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George B. Anderson (1863-1910) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Kentucky, 1863.
Newspaper correspondent; U.S. Consul in Antigua, 1896-97, 1905-08; Grenoble, 1897-1900; Prescott, 1900-03; Guadeloupe, 1903-05; Martinique, 1908-10, died in office 1910.
Died, from heart
disease, on a West Shore train
in Weehawken, Hudson
County, N.J., March 2,
1910 (age about 46
years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Breckinridge Ardery (1887-1967) —
also known as William B. Ardery —
of Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky.
Born near Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky., August
11, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 73rd District, 1930-31; candidate
for nomination for Governor of
Kentucky, 1931; circuit judge in Kentucky 14th District, 1936-67.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Judicature Society; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died of a heart
attack, in Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky., July 25,
1967 (age 79 years, 348
days).
Interment at Paris
Cemetery, Paris, Ky.
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Henry Arrowood (1896-1960) —
of Paintsville, Johnson
County, Ky.
Born in River, Johnson
County, Ky., November
11, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; newspaper
editor and publisher; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1942-47, 1952-53 (91st District
1942-43, 98th District 1944-47, 1952-53).
Baptist.
Member, Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans.
Died in Johnson
County, Ky., November
12, 1960 (age 64 years, 1
days).
Interment at Denny
Pigg Cemetery, Johnson County, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary Jane (Daniels) Arrowood and Andrew Jackson Arrowood; married
to Ernestine Pigg. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Howard Henry Baker (1902-1964) —
also known as Howard H. Baker —
of Huntsville, Scott
County, Tenn.
Born in Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky., January
12, 1902.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1929-30; candidate for Governor of
Tennessee, 1938; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Tennessee, 1940,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960
(delegation chair); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1940; board chairman, First National Bank of
Oneida; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 2nd District, 1951-64; died in
office 1964.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Sigma
Nu; Phi
Alpha Delta; Phi
Kappa Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died, following a heart
attack, at Fort Sanders Presbyterian Hospital,
Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., January
7, 1964 (age 61 years, 360
days).
Interment at Sherwood
Memorial Gardens, Alcoa, Tenn.
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Robert Worth Bingham (1871-1937) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Glenview, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Orange
County, N.C., November
8, 1871.
Lawyer;
publisher of Louisville Courier-Journal newspaper; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1907; Republican candidate for Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1910; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1911;
U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1933-37.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of
the American Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Tau Omega.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., December
18, 1937 (age 66 years, 40
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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William O'Rear Blackerby (b. 1853) —
of Brooksville, Bracken
County, Ky.
Born in Brick, Bracken
County, Ky., September
20, 1853.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor and publisher; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1882-83; Bracken
County Attorney.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Jeduthan O'Rear Blackerby and Sarah Jane (Linn) Blackerby;
married, November
23, 1881, to Louise Cecelia Gilmore; father of Irene Buckner
Blackerby (who married Albert
W. Ross). |
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Vincent Boreing (1839-1903) —
of London, Laurel
County, Ky.
Born near Jonesborough, Washington
County, Tenn., November
24, 1839.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
newspaper publisher; banker;
county judge in Kentucky, 1886; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 11th District, 1899-1903; died in
office 1903.
Methodist.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in London, Laurel
County, Ky., September
16, 1903 (age 63 years, 296
days).
Interment at A.R.
Dyche Memorial Park, London, Ky.
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Anne McCarty Braden (1924-2006) —
also known as Anne Braden; Anne McCarty —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., July 28,
1924.
Newspaper reporter; labor
organizer; civil rights activist starting in the 1940s; in May
1954, to fight
segregation, she and her husband bought a house in a white
neighborhood on behalf of a Black family; this sparked furious and
violent opposition and the bombing of the house; she and others were
charged
with sedition;
her husband was the first to be convicted, but then, in 1956, all
state sedition laws were struck down; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Kentucky.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., March 6,
2006 (age 81 years, 221
days).
Interment at Eminence
Cemetery, Eminence, Ky.
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Daniel Bradford —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Newspaper editor; mayor
of Lexington, Ky., 1841.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Bradford and Eliza (James) Bradford. |
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William Francis Bradshaw (b. 1878) —
also known as William F. Bradshaw —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.
