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Ralph A. Alvarado —
of Winchester, Clark
County, Ky.
Republican. Physician; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 2012.
Still living as of 2012.
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Jacob Nathaniel Bailey (b. 1883) —
also known as Jacob N. Bailey —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.
Born in Elk Creek, Texas
County, Mo., March
13, 1883.
Republican. Physician; mayor
of Paducah, Ky., 1924-28.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
American
Medical Association; Lions.
Interment somewhere
in Caldwell County, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph S. Bailey and Helen (Thompson) Bailey; married, February
6, 1906, to Thelma Elizabeth Drimmon. |
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Allen Thomas Barnes (1832-1901) —
also known as Allen T. Barnes —
of Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.
Born in Trimble
County, Ky., June 21,
1832.
Physician; candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois;
postmaster at Bloomington,
Ill., 1899-1901.
Died in Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., May 30,
1901 (age 68 years, 343
days).
Interment at Park
Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill.
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Relatives:
Married to Elizabeth Helen Green. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: The Pantagraph
(Bloomington, Ill.), August 11, 1938 |
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Donald Clyde Barton (b. 1935) —
also known as Donald C. Barton —
of Corbin, Whitley
County, Ky.
Born in Salem, Livingston
County, Ky., March
23, 1935.
Republican. Physician; candidate for Kentucky
state house of representatives 82nd District, 1975.
Still living as of 1975.
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Relatives: Son
of Clyde Tye Barton and Lula Marie (Brown) Barton; brother of Harold
Bryan Barton. |
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Harold Bryan Barton (b. 1926) —
also known as Harold B. Barton —
of Corbin, Whitley
County, Ky.
Born in Madison
County, Ky., November
1, 1926.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
physician; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kentucky, 1964,
1968,
1972
(alternate).
Christian.
Member, American Medical
Association; Freemasons;
Lions;
Jaycees;
Farm
Bureau.
Still living as of 1973.
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Frank Houston Bassett (1873-1950) —
of Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky.
Born in Stephensport, Breckinridge
County, Ky., November
1, 1873.
Democrat. Played and umpired professional
baseball in the Cotton and Southern leagues; dry goods
merchant; hardware
business; physician; mayor
of Hopkinsville, Ky., 1918-21; Christian
County Court Clerk, 1922-34; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Welsh
ancestry. Member, American Medical
Association; Elks.
Died in Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky., August
5, 1950 (age 76 years, 277
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Hopkinsville, Ky.
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Andrew Jackson Beale (1831-1909) —
also known as Andrew J. Beale —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.; Cynthiana, Harrison
County, Ky.
Born in Fairfax
County, Va., March
19, 1831.
Physician; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil
War; mayor
of Oklahoma City, Okla., 1889-90.
Died in Cynthiana, Harrison
County, Ky., January
4, 1909 (age 77 years, 291
days).
Interment at Battle
Grove Cemetery, Cynthiana, Ky.
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Luke Pryor Blackburn (1816-1887) —
also known as Luke P. Blackburn —
of Kentucky.
Born in Woodford
County, Ky., June 16,
1816.
Physician; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1843; Governor of
Kentucky, 1879-83.
Baptist.
In 1865, he was tried
and acquitted in a Toronto court for violating Canadian neutrality,
in connection with a Confederate
scheme to spread yellow fever in Northern cities.
Died in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., September
14, 1887 (age 71 years, 90
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Mitchell Blackburn and Lavinia St. Clair (Bell) Blackburn;
brother of Joseph
Clay Stiles Blackburn; married, November
24, 1835, to Ella Boswell; married, November
17, 1857, to Julia Churchill; uncle of Corinne Blackburn (who
married William
Holt Gale); granduncle of Smith
Alford Blackburn; great-granduncle of Charles
Milton Blackburn; first cousin twice removed of Gabriel
Slaughter; third cousin of Charles
Rice Slaughter; third cousin once removed of Robert
Pryor Henry, John
Flournoy Henry and Gustavus
Adolphus Henry. |
| | | Political families: Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison
family of Kentucky; Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The Blackburn Correctional
Complex (opened 1972), in Lexington,
Kentucky, is named for
him. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Luke Pryor Blackburn: Nancy
Disher Baird, Luke
Pryor Blackburn : Physician, Governor, Reformer |
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Smith Alford Blackburn (1875-1961) —
also known as S. A. Blackburn —
of Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky.
