Index to Locations
Private or family graveyards
Henderson Unknown location
Henderson Fernwood Cemetery
Private or family
graveyard
Henderson County, Kentucky
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Samuel Hopkins (1753-1819) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., April 9,
1753.
Democrat. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1800-01, 1803-06; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1809-13; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky at-large, 1813-15.
Slaveowner.
Died near Henderson, Henderson
County, Ky., September
16, 1819 (age 66 years, 160
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Location
Henderson, Henderson County, Kentucky
Fernwood
Cemetery
Henderson, Henderson County, Kentucky
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Lazarus Whitehead Powell (1812-1867) —
also known as Lazarus W. Powell —
of Henderson, Henderson
County, Ky.
Born near Henderson, Henderson
County, Ky., October
6, 1812.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of Archibald
Dixon, 1835-39; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1836; Democratic candidate for
Presidential Elector for Kentucky, 1844;
Governor
of Kentucky, 1851-55; defeated, 1848; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1859-65; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1864.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Slaveowner.
Died near Henderson, Henderson
County, Ky., July 3,
1867 (age 54 years, 270
days).
Interment at Fernwood Cemetery.
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Archibald Dixon (1802-1876) —
of Henderson, Henderson
County, Ky.
Born near Redhouse, Caswell
County, N.C., April 2,
1802.
Whig. Lawyer; law
partner of Lazarus
Powell, 1835-39; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1844-48; candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 1851; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1851-55.
Slaveowner.
Died in Henderson, Henderson
County, Ky., April
23, 1876 (age 74 years, 21
days).
Interment at Fernwood Cemetery.
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John Young Brown (1835-1904) —
also known as John Y. Brown —
of Elizabethtown, Hardin
County, Ky.; Henderson, Henderson
County, Ky.
Born in Claysville, Hardin
County, Ky., June 28,
1835.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1859-61, 1873-77 (5th District
1859-61, 2nd District 1873-77); defeated, 1896; Governor of
Kentucky, 1891-95.
Presbyterian.
Died in Henderson, Henderson
County, Ky., January
11, 1904 (age 68 years, 197
days).
Interment at Fernwood Cemetery.
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John Watkins Crockett (1818-1874) —
of Henderson
County, Ky.
Born in Jessamine
County, Ky., May 17,
1818.
Delegate
to Kentucky secession convention, 1861; Representative
from Kentucky in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64.
Died in Madisonville, Hopkins
County, Ky., June 20,
1874 (age 56 years, 34
days).
Interment at Fernwood Cemetery.
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James Franklin Clay (1840-1921) —
also known as James F. Clay —
of Kentucky.
Born in Henderson, Henderson
County, Ky., October
29, 1840.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state senate, 1870; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1883-85.
Died in Henderson, Henderson
County, Ky., August
17, 1921 (age 80 years, 292
days).
Interment at Fernwood Cemetery.
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John Lloyd Dorsey Jr. (1891-1960) —
also known as John L. Dorsey, Jr. —
of Henderson, Henderson
County, Ky.
Born in Henderson, Henderson
County, Ky., August
10, 1891.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1930-31.
Died in Henderson, Henderson
County, Ky., March
22, 1960 (age 68 years, 225
days).
Interment at Fernwood Cemetery.
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J. Alvis Clore (1892-1959) —
of Henderson, Henderson
County, Ky.
Born March
22, 1892.
Democrat. Mayor
of Henderson, Ky., 1942-46; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 14th District, 1958-59.
Died February
19, 1959 (age 66 years, 334
days).
Interment at Fernwood Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of John Oscar Clore and Julia (Alvia) Clore. |
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Otis A. Benton, Sr. (1882-1963) —
of Henderson, Henderson
County, Ky.
Born March
10, 1882.
Mayor
of Henderson, Ky., 1950-54.
Died November
10, 1963 (age 81 years, 245
days).
Interment at Fernwood Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of William Tell Benton and Lura Ida (Walden) Benton. |
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Fielding Jones Pentecost (1876-1951) —
of Henderson, Henderson
County, Ky.
Born in Corydon, Henderson
County, Ky., September
11, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1928.
Died in Benton, Marshall
County, Ky., August
6, 1951 (age 74 years, 329
days).
Interment at Fernwood Cemetery.
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George S. Clay (1903-1975) —
of Henderson, Henderson
County, Ky.
Born June 20,
1903.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 11th District, 1936-39.
Died September
25, 1975 (age 72 years, 97
days).
Interment at Fernwood Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of James E. Clay and Lillian (Stoner) Clay. |
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