Born in Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky., September
17, 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer;
president, Mechanics Trust and Savings Bank,
Paducah; president, First National Bank;
vice-president, Paducah Newspapers, Inc.; vice-president,
Paducah Hosiery
Mills; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,
1928.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Theta.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Francis Bradshaw and Virginia (Wheeler) Bradshaw;
married, June 21,
1905, to Rosena Ashton White. |
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Desha Breckinridge (1867-1935) —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., August
5, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor and publisher; director, the First National
Bank of
Lexington; director, Fayette Home Telephone
Company; director, Phoenix Hotel
Company; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1920,
1928,
1932.
Presbyterian.
Died in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., February
18, 1935 (age 67 years, 197
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of William
Campbell Preston Breckinridge and Issa (Desha) Breckinridge;
married, November
17, 1898, to Madeline McDowell; nephew of Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge Jr.; grandson of Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge; grandnephew of Joseph
Cabell Breckinridge, William
Campbell Preston and John
Smith Preston; great-grandson of John
Breckinridge, Francis
Smith Preston and Joseph
Desha; great-grandnephew of James
Patton Preston; second great-grandson of William
Preston and William
Campbell; second great-grandnephew of William
Cabell and Patrick
Henry; first cousin of Levin
Irving Handy and Henry
Skillman Breckinridge; first cousin once removed of John
Cabell Breckinridge and Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864); first cousin twice removed of James
Douglas Breckinridge, Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell, James
McDowell, John
Buchanan Floyd and George
Rogers Clark Floyd; first cousin thrice removed of William
Cabell Jr. and William
Henry Cabell; second cousin of Clifton
Rodes Breckinridge and Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925); second cousin once removed of Carter
Henry Harrison, William
Lewis Cabell and George
Craighead Cabell; second cousin twice removed of Valentine
Wood Southall, Frederick
Mortimer Cabell, Samuel
Meredith Garland (1802-1880) and Edward
Carrington Cabell; third cousin of Benjamin
Earl Cabell and Carter
Henry Harrison II; third cousin once removed of John
William Leftwich, Stephen
Valentine Southall and Earle
Cabell; fourth cousin of Samuel
Meredith Garland (1861-1945). |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Epitaph: "Our boast of you is that we
found you brave." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Joseph Little Bristow (1861-1944) —
also known as Joseph L. Bristow —
of Salina, Saline
County, Kan.
Born near Hazel Green, Wolfe
County, Ky., July 22,
1861.
Republican. Newspaper editor; secretary of
Kansas Republican Party, 1894-98; private secretary to Gov. Edmund
N. Morrill, 1895-97; special commander of Panama Railroad,
1905; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1909-15.
Methodist.
Died in Fairfax
County, Va., July 14,
1944 (age 82 years, 358
days).
Interment at Gypsum
Hill Cemetery, Salina, Kan.
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Henry Bishop Brodess (1830-1881) —
also known as H. B. Brodess —
of Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky.
Born in Baltimore
County, Md., 1830.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kentucky, 1860;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor
of Ashland, Ky., 1876-81; died in office 1881.
Died in Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky., October
20, 1881 (age about 51
years).
Interment at Ashland
Cemetery, Ashland, Ky.
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Wallace Brown (b. 1874) —
of Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky.
Born in Bloomfield, Nelson
County, Ky., October
11, 1874.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1912, 1934-37 (Nelson County
1912, 34th District 1934-37); county judge in Kentucky, 1914-25;
member of Kentucky
state senate, 1926-28.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Washington Brown and Margaret Ann (Greer) Brown; married,
April
28, 1904, to Nancy Jackson Williams. |
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Louis Brownlow (1879-1963) —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.; Washington,
D.C.; Petersburg,
Va.; Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Buffalo, Dallas
County, Mo., August
29, 1879.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1915-20; President
of the District of Columbia Board of Commissioners, 1917-20;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,
1916
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); city manager, Petersburg, Va.,
1920-23; city manager, Knoxville, Tenn., 1924-26.
