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James Harrison Ashcraft (1840-1920) —
also known as James H. Ashcraft —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.
Born in Brandenburg, Meade
County, Ky., May 4,
1840.
Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; postmaster
at Paducah,
Ky., 1876-86.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Knights
of Honor; Rotary;
Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky., January
19, 1920 (age 79 years, 260
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Paducah, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Absalom Ashcraft and Delilah (Allen) Ashcraft; married 1865 to Mary
Emerine Brown. |
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William Perkins Black (1842-1916) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Woodford
County, Ky., November
11, 1842.
Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; received the
Medal
of Honor for action at Pea Ridge, Ark., March 7, 1862; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1886.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died January
3, 1916 (age 73 years, 53
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. John Black and Josephine (Culbertson) Black; married 1869 to
Hortensia M. MacGreal. |
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memorial |
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Vincent Boreing (1839-1903) —
of London, Laurel
County, Ky.
Born near Jonesborough, Washington
County, Tenn., November
24, 1839.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
publisher; banker;
county judge in Kentucky, 1886; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 11th District, 1899-1903; died in
office 1903.
Methodist.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in London, Laurel
County, Ky., September
16, 1903 (age 63 years, 296
days).
Interment at A.R.
Dyche Memorial Park, London, Ky.
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Abner McDonald Bryant (1838-1896) —
also known as A. M. Bryant —
of Fort Branch, Gibson
County, Ind.; Wahoo, Saunders
County, Neb.; Gettysburg, Graham
County, Kan.; Republican City, Harlan
County, Neb.; Falls City, Polk
County, Ore.
Born in Ohio
County, Ky., March 1,
1838.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; minister;
school
teacher and principal; superintendent
of schools; member of Nebraska
state senate 16th District, 1877; president,
McPherson Normal College, Republican City, Neb., 1886-87.
Presbyterian.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died, of asthma,
in Falls City, Polk
County, Ore., June 4,
1896 (age 58 years, 95
days).
Interment at Falls
City Cemetery, Falls City, Ore.
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Edwin Farley (1842-1929) —
of Owensboro, Daviess
County, Ky.; Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.
Born in Walworth
County, Wis., August
28, 1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; grocer; barrel
manufacturer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kentucky, 1880
(alternate), 1884;
postmaster at Paducah,
Ky., 1892-93; Kentucky
state treasurer, 1908-12.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky., September
18, 1929 (age 87 years, 21
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Paducah, Ky.
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William F. Vermilion (1830-1894) —
of Iowa.
Born in Kentucky, October
18, 1830.
Republican. Physician;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Iowa
state senate, 1869-73.
Member, Grand Army of the Republic.
Died in Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa, December
28, 1894 (age 64 years, 71
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Centerville, Iowa.
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