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Tyler N. Allen —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Democrat. Candidate for mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 2010.
Presbyterian. Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2010.
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William Kyle Anderson (b. 1847) —
also known as William K. Anderson —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born near Owensboro, Daviess
County, Ky., March
24, 1847.
Republican. U.S. Consul in Hanover, 1897-98.
Presbyterian. Scotch-Irish
and English
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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David Rice Atchison (1807-1886) —
also known as David R. Atchison —
of Plattsburg, Clinton
County, Mo.; Platte City, Platte
County, Mo.
Born in Frogtown, Fayette
County, Ky., August
11, 1807.
Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1834, 1838; circuit judge in
Missouri, 1841; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1843-48, 1849-55.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
An organizer of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad.
Thought by some to have been president for one day in 1849, because
President Zachary
Taylor refused to be inaugurated on a Sunday.
Slaveowner.
Died near Gower, Clinton
County, Mo., January
26, 1886 (age 78 years, 168
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Plattsburg, Mo.; statue at Clinton
County Courthouse Grounds, Plattsburg, Mo.
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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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Walter Arnold Baker (b. 1937) —
also known as Walter A. Baker —
of Glasgow, Barren
County, Ky.
Born in Columbia, Adair
County, Ky., February
20, 1937.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 23rd District, 1968-71; member of
Kentucky
state senate 9th District, 1972-81; resigned 1981; defeated,
1983; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1976.
Presbyterian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American Bar
Association; Rotary.
Still living as of 1988.
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Relatives: Son
of Herschel Tate Baker and Mattie (Barger) Baker; married, April
24, 1965, to Jane Stark Helm. |
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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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Joseph Bengal Bates (1893-1965) —
also known as Joe B. Bates —
of Greenup, Greenup
County, Ky.
Born in Republican, Knott
County, Ky., October
29, 1893.
Democrat. Greenup
County Clerk, 1922-38; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1938-53.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky., September
10, 1965 (age 71 years, 316
days).
Interment at Bellefonte
Memorial Gardens, Flatwoods, Ky.
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Campbell Eben Beaumont (1883-1954) —
also known as Campbell E. Beaumont —
of Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif.
Born in Mayfield, Graves
County, Ky., August
27, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer; Fresno
County District Attorney, 1918-21; superior court judge in
California, 1921-39; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of California, 1939-54;
died in office 1954.
Presbyterian. Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died November
19, 1954 (age 71 years, 84
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edgar Samuel Beaumont and May Viola (Wortham) Beaumont; married,
December
6, 1915, to Lucy Madden Hughes. |
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John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham (1869-1940) —
also known as J. C. W. Beckham —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky., August
5, 1869.
Democrat. School
principal; lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1894-98; Speaker of
the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1898; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1900; Governor of
Kentucky, 1900-07; defeated, 1927; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1900,
1904
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1908,
1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1916,
1920,
1936;
U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1915-21; defeated, 1920, 1936.
Presbyterian.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., January
9, 1940 (age 70 years, 157
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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James Gillespie Birney (1792-1857) —
also known as James G. Birney —
of Danville, Boyle
County, Ky.; Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Lower Saginaw, Saginaw County (now Bay City, Bay
County), Mich.
Born in Danville, Boyle
County, Ky., February
4, 1792.
Lawyer;
studied law in the office of Alexander
J. Dallas in Philadelphia; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1816-18; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1819-20; solicitor general of
Alabama, 1823-26; candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama; mayor
of Huntsville, Ala., 1829; abolitionist; Liberty candidate for President
of the United States, 1840, 1844; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1843, 1845.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
American
Anti-Slavery Society.
While traveling in 1845, the horse he
was riding bucked; he fell and
was injured; his condition worsened over time, leading to tremors and
paralysis, and he died as a result, in Perth Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., November
25, 1857 (age 65 years, 294
days).
Interment at Williamsburgh
Cemetery, Groveland, N.Y.
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Berl Boyd (1896-1988) —
of Graves
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Farmington, Graves
County, Ky., March
15, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1922.
