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Index to Locations
Private or family graveyards
Louisville Unknown location
Louisville Bullitt Family Cemetery
Louisville Calvary Cemetery
Louisville Cave Hill Cemetery
Louisville City Cemetery
Louisville Eastern Cemetery
Louisville Oxmoor-Bullitt Family
Cemetery
Louisville Resthaven Memorial
Cemetery
Louisville St. John's Cemetery
Louisville St. Louis Cemetery
Louisville St. Michael's Cemetery
Louisville University of Louisville Law
School
Louisville West Main Street
Louisville Zachary Taylor National
Cemetery
Private or family
graveyards
Jefferson County, Kentucky
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Richard Clough Anderson Jr. (1788-1826) —
also known as Richard C. Anderson, Jr. —
of Kentucky.
Born near Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., August
4, 1788.
Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1814-15, 1821-22; Speaker of
the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1822; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1817-21; U.S. Minister
to Gran Colombia, 1823-26, died in office 1826.
Slaveowner.
Died, of yellow
fever, near Cartagena, Colombia,
July
24, 1826 (age 37 years, 354
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Stephen Ormsby (1759-1844) —
of Kentucky.
Born in County Sligo, Ireland,
1759.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1811-13, 1813-17 (3rd District
1811-13, at-large 1813-15, 8th District 1815-17).
Slaveowner.
Died near Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., 1844
(age about
85 years).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Robert Breckinridge (1754-1833) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Virginia, 1754.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Speaker of
the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1792-95.
Died in 1833
(age about
79 years).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Unknown
Location
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
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Thomas Needham Hazelip (1877-1950) —
also known as Thomas N. Hazelip —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.
Born in Munfordville, Hart
County, Ky., April 6,
1877.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Paducah, Ky., 1912-15; defeated, 1919.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., November
12, 1950 (age 73 years, 220
days).
Interment somewhere.
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Bullitt Family
Cemetery
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Calvary
Cemetery
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
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William Brown Stansbury (1923-1985) —
also known as William B. Stansbury —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Corydon, Harrison
County, Ind., March
18, 1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; chair of
Jefferson County Democratic Party, 1968-76; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1977-81; in 1978, during a firemen's strike,
he left the city, saying that he was going to a conference in
Atlanta; instead, he went to New Orleans for a tryst
with his administrative assistant; the scandal
led to an effort to impeach
him; soon after, a city official pleaded guilty to extorting
$16,000 from local businessmen; when questioned by a federal grand
jury as to whether this money came to his campaign
or to him personally, Stansbury refused to answer, claiming the Fifth
Amendment right against self-incrimination.
Member, Delta
Upsilon; American Bar
Association.
While crossing Bardstown Road to enter St. Francis of Assisi Church,
he was hit by a
car, and died soon after, in Humana Hospital-University,
Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., April 4,
1985 (age 62 years, 17
days); His mother was killed in the same accident, and his wife
was injured.
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Louis Joseph Herrmann (1891-1968) —
also known as Louis Herrmann —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born September
22, 1891.
Vice-Consul
for Belgium in Louisville,
Ky., 1919-22.
Died August
1, 1968 (age 76 years, 314
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Donald Dean Noble (1936-2005) —
also known as Donald D. Noble —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., March 3,
1936.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,
1968;
member, Louisville Board of Alderman, 1968-70.
Catholic.
Died, of cancer,
April
29, 2005 (age 69 years, 57
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Cave Hill
Cemetery
701 Baxter Avenue
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Founded 1848
Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1979
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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James Guthrie (1792-1869) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born near Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky., December
5, 1792.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1827-29; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1831-40; delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1853-57; president, Louisville and
Nashville Railroad,
1860-68; president,
University of Louisville; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1860;
candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1864;
U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1865-68.
Slaveowner.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., March
13, 1869 (age 76 years, 98
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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James Speed (1812-1887) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Jefferson
County, Ky., March
11, 1812.
Republican. Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1847; candidate
for delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1861-63; U.S.
Attorney General, 1864-66; candidate for Republican nomination
for Vice President, 1868;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1870; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1872.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., June 25,
1887 (age 75 years, 106
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Charles Donald Jacob (1838-1898) —
also known as Charles D. Jacob —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born June 1,
1838.
Democrat. Mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1873-79, 1882-84, 1888-90; U.S. Minister to
Colombia, 1885-86; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1888.
Died December
25, 1898 (age 60 years, 207
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Frederick A. Kaye (1796-1866) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., April
21, 1796.
Whig. Mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1837-41, 1844-47.
Died in Breckinridge
County, Ky., April
29, 1866 (age 70 years, 8
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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John George Baxter Jr. (1826-1885) —
also known as John G. Baxter —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., December
12, 1826.
Democrat. Mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1870-73, 1879-81; defeated, 1875.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., March
30, 1885 (age 58 years, 108
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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John C. Bucklin (1773-1844) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., 1773.
Mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1828-34.
Unitarian.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., March 5,
1844 (age about 70
years).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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John Millbank Delph (1805-1891) —
also known as John M. Delph —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Madison
County, Va., August
18, 1805.
Carpenter;
real
estate business; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1850-52, 1861-63; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1870.
Baptist.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., December
16, 1891 (age 86 years, 120
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Henry S. Tyler (1851-1896) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., September
20, 1851.
Democrat. Insurance
business; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1891-96; died in office 1896.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., January
14, 1896 (age 44 years, 116
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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James Smith Lithgow (1812-1902) —
also known as James S. Lithgow —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., November
29, 1812.
Democrat. Coppersmith;
mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1865-67; resigned 1867.
Methodist.
Died February
21, 1902 (age 89 years, 84
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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William Stanton Pilcher (1803-1858) —
also known as William S. Pilcher —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Stafford
County, Va., January
5, 1803.
Candidate for Kentucky
state attorney general, 1844; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1857-58; died in office 1858.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., August
14, 1858 (age 55 years, 221
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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David L. Beatty (1798-1881) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Bourbon
County, Ky., December
3, 1798.
Machinist;
iron foundry
foreman; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1841-44.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., February
21, 1881 (age 82 years, 80
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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James Biddle Eustis (1834-1899) —
also known as James B. Eustis —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., August
27, 1834.
Democrat. Member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1870; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1874; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1876-79, 1885-91; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1893-97.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., September
9, 1899 (age 65 years, 13
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Robert Worth Bingham (1871-1937) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Glenview, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Orange
County, N.C., November
8, 1871.
Lawyer;
publisher of Louisville Courier-Journal newspaper;
mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1907; Republican candidate for Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1910; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1911;
U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1933-37.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of
the American Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Tau Omega.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., December
18, 1937 (age 66 years, 40
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Bruce Hoblitzell (1887-1970) —
also known as "Mr. Hobby" —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., June 25,
1887.
Democrat. Real estate
agent; Jefferson
County Sheriff; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1957-61.
Died August
11, 1970 (age 83 years, 47
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Thomas Howell Crawford (1803-1871) —
also known as Thomas H. Crawford —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Rockbridge
County, Va., March 1,
1803.
Real
estate agent; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1859-61; defeated (Union), 1863; banker.
Died as a result of a gas
explosion at his home, in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., June 17,
1871 (age 68 years, 108
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Charles F. Grainger (1854-1923) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., January
23, 1854.
