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Ben Shouse Adams (b. 1914) —
also known as Ben S. Adams —
of Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky.
Born in Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky., April 7,
1914.
Democrat. Farmer; implement
dealer; member of Kentucky
state senate 6th District, 1950-51; Kentucky
commissioner of agriculture, 1951-55.
Christian.
Member, Pi
Kappa Alpha; Moose; Elks; Kiwanis;
Farm
Bureau.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John W. Adams and Vyra E. (Shouse) Adams; married, September
5, 1934, to Mildred Keller Stone. |
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Levi Anderson (b. 1818) —
of Washington
County, Ore.
Born in Kentucky, 1818.
Republican. Farmer; delegate
to Oregon state constitutional convention from Washington County,
1857.
Burial location unknown.
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Jesse Applegate (b. 1810) —
of Umpqua County (now Douglas
County), Ore.
Born in Kentucky, 1810.
Republican. Farmer; delegate
to Oregon state constitutional convention from Umpqua County,
1857.
Burial location unknown.
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Tennyson M. Bates (1892-1957) —
of Wise, Wise
County, Va.
Born in Letcher
County, Ky., July 15,
1892.
Democrat. Farmer; coal
operator; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1948-55.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Died March
29, 1957 (age 64 years, 257
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Beck (born c.1819) —
of Navasota, Grimes
County, Tex.
Born in Kentucky, about 1819.
Farmer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1875, 1879-81.
African
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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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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James Carroll Bradley (1900-1969) —
also known as J. C. Bradley —
of Bedford, Trimble
County, Ky.
Born in Carroll
County, Ky., August
12, 1900.
Democrat. Real estate
sales; merchant;
tourist
camp business; banker;
farmer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 53rd District, 1944-47, 1952-55.
Baptist.
Member, Lions.
Died June 6,
1969 (age 68 years, 298
days).
Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Milton, Ky.
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Joshua C. Bradley (b. 1854) —
of Goldsberry, Macon
County, Mo.
Born in Kentucky, March 9,
1854.
Democrat. Farmer; merchant;
postmaster;
lawyer;
justice of the peace; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Macon County, 1913-18.
Burial location unknown.
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William B. Bradley Sr. (born c.1870) —
of Beacon Falls, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., about 1870.
Republican. Fruit
grower; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Beacon Falls, 1923-32,
1935-36, 1939-44; defeated, 1932, 1936.
Burial location unknown.
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Clifton Rodes Breckinridge (1846-1932) —
also known as Clifton R. Breckinridge —
of Pine Bluff, Jefferson
County, Ark.; Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., November
22, 1846.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
planter; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas, 1883-89, 1890-95 (at-large 1883-85,
2nd District 1885-89, 1890-95); U.S. Minister to Russia, 1894-97; delegate
to Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1917.
Died in Wendover, Leslie
County, Ky., December
3, 1932 (age 86 years, 11
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of John
Cabell Breckinridge and Mary
Breckinridge; married, November
21, 1876, to Catherine B. Carson; grandson of Joseph
Cabell Breckinridge; grandnephew of Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge; great-grandson of John
Breckinridge; second great-grandson of John
Witherspoon; second great-grandnephew of William
Preston and William
Cabell; first cousin once removed of Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864), Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William
Campbell Preston Breckinridge; first cousin twice removed of James
Douglas Breckinridge and Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell; first cousin thrice removed of William
Cabell Jr., Francis
Smith Preston, William
Henry Cabell and James
Patton Preston; second cousin of Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Levin
Irving Handy, Desha
Breckinridge and Henry
Skillman Breckinridge; second cousin once removed of Carter
Henry Harrison, William
Lewis Cabell and George
Craighead Cabell; second cousin twice removed of William
Campbell Preston, James
McDowell, Frederick
Mortimer Cabell, John
Buchanan Floyd, John
Smith Preston, George
Rogers Clark Floyd and Edward
Carrington Cabell; third cousin of Benjamin
Earl Cabell and Carter
Henry Harrison II; third cousin once removed of John
William Leftwich and Earle
Cabell. |
| | | 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; Walker-Randolph
family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William W. Bristow (b. 1826) —
of Lane
County, Ore.
Born in Kentucky, 1826.
Democrat. Farmer; delegate
to Oregon state constitutional convention from Lane County, 1857.
