known as Luke P. Blackburn —
of Kentucky.
Born in Woodford
County, Ky., June 16,
1816.
Physician;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1843; Governor of
Kentucky, 1879-83.
Baptist.
In 1865, he was tried
and acquitted in a Toronto court for violating Canadian neutrality,
in connection with a Confederate
scheme to spread yellow fever in Northern cities.
Died in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., September
14, 1887 (age 71 years, 90
days).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Mitchell Blackburn and Lavinia St. Clair (Bell) Blackburn;
brother of Joseph
Clay Stiles Blackburn; married, November
24, 1835, to Ella Boswell; married, November
17, 1857, to Julia Churchill; uncle of Corinne Blackburn (who
married William
Holt Gale); granduncle of Smith
Alford Blackburn; great-granduncle of Charles
Milton Blackburn; first cousin twice removed of Gabriel
Slaughter; third cousin of Charles
Rice Slaughter; third cousin once removed of Robert
Pryor Henry, John
Flournoy Henry and Gustavus
Adolphus Henry. |
| | | Political families: Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison
family of Kentucky; Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The Blackburn Correctional
Complex (opened 1972), in Lexington,
Kentucky, is named for
him. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Luke Pryor Blackburn: Nancy
Disher Baird, Luke
Pryor Blackburn : Physician, Governor, Reformer |
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William Justus Goebel (1856-1900) —
also known as William J. Goebel; "Boss Bill";
"The Kenton King"; "William the
Conqueror" —
of Kentucky.
Born in Sullivan
County, Pa., January
4, 1856.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state senate, 1887-99; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1888;
delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1890-91; Governor of
Kentucky, 1900; died in office 1900.
In 1895, he killed a factional rival, John Stanford, in a political
quarrel; never tried.
While contesting the outcome of a gubernatorial election, was shot and
mortally
wounded in front of the old Kentucky State
Capitol; he was declared elected and sworn in as Governor before
he died four days later, in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., February
3, 1900 (age 44 years, 30
days).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery; statue at Old
State Capitol Grounds.
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Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. (1865-1942) —
also known as Johnson N. Camden —
of Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky.
Born in Parkersburg, Wood
County, W.Va., January
5, 1865.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,
1912
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1916;
U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1914-15; member of Democratic
National Committee from Kentucky, 1920-21.
Died August
16, 1942 (age 77 years, 223
days).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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Martin Davis Hardin (1780-1823) —
also known as Martin D. Hardin —
of Kentucky.
Born in Pennsylvania, June 21,
1780.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1805-06, 1812, 1818-20; Speaker of
the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1819-20; major in
the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; secretary
of state of Kentucky, 1812-16; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1816-17; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Kentucky.
Slaveowner.
Died in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., October
8, 1823 (age 43 years, 109
days).
Original interment at a private or family
graveyard, Franklin County, Ky.; reinterment at Frankfort
Cemetery.
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Simeon Slavens Willis (1879-1965) —
also known as Simeon Willis —
of Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky.
Born in Lawrence
County, Ohio, December
1, 1879.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1927-32; Governor of
Kentucky, 1943-47; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kentucky, 1944,
1948.
Methodist;
later Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Newcomen
Society.
Died in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., April 2,
1965 (age 85 years, 122
days).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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Lawrence Winchester Wetherby (1908-1994) —
also known as Lawrence W. Wetherby —
of Anchorage, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born in Middletown, Jefferson
County, Ky., January
2, 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer;
juvenile court judge in Kentucky, 1943-47; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1947-50; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
secretary
of Kentucky Democratic Party, 1948-51; Governor of
Kentucky, 1950-55; member of Democratic
National Committee from Kentucky, 1954; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1956; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1965-66.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma
Nu Phi; Rotary.
Died at King's Daughters Memorial Hospital,
Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., March
27, 1994 (age 86 years, 84
days).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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Humphrey Marshall (1812-1872) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., January
13, 1812.
Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1849-52, 1855-59;
resigned 1852; U.S. Diplomatic Commissioner to China, 1852-54; general in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; Representative
from Kentucky in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65.
Slaveowner.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., March
28, 1872 (age 60 years, 75
days).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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Solomon P. Sharp (1780-1825) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., 1780.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1809; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1813-17 (at-large 1813-15, 6th
District 1815-17); Kentucky
state attorney general, 1821-25.
Slaveowner.