Born in Midway, Woodford
County, Ky., August
22, 1875.
Democrat. Physician; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 46th District, 1930-33.
Died in Woodford
County, Ky., March 2,
1961 (age 85 years, 192
days).
Interment at Versailles Cemetery, Versailles, Ky.
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Levi Day Boone (1808-1882) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born near Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., December
6, 1808.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; physician;
mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1855-56.
Baptist.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
24, 1882 (age 73 years, 49
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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John Henry Buschemeyer (1869-1935) —
also known as John H. Buschemeyer —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., February
24, 1869.
Democrat. Physician; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1913-17; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1916
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee).
German
ancestry.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., October
7, 1935 (age 66 years, 225
days).
Interment at St.
Louis Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Tim Lee Carter (1910-1987) —
of Tompkinsville, Monroe
County, Ky.
Born in Tompkinsville, Monroe
County, Ky., September
2, 1910.
Republican. Physician; served in the U.S. Army during World
War II; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1965-81; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1972.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Medical Association.
Died in Glasgow, Barren
County, Ky., March
27, 1987 (age 76 years, 206
days).
Interment at Evans-Oak
Hill Cemetery, Tompkinsville, Ky.
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Robert K. Casey (b. 1931) —
also known as Bob Casey —
of Florida.
Born in Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky., July 22,
1931.
Republican. Physician; member of Florida
state house of representatives 22nd District, 1993-.
Baptist.
Member, Lambda
Chi Alpha; American Medical
Association.
Still living as of 1999.
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Thomas Withers Chinn (1791-1852) —
also known as Thomas W. Chinn —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born near Cynthiana, Harrison
County, Ky., November
22, 1791.
Physician; lawyer; sugar cane
planter;
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1839-41.
Slaveowner.
Died in West Baton
Rouge Parish, La., May 22,
1852 (age 60 years, 182
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.;
reinterment at Live
Oaks Plantation Cemetery, Iberville Parish, La.; cenotaph at Magnolia
Cemetery, Baton Rouge, La.
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Andrew Jackson Clements (1832-1913) —
also known as A. J. Clements —
of Tennessee.
Born in Clementsville, Clay
County, Tenn., December
23, 1832.
Physician; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 3rd District, 1861-63; member of
Tennessee state legislature, 1870.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Central State Hospital (a mental
hospital where he was confined due to senility),
Lakeland, Jefferson
County, Ky., November
7, 1913 (age 80 years, 319
days).
Interment at Glasgow
Cemetery, Glasgow, Ky.
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Erasmus B. Collins (1825-1866) —
of Indiana.
Born in Kentucky, 1825.
Physician; secretary
of state of Indiana, 1855-57; served in the Union Army during the
Civil War.
Died January
31, 1866 (age about 40
years).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Manteno, Ill.
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William Joseph Deboe (1849-1927) —
also known as William J. Deboe —
of Marion, Crittenden
County, Ky.
Born in Crittenden
County, Ky., June 30,
1849.
Republican. Physician; lawyer; superintendent
of schools; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kentucky, 1888,
1896,
1912;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1892; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1893-98; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1897-1903; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Kentucky; postmaster.
Died in Marion, Crittenden
County, Ky., June 15,
1927 (age 77 years, 350
days).
Interment at Mapleview
Cemetery, Marion, Ky.
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Ernest L. Fletcher (b. 1952) —
also known as Ernie Fletcher; "Big
Ern" —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Mt. Sterling, Montgomery
County, Ky., November
12, 1952.
Republican. Physician; pastor;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1994-96; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1999-2003; defeated,
1996; Governor of
Kentucky, 2003-07; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kentucky, 2004;
in 2005-06, an investigation
of hiring practices in violation
of the state's merit system law led to grand jury indictments
of the Governor and some of his staff; Fletcher pardoned his staff
members to protect them from prosecution; ultimately he admitted
wrong-doing and agreed to reorganize the Kentucky Personnel Board.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Nathan Gaither (1788-1862) —
of Columbia, Adair
County, Ky.
Born near Mocksville, Davie
County, N.C., September
15, 1788.
Democrat. Physician; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1815-18, 1855-57; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1829-33; defeated,
1832; delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849.
Slaveowner.
Died in Columbia, Adair
County, Ky., August
12, 1862 (age 73 years, 331
days).
