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David Aronberg (1893-1967) —
of Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky.
Born in Manchester, England,
April
3, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; merchant;
real
estate business; mayor
of Ashland, Ky., 1952-55, 1960-64.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
American Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks.
Died in Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky., February
11, 1967 (age 73 years, 314
days).
Interment at Ashland
Cemetery, Ashland, Ky.
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Henry Arrowood (1896-1960) —
of Paintsville, Johnson
County, Ky.
Born in River, Johnson
County, Ky., November
11, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; newspaper
editor and publisher; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1942-47, 1952-53 (91st District
1942-43, 98th District 1944-47, 1952-53).
Baptist.
Member, Kiwanis;
American Legion; Disabled
American Veterans.
Died in Johnson
County, Ky., November
12, 1960 (age 64 years, 1
days).
Interment at Denny
Pigg Cemetery, Johnson County, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary Jane (Daniels) Arrowood and Andrew Jackson Arrowood; married
to Ernestine Pigg. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Marshall Barnes (1897-1985) —
of Hartford, Ohio
County, Ky.; Beaver Dam, Ohio
County, Ky.; Owensboro, Daviess
County, Ky.
Born in Beaver Dam, Ohio
County, Ky., March 2,
1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; banker; insurance
business; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 21st District, 1932-35; defeated,
1935.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Legion; Phi
Kappa Tau; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died in December, 1985
(age 88
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Isaac Emerson Beauchamp (1899-1971) —
also known as Emerson Beauchamp; Doc
Beauchamp —
of Russellville, Logan
County, Ky.
Born in Russellville, Logan
County, Ky., June 14,
1899.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; served in the
U.S. Army during World War II; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1944-46; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1951-55; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1952,
1956,
1960;
Kentucky
commissioner of agriculture, 1960-63; Kentucky
state treasurer, 1964-.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans.
Died in 1971
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Russellville, Ky.
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Charles Milton Blackburn (1912-1982) —
also known as Charles Blackburn —
of Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky.
Born in Woodford
County, Ky., May 31,
1912.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; chair of
Woodford County Democratic Party, 1952-55; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1956.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Kiwanis;
American Legion.
Died in Lee
County, Fla., August
19, 1982 (age 70 years, 80
days).
Interment at Coral Ridge Cemetery, Cape Coral, Fla.
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Clifton Rhodes Bratcher (1917-1977) —
also known as Rhodes Bratcher —
of Morgantown, Butler
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Morgantown, Butler
County, Ky., December
23, 1917.
Republican. School
teacher; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,
1952;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1964; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky, 1970-77;
died in office 1977.
Baptist.
Member, Lions;
American Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Woodmen.
Died July 25,
1977 (age 59 years, 214
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of A. J. Bratcher and Fannie (Pharris) Bratcher; married, August
12, 1946, to Martha Guffey. |
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Henry Skillman Breckinridge (1886-1960) —
also known as Henry Breckinridge; Henry
Breckenridge —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Fresh Meadows, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 25,
1886.
Democrat. Assistant Secretary of War, 1913-16; served in the U.S.
Army during World War I; lawyer;
attorney for Charles A. Lindbergh, 1932; Constitutional candidate for
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1934; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1936.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Military
Order of the World Wars; American Legion; Loyal
Legion; Navy
League.
