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Kathleen Quinn Abernathy (b. 1956) —
also known as Kathleen Q. Abernathy —
of Kentucky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., June 5,
1956.
Republican. Lawyer; member, Federal Communications Commission,
2001-05.
Female.
Still living as of 2014.
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Jerry Edwin Abramson (b. 1946) —
also known as Jerry E. Abramson; "Mayor for
Life" —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born September
12, 1946.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1986-98, 2003-11; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1996;
Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 2011-.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2014.
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George Adams (1784-1844) —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.; Natchez, Adams
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., August
1, 1784.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1810-11, 1814; Mississippi
state attorney general, 1828-29; U.S.
Attorney for Mississippi, 1830-36; U.S.
District Judge for Mississippi, 1836-38; resigned 1838.
Died in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., August
14, 1844 (age 60 years, 13
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Jackson, Miss.
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Green Adams (1812-1884) —
of Barbourville, Knox
County, Ky.
Born in Barbourville, Knox
County, Ky., August
20, 1812.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1839; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Kentucky; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1847-49, 1859-61;
circuit judge in Kentucky, 1851-56.
Slaveowner.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
18, 1884 (age 71 years, 151
days).
Interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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Samuel W. Adams (b. 1873) —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 80th District, 1902-04, 1922-24;
Speaker
of the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1924; member of
Kentucky
state senate 24th District, 1926-30.
Burial location unknown.
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James Lusk Alcorn (1816-1894) —
also known as James L. Alcorn —
of Livingston
County, Ky.; Friars Point, Coahoma
County, Miss.
Born near Golconda, Pope
County, Ill., November
4, 1816.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1843; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1846, 1856-57; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1848-54; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Mississippi, 1856; general in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; Governor of
Mississippi, 1870-71; defeated, 1873; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1871-77.
Slaveowner.
Died in Friars Point, Coahoma
County, Miss., December
20, 1894 (age 78 years, 46
days).
Interment at Alcorn
Cemetery, Friars Point, Miss.
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George H. Alexander (b. 1857) —
of Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in 1857.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state senate 38th District, 1900.
Burial location unknown.
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Mitchell Cary Alford (1855-1914) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Fayette
County, Ky., 1855.
Democrat. Lawyer; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1891-95.
Died December
9, 1914 (age about 59
years).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Charles Mengel Allen (1916-2000) —
also known as Charles M. Allen —
of Kentucky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., November
22, 1916.
Lawyer; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1961-71; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky, 1971-85;
took senior status 1985.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., January
4, 2000 (age 83 years, 43
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Dixon Allen (1854-1924) —
also known as Henry D. Allen —
of Morganfield, Union
County, Ky.
Born near Henderson, Henderson
County, Ky., June 24,
1854.
Democrat. Lawyer; Union
County School Commissioner; Union
County Attorney; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1899-1903.
Died in Morganfield, Union
County, Ky., March 9,
1924 (age 69 years, 259
days).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, Morganfield, Ky.
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Jacob Embry Allen (1868-1919) —
also known as J. Embry Allen —
of Fayette
County, Ky.
Born December
31, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state senate 27th District, 1900-06.
Died in Fayette
County, Ky., May 22,
1919 (age 50 years, 142
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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James A. Allen (b. 1871) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Chenaultt, Breckinridge
County, Ky., June 1,
1871.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 9th District, 1902; defeated
(Republican), 1903; Republican candidate for New York
state senate 16th District, 1905; candidate for Presidential
Elector for New York; Independence League candidate for judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1910.
Disciples
of Christ.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of A. S. Allen and Letitia (Gilliland) Allen; married, October
31, 1900, to Lula Pearl Jeffers. |
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Lafon Allen (1871-1952) —
of Glenview, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., August
2, 1871.
Republican. Lawyer; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1922-34;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1936.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Alpha
Delta Phi.
Died August
3, 1952 (age 81 years, 1
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Charles Anderson (1814-1895) —
of Montgomery
County, Ohio.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., June 1,
1814.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Ohio
state senate, 1844; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1864-65; Governor of
Ohio, 1865-66.
Died in Kuttawa, Lyon
County, Ky., September
2, 1895 (age 81 years, 93
days).
Interment at Kuttawa
Cemetery, Kuttawa, Ky.
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Charles W. Anderson Jr. (1907-1960) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., May 26,
1907.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 58th District, 1936-46; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1940.
Methodist.
African
ancestry.
First
African-American to be elected to a Southern state legislature in the
20th century.
Killed in a car-train
accident, in Shelbyville, Shelby
County, Ky., June 14,
1960 (age 53 years, 19
days).
Interment at Eastern
Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Charles W. Anderson and Tabetha Anderson; married, November
25, 1948, to Victoria McCall. |
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Justice. Lawyer and Civic Leader." |
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memorial |
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Joseph Campbell Anderson (1830-1891) —
also known as Joseph C. Anderson —
of Kansas.
Born in Jessamine
County, Ky., 1830.
Lawyer; member of Kansas
territorial legislature, 1855; arrested
and imprisoned
during the Civil War for refusing
to sign an oath of allegiance to the Union.
