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Index to Locations
Covington Linden Grove Cemetery
Erlanger Forest Lawn Cemetery
Fort Mitchell Highland Cemetery
Fort Mitchell St. John's Cemetery
Fort Mitchell St. Mary's Cemetery
Linden Grove
Cemetery
1421 Holman Ave.
Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky
Founded 1842; approximate acreage: 23
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John Griffin Carlisle (1835-1910) —
also known as John G. Carlisle —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Campbell County (part now in Kenton
County), Ky., September
5, 1835.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of Charles
D. Foote; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1859-61; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1866-71; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1868;
Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1871-75; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1877-90; resigned
1890; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1883-89; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1884;
U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1890-93; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1893-97.
Died, reportedly from intestinal
trouble and heart
disease, in the Hotel
Wolcott, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 31,
1910 (age 74 years, 329
days).
Interment at Linden Grove Cemetery.
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William Wright Southgate (1800-1849) —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Newport, Campbell
County, Ky., November
27, 1800.
Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1827; mayor
of Covington, Ky., 1835-36; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 13th District, 1837-39.
Slaveowner.
Died in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., December
26, 1849 (age 49 years, 29
days).
Interment at Linden Grove Cemetery.
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William Evans Arthur (1825-1897) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, March 3,
1825.
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Kentucky; circuit
judge in Kentucky, 1866-68, 1886-93; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1871-75.
Died in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., May 18,
1897 (age 72 years, 76
days).
Interment at Linden Grove Cemetery.
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John William Menzies (1819-1897) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Bryants Station, Bourbon
County, Ky., April
12, 1819.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1848-55; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1861-63; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1864;
chancery judge in Kentucky, 1873-93.
Slaveowner.
Died in Falmouth, Pendleton
County, Ky., October
3, 1897 (age 78 years, 174
days).
Interment at Linden Grove Cemetery.
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Eli Metcalfe Bruce (1828-1866) —
of Nicholas
County, Ky.
Born near Flemingsburg, Fleming
County, Ky., February
22, 1828.
Delegate
to Kentucky secession convention, 1861; Representative
from Kentucky in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Died suddenly, of heart
disease, at the Southern Hotel,
New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
15, 1866 (age 38 years, 296
days).
Original interment at Linden Grove Cemetery; reinterment in 1917 at
Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell, Ky.
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Napoleon H. Carlisle (b. 1840) —
of Independence, Kenton
County, Ky.; Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Kenton
County, Ky., 1840.
Democrat. Minister;
postmaster at Covington,
Ky., 1893-97.
Baptist.
Mysteriously
disappeared in Covington, Ky., December 24, 1928, after sending a
Christmas package at the Sixth Street bus terminal; his fate is
unknown.
Cenotaph at Linden Grove Cemetery.
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Forest Lawn
Cemetery
3227 Dixie Highway
Erlanger, Kenton County, Kentucky
Founded 1935
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Judson Lincoln Newhall (1870-1952) —
also known as J. Lincoln Newhall —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Hunterstown (now Louise), Quebec,
March
26, 1870.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1929-31; defeated,
1930, 1934.
Died in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., July 23,
1952 (age 82 years, 119
days).
Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
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Highland
Cemetery
2167 Dixie Hwy.
Fort Mitchell, Kenton County, Kentucky
Founded 1869
Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1989
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Richard Pretlow Ernst (1858-1934) —
also known as Richard P. Ernst —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., February
28, 1858.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1896
(alternate), 1900,
1904,
1908,
1916,
1924
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1896; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1921-27; defeated, 1926; member of Republican
National Committee from Kentucky, 1924.
Died, in Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., April
13, 1934 (age 76 years, 44
days).
Interment at Highland Cemetery.
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Joseph Lafayette Rhinock (1863-1926) —
also known as Joseph L. Rhinock —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.; New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Owenton, Owen
County, Ky., January
4, 1863.
Democrat. Oil
refiner; mayor
of Covington, Ky., 1894-99; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1905-11; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1908;
theater
business.
Died, from heart
disease, in New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
20, 1926 (age 63 years, 259
days).
Interment at Highland Cemetery.
