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Alfred M. Caldwell (1872-1948) —
of Bellevue, Campbell
County, Ky.
Born in Lesage, Cabell
County, W.Va., May 16,
1872.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948.
Died, following a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Speers Hospital,
Dayton, Campbell
County, Ky., August
7, 1948 (age 76 years, 83
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Fort Mitchell, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Caldwell and Elizabeth (Schlaegel) Caldwell; married 1897 to Beulah
Rich. |
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George Alfred Caldwell (1814-1866) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Columbia, Adair
County, Ky., October
18, 1814.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1839-40; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1843-45, 1849-51;
major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1860.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., September
17, 1866 (age 51 years, 334
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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John William Caldwell (1837-1903) —
also known as John W. Caldwell —
of Russellville, Logan
County, Ky.
Born in Russellville, Logan
County, Ky., January
15, 1837.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; Logan
County Judge; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1877-83.
Died in Russellville, Logan
County, Ky., July 4,
1903 (age 66 years, 170
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Russellville, Ky.
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Robert Porter Caldwell (1821-1885) —
of Trenton, Gibson
County, Tenn.
Born in Adair
County, Ky., December
16, 1821.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1847-48; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1855-56; major in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 7th District, 1871-73.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Trenton, Gibson
County, Tenn., March
12, 1885 (age 63 years, 86
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Trenton, Tenn.
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George Calhoon —
of Kentucky; Madison
County, Miss.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1836.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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John Calhoon (b. 1797) —
of Hardinsburg, Breckinridge
County, Ky.
Born in Henry
County, Ky., 1797.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1820-21, 1829-30; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1827, 1835-39 (11th District 1827,
6th District 1835-39); district judge in Kentucky, 1842.
Burial location unknown.
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Solomon Saladin Calhoon (1838-1908) —
also known as S. S. Calhoon —
of Yazoo City, Yazoo
County, Miss.; Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark.; Canton, Madison
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born near Brandenburg, Meade
County, Ky., January
2, 1838.
Democrat. Lawyer; private secretary to Gov. William
McWillie, 1857; newspaper
editor; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
circuit judge in Mississippi, 1876-82; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Mississippi, 1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); delegate
to Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1890; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1900-08; appointed 1900; died in
office 1908.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish
and German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died November
10, 1908 (age 70 years, 313
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jacob Call (c.1772-1826) —
of Indiana.
Born in Kentucky, about 1772.
Lawyer; circuit judge in Indiana, 1817-18, 1822-24; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1824-25.
Died in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., April
20, 1826 (age about 54
years).
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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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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John Griffin Carlisle (1835-1910) —
also known as John G. Carlisle —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Campbell County (part now in Kenton
County), Ky., September
5, 1835.
Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of Charles
D. Foote; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1859-61; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1866-71; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1868;
Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1871-75; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1877-90; resigned
1890; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1883-89; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1884;
U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1890-93; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1893-97.
Died, reportedly from intestinal
trouble and heart
disease, in the Hotel
Wolcott, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 31,
1910 (age 74 years, 329
days).
Interment at Linden
Grove Cemetery, Covington, Ky.
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Tarlton Combs Carroll (1889-1978) —
also known as Tarlton C. Carroll —
of Shepherdsville, Bullitt
County, Ky.
Born in Shepherdsville, Bullitt
County, Ky., May 14,
1889.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
Bullitt
County Attorney, 1918-30; member of Kentucky
state senate 12th District, 1942-45.
Member, Sigma
Nu; American
Legion.
Died January
23, 1978 (age 88 years, 254
days).
Interment at Hebron
Cemetery, Brooks, Ky.
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Joseph Kirtley Carson Jr. (b. 1891) —
also known as Joseph K. Carson, Jr. —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in McKinney, Lincoln
County, Ky., December
19, 1891.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon, 1928
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1952;
mayor
of Portland, Ore., 1933-40; served in the U.S. Army during World
War II; member, U.S. Maritime Commission, 1947; candidate for Governor of
Oregon, 1954.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Woodmen;
Maccabees;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Kelly Carson and Sallie Elizabeth Adeline (Johnson) Carson;
married, March
26, 1926, to Hazel Irene Jenkins; married, June 19,
1937, to Myrtle Cradick. |
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James C. Carter Jr. (1903-1998) —
of Tompkinsville, Monroe
County, Ky.
Born in Tompkinsville, Monroe
County, Ky., December
7, 1903.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 37th District, 1936-37; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1960.
Baptist.