Stabbed
and killed,
by Jereboam O. Beauchamp, in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., November
7, 1825 (age about 45
years).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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Samuel McKee (1774-1826) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Augusta County (part now in Rockbridge
County), Va., October
13, 1774.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1802; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1809-17 (2nd District 1809-13,
at-large 1813-15, 7th District 1815-17).
Slaveowner.
Died October
16, 1826 (age 52 years, 3
days).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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Thomas Todd (1765-1826) —
of Kentucky.
Born in King and
Queen County, Va., January
23, 1765.
Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1807-26.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died February
7, 1826 (age 61 years, 15
days).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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Presley Neville O'Bannon (1776-1850) —
also known as "The Hero of Deme" —
of Russellville, Logan
County, Ky.
Born in Fauquier
County, Va., 1776.
During the war against the Barbary pirates, as lieutenant, he led a
detachment of U.S. Marines and assorted mercenaries to Deme, in North
Africa, in 1805, to rescue an American crew held captive by the Pasha
of Tripoli; the words "to the shores of Tripoli" in the Marine Hymn
commemorate these events; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1812, 1817, 1820-21; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1824-26.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Henry
County, Ky., September
12, 1850 (age about 74
years).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1919 at
Frankfort Cemetery.
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John Milton Elliott (1820-1879) —
also known as John M. Elliott —
of Prestonsburg, Floyd
County, Ky.
Born in Scott
County, Va., May 20,
1820.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1847, 1860-61; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1853-59; Delegate
from Kentucky to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Representative
from Kentucky in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; circuit judge
in Kentucky, 1868-74; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1876-79; died in office 1879.
Expelled
from the Kentucky legislature in 1861 for supporting
the Confederacy.
Slaveowner.
Shot
and killed by
Col. Thomas Buford, in front of the ladies' entrance to the Capitol
Hotel,
in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., March
26, 1879 (age 58 years, 310
days).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery; statue at Boyd
County Courthouse Grounds, Catlettsburg, Ky.
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Maurice Hudson Thatcher (1870-1973) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
15, 1870.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1923-33; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1928;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1932.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
6, 1973 (age 102 years,
144 days).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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John Calvin Mason (1802-1865) —
of Owingsville, Bath
County, Ky.
Born near Mt. Sterling, Montgomery
County, Ky., August
4, 1802.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1839; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 9th District, 1849-53, 1857-59;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1856,
1860.
Slaveowner.
Died while en route from Texas to Kentucky, on board a
steamer on the Mississippi River, near New Orleans (unknown
parish), La., August, 1865
(age about
62 years).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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Thomas Young Fitzpatrick (1850-1906) —
also known as Thomas Y. Fitzpatrick —
of Prestonsburg, Floyd
County, Ky.
Born near Prestonsburg, Floyd
County, Ky., September
20, 1850.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1880; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1897-1901.
Died in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., January
21, 1906 (age 55 years, 123
days).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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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.
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Bailey Peyton Wootton (1870-1949) —
also known as Bailey P. Wootton —
of Hazard, Perry
County, Ky.
Born in Muhlenberg
County, Ky., May 20,
1870.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1916;
Kentucky
state attorney general, 1932-36; candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 1935.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of cancer,
in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., April
16, 1949 (age 78 years, 331
days).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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Harry Lee Waterfield (1911-1988) —
of Clinton, Hickman
County, Ky.
Born in Calloway
County, Ky., January
19, 1911.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1938-47, 1950-51; Speaker of
the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1944-46; candidate
for Governor of
Kentucky, 1947, 1959 (Democratic); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1948,
1956,
1964;
Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1955-59, 1963-67; secretary of
Kentucky Democratic Party, 1956-60.
Christian.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died in 1988
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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Henry Crist (1764-1844) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Fredericksburg,
Va., October
20, 1764.
Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1800; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1809-11.
Slaveowner.
Died near Shepherdsville, Bullitt
County, Ky., August
11, 1844 (age 79 years, 296
days).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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Thomas Francis Marshall (1801-1864) —
of Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., June 7,
1801.
Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1832-36, 1838-39, 1854; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1841-43; served in
the U.S. Army during the Mexican War.
Slaveowner.
Died near Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky., September
22, 1864 (age 63 years, 107
days).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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Edmund Haynes Taylor Jr. (1830-1923) —
also known as Edmund H. Taylor, Jr. —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born in 1830.
Democrat. Mayor
of Frankfort, Ky., 1871-77, 1881-90; member of Kentucky
state senate 20th District, 1902-04.