Presbyterian. Member, Odd
Fellows; Pi
Kappa Alpha; Phi
Alpha Delta; Order of
the Coif; Alpha
Delta Sigma.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., October
25, 1988 (age 92 years, 224
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of William Ether Boyd and Virginia Emma (Dulaney) Boyd; married to
Bettye Wolfe. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William O'Connell Bradley (1847-1914) —
also known as William O. Bradley —
of Lancaster, Garrard
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born near Lancaster, Garrard
County, Ky., March
18, 1847.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1872, 1876; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Kentucky; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kentucky, 1880,
1884,
1888
(speaker),
1892,
1900,
1904,
1912;
candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1888;
member of Republican
National Committee from Kentucky, 1890-96; Governor of
Kentucky, 1895-99; defeated, 1887; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1909-14; died in office 1914.
Baptist;
later Presbyterian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 23,
1914 (age 67 years, 66
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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John Breathitt (1786-1834) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Loudoun
County, Va., September
9, 1786.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1811; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1828-32; Governor of
Kentucky, 1832-34; died in office 1834.
Presbyterian.
Died of tuberculosis
in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., February
21, 1834 (age 47 years, 165
days).
Original interment at Breathitt
Cemetery, Near Russellville, Logan County, Ky.; reinterment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Russellville, Ky.
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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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Henry Skillman Breckinridge (1886-1960) —
also known as Henry Breckinridge; Henry
Breckenridge —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Fresh Meadows, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 25,
1886.
Democrat. Assistant Secretary of War, 1913-16; served in the U.S.
Army during World War I; lawyer;
attorney for Charles A. Lindbergh, 1932; Constitutional candidate for
U.S.
Senator from New York, 1934; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1936.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Military
Order of the World Wars; American
Legion; Loyal
Legion; Navy
League.
Died, in St. Vincent's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 3,
1960 (age 73 years, 344
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1842-1921) and Louise Ludlow (Dudley)
Breckinridge; married, July 7,
1910, to Ruth (Bradley) Woodman; married, August
5, 1927, to Aida (de Acosta) Root; married, March
27, 1947, to Margaret Lucy Smith; nephew of Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William
Campbell Preston Breckinridge; grandson of Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge; grandnephew of Joseph
Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823), William
Campbell Preston and John
Smith Preston; great-grandson of John
Breckinridge and Francis
Smith Preston; 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 Desha
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; Monroe-Grayson-Roosevelt-Breckinridge
family of Virginia and Kentucky (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Breckinridge (1760-1806) —
of Kentucky.
Born near Staunton, Augusta
County, Va., December
2, 1760.
Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1793-94; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1793-97; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1798-1801; Speaker of
the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1799-1801; delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1799; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1801-05; U.S.
Attorney General, 1805-06; died in office 1806.
Presbyterian.
Slaveowner.
Died, from a stomach
infection, in near Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., December
14, 1806 (age 46 years, 12
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Fayette County, Ky.; reinterment at
Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Breckenridge and Letitia 'Lettice' (Preston) Breckenridge;
half-brother of Robert
Breckinridge; brother of James
Breckinridge; married, June 28,
1785, to Mary Hopkins Cabell; father of Letitia Preston
Breckinridge (who married Peter
Buell Porter and Alfred
William Grayson), Joseph
Cabell Breckinridge and Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge; nephew of William
Preston; uncle of James
Douglas Breckinridge; grandfather of John
Cabell Breckinridge (who married Mary
Cyrene Burch), Mary Cabell Breckinridge (who married Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864)), Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William
Campbell Preston Breckinridge; great-grandfather of Clifton
Rodes Breckinridge, Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Levin
Irving Handy, Desha
Breckinridge and Henry
Skillman Breckinridge; second great-grandfather of John
Bayne Breckinridge; cousin *** of John
Brown and James
Brown; first cousin of Francis
Smith Preston and James
Patton Preston; first cousin once removed of William
Campbell Preston, James
McDowell, John
Buchanan Floyd, John
Smith Preston and George
Rogers Clark Floyd. |
| | | 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; Monroe-Grayson-Roosevelt-Breckinridge
family of Virginia and Kentucky (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Breckinridge
County, Ky. is named for him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Cabell Breckinridge (1821-1875) —
also known as John C. Breckinridge —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born near Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., January
16, 1821.
Democrat. Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1849-51; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1851-55; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1856;
Vice
President of the United States, 1857-61; Southern Democratic
candidate for President
of the United States, 1860; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1861; general in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; Confederate
Secretary of War, 1865.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Expelled
from the U.S. Senate on December 4, 1861 for his participation in the
Confederate
military. Fled
to Cuba at the end of the war, and lived in England and Canada until
1869.