Interment at Columbia
Cemetery, Columbia, Ky.
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S. H. George —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.
Republican. Physician; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 1920,
1928.
African
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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John Flournoy Henry (1793-1873) —
of Kentucky; Burlington, Des Moines
County, Iowa.
Born in Scott
County, Ky., January
17, 1793.
Physician; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 12th District, 1826-27; medical school
professor.
Slaveowner.
Died in Burlington, Des Moines
County, Iowa, November
12, 1873 (age 80 years, 299
days).
Interment at Aspen
Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa.
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Willis S. Holland (born c.1825) —
of Calhoun, Henry
County, Mo.
Born in Kentucky, about 1825.
Physician; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 15th District, 1865.
Burial location unknown.
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Whiteside Godfrey Hunter (1841-1917) —
also known as W. Godfrey Hunter —
of Burkesville, Cumberland
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born near Belfast, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), December
25, 1841.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; served in the Union Army during
the Civil War; physician; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1874; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kentucky, 1880,
1892,
1896
(Convention
Vice-President); U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1887-89, 1895-97, 1903-05 (3rd
District 1887-89, 1895-97, 11th District 1903-05); defeated, 1892,
1896; U.S. Minister to Guatemala, 1897-1903; Honduras, 1897.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., November
2, 1917 (age 75 years, 312
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Fred A. Jones —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.
Physician; candidate in primary for mayor
of Paducah, Ky., 1931.
Burial location unknown.
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Lewis Fields Linn (1796-1843) —
also known as Lewis F. Linn —
of Ste. Genevieve, Ste.
Genevieve County, Mo.
Born near Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., November
5, 1796.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;
physician; member of Missouri
state senate 3rd District, 1830-31; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1833-43; died in office 1843.
Slaveowner.
Died in Ste. Genevieve, Ste.
Genevieve County, Mo., October
3, 1843 (age 46 years, 332
days).
Interment at Memorial
Cemetery, Ste. Genevieve, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Nancy Ann (Hunter) Linn and Asahel Linn; half-brother of Henry
Dodge; married to Elizabeth Alexander Relfe (sister of James
Hugh Relfe); uncle of Augustus
Caesar Dodge. |
| | | Political family: Polk
family (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Linn counties in Iowa, Kan., Mo. and Ore. are
named for him. |
| | | The city
of Linneus,
Missouri, is named for
him. — The city
of Linn,
Missouri, is named for
him. — The city
of West
Linn, Oregon, is named for
him. — The city
of Linnton,
Oregon, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Moses L. Linton (born c.1808) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Kentucky, about 1808.
Physician; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 29th District, 1865.
Burial location unknown.
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Alexander Keith Marshall (1808-1884) —
of Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky.
Born near Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky., February
11, 1808.
Physician; delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1855-57; defeated,
1847.
Slaveowner.
Died near East Hickman, Fayette
County, Ky., April
28, 1884 (age 76 years, 77
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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German Baxter Miller (d. 1928) —
also known as German B. Miller —
of Spears, Fayette
County, Ky.
Republican. Physician; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kentucky, 1908.
Died, of cerebral
apoplexy, in Jefferson
County, Ky., January
20, 1928.
Interment somewhere
in Fayette County, Ky.
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Daniel Mongiardo (b. 1960) —
Born July 4,
1960.
Democrat. Physician; member of Kentucky
state senate 30th District, 2001-; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 2004.
Still living as of 2014.
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Albert Harrison Moore (1869-1913) —
also known as Albert H. Moore —
of Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky.
Born in 1869.
Physician; mayor
of Ashland, Ky., 1910-13; died in office 1913.
Member, American Medical
Association.
Died in Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky., September
26, 1913 (age about 44
years).
Interment at Ashland
Cemetery, Ashland, Ky.
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William A. Morton (born c.1812) —
of Liberty, Clay
County, Mo.
Born in Kentucky, about 1812.
Physician; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 13th District, 1865.
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin Sedgwick Noble (c.1809-1869) —
of Johnson
County, Ind.
Born in Boone
County, Ky., about 1809.
Physician; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1837-38.
Presbyterian.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Indianola, Warren
County, Iowa, November
10, 1869 (age about 60
years).
Burial location unknown.
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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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David Henry Patton (1837-1914) —
also known as David H. Patton —
of Remington, Jasper
County, Ind.; Woodward, Woodward
County, Okla.
