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Index to Locations
Near Nancy Zollicoffer Park
Cemetery
Somerset Fountain Square
Somerset Old Baptist Cemetery
Somerset Somerset Cemetery
Zollicoffer Park
Cemetery
Near Nancy, Pulaski County, Kentucky
| Politicians who have
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Felix Kirk Zollicoffer (1812-1862) —
also known as Felix K. Zollicoffer —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Bigbyville, Maury
County, Tenn., May 19,
1812.
Member of Tennessee
state senate, 1849; fought a pistol duel
with rival editor John L. Martin, in Nashville, Tenn., 1852; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 8th District, 1853-59; general in
the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Shot
and killed in a Civil
War battle near Mill Springs, Wayne
County, Ky., January
19, 1862 (age 49 years, 245
days).
Interment at Nashville
City Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.; cenotaph at Zollicoffer Park
Cemetery.
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Fountain
Square
Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky
| Politicians who have
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John Sherman Cooper (1901-1991) —
of Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky.
Born in Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky., August
23, 1901.
Republican. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1928-30; county judge in
Kentucky, 1930-38; candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 1939; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1946-49, 1952-55, 1956-73; defeated, 1948,
1954; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1948,
1956
(speaker),
1960
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1972
(delegation chair); U.S. Ambassador to India, 1955-56; Nepal, 1955-56; East Germany, 1974-76; member, President's Commission on the
Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64.
Baptist
or Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary;
American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi.
Died of heart
failure, in Washington,
D.C., February
21, 1991 (age 89 years, 182
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; statue at Fountain Square.
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Old Baptist
Cemetery
Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky
Somerset
Cemetery
Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky
| Politicians buried
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Thomas Zantzinger Morrow (1835-1913) —
of Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky.
Born in Flemingsburg, Fleming
County, Ky., September
3, 1835.
Republican. Member of Kentucky
state senate, 1860; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1870; candidate
for Governor of
Kentucky, 1883.
Died in Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky., August
25, 1913 (age 77 years, 356
days).
Interment at Somerset Cemetery.
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John Sherman Cooper, Sr. (1866-1924) —
also known as J. S. Cooper —
of Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky.
Born February
16, 1866.
Republican. Circuit judge in Kentucky, 1900; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kentucky, 1916.
Died July 26,
1924 (age 58 years, 161
days).
Interment at Somerset Cemetery.
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John Summers Kindrick (1810-1898) —
also known as John S. Kindrick —
of Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky.
Born in Washington
County, Va., August
9, 1810.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,
1860.
Died in Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky., January
17, 1898 (age 87 years, 161
days).
Interment at Somerset Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of John Kindrick, Jr. and Elizabeth (Summers) Kindrick; grandfather
of Sophia Kendrick Alcorn. |
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Henry Green Trimble (1843-1912) —
also known as H. G. Trimble —
of Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky.
Born in 1843.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,
1884;
postmaster at Somerset,
Ky., 1901.
Died in 1912
(age about
69 years).
Interment at Somerset Cemetery.
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Odolphus Ham Waddle (1851-1918) —
also known as O. H. Waddle —
of Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky.
Born March 4,
1851.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1912.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, December
29, 1918 (age 67 years, 300
days).
Interment at Somerset Cemetery.
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Edwin Monroe Porch (1852-1927) —
also known as Edwin M. Porch —
of Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky.
Born in Kentucky, February
4, 1852.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,
1888;
agent for Standard Oil Company.
Died April
18, 1927 (age 75 years, 73
days).
Interment at Somerset Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Edwin Denton Porch and Elizabeth Jane (Cox) Porch; married, December
1, 1869, to Mary Harreitt Gossett. |
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John W. Colyer (1863-1932) —
of Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky.
Born in 1863.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,
1888,
1916,
1924.
Died in August, 1932
(age about
69 years).
Interment at Somerset Cemetery.
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James Denton (1860-1932) —
of Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky.
Born in 1860.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,
1904.
Died in 1932
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Somerset Cemetery.
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Virgil P. Smith (1861-1940) —
of Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky.
Born in 1861.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,
1908,
1928.
Died in 1940
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Somerset Cemetery.
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Beecher Smith (1868-1952) —
of Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky.
Born August
9, 1868.
Delegate
to Kentucky convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Died July 29,
1952 (age 83 years, 355
days).
Interment at Somerset Cemetery.
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Jacob Schuyler Sandusky (1881-1953) —
also known as J. S. Sandusky —
of Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky.
Born September
2, 1881.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kentucky, 1944.
Died January
5, 1953 (age 71 years, 125
days).
Interment at Somerset Cemetery.
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Ben V. Smith (1864-1956) —
of Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky.
Born May 19,
1864.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,
1896,
1912
(alternate).
Died August
15, 1956 (age 92 years, 88
days).
Interment at Somerset Cemetery.
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Sherman E. Carter (1904-1970) —
of Cain's Store, Pulaski
County, Ky.
Born April 3,
1904.
Republican. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 41st District, 1942-43.
Died October
1, 1970 (age 66 years, 181
days).
Interment at Somerset Cemetery.
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Alonzo Carter (1889-1972) —
of Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky.
Born in 1889.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,
1948.
Died in 1972
(age about
83 years).
Interment at Somerset Cemetery.
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Ben Dodge Smith (1891-1977) —
also known as B. D. Smith —
of Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky.
Born in Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky., June 20,
1891.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,
1944.
Died in Pulaski
County, Ky., January
16, 1977 (age 85 years, 210
days).
Interment at Somerset Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Ben V. Smith and Jennie Smith; married to Niola
Colyer. |
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Barthenia Joplin (1896-1979) —
also known as Barthenia Sallee; Mrs. George A. Joplin,
Jr. —
of Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky.
Born in 1896.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kentucky, 1948.
Female.
Died in 1979
(age about
83 years).
Interment at Somerset Cemetery.
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Elizabeth Williams (1888-1982) —
also known as Elizabeth Sallee; Mrs. R. G.
Williams —
of Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky.
Born in Kentucky, November
10, 1888.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
Died March
15, 1982 (age 93 years, 125
days).
Interment at Somerset Cemetery.
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Relatives:
Married to Richard G. Williams. |
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Don Edward Cooper (1907-1987) —
also known as Don E. Cooper —
of Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky.
Born April
25, 1907.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kentucky, 1960.
Died January
2, 1987 (age 79 years, 252
days).
Interment at Somerset Cemetery.
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Leonard Russell Hislope (1913-1992) —
also known as Leonard Hislope —
of Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky.
Born in 1913.
Republican. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 83rd District; elected 1973;
candidate for Kentucky
state senate 15th District, 1975.
Died in 1992
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Somerset Cemetery.
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Margy Johns (1931-2003) —
also known as Margaret Gover —
of Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky.
Born September
9, 1931.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kentucky, 1980.
Female.
Died June 5,
2003 (age 71 years, 269
days).
Interment at Somerset Cemetery.
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