Member, American
Public Health Association.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., September
27, 1963 (age 84 years, 29
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Edward Austin Burke (1839-1928) —
also known as Edward A. Burke; Edward A.
Burk —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., September
13, 1839.
Democrat. Telegraph
operator; railroad
superintendent; major in the Confederate Army during the Civil
War; importer
and exporter; railway
freight agent; newspaper editor; Louisiana
state treasurer, 1878-88; engaged in a pistol duel
with Henry J. Hearsey on January 25, 1880; neither man was injured;
in 1882, he was wounded in a duel with C. Harrison Parker; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1880
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1884;
in 1889, his successor as state treasurer, William
Henry Pipes, discovered discrepancies in state funds, and accused
Burke of embezzlement;
he was subsequently indicted
by a grand jury; Burke, then in London, chose not to return to
Louisiana, and instead fled
to Honduras, and remained in Central America for the rest of his life.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, in the Hotel
Ritz, Tegucigalpa, Honduras,
September
24, 1928 (age 89 years, 11
days).
Interment somewhere in Yuscarán, Honduras.
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Orestes Hampton Caldwell (b. 1888) —
also known as Orestes H. Caldwell —
of New York; Cos Cob, Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., 1888.
Electrical
engineer;
editor of trade journals in radio and
electronics;
member, Federal Radio Commission, 1927-29; resigned 1929.
Burial location unknown.
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Solomon Saladin Calhoon (1838-1908) —
also known as S. S. Calhoon —
of Yazoo City, Yazoo
County, Miss.; Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark.; Canton, Madison
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born near Brandenburg, Meade
County, Ky., January
2, 1838.
Democrat. Lawyer;
private secretary to Gov. William
McWillie, 1857; newspaper editor; colonel in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; circuit judge in Mississippi,
1876-82; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi,
1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); delegate
to Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1890; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1900-08; appointed 1900; died in
office 1908.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish
and German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died November
10, 1908 (age 70 years, 313
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Beryl Franklin Carroll (1860-1939) —
also known as Beryl F. Carroll —
of Bloomfield, Davis
County, Iowa; Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Davis
County, Iowa, March
15, 1860.
Republican. School
teacher; livestock
dealer; newspaper editor; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Iowa; candidate for Iowa
state house of representatives, 1893; member of Iowa
state senate, 1895-98; postmaster;
Iowa
state auditor, 1903-09; Governor of
Iowa, 1909-13; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Iowa, 1912;
organizer and president, Provident Life
Insurance Company.
Methodist.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, in Kentucky Baptist Hospital,
Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., December
16, 1939 (age 79 years, 276
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Bloomfield, Iowa.
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Albert Benjamin Chandler (1898-1991) —
also known as Albert B. Chandler; Happy
Chandler —
of Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky.
Born in Corydon, Henderson
County, Ky., July 14,
1898.
Democrat. Athletic
coach; lawyer;
newspaper publisher; member of Kentucky
state senate 22nd District, 1930-31; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1931-35; Governor of
Kentucky, 1935-39, 1955-59; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1936,
1940,
1944,
1952,
1956;
U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1939-45; member of Democratic
National Committee from Kentucky, 1939; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1939; Commissioner of Baseball
1945-51, during the time the sport was desegregated; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 1956.
Episcopalian.
Member, Order of
the Coif; Pi
Kappa Alpha; Omicron
Delta Kappa; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky., June 15,
1991 (age 92 years, 336
days).
Interment at Pisgah
Church Cemetery, Versailles, Ky.
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Samuel Bullitt Churchill (1812-1890) —
also known as Samuel B. Churchill —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born near Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., December
6, 1812.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; postmaster at St.
Louis, Mo., 1842-45; member of Missouri
state senate, 1858; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Missouri, 1860;
secretary
of state of Kentucky, 1867-71, 1879-80.
Episcopalian.
Died, from "brain
congestion", in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., May 14,
1890 (age 77 years, 159
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Cassius Marcellus Clay (1810-1903) —
also known as Cassius M. Clay; "The Lion of White
Hall" —
of Madison
County, Ky.
Born in Madison
County, Ky., October
19, 1810.
