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Thomas Jewett Mabry (1884-1962) —
also known as Thomas J. Mabry —
of Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in Carlisle
County, Ky., October
17, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to New Mexico state constitutional convention, 1910; member of New
Mexico state senate, 1912-17; district judge in New Mexico 2nd
District, 1936-38; justice of
New Mexico state supreme court, 1939-46; chief
justice of New Mexico Supreme Court, 1944-46; Governor of
New Mexico, 1947-51; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New Mexico, 1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., December
23, 1962 (age 78 years, 67
days).
Interment at Fairview
Memorial Park, Albuquerque, N.M.
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Allan Bowie Magruder (1775-1822) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Kentucky, 1775.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1810; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1812-13.
Died in Opelousas, St. Landry
Parish, La., April
16, 1822 (age about 46
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Mallory (1815-1885) —
of La Grange, Oldham
County, Ky.
Born in Madison Court House, Madison
County, Va., November
15, 1815.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1859-65 (7th District 1859-63, 5th
District 1863-65).
Slaveowner.
Died near La Grange, Oldham
County, Ky., August
11, 1885 (age 69 years, 269
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Oldham County, Ky.
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Clarence E. Manion (1896-1979) —
of South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Henderson, Henderson
County, Ky., July 7,
1896.
Lawyer; law
professor; chair, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations,
1953-54.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Knights
of Columbus.
Died July 28,
1979 (age 83 years, 21
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Manion and Elizabeth (Carroll) Manion; married, August
3, 1936, to Virginia O'Brien. |
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Alexander Keith Marshall (1770-1825) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Fauquier
County, Va., January
11, 1770.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1797-1801.
Died in Mason
County, Ky., February
7, 1825 (age 55 years, 27
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Marshall (1730-1802) and Mary Randolph (Keith) Marshall;
brother of John
Marshall and James
Markham Marshall; uncle and first cousin once removed of Thomas
Alexander Marshall; uncle of Thomas
Marshall (1784-1835), Edward
Colston, James
Keith Marshall, Thomas
Francis Marshall, Alexander
Keith Marshall (1808-1884), Charles
Alexander Marshall and Edward
Colston Marshall; granduncle of John
Augustine Marshall; great-grandnephew of Richard
Randolph; great-granduncle of William
Marshall Bullitt and Alexander
Scott Bullitt; first cousin and brother-in-law of Humphrey
Marshall; first cousin twice removed of Richard
Bland and Peyton
Randolph (1721-1775); second cousin of Thomas
Mann Randolph Jr.; second cousin once removed of Theodorick
Bland, Thomas
Jefferson, Edmund
Jenings Randolph, Beverley
Randolph, John
Randolph of Roanoke, Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph and George
Wythe Randolph; second cousin twice removed of Thomas
Jefferson Coolidge; second cousin thrice removed of John
Gardner Coolidge; third cousin of Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee, Edmund
Jennings Lee, Martha
Jefferson Randolph, Dabney
Carr, Peyton
Randolph (1779-1828) and Henry
St. George Tucker; third cousin once removed of Francis
Wayles Eppes, Dabney
Smith Carr, Edmund
Randolph, Nathaniel
Beverly Tucker and Carter
Henry Harrison; third cousin twice removed of Fitzhugh
Lee, Edmund
Randolph Cocke, Carter
Henry Harrison II and Frederick
Madison Roberts; third cousin thrice removed of Edith
Wilson and Francis
Beverley Biddle; fourth cousin of John
Wayles Eppes. |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Lee-Randolph
family (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Humphrey Marshall (1760-1841) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Orlean, Fauquier
County, Va., 1760.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
lawyer; delegate
to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Fayette
County, 1788; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1793-94, 1807-09; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1795-1801.
In 1809, he opposed Henry
Clay's proposal to require all Kentucky legislators to wear
domestic homespun instead of British broadcloth; this clash resulted
in a duel
in which both men were wounded. Author of
the first
history of Kentucky, published in 1812.