Died, in St. Vincent's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 3,
1960 (age 73 years, 344
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1842-1921) and Louise Ludlow (Dudley)
Breckinridge; married, July 7,
1910, to Ruth (Bradley) Woodman; married, August
5, 1927, to Aida (de Acosta) Root; married, March
27, 1947, to Margaret Lucy Smith; nephew of Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William
Campbell Preston Breckinridge; grandson of Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge; grandnephew of Joseph
Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823), William
Campbell Preston and John
Smith Preston; great-grandson of John
Breckinridge and Francis
Smith Preston; great-grandnephew of James
Patton Preston; second great-grandson of William
Preston and William
Campbell; second great-grandnephew of William
Cabell and Patrick
Henry; first cousin of Levin
Irving Handy and Desha
Breckinridge; first cousin once removed of John
Cabell Breckinridge and Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864); first cousin twice removed of James
Douglas Breckinridge, Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell, James
McDowell, John
Buchanan Floyd and George
Rogers Clark Floyd; first cousin thrice removed of William
Cabell Jr. and William
Henry Cabell; second cousin of Clifton
Rodes Breckinridge and Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925); second cousin once removed of Carter
Henry Harrison, William
Lewis Cabell and George
Craighead Cabell; second cousin twice removed of Valentine
Wood Southall, Frederick
Mortimer Cabell, Samuel
Meredith Garland (1802-1880) and Edward
Carrington Cabell; third cousin of Benjamin
Earl Cabell and Carter
Henry Harrison II; third cousin once removed of John
William Leftwich, Stephen
Valentine Southall and Earle
Cabell; fourth cousin of Samuel
Meredith Garland (1861-1945). |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Monroe-Grayson-Roosevelt-Breckinridge
family of Virginia and Kentucky (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Bayne Breckinridge (1913-1979) —
also known as John B. Breckinridge —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Washington,
D.C., November
29, 1913.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 49th District, 1956-59; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1960-64, 1968-72; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1960;
Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1971; defeated, 1963; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1973-79; defeated in
primary, 1978.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Legion; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., July 29,
1979 (age 65 years, 242
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Leon Enoch Browder (1893-1953) —
also known as Leon Browder —
of Fulton, Fulton
County, Ky.
Born in Fulton, Fulton
County, Ky., September
25, 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; business
executive; officer in oil
drilling companies; partner, Browder Milling Co.;
director, City National Bank of
Fulton, Ky.; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary;
American Legion; Farm
Bureau.
Died September
26, 1953 (age 60 years, 1
days).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Fulton, Ky.
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Joe F. Burdett (1909-1965) —
of Point Pleasant, Mason
County, W.Va.
Born in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., November
22, 1909.
Democrat. Farmer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; secretary
of state of West Virginia, 1959-63.
Presbyterian.
Member, Moose; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Jesters;
American Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sigma
Nu.
Died in May, 1965
(age 55
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of P. T. Burdett and Carrie (Conner) Burdett; married to Virginia
Shonk. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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Walter Alexander Burke (1895-1967) —
also known as W. A. 'Gene' Burke —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Fleming
County, Ky., June 6,
1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; mayor
of Beckley, W.Va., 1946-48, 1950-51; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1947-50,
1953-56.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Elks; Moose;
American Legion.
Died in June, 1967
(age about
71 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Tarlton Combs Carroll (1889-1978) —
also known as Tarlton C. Carroll —
of Shepherdsville, Bullitt
County, Ky.
Born in Shepherdsville, Bullitt
County, Ky., May 14,
1889.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Bullitt
County Attorney, 1918-30; member of Kentucky
state senate 12th District, 1942-45.
Member, Sigma
Nu; American Legion.
Died January
23, 1978 (age 88 years, 254
days).
Interment at Hebron
Cemetery, Brooks, Ky.
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Elmer Anderson Carter (1890-1973) —
also known as Elmer A. Carter —
of Prairie View, Waller
County, Tex.; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 19,
1890.
College
teacher; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; executive
secretary for the Urban League in various cities, 1920-28; editor of
Opportunity, a Journal of Negro Life, 1928-42; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1932;
Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1950; Republican
candidate for borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1953.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; NAACP;
American Legion; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died January
16, 1973 (age 82 years, 181
days).
Interment at Ferncliff
Cemetery, Hartsdale, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of George Cook Carter and Florence Lucretia (Young) Carter; married
1922 to
Edna Felicia Billups; married 1927 to Thelma
Charles Johnson. |
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Tim Lee Carter (1910-1987) —
of Tompkinsville, Monroe
County, Ky.
Born in Tompkinsville, Monroe
County, Ky., September
2, 1910.
Republican. Physician;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1965-81; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1972.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Medical Association.
Died in Glasgow, Barren
County, Ky., March
27, 1987 (age 76 years, 206
days).
Interment at Evans-Oak
Hill Cemetery, Tompkinsville, Ky.
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Albert Benjamin Chandler (1898-1991) —
also known as Albert B. Chandler; Happy
Chandler —
of Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky.
Born in Corydon, Henderson
County, Ky., July 14,
1898.
Democrat. Athletic
coach; lawyer; newspaper
publisher; member of Kentucky
state senate 22nd District, 1930-31; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1931-35; Governor of
Kentucky, 1935-39, 1955-59; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1936,
1940,
1944,
1952,
1956;
U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1939-45; member of Democratic
National Committee from Kentucky, 1939; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1939; Commissioner of Baseball
1945-51, during the time the sport was desegregated; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 1956.