Democrat. Iron foundry
business; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1901-05; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1904.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., April
13, 1923 (age 69 years, 80
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Frederic Moseley Sackett Jr. (1868-1941) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., December
17, 1868.
Republican. Lawyer;
president, Louisville Gas Co.
and Louisville Lighting
Co., 1907-12; president, Pioneer Coal Co.
and Black Star Coal Co.;;
U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1925-30; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 1928
(chair, Committee
on Permanent Organization); U.S. Ambassador to Germany, 1930-33.
Unitarian.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., May 18,
1941 (age 72 years, 152
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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William Benjamin Harrison (1889-1948) —
also known as William B. Harrison —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., July 28,
1889.
Republican. Insurance
adjuster; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
secretary-treasurer, Foundry
Products Co.; president, Kentucky Refrigerating Co.; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1927-33; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 1928,
1932,
1936
(alternate); candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 1931.
Presbyterian.
Member, Zeta
Psi.
Died, from lung
cancer, in Wequetonsing, Emmet
County, Mich., July 13,
1948 (age 58 years, 351
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Andrew Broaddus (1900-1972) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., May 15,
1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; laundry
business; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1953-57.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., September
7, 1972 (age 72 years, 115
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Kenneth Albert Schmied (1911-1973) —
also known as Kenneth A. Schmied —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born July 11,
1911.
Republican. Furniture
business; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1965-69; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 1972.
Swiss
ancestry.
Died April 5,
1973 (age 61 years, 268
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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John Joyes (1799-1877) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., January
8, 1799.
Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1827; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1834-36.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., May 31,
1877 (age 78 years, 143
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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John Barbee (1815-1888) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Pewee Valley, Oldham
County, Ky., September
16, 1815.
Mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1855-57.
Died December
22, 1888 (age 73 years, 97
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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William Kaye (1813-1890) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Yorkshire, England,
February
13, 1813.
Machinist;
founder and owner of the Kaye & Company brass works;
bell
manufacturer; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1863-65.
Died November
19, 1890 (age 77 years, 279
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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William O. Head (1859-1931) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Providence, Webster
County, Ky., July 29,
1859.
Democrat. Tobacco
warehouser; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1894; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1909-13; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1912,
1916.
Died in Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla., April
19, 1931 (age 71 years, 264
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of John Wilson Head and Mary (Headly) Head. |
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article |
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George Weissinger Smith (1864-1931) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., October
10, 1864.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1898; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1917-21.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., January
28, 1931 (age 66 years, 110
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Charles P. Weaver (1851-1932) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., March
14, 1851.
Democrat. Postmaster;
member of Kentucky
Democratic State Central Committee, 1894-96; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1897-1901.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., November
21, 1932 (age 81 years, 252
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Edward Leland Taylor (1885-1948) —
also known as E. Leland Taylor —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., April
10, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real estate
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kentucky, 1940;
mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1945-48.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died February
16, 1948 (age 62 years, 312
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Paul Booker Reed (1842-1913) —
also known as P. Booker Reed —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., October
7, 1842.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1885-87.
Died in Fort Macleod, Alberta,
November
9, 1913 (age 71 years, 33
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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James Fontleroy Grinstead (1845-1921) —
also known as James F. Grinstead; "Honest
Jim" —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Glasgow, Barren
County, Ky., November
15, 1845.
Republican. Wholesale
grocer; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1907-09; Jefferson
County Commissioner, 1917-21.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., November
13, 1921 (age 75 years, 363
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Arthur A. Will (1871-1940) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., May 22,
1871.
Republican. Builder;
mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1925-27.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Pewee Valley, Oldham
County, Ky., October
8, 1940 (age 69 years, 139
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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William Owen Cowger (1922-1971) —
also known as William O. Cowger —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Hastings, Adams
County, Neb., January
1, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; banker;
candidate for Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1948; member of Kentucky
Republican State Central Committee, 1956-71; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1961-65; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1967-71; defeated,
1970.
Presbyterian.
Member, Jaycees;
Urban
League; American
Legion.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., October
2, 1971 (age 49 years, 274
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Joseph D. Scholtz (1890-1972) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., January
16, 1890.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1937-41; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1940;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II; postmaster at Louisville,
Ky., 1947-60 (acting, 1947).
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., September
25, 1972 (age 82 years, 253
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Neville Miller (1894-1977) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., February
17, 1894.
Democrat. Lawyer;
first dean,
University of Louisville School of Law, 1930-33; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1933-37; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1936;
president of the National Association of Broadcasters,
1938-44.
Presbyterian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
27, 1977 (age 83 years, 38
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Charles Rowland Peaslee Farnsley (1907-1990) —
also known as Charles P. Farnsley; Charlie
Farnsley —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Glenview, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., March
28, 1907.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Kentucky convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; member of
Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1936-40; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1940; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1940
(alternate), 1948,
1952;
mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1948-53; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1965-67; defeated in
primary, 1932 (at-large), 1934 (3rd District).
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Society
of Colonial Wars; Delta
Upsilon; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died, from Alzheimer's
disease, at Brownsboro Hills Nursing
Home, Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., June 19,
1990 (age 83 years, 83
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Cave Hill Cemetery; statue at West Main Street.
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Wilson W. Wyatt (1905-1996) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., November
21, 1905.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1941-45; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1948,
1952,
1960;
Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1959-63; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1962; member of Democratic
National Committee from Kentucky, 1963.
Presbyterian.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; American Bar
Association; Rotary.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., June 11,
1996 (age 90 years, 203
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard H. Wyatt and Mary (Watkins) Wyatt; married, June 14,
1930, to Anne Kinnaird Duncan. |
| | | Wyatt Hall (built 1939, named 1995), which
houses the law school at the University
of Louisville, Louisville,
Kentucky, is named for
him. — Wyatt Hall (including theaters
and an art
gallery), at Bellarmine University,
Louisville,
Kentucky, is named for
him. |
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article |
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William L. Lyons (1857-1911) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., June 3,
1857.
Mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1890.
Died in Kenosha, Kenosha
County, Wis., June 2,
1911 (age 53 years, 364
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Robert Emmet King (1848-1921) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in 1848.
Republican. Undertaker;
mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1896.
Died November
11, 1921 (age about 73
years).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Joseph Thomas O'Neal (1881-1944) —
also known as Joseph T. O'Neal —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., August
13, 1881.
Democrat. Mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1927; defeated, 1927; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1928.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., September
4, 1944 (age 63 years, 22
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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John McKinley (1780-1852) —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.; Florence, Lauderdale
County, Ala.
Born in Culpeper
County, Va., May 1,
1780.
Member of Alabama state legislature, 1820; U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1826-31, 1837; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1833-35; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1837-52; died in office 1852.
Slaveowner.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., July 19,
1852 (age 72 years, 79
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Whiteside Godfrey Hunter (1841-1917) —
also known as W. Godfrey Hunter —
of Burkesville, Cumberland
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born near Belfast, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), December
25, 1841.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; served in the Union Army during
the Civil War; physician;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1874; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kentucky, 1880,
1892,
1896
(Convention
Vice-President); U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1887-89, 1895-97, 1903-05 (3rd
District 1887-89, 1895-97, 11th District 1903-05); defeated, 1892,
1896; U.S. Minister to Guatemala, 1897-1903; Honduras, 1897.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., November
2, 1917 (age 75 years, 312
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Shackelford Miller Jr. (1892-1965) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., September
4, 1892.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky, 1939-45; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1945-65; took
senior status 1965.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died November
24, 1965 (age 73 years, 81
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Albert Shelby Willis (1843-1897) —
also known as Albert S. Willis —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Shelbyville, Shelby
County, Ky., January
22, 1843.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1877-87; U.S. Minister
to Hawaiian Islands, 1893-97, died in office 1897.