Burial location unknown.
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Simon Bolivar Buckner (1823-1914) —
also known as Simon Buckner —
of Munfordville, Hart
County, Ky.
Born in Hart
County, Ky., April 1,
1823.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; general in
the Confederate Army during the Civil War; farmer; Governor of
Kentucky, 1887-91; Gold Democratic candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1896.
Died in Hart
County, Ky., January
8, 1914 (age 90 years, 282
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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John Buford, Sr. (1779-1848) —
of Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky.; Rock Island, Rock
Island County, Ill.
Born in Barren
County, Ky., 1779.
Farmer; merchant;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1824-27; member of Illinois
state senate, 1843-47; postmaster at Rock
Island, Ill., 1843-47.
Presbyterian.
French
and English
ancestry.
Died in Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill., March
25, 1848 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Chippiannock
Cemetery, Rock Island, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Margaret (Kirtley) Buford and Simeon
Buford, Sr.; married, September
6, 1799, to Nancy Hickman; married, January
4, 1825, to Ann Bannister (Howe) Watson; father of John Buford,
Jr., Napoleon Bonaparte Buford, Thomas
Jefferson Buford and James
Monroe Buford. |
| | | Political family: Buford
family of Rock Island, Illinois. |
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Simeon Buford, Sr. (1756-1835) —
of Barren
County, Ky.; Warren
County, Ky.
Born in Culpeper
County, Va., December
19, 1756.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
farmer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1801-03; a founder of the
Kentucky horse
racing industry.
French
and English
ancestry.
Died in 1835
(age about
78 years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Barren County, 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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Ward Watkins Burnette (1941-2000) —
also known as Ward Burnette; Butch
Burnette —
of Fulton, Fulton
County, Ky.
Born in Fulton
County, Ky., April 9,
1941.
Democrat. Farmer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 1st District, 1976-83; Kentucky
commissioner of agriculture, 1988-91; defeated in primary, 1983.
Member, Farm
Bureau.
Died in Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky., December
11, 2000 (age 59 years, 246
days).
Interment at Union Cemetery, Fulton, Ky.
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James Campbell Cantrill (1870-1923) —
also known as J. Campbell Cantrill —
of Georgetown, Scott
County, Ky.
Born in Georgetown, Scott
County, Ky., July 9,
1870.
Democrat. Farmer; chair of
Scott County Democratic Party, 1895-97; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 58th District, 1897-1901; member
of Kentucky
state senate 22nd District, 1901-05; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1904;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1909-23; died in
office 1923; nominated in primary for Governor of
Kentucky 1923, but died before election.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died, due to appendicitis
and peritonitis,
during his campaign
for governor, in St. Joseph's Infirmary,
Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., September
2, 1923 (age 53 years, 55
days).
Interment at Georgetown
Cemetery, Georgetown, Ky.
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Cap Robert Carden (1866-1935) —
also known as Cap R. Carden —
of Munfordville, Hart
County, Ky.
Born in Hart
County, Ky., December
17, 1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; business
executive; farmer; Hart
County Sheriff; Hart
County Attorney; organized Glenbrook Power
Company and Munfordville Bridge Company; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1931-35 (4th District 1931-33,
at-large 1933-35, 4th District 1935); died in office 1935.
Baptist.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., June 13,
1935 (age 68 years, 178
days).
Interment at Munfordville
Cemetery, Munfordville, Ky.
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Leonard Evans Carson (1900-1972) —
also known as Leonard Carson —
of Crab Orchard, Lincoln
County, Ky.
Born in Turnersville, Lincoln
County, Ky., July 4,
1900.
Democrat. Farmer; horseman;
state
government employee; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 42nd District, 1938-39.
Died, in Haggin Memorial Hospital,
Harrodsburg, Mercer
County, Ky., February
9, 1972 (age 71 years, 220
days).
Interment at Buffalo
Springs Cemetery, Stanford, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of James Thomas Carson and Susie Belle (Carter)
Carson. |
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Thomas Withers Chinn (1791-1852) —
also known as Thomas W. Chinn —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born near Cynthiana, Harrison
County, Ky., November
22, 1791.
Physician;
lawyer;
sugar
cane planter; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1839-41.
Slaveowner.
