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Shelby County
Kentucky

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Shelby County

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards Shelbyville Unknown location Shelbyville Grove Hill Cemetery Private or family graveyards Shelby County, Kentucky Politicians buried here:   William Logan (1776-1822) — of Kentucky. Born in Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Ky., December 8, 1776. Democrat. Delegate to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1799; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1803-06; Speaker of the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1804-06; state court judge in Kentucky, 1808; U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1819-20. Slaveowner. Died in Shelby County, Ky., August 8, 1822 (age 45 years, 243 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.   Relatives: Married 1801 to Priscilla Christian Wallace; great-grandfather of William Marshall Bullitt and Alexander Scott Bullitt.   Political families: Lee-Randolph family; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Bullitt-Speed-Fry-Henry family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Benjamin Logan (1743-1802) — Born in Augusta County, Va., May 1, 1743. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1781-87; delegate to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1791-92; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1792-95. Presbyterian. Scottish ancestry. Died, from a stroke of apoplexy, near Stanford, Shelby County, Ky., December 11, 1802 (age 59 years, 224 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.   Relatives: Son of David Logan and Jane (McKinley) Logan; brother of John Logan; married 1772 to Ann Montgomery.   Logan counties in Ky. and Ohio are named for him.   See also Wikipedia article Unknown Location Shelbyville, Shelby County, Kentucky Politicians formerly buried here:   Bland Ballard (1761-1853) — of Shelby County, Ky. Born in Fredericksburg, Va., October 16, 1761. Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1800-05; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. Died September 5, 1853 (age 91 years, 324 days). Original interment somewhere; reinterment in 1854 at Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.   Relatives: Grandfather of Bland Ballard (1819-1879).   Ballard County, Ky. is named for him.   The city (now inactive) of Blandville, Kentucky, is named for him.   See also Wikipedia article Grove Hill Cemetery Shelbyville, Shelby County, Kentucky Politicians buried here:   Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert (1882-1939) — also known as Ralph Gilbert — of Shelbyville, Shelby County, Ky. Born in Taylorsville, Spencer County, Ky., January 17, 1882. Democrat. Lawyer; county judge in Kentucky, 1910-17; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1921-29, 1931-33; defeated, 1928; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1929; member of Kentucky state senate, 1936. Died July 30, 1939 (age 57 years, 194 days). Interment at Grove Hill Cemetery.   Presumably named for: Ralph Waldo Emerson   Relatives: Son of George Gilmore Gilbert; married to Jane Thompson.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   James Cresap Sprigg (1802-1852) — of Shelbyville, Shelby County, Ky. Born in Frostburg, Allegany County, Md., 1802. Lawyer; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1830-34, 1837-40, 1852; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1841-43. Died in Shelbyville, Shelby County, Ky., October 3, 1852 (age about 50 years). Interment at Grove Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Brother of Michael Cresap Sprigg.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article   Pryor J. Foree (1858-1900) — of Shelbyville, Shelby County, Ky. Born November 16, 1858. Democrat. Lawyer; Shelby County Attorney, 1883; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1888; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1890. Died December 12, 1900 (age 42 years, 26 days). Interment at Grove Hill Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Joseph P. Foree and Mary P. Foree; married 1886 to Sue G. Conn; second cousin once removed of Benjamin Porter Major and Samuel Collier Major (1840-1894); third cousin of Samuel Collier Major (1869-1931).   Political family: Major family of Fayette, Missouri.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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