Died in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, January
6, 1897 (age 53 years, 350
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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David Meriwether (1800-1893) —
Born in Louisa
County, Va., October
30, 1800.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1832; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1847, 1851; delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; secretary
of state of Kentucky, 1851-52; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1852; Governor
of New Mexico Territory, 1853-57; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1858-85; Speaker of
the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1859.
Slaveowner.
Died near Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., April 4,
1893 (age 92 years, 156
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Thruston Ballard Morton (1907-1982) —
also known as Thruston B. Morton —
of Glenview, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., August
19, 1907.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1947-53; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1948,
1952,
1956;
speaker, 1956,
1960;
U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1957-69; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1959-61.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., August
14, 1982 (age 74 years, 360
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Augustus Everett Willson (1846-1931) —
also known as Augustus E. Willson —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Maysville, Mason
County, Ky., October
13, 1846.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of John
Marshall Harlan, and later, of Mr. Shirley
M. Crawford; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kentucky, 1884,
1888,
1892,
1904,
1908,
1916;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1892; Governor of
Kentucky, 1907-11; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1914.
Presbyterian.
Died, from lobar
pneumonia, in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., August
24, 1931 (age 84 years, 315
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Thomas Elliott Bramlette (1817-1875) —
also known as Thomas E. Bramlette —
of Kentucky.
Born in Cumberland
County, Ky., January
3, 1817.
Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1841; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1853; state court
judge in Kentucky, 1856; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1863; Governor of
Kentucky, 1863-67; received 3 electoral votes for Vice-President,
1872.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., January
12, 1875 (age 58 years, 9
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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William Preston (1816-1887) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born near Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., October
16, 1816.
Lawyer;
delegate to Whig National Convention from Kentucky, 1839 (speaker);
colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1850, 1868-69; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1851-53; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1852-55; defeated,
1854; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1856,
1880
(speaker);
U.S. Minister to Spain, 1859-61; general in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., September
21, 1887 (age 70 years, 340
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Boyd Winchester (1836-1923) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Ascension
Parish, La., September
23, 1836.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state senate, 1867-68; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1869-73; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1880;
U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1885-89.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Slaveowner.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., May 18,
1923 (age 86 years, 237
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Henry Luesing Brooks (1905-1971) —
also known as Henry L. Brooks —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., December
9, 1905.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; circuit judge in
Kentucky, 1946-48; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 1948;
U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky, 1954-69; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1969-71; died in
office 1971.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died December
30, 1971 (age 66 years, 21
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Charles William Buck (1849-1930) —
also known as Charles W. Buck —
of Woodford
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., March
17, 1849.
Lawyer;
U.S. Minister to Peru, 1885-89.
Died in Jefferson
County, Ky., November
30, 1930 (age 81 years, 258
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Emmet O'Neal (1887-1967) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., April
14, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1935-47; defeated,
1946; U.S. Ambassador to Philippines, 1947-48.
Baptist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 18,
1967 (age 80 years, 95
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Walter Evans (1842-1923) —
of Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born near Glasgow, Barren
County, Ky., September
18, 1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1868,
1872,
1880,
1884;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1871; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1873; candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 1879; U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1883-85;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1895-99; defeated,
1876, 1898; U.S.
District Judge for Kentucky, 1899-1923; died in office 1923.
Died December
30, 1923 (age 81 years, 103
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Judson Claudius Clements (1846-1917) —
also known as Judson C. Clements —
of LaFayette, Walker
County, Ga.; Rome, Floyd
County, Ga.; Washington,
D.C.
Born near Villanow, Walker
County, Ga., February
12, 1846.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1872-76; member of Georgia
state senate, 1877; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 7th District, 1881-91; member,
Interstate Commerce Commission, 1892-1917.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 18,
1917 (age 71 years, 126
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Henry Minett (1857-1952) —
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., 1857.
U.S. Navy commander; Governor of
American Samoa.
Died, in Veterans Administration Hospital,
Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., December
20, 1952 (age about 95
years).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Bland Ballard (1819-1879) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Shelby
County, Ky., September
4, 1819.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for Kentucky, 1861-79; died in office 1879.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., July 29,
1879 (age 59 years, 328
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Henry Watterson (1840-1921) —
also known as "Marse Henry" —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
16, 1840.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
editor, Louisville Courier-Journal newspaper;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1876
(Temporary
Chair), 1880
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker),
1884,
1888
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1892;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1876-77; received the
Pulitzer
Prize in Journalism, 1918.
Methodist.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., December
22, 1921 (age 81 years, 309
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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John Watson Barr (1826-1907) —
also known as John W. Barr —
of Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky., December
17, 1826.
Lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
District Judge for Kentucky, 1880-99; retired 1899.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., December
31, 1907 (age 81 years, 14
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of William Barr and Ann (Watson) Barr. |
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Asher Graham Caruth (1844-1907) —
also known as Asher G. Caruth —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Scottsville, Allen
County, Ky., February
7, 1844.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1887-95.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., November
25, 1907 (age 63 years, 291
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Harvey Magee Watterson (1811-1891) —
also known as Harvey M. Watterson —
of Tennessee.
Born in Bedford
County, Tenn., November
23, 1811.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1835; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 9th District, 1839-43; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1845-47; Speaker
of the Tennessee State Senate, 1845-47.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., October
1, 1891 (age 79 years, 312
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Benjamin H. Ridgely (1861-1908) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Caroline
County, Md., July 13,
1861.
Newspaper
editor; U.S. Consul in Geneva, 1893-1900; Malaga, 1900-02; Nantes, 1902-04; U.S. Consul General in Barcelona, 1904-08; Mexico City, 1908, died in office 1908.
Died, from heart
failure, en route to Mexico City, in a
Pullman railroad car at Monterrey, Nuevo
León, October
10, 1908 (age 47 years, 89
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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George Alfred Caldwell (1814-1866) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Columbia, Adair
County, Ky., October
18, 1814.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1839-40; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1843-45, 1849-51;
major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1860.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., September
17, 1866 (age 51 years, 334
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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George Gilmore Gilbert (1849-1909) —
also known as George G. Gilbert —
of Shelbyville, Shelby
County, Ky.
Born in Taylorsville, Spencer
County, Ky., December
24, 1849.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state senate, 1885; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1896;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1899-1907.
Died November
9, 1909 (age 59 years, 320
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Joseph Swagar Sherley (1871-1941) —
also known as J. Swagar Sherley —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., November
28, 1871.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1903-19.
Died in 1941
(age about
69 years).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Oscar Turner (1825-1896) —
of Oscar, Ballard
County, Ky.
Born in Louisiana, 1825.
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1879-85; defeated,
1874, 1876.
Slaveowner.
Died in 1896
(age about
71 years).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Samuel McKee (1833-1898) —
of Mt. Sterling, Montgomery
County, Ky.