Episcopalian.
Member, Order of
the Coif; Pi
Kappa Alpha; Omicron
Delta Kappa; American Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky., June 15,
1991 (age 92 years, 336
days).
Interment at Pisgah
Church Cemetery, Versailles, Ky.
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Frank Leslie Chelf (1907-1982) —
also known as Frank L. Chelf —
of Lebanon, Marion
County, Ky.
Born in Elizabethtown, Hardin
County, Ky., September
22, 1907.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1936;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1945-67; defeated,
1966.
Member, American Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Phi
Delta Theta.
Died in Lebanon, Marion
County, Ky., September
1, 1982 (age 74 years, 344
days).
Interment at Ryder
Cemetery, Lebanon, Ky.
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Eugene H. Clark (b. 1920) —
of Sexton's Creek, Clay
County, Ky.; Manchester, Clay
County, Ky.
Born in Sexton's Creek, Clay
County, Ky., May 27,
1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; farmer; school
teacher; lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state senate 19th District, 1952-55.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Sigma
Delta Kappa; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Legion.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of J. C. Clark and Mattie (Sparks) Clark; married, June 3,
1950, to Glada Hounchell. |
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Cassius M. Clay (1895-1959) —
of Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky.
Born in Bourbon
County, Ky., March 2,
1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; farmer;
general solicitor, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad,
1941-45; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 67th District, 1954-55; member of
Kentucky
state senate 28th District, 1958-59; died in office 1959.
Christian.
Member, American Legion; Farm
Bureau; Phi
Beta Kappa; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died November
26, 1959 (age 64 years, 269
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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, Somerset, Ky.
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William Owen Cowger (1922-1971) —
also known as William O. Cowger —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Hastings, Adams
County, Neb., January
1, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; banker;
candidate for Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1948; member of Kentucky
Republican State Central Committee, 1956-71; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1961-65; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1967-71; defeated,
1970.
Presbyterian.
Member, Jaycees;
Urban
League; American Legion.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., October
2, 1971 (age 49 years, 274
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Eldon Steven Dummit (b. 1896) —
also known as Eldon S. Dummit —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Monett, Barry
County, Mo., August
6, 1896.
Republican. Lawyer;
director, Central Exchange Bank; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1944; candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 1947; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kentucky, 1948.
Christian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Legion; Phi
Alpha Delta; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Optimist
Club.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Flemon R. Dummit and Ludema (Marbut) Dummit; married, August
4, 1926, to Christine Shouse. |
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Thomas Clyde Ferguson (1898-1969) —
also known as Thomas C. Ferguson —
of Henderson, Henderson
County, Ky.
Born in Jasper, Marion
County, Tenn., January
7, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1944
(alternate), 1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
American Legion.
Died in 1969
(age about
71 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Henry Gartrell (1914-1988) —
also known as Charles H. Gartrell —
of Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky.
Born in Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky., July 28,
1914.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; candidate for
Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1947; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1948,
1952
(alternate); mayor
of Ashland, Ky., 1968-72.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky., July 3,
1988 (age 73 years, 341
days).
Interment at Ashland
Cemetery, Ashland, Ky.
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Charles Gilliam (b. 1929) —
of Logan, Logan
County, W.Va.
Born in Sandy Hook, Elliott
County, Ky., March
19, 1929.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; plumber;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates; elected 1970, 1972, 1974.
Methodist.
Member, Disabled
American Veterans; American Legion; Moose; Jaycees.
Still living as of 1975.
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Relatives: Son
of Merida Gilliam and Esther (William) Gilliam; married, May 15,
1947, to Virginia Adkins. |
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Ernie Harris (b. 1947) —
Born December
23, 1947.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Kentucky
state senate 26th District, 1995-.
Baptist.
Member, Farm
Bureau; American Legion.
Still living as of 2004.
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Harry Bartow Hawes (1869-1947) —
also known as Harry B. Hawes —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., November
15, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1904,
1928;
member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee, 1904,
1916;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from St. Louis City 3rd District,
1917-18; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1921-26; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1926-33; resigned 1933.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; American Legion; Reserve
Officers Association; Military
Order of the World Wars; American Bar
Association; American
Society for International Law; American
Economic Association; Izaak
Walton League; Audubon
Society; American
Forestry Association; National Rifle
Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 31,
1947 (age 77 years, 258
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a private or family graveyard, Ripley County, Mo.
