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Montgomery County
Kentucky

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Montgomery County

Index to Locations

  • Private or family graveyards
  • Mt. Sterling City Cemetery
  • Mt. Sterling Machpelah Cemetery


    Private or family graveyard
    Montgomery County, Kentucky
    Politicians buried here:
      Richard French (1792-1854) — of Kentucky. Born near Boonesborough, Madison County, Ky., June 20, 1792. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1820-26; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1829; U.S. Representative from Kentucky, 1835-37, 1843-45, 1847-49 (11th District 1835-37, 9th District 1843-45, 1847-49); candidate for Governor of Kentucky, 1840. Slaveowner. Died in Covington, Kenton County, Ky., May 1, 1854 (age 61 years, 315 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    City Cemetery
    Mt. Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky
    Politicians buried here:
      Amos Davis (1794-1835) — of Mt. Sterling, Montgomery County, Ky. Born in Mt. Sterling, Montgomery County, Ky., August 15, 1794. Lawyer; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1819, 1825, 1827-28; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 11th District, 1833-35. Slaveowner. Died while campaigning, in Owingsville, Bath County, Ky., June 11, 1835 (age 40 years, 300 days). Interment at City Cemetery.
      Relatives: Brother of Garrett Davis.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    Machpelah Cemetery
    E. Main Street at eastern city limits
    Mt. Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky
    Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1991
    Politicians buried here:
      Henry Daniel (1786-1873) — of Mt. Sterling, Montgomery County, Ky. Born in Louisa County, Va., March 15, 1786. Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1820; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1827-33. Slaveowner. Died in Mt. Sterling, Montgomery County, Ky., October 5, 1873 (age 87 years, 204 days). Interment at Machpelah Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      James William Moore (1818-1877) — of Kentucky. Born in Montgomery County, Ky., February 12, 1818. State court judge in Kentucky, 1851-58; delegate to Kentucky secession convention, 1861; Representative from Kentucky in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65. Died in Mt. Sterling, Montgomery County, Ky., September 17, 1877 (age 59 years, 217 days). Interment at Machpelah Cemetery.
      Thomas Turner (1821-1900) — of Mt. Sterling, Montgomery County, Ky. Born in Kentucky, 1821. Democrat. Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1860; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 9th District, 1877-81. Slaveowner. Died in 1900 (age about 79 years). Interment at Machpelah Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      John Duncan Young (1823-1910) — of Kentucky. Born in Kentucky, 1823. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1873-75. Slaveowner. Died in 1910 (age about 87 years). Interment at Machpelah Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
      Edward Clay O'Rear (1863-1961) — also known as Edward C. O'Rear — of Montgomery County, Ky.; Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky. Born in Camargo, Montgomery County, Ky., February 2, 1863. Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for Kentucky; Montgomery County Judge, 1894-98; Judge, Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1907-11; candidate for Governor of Kentucky, 1911; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1916. Episcopalian. Died in Woodford County, Ky., September 12, 1961 (age 98 years, 222 days). Interment at Machpelah Cemetery.
      Relatives: Son of Daniel O'Rear and Sibba (Mineer) O'Rear; half-brother of Wesley R. Orear; married, November 29, 1882, to Virginia Lee Hazelrigg; father of James Bigstaff O'Rear; third cousin of John Davis O'Rear; fourth cousin by marriage of James Hervey Hazelrigg.
      Political family: Bartlett-O'Rear family of Frankfort, Kentucky.
      Andrew T. Wood (d. 1915) — also known as A. T. Wood — of Mt. Sterling, Montgomery County, Ky. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1880. Died in Montgomery County, Ky., February 3, 1915. Interment at Machpelah Cemetery.

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