Born near Mt. Sterling, Montgomery
County, Ky., November
5, 1833.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1865-69 (9th District 1865-67, 2nd
District 1867-69).
Died December
11, 1898 (age 65 years, 36
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Robert Charles Wickliffe (1874-1912) —
also known as Robert C. Wickliffe —
of St. Francisville, West
Feliciana Parish, La.
Born in Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky., May 1,
1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1898; served in the
U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; district attorney, 24th
Judicial District, 1902-06; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 6th District, 1909-12; died in
office 1912; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Louisiana, 1912.
While walking on the Southern Railway track in Potomac Park, was struck and
killed by a train, in a train, Washington,
D.C., June 11,
1912 (age 38 years, 41
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Theodore Legrand Burnett (1829-1917) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Spencer
County, Ky., November
14, 1829.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; delegate
to Kentucky secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Kentucky to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Representative
from Kentucky in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., October
30, 1917 (age 87 years, 350
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Samuel Bullitt Churchill (1812-1890) —
also known as Samuel B. Churchill —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born near Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., December
6, 1812.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor; postmaster at St.
Louis, Mo., 1842-45; member of Missouri
state senate, 1858; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Missouri, 1860;
secretary
of state of Kentucky, 1867-71, 1879-80.
Episcopalian.
Died, from "brain
congestion", in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., May 14,
1890 (age 77 years, 159
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Oscar Turner (1867-1902) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Kentucky, 1867.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1899-1901.
Died in 1902
(age about
35 years).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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John Marshall Robsion Jr. (1904-1990) —
also known as John M. Robsion, Jr. —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Barbourville, Knox
County, Ky., August
28, 1904.
Republican. State court judge in Kentucky, 1946; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1953-59; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1956,
1960;
candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 1959.
Died in 1990
(age about
85 years).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Thomas Austin Ballantine Jr. (1926-1992) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., September
22, 1926.
Democrat. Lawyer;
circuit judge in Kentucky, 1964-77; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky, 1977-91;
took senior status 1991.
Catholic.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; Urban
League; American Bar
Association.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., February
18, 1992 (age 65 years, 149
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas A. Ballantine and Marie (Peiffer) Ballantine; married, June 10,
1953, to Nancy Adair Armstrong. |
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Edward Young Parsons (1842-1876) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Middletown, Jefferson
County, Ky., December
12, 1842.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1875-76; died in
office 1876.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 8,
1876 (age 33 years, 209
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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William Poindexter Thomasson (1797-1882) —
also known as William P. Thomasson —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Kentucky, 1797.
Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1830; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1843-47.
Slaveowner.
Died in 1882
(age about
85 years).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Richard Hickman Menefee (1809-1841) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Kentucky, 1809.
Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1836-37; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 11th District, 1837-39.
Died in 1841
(age about
32 years).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Fayette County, Ky.; reinterment in
1893 at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Patrick Hamilton Pope (1806-1841) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Kentucky, 1806.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1833-35; member of
Kentucky state legislature, 1840.
Slaveowner.
Died in 1841
(age about
35 years).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Thomas Alexander Harris (1826-1895) —
of Missouri.
Born in 1826.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; Representative
from Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1861-64.
Died in Pewee Valley, Oldham
County, Ky., April 9,
1895 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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John Richard Barret (1825-1903) —
also known as John R. Barret —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Greensburg, Green
County, Ky., August
21, 1825.
Democrat. Member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1852; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1859-60, 1860-61.
Slaveowner.
Died, in the Buckingham Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
2, 1903 (age 78 years, 73
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Horatio Washington Bruce (1830-1903) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born near Vanceburg, Lewis
County, Ky., February
22, 1830.
Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1855; delegate
to Kentucky secession convention, 1861; Representative
from Kentucky in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., January
22, 1903 (age 72 years, 334
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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William Garnett Duncan (1800-1875) —
also known as Garnett Duncan —
of Kentucky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., March 2,
1800.
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1847-49.
Slaveowner.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., May 25,
1875 (age 75 years, 84
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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William Thomas Ward (1808-1878) —
also known as William T. Ward —
of Kentucky.
Born in Virginia, August
9, 1808.
Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Kentucky
state legislature, 1840; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1851-53; general in
the Union Army during the Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Died October
12, 1878 (age 70 years, 64
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Elisha David Standiford (1831-1887) —
of Kentucky.
Born near Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., December
28, 1831.
Democrat. Physician;
farmer;
member of Kentucky
state senate, 1868, 1871; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1873-75; president,
Louisville & Nashville Railroad,
1875-79.
Slaveowner.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., July 26,
1887 (age 55 years, 210
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Harvey Samuel Irwin (1844-1916) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Highland
County, Ohio, December
10, 1844.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1901-03.
Died in Vienna, Fairfax
County, Va., September
3, 1916 (age 71 years, 268
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Sallie A. Hert (1863-1948) —
also known as Sallie Aley; Mrs. Alvin T.
Hert —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born January
10, 1863.
Republican. Member of Republican
National Committee from Kentucky, 1924; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kentucky, 1924,
1928,
1932;
Vice-Chair
of Republican National Committee, 1932.
Female.
Died June 8,
1948 (age 85 years, 150
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Ben L. Bruner —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Republican. Secretary
of state of Kentucky, 1908-12; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1918; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kentucky, 1920.
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Philip Pendleton Ardery (1914-2012) —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., March 6,
1914.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1946; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1956.
Disciples
of Christ; later Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Theta.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., July 26,
2012 (age 98 years, 142
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Samuel Thruston Ballard (1855-1926) —
also known as S. Thruston Ballard —
of Glenview, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., February
11, 1855.
Founder and president of Ballard & Ballard, flour
millers; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1919-23.
Episcopalian.
Died January
18, 1926 (age 70 years, 341
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Nathaniel Wolfe (1810-1865) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Richmond,
Va., October
20, 1810.
Member of Kentucky
state senate, 1853; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1859.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., July 3,
1865 (age 54 years, 256
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Ellsworth Regenstein (c.1878-1957) —
of Fort Thomas, Campbell
County, Ky.
Born in Mason
County, Ky., about 1878.
Republican. Lawyer; Kentucky
superintendent of public instruction, 1910-12; director, Central
Savings Bank,
Newport; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1930; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kentucky, 1932;
organizer and president of the Kentucky Home Life
Insurance Co. in the 1930s.
Episcopalian.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., March
23, 1957 (age about 79
years).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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James Francis Buckner Jr. (1849-1923) —
also known as James F. Buckner —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky., May 6,
1849.
Republican. Lawyer;
U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 5th Kentucky District,
1879; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1880;
Honorary
Consul for Guatemala in Louisville,
Ky., 1896-99; Consul-General
for Central America in Louisville,
Ky., 1897-98; Consul-General
for Honduras in Louisville,
Ky., 1898-1907; Consul-General
for Nicaragua in Louisville,
Ky., 1899-1907.
Died, from angina
pectoris and cerebral
hemorrhage, in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., September
19, 1923 (age 74 years, 136
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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William Birch Haldeman (1846-1924) —
also known as William B. Haldeman —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., July 27,
1846.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; newspaper
editor; member of Kentucky
Democratic State Central Committee, 1884-90; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1896,
1908,
1912;
Adjutant
General of Kentucky, 1911-12; member of Democratic
National Committee from Kentucky, 1918-20.