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Thomas Sandford (1762-1808) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Va., 1762.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state senate, 1800; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1802; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1803-07.
Slaveowner.
Drowned
in the Ohio River near Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., December
10, 1808 (age about 46
years).
Interment at Highland Cemetery.
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Eli Metcalfe Bruce (1828-1866) —
of Nicholas
County, Ky.
Born near Flemingsburg, Fleming
County, Ky., February
22, 1828.
Delegate
to Kentucky secession convention, 1861; Representative
from Kentucky in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Died suddenly, of heart
disease, at the Southern Hotel,
New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
15, 1866 (age 38 years, 296
days).
Original interment at Linden Grove Cemetery,
Covington, Ky.; reinterment in 1917 at Highland Cemetery.
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George T. Beach (1843-1915) —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Tredegar, Wales,
February
2, 1843.
Painter;
banker;
mayor
of Covington, Ky., 1904-07.
Welsh
ancestry.
Died in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., May 19,
1915 (age 72 years, 106
days).
Interment at Highland Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Beach and Charlotte Beach. |
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Orie Solomon Ware (1882-1974) —
also known as Orie S. Ware —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Peach Grove, Pendleton
County, Ky., May 11,
1882.
Democrat. Lawyer;
postmaster at Covington,
Ky., 1914-21; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1927-29.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in Fort Mitchell, Kenton
County, Ky., December
16, 1974 (age 92 years, 219
days).
Interment at Highland Cemetery.
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Mortimer Murray Benton (1807-1885) —
also known as Mortimer M. Benton —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Benton, Yates
County, N.Y., January
21, 1807.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Covington, Ky., 1834-35; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1840; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1840.
Died in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., March 5,
1885 (age 78 years, 43
days).
Interment at Highland Cemetery.
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Harvey Myers (1828-1874) —
of Kentucky.
Born February
10, 1828.
Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1872.
Shot
and killed by
Col. William G. Terrell, whose wife he had represented in a divorce
case, in the Stevenson & Myers law
office, Greer Building, Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., March
28, 1874 (age 46 years, 46
days).
Interment at Highland Cemetery.
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Charles Doolittle Foote (1812-1888) —
also known as Charles D. Foote —
of Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.; Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Chautauqua
County, N.Y., December
25, 1812.
Lawyer;
law partner of John
G. Carlisle; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1860; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1870.
Died in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., April
28, 1888 (age 75 years, 125
days).
Interment at Highland Cemetery.
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Alfred M. Caldwell (1872-1948) —
of Bellevue, Campbell
County, Ky.
Born in Lesage, Cabell
County, W.Va., May 16,
1872.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948.
Died, following a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Speers Hospital,
Dayton, Campbell
County, Ky., August
7, 1948 (age 76 years, 83
days).
Interment at Highland Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Caldwell and Elizabeth (Schlaegel) Caldwell; married 1897 to Beulah
Rich. |
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Gordon W. Jennings (1901-1983) —
of Bromley, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in 1901.
Democrat. Kenton
County Sheriff, 1942-46; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1956.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, in St. Elizabeth South Hospital,
Edgewood, Kenton
County, Ky., March
27, 1983 (age about 81
years).
Interment at Highland Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Dorothy Traylor. |
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St. John's
Cemetery
Fort Mitchell, Kenton County, Kentucky
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Heinrich Andreas Knollmann (1876-1968) —
also known as Henry A. Knollmann;
"Doc" —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., September
23, 1876.
Meat
merchant; mayor
of Covington, Ky., 1936-39; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1940.
Died in Vandalia, Montgomery
County, Ohio, October
15, 1968 (age 92 years, 22
days).
Interment at St. John's Cemetery.
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St. Mary's
Cemetery
Fort Mitchell, Kenton County, Kentucky
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Maurice L. Galvin (1872-1940) —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., July 9,
1872.
Republican. Lawyer;
U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 6th Kentucky District,
1909; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1912,
1916,
1920
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1924
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1928,
1932,
1936.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, August
25, 1940 (age 68 years, 47
days).
Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Maurice Galvin and Ellen Galvin; married, October
17, 1900, to Grace Wilson. |
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