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Eugene Rufus Attkisson (1873-1939) —
also known as Eugene Attkisson —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Lavinia, Carroll
County, Tenn., October
31, 1873.
Democrat. College teacher; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1932.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Elks; Lions.
Died in 1939
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. John Rufus Attkisson and Elizabeth Moss (Lanier) Attkisson;
married, June 6,
1900, to Grace Crawford Dorney. |
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Roscoe Gardner Bartlett (b. 1926) —
also known as Roscoe G. Bartlett —
of Frederick, Frederick
County, Md.
Born in Moreland, Jefferson
County, Ky., June 3,
1926.
Republican. University professor; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1993-; defeated, 1982.
Seventh-Day
Adventist.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Burke Belknap (1885-1965) —
also known as William B. Belknap —
of Goshen, Oldham
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., April
18, 1885.
Democrat. Stock
breeder; economist;
college teacher; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 59th District, 1924-28, 1934-35;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1933.
Member, American
Economic Association; Zeta
Psi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons.
Died September
7, 1965 (age 80 years, 142
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Oline Carmical Jr. —
of Williamsburg, Whitley
County, Ky.
Republican. College professor; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1978; Republican candidate for Kentucky
state senate, 1983 (17th District), 1990 (primary, 34th District).
Still living as of 2000.
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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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Nimbus Couzin —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Brewer;
university professor; coffee
house owner; Independent candidate for mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 2010.
Still living as of 2010.
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Joseph Smith Fowler (1820-1902) —
also known as Joseph S. Fowler —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio, August
31, 1820.
Republican. College professor; president,
Howard Female College, Gallatin, Tenn., 1856-61; lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1866-71; member of Republican
National Committee from Tennessee, 1866-68; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Tennessee.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 1,
1902 (age 81 years, 213
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Richard Livingston Goode (b. 1855) —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Henry
County, Ky., February
4, 1855.
Democrat. Lawyer;
attorney for railroad;
Judge, Missouri Court of Appeals, 1901-10; law professor.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Thomas Goode and Martitia Elizabeth (Guthrie) Goode;
married, April
22, 1885, to Estelle B. Maurer. |
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J. Donald Graham —
of Kentucky.
College professor; Independent candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1968.
Still living as of 2007.
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Herman Gilbert Handmaker (1903-1964) —
also known as Herman G. Handmaker —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., July 23,
1903.
Lawyer;
law professor; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1928-33.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
B'nai
B'rith.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., January
2, 1964 (age 60 years, 163
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Julius Handmaker and Agnes (Jacobstein) Handmaker; married, December
6, 1932, to Esther Marie Jacobson. |
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John Flournoy Henry (1793-1873) —
of Kentucky; Burlington, Des Moines
County, Iowa.
Born in Scott
County, Ky., January
17, 1793.
Physician;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 12th District, 1826-27; medical
school professor.
Slaveowner.
Died in Burlington, Des Moines
County, Iowa, November
12, 1873 (age 80 years, 299
days).
Interment at Aspen
Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa.
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Horace Harmon Lurton (1844-1914) —
of Clarksville, Montgomery
County, Tenn.; Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Newport, Campbell
County, Ky., February
26, 1844.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; justice of
Tennessee state supreme court, 1886-93; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1893-1909; law
professor; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1909-14; died in office 1914.
Episcopalian.
Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., July 12,
1914 (age 70 years, 136
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Clarksville, Tenn.
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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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John Mason Martin (1837-1898) —
of Alabama.
Born in Athens, Limestone
County, Ala., January
20, 1837.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state senate, 1871-76; law professor; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 6th District, 1885-87.
Slaveowner.
Died in Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky., June 16,
1898 (age 61 years, 147
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
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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, Elkton, Ky.
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Neville Miller (1894-1977) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., February
17, 1894.
Democrat. Lawyer;
first dean, University of Louisville School of Law, 1930-33;
mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1933-37; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1936;
president of the National Association of Broadcasters,
1938-44.
Presbyterian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
27, 1977 (age 83 years, 38
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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James Graves Scrugham (1880-1945) —
also known as James G. Scrugham; J. G.
Scrugham —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., January
19, 1880.
Democrat. University professor; newspaper
editor and publisher; Governor of
Nevada, 1923-27; defeated, 1926; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1933-42; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1940,
1944;
U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1942-45; died in office 1945.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles.
Died June 23,
1945 (age 65 years, 155
days).
Interment at Masonic
Memorial Gardens, Reno, Nev.
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Paul F. Walker (1864-1941) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Dayton, Campbell
County, Ky., March
30, 1864.
University professor; Honorary
Consul for Venezuela in Cincinnati,
Ohio, 1895-1902; Consul
for Costa Rica in Cincinnati,
Ohio, 1896-1903.
Member, Sigma
Chi.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, November
8, 1941 (age 77 years, 223
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Aaron Sherman Watkins (1863-1941) —
also known as Aaron S. Watkins —
of Wilmore, Jessamine
County, Ky.; Van Wert, Van Wert
County, Ohio; Columbus Grove, Putnam
County, Ohio; Germantown, Montgomery
County, Ohio; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Rushsylvania, Logan
County, Ohio, November
29, 1863.
School
teacher; lawyer; Methodist
minister; university professor; Prohibition candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1904; Prohibition
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1905, 1922, 1932; Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1908, 1912; president,
Asbury College, 1909-10; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1916; Prohibition candidate for President
of the United States, 1920.
Methodist.
Died in Rushsylvania, Logan
County, Ohio, February
9, 1941 (age 77 years, 72
days).
Interment at Equality
Cemetery, Rushsylvania, Ohio.
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Arthur Yager (1858-1941) —
of Georgetown, Scott
County, Ky.
Born in Henry
County, Ky., October
29, 1858.
Democrat. College professor; president
of Georgetown College, 1908-13; Governor of
Puerto Rico, 1913-21; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1928.
Died in Pewee Valley, Oldham
County, Ky., 1941
(age about
82 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Franklin Jackson Yager and Diana (Smith) Yager; married to Estill
Lewis. |
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