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P. Henderson Kelly (b. 1881) —
also known as "Doc" —
of Thurmond, Fayette
County, W.Va.; Montgomery, Fayette
County, W.Va.
Born in Whitesburg, Letcher
County, Ky., October
6, 1881.
Democrat. Druggist; postmaster;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Fayette County, 1947-48,
1953-58.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; Eagles;
Moose.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Jasper Kelly and Katie Catherine (Day) Kelly; married, September
7, 1907, to Della C. Amick. |
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Peter Kennedy (1829-1903) —
of Indiana.
Born in Bourbon
County, Ky., July 10,
1829.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1875.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died in Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind., September
7, 1903 (age 74 years, 59
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Kinney (b. 1850) —
of Portsmouth, Scioto
County, Ohio.
Born in Springfield, Washington
County, Ky., July 7,
1850.
Republican. Secretary
of state of Ohio, 1897-1901.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Ernest Lackey (1867-1941) —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.
Born in Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky., June 8,
1867.
Insurance
and real
estate business; mayor
of Paducah, Ky., 1916, 1928-32; defeated, 1916.
Member, Freemasons; Elks.
Died, following a stroke,
in Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky., March 7,
1941 (age 73 years, 272
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Paducah, Ky.
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Ruby Laffoon (1869-1941) —
also known as "The Terrible Turk from
Madisonville" —
of Madisonville, Hopkins
County, Ky.
Born in Madisonville, Hopkins
County, Ky., January
15, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Kentucky
state treasurer, 1907; candidate for Kentucky
auditor of public accounts, 1911; circuit judge in Kentucky,
1921-31; Governor of
Kentucky, 1931-35; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1932,
1940;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Kentucky, 1936.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; Woodmen.
Died, from a stroke,
in Madisonville, Hopkins
County, Ky., March 1,
1941 (age 72 years, 45
days).
Interment at Grapevine
Cemetery, Madisonville, Ky.
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Joseph Bradford Lancaster (1790-1856) —
also known as Joseph B. Lancaster —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.; Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Kentucky, 1790.
Whig. Lawyer; mayor
of Jacksonville, Fla., 1846-47; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1848-50; mayor of
Tampa, Fla., 1856; died in office 1856.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., November
25, 1856 (age about 66
years).
Interment at Oaklawn
Cemetery, Tampa, Fla.
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Ambrose Haydon Livingston (1850-1913) —
also known as Ambrose H. Livingston —
Born in Clinton
County, Ky., December
24, 1850.
School
teacher; lawyer;
People's candidate for U.S.
Representative from Missouri 14th District, 1894, 1896.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Died in West Plains, Howell
County, Mo., May 26,
1913 (age 62 years, 153
days).
Interment at Hutton Valley Cemetery, Willow Springs, Mo.
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Marvel Mills Logan (1874-1939) —
also known as M. M. Logan —
of Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky.
Born near Brownsville, Edmonson
County, Ky., January
7, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1916-17; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1926; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1931-39; died in office 1939; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1932,
1936.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
3, 1939 (age 65 years, 269
days).
Interment at Fairview
Baptist Church Cemetery, Near Brownsville, Edmonson County, Ky.
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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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Urbin Marrs (1802-1875) —
of Indiana.
Born in Logan
County, Ky., March
10, 1802.
Circuit judge in Indiana, 1845-51; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1851-52; served in the Union Army
during the Civil War.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Posey
County, Ind., August
28, 1875 (age 73 years, 171
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, Ind.
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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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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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Samuel Bell Maxey (1825-1895) —
of Paris, Lamar
County, Tex.
Born in Tompkinsville, Monroe
County, Ky., March
20, 1825.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of
Texas
state senate; elected 1860; general in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1872; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1875-87.
Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died in Eureka Springs, Carroll
County, Ark., August
16, 1895 (age 70 years, 149
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Paris, Tex.
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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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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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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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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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Lafayette Mosher (1824-1890) —
of Oregon.
Born in Latonia Springs, Kenton
County, Ky., September
1, 1824.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Oregon
state legislature, 1860; justice of
Oregon state supreme court, 1872-74.
Catholic.
Member, Freemasons; Redmen.
Died March
27, 1890 (age 65 years, 207
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Wirt Newkirk (b. 1854) —
also known as H. Wirt Newkirk —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.; Kentucky; Luther, Lake
County, Mich.; Dexter, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Dexter, Washtenaw
County, Mich., August
1, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer; Bay
County Circuit Court Commissioner, 1881; Lake
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1889-92; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1892;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1893-94, 1907-10, 1917-18
(Osceola District 1893-94, Washtenaw County 1st District 1907-10,
1917-18); Washtenaw
County Probate Judge, 1897-1900; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1931-33.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1880 to
Eleanor J. Birkett. |
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Clement Singleton Nunn (1870-1935) —
also known as Clemm S. Nunn —
of Marion, Crittenden
County, Ky.
