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Joseph Broaddus (1862-1925) —
also known as Joe Broaddus —
of Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo.
Born in Madison
County, Ky., May 28,
1862.
Democrat. Civil engineer; Livingston
County Surveyor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Missouri, 1916.
Died in Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo., June 22,
1925 (age 63 years, 25
days).
Interment at Edgewood
Cemetery, Chillicothe, Mo.
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Orestes Hampton Caldwell (b. 1888) —
also known as Orestes H. Caldwell —
of New York; Cos Cob, Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., 1888.
Electrical
engineer; editor of trade
journals in radio and
electronics;
member, Federal Radio Commission, 1927-29; resigned 1929.
Burial location unknown.
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Forrest L. Crutchfield —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.
Engineer; candidate in primary for mayor
of Paducah, Ky., 1951.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Moberley Dudley (1860-1925) —
also known as Richard M. Dudley —
of El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex.
Born in Waco, Madison
County, Ky., 1860.
Engineer; banker;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1910; mayor of
El Paso, Tex., 1923-25; died in office 1925.
Died, following ulcer
surgery, in Hotel Dieu Hospital,
El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., May 1,
1925 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Evergreen
Alameda Cemetery, El Paso, Tex.
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Thomas Coleman du Pont (1863-1930) —
also known as T. Coleman du Pont —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., December
11, 1863.
Republican. Engineer; president, E.I. Du Pont de Nemours Powder
Co., 1902-15; president, Central Coal and Iron Co.,
and other mining firms; director, Union National Bank;
owner of hotels;
Delaware
Republican state chair, 1904-12; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Delaware, 1908
(alternate), 1920
(speaker),
1924,
1928;
member of Republican
National Committee from Delaware, 1908-30; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1916;
U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1921-22, 1925-28; appointed 1921;
defeated, 1922; resigned 1928.
Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Union
League.
Died, from cancer
of the larynx, in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., November
11, 1930 (age 66 years, 335
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Du
Pont de Nemours Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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Harold L. Heiner —
also known as Hal Heiner —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Republican. Civil engineer; real estate
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kentucky, 2008;
candidate for mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 2010.
Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers.
Still living as of 2010.
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Ora Main —
of Fayette
County, Ky.
Democrat. Civil engineer; candidate for Kentucky
state senate 12th District, 1981.
Still living as of 2003.
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William Harvey May (1908-1986) —
also known as William H. May —
of Prestonsburg, Floyd
County, Ky.; Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born in Prestonsburg, Floyd
County, Ky., May 6,
1908.
Democrat. Kentucky
commissioner of agriculture, 1940-43; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1943, 1947; his companies did
engineering and design work on Kentucky turnpikes; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1960,
1964.
Died in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., October
16, 1986 (age 78 years, 163
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Paul E. Patton (b. 1937) —
of Virgie, Pike
County, Ky.
Born in Lawrence
County, Ky., May 26,
1937.
Democrat. Engineer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1972,
1996,
2000;
Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1991-95; defeated in primary, 1987; Governor of
Kentucky, 1995-2003.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2014.
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James Stephen Watkins (b. 1892) —
also known as J. Stephen Watkins —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in London, Laurel
County, Ky., November
14, 1892.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; civil
engineer; Kentucky Highway Commissioner, 1943-48; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1952
(alternate), 1956
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1960.
Christian.
Member, American
Society of Civil Engineers; Sigma
Nu; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Rotary;
Newcomen
Society.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Nathaniel Watkins and Dorcas (Chesnut) Watkins; married, June 21,
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John McDowell Woodson (b. 1834) —
also known as John M. Woodson —
of Carrollton, Greene
County, Ill.; Carlinville, Macoupin
County, Ill.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky., June 5,
1834.
Engineer; lawyer; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention from Greene County,
1862; member of Illinois
state senate, 1867-69; attorney for several railroads.
Burial location unknown.
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Marvin Lee Worthington (1940-2000) —
also known as Marvin L. Worthington; Pete
Worthington —
of Washington, Mason
County, Ky.
Born December
5, 1940.
Engineer; farmer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1978-2000; died in office 2000.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Farm
Bureau; Odd
Fellows.
Charged
with drunken
driving
and speeding
in Fayette County, Ky., in 1992; pleaded
guilty to a reduced charge
of reckless
driving.
Driving on U.S. Highway 68 while intoxicated, he crossed the center
line and collided
with another car; both he and the other driver (Sherri Commodore
Chambers) were killed, near Mayslick, Mason
County, Ky., October
12, 2000 (age 59 years, 312
days).
Burial location unknown.
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