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Campbell Eben Beaumont (1883-1954) —
also known as Campbell E. Beaumont —
of Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif.
Born in Mayfield, Graves
County, Ky., August
27, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer; Fresno
County District Attorney, 1918-21; superior court judge in
California, 1921-39; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of California, 1939-54;
died in office 1954.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Knights of Pythias.
Died November
19, 1954 (age 71 years, 84
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edgar Samuel Beaumont and May Viola (Wortham) Beaumont; married,
December
6, 1915, to Lucy Madden Hughes. |
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James Breathitt (1852-1934) —
of Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky.
Born in Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky., September
4, 1852.
Republican. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1883-84, 1887-88; district judge
in Kentucky 3rd District, 1896-1900; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 1904,
1912;
Christian
County Probate Judge, 1905-07; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1908-12.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky., February
1, 1934 (age 81 years, 150
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James William Cammack (b. 1869) —
also known as James W. Cammack —
of Owenton, Owen
County, Ky.
Born near English, Crawford
County, Ind., July 15,
1869.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state senate, 1904-07; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1907-16; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1927-31.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Junior
Order.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Butler Cammack and Elizabeth (Franks) Cammack; married, April
27, 1898, to Nellie Allen. |
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Charles I. Dawson (b. 1881) —
of Pineville, Bell
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Logan
County, Ky., February
13, 1881.
Republican. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1906; Bell
County Attorney, 1910-20; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1920-23; candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 1923; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kentucky, 1924,
1936,
1952
(member, Credentials
Committee; speaker);
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1950.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
Knights of Pythias; Elks; Woodmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of S. N. Dawson and Frances Dawson; married 1905 to
Eleanor Hopson. |
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Willoughby Barrett Dobbs (1861-1931) —
also known as Willoughby B. Dobbs —
of Scottsville, Allen
County, Ky.; Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Portsmouth,
Va., 1861.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; chair of
Allen County Democratic Party, 1891-92; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 32nd District, 1907.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arcanum; Knights of Pythias.
Died, in Sherman Square Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 6,
1931 (age about 69
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Charles Edwin Willoughby Dobbs and Mary Elizabeth (Barrett)
Dobbs; married, June 7,
1884, to Mary Ready Ragland. |
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Robert Virgil Fletcher (b. 1869) —
also known as R. V. Fletcher —
of Pontotoc, Pontotoc
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Grant
County, Ky., September
27, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; Mississippi
state attorney general, 1907-08; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1908-09; appointed 1908; general
attorney, Illinois Central Railroad,
1911.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John M. Fletcher and Mary (Luman) Fletcher; married, June 26,
1893, to Etta Childers. |
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William Voris Gregory (1877-1936) —
also known as W. Voris Gregory —
of Mayfield, Graves
County, Ky.
Born in Graves
County, Ky., October
21, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; Graves
County Judge, 1913-19; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky, 1919-22; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1927-36 (1st District 1927-33,
at-large 1933-35, 1st District 1935-36); died in office 1936.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen;
Elks; Lions; American Bar
Association.
Died October
10, 1936 (age 58 years, 355
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Mayfield, Ky.
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Anthony C. Hawkins (b. 1851) —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Union
County, Ky., August
31, 1851.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Evansville, Ind., 1892-97.
Member, Knights of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Athony S. Hawkins and Elizabeth (Hopgood) Hawkins; married 1879 to Mollie
E. Brown. |
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Evansville |
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Rollin Hurst (b. 1860) —
of Columbia, Adair
County, Ky.
Born in Adair
County, Ky., October
18, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Kentucky; Adair
County Attorney, 1890-98; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1915-20.
Methodist.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Knights of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Young E. Hurst and Mary Morrison (Montgomery) Hurst; married, November
5, 1894, to Cary Chandler. |
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Edwin Porch Morrow (1877-1935) —
also known as Edwin P. Morrow —
of Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky.
Born in Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky., November
28, 1877.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, 1911-14; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1916,
1920
(chair, Committee
on Permanent Organization; speaker),
1928
(alternate), 1932;
Governor
of Kentucky, 1919-23; defeated, 1915; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 9th District, 1934.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Elks.
Died suddenly, from a heart
lesion, in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., June 15,
1935 (age 57 years, 199
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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William Worth Patterson (1849-1921) —
also known as W. W. Patterson —
of Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky.
Born in Clarion, Clarion
County, Pa., November
3, 1849.
Republican. Grocer; mayor
of Ashland, Ky., 1886-89; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 1888.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights of Pythias.
Died in Denver,
Colo., March
28, 1921 (age 71 years, 145
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Evans Patterson and Ellen Patterson; married to Sallie
Esther Geiger. |
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Austin Peay IV (1876-1927) —
also known as "The Maker of Modern
Tennessee" —
of Clarksville, Montgomery
County, Tenn.
Born in Christian
County, Ky., June 1,
1876.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1901-05; Tennessee
Democratic state chair, 1905; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1916
(Honorary
Vice-President), 1924;
Governor
of Tennessee, 1923-27; died in office 1927.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks;
Knights of Pythias; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died, of a cerebral
hemorrhage, at the Governor's
Residence, Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., October
2, 1927 (age 51 years, 123
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Clarksville, Tenn.
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John Marshall Robsion (1873-1948) —
also known as John M. Robsion —
of Barbourville, Knox
County, Ky.
Born near Berlin, Bracken
County, Ky., January
2, 1873.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,
1916,
1928
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1936
(alternate), 1940,
1944;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1919-30, 1935-48 (11th District
1919-30, 9th District 1935-48); died in office 1948; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1930; defeated, 1930.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights of Pythias.
Died February
17, 1948 (age 75 years, 46
days).
Interment at Barbourville
Cemetery, Barbourville, Ky.
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Jerry E. Stidham (b. 1909) —
of Holden, Logan
County, W.Va.
Born in Breathitt
County, Ky., June 24,
1909.
Democrat. Coal miner;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Logan County, 1947-52.
Protestant.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights of Pythias; United
Mine Workers.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Asbury Stidham and Lucinda (Simpkins) Stidham; married, June 25,
1928, to Mary V. Summerville. |
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1951 |
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South Strong (1880-1939) —
of Jackson, Breathitt
County, Ky.
Born in Lost Creek, Breathitt
County, Ky., July 23,
1880.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1912; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1912.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights of Pythias.
Died, of pneumonia,
at Jackson, Breathitt
County, Ky., November
29, 1939 (age 59 years, 129
days).
Interment at Combs
Cemetery, Jackson, Ky.
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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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John Stanley Webster (1877-1962) —
also known as J. Stanley Webster —
of Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.
Born in Cynthiana, Harrison
County, Ky., February
22, 1877.
Republican. Superior court judge in Washington, 1909-16; justice of
Washington state supreme court, 1916-18; U.S.
Representative from Washington 5th District, 1919-23; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington, 1923-39.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights of Pythias.
Died in Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash., December
24, 1962 (age 85 years, 305
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Oakesdale
Cemetery, Oakesdale, Wash.
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