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Todd County
Kentucky

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Todd County

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards Elkton Glenwood Cemetery Private or family graveyards Todd County, Kentucky Politicians buried here:   Anthony New (1747-1833) — of Elkton, Todd County, Ky. Born in Gloucester County, Va., 1747. Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1793-1805 (12th District 1793-97, at-large 1797-1805); U.S. Representative from Kentucky, 1811-13, 1817-19, 1821-23 (1st District 1811-13, 5th District 1817-19, 1821-23). Slaveowner. Died near Elkton, Todd County, Ky., March 2, 1833 (age about 85 years). Interment in a private or family graveyard.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article   Benjamin Edwards (1753-1829) — of Maryland. Born in Stafford County, Va., August 12, 1753. Member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1782-84; state court judge in Maryland, 1793; U.S. Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1795. Slaveowner. Died in Elkton, Todd County, Ky., November 13, 1829 (age 76 years, 93 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.   Relatives: Son of Hayden Edwards and Penelope (Sanford) Edwards; married to Margaret Beall; father of Ninian Edwards and Cyrus Edwards; grandfather of Ninian Wirt Edwards, Benjamin Edwards Grey and Lucy Amanda Gray (who married Finis Ewing McLean); great-grandfather of John Pope Cook and Richard Lee Metcalfe; second great-grandfather of Theodore W. Metcalfe.   Political family: Edwards-Cook family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Glenwood Cemetery Elkton, Todd County, Kentucky Politicians buried here:   James Clark McReynolds (1862-1946) — also known as James C. McReynolds — of Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn. Born in Elkton, Todd County, Ky., February 3, 1862. Lawyer; university professor; U.S. Attorney General, 1913-14; Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1914-41; took senior status 1941. Disciples of Christ. Died in Washington, D.C., August 24, 1946 (age 84 years, 202 days). Interment at Glenwood Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Dr. John Oliver McReynolds and Ellen M. (Reeves) McReynolds.   See also federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article — Ballotpedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges

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