Slaveowner.
Died, from lung
disease and liver
cirrhosis, in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., May 17,
1875 (age 54 years, 121
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary Clay (Smith) Breckinridge and Joseph
Cabell Breckinridge; married 1840 to
Elizabeth Lucas; married, December
12, 1843, to Mary
Cyrene Burch; father of Clifton
Rodes Breckinridge; nephew of Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge; grandson of John
Breckinridge; great-grandson of John
Witherspoon; great-grandnephew of William
Preston and William
Cabell; first cousin of Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864), Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William
Campbell Preston Breckinridge; first cousin once removed of James
Douglas Breckinridge, Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell, Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Levin
Irving Handy, Desha
Breckinridge and Henry
Skillman Breckinridge; first cousin twice removed of William
Cabell Jr., Francis
Smith Preston, William
Henry Cabell and James
Patton Preston; second cousin of Carter
Henry Harrison, William
Lewis Cabell and George
Craighead Cabell; second cousin once removed of William
Campbell Preston, James
McDowell, Frederick
Mortimer Cabell, John
Buchanan Floyd, John
Smith Preston, George
Rogers Clark Floyd, Edward
Carrington Cabell, Benjamin
Earl Cabell and Carter
Henry Harrison II; second cousin twice removed of Earle
Cabell; third cousin of John
William Leftwich. |
| | | 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; Walker-Randolph
family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The city
of Breckenridge,
Missouri, is named for
him. — The city
of Breckenridge,
Colorado, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS John C. Breckinridge (built 1943 at Savannah,
Georgia; scrapped 1960) was named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — BillionGraves
burial record — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about John C. Breckinridge:
William C. Davis, An
Honorable Defeat: The Last Days of the Confederate
Government — Frank Hopkins Heck, Proud
Kentuckian, John C. Breckinridge, 1821-1875 — William
C. Davis, Breckinridge
: Statesman, Soldier, Symbol |
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Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823) —
also known as Cabell Breckinridge —
of Kentucky.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., July 24,
1788.
Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Speaker of
the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1817-18; secretary
of state of Kentucky, 1820-23; died in office 1823.
Presbyterian.
Died in an epidemic,
in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., September
1, 1823 (age 35 years, 39
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Fayette County, Ky.; reinterment at
Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of John
Breckinridge and Mary Hopkins (Cabell) Brecinridge; brother of
Letitia Preston Breckinridge (who married Peter
Buell Porter and Alfred
William Grayson) and Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge; married to Mary Clay Smith; father of John
Cabell Breckinridge (who married Mary
Cyrene Burch); uncle of Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864), Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William
Campbell Preston Breckinridge; grandfather of Clifton
Rodes Breckinridge; grandnephew of William
Preston and William
Cabell; granduncle of Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Levin
Irving Handy, Desha
Breckinridge and Henry
Skillman Breckinridge; first cousin of James
Douglas Breckinridge and Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell; first cousin once removed of William
Cabell Jr., Francis
Smith Preston, William
Henry Cabell, James
Patton Preston, Carter
Henry Harrison, William
Lewis Cabell and George
Craighead Cabell; first cousin twice removed of Benjamin
Earl Cabell and Carter
Henry Harrison II; first cousin thrice removed of Earle
Cabell; second cousin of William
Campbell Preston, James
McDowell, Frederick
Mortimer Cabell, John
Buchanan Floyd, John
Smith Preston, George
Rogers Clark Floyd and Edward
Carrington Cabell; second cousin once removed of John
William Leftwich. |
| | | 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; Walker-Randolph
family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Epitaph: "The Righteous Shall Be In
Everlasting Remembrance." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
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Robert Jefferson Breckinridge (1800-1871) —
of Kentucky.
Born near Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., March 8,
1800.
Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1825-28; ordained
minister; president,
Jefferson College (now Washington and Jefferson College), 1845-47; Kentucky
superintendent of public instruction, 1849-53; candidate for delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Danville, Boyle
County, Ky., December
22, 1871 (age 71 years, 289
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of John
Breckinridge and Mary Hopkins (Cabell) Breckinridge; brother of
Letitia Preston Breckinridge (who married Peter
Buell Porter and Alfred
William Grayson) and Joseph
Cabell Breckinridge; married, March
11, 1823, to Ann Sophronisba Preston; married, April 1,
1847, to Virginia Hart Shelby; married, November
5, 1868, to Margaret F. White; father of Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William
Campbell Preston Breckinridge; uncle of John
Cabell Breckinridge and Peter
Augustus Porter (1827-1864); grandfather of Levin
Irving Handy, Desha
Breckinridge and Henry
Skillman Breckinridge; grandnephew of William
Preston and William
Cabell; granduncle of Clifton
Rodes Breckinridge and Peter
Augustus Porter (1853-1925); first cousin of James
Douglas Breckinridge and Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell; first cousin once removed of William
Cabell Jr., William
Henry Cabell, James
Patton Preston, Carter
Henry Harrison, William
Lewis Cabell and George
Craighead Cabell; first cousin twice removed of Benjamin
Earl Cabell and Carter
Henry Harrison II; first cousin thrice removed of Earle
Cabell; second cousin of William
Campbell Preston, James
McDowell, Frederick
Mortimer Cabell, John
Buchanan Floyd, John
Smith Preston, George
Rogers Clark Floyd and Edward
Carrington Cabell; second cousin once removed of John
William Leftwich. |
| | | 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; Walker-Randolph
family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Jesse David Bright (1812-1875) —
also known as Jesse D. Bright —
of Madison, Jefferson
County, Ind.; Jeffersonville, Clark
County, Ind.
Born in Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y., December
18, 1812.
Democrat. State court judge in Indiana, 1834-39; member of Indiana
state senate, 1841-43; Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1843-45; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1845-62; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1867-71; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Kentucky.
Presbyterian.
Expelled
from the U.S. Senate, February 5, 1862, over alleged disloyalty
to the Union, as evidenced by a letter of introduction he wrote
for an arms merchant, addressed to Confederate president Jefferson
Davis.
Slaveowner.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., May 20,
1875 (age 62 years, 153
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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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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Eli Huston Brown III (b. 1906) —
also known as Eli H. Brown III —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., November
5, 1906.
Democrat. U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky, 1938-45.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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John Young Brown (1835-1904) —
also known as John Y. Brown —
of Elizabethtown, Hardin
County, Ky.; Henderson, Henderson
County, Ky.
Born in Claysville, Hardin
County, Ky., June 28,
1835.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1859-61, 1873-77 (5th District
1859-61, 2nd District 1873-77); defeated, 1896; Governor of
Kentucky, 1891-95.
Presbyterian.
Died in Henderson, Henderson
County, Ky., January
11, 1904 (age 68 years, 197
days).
Interment at Fernwood
Cemetery, Henderson, Ky.
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Abner McDonald Bryant (1838-1896) —
also known as A. M. Bryant —
of Fort Branch, Gibson
County, Ind.; Wahoo, Saunders
County, Neb.; Gettysburg, Graham
County, Kan.; Republican City, Harlan
County, Neb.; Falls City, Polk
County, Ore.
Born in Ohio
County, Ky., March 1,
1838.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; minister;
school
teacher and principal; superintendent
of schools; member of Nebraska
state senate 16th District, 1877; president,
McPherson Normal College, Republican City, Neb., 1886-87.
Presbyterian. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died, of asthma,
in Falls City, Polk
County, Ore., June 4,
1896 (age 58 years, 95
days).
Interment at Falls
City Cemetery, Falls City, Ore.
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Monroe Leer Buckley (1905-1979) —
also known as Leer Buckley —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Bourbon
County, Ky., February
2, 1905.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 76th District, 1932-33; member of
Kentucky
state senate 27th District, 1936-39; chair of
Fayette County Republican Party, 1946.
Disciples
of Christ; later Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the Revolution; Phi
Delta Phi; Kappa
Alpha Order; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Junior
Order; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in January, 1979
(age 73
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Franklin Buckley and Corday (Leer) Buckley; married, April
20, 1933, to Amelia Pickrell King. |
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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. |
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family of Rock Island, Illinois. |
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Joe F. Burdett (1909-1965) —
of Point Pleasant, Mason
County, W.Va.
Born in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., November
22, 1909.
Democrat. Farmer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; secretary
of state of West Virginia, 1959-63.
