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David Aronberg (1893-1967) —
of Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky.
Born in Manchester, England,
April
3, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
merchant; real estate
business; mayor
of Ashland, Ky., 1952-55, 1960-64.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks.
Died in Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky., February
11, 1967 (age 73 years, 314
days).
Interment at Ashland
Cemetery, Ashland, Ky.
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Robert E. Lee Blackburn (1870-1935) —
also known as Robert Blackburn —
of Stanton, Powell
County, Ky.; Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born near Furnace, Estill
County, Ky., April 9,
1870.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
merchant; insurance
business; stockbroker;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1904-05; Powell
County Clerk, 1906-10; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1929-31; defeated,
1930 (7th District), 1932 (at-large).
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Junior
Order; United
Spanish War Veterans; Freemasons.
Died in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., September
20, 1935 (age 65 years, 164
days).
Interment at Stanton
Cemetery, Stanton, Ky.
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James Carroll Bradley (1900-1969) —
also known as J. C. Bradley —
of Bedford, Trimble
County, Ky.
Born in Carroll
County, Ky., August
12, 1900.
Democrat. Real estate
sales; merchant; tourist camp
business; banker; farmer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 53rd District, 1944-47, 1952-55.
Baptist.
Member, Lions.
Died June 6,
1969 (age 68 years, 298
days).
Interment at Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Milton, Ky.
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Joshua C. Bradley (b. 1854) —
of Goldsberry, Macon
County, Mo.
Born in Kentucky, March 9,
1854.
Democrat. Farmer;
merchant; postmaster;
lawyer;
justice of the peace; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Macon County, 1913-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Frank Clifford Bruton (b. 1905) —
also known as Frank C. Bruton —
of Burkesville, Cumberland
County, Ky.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., February
22, 1905.
Republican. Merchant; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 38th District, 1934-35.
Christian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank William Bruton and Vallie (Ross) Bruton; married, February
5, 1928, to Opal Lewis. |
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John Buford, Sr. (1779-1848) —
of Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky.; Rock Island, Rock
Island County, Ill.
Born in Barren
County, Ky., 1779.
Farmer;
merchant; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1824-27; member of Illinois
state senate, 1843-47; postmaster at Rock
Island, Ill., 1843-47.
Presbyterian.
French
and English
ancestry.
Died in Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill., March
25, 1848 (age about 68
years).
Interment at Chippiannock
Cemetery, Rock Island, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of Margaret (Kirtley) Buford and Simeon
Buford, Sr.; married, September
6, 1799, to Nancy Hickman; married, January
4, 1825, to Ann Bannister (Howe) Watson; father of John Buford,
Jr., Napoleon Bonaparte Buford, Thomas
Jefferson Buford and James
Monroe Buford. |
| | | Political family: Buford
family of Rock Island, Illinois. |
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Frank N. Burns (1879-1925) —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.
Born in Clifton City, Wayne
County, Tenn., August
11, 1879.
Lawyer;
merchant; mayor
of Paducah, Ky., 1916-19; defeated, 1915; Kentucky
railroad commissioner, 1920-25; died in office 1925.
Died May 30,
1925 (age 45 years, 292
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Coffin (1877-1927) —
of Middlesboro, Bell
County, Ky.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
8, 1877.
Merchant; U.S. Consul in Masqat, 1906-07; Tripoli, 1908-10; Jerusalem, 1910-13; U.S. Consul General in Budapest, 1913-17; Christiania, 1917; Stockholm, 1917-18; Berlin, 1919-26.
Died, from heart
disease, in Algiers, Algeria,
February
13, 1927 (age 49 years, 128
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles A. Coffin and Alice E. (Gale) Coffin; married 1905 to Mabel
Sands Rees. |
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Franklin Pierce Combest (1853-1909) —
also known as F. P. Combest —
of Phil, Casey
County, Ky.
Born in Casey
County, Ky., October
10, 1853.
Republican. Surveyor;
school
teacher; banker;
merchant; president, Green River Woolen Mills;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives; elected 1892; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1908.
Member, Freemasons.
He and his brother Liberty Madison Combest incorporated the Green
River Telephone
Company.
Died in Phil, Casey
County, Ky., October
22, 1909 (age 56 years, 12
days).
Interment at Antioch
Christian Church Cemetery, Phil, Ky.
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William Hopkinson Cox (1856-1950) —
also known as William H. Cox —
of Maysville, Mason
County, Ky.
Born in Maysville, Mason
County, Ky., October
22, 1856.
Republican. Merchant; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1892
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee); mayor
of Maysville, Ky., 1893-97; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1900-07; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1907-11.