Died in 1998
(age about
94 years).
Interment at Evans-Oak
Hill Cemetery, Tompkinsville, Ky.
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James Clarke Carter (1863-1949) —
also known as J. C. Carter —
of Tompkinsville, Monroe
County, Ky.
Born in Rockbridge, Monroe
County, Ky., October
5, 1863.
Republican. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1920;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1932,
1940
(alternate).
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in 1949
(age about
85 years).
Interment at Evans-Oak
Hill Cemetery, Tompkinsville, Ky.
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Joseph Newton Carter (b. 1843) —
also known as Joseph N. Carter —
of Quincy, Adams
County, Ill.
Born in Hardin
County, Ky., March
12, 1843.
Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1879-81; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1894-1903.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William P. Carter and Martha (Mays) Carter; married, December
3, 1879, to Ellen D. Barrell. |
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William Grayson Carter (d. 1849) —
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1834-38.
Died, of cholera,
in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., July 11,
1849.
Burial location unknown.
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Glover H. Cary (1885-1936) —
of Calhoun, McLean
County, Ky.; Owensboro, Daviess
County, Ky.
Born in Calhoun, McLean
County, Ky., May 1,
1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1914-17; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1931-36 (2nd District 1931-33,
at-large 1933-35, 2nd District 1935-36); died in office 1936;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1932.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, December
5, 1936 (age 51 years, 218
days).
Interment at Calhoun
Cemetery, Calhoun, Ky.
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William T. Casto (1824-1862) —
Born January
24, 1824.
Lawyer; mayor
of Maysville, Ky., 1850; arrested
in 1861 and imprisoned
for allegedly aiding
the Confederacy; released in 1862.
Blamed Col. Leonidas Metcalfe (son of Gov. Thomas
Metcalfe) for his imprisonment; challenged him to a duel; the
weapons were Colt rifles at 60 yards; Casto was shot and
killed
on the first fire, in Bracken
County, Ky., May 8,
1862 (age 38 years, 104
days).
Interment at Maysville
Cemetery, Maysville, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Abijah Casto. |
| | | Epitaph: "A Patriot, his Country's firm
unwavering friend, he was willing to die for his Principles and as a
man of Honor nobly fell a Veteran of the sacred and invincible right
of personal liberty." |
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memorial |
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Harry Monroe Caudill (b. 1922) —
also known as Harry M. Caudill —
of Whitesburg, Letcher
County, Ky.
Born in Whitesburg, Letcher
County, Ky., May 3,
1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 92nd District, 1954-57, 1960-61;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,
1960.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Cro C. Caudill and Martha V. (Blair) Caudill; married, December
15, 1946, to Anne Robertson Frye. |
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Barzillai J. Chambers (1817-1895) —
of Cleburne, Johnson
County, Tex.
Born in Montgomery
County, Ky., December
5, 1817.
Surveyor;
lawyer; Greenback candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1880.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died September
16, 1895 (age 77 years, 285
days).
Interment at Cleburne
Memorial Cemetery, Cleburne, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Walker Chambers and Talitha Cumi (Mothershead) Chambers; married
1852 to
Susan Wood; married 1854 to Emma
Montgomery; married 1861 to
Harriet A. Killough. |
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John Chambers (1780-1852) —
of Washington, Mason
County, Ky.
Born in Bromley Ridge, Somerset
County, N.J., October
6, 1780.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1812, 1815, 1830-31; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1825-27; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1828-29, 1835-39 (2nd District
1828-29, 12th District 1835-39); Governor
of Iowa Territory, 1841-45.
Slaveowner.
Died near Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky., September
21, 1852 (age 71 years, 351
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Mason County, Ky.
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Albert Benjamin Chandler (1898-1991) —
also known as Albert B. Chandler; Happy
Chandler —
of Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky.
Born in Corydon, Henderson
County, Ky., July 14,
1898.
Democrat. Athletic
coach; lawyer; newspaper
publisher; member of Kentucky
state senate 22nd District, 1930-31; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1931-35; Governor of
Kentucky, 1935-39, 1955-59; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1936,
1940,
1944,
1952,
1956;
U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1939-45; member of Democratic
National Committee from Kentucky, 1939; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1939; Commissioner of Baseball
1945-51, during the time the sport was desegregated; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 1956.
Episcopalian.
Member, Order of
the Coif; Pi
Kappa Alpha; Omicron
Delta Kappa; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky., June 15,
1991 (age 92 years, 336
days).
Interment at Pisgah
Church Cemetery, Versailles, Ky.
