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Lyon County
Kentucky

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Lyon County

Index to Locations Eddyville River View Cemetery Kuttawa Kuttawa Cemetery Kuttawa New Bethel Cemetery River View Cemetery Eddyville, Lyon County, Kentucky Politicians buried here:   Willis Benson Machen (1810-1893) — also known as Willis B. Machen — of Eddyville, Lyon County, Ky. Born in Caldwell County (part now in Lyon County), Ky., April 10, 1810. Democrat. Delegate to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; member of Kentucky state senate, 1854; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1856, 1860; delegate to Kentucky secession convention, 1861; Representative from Kentucky in the Confederate Congress 1st District, 1862-65; U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1872-73; received one electoral vote for Vice-President, 1872; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1876. Slaveowner. Died in Hopkinsville, Christian County, Ky., September 29, 1893 (age 83 years, 172 days). Interment at River View Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Henry Ballenger Machen and Nancy (Tarrant) Machen; married to Margaret Aurelia Lyon (daughter of Chittenden Lyon) and Victoria Theresa Mims; father of Minerva Buckner Machen (who married Anthony Dickson Sayre); grandfather of Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald.   Political families: Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family of Massachusetts; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Matthew Lyon (1749-1822) — of Eddyville, Lyon County, Ky. Born in County Wicklow, Ireland, July 14, 1749. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Vermont state house of representatives, 1779-83; U.S. Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1797-1801; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1802; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1803-11; defeated, 1810. Convicted and jailed in 1789 under the Sedition Act. Slaveowner. Died in Spadra Bluff, Johnson County, Ark., August 1, 1822 (age 73 years, 18 days). Original interment at Spadra Bluff Cemetery, Spadra Bluff, Ark.; reinterment in 1833 at River View Cemetery.   Relatives: Married to Mary Hosford and Beulah Chittenden (daughter of Thomas Chittenden; sister of Martin Chittenden); father of Chittenden Lyon; great-grandfather of William Peters Hepburn.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books about Matthew Lyon: Aleine Austin, Matthew Lyon, 'New Man' of the Democratic Revolution, 1749-1822   Chittenden Lyon (1787-1842) — of Eddyville, Lyon County, Ky. Born in Fair Haven, Rutland County, Vt., February 22, 1787. Democrat. Member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1822; member of Kentucky state senate, 1827; U.S. Representative from Kentucky, 1827-35 (12th District 1827-33, 1st District 1833-35). Slaveowner. Died in Eddyville, Lyon County, Ky., November 23, 1842 (age 55 years, 274 days). Interment at River View Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Matthew Lyon and Beulah (Chittenden) Lyon; married 1817 to Nancy Vaughn; married to Fances Baker; father of Margaret Aurelia Lyon (who married Willis Benson Machen); nephew of Martin Chittenden; grandson of Thomas Chittenden; fourth great-grandnephew of John Winthrop (1606-1676); fifth great-grandson of John Winthrop (1588-1649); first cousin twice removed of Return Jonathan Meigs, Sr. and Josiah Meigs; first cousin five times removed of Fitz-John Winthrop; second cousin once removed of Return Jonathan Meigs Jr. and Henry Meigs; third cousin of Josiah C. Chittenden, Return Jonathan Meigs III, Abel Madison Scranton, Henry Meigs Jr. and John Forsyth Jr.; third cousin once removed of Roger Calvin Leete; fourth cousin of Jeduthun Wilcox, John Willard, Clark S. Chittenden and Russell Sage; fourth cousin once removed of Chauncey Goodrich, Oliver Wolcott Jr., Elizur Goodrich, Frederick Wolcott, Elijah Hunt Mills, Leonard Wilcox and Edgar Jared Doolittle.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Lyon County, Ky. is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial Kuttawa Cemetery Kuttawa, Lyon County, Kentucky Politicians buried here:   Charles Anderson (1814-1895) — of Montgomery County, Ohio. Born in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., June 1, 1814. Republican. Lawyer; member of Ohio state senate, 1844; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, 1864-65; Governor of Ohio, 1865-66. Died in Kuttawa, Lyon County, Ky., September 2, 1895 (age 81 years, 93 days). Interment at Kuttawa Cemetery.   Relatives: Brother of William Marshall Anderson; granduncle of Larz Anderson; first cousin once removed of John Marshall.   Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Anderson-Marshall family of Ohio and West Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial New Bethel Cemetery Kuttawa, Lyon County, Kentucky Politicians buried here:   William Johnson Stone (1841-1923) — also known as William J. Stone — of Kuttawa, Lyon County, Ky. Born in Kuttawa, Lyon County, Ky., June 26, 1841. Democrat. Member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1867; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1885-95. Died March 12, 1923 (age 81 years, 259 days). Interment at New Bethel Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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