Probably the best-known Southern emancipationist; freed his own
slaves in 1844 and edited the only Southern antislavery
newspaper in 1845-47; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1835-37, 1840; delegate to Whig
National Convention from Kentucky, 1839 (speaker); shot
point-blank during a speech in 1843, he used a Bowie knife to cut off
the attacker's ear and nose and cut out one eye; tried
for mayhem
and found not guilty; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;
candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1860;
U.S. Minister to Russia, 1861-62, 1863-69; general in the Union Army during the
Civil War.
Died, of kidney
failure, in Madison
County, Ky., July 22,
1903 (age 92 years, 276
days).
Interment at Richmond
Cemetery, Richmond, Ky.
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Shirley M. Crawford (1872-1917) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., August
5, 1872.
Republican. Actor;
newspaper writer; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; lawyer; law
partner of Augustus
E. Willson; Honorary
Consul for Guatemala in Louisville,
Ky., 1901-07; in February 1905, amidst a controversy over the
appointment of a new Colonel, a military court of inquiry was
convened to investigate
the officers of the First Kentucky regiment, including a Major and
six Captains, for willful
disobedience; all were releived of duty, but Capt. Crawford was
singled out as "an agitator and fomenter of strife, disloyal and
insubordinate to his superior officers," and ordered court-martialed;
secretary-treasurer and director, Kentucky-Arizona Copper
Company (engaged in mining and
smelting).
Hit by
a car while crossing a street, suffered a fractured leg and pneumonia,
and died two weeks later, in German Hospital,
San
Francisco, Calif., September
6, 1917 (age 45 years, 32
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at San
Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, Calif.
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Willoughby Barrett Dobbs (1861-1931) —
also known as Willoughby B. Dobbs —
of Scottsville, Allen
County, Ky.; Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.; Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Portsmouth,
Va., 1861.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
newspaper editor and publisher; chair of
Allen County Democratic Party, 1891-92; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 32nd District, 1907.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arcanum; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, in Sherman Square Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 6,
1931 (age about 69
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Charles Edwin Willoughby Dobbs and Mary Elizabeth (Barrett)
Dobbs; married, June 7,
1884, to Mary Ready Ragland. |
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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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John Draper Erwin (b. 1883) —
also known as John D. Erwin —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born in Meador, Allen
County, Ky., November
14, 1883.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; secretary to U.S. Sen. John
K. Shields, 1913, and to U.S. Sen. Luke
Lea, 1913-17; U.S. Minister to Honduras, 1937-43; U.S. Ambassador to Honduras, 1943, 1951.
Burial location unknown.
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Larry Claxton Flynt (1942-2021) —
also known as Larry Flynt; "The King of
Smut" —
of Ohio; California.
Born in Lakeville, Magoffin
County, Ky., November
1, 1942.
Democrat. Owner of night
clubs; publisher of Hustler, a pornographic
magazine; convicted
in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1977 on obscenity
and organized
crime charges,
and sentenced
to 25 years in prison,
but the verdict was overturned on appeal; shot by a
sniper in Lawrenceville, Georgia, 1978, and paralyzed
from the waist down; candidate for Governor of
California, 2003.
Atheist.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
10, 2021 (age 78 years, 101
days).
Interment a private or family graveyard, Magoffin County, Ky.
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Marcellus Elliott Foster (1870-1942) —
also known as Marcellus E. Foster —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Pembroke, Christian
County, Ky., November
29, 1870.
Democrat. President of the Houston Chronicle newspaper;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1912.
Member, Rotary.
Died, from a coronary
occlusion and arteriosclerosis,
in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., April 1,
1942 (age 71 years, 123
days).
Interment at Forest
Park Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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William Cassius Goodloe (1841-1889) —
also known as W. Cassius Goodloe —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Madison
County, Ky., June 27,
1841.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 1868,
1872
(delegation chair), 1884,
1888;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1871; defeated, 1867; member of
Republican
National Committee from Kentucky, 1872-; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1873; candidate for Kentucky
state attorney general, 1875; U.S. Minister to Belgium, 1878-80.
Episcopalian.
Member, Loyal
Legion.