Died in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., January
19, 1923 (age about 92
years).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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John Caldwell (1757-1804) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Prince
Edward County, Va., 1757.
Member of Kentucky
state senate, 1792; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1804; died in office 1804.
Died, of an "inflammation of the brain" (probably a stroke),
while presiding over the Kentucky State
Senate, at the then state
capitol building, Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., 1804
(age about
47 years).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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Mason Brown (1799-1867) —
of Maysville, Mason
County, Ky.; Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
10, 1799.
Democrat. Lawyer;
circuit judge in Kentucky, 1839-49; secretary
of state of Kentucky, 1855-59; Kentucky
state treasurer, 1865-67.
Died in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., January
27, 1867 (age 67 years, 78
days).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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James Hervey Hazelrigg (1848-1924) —
of Mt. Sterling, Montgomery
County, Ky.
Born in Montgomery
County, Ky., December
6, 1848.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; county judge in
Kentucky, 1882-86; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1893-1900.
Died in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., November
28, 1924 (age 75 years, 358
days).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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Daniel Boone (1734-1820) —
Born in Berks
County, Pa., November
2, 1734.
Explorer and frontiersman; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1781, 1787.
English
and Welsh
ancestry.
Died in St. Charles
County, Mo., September
26, 1820 (age 85 years, 329
days).
Original interment at a private or family graveyard, St. Charles County, Mo.;
reinterment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Rebecca Ann Bryan; father of Jessie
Bryan Boone and Nathan
Boone; grandfather of Harriett Morgan Boone (who married Hiram
Howell Baber); granduncle of Levi
Day Boone; second great-grandfather of Elmer
Charless Henderson. |
| | | Political families: Thomas-Smith-Irwin
family of Pennsylvania; Boone
family of St. Charles County, Missouri (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Boone counties in Ark., Ill., Ind., Ky., Mo., Neb. and W.Va. are
named for him. |
| | | The Daniel Boone National
Forest (established 1937 as Cumberland National Forest; renamed
1966), in Bath,
Clay,
Estill,
Harlan,
Jackson,
Knox,
Laurel,
Lee,
Leslie,
McCreary,
Menifee,
Morgan,
Owsley,
Perry,
Powell,
Pulaski,
Rockcastle,
Rowan,
Wayne,
Whitley,
and Wolfe
counties, Kentucky, is named for
him. — Boone Dam
(built 1950-52), on the South Fork Holston River, in Sullivan
and Washington
counties, Tennessee, and the Boone Lake
reservoir behind the dam, are named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Charles Thomas Easterly (1940-2005) —
also known as Tom Easterly —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.; Florida; Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, April
21, 1940.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer; insurance
agent; member of Kentucky
state senate 20th District, 1974-82; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1978, 1980; member of
Florida
state house of representatives, 1988-90.
Killed in a car
crash on Interstate 64 near Hurricane, Putnam
County, W.Va., June 15,
2005 (age 65 years, 55
days).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Edgar Easterly. |
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Stephen Fitzjames Trabue (1819-1898) —
of Kentucky.
Born in 1819.
Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1847 (8th District), 1872 (7th
District).
Died in 1898
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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John Simpson (d. 1813) —
of Shelby
County, Ky.
Born in Virginia.
Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1806-11; served in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812.
Killed in the Battle
of River Raisin, in Frenchtown (now Monroe), Monroe
County, Mich., January
22, 1813.
Original interment somewhere in Monroe, Mich.; reinterment in 1834 at Frankfort
Cemetery.
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Bland Ballard (1761-1853) —
of Shelby
County, Ky.
Born in Fredericksburg,
Va., October
16, 1761.
Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1800-05; served in the U.S.
Army during the War of 1812.
Died September
5, 1853 (age 91 years, 324
days).
Original interment somewhere in Shelbyville, Ky.; reinterment in 1854 at Frankfort
Cemetery.
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Henry Clay Jr. (1811-1847) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., April
10, 1811.
Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1835-37; colonel in the U.S. Army
during the Mexican War.
Episcopalian.
Killed
in action at the Battle of Buena Vista, Buena Vista, Coahuila,
February
23, 1847 (age 35 years, 319
days).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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William Harvey May (1908-1986) —
also known as William H. May —
of Prestonsburg, Floyd
County, Ky.; Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born in Prestonsburg, Floyd
County, Ky., May 6,
1908.