Presbyterian.
Member, United
Confederate Veterans.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., October
27, 1924 (age 78 years, 92
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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William Burke Belknap (1885-1965) —
also known as William B. Belknap —
of Goshen, Oldham
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., April
18, 1885.
Democrat. Stock
breeder; economist;
college
teacher; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 59th District, 1924-28, 1934-35;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1933.
Member, American
Economic Association; Zeta
Psi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons.
Died September
7, 1965 (age 80 years, 142
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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John Conrad Baumberger (1832-1908) —
also known as J. C. Baumberger; Johann Conrad
Baumberger —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Dübendorf, Zürich, Switzerland,
January
10, 1832.
Wholesale
tobacco business; Consul
for Switzerland in Louisville,
Ky., 1883-87, 1895-1908.
Died, from pneumonia
and influenza,
in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., April
27, 1908 (age 76 years, 108
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Maria Therese Muenchausen. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Louisville
Courier-Journal, August 8, 1897 |
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Hundley Sevier Bonnie (1893-1965) —
also known as Sevier Bonnie —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Jefferson
County, Ky., January
2, 1893.
Honorary
Consul for Belgium in Louisville,
Ky., 1935-59.
Died in Jefferson
County, Ky., March
16, 1965 (age 72 years, 73
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Palen Bonnie and Matilda Maude (Williams) Bonnie; married
to Judith Gentry Farrell. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William R. Attkisson (d. 1941) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state senate 38th District, 1938-41; died in office 1941.
Died June 20,
1941.
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Lafon Allen (1871-1952) —
of Glenview, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., August
2, 1871.
Republican. Lawyer;
circuit judge in Kentucky, 1922-34; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 1936.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died August
3, 1952 (age 81 years, 1
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Charles Earl Sapp (1859-1912) —
also known as Charles E. Sapp —
of Crescent Hill, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Missouri, February
15, 1859.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,
1896,
1900;
U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 5th Kentucky District,
1899-1901.
Republican boss of Louisville, allied with William
S. Taylor; indicted,
with two others, in March 1902, on federal charges
of extorting
payments from federal employees for political
contributions; pleaded
guilty in March 1903, and fined
$500 plus costs.
Died, from double
pneumonia, in St.
Louis, Mo., March
10, 1912 (age 53 years, 24
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Nellie Williamson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Louisville
Courier-Journal, March 11, 1912 |
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Charles Earl Currie (1865-1928) —
also known as Charles E. Currie —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Dayton, Campbell
County, Ky., June 16,
1865.
President, Currie Fertilizer
Co.; Vice-Consul
for Denmark in Louisville,
Ky., 1897-99; Consul
for Denmark in Louisville,
Ky., 1899-1907.
Killed in an accident
with mining machinery, when a five-ton cylinder graphite dryer rolled
over him, in Goodwater, Coosa
County, Ala., May 25,
1928 (age 62 years, 344
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of George Earl Currie and Mary Margaret 'Maggie' Currie; married, October
22, 1889, to Rose Julia Tuley. |
| | | Image source: Louisville
Courier-Journal, August 8, 1897 |
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Alvin Tobias Hert (1865-1921) —
also known as Alvin T. Hert —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born April 8,
1865.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,
1916,
1920
(chair, Arrangements
Committee); member of Republican
National Committee from Kentucky, 1920.
Died June 7,
1921 (age 56 years, 60
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Frank B. Russell —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kentucky, 1912,
1928;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky at-large, 1932.
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Thomas Joyes (1787-1866) —
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., December
9, 1787.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1834-35.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., May 4,
1866 (age 78 years, 146
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Patrick Joyes; brother of John
Joyes. |
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Fortunatus Cosby Jr. (1801-1871) —
Born in 1801.
Superintendent
of schools.
Died in 1871
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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James Adams Ekin (1819-1891) —
also known as James A. Ekin —
of Elizabeth, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., August
31, 1819.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1860;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of military
tribunal which tried the conspirators in the assassination of Abraham
Lincoln.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., March
27, 1891 (age 71 years, 208
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of James Ekin and Susan Burling (Bayard) Ekin; married to Diana
Craighead Walker; father of Mary Elizabeth Ekin (who married Augustus
Everett Willson); great-grandnephew of Stephanus
Bayard; third great-grandson of Stephanus
Van Cortlandt and Nicholas
Bayard (c.1644-1707); third great-grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724), Jacobus
Van Cortlandt and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); fourth great-grandnephew of Pieter
Stuyvesant; first cousin twice removed of Nicholas
Bayard (1736-1802); first cousin thrice removed of Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler and Stephen
John Schuyler; first cousin four times removed of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert
Livingston and Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746); first cousin five times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin once removed of John
Sluyter Wirt; second cousin twice removed of Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792), Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler and James
Parker; second cousin thrice removed of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Robert
Gilbert Livingston, Philip
Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775), William
Livingston, James
Jay, Philip
P. Schuyler, John
Jay and Frederick
Jay; third cousin once removed of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, Philip
Schuyler, James
Alexander Hamilton and John
Cortlandt Parker; third cousin twice removed of Volkert
Petrus Douw, Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, John
Bubenheim Bayard, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, Hendrick
Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), James
Livingston, Henry
Brockholst Livingston, Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Killian
Killian Van Rensselaer, Edward
Livingston (1764-1836), Peter
Augustus Jay and William
Jay; third cousin thrice removed of John
Eliot Thayer Jr. and Bronson
Murray Cutting; fourth cousin of Edward
Livingston (1796-1840), Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Richard
Wayne Parker and Charles
Wolcott Parker; fourth cousin once removed of Leonard
Gansevoort, Leonard
Gansevoort Jr., Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847), James
Asheton Bayard Sr., Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Maturin
Livingston, Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer, Charles
Ludlow Livingston, Hamilton
Fish, George
Washington Schuyler, John
Jay II, Philip
N. Schuyler, Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer and Robert
Ray Hamilton. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Roosevelt
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Harvey Watterson (1879-1908) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., February
12, 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for New York
state assembly, 1906.
While trying to close a window in his law
office, he fell
through the window to his death 110 feet below, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
11, 1908 (age 29 years, 273
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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W. Godfrey Hunter Jr. (c.1880-1912) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Burkesville, Cumberland
County, Ky., about 1880.
U.S. Vice Consul General in Guatemala City, 1898-99.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died, from heart
disease, in Washington,
D.C., March
25, 1912 (age about 32
years).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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David Cooper Swan Wintersmith (1839-1912) —
also known as David C. Swan Wintersmith —
of Elizabethtown, Hardin
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., May 4,
1839.
Republican. Postmaster at Elizabethtown,
Ky., 1864-66, 1870-71, 1871-83.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., November
10, 1912 (age 73 years, 190
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Charles Alexander Eggleton (1879-1936) —
also known as Charles A. Eggleton —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., May 15,
1879.
Tobacco
business; U.S. Vice Consul in Dakar, 1916-24.
Died, of liver
cancer, in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., February
8, 1936 (age 56 years, 269
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Peter Lee Atherton (1862-1939) —
of Glenview, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born October
7, 1862.
Democrat. Real estate
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kentucky, 1916.
Died January
10, 1939 (age 76 years, 95
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Eugene Rufus Attkisson (1873-1939) —
also known as Eugene Attkisson —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Lavinia, Carroll
County, Tenn., October
31, 1873.