During a violent encounter in the lobby of the Lexington Post
Office, he repeatedly
stabbed and ultimately killed a political enemy, Col. Armistead
Swope, who meanwhile shot and
badly
wounded him; before any prosecution
could ensue, he died of his own wounds two days later, in the Phoenix
Hotel,
Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., November
8, 1889 (age 48 years, 134
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Robert Hayes Gore (1886-1972) —
also known as Robert H. Gore —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.; Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Knottsville, Daviess
County, Ky., May 24,
1886.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; Governor of
Puerto Rico, 1933-34; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1944.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., December
26, 1972 (age 86 years, 216
days).
Interment at Lauderdale
Memorial Park, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
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Bruce Haldeman (b. 1862) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Glenview, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., November
5, 1862.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; delegate
to Kentucky convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Walter Newman Haldeman and Elizabeth (Metcalfe) Haldeman; married,
January
20, 1892, to Annie Ford Milton. |
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William Birch Haldeman (1846-1924) —
also known as William B. Haldeman —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., July 27,
1846.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
newspaper editor; member of Kentucky
Democratic State Central Committee, 1884-90; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1896,
1908,
1912;
Adjutant
General of Kentucky, 1911-12; member of Democratic
National Committee from Kentucky, 1918-20.
Presbyterian.
Member, United
Confederate Veterans.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., October
27, 1924 (age 78 years, 92
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Joseph Holt (1807-1894) —
of Elizabethtown, Hardin
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Breckinridge
County, Ky., January
6, 1807.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; Jefferson
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1833-35; U.S. Commissioner of
Patents, 1857; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1859-60; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1861.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
1, 1894 (age 87 years, 207
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Breckinridge County, Ky.
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John Edward Hopley (1850-1927) —
also known as John E. Hopley —
of Bucyrus, Crawford
County, Ohio.
Born in Elkton, Todd
County, Ky., August
25, 1850.
Republican. Newspaper editor; lawyer;
campaign manager and then private secretary to U.S. Rep. Stephen
R. Harris, 1895-97; U.S. Consul in Southampton, 1898-1903; Montevideo, 1903-05; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Ohio; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1914.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Royal
and Select Masters; Order of the
Eastern Star; Knights
Templar; Elks.
As a bedridden invalid, smoking a pipe, he accidentally dropped the
pipe, his clothes caught
fire, and he was badly burned; his burns became infected,
leading to his death a few days later, in Bucyrus, Crawford
County, Ohio, July 10,
1927 (age 76 years, 319
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Bucyrus, Ohio.
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William Louis Kelly (b. 1839) —
also known as William L. Kelly —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Springfield, Washington
County, Ky., August
27, 1839.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; farmer;
newspaper editor; lawyer;
district judge in Minnesota 2nd District, 1887-1917.
Burial location unknown.
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George W. Lane (b. 1812) —
of Aurora, Dearborn
County, Ind.
Born in Burlington, Boone
County, Ky., November
7, 1812.
Newspaper publisher; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1847, 1856; assistant Treasurer
of the United States; superintendent of the U.S. Mint at Denver,
Colorado.
Burial location unknown.
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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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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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David A. Mims (1833-1901) —
of Garden City, Finney
County, Kan.
Born in Pikeville, Pike
County, Ky., April
18, 1833.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
editor; mayor
of Garden City, Kan., 1890.
Died August
29, 1901 (age 68 years, 133
days).
Interment at Valley
View Cemetery, Garden City, Kan.
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Charles Patrick Joseph Mooney (b. 1865) —
also known as C. P. J. Mooney —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Bardstown Junction, Bullitt
County, Ky., September
15, 1865.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Tennessee, 1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
Catholic.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Francis Mooney and Hannah (Spraggins) Mooney; married, June 6,
1891, to Corinne G'Sell O'Connor. |
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Benjamin Sedgwick Noble (1805-1837) —
of Franklin
County, Ind.
Born in Campbell
County, Ky., April
19, 1805.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1829-30, 1831-32, 1833-34;
defeated, 1834.