Presbyterian. Member, Moose; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Jesters;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sigma
Nu.
Died in May, 1965
(age 55
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of P. T. Burdett and Carrie (Conner) Burdett; married to Virginia
Shonk. |
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1951 |
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John Kenneth Caldwell (1881-1982) —
also known as John K. Caldwell —
of Berea, Madison
County, Ky.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Piketon, Pike
County, Ohio, October
16, 1881.
Republican. Interpreter;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul General in Yokohama, 1909; U.S. Vice Consul in Dalny, 1911; U.S. Consul in Vladivostok, 1914-20; Kobe, 1920-21; U.S. Consul General in Sydney, 1932-35; Tientsin, 1935-38; U.S. Minister to Ethiopia, 1943-45.
Presbyterian.
Died in 1982
(age about 100
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Magnus Tate Carnahan (1803-1874) —
also known as Magnus T. Carnahan —
of Indiana.
Born in Christian
County, Ky., August
4, 1803.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1846-47, 1849-50, 1855-57, 1869;
defeated, 1847; member of Indiana
state senate, 1859-61, 1871-73.
Presbyterian.
Died in New Harmony, Posey
County, Ind., January
23, 1874 (age 70 years, 172
days).
Interment at Stillwell
Cemetery, Harmony Township, Posey County, Ind.
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Julian Morton Carroll (b. 1931) —
also known as Julian M. Carroll —
of West Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.
Born in Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky., April
16, 1931.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1962-71 (4th District 1962-63,
3rd District 1964-71); Speaker of
the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1968-71; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1971-74; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1972;
Governor
of Kentucky, 1974-79; defeated in primary, 1987.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Optimist
Club.
Still living as of 2014.
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Albert Benjamin Chandler III (b. 1959) —
also known as Ben Chandler; "Big
Ben" —
of Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky.
Born in Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky., September
12, 1959.
Democrat. Lawyer; Kentucky
auditor of public accounts, 1992-95; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1996-; candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 2003; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kentucky, 2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 2004-.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2014.
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Brutus Junius Clay (1847-1932) —
also known as Brutus J. Clay —
of Richmond, Madison
County, Ky.
Born in Madison
County, Ky., February
20, 1847.
Republican. Grocer; cotton planter;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1904;
U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1905-10.
Presbyterian.
Died June 2,
1932 (age 85 years, 103
days).
Interment at Richmond
Cemetery, Richmond, Ky.
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William Owen Cowger (1922-1971) —
also known as William O. Cowger —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Hastings, Adams
County, Neb., January
1, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; banker;
candidate for Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1948; member of Kentucky
Republican State Central Committee, 1956-71; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1961-65; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1967-71; defeated,
1970.
Presbyterian. Member, Jaycees;
Urban
League; American
Legion.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., October
2, 1971 (age 49 years, 274
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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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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Joseph Darlington (1765-1851) —
of Fayette
County, Pa.; Limestone (now Maysville), Mason
County, Ky.; West Union, Adams
County, Ohio.
Born near Winchester, Frederick
County, Va., July 19,
1765.
Member of Northwest
Territory legislature, 1799-1801; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Adams County, 1802;
member of Ohio
state senate, 1803.
Presbyterian.
Died, of cholera,
in West Union, Adams
County, Ohio, August
2, 1851 (age 86 years, 14
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Meredith Darlington and Sarah (Davis) Darlington; married, March
18, 1790, to Sarah Wilson. |
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Samuel Campbell Dunn (1809-1881) —
of Indiana.
Born near Danville, Boyle
County, Ky., August
9, 1809.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1839-40.
Presbyterian.
Died, from stomach
cancer, in Franklin, Johnson
County, Ind., 1881
(age about
71 years).
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Franklin, Ind.
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Williamson Dunn (1781-1854) —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.; Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind.
Born in Crow's Station, Boyle
County, Ky., December
25, 1781.
Circuit judge in Indiana, 1814-16; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1816-20; Speaker of
the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1818-20; register
of U.S. Land Office at Terre Haute, Indiana, 1821-23; register
of U.S. Land Office at Crawfordsville, Indiana, 1825-27; member
of Indiana
state senate, 1837-38; probate judge in Indiana, 1846-52.
Presbyterian.
Died in Hanover, Jefferson
County, Ind., November
11, 1854 (age 72 years, 321
days).
