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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Lewis County

Index to Locations Ribolt Mt. Tabor Cemetery Vanceburg Greenlawn Cemetery Vanceburg Lewis County Memory Gardens Vanceburg Woodland Cemetery Near Vanceburg McEldowney Cemetery Mt. Tabor Cemetery Ribolt, Lewis County, Kentucky Politicians buried here:   Lewis E. Fite (1888-1965) — of McDowell County, W.Va. Born in Fite Hollow, Lewis County, Ky., October 31, 1888. Democrat. Member of West Virginia state house of delegates from McDowell County; elected 1934. Died in Hayswood Hospital, Maysville, Mason County, Ky., June 25, 1965 (age 76 years, 237 days). Interment at Mt. Tabor Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Cora Marie Logan. Greenlawn Cemetery Vanceburg, Lewis County, Kentucky Lewis County Memory Gardens Vanceburg, Lewis County, Kentucky Politicians buried here:   George Martin Plummer (1912-1970) — also known as George M. Plummer — of Vanceburg, Lewis County, Ky. Born in Vanceburg, Lewis County, Ky., 1912. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Lewis County Court Clerk, 1942-70; member of Kentucky Republican State Central Committee, 1960; member of Kentucky state senate 18th District, 1970; died in office 1970. Methodist. Member, Lions. Died, from a heart attack, in Vanceburg, Lewis County, Ky., January 17, 1970 (age about 57 years). Interment at Lewis County Memory Gardens.   Relatives: Son of Oscar Mitchell Plummer and Stella (Burriss) Plummer; brother of Luther Karl Plummer; married to Mary Catheryn Pollitt; uncle of George Mark Plummer.   Political family: Plummer family of Vanceburg, Kentucky.   Luther Karl Plummer (1923-1980) — also known as Luther K. Plummer — of Vanceburg, Lewis County, Ky. Born in Vanceburg, Lewis County, Ky., March 25, 1923. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Kentucky state senate 18th District, 1970-73; defeated, 1973. Methodist. Member, Lions; Elks; Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners. Died, of heart disease, in Mercy Hospital, Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio, December 29, 1980 (age 57 years, 279 days). Interment at Lewis County Memory Gardens.   Relatives: Son of Oscar Mitchell Plummer and Stella Lee (Burriss) Plummer; brother of George Martin Plummer; married, July 28, 1945, to Joan Grey Chapman; father of George Mark Plummer.   Political family: Plummer family of Vanceburg, Kentucky. Woodland Cemetery Vanceburg, Lewis County, Kentucky Politicians buried here:   Samuel Johnson Pugh (1850-1922) — also known as Samuel J. Pugh — of Vanceburg, Lewis County, Ky. Born in Greenup County, Ky., January 28, 1850. Republican. Lawyer; Lewis County Attorney, 1878-86; Lewis County Judge, 1886-90; delegate to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1890-91; member of Kentucky state senate, 1893-94; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 9th District, 1895-1901. Died in Vanceburg, Lewis County, Ky., April 17, 1922 (age 72 years, 79 days). Interment at Woodland Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Samuel B. Pugh and Mary A. Pugh.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   George Morgan Thomas (1828-1914) — also known as George M. Thomas — of Vanceburg, Lewis County, Ky. Born near Poplar Flat, Lewis County, Ky., November 23, 1828. Republican. Lawyer; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1859-63, 1872-73; county judge in Kentucky, 1868; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, 1871; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1874-80; U.S. Attorney for Kentucky, 1881-85; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1884, 1888; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 9th District, 1887-89; defeated, 1870. Died, reportedly from angina pectoris, in Vanceburg, Lewis County, Ky., January 7, 1914 (age 85 years, 45 days). Interment at Woodland Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Elijah H. Thomas and Mary Arminta (Boggs) Thomas.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page McEldowney Cemetery Near Vanceburg, Lewis County, Kentucky Politicians buried here:   Clark Esham — of Vanceburg, Lewis County, Ky. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1936. Interment at McEldowney Cemetery.

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