Died in Brookville, Franklin
County, Ind., January
26, 1837 (age 31 years, 282
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John C. Noble (1815-1901) —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., December
4, 1815.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; postmaster at Paducah,
Ky., 1860-61; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil
War; candidate for Representative
from Kentucky in the Confederate Congress 1st District, 1864.
Died in Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky., December
21, 1901 (age 86 years, 17
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Paducah, Ky.
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Caleb Cushing Norvell (1813-1891) —
also known as Caleb C. Norvell —
of Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y.
Born in Green
County, Ky., April
24, 1813.
Republican. Newspaper editor; printer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1870.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
3, 1891 (age 77 years, 285
days).
Interment at Moravian
Cemetery, New Dorp, Staten Island, N.Y.
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John Norvell (1789-1850) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Danville, Boyle
County, Ky., December
21, 1789.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;
newspaper publisher; postmaster at Detroit,
Mich., 1831-36; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention 1st District, 1835;
U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1837-41; member of University
of Michigan board of regents, 1837-39; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County, 1842; U.S.
Attorney for Michigan, 1845-50.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April
24, 1850 (age 60 years, 124
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Harrison Gray Otis (1837-1917) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Washington
County, Ohio, February
10, 1837.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,
1860;
colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
publisher; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1892;
general in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War.
Died, from a rupture of the
heart, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 30,
1917 (age 80 years, 170
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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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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Franklin Everett Purcell (1879-1927) —
also known as F. Everett Purcell —
of Enid, Garfield
County, Okla.
Born in Kentucky, February
10, 1879.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; postmaster at Enid,
Okla., 1906-13; candidate for Oklahoma
state auditor, 1918; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Oklahoma, 1920.
Died, from heart
disease, in Enid, Garfield
County, Okla., February
13, 1927 (age 48 years, 3
days).
Interment at Enid
Cemetery, Enid, Okla.
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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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Benjamin H. Ridgely (1861-1908) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Caroline
County, Md., July 13,
1861.
Newspaper editor; U.S. Consul in Geneva, 1893-1900; Malaga, 1900-02; Nantes, 1902-04; U.S. Consul General in Barcelona, 1904-08; Mexico City, 1908, died in office 1908.
Died, from heart
failure, en route to Mexico City, in a
Pullman railroad car at Monterrey, Nuevo
León, October
10, 1908 (age 47 years, 89
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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James Graves Scrugham (1880-1945) —
also known as James G. Scrugham; J. G.
Scrugham —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., January
19, 1880.
Democrat. University
professor; newspaper editor and publisher; Governor of
Nevada, 1923-27; defeated, 1926; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1933-42; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1940,
1944;
U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1942-45; died in office 1945.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles.
Died June 23,
1945 (age 65 years, 155
days).
Interment at Masonic
Memorial Gardens, Reno, Nev.
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Oliver Hazard Perry Shelley (1875-1943) —
also known as O. H. P. Shelley —
of Red Lodge, Carbon
County, Mont.
Born in Albany, Clinton
County, Ky., March 4,
1875.
Republican. Newspaper editor; member of Republican
National Committee from Montana, 1920-24; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Montana, 1932.
Died in Red Lodge, Carbon
County, Mont., April
11, 1943 (age 68 years, 38
days).
Interment at Little Shasta Cemetery, Montague, Calif.
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Jae Spears —
also known as Jae Marshall —
of Elkins, Randolph
County, W.Va.
Born in Kenton
County, Ky.
Democrat. School
teacher; newspaper work; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates 30th District; elected 1974,
1976, 1978; member of West
Virginia state senate 12th District, 1981-92.
Female.
Christian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Gamma; Theta
Sigma Phi; Daughters of the
American Revolution; American
Legion Auxiliary.
Still living as of 1992.
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Relatives:
Daughter of James Marshall and Sylvia (Fox) Marshall; married to
Lawrence E. Spears. |
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Richard Henry Stanton (1812-1891) —
also known as Richard H. Stanton —
of Maysville, Mason
County, Ky.
Born in Alexandria, D.C. (now Va.), September
9, 1812.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; postmaster;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1844,
1852,
1868;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1849-55; defeated,
1855; candidate for Presidential Elector for Kentucky; circuit judge
in Kentucky, 1868-74.