Died in West Baton
Rouge Parish, La., May 22,
1852 (age 60 years, 182
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.;
reinterment at Live
Oaks Plantation Cemetery, Iberville Parish, La.; cenotaph at Magnolia
Cemetery, Baton Rouge, La.
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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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Brutus Junius Clay (1847-1932) —
also known as Brutus J. Clay —
of Richmond, Madison
County, Ky.
Born in Madison
County, Ky., February
20, 1847.
Republican. Grocer; cotton
planter; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kentucky, 1904;
U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1905-10.
Presbyterian.
Died June 2,
1932 (age 85 years, 103
days).
Interment at Richmond
Cemetery, Richmond, Ky.
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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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Thomas Hart Clay (1803-1871) —
also known as Thomas H. Clay —
of Kentucky.
Born in Fayette
County, Ky., September
22, 1803.
Farmer; U.S. Minister to Nicaragua, 1863; Honduras, 1863.
Died near Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., March
18, 1871 (age 67 years, 177
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Earle Chester Clements (1896-1985) —
also known as Earle C. Clements —
of Morganfield, Union
County, Ky.
Born in Morganfield, Union
County, Ky., October
22, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; farmer;
Union
County Sheriff, 1922-26; county judge in Kentucky, 1934; member
of Kentucky
state senate 4th District, 1942-45; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1945-48; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1972;
Governor
of Kentucky, 1948-50; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1950-57; defeated, 1956.
Christian.
Member, Pi
Kappa Alpha; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Morganfield, Union
County, Ky., March
12, 1985 (age 88 years, 141
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Morganfield, Ky.
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Elisha Logan Cockrell (1823-1876) —
of Estill
County, Ky.
Born in Breathitt
County, Ky., December
4, 1823.
Whig. Farmer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1847-48; county judge in
Kentucky, 1860.
Methodist.
Died in Irvine, Estill
County, Ky., November
2, 1876 (age 52 years, 334
days).
Interment at Cockrell
Family Cemetery, Ravenna, Ky.
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Leslie Combs (1852-1940) —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Little Compton, Newport
County, R.I., July 31,
1852.
Republican. Farmer; rancher; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kentucky, 1896
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1904;
Kentucky
Republican state chair, 1900; U.S. Minister to Honduras, 1902-06; Guatemala, 1903-07; Peru, 1907-11.
Died November
18, 1940 (age 88 years, 110
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Reuben F. Coyle (b. 1821) —
of Linn
County, Ore.
Born in Kentucky, 1821.
Democrat. Farmer; delegate
to Oregon state constitutional convention from Linn County, 1857.
Burial location unknown.
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Clarence E. Creek (b. 1906) —
of St. Marys, Pleasants
County, W.Va.
Born in Kentucky, April
10, 1906.
Democrat. Farmer; feed and
farm supply dealer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Pleasants County, 1959-62;
defeated, 1956.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Lions; Farm
Bureau.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas D. Creek and Frances S. (Hale) Creek; married, December
28, 1929, to Edith Patrick. |
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John Henry Davidson (1841-1911) —
of Wheatland, Hickory
County, Mo.
Born near Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky., June 26,
1841.
Democrat. Farmer; lawyer;
candidate for Missouri
state house of representatives, 1874, 1876; candidate for Missouri
state senate, 1886.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of pneumonia,
in El Dorado Springs, Cedar
County, Mo., February
10, 1911 (age 69 years, 229
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Alfred Love Davidson and Mary Jane (Adams) Davidson; married, January
24, 1869, to Mary F. Allen. |
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Dave Disponett (born c.1936) —
of Lawrenceburg, Anderson
County, Ky.
Born about 1936.
Republican. Contractor;
real
estate developer; farmer; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 2004;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Kentucky.
Still living as of 2012.
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Herbert Jackson Drane (1863-1947) —
also known as Herbert J. Drane —
of Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla.
Born in Franklin, Simpson
County, Ky., June 20,
1863.
Democrat. Railroad
builder; insurance
and real
estate business; orange grower; mayor
of Lakeland, Fla., 1888-92; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1903-05; member of Florida
state senate, 1913-17; U.S.
Representative from Florida 1st District, 1917-33; defeated,
1932; member, Federal Power Commission, 1933-37.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Woodmen;
Sigma
Nu Phi.