Born in Flemingsburg, Fleming
County, Ky., November
26, 1837.
Democrat. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;
physician; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1891-93; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1892;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma Territory,
1900.
Died in Otterbein, Benton
County, Ind., January
17, 1914 (age 76 years, 52
days).
Interment at Remington
Cemetery, Remington, Ind.
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Ellis Earnest Raike (1874-1963) —
also known as Ellis E. Raike —
of Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.; Jamestown, Moniteau
County, Mo.
Born in Greenup, Greenup
County, Ky., May 28,
1874.
Republican. Physician; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Missouri, 1932;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Moniteau County, 1935-36.
Died in Greenup, Greenup
County, Ky., November
2, 1963 (age 89 years, 158
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert G. Redd (1842-1908) —
of Miles City, Custer
County, Mont.
Born in Knox
County, Ky., August
16, 1842.
Democrat. Physician; mayor
of Miles City, Mont., 1889; member of Montana
state senate 11th District, 1889-92.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Crab Orchard, Lincoln
County, Ky., February
21, 1908 (age 65 years, 189
days).
Interment at Redd Cemetery, Crab Orchard, Ky.
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Joseph Rowlett (1793-1865) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Prince
Edward County, Va., February
23, 1793.
Physician; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1838-50.
Died in Henry
County, Ala., December
21, 1865 (age 72 years, 301
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Monroe Salisbury (1865-1928) —
also known as W. M. Salisbury —
of Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky.
Born in Carter
County, Ky., December
25, 1865.
Physician; mayor
of Ashland, Ky., 1914-17, 1921-25.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., February
25, 1928 (age 62 years, 62
days).
Interment at Ashland
Cemetery, Ashland, Ky.
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Harvey I. Sloane (b. 1936) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born May 11,
1936.
Democrat. Physician; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1973-77, 1982-85; candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 1979, 1983; Jefferson
County Judge-Executive, 1986-89; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1990.
Still living as of 1995.
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Francis X. Sommer —
of Barbourville, Knox
County, Ky.
Physician; candidate for Presidential Elector for Kentucky.
Still living as of 1972.
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John Glover South (1873-1940) —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., January
23, 1873.
Republican. Physician; U.S. Minister to Panama, 1921-30; Portugal, 1930-33.
Died May 13,
1940 (age 67 years, 111
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Elisha David Standiford (1831-1887) —
of Kentucky.
Born near Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., December
28, 1831.
Democrat. Physician; farmer;
member of Kentucky
state senate, 1868, 1871; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1873-75; president,
Louisville & Nashville Railroad,
1875-79.
Slaveowner.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., July 26,
1887 (age 55 years, 210
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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John Edwin Trevey (1933-1990) —
also known as Jack Trevey —
of Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in 1933.
Republican. Physician; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 78th District, 1978-79; member of
Kentucky
state senate 12th District, 1979-90; died in office 1990.
Died in Fayette
County, Ky., June 28,
1990 (age about 56
years).
Interment at Hunting
Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Big Island, Va.
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William F. Vermilion (1830-1894) —
of Iowa.
Born in Kentucky, October
18, 1830.
Republican. Physician; served in the Union Army during the
Civil War; lawyer;
member of Iowa
state senate, 1869-73.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa, December
28, 1894 (age 64 years, 71
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Centerville, Iowa.
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James A. Waterman (b. 1862) —
of Breckenridge, Caldwell
County, Mo.
Born in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., August
12, 1862.
Physician; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Caldwell County, 1915-16.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1889 to Albina
F. Murphy. |
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Baker Ewing Watkins (1800-1876) —
of Colquitt
County, Ga.
Born in Meadow Creek, Whitley
County, Ky., August
18, 1800.
Minister;
physician; delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1865.
Methodist.
Died in Colquitt
County, Ga., November
26, 1876 (age 76 years, 100
days).
Interment at Greenfield
Cemetery, Moultrie, Ga.
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Harrison Lee Watkins (b. 1840) —
of Colquitt
County, Ga.
Born in Whitley
County, Ky., September
30, 1840.
Physician; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1884-85.
Burial location unknown.
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William J. Weston —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.
Republican. Physician; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kentucky, 1932.
African
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Paul S. York —
of Glasgow, Barren
County, Ky.
Republican. Physician; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 1940,
1948,
1952
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Interment at Glasgow
Cemetery, Glasgow, Ky.
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