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Henry Ide Eager (b. 1895) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.
Born in Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky., July 16,
1895.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1955-64.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Ben F. Eager and Carrie (Downer) Eager; married, December
2, 1922, to Claudine Gossett. |
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Joe Henry Eagle (1870-1963) —
also known as Joe H. Eagle —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Tompkinsville, Monroe
County, Ky., January
23, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas 8th District, 1913-21, 1933-37.
Died January
10, 1963 (age 92 years, 352
days).
Interment at Forest
Park Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Charles Thomas Easterly (1940-2005) —
also known as Tom Easterly —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.; Florida; Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, April
21, 1940.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war;
lawyer; insurance
agent; member of Kentucky
state senate 20th District, 1974-82; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1978, 1980; member of
Florida
state house of representatives, 1988-90.
Killed in a car
crash on Interstate 64 near Hurricane, Putnam
County, W.Va., June 15,
2005 (age 65 years, 55
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Edgar Easterly. |
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William Virgil Eaton (b. 1874) —
also known as William V. Eaton —
of McCracken
County, Ky.
Born in Barren
County, Ky., March
22, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state senate 2nd District, 1910-12.
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Paducah, Ky.
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John Cummins Edwards (1804-1888) —
also known as John C. Edwards —
of Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.; Stockton, San
Joaquin County, Calif.
Born in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., June 24,
1804.
Democrat. Lawyer; secretary
of state of Missouri, 1830-35, 1837; district judge in Missouri,
1832-37; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1836; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1837-39; U.S.
Representative from Missouri at-large, 1841-43; Governor of
Missouri, 1844-48; mayor
of Stockton, Calif., 1851.
Slaveowner.
Died in Stockton, San Joaquin
County, Calif., October
14, 1888 (age 84 years, 112
days).
Interment at Stockton
Rural Cemetery, Stockton, Calif.
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Robert H. Elder (b. 1877) —
of Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai
County, Idaho.
Born in Marion, Crittenden
County, Ky., September
7, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Democratic
National Committee from Idaho, 1912-28; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Idaho, 1928,
1936,
1940,
1944
(alternate; member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1948
(alternate).
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary;
Elks; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Wade H. Ellis (b. 1866) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., December
31, 1866.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; Ohio
state attorney general, 1904-08; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1908.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sons of
the American Revolution; Union
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Wade
Hampton |
| | | Relatives: Son of A. C. Ellis and Kate
(Blackburn) Ellis; married, October
3, 1894, to Dessie Corwin Chase. |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, July 1908 |
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Richard Pretlow Ernst (1858-1934) —
also known as Richard P. Ernst —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., February
28, 1858.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kentucky, 1896
(alternate), 1900,
1904,
1908,
1916,
1924
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1896; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1921-27; defeated, 1926; member of Republican
National Committee from Kentucky, 1924.
Died, in Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., April
13, 1934 (age 76 years, 44
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Fort Mitchell, Ky.
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Fred H. Eschmann (b. 1888) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., June 15,
1888.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 33rd District,
1922-23.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, November
29, 1919, to Edna Julia Knollmann. |
| | | Image source: Missouri Official Manual
1923 |
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Benjamin Estil (1780-1853) —
of Abingdon, Washington
County, Va.
Born in Hansonville, Washington County (now Russell
County), Va., March
13, 1780.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Washington County, 1814-17; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 22nd District, 1825-27; circuit
judge in Virginia 15th Circuit, 1831-52.
Slaveowner.
Died in Oldham
County, Ky., July 14,
1853 (age 73 years, 123
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Walter Evans (1842-1923) —
of Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born near Glasgow, Barren
County, Ky., September
18, 1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kentucky, 1868,
1872,
1880,
1884;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1871; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1873; candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 1879; U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1883-85;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1895-99; defeated,
1876, 1898; U.S.
District Judge for Kentucky, 1899-1923; died in office 1923.
Died December
30, 1923 (age 81 years, 103
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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William Elmer Evans (1877-1959) —
also known as William E. Evans —
of Glendale, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in London, Laurel
County, Ky., December
14, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1924;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1927-35 (9th District 1927-33,
11th District 1933-35); defeated, 1934.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died at Good Samaritan Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
12, 1959 (age 81 years, 333
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Joseph Castle J. C. Eversole (1853-1888) —
also known as J. C. Eversole —
of Hazard, Perry
County, Ky.
Born in Perry
County, Ky., July 26,
1853.
Republican. Lawyer; merchant;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1884.
Shot
and killed,
during the "French-Eversole War", in Perry
County, Ky., April
15, 1888 (age 34 years, 264
days).