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Albert Benjamin Chandler III (b. 1959) —
also known as Ben Chandler; "Big
Ben" —
of Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky.
Born in Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky., September
12, 1959.
Democrat. Lawyer; Kentucky
auditor of public accounts, 1992-95; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1996-; candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 2003; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kentucky, 2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 2004-.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2014.
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Virgil Munday Chapman (1895-1951) —
also known as Virgil Chapman —
of Irvine, Estill
County, Ky.; Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky.
Born in Middleton, Simpson
County, Ky., March
15, 1895.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1925-29, 1931-49 (7th District
1925-29, 1931-33, at-large 1933-35, 6th District 1935-49); defeated,
1928; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1949-51; died in office 1951.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, American Bar
Association; Alpha
Delta Sigma; Phi
Alpha Delta; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Order of
the Coif; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Woodmen;
Maccabees;
Sons
of Confederate Veterans.
Died, from injuries received in an automobile
accident, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March 8,
1951 (age 55 years, 358
days).
Interment at Paris
Cemetery, Paris, Ky.
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Frank Leslie Chelf (1907-1982) —
also known as Frank L. Chelf —
of Lebanon, Marion
County, Ky.
Born in Elizabethtown, Hardin
County, Ky., September
22, 1907.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1936;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1945-67; defeated,
1966.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Phi
Delta Theta.
Died in Lebanon, Marion
County, Ky., September
1, 1982 (age 74 years, 344
days).
Interment at Ryder
Cemetery, Lebanon, Ky.
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James Matt Chilton (1881-1960) —
also known as J. Matt Chilton —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Turners Station, Henry
County, Ky., May 18,
1881.
Republican. Lawyer; law clerk to Mayor James
F. Grinstead, 1908-09; secretary to U.S. Sen. W.
O. Bradley, 1910-11; member of Kentucky
Republican State Central Committee, 1912-36; Jefferson
County Attorney, 1918-27; member of Republican
National Committee from Kentucky, 1928-36.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died January
16, 1960 (age 78 years, 243
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of George Blackwell Chilton and Florence N. (Sewell)
Chilton. |
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memorial |
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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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James Stone Chrisman (1818-1881) —
of Monticello, Wayne
County, Ky.
Born in Monticello, Wayne
County, Ky., September
14, 1818.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1853-55; Representative
from Kentucky in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1869-71.
Slaveowner.
Died in Monticello, Wayne
County, Ky., July 29,
1881 (age 62 years, 318
days).
Interment at Elk
Spring Cemetery, Monticello, Ky.
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William Christian (c.1743-1786) —
Born in Staunton,
Va., about 1743.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
House of Burgesses, 1773-75; colonel in the Continental Army
during the Revolutionary War.
Manx
ancestry.
Killed
while fighting Indians in what is now Clark
County, Ind., April 9,
1786 (age about 43
years).
Interment at Bullitt Family Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Samuel Bullitt Churchill (1812-1890) —
also known as Samuel B. Churchill —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born near Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., December
6, 1812.
Lawyer; newspaper
editor; postmaster at St.
Louis, Mo., 1842-45; member of Missouri
state senate, 1858; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Missouri, 1860;
secretary
of state of Kentucky, 1867-71, 1879-80.
Episcopalian.
Died, from "brain
congestion", in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., May 14,
1890 (age 77 years, 159
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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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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James Clark (1779-1839) —
of Winchester, Clark
County, Ky.
Born in Bedford
County, Va., January
16, 1779.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1807-08; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1810-12; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1813-16, 1825-31 (at-large 1813-15,
1st District 1815-16, 3rd District 1825-31); circuit judge in
Kentucky, 1817-24; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1832; Governor of
Kentucky, 1836-39; died in office 1839.
Slaveowner.
Died in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., September
27, 1839 (age 60 years, 254
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Clark County, Ky.
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James Beauchamp Clark (1850-1921) —
also known as Champ Clark; "The Lion of
Democracy" —
of Bowling Green, Pike
County, Mo.
Born near Lawrenceburg, Anderson
County, Ky., March 7,
1850.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Missouri; Pike
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1885-89; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Pike County, 1889-90; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 9th District, 1893-95, 1897-1921;
defeated, 1894, 1920; died in office 1921; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1911-19; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1904
(Permanent
Chair; chair, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee; speaker),
1916;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1912.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 2,
1921 (age 70 years, 360
days).
Interment at Bowling Green City Cemetery, Bowling Green, Mo.