Died in Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla., August
11, 1947 (age 84 years, 52
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Cemetery, Lakeland, Fla.
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John Edwards (1748-1837) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Stafford
County, Va., 1748.
Planter; miller;
served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1781-85; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1792-95; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1795; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1796-1800.
Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died near Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky., 1837
(age about
89 years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Bourbon County, Ky.
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Albert Bacon Fall (1861-1944) —
also known as Albert B. Fall —
of Three Rivers, Otero
County, N.M.
Born in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., November
26, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer;
farmer; member of New Mexico
territorial House of Representatives, 1891-92; justice of
New Mexico territorial supreme court, 1893; New
Mexico territory attorney general, 1897; served in the U.S. Army
during the Spanish-American War; U.S.
Senator from New Mexico, 1912-21; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New Mexico, 1916;
U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1921-23.
Convicted
of bribery
in 1929 for his role in the Teapot Dome oil lease scandal;
served one year in prison.
Died in El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., November
30, 1944 (age 83 years, 4
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Alameda Cemetery, El Paso, Tex.
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William Jason Fields (1874-1954) —
also known as William J. Fields —
of Olive Hill, Carter
County, Ky.
Born in Willard, Carter
County, Ky., December
29, 1874.
Democrat. Farmer; real estate
dealer; commercial traveler for wholesale
grocers and dry
goods; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 9th District, 1911-23; Governor of
Kentucky, 1923-27; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1924,
1952.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Grayson, Carter
County, Ky., October
21, 1954 (age 79 years, 296
days).
Interment at Olive
Hill Cemetery, Olive Hill, Ky.
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Solomon Fitzhugh (b. 1804) —
of Douglas
County, Ore.
Born in Kentucky, 1804.
Democrat. Farmer; delegate
to Oregon state constitutional convention from Douglas County,
1857.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert T. Forth (1813-1886) —
of Wayne
County, Ill.
Born in Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky., September
15, 1813.
Farmer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1859-61, 1873-75 (10th District
1859-61, 44th District 1873-75).
Baptist.
Died in 1886
(age about
72 years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Wayne County, Ill.
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John W. Gamble (born c.1815) —
of Mexico, Audrain
County, Mo.
Born in Kentucky, about 1815.
Farmer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1865.
Burial location unknown.
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A. B. Gay (b. 1898) —
of Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky.; Spring Station, Woodford
County, Ky.
Born in Fayette
County, Ky., 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
farmer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kentucky, 1944,
1948.
Burial location unknown.
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Isabella Selmes Greenway (1886-1953) —
also known as Isabella S. Greenway; Isabella Selmes;
Isabella Ferguson; Mrs. John C. Greenway; Mrs. Harry
Orland King —
of Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.; Ajo, Pima
County, Ariz.; Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.
Born in Boone
County, Ky., March
22, 1886.
Democrat. Innkeeper;
rancher; owner, Gilpin Air
Lines; manager of copper mining
interests; member of Democratic
National Committee from Arizona, 1928-34; U.S.
Representative from Arizona at-large, 1933-37.
Female.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, in Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., December
18, 1953 (age 67 years, 271
days).
Interment at Dinsmore
Homestead Cemetery, Near Burlington, Boone County, Ky.
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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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Thomas B. Harris (born c.1815) —
of Concord, Callaway
County, Mo.
Born in Kentucky, about 1815.
Farmer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 3rd District, 1865.
Burial location unknown.
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Hiram Hawkins (1826-1914) —
of Bath
County, Ky.; Barbour
County, Ala.
Born near Owingsville, Bath
County, Ky., 1826.
Farmer; member of Kentucky state legislature, 1860; colonel in
the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Alabama state
legislature, 1870.
Died in 1914
(age about
88 years).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Eufaula, Ala.
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A. F. Hilker (b. 1864) —
of Purdy, Barry
County, Mo.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., April
15, 1864.
Republican. Farmer; auctioneer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Barry County, 1921-22;
defeated, 1922.
Burial location unknown.
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Nathan Thomas Hopkins (1852-1927) —
also known as Nathan T. Hopkins —
of Floyd
County, Ky.; Yeager, Pike
County, Ky.
Born in Ashe
County, N.C., October
27, 1852.
Republican. Ordained
minister; merchant;
lumberman;
farmer; Floyd
County Assessor, 1878-90; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1893-94, 1923-24; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1895-97; defeated,
1894.