Democrat. College
teacher; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1932.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Elks; Lions.
Died in 1939
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. John Rufus Attkisson and Elizabeth Moss (Lanier) Attkisson;
married, June 6,
1900, to Grace Crawford Dorney. |
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Charles Edward Woodcock (1854-1940) —
also known as Charles E. Woodcock —
of Ansonia, New Haven
County, Conn.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; St. Matthews, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn., June 12,
1854.
Republican. Episcopal
priest; Bishop of
the Episcopal Diocese of Kentucky, 1905-35; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1920.
Episcopalian.
Suffered a heart
attack in Naples, Fla., and died soon after, in a hospital
at Fort Myers, Lee
County, Fla., March
12, 1940 (age 85 years, 274
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Alfred Thruston Burgevin (c.1871-1946) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Spiro, Le Flore
County, Okla., about 1871.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kentucky, 1908;
criminal court judge in Kentucky, 1930.
Died, from uremia,
in the Norton Infirmary,
Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., November
10, 1946 (age about 75
years).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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James Matt Chilton (1881-1960) —
also known as J. Matt Chilton —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Turners Station, Henry
County, Ky., May 18,
1881.
Republican. Lawyer; law
clerk to Mayor James
F. Grinstead, 1908-09; secretary to U.S. Sen. W.
O. Bradley, 1910-11; member of Kentucky
Republican State Central Committee, 1912-36; Jefferson
County Attorney, 1918-27; member of Republican
National Committee from Kentucky, 1928-36.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died January
16, 1960 (age 78 years, 243
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of George Blackwell Chilton and Florence N. (Sewell)
Chilton. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Charlotte Woodbury (1875-1964) —
also known as Charlotte Osborne; Mrs. John L.
Woodbury —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., July 24,
1875.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kentucky, 1928.
Female.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; United
Daughters of the Confederacy.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., March 7,
1964 (age 88 years, 227
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Thomas DeCourcy Osborne and Christina Charlotte (Ray)
Osborne; married 1899 to John
Leonard Woodbury. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Harris Gilbert Whittenberg, Sr. (1904-1971) —
also known as H. G. Whittenberg —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., January
28, 1904.
Democrat. President, Whittenberg Construction
Co.; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kentucky, 1956.
Methodist.
Died January
11, 1971 (age 66 years, 348
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Jesse Isa Whittenberg and May (Smith) Whittenberg; married, January
18, 1927, to Kathleen E. Irion. |
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May Preston Davie (1895-1975) —
also known as Eugénie Mary Ladenburg; Mrs. Preston
Davie —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
31, 1895.
Republican. Delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1936,
1960
(alternate).
Female.
Died, of heart
failure, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
19, 1975 (age 80 years, 231
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Berl Boyd (1896-1988) —
of Graves
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Farmington, Graves
County, Ky., March
15, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1922.
Presbyterian.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Pi
Kappa Alpha; Phi
Alpha Delta; Order of
the Coif; Alpha
Delta Sigma.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., October
25, 1988 (age 92 years, 224
days).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of William Ether Boyd and Virginia Emma (Dulaney) Boyd; married to
Bettye Wolfe. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Henry Rueter Heyburn (1920-1991) —
Born in 1920.
Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1950.
Died in 1991
(age about
71 years).
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Henry E. Dosker (d. 1999) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Democrat. Candidate for Kentucky
state senate 35th District, 1975.
Died November
8, 1999.
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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William Beard Hoke —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,
1876.
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Edward Hilpp —
of Lebanon, Marion
County, Ky.
Born in Lebanon, Marion
County, Ky.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1884.
Jewish.
German
ancestry.
Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of George Huttel. |
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John Blakey Helm —
also known as J. Blakey Helm —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,
1940.
Cremated;
ashes interred at Cave Hill Cemetery.
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| Politicians formerly
buried here: |
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Lovell Harrison Rousseau (1818-1869) —
also known as Lovell H. Rousseau —
of Bloomfield, Greene
County, Ind.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born near Stanford, Lincoln
County, Ky., August
4, 1818.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1844-45; served in the U.S. Army
during the Mexican War; member of Indiana
state senate, 1847-49; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1860-61; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1865-66, 1866-67;
resigned 1866; on June 14, 1866, he assaulted
Iowa Rep. Josiah
B. Grinnell with the iron handle of his cane; reprimanded
by the House of Representatives, and resigned,
but was elected to fill his own vacancy.
Slaveowner.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., January
7, 1869 (age 50 years, 156
days).
Original interment and cenotaph at Cave Hill Cemetery; reinterment in
1892 at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
|
City
Cemetery
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
| Politicians formerly
buried here: |
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Frederick William Spence Grayson (1786-1827) —
also known as Frederick W. S. Grayson —
of Kentucky.
Born in Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky., October
10, 1786.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1825.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., October
27, 1827 (age 41 years, 17
days).
Original interment at City Cemetery; reinterment at Eastern Cemetery.
|
Eastern
Cemetery
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Philip Tomppert (1808-1873) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Wurttemberg, Germany,
June
21, 1808.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1850; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1865, 1867-69.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from typhoid
fever, in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., October
29, 1873 (age 65 years, 130
days).
Interment at Eastern Cemetery.
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Peter William Grayson (1788-1838) —
also known as Peter W. Grayson; Peter Wagener
Grayson —
of Baird's Town (now Bardstown), Nelson
County, Ky.; Texas.
Born in Baird's Town (now Bardstown), Nelson
County, Ky., 1788.
Postmaster at Bardstown,
Ky., 1816; delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Goliad, 1835; Attorney
General of the Texas Republic, 1836, 1837; candidate for President
of the Texas Republic, 1838.
Died from self-inflicted
gunshot,
at Bean Station, Grainger
County, Tenn., July 9,
1838 (age about 50
years).
Interment at Eastern Cemetery.
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Frederick William Spence Grayson (1786-1827) —
also known as Frederick W. S. Grayson —
of Kentucky.
Born in Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky., October
10, 1786.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1825.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., October
27, 1827 (age 41 years, 17
days).
Original interment at City Cemetery;
reinterment at Eastern Cemetery.
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Charles W. Anderson Jr. (1907-1960) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., May 26,
1907.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 58th District, 1936-46; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1940.
Methodist.
African
ancestry.
First
African-American to be elected to a Southern state legislature in the
20th century.
Killed in a car-train
accident, in Shelbyville, Shelby
County, Ky., June 14,
1960 (age 53 years, 19
days).
Interment at Eastern Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Charles W. Anderson and Tabetha Anderson; married, November
25, 1948, to Victoria McCall. |
| | | Epitaph: "Champion of Rights and
Justice. Lawyer and Civic Leader." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
|
Oxmoor-Bullitt
Family Cemetery
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
| Politicians buried
here: |
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William Marshall Bullitt (1873-1957) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., March 4,
1873.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1908,
1916;
U.S. Solicitor General, 1912-13; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1914; director of banks and
insurance
companies.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., October
3, 1957 (age 84 years, 213
days).