Slaveowner.
Died near Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., July 3,
1841 (age about 81
years).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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Humphrey Marshall (1812-1872) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., January
13, 1812.
Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1849-52, 1855-59;
resigned 1852; U.S. Diplomatic Commissioner to China, 1852-54; general in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; Representative
from Kentucky in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65.
Slaveowner.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., March
28, 1872 (age 60 years, 75
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Thomas Francis Marshall (1801-1864) —
of Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., June 7,
1801.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1832-36, 1838-39, 1854; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1841-43; served in
the U.S. Army during the Mexican War.
Slaveowner.
Died near Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky., September
22, 1864 (age 63 years, 107
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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George Brown Martin (1876-1945) —
of Catlettsburg, Boyd
County, Ky.
Born in Prestonsburg, Floyd
County, Ky., August
18, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer; general counsel and director, Big Sandy and
Kentucky River Railway;
director, Standard Elkhorn Coal
Company; director, Clay Gunnell Shoe
Company; Boyd
County Judge, 1904; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1918-19; defeated, 1932; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in 1945
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Catlettsburg
Cemetery, Catlettsburg, Ky.
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John Mason Martin (1837-1898) —
of Alabama.
Born in Athens, Limestone
County, Ala., January
20, 1837.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Alabama
state senate, 1871-76; law
professor; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 6th District, 1885-87.
Slaveowner.
Died in Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky., June 16,
1898 (age 61 years, 147
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
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Joseph Martin (b. 1892) —
of Edmonton, Metcalfe
County, Ky.
Born near Edmonton, Metcalfe
County, Ky., September
14, 1892.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1926-30; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Kentucky; county judge in Kentucky, 1934-38;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,
1940;
candidate for Kentucky
state senate 9th District, 1955.
Baptist.
Member, Lions; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Martin and Rintha Jane (Howell) Martin; married, February
5, 1920, to Lasca Beauchamp. |
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William Wesley Masterson (1861-1922) —
also known as William W. Masterson —
of Carrollton, Carroll
County, Ky.
Born in Carrollton, Carroll
County, Ky., February
9, 1861.
Lawyer; U.S. Consul in Aden, 1895-98, 1903-06; Batum, 1906-08; Harput, 1908-14; Durban, as of 1916-20.
Died May 10,
1922 (age 61 years, 90
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Rice Maxey (1800-1878) —
of Tompkinsville, Monroe
County, Ky.; Paris, Lamar
County, Tex.
Born in Barren
County, Ky., July 23,
1800.
Lawyer; member of Texas
state senate, 1861-62.
Died in Lamar
County, Tex., January
11, 1878 (age 77 years, 172
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Andrew Jackson May (1875-1959) —
also known as Andrew J. May —
of Prestonsburg, Floyd
County, Ky.
Born near Langley, Floyd
County, Ky., June 24,
1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; Floyd
County Attorney, 1901-09; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1931-47 (10th District 1931-33,
at-large 1933-35, 7th District 1935-47); defeated, 1928 (10th
District), 1946 (7th District).
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
In 1943, he was briefed about the flaws in the Japanese
anti-submarine munitions; he revealed
this information to the press, and hence to the Japanese, who
quickly improved their depth charges. After the war, this indiscretion
was estimated to have cost the U.S. ten submarines and 800 men. Convicted,
on July 3, 1947, on charges
of accepting
bribes for his influence
in the award of munitions contracts during World War II; served nine
months in prison;
received a full pardon
from President Harry
S. Truman in 1952.
Died in Prestonsburg, Floyd
County, Ky., September
6, 1959 (age 84 years, 74
days).
Interment at Mayo
Cemetery, Prestonsburg, Ky.
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Romano Louis Mazzoli (b. 1932) —
also known as Romano L. Mazzoli —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., November
2, 1932.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1968-70; candidate for mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1969; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1971-95.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2014.
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Harry S. McAlpin (b. 1906) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., July 21,
1906.