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John Bullock Clark (1802-1885) —
also known as John B. Clark —
of Fayette, Howard
County, Mo.
Born in Madison
County, Ky., April
17, 1802.
Democrat. Lawyer; Howard
County Court Clerk, 1824-34; colonel in the U.S. Army during the
Black Hawk War; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1850-51; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1857-61; expelled
1861; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1860;
expelled
from Congress in July 1861 for having taken
up arms against the union; Delegate
from Missouri to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Senator
from Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; Representative
from Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65.
Slaveowner.
Died in Fayette, Howard
County, Mo., October
29, 1885 (age 83 years, 195
days).
Interment at Fayette
City Cemetery, Fayette, Mo.
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William Henry Clark (1859-1921) —
also known as William H. Clark; "Senator
Bill" —
of McKee, Jackson
County, Ky.
Born in Clay
County, Ky., December
19, 1859.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1900.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Shot
and killed by
William Pearson, reportedly at a poker game, near McKee, Jackson
County, Ky., November
6, 1921 (age 61 years, 322
days).
Interment at McKee Cemetery, McKee, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Jackson Clark and Patience (Bledsoe) Clark; married 1883 to
Demanda 'Demie' McQuire. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Blades Clarke (1833-1911) —
of Brooksville, Bracken
County, Ky.
Born near Augusta, Bracken
County, Ky., April
14, 1833.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky state legislature, 1870;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1875-79.
Died in Brooksville, Bracken
County, Ky., May 23,
1911 (age 78 years, 39
days).
Interment at Mt.
Zion Cemetery, Near Brooksville, Bracken County, 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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Henry Clay Jr. (1811-1847) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., April
10, 1811.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1835-37; colonel in the U.S. Army
during the Mexican War.
Episcopalian.
Killed
in action at the Battle of Buena Vista, Buena Vista, Coahuila,
February
23, 1847 (age 35 years, 319
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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James Brown Clay (1817-1864) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Washington,
D.C., November
9, 1817.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Portugal, 1849-50; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1857-59.
Slaveowner.
Died of tuberculosis,
in Montreal, Quebec,
January
26, 1864 (age 46 years, 78
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Judson Claudius Clements (1846-1917) —
also known as Judson C. Clements —
of LaFayette, Walker
County, Ga.; Rome, Floyd
County, Ga.; Washington,
D.C.
Born near Villanow, Walker
County, Ga., February
12, 1846.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1872-76; member of Georgia
state senate, 1877; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 7th District, 1881-91; member,
Interstate Commerce Commission, 1892-1917.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 18,
1917 (age 71 years, 126
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Francis Landon Cleveland (1823-1881) —
also known as Fred Cleveland —
of Augusta, Bracken
County, Ky.
Born in Amelia, Clermont
County, Ohio, October
27, 1823.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1860; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1870.
Died in Augusta, Bracken
County, Ky., August
16, 1881 (age 57 years, 293
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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George Irick Cline (b. 1915) —
also known as George I. Cline —
of Morehead, Rowan
County, Ky.
Born in Enterprise, Carter
County, Ky., January
16, 1915.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 70th District, 1948-49; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, 1963-70.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Kiwanis.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George T. Cline and Elsie M. (Adams) Cline; married, May 31,
1941, to Mary Katherine Stidham. |
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Nicholas Daniel Coleman (1800-1874) —
of Kentucky; Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss.
Born in Cynthiana, Harrison
County, Ky., April
22, 1800.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1824-25; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1829-31; postmaster at
Vicksburg,
Miss., 1841-44.
Slaveowner.
Died in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., May 11,
1874 (age 74 years, 19
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Vicksburg, Miss.
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Bertram Thomas Combs (1911-1991) —
also known as Bert T. Combs —
of Prestonsburg, Floyd
County, Ky.
Born in Manchester, Clay
County, Ky., August
13, 1911.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1951-55; state court judge in
Kentucky, 1957-59; Governor of
Kentucky, 1959-63; defeated, 1955, 1971; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1960,
1964;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Kentucky, 1966; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1967-70.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Order of
the Coif; Phi
Delta Phi.
Drowned
when his automobile
was washed from the roadway into the Red River, during a flood, near
Rosslyn, Powell
County, Ky., December
4, 1991 (age 80 years, 113
days).