Interment at Combs-Eversole Graveyard, Hazard, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Nancy (Duff) Eversole and John C. Eversole; married to Susan
Combs. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Ephraim Brevard Ewing (1819-1873) —
also known as Ephraim B. Ewing —
of Ray
County, Mo.
Born in Todd
County, Ky., March
16, 1819.
Lawyer; secretary
of state of Missouri, 1849-53; Missouri
state attorney general, 1856-58; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1859-61; circuit judge in Missouri,
1873.
Died, from cerebrospinal
meningitis, in Iron Mountain, St.
Francois County, Mo., June 2,
1873 (age 54 years, 78
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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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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Charles Rowland Peaslee Farnsley (1907-1990) —
also known as Charles P. Farnsley; Charlie
Farnsley —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Glenview, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., March
28, 1907.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Kentucky convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; member of
Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1936-40; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1940; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1940
(alternate), 1948,
1952;
mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1948-53; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1965-67; defeated in
primary, 1932 (at-large), 1934 (3rd District).
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Society
of Colonial Wars; Delta
Upsilon; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died, from Alzheimer's
disease, at Brownsboro Hills Nursing
Home, Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., June 19,
1990 (age 83 years, 83
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.; statue at West
Main Street, Louisville, Ky.
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Joe M. Ferguson (born c.1916) —
of South Carrollton, Muhlenberg
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born about 1916.
Democrat. Lawyer; Kentucky
state attorney general; elected 1955.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Orlando Bell Ficklin (1808-1886) —
also known as Orlando B. Ficklin —
of Mt. Carmel, Wabash
County, Ill.; Charleston, Coles
County, Ill.
Born in Scott
County, Ky., December
16, 1808.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Black
Hawk War; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1835, 1838, 1842, 1878; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 3rd District, 1843-49, 1851-53;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1856,
1860,
1864;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois; member of Illinois
Democratic State Committee, 1858-60; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention Coles, Moultrie and
Douglas counties, 1862.
Died in Charleston, Coles
County, Ill., May 5,
1886 (age 77 years, 140
days).
Interment at Mound
Cemetery, Charleston, Ill.
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David Webster Flanagan (1832-1924) —
of Henderson, Rusk
County, Tex.
Born in Cloverport, Breckinridge
County, Ky., January
9, 1832.
Lawyer; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
member of Texas
state senate, 1860; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1875; president,
Henderson and Overton Branch Railroad.
Died in Henderson, Rusk
County, Tex., May 5,
1924 (age 92 years, 117
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James
Winright Flanagan and Polly (Miller) Flanagan; married to
Elizabeth Graham and Sallie Ware. |
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Wilburn Elmer Flannery (1904-1958) —
also known as W. E. 'Bill' Flannery —
of Man, Logan
County, W.Va.
Born in Jacobs, Carter
County, Ky., August
6, 1904.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Logan County, 1945-58;
died in office 1958; Speaker of
the West Virginia State House of Delegates, 1949-58; died in
office 1958.
Methodist.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of a heart
attack, at the Logan County
Courthouse, Logan, Logan
County, W.Va., March 7,
1958 (age 53 years, 213
days).
Interment at Highland
Memory Gardens, Godby, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of William H. Flannery and Mollie (Porter) Flannery; married 1932 to Mildred
Burton Davis. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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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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Robert Virgil Fletcher (b. 1869) —
of Pontotoc, Pontotoc
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Grant
County, Ky., September
27, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; Mississippi
state attorney general, 1907-08; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1908-09; general attorney,
Illinois Central Railroad,
1911-19.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
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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Bushrod W. Foley —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Virginia.
Lawyer; mayor
of Covington, Ky., 1845-60.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Doolittle Foote (1812-1888) —
also known as Charles D. Foote —
of Jamestown, Chautauqua
County, N.Y.; Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Chautauqua
County, N.Y., December
25, 1812.
Lawyer; law partner of John
G. Carlisle; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1860; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1870.
Died in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., April
28, 1888 (age 75 years, 125
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Fort Mitchell, Ky.
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Samuel Clarence Ford (1882-1961) —
also known as Sam C. Ford —
of Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.
Born in Albany, Clinton
County, Ky., November
7, 1882.
Republican. Lawyer; Montana
state attorney general, 1917-21; justice of
Montana state supreme court, 1929-33; Governor of
Montana, 1941-49; defeated, 1948; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Montana, 1952
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Eagles.
Died November
25, 1961 (age 79 years, 18
days).