Slaveowner.
Died in Maysville, Mason
County, Ky., March
20, 1891 (age 78 years, 192
days).
Interment at Maysville
Cemetery, Maysville, Ky.
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William F. Switzler (born c.1819) —
of Columbia, Boone
County, Mo.
Born in Kentucky, about 1819.
Newspaper editor; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 3rd District, 1865;
delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 9th District, 1875.
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick Bernard Wachs (1897-1974) —
also known as Fred B. Wachs —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., October
22, 1897.
Republican. Newspaper editor; treasurer of
Kentucky Republican Party, 1930-67; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1960.
Presbyterian.
Member, Jaycees;
Omicron
Delta Kappa; Sigma
Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Newcomen
Society.
Died in 1974
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Walter Walker (1883-1956) —
of Grand Junction, Mesa
County, Colo.
Born in Marion, Crittenden
County, Ky., April 3,
1883.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1924,
1928
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1932,
1936,
1940,
1948,
1952
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); Colorado
Democratic state chair, 1930-32; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1932; appointed 1932; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Colorado.
Protestant.
Member, Elks; Woodmen;
Rotary;
Newcomen
Society.
Died in Grand Junction, Mesa
County, Colo., October
8, 1956 (age 73 years, 188
days).
Interment at Orchard
Mesa Cemetery, Grand Junction, Colo.
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Harry Lee Waterfield (1911-1988) —
of Clinton, Hickman
County, Ky.
Born in Calloway
County, Ky., January
19, 1911.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1938-47, 1950-51; Speaker of
the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1944-46; candidate
for Governor of
Kentucky, 1947, 1959 (Democratic); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1948,
1956,
1964;
Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1955-59, 1963-67; secretary of
Kentucky Democratic Party, 1956-60.
Christian.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died in 1988
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Harvey Magee Watterson (1811-1891) —
also known as Harvey M. Watterson —
of Tennessee.
Born in Bedford
County, Tenn., November
23, 1811.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1835; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 9th District, 1839-43; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1845-47; Speaker
of the Tennessee State Senate, 1845-47.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., October
1, 1891 (age 79 years, 312
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Henry Watterson (1840-1921) —
also known as "Marse Henry" —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
16, 1840.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
editor, Louisville Courier-Journal newspaper; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1876
(Temporary
Chair), 1880
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker),
1884,
1888
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1892;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1876-77; received the
Pulitzer
Prize in Journalism, 1918.
Methodist.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., December
22, 1921 (age 81 years, 309
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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George Post Wheeler (1869-1956) —
also known as Post Wheeler —
Born in Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y., August
6, 1869.
Newspaper editor; mining
business; author;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Paraguay, 1930-33; Albania, 1933-34; poet.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in 1956
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Hopkinsville, Ky.
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Simeon Slavens Willis (1879-1965) —
also known as Simeon Willis —
of Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky.
Born in Lawrence
County, Ohio, December
1, 1879.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; lawyer; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1927-32; Governor of
Kentucky, 1943-47; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kentucky, 1944,
1948.
Methodist;
later Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Newcomen
Society.
Died in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., April 2,
1965 (age 85 years, 122
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Urey Woodson (1859-1939) —
of Owensboro, Daviess
County, Ky.
Born in Madisonville, Hopkins
County, Ky., August
16, 1859.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; Kentucky
railroad commissioner, 1891-95; member of Democratic
National Committee from Kentucky, 1896-1912, 1916-18, 1924-28; Secretary
of Democratic National Committee, 1904-12; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1932;
Convention Secretary, 1908,
1912.
Presbyterian.
Died in Owensboro, Daviess
County, Ky., August
6, 1939 (age 79 years, 355
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Elmwood Cemetery, Owensboro, Ky.
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Robert C. Yount (1909-1989) —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born in Benson Valley, Franklin
County, Ky., April
21, 1909.
Democrat. College band
director, newspaper circulation manager; garage
owner; real estate
business; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; mayor
of Frankfort, Ky., 1953-57.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Kiwanis.
Died in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., July 19,
1989 (age 80 years, 89
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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