Index to Locations
Cynthiana Battle Grove Cemetery
Battle Grove
Cemetery
Cynthiana, Harrison County, Kentucky
Politicians buried
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Marcus Aurelius Smith (1851-1924) —
also known as Marcus A. Smith; Mark A.
Smith —
of Tombstone, Cochise
County, Ariz.; Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born near Cynthiana, Harrison
County, Ky., January
24, 1851.
Democrat. Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Arizona Territory, 1887-95, 1897-99,
1901-03, 1905-09; U.S.
Senator from Arizona, 1912-21; defeated, 1920.
Died, from heart
disease, in his hotel
room at Washington,
D.C., April 7,
1924 (age 73 years, 74
days).
Interment at Battle Grove Cemetery.
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Mac Swinford (1899-1975) —
Born in Cynthiana, Harrison
County, Ky., December
23, 1899.
Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1926-29; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, 1933-37; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky, 1937-75;
died in office 1975; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky, 1937-75;
died in office 1975.
Died, in Cincinnati General Hospital,
Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, February
3, 1975 (age 75 years, 42
days).
Interment at Battle Grove Cemetery.
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Andrew Jackson Beale (1831-1909) —
also known as Andrew J. Beale —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.; Cynthiana, Harrison
County, Ky.
Born in Fairfax
County, Va., March
19, 1831.
Physician;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; mayor
of Oklahoma City, Okla., 1889-90.
Died in Cynthiana, Harrison
County, Ky., January
4, 1909 (age 77 years, 291
days).
Interment at Battle Grove Cemetery.
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Andrew Harrison Ward (1815-1904) —
also known as Andrew H. Ward —
of Cynthiana, Harrison
County, Ky.
Born in Kentucky, 1815.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1850; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1866-67.
Slaveowner.
Died in 1904
(age about
89 years).
Interment at Battle Grove Cemetery.
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Thomas Jefferson Megibben (1831-1890) —
also known as Thomas J. Megibben —
Born in Neville, Clermont
County, Ohio, March
28, 1831.
Democrat. Distiller;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1871-73, 1875-77; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1879; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1880,
1884.
Died in Cynthiana, Harrison
County, Ky., January
23, 1890 (age 58 years, 301
days).
Interment at Battle Grove Cemetery.
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Presumably named
for: Thomas
Jefferson |
|  | Relatives: Son of William Megibben and
Emily Gelvin Megibben; married, June 23,
1853, to Elizabeth J. David. |
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Martha Dee Todd (1858-1909) —
also known as M. D. Todd —
of Cynthiana, Harrison
County, Ky.
Born in Kentucky, September
19, 1858.
Postmaster at Cynthiana,
Ky., 1887-93.
Female.
Died in Harrison
County, Ky., January
12, 1909 (age 50 years, 115
days).
Interment at Battle Grove Cemetery.
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Orie LeBus (1860-1941) —
of Cynthiana, Harrison
County, Ky.
Born in Harrison
County, Ky., October
13, 1860.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,
1928,
1940.
Died in Cynthiana, Harrison
County, Ky., April
11, 1941 (age 80 years, 180
days).
Interment at Battle Grove Cemetery.
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Clarence Prentice Lebus (1891-1968) —
also known as C. P. Lebus —
of Cynthiana, Harrison
County, Ky.
Born November
1, 1891.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,
1948.
Died May 2,
1968 (age 76 years, 183
days).
Interment at Battle Grove Cemetery.
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John Thaxter Sims (d. 1978) —
also known as J. Thaxter Sims —
of Mt. Olivet, Robertson
County, Ky.; Cynthiana, Harrison
County, Ky.
Democrat. Lawyer; Robertson
County Attorney, 1930-33; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1932
(alternate), 1960,
1964.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Fayette
County, Ky., October
17, 1978.
Interment at Battle Grove Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Sallie Worthington. |
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