Born in Marion, Crittenden
County, Ky., February
1, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1914; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1920.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died June 19,
1935 (age 65 years, 138
days).
Interment at Mapleview
Cemetery, Marion, Ky.
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John Eugene Osborne (1858-1943) —
also known as John E. Osborne —
of Rawlins, Carbon
County, Wyo.
Born in Westport, Essex
County, N.Y., June 19,
1858.
Democrat. Physician;
member of Wyoming
territorial legislature, 1883-85; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Wyoming, 1892;
member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee, 1916;
Governor
of Wyoming, 1893-95; defeated, 1904; U.S.
Representative from Wyoming at-large, 1897-99; member of Democratic
National Committee from Wyoming, 1900-20; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1918.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Died in Rawlins, Carbon
County, Wyo., April
24, 1943 (age 84 years, 309
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Princeton, Ky.
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William Worth Patterson (1849-1921) —
also known as W. W. Patterson —
of Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky.
Born in Clarion, Clarion
County, Pa., November
3, 1849.
Republican. Grocer; mayor
of Ashland, Ky., 1886-89; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 1888.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Denver,
Colo., March
28, 1921 (age 71 years, 145
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Evans Patterson and Ellen Patterson; married to Sallie
Esther Geiger. |
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Thomas Hanson Paynter (1851-1921) —
also known as Thomas H. Paynter —
of Greenup, Greenup
County, Ky.; Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born near Vanceburg, Lewis
County, Ky., December
9, 1851.
Democrat. Lawyer; Greenup
County Attorney, 1876-82; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 9th District, 1889-95; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1895-1906; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1907-13; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1908.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., March 8,
1921 (age 69 years, 89
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Austin Peay IV (1876-1927) —
also known as "The Maker of Modern
Tennessee" —
of Clarksville, Montgomery
County, Tenn.
Born in Christian
County, Ky., June 1,
1876.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1901-05; Tennessee
Democratic state chair, 1905; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1916
(Honorary
Vice-President), 1924;
Governor
of Tennessee, 1923-27; died in office 1927.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died, of a cerebral
hemorrhage, at the Governor's
Residence, Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., October
2, 1927 (age 51 years, 123
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Clarksville, Tenn.
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Carl Dewey Perkins (1912-1984) —
also known as Carl D. Perkins —
of Hindman, Knott
County, Ky.
Born in Hindman, Knott
County, Ky., October
15, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1940; served in the U.S. Army
during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1949-84; died in
office 1984.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., August
3, 1984 (age 71 years, 293
days).
Interment at Perkins
Cemetery, Leburn, Ky.
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Thomas Johnson Pickett (1821-1891) —
also known as Thomas J. Pickett —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.; Rock
Island County, Ill.; Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., March
17, 1821.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1856;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Illinois
state senate 21st District, 1863-64; postmaster at Paducah,
Ky., 1865-67, 1869-72; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kentucky, 1868;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1874.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Ashland, Saunders
County, Neb., December
24, 1891 (age 70 years, 282
days).
Interment at Ashland Cemetery, Ashland, Neb.
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George Mark Plummer (b. 1949) —
also known as George M. Plummer —
of Vanceburg, Lewis
County, Ky.
Born, in Mercy Hospital,
Portsmouth, Scioto
County, Ohio, May 20,
1949.
Republican. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 96th District, 1978-82; defeated,
1981; Lewis
County Judge Executive, 1994-2003; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Kentucky.
Christian.
Member, Lions; Elks;
Freemasons.
Still living as of 2006.
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Luther Karl Plummer (1923-1980) —
also known as Luther K. Plummer —
of Vanceburg, Lewis
County, Ky.
Born in Vanceburg, Lewis
County, Ky., March
25, 1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Kentucky
state senate 18th District, 1970-73; defeated, 1973.
Methodist.
Member, Lions; Elks;
Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died, of heart
disease, in Mercy Hospital,
Portsmouth, Scioto
County, Ohio, December
29, 1980 (age 57 years, 279
days).
Interment at Lewis
County Memory Gardens, Vanceburg, Ky.
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Thomas Lloyd Posey (1750-1818) —
also known as Thomas Posey —
Born in Fairfax
County, Va., July 9,
1750.
Major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1805-06; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1806-08; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1812-13; Governor
of Indiana Territory, 1813-16; candidate for Governor of
Indiana, 1816.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died of typhus
fever in Shawneetown, Gallatin
County, Ill., March
19, 1818 (age 67 years, 253
days).
Interment at Westwood
Cemetery, Shawneetown, Ill.
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