Democrat. Newspaper
correspondent; in 1944, was the first
African-American reporter to attend a White House news conference;
lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kentucky, 1956.
Congregationalist.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Alpha
Phi Alpha; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Harry S. McAlpin, Sr. and Louise (Scott) McAlpin; married 1929 to Alice
Stokes. |
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Alfred L. McCawley (1876-1966) —
of Carthage, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born in Trigg
County, Ky., May 16,
1876.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Jasper County Democratic Party, 1921; member of Missouri
state senate 28th District, 1923-30; candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1928; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jasper County 1st District,
1933-34; defeated, 1942; candidate for delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention at-large, 1943;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1944.
Member, Rotary.
Died in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., January
5, 1966 (age 89 years, 234
days).
Interment at Park Cemetery, Carthage, Mo.
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John Alexander McClernand (1812-1900) —
also known as John A. McClernand —
of Shawneetown, Gallatin
County, Ill.; Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Breckinridge
County, Ky., May 30,
1812.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Black
Hawk War; newspaper
publisher; candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois;
member of Illinois
Democratic State Committee, 1841-46, 1852-56; member of Illinois
state legislature, 1840; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1843-51, 1859-61 (2nd District
1843-51, 6th District 1859-61); general in the Union Army during the
Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1876
(Convention
President; member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker),
1880.
Died in 1900
(age about
88 years).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
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Charles McClung (1761-1835) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Lancaster
County, Pa., May 13,
1761.
Surveyor;
merchant;
lawyer; delegate
to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796.
Died in Harrodsburg, Mercer
County, Ky., August
9, 1835 (age 74 years, 88
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Mercer County, Ky.; reinterment in
1904 at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Finis Ewing McLean (1806-1881) —
also known as Finis E. McLean —
of Elkton, Todd
County, Ky.; Andrew
County, Mo.; Greencastle, Putnam
County, Ind.
Born near Russellville, Logan
County, Ky., February
19, 1806.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1837; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1849-51.
Slaveowner.
Died in Greencastle, Putnam
County, Ind., April
12, 1881 (age 75 years, 52
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Greencastle, Ind.
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William McLean (1794-1839) —
of Piqua, Miami
County, Ohio.
Born in Mason
County, Ky., August
10, 1794.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1823-29.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, October
12, 1839 (age 45 years, 63
days).
Original interment at Catherine
Street Burying Ground, Cincinnati, Ohio; reinterment in 1863 at
Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Benton McMillin (1845-1933) —
also known as "The Democratic War
Horse" —
of Carthage, Smith
County, Tenn.
Born in Monroe
County, Ky., September
11, 1845.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1875-77; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 4th District, 1879-99; Governor of
Tennessee, 1899-1903; defeated, 1912; U.S. Minister to Peru, 1913-19; Guatemala, 1919-21; insurance
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Tennessee, 1928.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., January
8, 1933 (age 87 years, 119
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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James Clark McReynolds (1862-1946) —
also known as James C. McReynolds —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Elkton, Todd
County, Ky., February
3, 1862.
Lawyer; university
professor; U.S.
Attorney General, 1913-14; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1914-41; took senior status 1941.
Disciples
of Christ.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
24, 1946 (age 84 years, 202
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Elkton, Ky.
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Edward P. Meany (1854-1938) —
of Morristown, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., May 13,
1854.
Democrat. Lawyer; vice-president, New Mexico Central and
Southern Railway;
one of the organizers of the American Bell
Telephone Company, and counsel to American Telephone and
Telegraph Company; director, Colonial Life
Insurance Company of America; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 1896,
1900;
chair
of Morris County Democratic Party, 1914.
Irish
and English
ancestry.
Died in Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., November
24, 1938 (age 84 years, 195
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Augustine Meany and Maria Lavina (Shannon) Meany; married
to Rosalie Behr; married 1923 to Andrie
Chesnal. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Bradley Burr Meeker (1813-1873) —
also known as Bradley B. Meeker —
of Richmond, Madison
County, Ky.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Fairfield
County, Conn., March
13, 1813.