Interment at Beech
Creek Cemetery, Manchester, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Stephen Gibson Combs and Martha (Jones) Combs; married, June 15,
1937, to Mabel Hall. |
| | | The Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway,
which runs through Clark,
Powell,
Wolfe,
Morgan,
and Magoffin
counties in Kentucky, is named for
him. — Bert T. Combs Lake,
in Clay
County, Kentucky, is named for
him. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — NNDB
dossier |
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Abram Comingo (1820-1889) —
of Independence, Jackson
County, Mo.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born near Harrodsburg, Mercer
County, Ky., January
9, 1820.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Independence, Mo., 1852, 1857; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1871-75 (6th District 1871-73, 8th
District 1873-75).
Slaveowner.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., November
10, 1889 (age 69 years, 305
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Daniel Pope Cook (1794-1827) —
of Edwardsville, Madison
County, Ill.
Born in Scott
County, Ky., October
16, 1794.
Lawyer; Illinois
state attorney general, 1819; U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1819-27; U.S. Commercial
Agent (Consul) in Havana, 1827.
Died in Scott
County, Ky., October
16, 1827 (age 33 years, 0
days).
Original interment at Hutchinson Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.; reinterment in 1866 at
Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
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Samuel Bronson Cooper (1850-1918) —
also known as Samuel B. Cooper; Sam Bronson
Cooper —
of Woodville, Tyler
County, Tex.; Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Born near Eddyville, Lyon
County, Ky., May 30,
1850.
Democrat. Lawyer; Tyler
County Attorney, 1872-80; member of Texas
state senate, 1881-85; U.S.
Representative from Texas 2nd District, 1893-1905, 1907-09.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
21, 1918 (age 68 years, 83
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Beaumont, Tex.
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Moses Bledso Corwin (1790-1872) —
also known as Moses Corwin —
of Urbana, Champaign
County, Ohio.
Born in Bourbon
County, Ky., January
5, 1790.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1838-39; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1849-51, 1853-55 (4th District 1849-51,
8th District 1853-55).
Died in Urbana, Champaign
County, Ohio, April 7,
1872 (age 82 years, 93
days).
Interment at Oak
Dale Cemetery, Urbana, Ohio.
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Leonard Jacob Crawford (1860-1925) —
also known as Leonard J. Crawford —
of Newport, Campbell
County, Ky.
Born in Newport, Campbell
County, Ky., April
29, 1860.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Kentucky
state attorney general, 1891; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Kentucky.
Died in Campbell
County, Ky., July 25,
1925 (age 65 years, 87
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Crawford and Elizabeth (Echert) Crawford; married, January
16, 1883, to Ella J. Horner; father of Leonard
Jacob Crawford Jr.. |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, August 1897 |
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Shirley M. Crawford (1872-1917) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., August
5, 1872.
Republican. Actor;
newspaper
writer; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; law partner of Augustus
E. Willson; Honorary
Consul for Guatemala in Louisville,
Ky., 1901-07; in February 1905, amidst a controversy over the
appointment of a new Colonel, a military court of inquiry was
convened to investigate
the officers of the First Kentucky regiment, including a Major and
six Captains, for willful
disobedience; all were releived of duty, but Capt. Crawford was
singled out as "an agitator and fomenter of strife, disloyal and
insubordinate to his superior officers," and ordered court-martialed;
secretary-treasurer and director, Kentucky-Arizona Copper
Company (engaged in mining and
smelting).
Hit by
a car while crossing a street, suffered a fractured leg and pneumonia,
and died two weeks later, in German Hospital,
San
Francisco, Calif., September
6, 1917 (age 45 years, 32
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at San
Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, Calif.
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Alexander Parker Crittenden (1816-1870) —
also known as Alexander P. Crittenden —
of Santa
Clara County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., January
14, 1816.
Lawyer; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of California
state assembly, 1849-51, 1852-53 (Los Angeles District 1849-51,
5th District 1852-53).
Shot
and mortally
wounded by his ex-lover, Laura D. Fair, on board a
ferry boat in San Francisco Bay, and died two days later, in San
Francisco, Calif., November
5, 1870 (age 54 years, 295
days). Fair was tried, found guilty, and sentenced to death, but
the state supreme court ordered a new trial, and she was acquitted.
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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John Jordan Crittenden (1787-1863) —
also known as John J. Crittenden —
of Illinois; Russellville, Logan
County, Ky.; Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born near Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky., September
10, 1787.
Lawyer; Illinois
territory attorney general, 1809-10; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1811-17, 1825-29; served in the
U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1817-19, 1835-41, 1842-48, 1855-61;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Kentucky; U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1827-29; secretary
of state of Kentucky, 1834-35; U.S.