Interment at Oxmoor-Bullitt Family Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Walker Bullitt and Annie Priscilla (Logan) Bullitt; brother
of Alexander
Scott Bullitt (1877-1932); married, May 31,
1913, to Nora
Iasigi (daughter of Oscar
Anthony Iasigi; niece of Joseph
Andrew Iasigi; granddaughter of Joseph
Iasigi); great-grandson of Alexander
Scott Bullitt (1761-1816) and William
Logan; great-grandnephew of John
Marshall, James
Markham Marshall and Alexander
Keith Marshall; second great-grandson of John
Fry and Cuthbert
Bullitt; second great-grandnephew of William
Christian; third great-grandson of Joshua
Fry; fourth great-grandnephew of Richard
Randolph; first cousin of William
Christian Bullitt (1856-1914); first cousin once removed of James
Speed and William
Christian Bullitt (1891-1967); first cousin twice removed of Thomas
Marshall and James
Keith Marshall; first cousin five times removed of Richard
Bland and Peyton
Randolph (1721-1775); second cousin once removed of John
Augustine Marshall; second cousin thrice removed of Thomas
Mann Randolph Jr.; second cousin four times removed of Theodorick
Bland, Thomas
Jefferson, Edmund
Jenings Randolph, Beverley
Randolph and John
Randolph of Roanoke; third cousin twice removed of Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph and George
Wythe Randolph; third cousin thrice removed of Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee, Edmund
Jennings Lee, Martha
Jefferson Randolph, Dabney
Carr, Peyton
Randolph (1779-1828) and Henry
St. George Tucker; fourth cousin of Hugh
Kennedy Bullitt; fourth cousin once removed of Thomas
Jefferson Coolidge. |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Lee-Randolph
family; Biddle-Randolph
family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
|
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Alexander Scott Bullitt (1761-1816) —
of Kentucky.
Born near Dumfries, Prince
William County, Va., 1761.
Delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1792, 1799; member
of Kentucky
state senate, 1792-99; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1800-04.
Died in Jefferson
County, Ky., April
13, 1816 (age about 54
years).
Interment at Oxmoor-Bullitt Family Cemetery.
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Nora Bullitt (1881-1976) —
also known as Nora Iasigi; Mrs. Marshall
Bullitt —
of Stockbridge, Berkshire
County, Mass.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Swampscott, Essex
County, Mass., August, 1881.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,
1944.
Female.
Armenian
ancestry.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., July 26,
1976 (age 94 years, 0
days).
Interment at Oxmoor-Bullitt Family Cemetery.
|
Resthaven
Memorial Cemetery
4400 Bardstown Road
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Founded 1926
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Huston Quin (1876-1938) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Anchorage, Jefferson
County, Ky., August
4, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1919-21; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1921-25.
Died, from heart
disease, in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., August
14, 1938 (age 62 years, 10
days).
Interment at Resthaven Memorial Cemetery.
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Charles Franklin Ogden (1873-1933) —
also known as Charles F. Ogden —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Anchorage, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Charlestown, Clark
County, Ind., February
4, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1898-99; served in the U.S. Army
during the Spanish-American War; candidate for Kentucky
state senate, 1902; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1919-23.
Disciples
of Christ.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., April
10, 1933 (age 60 years, 65
days).
Interment at Resthaven Memorial Cemetery.
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Thelma L. Stovall (1919-1994) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Hart
County, Ky., 1919.
Democrat. Secretary
of state of Kentucky; elected 1955; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1956,
1964,
1972;
Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1975-79; candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 1979.
Female.
Died in 1994
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Resthaven Memorial Cemetery.
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Charles E. Baumgardner, Sr. (1889-1964) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born March
24, 1889.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 41st District, 1948-51, 1954-61.
Died February
12, 1964 (age 74 years, 325
days).
Interment at Resthaven Memorial Cemetery.
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Leo Andrew Bleemel (1913-1971) —
also known as Leo A. Bleemel —
of Mt. Washington, Bullitt
County, Ky.
Born in Bullitt
County, Ky., March 9,
1913.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1954-55, 1962-63, 1968-71 (33rd
District 1954-55, 1962-63, 31st District 1968-71).
Died in Bullitt
County, Ky., February
3, 1971 (age 57 years, 331
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Resthaven Memorial Cemetery.
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William Thomas Baker (1882-1946) —
also known as William T. Baker —
of Shelbyville, Shelby
County, Ky.
Born in Eagle Station, Carroll
County, Ky., December
27, 1882.
Democrat. Insurance
business; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 50th District, 1936-39.
Methodist.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., June 13,
1946 (age 63 years, 168
days).
Interment at Resthaven Memorial Cemetery.
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Virginia Bleemel (1915-2006) —
also known as Virginia Inez Eldridge; Mrs. Leo
Bleemel —
of Mt. Washington, Bullitt
County, Ky.
Born in Bullitt
County, Ky., November
19, 1915.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 31st District, 1971.
Female.
Baptist.
Member, American
Association of Retired Persons.
Died, in Wesley Manor Health Care Center (nursing
home), Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., September
8, 2006 (age 90 years, 293
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Resthaven Memorial Cemetery.
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St. John's
Cemetery
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
| Politicians formerly
buried here: |
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James Douglas Breckinridge (1781-1849) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Woodville, Jefferson
County, Ky., 1781.
Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1809-11; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1821-23; defeated,
1822.
Slaveowner.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., May 6,
1849 (age about 67
years).
Original interment at St. John's Cemetery; reinterment in 1867 at St. Louis Cemetery.
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St. Louis
Cemetery
1167 Barret Avenue
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Founded 1867
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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John Henry Buschemeyer (1869-1935) —
also known as John H. Buschemeyer —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., February
24, 1869.
Democrat. Physician;
mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1913-17; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1916
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee).
German
ancestry.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., October
7, 1935 (age 66 years, 225
days).
Interment at St. Louis Cemetery.
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Paul Charles Barth (1858-1907) —
also known as Paul C. Barth —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Germany,
December, 1858.
Mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1905-07; removed from
office over alleged vote
fraud, 1907.
Killed
himself by gunshot,
in the lavatory of his office,
Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., August
21, 1907 (age 48 years, 0
days).
Interment at St. Louis Cemetery.
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James Douglas Breckinridge (1781-1849) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Woodville, Jefferson
County, Ky., 1781.
Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1809-11; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1821-23; defeated,
1822.
Slaveowner.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., May 6,
1849 (age about 67
years).
Original interment at St. John's Cemetery;
reinterment in 1867 at St. Louis Cemetery.
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Michel Herrmann (1850-1919) —
also known as Michel Hermann —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Wingersheim, Bas-Rhin, France,
May
28, 1850.
Distiller;
wholesale
liquor dealer; Consular
Agent for France in Louisville,
Ky., 1898-1907; Vice-Consul
for Belgium in Louisville,
Ky., 1917-19.
Alsatian
ancestry.
Died, from pernicious
anemia, in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., June 18,
1919 (age 69 years, 21
days).
Interment at St. Louis Cemetery.
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Adolphe Joseph Rassinier (1848-1910) —
also known as Adolphe Rassinier —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Charmois, Belfort, France,
September
6, 1848.
Served in the Franco-Prussian War; wine
importer;
steamship
agent; Consular
Agent for France in Louisville,
Ky., 1885-97.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., March
27, 1910 (age 61 years, 202
days).
Interment at St. Louis Cemetery.
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James Patrick Whallen (1856-1930) —
also known as James P. Whallen —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Kentucky, December
4, 1856.
