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Martin Beaty (1784-1856) —
of Kentucky.
Born October
8, 1784.
Whig. Member of Kentucky
state senate, 1824-28; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Kentucky; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1833-35; defeated,
1828, 1830, 1834; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1848.
In Kentucky in 1818, he drilled the world's first
oil well.
Slaveowner.
Died in Belmont, Gonzales
County, Tex., June 17,
1856 (age 71 years, 253
days).
Interment at Belmont
Cemetery, Belmont, Tex.
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Leon Enoch Browder (1893-1953) —
also known as Leon Browder —
of Fulton, Fulton
County, Ky.
Born in Fulton, Fulton
County, Ky., September
25, 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; business
executive; officer in oil drilling companies; partner,
Browder Milling Co.;
director, City National Bank of
Fulton, Ky.; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary;
American
Legion; Farm
Bureau.
Died September
26, 1953 (age 60 years, 1
days).
Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Fulton, Ky.
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Eli Huston Brown Jr. (1875-1945) —
of Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky.; Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Owensboro, Daviess
County, Ky., May 3,
1875.
Democrat. Lawyer;
officer and general counsel to oil companies; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1899-1906; Speaker of
the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1904-06.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died, from heart
disease, in Norton Infirmary,
Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., October
13, 1945 (age 70 years, 163
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Paul Jones Fannin (1907-2002) —
also known as Paul J. Fannin —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky., January
29, 1907.
Republican. Chemical
and petroleum business; Governor of
Arizona, 1959-65; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Arizona, 1960,
1964
(delegation chair); U.S.
Senator from Arizona, 1965-77.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Moose; Rotary;
Kappa
Sigma.
Died, from a stroke,
in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., January
13, 2002 (age 94 years, 349
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz.
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John William Harreld (1872-1950) —
also known as John W. Harreld —
of Morgantown, Butler
County, Ky.; Ardmore, Carter
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born near Morgantown, Butler
County, Ky., January
24, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer;
oil producer; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 5th District, 1919-21; U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1921-27; defeated, 1926; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, 1924.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., December
26, 1950 (age 78 years, 336
days).
Interment at Fairlawn
Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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Everette Burgess Howard (1873-1950) —
also known as Everette B. Howard; Everett B.
Howard —
of Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla.
Born in Morgantown, Butler
County, Ky., September
19, 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer;
oil and gas producer; Oklahoma
state auditor, 1915-18; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 1st District, 1919-21, 1923-25,
1927-29; defeated, 1920.
Methodist.
Died in 1950
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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Edwin Monroe Porch (1852-1927) —
also known as Edwin M. Porch —
of Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky.
Born in Kentucky, February
4, 1852.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,
1888;
agent for Standard Oil Company.
Died April
18, 1927 (age 75 years, 73
days).
Interment at Somerset
Cemetery, Somerset, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Edwin Denton Porch and Elizabeth Jane (Cox) Porch; married, December
1, 1869, to Mary Harreitt Gossett. |
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Joseph Lafayette Rhinock (1863-1926) —
also known as Joseph L. Rhinock —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.; New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Owenton, Owen
County, Ky., January
4, 1863.
Democrat. Oil refiner; mayor
of Covington, Ky., 1894-99; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1905-11; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1908;
theater
business.
Died, from heart
disease, in New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
20, 1926 (age 63 years, 259
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Fort Mitchell, Ky.
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Benjamin F. Stapleton (b. 1873) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Paintsville, Johnson
County, Ky., November
12, 1873.
Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
postmaster at Denver,
Colo., 1915-21; oil business; mayor of
Denver, Colo., 1923-31, 1935-47; Colorado
state auditor, 1933-35; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Colorado, 1940.
Member, Freemasons;
Ku Klux
Klan.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1917 to Mabel
Freeland. |
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James William Zevely (1861-1927) —
also known as J. W. Zevely —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.; Washington,
D.C.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Linn, Osage
County, Mo., October
8, 1861.
Democrat. Librarian;
secretary
of Missouri Democratic Party, 1888; Inspector in Charge for U.S.
Department of the Interior; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1912,
1916;
as attorney for the Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation, and
for Harry F. Sinclair, he was a figure in the Teapot Dome scandal of
the 1920s.
Died, of pernicious
anemia and liver
cirrhosis, in East Hampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 10,
1927 (age 65 years, 245
days).
Interment somewhere
in Paris, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Thaddeus Zevely and Mary A. Zevely; married, June 23,
1908, to Janie C. Clay. |
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"Zev" (1920-1943) was named for
him by Harry F. Sinclair. |
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