Lawyer; justice of
Minnesota territorial supreme court, 1849-53.
Died in 1873
(age about
60 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Return Jonathan Meigs III (1801-1891) —
also known as Return J. Meigs III —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Winchester, Clark
County, Ky., April
14, 1801.
Lawyer; U.S. Indian Agent to Creek and Cherokee Nations, 1834;
U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, 1841-42; member of
Tennessee
state senate, 1850; clerk of the District of Columbia Supreme
Court, 1863-91.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
19, 1891 (age 90 years, 188
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John William Menzies (1819-1897) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Bryants Station, Bourbon
County, Ky., April
12, 1819.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1848-55; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1861-63; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1864;
chancery judge in Kentucky, 1873-93.
Slaveowner.
Died in Falmouth, Pendleton
County, Ky., October
3, 1897 (age 78 years, 174
days).
Interment at Linden
Grove Cemetery, Covington, Ky.
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Nelson A. Miles (1902-2004) —
of Holland, Ottawa
County, Mich.
Born in Dorr Township, Allegan
County, Mich., May 9,
1902.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ottawa County, 1937-44.
Died in Owensboro, Daviess
County, Ky., August
11, 2004 (age 102 years,
94 days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Grayling, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Lester Daniel Miles and Susan Rosalyn 'Susie' (Truax) Miles;
married 1925 to Helen
L. Zick. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Gaines Miller (1812-1856) —
also known as John G. Miller —
of Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo.
Born in Danville, Boyle
County, Ky., November
29, 1812.
Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Cooper County, 1840-43; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1851-56 (3rd District 1851-53, 5th
District 1853-56); died in office 1856.
Slaveowner.
Died near Marshall, Saline
County, Mo., May 11,
1856 (age 43 years, 164
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olive Cemetery, Marshall, Mo.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Louis Ebenezer Miller (1899-1952) —
also known as Louis E. Miller —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Willisburg, Washington
County, Ky., April
30, 1899.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Missouri, 1940;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1943-45; defeated,
1932 (at-large), 1944 (11th District).
Member, American
Legion.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., November
1, 1952 (age 53 years, 185
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Neville Miller (1894-1977) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., February
17, 1894.
Democrat. Lawyer; first dean,
University of Louisville School of Law, 1930-33; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1933-37; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1936;
president of the National Association of Broadcasters,
1938-44.
Presbyterian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
27, 1977 (age 83 years, 38
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Samuel Freeman Miller (1816-1890) —
Born in Richmond, Madison
County, Ky., April 5,
1816.
Republican. Lawyer; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1862-90; died in office 1890.
Unitarian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
13, 1890 (age 74 years, 191
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Keokuk, Iowa.
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Shackelford Miller —
Lawyer; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1900.
Burial location unknown.
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Shackelford Miller Jr. (1892-1965) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., September
4, 1892.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky, 1939-45; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1945-65; took
senior status 1965.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died November
24, 1965 (age 73 years, 81
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Wilbur Kingsbury Miller (1892-1976) —
also known as Wilbur K. Miller —
of Owensboro, Daviess
County, Ky.
Born in Owensboro, Daviess
County, Ky., October
9, 1892.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Daviess
County Attorney, 1921-29; member, Kentucky Public Service
Commission, 1934-35; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1940-41; Associate
Justice of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1945-64;
took senior status 1964.
Member, American
Legion.
Died January
24, 1976 (age 83 years, 107
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Roger Quarles Mills (1832-1911) —
also known as Roger Q. Mills —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in Todd
County, Ky., March
30, 1832.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1859-60; colonel in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1873-92 (at-large 1873-75, 4th
District 1875-83, 9th District 1883-92); U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1892-99.
Southern
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died in Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex., September
2, 1911 (age 79 years, 156
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Corsicana, Tex.