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Paul Herron Jr. (b. 1924) —
of Henderson, Henderson
County, Ky.
Born April 7,
1924.
Democrat. Real estate
broker; auctioneer;
member of Kentucky
state senate 4th District, 1995-.
Methodist.
Member, Moose; Elks;
American Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Still living as of 2004.
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George John Kaufmann (b. 1913) —
also known as George J. Kaufmann —
of Fort Thomas, Campbell
County, Ky.
Born in Newport, Campbell
County, Ky., May 20,
1913.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kentucky, 1952,
1956,
1960.
Catholic.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Legion; Rotary;
Elks; Eagles;
Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George J. Kaufmann and Mary (Brown) Kaufmann; married, July 16,
1936, to Ann Bassmann. |
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Clarence E. Manion (1896-1979) —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Henderson, Henderson
County, Ky., July 7,
1896.
Lawyer;
law
professor; chair, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations,
1953-54.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Legion; Knights
of Columbus.
Died July 28,
1979 (age 83 years, 21
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Manion and Elizabeth (Carroll) Manion; married, August
3, 1936, to Virginia O'Brien. |
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Joseph Martin (b. 1892) —
of Edmonton, Metcalfe
County, Ky.
Born near Edmonton, Metcalfe
County, Ky., September
14, 1892.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1926-30; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Kentucky; county judge in Kentucky, 1934-38;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,
1940;
candidate for Kentucky
state senate 9th District, 1955.
Baptist.
Member, Lions; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; American Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Martin and Rintha Jane (Howell) Martin; married, February
5, 1920, to Lasca Beauchamp. |
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Louis Ebenezer Miller (1899-1952) —
also known as Louis E. Miller —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Willisburg, Washington
County, Ky., April
30, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1940;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1943-45; defeated,
1932 (at-large), 1944 (11th District).
Member, American Legion.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., November
1, 1952 (age 53 years, 185
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Wilbur Kingsbury Miller (1892-1976) —
also known as Wilbur K. Miller —
of Owensboro, Daviess
County, Ky.
Born in Owensboro, Daviess
County, Ky., October
9, 1892.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Daviess
County Attorney, 1921-29; member, Kentucky Public Service
Commission, 1934-35; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1940-41; Associate
Justice of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1945-64;
took senior status 1964.
Member, American Legion.
Died January
24, 1976 (age 83 years, 107
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thruston Ballard Morton (1907-1982) —
also known as Thruston B. Morton —
of Glenview, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., August
19, 1907.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1947-53; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1948,
1952,
1956;
speaker, 1956,
1960;
U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1957-69; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1959-61.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., August
14, 1982 (age 74 years, 360
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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William Huston Natcher (1909-1994) —
also known as William H. Natcher —
of Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky.
Born in Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky., September
11, 1909.
Democrat. Lawyer; Warren
County Attorney, 1938-50; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1940;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; commonwealth attorney,
8th District, 1951-53; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1953-94; died in
office 1994.
Baptist.
Member, American Legion; Forty and
Eight; Kiwanis;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March
29, 1994 (age 84 years, 199
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Bowling Green, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of J. M. Natcher and Blanche (Hays) Natcher; married, June 17,
1937, to Virginia Reardon. |
| | | The William H. Natcher Federal
Building and U.S.
Courthouse, in Bowling
Green, Kentucky, is named for
him. — The William H. Natcher Parkway
(opened 1972 as the Green River Parkway; renamed 1994; redesignated
2018 as Interstate 165, without the Natcher name), which ran through
Warren,
Butler,
Ohio,
and Daviess
counties, Kentucky, was named for
him. — The William H. Natcher Bridge
(opened 2002), which takes U.S. Highway 231 over the Ohio River,
between Daviess
County, Kentucky and Spencer
County, Indiana, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier |
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Carl Dewey Perkins (1912-1984) —
also known as Carl D. Perkins —
of Hindman, Knott
County, Ky.
Born in Hindman, Knott
County, Ky., October
15, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1940; served in the U.S. Army
during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1949-84; died in
office 1984.
Member, American Legion; Freemasons.
Died in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., August
3, 1984 (age 71 years, 293
days).
Interment at Perkins
Cemetery, Leburn, Ky.