Attorney General, 1841, 1850-53; Governor of
Kentucky, 1848-50; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1861-63.
Two of his sons were generals on opposite sides in the Civil War; a
grandson of his was killed in Gen. Custer's expedition against the
Sioux in 1876.
Slaveowner.
Died in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., July 26,
1863 (age 75 years, 319
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Thomas Leonidas Crittenden (1819-1893) —
also known as Thomas L. Crittenden —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Russellville, Logan
County, Ky., May 15,
1819.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S.
Consul in Liverpool, 1849-53; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War.
Died in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., October
23, 1893 (age 74 years, 161
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Sarah O. (Lee) Crittenden and John
Jordan Crittenden; married to Catherine Lucy Todd; nephew of Thomas
Turpin Crittenden and Robert
Crittenden; grandson of John
Crittenden; first cousin of Alexander
Parker Crittenden and Thomas
Theodore Crittenden; first cousin once removed of Thomas
Theodore Crittenden Jr.; first cousin thrice removed of Thomas
Jefferson; second cousin once removed of Howell
Cobb (1772-1818) and Zachary
Taylor; second cousin twice removed of Richard
Henry Lee, Francis
Lightfoot Lee, Arthur
Lee, Martha
Jefferson Randolph and Dabney
Carr; second cousin thrice removed of Howell
Lewis; third cousin of Howell
Cobb (1815-1868) and Thomas
Reade Rootes Cobb; third cousin once removed of Thomas
Sim Lee, Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee, Edmund
Jennings Lee, Francis
Wayles Eppes, Dabney
Smith Carr, Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph and George
Wythe Randolph; third cousin twice removed of Meriwether
Lewis, Elliot
Woolfolk Major and Edgar
Bailey Woolfolk; third cousin thrice removed of George
Washington; fourth cousin of John
Lee, Thomas
Jefferson Coolidge and Frederick
Madison Roberts; fourth cousin once removed of Hancock
Lee Jackson, David
Shelby Walker, Fitzhugh
Lee, Francis
Preston Blair Lee, John
Gardner Coolidge and Edith
Wilson. |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Lee-Randolph
family (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Thomas Croxton (1836-1874) —
also known as John T. Croxton —
of Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky.
Born near Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky., November
20, 1836.
Republican. Lawyer; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; Kentucky
Republican state chair, 1868; U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1873-74, died in office 1874.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from consumption
(tuberculosis),
in La Paz, Bolivia,
April
16, 1874 (age 37 years, 147
days).
Interment at Paris
Cemetery, Paris, Ky.
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Lee Cruce (1863-1933) —
of Ardmore, Carter
County, Okla.
Born in Marion, Crittenden
County, Ky., July 8,
1863.
Democrat. Merchant;
lawyer; banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1908,
1920,
1928;
Governor
of Oklahoma, 1911-15.
Presbyterian.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Freemasons.
Died in Ardmore, Carter
County, Okla., January
16, 1933 (age 69 years, 192
days).
Interment somewhere
in Muskogee, Okla.
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Alvin Cullom (1797-1877) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Monticello, Wayne
County, Ky., September
4, 1797.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1835-37; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 4th District, 1843-47; circuit
judge in Tennessee, 1850-52.
Slaveowner.
Died in Livingston, Overton
County, Tenn., July 20,
1877 (age 79 years, 319
days).
Interment at Bethlehem
Cemetery, Near Livingston, Overton County, Tenn.
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Shelby Moore Cullom (1829-1914) —
also known as Shelby M. Cullom —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Monticello, Wayne
County, Ky., November
22, 1829.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1856, 1860-61, 1872-74; Speaker of
the Illinois State House of Representatives, 1861, 1873;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 8th District, 1865-71; Governor of
Illinois, 1877-83; resigned 1883; U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1883-1913; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1884,
1892,
1904
(speaker),
1908.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
28, 1914 (age 84 years, 67
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
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William Cullom (1810-1896) —
of Carthage, Smith
County, Tenn.
Born in Elk Spring Valley, Wayne
County, Ky., June 4,
1810.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1843-47; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Tennessee; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1851-55 (8th District 1851-53, 4th
District 1853-55); delegate to Whig National Convention from
Tennessee, 1852.
Methodist;
later Catholic.
Slaveowner.
Died in Clinton, Anderson
County, Tenn., December
6, 1896 (age 86 years, 185
days).
Original interment at McAdoo
Cemetery, Clinton, Tenn.; reinterment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tenn.
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