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Thomas Bell Monroe (1791-1865) —
also known as Thomas B. Monroe —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., October
7, 1791.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1816; secretary
of state of Kentucky, 1823-24; U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1833-34; U.S.
District Judge for Kentucky, 1834-61; resigned 1861; Delegate
from Kentucky to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62.
Died in Pass Christian, Harrison
County, Miss., December
24, 1865 (age 74 years, 78
days).
Interment at Live
Oak Cemetery, Pass Christian, Miss.
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J. Lee Moore (1898-c.1949) —
of Franklin, Simpson
County, Ky.
Born in 1898.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1932
(alternate), 1948;
member of Kentucky
state senate, 1936-39, 1948 (9th District 1936-39, 5th District
1948); member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1940-43, 1944-47 (27th District
1940-43, 21st District 1944-47).
Died about 1949 (age about 51
years).
Interment somewhere
in Franklin, Ky.
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Laban Theodore Moore (1829-1892) —
also known as Laban T. Moore —
of Louisa, Lawrence
County, Ky.
Born in Wayne
County, Va. (now W.Va.), January
13, 1829.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 9th District, 1859-61; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1860.
Slaveowner.
Died, of pneumonia,
at Catlettsburg, Boyd
County, Ky., November
9, 1892 (age 63 years, 301
days).
Interment at Ashland
Cemetery, Ashland, Ky.
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Buckner Stith Morris (1800-1879) —
also known as Buckner S. Morris —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Augusta, Bracken
County, Ky., August
19, 1800.
Whig. Lawyer; mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1838-39; candidate for secretary
of state of Illinois, 1852; circuit judge in Illinois, 1853-55;
served as treasurer of the Sons of Liberty, a Northern pro-Confederate
organization; in 1864, he was arrested
and imprisoned
for taking part in an alleged plot to break
out prisoners of war held at Camp Douglas in Chicago.
Catholic.
Thought to be the originator of "to hell in a handbasket," though the
phrase wasn't widely used before the 1940s.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
16, 1879 (age 79 years, 119
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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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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John McKenzie Moss (1868-1929) —
also known as J. McKenzie Moss —
of Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky.
Born in Bennettstown, Christian
County, Ky., January
3, 1868.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1902-03; circuit judge
in Kentucky 8th Circuit, 1909-21; general counsel and deputy
commissioner, U.S. Bureau of Internal Revenue; Assistant U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, under Andrew
W. Mellon, 1923-26; Judge
of U.S. Court of Claims, 1926-29; died in office 1929.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 11,
1929 (age 61 years, 159
days).
Interment at La
Fayette Cemetery, Bennettstown, Ky.
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Benjamin Franklin Mudge (1817-1879) —
also known as Benjamin F. Mudge —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.; Cloverport, Breckinridge
County, Ky.; Quindaro (now part of Kansas City), Wyandotte
County, Kan.; Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.
Born in Orrington, Penobscot
County, Maine, August
11, 1817.
Lawyer; school
teacher; chemist;
geologist;
mayor
of Lynn, Mass., 1852-53.
Died November
21, 1879 (age 62 years, 102
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Alexander W. Mullins (b. 1835) —
of Linneus, Linn
County, Mo.
Born in Kentucky, April
12, 1835.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Missouri, 1868,
1884,
1888.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Berryman H. Mullins and Susanna Jane (Crews) Mullins; married 1863 to
Norrisea Smith. |
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Harvey Myers (1828-1874) —
of Kentucky.
Born February
10, 1828.
Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1872.
Shot
and killed by
Col. William G. Terrell, whose wife he had represented in a divorce
case, in the Stevenson & Myers law
office, Greer Building, Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., March
28, 1874 (age 46 years, 46
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Fort Mitchell, Ky.
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Robert L. Myre —
also known as R. L. Myre —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1924; candidate in
primary for mayor
of Paducah, Ky., 1927; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 1940.
Burial location unknown.
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