Interment at Hanover
Cemetery, Hanover, Ind.
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Henry Ide Eager (b. 1895) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo.
Born in Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky., July 16,
1895.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1955-64.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Ben F. Eager and Carrie (Downer) Eager; married, December
2, 1922, to Claudine Gossett. |
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Robert H. Elder (b. 1877) —
of Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai
County, Idaho.
Born in Marion, Crittenden
County, Ky., September
7, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Idaho, 1912-28; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Idaho, 1928,
1936,
1940,
1944
(alternate; member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1948
(alternate).
Presbyterian. Member, Rotary;
Elks; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Clyde Ferguson (1898-1969) —
also known as Thomas C. Ferguson —
of Henderson, Henderson
County, Ky.
Born in Jasper, Marion
County, Tenn., January
7, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1944
(alternate), 1948.
Presbyterian. Member, Rotary;
Freemasons;
American
Legion.
Died in 1969
(age about
71 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Fontaine Talbott Fox (1803-1887) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Madison
County, Ky., January
28, 1803.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1836; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1840; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1855; circuit judge in
Kentucky, 1862-74.
Presbyterian.
Died April 6,
1887 (age 84 years, 68
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Elmer Everett Gabbard (1890-1960) —
also known as Elmer E. Gabbard —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.; Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; Buckhorn, Perry
County, Ky.
Born in Ricetown, Owsley
County, Ky., October
9, 1890.
Republican. Pastor; president,
Witherspoon College, Buckhorn, Ky., 1935-56; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1942, 1944; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1944,
1948.
Presbyterian. Member, Rotary;
Freemasons.
Died July 17,
1960 (age 69 years, 282
days).
Interment at Berea
Cemetery, Berea, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of John L. Gabbard and Jaley (Reynolds) Gabbard; married, June 30,
1910, to Myrtle Ward. |
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Charles Henry Gartrell (1914-1988) —
also known as Charles H. Gartrell —
of Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky.
Born in Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky., July 28,
1914.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; candidate for
Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1947; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1948,
1952
(alternate); mayor
of Ashland, Ky., 1968-72.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky., July 3,
1988 (age 73 years, 341
days).
Interment at Ashland
Cemetery, Ashland, Ky.
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Charles Colburn Glidden (b. 1855) —
also known as Charles C. Glidden —
of Portsmouth, Scioto
County, Ohio.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., January
20, 1855.
Democrat. Mayor
of Portsmouth, Ohio, 1897-1901; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 1900.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel A. Glidden and Ellen (Robinson) Glidden; married, January
8, 1880, to Helen M. Crichton. |
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William Voris Gregory (1877-1936) —
also known as W. Voris Gregory —
of Mayfield, Graves
County, Ky.
Born in Graves
County, Ky., October
21, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; Graves
County Judge, 1913-19; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky, 1919-22; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1927-36 (1st District 1927-33,
at-large 1933-35, 1st District 1935-36); died in office 1936.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen;
Elks; Lions; American Bar
Association.
Died October
10, 1936 (age 58 years, 355
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Mayfield, Ky.
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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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Ogden Haggerty Hammond (1869-1956) —
also known as Ogden H. Hammond —
of Bernardsville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., October
13, 1869.
Republican. Real estate
business; director, First National Bank of
Jersey City; president, railway
and real
estate development companies; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1915-16;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1916,
1924
(alternate), 1932;
U.S. Ambassador to Spain, 1925-29.
Presbyterian.
Died October
29, 1956 (age 87 years, 16
days).
Interment at St.
Bernard's Cemetery, Bernardsville, N.J.
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Samuel Hanna (1797-1866) —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Scott
County, Ky., October
18, 1797.
Postmaster at Fort
Wayne, Ind., 1820-25; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1826-27, 1831-32, 1840-41; member
of Indiana
state senate, 1832-35; delegate to Whig National Convention from
Indiana, 1839; candidate for delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1856.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., June 11,
1866 (age 68 years, 236
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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Harvey H. Hannah (b. 1868) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Oliver Springs, Roane
County, Tenn.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., August
30, 1868.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Adjutant
General of Tennessee, 1900-06; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1928.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; United
Spanish War Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sigma
Nu.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John H. Hannah and Lillie L. (Gerding) Hannah; married, August
23, 1910, to Gertrude Taylor. |
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John Marshall Harlan (1833-1911) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Boyle
County, Ky., June 1,
1833.