Democrat. Wine and
liquor merchant; theater
owner; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,
1916,
1924.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., March
15, 1930 (age 73 years, 101
days).
Interment at St. Louis Cemetery.
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John H. Whallen —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,
1912.
Interment at St. Louis Cemetery.
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St. Michael's
Cemetery
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Samuel Leighton Robertson (1882-1960) —
also known as S. L. Robertson —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Scottsburg, Scott
County, Ind., May 14,
1882.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1910-13; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1912;
member of Kentucky
state senate, 1914-15.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., January
12, 1960 (age 77 years, 243
days).
Interment at St. Michael's Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Albert S. Robertson and Emma (Leighton) Robertson; married 1902 to
Theresa Stark. |
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University of
Louisville Law School
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Louis Dembitz Brandeis (1856-1941) —
also known as Louis D. Brandeis —
of Dedham, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., November
13, 1856.
Lawyer;
law clerk to Justice Horace
Gray, 1879-80; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1916-39; took senior status 1939.
Jewish.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
5, 1941 (age 84 years, 326
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at University of Louisville Law School.
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Relatives: Son
of Adolph Brandeis and Fredericka (Dembitz) Brandeis; brother of
Fannie Brandeis (who married Charles
Nagel) and Alfred Brandeis (brother-in-law of Walter
M. Taussig); married, March
23, 1891, to Alice Goldmark. |
| | | Political family: Taussig
family of St. Louis, Missouri. |
| | | Cross-reference: Dean
Acheson — James
M. Landis — Calvert
Magruder |
| | | Brandeis University,
in Waltham,
Massachusetts, is named for
him. — The Louis D. Brandeis School
of Law, in Louisville,
Kentucky, is named for
him. |
| | | See also federal
judicial profile — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Louis D. Brandeis: Lewis J.
Paper, Brandeis:
An Intimate Biography of One of America's Truly Great Supreme Court
Justices — Stephen W. Baskerville, Of
Laws and Limitations : An Intellectual Portrait of Louis Dembitz
Brandeis — Philippa Strum, Louis
D. Brandeis: Justice for the People — Robert A. Burt,
Two
Jewish Justices: Outcasts in the Promised Land |
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West Main
Street
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
| Politicians who have
(or had) monuments here: |
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Charles Rowland Peaslee Farnsley (1907-1990) —
also known as Charles P. Farnsley; Charlie
Farnsley —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Glenview, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., March
28, 1907.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Kentucky convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; member of
Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1936-40; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1940; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1940
(alternate), 1948,
1952;
mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1948-53; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1965-67; defeated in
primary, 1932 (at-large), 1934 (3rd District).
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Society
of Colonial Wars; Delta
Upsilon; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died, from Alzheimer's
disease, at Brownsboro Hills Nursing
Home, Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., June 19,
1990 (age 83 years, 83
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Cave Hill Cemetery; statue
at West Main Street.
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Zachary Taylor
National Cemetery
4701 Brownsboro Road
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1983
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
here: |
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Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) —
also known as "Old Rough and Ready" —
Born in Orange
County, Va., November
24, 1784.
Whig. Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; colonel in the
U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; general in the U.S. Army during
the Mexican War; President
of the United States, 1849-50; died in office 1850.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died, probably of gastroenteritis,
in the White
House, Washington,
D.C., July 9,
1850 (age 65 years, 227
days). Based on the theory that he was poisoned, his remains
were tested for arsenic in 1991; the results tended to disconfirm the
theory.
Original interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in private or family
graveyard; reinterment in 1926 at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard Taylor and Sarah Dabney (Strother) Taylor; married, June 21,
1810, to Margaret
Mackall Smith (niece of Benjamin
Mackall IV and Thomas
Mackall); father of Sarah Knox Taylor (who married Jefferson
Finis Davis); granduncle of Edmund
Haynes Taylor Jr.; ancestor *** of Victor
D. Crist; first cousin twice removed of Edmund
Pendleton; first cousin thrice removed of Elliot
Woolfolk Major and Edgar
Bailey Woolfolk; second cousin of James
Madison and William
Taylor Madison; second cousin once removed of Richard
Henry Lee, Francis
Lightfoot Lee, Arthur
Lee, John
Penn, John
Pendleton Jr., Nathaniel
Pendleton, George
Madison, Coleby
Chew, John
Strother Pendleton, Albert
Gallatin Pendleton, Aylett
Hawes Buckner and Thomas
Leonidas Crittenden; second cousin twice removed of John
Walker, John
Tyler (1747-1813) and Francis
Walker; second cousin thrice removed of George
Cassety Pendleton, Hubbard
T. Smith, Charles
M. Pendleton, Sidney
Fletcher Taliaferro, Daniel
Micajah Pendleton and Max
Rogers Strother; second cousin four times removed of Charles
Sumner Pendleton; third cousin of Thomas
Sim Lee, Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee, Richard
Bland Lee, Edmund
Jennings Lee, Philip
Clayton Pendleton, Edmund
Henry Pendleton and Nathanael
Greene Pendleton; third cousin once removed of Robert
Brooke, Meriwether
Lewis, Richard
Aylett Buckner, Henry
Gaines Johnson, John
Lee, John
Tyler (1790-1862), Philip
Coleman Pendleton, George
Hunt Pendleton and Joseph
Henry Pendleton; third cousin twice removed of Hancock
Lee Jackson, Fitzhugh
Lee, William
Barret Pendleton, James
Francis Buckner Jr., Francis
Key Pendleton, Charles
Rittenhouse Pendleton, John
Overton Pendleton and Francis
Preston Blair Lee; third cousin thrice removed of Abraham
Lincoln, John
Lee Carroll, Charles
Kellogg, James
Sansome Lakin and Edward
Brooke Lee; fourth cousin of Francis
Taliaferro Helm, Thomas
Walker Gilmer, Aylette
Buckner, David
Gardiner Tyler and Lyon
Gardiner Tyler; fourth cousin once removed of Charles
Willing Byrd, Charles
John Helm and Hubbard
Dozier Helm. |
| | | Political family: Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: David
R. Atchison — Thomas
Ewing |
| | | Taylor counties in Fla., Ga., Iowa and Ky. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Zachary
T. Coy
— Zachary
T. Bielby
— Zachary
T. Harris
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| | | Campaign slogan (1848): "General Taylor
never surrenders." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Zachary Taylor: K. Jack
Bauer, Zachary
Taylor: Soldier, Planter, Statesman of the Old
Southwest — Elbert B. Smith, The
Presidencies of Zachary Taylor and Millard
Fillmore |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Margaret Taylor (1788-1852) —
also known as Peggy Taylor; Margaret Mackall
Smith —
Born in Calvert
County, Md., September
21, 1788.
First
Lady of the United States, 1849-50.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Died in Pascagoula, Jackson
County, Miss., August
14, 1852 (age 63 years, 328
days).
Interment at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery.
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Zachary Taylor (1849-1921) —
of Covington, Tipton
County, Tenn.; Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born near Brownsville, Haywood
County, Tenn., May 9,
1849.
Republican. Lawyer; insurance
business; postmaster at Covington,
Tenn., 1881-83; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1881-83; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1885-87; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1896
(Convention
Vice-President).
Died in Ellendale, Shelby
County, Tenn., February
19, 1921 (age 71 years, 286
days).
Interment at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery.
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