Died in 1891
(age about
61 years).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Lucien Anderson (1824-1898) —
also known as Lucian Anderson —
of Mayfield, Graves
County, Ky.
Born near Mayfield, Graves
County, Ky., June 23,
1824.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Kentucky; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1855-57; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1863-65; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1864.
Slaveowner.
Died in Mayfield, Graves
County, Ky., October
18, 1898 (age 74 years, 117
days).
Interment at Anderson
Family Cemetery, Mayfield, Ky.
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Raymond Douglas Anderson (b. 1927) —
also known as Raymond Anderson —
of Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex.
Born in Lincoln
County, Ky., November
3, 1927.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Bowie County Republican Party, 1967-70, 1972-73; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1972.
Baptist.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Kiwanis.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Whitley Anderson and Caroline (Otto) Anderson; married, September
5, 1953, to Lois Powell. |
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Richard Clough Anderson Jr. (1788-1826) —
also known as Richard C. Anderson, Jr. —
of Kentucky.
Born near Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., August
4, 1788.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1814-15, 1821-22; Speaker of
the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1822; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1817-21; U.S. Minister
to Gran Colombia, 1823-26, died in office 1826.
Slaveowner.
Died, of yellow
fever, near Cartagena, Colombia,
July
24, 1826 (age 37 years, 354
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Jefferson County, Ky.
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Simeon H. Anderson (1802-1840) —
of Lancaster, Garrard
County, Ky.
Born near Lancaster, Garrard
County, Ky., March 2,
1802.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1828-29, 1832, 1836-38; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1839-40; died in
office 1840.
Slaveowner.
Died near Lancaster, Garrard
County, Ky., August
11, 1840 (age 38 years, 162
days).
Interment at Anderson
Family Cemetery, Lancaster, Ky.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Thomas Lilbourne Anderson (1808-1885) —
also known as Thomas L. Anderson —
of Palmyra, Marion
County, Mo.
Born near Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky., December
8, 1808.
Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1840-44; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Missouri; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 3rd District,
1845-46; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1857-61.
Slaveowner.
Died in Palmyra, Marion
County, Mo., March 6,
1885 (age 76 years, 88
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Palmyra, Mo.
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William Marshall Anderson (1807-1881) —
also known as W. Marshall Anderson —
of Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio; Circleville, Pickaway
County, Ohio.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., January
24, 1807.
Lawyer; explorer;
surveyor;
candidate for Congress from Ohio.
Catholic.
Died in Ohio, January
7, 1881 (age 73 years, 349
days).
Interment at Oak
Dale Cemetery, Urbana, Ohio.
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Philip Pendleton Ardery (1914-2012) —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., March 6,
1914.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World
War II; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1946; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1956.
Disciples
of Christ; later Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Theta.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., July 26,
2012 (age 98 years, 142
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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William Breckinridge Ardery (1887-1967) —
also known as William B. Ardery —
of Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky.
Born near Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky., August
11, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 73rd District, 1930-31; candidate
for nomination for Governor of
Kentucky, 1931; circuit judge in Kentucky 14th District, 1936-67.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Judicature Society; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died of a heart
attack, in Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky., July 25,
1967 (age 79 years, 348
days).
Interment at Paris
Cemetery, Paris, Ky.
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David L. Armstrong (b. 1941) —
also known as Dave Armstrong —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Hope, Hempstead
County, Ark., August
6, 1941.
Democrat. Lawyer; Jefferson
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1976-83; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1984-88; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1987; Jefferson
County Judge-Executive, 1989-99; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1999-2003.
Member, Sigma
Chi.
Still living as of 2007.
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Homer Arnett (1903-1985) —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Salyersville, Magoffin
County, Ky., January
29, 1903.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; Kalamazoo
County Circuit Court Commissioner, 1949-50; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1952; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1957-66 (Kalamazoo County 1st
District 1957-64, 46th District 1965-66); defeated in primary, 1966.
Methodist.
Died in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., May 9,
1985 (age 82 years, 100
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Mich.
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David Rice Atchison (1807-1886) —
also known as David R. Atchison —
of Plattsburg, Clinton
County, Mo.; Platte City, Platte
County, Mo.
Born in Frogtown, Fayette
County, Ky., August
11, 1807.
Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1834, 1838; circuit judge in
Missouri, 1841; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1843-48, 1849-55.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
An organizer of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad.
Thought by some to have been president for one day in 1849, because
President Zachary
Taylor refused to be inaugurated on a Sunday.
Slaveowner.
Died near Gower, Clinton
County, Mo., January
26, 1886 (age 78 years, 168
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Plattsburg, Mo.; statue at Clinton
County Courthouse Grounds, Plattsburg, Mo.
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Robert A. Athey (1825-1901) —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., 1825.
Lawyer; mayor
of Covington, Ky., 1874-91.
Died in 1901
(age about
76 years).
Burial location unknown.
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George Sublett Atkinson (1892-1967) —
also known as George S. Atkinson —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Salyersville, Magoffin
County, Ky., November
17, 1892.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 5th District, 1924; chair of
Dallas County Republican Party, 1925-29; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Texas, 1928,
1932.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
American Bar
Association.
Died in February, 1967
(age 74
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Harry W. Atkinson and Lizzie (Sublett) Atkinson. |
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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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