Baptist.
Died in Piketon (now Pikeville), Pike
County, Ky., February
11, 1927 (age 74 years, 107
days).
Interment at Potter
Cemetery, Yeager, Ky.
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William Louis Kelly (b. 1839) —
also known as William L. Kelly —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Springfield, Washington
County, Ky., August
27, 1839.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; farmer; newspaper
editor; lawyer;
district judge in Minnesota 2nd District, 1887-1917.
Burial location unknown.
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Lewis Martin Lebus (1834-1905) —
also known as Lewis Lebus —
of Cynthiana, Harrison
County, Ky.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born near Lisbon, Columbiana
County, Ohio, 1834.
Republican. School
teacher; farmer; Harrison
County Sheriff; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kentucky, 1888.
Died, from a stroke of
apoplexy, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
31, 1905 (age about 71
years).
Interment at Hollywood
Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Richard Nathaniel Lower (1850-1933) —
also known as R. N. Lower —
of Longwood Township, Pettis
County, Mo.
Born in Oldham
County, Ky., January
15, 1850.
Republican. Farmer; banker;
member of Missouri
state senate 15th District, 1925-28.
Presbyterian.
Member, Woodmen;
Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Struck
by a train and killed, at the Missouri Pacific railroad
station, in Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo., March
29, 1933 (age 83 years, 73
days).
Interment at Longwood
Cemetery, Longwood, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of George Lower and Margaret Lower; brother-in-law of Fred MacChesney
(nephew by marriage of James
Peter Walker); married to Nancy Margaret Godby; married, June 15,
1892, to Anna Jane McChesney. |
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Beriah Magoffin Jr. (1843-1932) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; McAlester, Pittsburg
County, Okla.
Born in Harrodsburg, Mercer
County, Ky., March
13, 1843.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
farmer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 24, 1877.
Presbyterian.
Died in McAlester, Pittsburg
County, Okla., August
29, 1932 (age 89 years, 169
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Harrodsburg, Ky.
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Claude Matthews (1845-1898) —
of Indiana.
Born in Bath
County, Ky., December
14, 1845.
Democrat. Farmer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1876; secretary
of state of Indiana, 1891-93; Governor of
Indiana, 1893-97.
Suffered a stroke
while making a
speech in Veedersburg, Ind., and died three days later, April
28, 1898 (age 52 years, 135
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Clinton, Ind.
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Virgil Moore (b. 1933) —
of Leitchfield, Grayson
County, Ky.
Born December
4, 1933.
Republican. Farmer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kentucky, 1984;
member of Kentucky
state senate 5th District, 1993-.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2004.
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Isaac R. Moores (b. 1796) —
of Salem, Marion
County, Ore.
Born in Kentucky, 1796.
Farmer; postmaster at Salem,
Ore., 1855-58; delegate
to Oregon state constitutional convention from Lane County, 1857.
Burial location unknown.
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William Kavanaugh Oldham (1865-1938) —
also known as William K. Oldham —
of Pettus, Lonoke
County, Ark.
Born in Richmond, Madison
County, Ky., May 20,
1865.
Democrat. Planter; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1907; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1911-13; Governor of
Arkansas, 1913.
Baptist.
Died in Pettus, Lonoke
County, Ark., May 6,
1938 (age 72 years, 351
days).
Interment at Oaklawn
Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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Joey Pendleton (b. 1946) —
of Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky.
Born May 3,
1946.
Democrat. Farmer; member of Kentucky
state senate 3rd District, 1993-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1996.
Baptist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Eagles.
Still living as of 2004.
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James Allen Prewitt (b. 1862) —
also known as J. Allen Prewitt —
of Independence, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Henry
County, Ky., January
20, 1862.
Democrat. Lawyer;
farmer; mayor
of Independence, Mo., 1906-07; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jackson County 1st District,
1917-22.
Burial location unknown.
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Lewis W. Purviance (1796-1874) —
of Huntington
County, Ind.
Born in Bourbon
County, Ky., April 8,
1796.
Farmer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1839-40.
Universalist;
later Disciples
of Christ.
Died in Huntington
County, Ind., May 9,
1874 (age 78 years, 31
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joel Ray (1801-1854) —
of Crawford
County, Ind.
