Index to Locations
Private or family graveyards
Bardstown Bardstown Cemetery
Bardstown St. Joseph's Cemetery
Private or family
graveyard
Nelson County, Kentucky
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Thomas Speed (1768-1842) —
of Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky.
Born in Charlotte
County, Va., October
25, 1768.
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1817-19; member of
Kentucky state legislature, 1820.
Slaveowner.
Died near Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky., February
20, 1842 (age 73 years, 118
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Bardstown
Cemetery
Bardstown, Nelson County, Kentucky
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Charles Anderson Wickliffe (1788-1869) —
also known as Charles A. Wickliffe —
of Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky.
Born near Springfield, Washington
County, Ky., June 8,
1788.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1812-13, 1822-23, 1833-35; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1823-33, 1861-63 (9th District
1823-33, 5th District 1861-63); Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1836-39; Governor of
Kentucky, 1839-40; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1841-45; delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1856.
Presbyterian.
Slaveowner.
Died near Ilchester, Howard
County, Md., October
31, 1869 (age 81 years, 145
days).
Interment at Bardstown Cemetery.
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John Rowan (1773-1843) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born near York, York
County, Pa., July 12,
1773.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1799; secretary
of state of Kentucky, 1804-08; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1807-09; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1813-17, 1822-24; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1819-21; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1825-31.
Built the mansion "Federal Hill", later made famous by his cousin,
the songwriter Stephen Foster, in the song "My Old Kentucky Home."
Fought a duel
about 1801 with an acquaintance, James Chambers, in which the latter
was killed; arrested
and tried on
murder
charges,
but acquitted.
Slaveowner.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., July 13,
1843 (age 70 years, 1
days).
Interment at Bardstown Cemetery.
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Robert Charles Wickliffe (1819-1895) —
also known as Robert C. Wickliffe —
of Bayou Sara, West
Feliciana Parish, La.
Born in Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky., January
6, 1819.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Louisiana
state senate, 1850; Lieutenant
Governor of Louisiana, 1854-56; Governor of
Louisiana, 1856-60; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Louisiana, 1876,
1884.
Presbyterian.
Died in Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky., April
18, 1895 (age 76 years, 102
days).
Interment at Bardstown Cemetery.
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St. Joseph's
Cemetery
Bardstown, Nelson County, Kentucky
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Ben Johnson (1858-1950) —
of Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky.
Born near Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky., May 20,
1858.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1885; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1905; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1907-27; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee; speaker),
1920.
Died June 4,
1950 (age 92 years, 15
days).
Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery.
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Sheridan Talbott (1890-1952) —
of Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky.
Born in Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky., September
29, 1890.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Vice Consul in Havana, 1923-24, 1925; Nassau, 1924-25; Nueva Gerona, 1925-28; U.S. Consul in Kobe, 1928; Bluefields, 1928-32; Leghorn, as of 1938.
Died in Broward
County, Fla., 1952
(age about
61 years).
Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery.
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John Daniel Talbott (1883-1950) —
also known as J. Dan Talbott —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.; Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky.
Born in Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky., February
10, 1883.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,
1936,
1940.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., May 17,
1950 (age 67 years, 96
days).
Interment at St. Joseph's Cemetery.
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