Interment at Forestvale
Cemetery, Helena, Mont.
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Pryor J. Foree (1858-1900) —
of Shelbyville, Shelby
County, Ky.
Born November
16, 1858.
Democrat. Lawyer; Shelby
County Attorney, 1883; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1888;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1890.
Died December
12, 1900 (age 42 years, 26
days).
Interment at Grove
Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville, Ky.
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Ephraim Hubbard Foster (1794-1854) —
also known as Ephraim H. Foster —
of Tennessee.
Born near Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky., September
17, 1794.
Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1827-31, 1835-37; Speaker
of the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1829-31,
1835-37; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1837-39, 1843-45; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Tennessee; candidate for Governor of
Tennessee, 1845.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., September
6, 1854 (age 59 years, 354
days).
Interment at Nashville
City Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Robert Coleman Foster Jr. (b. 1796) —
of Tennessee.
Born near Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky., November
10, 1796.
Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1829-31, 1833-35, 1839-41; member
of Tennessee
state senate, 1841-43.
Burial location unknown.
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Mary Louise Foust (b. 1909) —
of Shelbyville, Shelby
County, Ky.
Born October
15, 1909.
Accountant;
lawyer; Kentucky
auditor of public accounts, 1956; defeated (Republican), 1979;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1956;
candidate in Democratic primary for Governor of
Kentucky, 1975; Republican candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1980.
Female.
Baptist.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of David Taylor Foust and Margaret (Rippel)
Foust. |
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Joseph Smith Fowler (1820-1902) —
also known as Joseph S. Fowler —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio, August
31, 1820.
Republican. College
professor; president,
Howard Female College, Gallatin, Tenn., 1856-61; lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1866-71; member of Republican
National Committee from Tennessee, 1866-68; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Tennessee.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 1,
1902 (age 81 years, 213
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Benjamin Joseph Franklin (1839-1898) —
also known as Benjamin J. Franklin —
of Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born near Maysville, Mason
County, Ky., 1839.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; member of Kansas
state senate, 1861; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; Jackson
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1871-75; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1875-79; U.S. Consul
in Hankow, 1885-90; Governor
of Arizona Territory, 1896-97.
Episcopalian.
Died of heart
disease, in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., May 18,
1898 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Rosedale
Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz.
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Harry Lee Franklin (b. 1895) —
also known as Harry L. Franklin —
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., July 25,
1895.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign
Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Berlin, 1926-29; U.S. Consul in Berlin, 1929-30; Warsaw, 1930-31; Leipzig, 1931-32.
Burial location unknown.
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William Doniphan Frazee (1843-1912) —
also known as W. D. Frazee —
of Okolona, Chickasaw
County, Miss.; Oxford, Lafayette
County, Miss.
Born in Kentucky, November
17, 1843.
Republican. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; chancellor, 1st chancery district; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Mississippi, 1888;
member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee, 1896;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 4th District, 1896; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, 1905-12; died
in office 1912.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Okolona, Chickasaw
County, Miss., August
17, 1912 (age 68 years, 274
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Okolona, Miss.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph S. Frazee and Ann Elizabeth (Stone) Frazee; married to
Eliza Bramlitt. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Wayne W. Freeman (b. 1912) —
of Mayfield, Graves
County, Ky.
Born in Symsonia, Graves
County, Ky., December
25, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1940-44; member of Kentucky
state senate 1st District, 1952-55; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1960.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Otha Niley Freeman and Lula Mae (Faundaugh) Freeman; married, June 17,
1944, to Jennie Chancellor. |
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Richard French (1792-1854) —
of Kentucky.
Born near Boonesborough, Madison
County, Ky., June 20,
1792.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1820-26; circuit judge in
Kentucky, 1829; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1835-37, 1843-45, 1847-49 (11th
District 1835-37, 9th District 1843-45, 1847-49); candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 1840.
Slaveowner.
Died in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., May 1,
1854 (age 61 years, 315
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Montgomery County, Ky.
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Wesley Frost (1884-1968) —
of Berea, Madison
County, Ky.; Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio, June 17,
1884.
Secretary to U.S. Senator Theodore
E. Burton, 1907-08; lawyer; Foreign Service officer; U.S.
Consul in Charlottetown, 1912-14; Cork, 1914-17; Marseille, 1921-24; U.S. Consul General in Marseille, 1924-28; Montreal, 1928-35; U.S. Minister to Paraguay, 1941-42; U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay, 1942-44.
Died in Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla., January
9, 1968 (age 83 years, 206
days).
Interment at Westwood
Cemetery, Oberlin, Ohio.
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