Born in Cumberland
County, Ky., 1801.
Democrat. Farmer; merchant;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1851-52.
Baptist.
Died in Crawford
County, Ind., August
28, 1854 (age about 53
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Richie Sanders (b. 1963) —
of Franklin, Simpson
County, Ky.
Born August
6, 1963.
Republican. Farmer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1991-96; member of Kentucky
state senate 9th District, 1996-.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2004.
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James Shields (b. 1811) —
of Linn
County, Ore.
Born in Kentucky, 1811.
Democrat. Farmer; delegate
to Oregon state constitutional convention from Linn County, 1857.
Burial location unknown.
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Elisha David Standiford (1831-1887) —
of Kentucky.
Born near Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., December
28, 1831.
Democrat. Physician;
farmer; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1868, 1871; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1873-75; president,
Louisville & Nashville Railroad,
1875-79.
Slaveowner.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., July 26,
1887 (age 55 years, 210
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Green C. Stotts (1821-1876) —
Born in Adair
County, Ky., March
21, 1821.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
farmer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1872-74.
Died in Sarcoxie, Jasper
County, Mo., November
5, 1876 (age 55 years, 229
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Lawrence County, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of William C. Stotts and Mary Burns Stotts; grandfather of Keith
H. Stotts. |
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Benjamin Franklin Terry (1821-1861) —
also known as Frank Terry —
Born in Russellville, Logan
County, Ky., February
18, 1821.
Planter; in 1844, he was attacked
by two rebellious slaves with knives and axes; railroad
builder; delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861; colonel in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
Shot
and killed in
action while leading Terry's Texas Rangers at the battle of
Woodsonville (also called Rowlett's Station), in Hart
County, Ky., December
17, 1861 (age 40 years, 302
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Fort Bend County, Tex.; reinterment
in 1880 at Glenwood
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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John Thixton (1834-1914) —
of Owensboro, Daviess
County, Ky.
Born in Owensboro, Daviess
County, Ky., March
17, 1834.
Farmer; grocer; mayor
of Owensboro, Ky., 1878-79.
Died in Owensboro, Daviess
County, Ky., May 23,
1914 (age 80 years, 67
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Elmwood Cemetery, Owensboro, Ky.
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Edgar Paul Warinner (b. 1909) —
also known as Ed P. Warinner —
of Albany, Clinton
County, Ky.
Born in Seventy-Six, Clinton
County, Ky., August
18, 1909.
Republican. Farmer; railroad
clerk and bookkeeper; owner of motel,
service
station, boat
dock, grocery;
chairman, Citizens Bank of
Albany; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1951-55; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 1952.
Baptist.
Member, Lions.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of J. A. Warinner and Pearl (Meadows) Warinner; married 1928 to
Josephine Dempsey. |
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John Clarence Watts (1902-1971) —
also known as John C. Watts —
of Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky.
Born in Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky., July 9,
1902.
Democrat. Lawyer;
farmer; chair of
Jessamine County Democratic Party, 1928-53; Jessamine
County Attorney, 1933-45; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1940;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1947-48; Kentucky motor
transportation commissioner, 1948-51; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1951-71; died in
office 1971.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Knights
of Pythias; Lions.
Died in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., September
24, 1971 (age 69 years, 77
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Nicholasville, Ky.
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Robert P. Whitesell (1860-1937) —
of Obion, Obion
County, Tenn.
Born in Fulton
County, Ky., May 11,
1860.
Democrat. Farmer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Tennessee, 1916,
1924.
Died in Union City, Obion
County, Tenn., April 7,
1937 (age 76 years, 331
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jesse Whitesell and Sarah Ann Elizabeth (Wright) Whitesell;
married, February
22, 1893, to Clara Catherine Hunter. |
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John Thomas Williams (b. 1847) —
also known as J. T. Williams —
of Versailles, Morgan
County, Mo.
Born in Simpson
County, Ky., March
25, 1847.
Republican. Farmer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Morgan County, 1923-28.
Baptist.
Burial location unknown.
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Elisha I. Winter (1781-1849) —
of Clinton
County, N.Y.; Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 15,
1781.
Mining
business; U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1813-15;
planter; merchant;
president, Lexington & Ohio Railroad.
Slaveowner.
Died in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., June 30,
1849 (age 67 years, 350
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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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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