Democrat. Kentucky
commissioner of agriculture, 1940-43; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1943, 1947; his companies did engineering
and design work on Kentucky turnpikes; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1960,
1964.
Died in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., October
16, 1986 (age 78 years, 163
days).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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Robert C. Yount (1909-1989) —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born in Benson Valley, Franklin
County, Ky., April
21, 1909.
Democrat. College band
director, newspaper
circulation manager; garage
owner; real estate
business; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; mayor
of Frankfort, Ky., 1953-57.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Kiwanis.
Died in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., July 19,
1989 (age 80 years, 89
days).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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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.
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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.
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Thomas Leonidas Crittenden (1819-1893) —
also known as Thomas L. Crittenden —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Russellville, Logan
County, Ky., May 15,
1819.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S. Consul in Liverpool, 1849-53; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War.
Died in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., October
23, 1893 (age 74 years, 161
days).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Sarah O. (Lee) Crittenden and John
Jordan Crittenden; married to Catherine Lucy Todd; nephew of Thomas
Turpin Crittenden and Robert
Crittenden; grandson of John
Crittenden; first cousin of Alexander
Parker Crittenden and Thomas
Theodore Crittenden; first cousin once removed of Thomas
Theodore Crittenden Jr.; first cousin thrice removed of Thomas
Jefferson; second cousin once removed of Howell
Cobb (1772-1818) and Zachary
Taylor; second cousin twice removed of Richard
Henry Lee, Francis
Lightfoot Lee, Arthur
Lee, Martha
Jefferson Randolph and Dabney
Carr; second cousin thrice removed of Howell
Lewis; third cousin of Howell
Cobb (1815-1868) and Thomas
Reade Rootes Cobb; third cousin once removed of Thomas
Sim Lee, Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee, Edmund
Jennings Lee, Francis
Wayles Eppes, Dabney
Smith Carr, Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph and George
Wythe Randolph; third cousin twice removed of Meriwether
Lewis, Elliot
Woolfolk Major and Edgar
Bailey Woolfolk; third cousin thrice removed of George
Washington; fourth cousin of John
Lee, Thomas
Jefferson Coolidge and Frederick
Madison Roberts; fourth cousin once removed of Hancock
Lee Jackson, David
Shelby Walker, Fitzhugh
Lee, Francis
Preston Blair Lee, John
Gardner Coolidge and Edith
Wilson. |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Lee-Randolph
family (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Alexander Holton (1786-1869) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., December
27, 1786.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Kentucky
state legislature, 1848.
Died June 14,
1869 (age 82 years, 169
days).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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Walter Franklin Brawner (1873-1934) —
also known as Walter Brawner —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., October
28, 1873.
Democrat. Brick
contractor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arizona, 1912,
1924;
Phoenix chief
of police.
Died, of complications of appendicitis
surgery, in St. Joseph's Hospital,
Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., May 27,
1934 (age 60 years, 211
days).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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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.
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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.
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James Bigstaff O'Rear (1892-1975) —
also known as James B. O'Rear —
of Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky.
Born in Montgomery
County, Ky., June 19,
1892.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,
1960.
Died in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., April
19, 1975 (age 82 years, 304
days).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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Laura Ferguson Waterfield (1911-1991) —
also known as Laura Ferguson; Mrs. Harry Lee
Waterfield —
of Clinton, Hickman
County, Ky.
Born December
24, 1911.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kentucky, 1944.
Female.
Died July 6,
1991 (age 79 years, 194
days).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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Ida Lee Willis (b. 1897) —
also known as Idah Lee Millis; Mrs. S. S.
Willis —
of Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky.
Born in Boyd
County, Ky., December
24, 1897.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kentucky, 1932.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery.
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Old State Capitol
Grounds
Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky
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William Justus Goebel (1856-1900) —
also known as William J. Goebel; "Boss Bill";
"The Kenton King"; "William the
Conqueror" —
of Kentucky.
Born in Sullivan
County, Pa., January
4, 1856.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state senate, 1887-99; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1888;
delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1890-91; Governor of
Kentucky, 1900; died in office 1900.
In 1895, he killed a factional rival, John Stanford, in a political
quarrel; never tried.
While contesting the outcome of a gubernatorial election, was shot and
mortally
wounded in front of the old Kentucky State
Capitol; he was declared elected and sworn in as Governor before
he died four days later, in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., February
3, 1900 (age 44 years, 30
days).
Interment at Frankfort Cemetery; statue at
Old State Capitol Grounds.
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