English
ancestry. Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in 1950
(age about
93 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William H. Cox and Elizabeth R. (Newman) Cox; married to Susan E.
Farrow. |
| | | Image source: Legislative History &
Capitol Souvenir of Kentucky (1910) |
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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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James La Fayette Evans (1825-1903) —
also known as James L. Evans —
of Noblesville, Hamilton
County, Ind.
Born in Clayville, Harrison
County, Ky., March
27, 1825.
Republican. Merchant; grain elevator
business; meat packing
business; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1875-79; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1880.
Died in Noblesville, Hamilton
County, Ind., May 28,
1903 (age 78 years, 62
days).
Interment at Crownland
Cemetery, Noblesville, Ind.
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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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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.
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John Harvey Hawkins (1848-1915) —
also known as J. H. Hawkins —
of Hillsboro, Fleming
County, Ky.
Born near Morehead, Fleming County (now Rowan
County), Ky., 1848.
Republican. Tavern
owner; merchant; postmaster;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,
1912.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1915
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Hillsboro
Cemetery, Hillsboro, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Moses R. Hawkins and Martha (Nickell) Hawkins; married to Jennie
'Patsy Jane' Crain. |
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Samuel LaRue Hodgen (1791-1864) —
of Elizabethtown, Hardin
County, Ky.
Born in Elizabethtown, Hardin
County, Ky., April
30, 1791.
Republican. Merchant; postmaster at Elizabethtown,
Ky., 1861-64.
Died in Elizabethtown, Hardin
County, Ky., August
15, 1864 (age 73 years, 107
days).
Interment at Elizabethtown
City Cemetery, Elizabethtown, Ky.
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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.
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Samuel D. Kennady (b. 1823) —
of Owensboro, Daviess
County, Ky.
Born July 3,
1823.
Merchant; mayor
of Owensboro, Ky., 1866-72; president, Owensboro and Evansville
Telegraph
Company; president, Owensboro and Russellville Railroad;
insurance
business.
Baptist.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Isaac Kennady and Lydia (Dyson) Kennady; married, November
19, 1846, to Melvina McFarland. |
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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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George H. Proffit (1807-1847) —
of Petersburg, Pike
County, Ind.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., September
7, 1807.
Merchant; lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1831-33, 1836-39; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1839-43; U.S. Minister
to Brazil, 1843-44.
French
and English
ancestry.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., September
7, 1847 (age 40 years, 0
days).
Interment at Walnut
Hills Cemetery, Petersburg, Ind.
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James Brown Ray (1794-1848) —
of Brookville, Franklin
County, Ind.
Born in Jefferson
County, Ky., February
19, 1794.
Lawyer;
merchant; tavern
owner; newspaper
publisher; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1821-22; member of Indiana
state senate, 1822-25; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1824, 1831, 1837; Governor of
Indiana, 1825-31.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, August
4, 1848 (age 54 years, 167
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Joel Ray (1801-1854) —
of Crawford
County, Ind.
Born in Cumberland
County, Ky., 1801.
Democrat. Farmer;
merchant; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1851-52.
Baptist.
Died in Crawford
County, Ind., August
28, 1854 (age about 53
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Martin M. Ray (1795-1865) —
of Fayette
County, Ind.; Wayne
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Kentucky, August
29, 1795.
Cabinetmaker;
merchant; banker; lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1826-27, 1834-36; candidate for
Indiana
state senate, 1848.
Methodist.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., May 16,
1865 (age 69 years, 260
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Robert Samuel Triplett (1830-1905) —
also known as Robert S. Triplett —
of Owensboro, Daviess
County, Ky.
Born in Scott
County, Ky., January
29, 1830.
Steamboat
business; commission merchant; railroad
builder; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1886-89.
Died, from malarial
fever, in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., September
11, 1905 (age 75 years, 225
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Elmwood Cemetery, Owensboro, Ky.
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Elisha I. Winter (1781-1849) —
of Clinton
County, N.Y.; Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 15,
1781.
Mining
business; U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1813-15; planter;
merchant; president, Lexington & Ohio Railroad.
Slaveowner.
Died in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., June 30,
1849 (age 67 years, 350
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Charles Alexander Young (1870-1943) —
also known as Charles A. Young —
of Cadet, Washington
County, Mo.
Born in Greencastle, Warren
County, Ky., October
7, 1870.
Republican. Merchant; postmaster;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Washington County, 1921-30,
1943; died in office 1943.
While crossing a street, was hit by a
car, badly injured, and died an hour and a half later in a hospital
at Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., May 8,
1943 (age 72 years, 213
days).
Interment at St. Joachim Cemetery, Old Mines, Mo.
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