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Politicians in the Lumber and Timber Business in Kentucky

Benjamin Campbell (1826-1907) — of Campbell, Santa Clara County, Calif. Born in Kentucky, 1826. Sawmill owner; postmaster at Campbell, Calif., 1885-88. Died in Santa Clara County, Calif., 1907 (age about 81 years). Interment at Mission City Memorial Park, Santa Clara, Calif.   Relatives: Married to Mary Louise Rucker.   The city of Campbell, California, is named for him.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Don Calvin Edwards (1861-1938) — also known as Don C. Edwards — of London, Laurel County, Ky. Born in Moulton, Appanoose County, Iowa, July 13, 1861. Republican. Lumber manufacturer; banker; Laurel County Circuit Court Clerk, 1898-1904; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1900 (alternate), 1912; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 11th District, 1905-11; defeated (Independent Republican), 1903. Died in London, Laurel County, Ky., September 19, 1938 (age 77 years, 68 days). Interment at A.R. Dyche Memorial Park, London, Ky.   Relatives: Son of Lewis Edwards and Jane (Saylor) Edwards; married, February 11, 1904, to Lida Hodge.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Edwin Farley (1842-1929) — of Owensboro, Daviess County, Ky.; Paducah, McCracken County, Ky. Born in Walworth County, Wis., August 28, 1842. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; grocer; barrel manufacturer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1880 (alternate), 1884; postmaster at Paducah, Ky., 1892-93; Kentucky state treasurer, 1908-12. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Grand Army of the Republic; Loyal Legion. Died in Paducah, McCracken County, Ky., September 18, 1929 (age 87 years, 21 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Paducah, Ky.   Relatives: Son of Michael Farley and Mary (Dolan) Farley; married, October 3, 1871, to Ella Marguerite Nunn.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Everett Faulkner (1894-1978) — of Williamsburg, Whitley County, Ky. Born in Whitley County, Ky., May 16, 1894. Democrat. Lumber dealer; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1948, 1952. Baptist. Member, Lions; Freemasons. Died in August, 1978 (age 84 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.   David A. Fisher (1840-1911) — of Ashland, Boyd County, Ky. Born in Clearfield County, Pa., August 14, 1840. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; sawmill operator; ice business; builder; livery stable owner; railway conductor; mayor of Ashland, Ky., 1889-92. Died in Ashland, Boyd County, Ky., January 19, 1911 (age 70 years, 158 days). Interment at Ashland Cemetery, Ashland, Ky.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Willis Green (1818-1893) — of Green, Elliott County, Ky. Born in Madison County, Ky., 1818. Whig. Miller; lumber business; merchant; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1836-37; U.S. Representative from Kentucky, 1839-45 (6th District 1839-43, 2nd District 1843-45). Slaveowner. Died in Danville, Boyle County, Ky., 1893 (age about 75 years). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Stephen Green and Elizabeth (Stuart) Green.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article   Nathan Thomas Hopkins (1852-1927) — also known as Nathan T. Hopkins — of Floyd County, Ky.; Yeager, Pike County, Ky. Born in Ashe County, N.C., October 27, 1852. Republican. Ordained minister; merchant; lumberman; farmer; Floyd County Assessor, 1878-90; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1893-94, 1923-24; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1895-97; defeated, 1894. Baptist. Died in Piketon (now Pikeville), Pike County, Ky., February 11, 1927 (age 74 years, 107 days). Interment at Potter Cemetery, Yeager, Ky.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   James Anthony Hughes (1861-1930) — also known as J. A. Hughes — of Kentucky; Huntington, Cabell County, W.Va. Born in Corunna, Ontario, February 27, 1861. Republican. Lumber business; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1888-90; member of West Virginia state senate 6th District, 1895-98; postmaster at Huntington, W.Va., 1898-1901; U.S. Representative from West Virginia, 1901-15, 1927-30 (4th District 1901-03, 5th District 1903-15, 4th District 1927-30); died in office 1930. Died in a sanitarium at Marion, Marion County, Ohio, March 2, 1930 (age 69 years, 3 days). Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery, Huntington, W.Va.   Relatives: Son of James W. Hughes and Ellen Hughes; married, December 28, 1885, to Belle Vinson.   Cross-reference: James P. Glynn   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Abraham Owen Smoot (1815-1895) — also known as Abraham O. Smoot; A. O. Smoot — of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah; Provo, Utah County, Utah. Born in Owenton, Owen County, Ky., February 17, 1815. Mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah, 1857-66; mayor of Provo, Utah, 1868-81; banker; lumber business. Mormon. Died in Provo, Utah County, Utah, March 6, 1895 (age 80 years, 17 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of George Washigton Smoot and Nancy Ann (Rowlett) Smoot; married, November 11, 1838, to Margaret Thompson McMeans; married, February 17, 1856, to Anna Kirstine Mauritzdatter; father of Abraham Owen Smoot (1856-1911) and Reed Owen Smoot; nephew of Daniel Owen Rowlett and Joseph Rowlett; grandfather of Abraham Owen Smoot III and Isaac Albert Smoot.   Political families: Bullock family of Massachusetts; Clinton-DeWitt family of New York; DeWitt-Bruyn-Hasbrouck-Kellogg family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   The Abraham O. Smoot Administration Building (opened 1962), at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, is named for him.   See also Wikipedia article

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