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Stanley Forman Reed (1884-1980) —
also known as Stanley F. Reed —
of Maysville, Mason
County, Ky.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Minerva, Mason
County, Ky., December
31, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer;
counsel, Burley Tobacco
Growers Cooperative Association; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1912-16; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kentucky, 1920,
1936;
U.S. Solicitor General, 1935-38; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1938-57.
Protestant.
Member, American Legion; Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Phi.
Died in Huntington, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., April 2,
1980 (age 95 years, 93
days).
Interment at Maysville
Cemetery, Maysville, Ky.
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Jerry Rhoads (b. 1941) —
of Madisonville, Hopkins
County, Ky.
Born April 5,
1941.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state senate 6th District, 2003-.
Baptist.
Member, Kiwanis;
American Legion.
Still living as of 2004.
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Walter Rollins (1922-1992) —
of Kenova, Wayne
County, W.Va.
Born in Catlettsburg, Boyd
County, Ky., January
2, 1922.
Democrat. Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1971-76, 1985-92 (Wayne County
1971-74, 12th District 1975-76, 14th District 1985-92); died in
office 1992; member of West
Virginia state senate 5th District, 1977-80.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Beta
Theta Pi; American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died February
9, 1992 (age 70 years, 38
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Walter F. Rollins and Nellie (Hatfield) Rollins; married, April 9,
1943, to Martha Lacock. |
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Cecil Carlton Sanders (1914-2007) —
of Lancaster, Garrard
County, Ky.
Born in Garrard
County, Ky., March 2,
1914.
Democrat. School
teacher; athletic
coach; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1953-55; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1955-59.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
American Legion; Rotary;
American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died, in St. Joseph's Hospital,
Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., January
13, 2007 (age 92 years, 317
days).
Interment at Lancaster
Cemetery, Lancaster, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of James Blythe Sanders and Suella (Jones) Sanders; married to Viola
Layton and Mary Elizabeth Gulley. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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David S. Van Alstyne Jr. (b. 1897) —
of Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., January
3, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; investment
banker; stockbroker;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1943; member
of New
Jersey state senate from Bergen County, 1944-53; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1944,
1948,
1952
(member, Credentials
Committee; speaker),
1968;
delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Bergen County,
1947; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey.
Presbyterian.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the Revolution; American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of David Van Alstyne and Ella (Peay) Van Alstyne; married, October
20, 1923, to Janet Graham. |
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E. S. Johnny Walker (1911-2000) —
of Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.; Silver City, Grant
County, N.M.
Born in Fulton, Fulton
County, Ky., June 18,
1911.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New
Mexico state house of representatives, 1949-52; U.S.
Representative from New Mexico at-large, 1965-69; defeated, 1968.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Legion; Elks.
In the New Mexico state legislature, he successfully sponsored a bill
to allow women to serve on juries. In Congress, he sponsored
legislation that created what is now Pecos National Historical Park.
Died of leukemia,
in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., October
8, 2000 (age 89 years, 112
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Santa
Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M.
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William Luxon Wallace (1889-1974) —
also known as William L. Wallace —
of Richmond, Madison
County, Ky.; Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Richmond, Madison
County, Ky., January
2, 1889.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kentucky, 1920,
1948
(alternate), 1952,
1956
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1960
(member, Credentials
Committee); member of Kentucky
state senate 29th District, 1921-24; member of Kentucky
Republican State Central Committee, 1936-69.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Sons of
the American Revolution; Kiwanis;
American Legion; American Bar
Association.
Died December
23, 1974 (age 85 years, 355
days).
Interment at Richmond
Cemetery, Richmond, Ky.
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Lynn Boyd Wells (b. 1893) —
also known as Lynn B. Wells —
of West Liberty, Morgan
County, Ky.
Born in West Liberty, Morgan
County, Ky., January
29, 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
elected Kentucky
state house of representatives 75th District 1955.
Church
of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Granvil Wells and Arzelda (Keeton) Wells; married to Jewel
D. Johnson. |
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Robert C. Yount (1909-1989) —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born in Benson Valley, Franklin
County, Ky., April
21, 1909.
Democrat. College band
director, newspaper
circulation manager; garage
owner; real estate
business; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; mayor
of Frankfort, Ky., 1953-57.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Legion; Kiwanis.
Died in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., July 19,
1989 (age 80 years, 89
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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