Republican. Lawyer;
county judge in Kentucky, 1858-59; U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1861-63; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1861-65; colonel in the Union Army during
the Civil War; candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 1871; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kentucky, 1876
(delegation chair); Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1877-1911.
Presbyterian.
Died October
14, 1911 (age 78 years, 135
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William Benjamin Harrison (1889-1948) —
also known as William B. Harrison —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., July 28,
1889.
Republican. Insurance
adjuster; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
secretary-treasurer, Foundry
Products Co.; president, Kentucky Refrigerating Co.; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1927-33; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 1928,
1932,
1936
(alternate); candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 1931.
Presbyterian. Member, Zeta
Psi.
Died, from lung
cancer, in Wequetonsing, Emmet
County, Mich., July 13,
1948 (age 58 years, 351
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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William Keith Henry (1916-2012) —
also known as William K. Henry; Bill Henry —
of Georgetown, Scott
County, Ky.
Born in Stamping Ground, Scott
County, Ky., September
15, 1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; real estate
business; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1952,
1960;
candidate for Kentucky
state house of representatives 62nd District, 1973, 1975.
Presbyterian.
Died in Wilmore, Jessamine
County, Ky., April 7,
2012 (age 95 years, 205
days).
Interment at Georgetown
Cemetery, Georgetown, 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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John Ireland (1827-1896) —
also known as "Oxcart John" —
of Texas.
Born near Millerstown, Grayson
County, Ky., January
21, 1827.
Democrat. Mayor of
Seguin, Tex., 1858; delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861; colonel in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1866; district judge in
Texas, 1866-67; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1870; member of Texas
state senate, 1870; justice of
Texas state supreme court, 1875-76; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1878; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1880
(member, Resolutions
Committee); Governor of
Texas, 1883-87.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died March 5,
1896 (age 69 years, 44
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Brereton Chandler Jones (b. 1939) —
also known as Brereton C. Jones; Brerry
Jones —
of Point Pleasant, Mason
County, W.Va.; Woodford
County, Ky.
Born in Gallipolis, Gallia
County, Ohio, June 27,
1939.
Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mason County, 1965-68; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1987-91; Governor of
Kentucky, 1991-95.
Episcopalian
or Presbyterian. Member, Delta
Sigma Pi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Beta
Theta Pi.
Still living as of 2014.
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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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Robert Kennedy (1788-1855) —
of Indiana.
Born in Garrard
County, Ky., November
17, 1788.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1823-24.
Presbyterian; later Disciples
of Christ.
Died in Kokomo, Howard
County, Ind., November
19, 1855 (age 67 years, 2
days).
Interment at Old
Pioneer Cemetery, Kokomo, Ind.
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James Proctor Knott (1830-1911) —
also known as J. Proctor Knott —
of Lebanon, Marion
County, Ky.; Danville, Boyle
County, Ky.
Born in Raywick, Washington County (now Marion
County), Ky., August
29, 1830.
Democrat. Member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1857-58; Missouri
state attorney general, 1858-61; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1867-71, 1875-83; Governor of
Kentucky, 1883-87; delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1891.
Presbyterian.
Died June 18,
1911 (age 80 years, 293
days).
Interment at Ryder
Cemetery, Lebanon, Ky.
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Benjamin Logan (1743-1802) —
Born in Augusta
County, Va., May 1,
1743.
Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1781-87; delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1791-92; member of
Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1792-95.
Presbyterian. Scottish
ancestry.
Died, from a stroke of
apoplexy, near Stanford, Shelby
County, Ky., December
11, 1802 (age 59 years, 224
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Shelby County, Ky.
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Richard Nathaniel Lower (1850-1933) —
also known as R. N. Lower —
of Longwood Township, Pettis
County, Mo.
Born in Oldham
County, Ky., January
15, 1850.
Republican. Farmer; banker;
member of Missouri
state senate 15th District, 1925-28.
Presbyterian. Member, Woodmen;
Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Struck
by a train and killed, at the Missouri Pacific railroad
station, in Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo., March
29, 1933 (age 83 years, 73
days).
Interment at Longwood
Cemetery, Longwood, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of George Lower and Margaret Lower; brother-in-law of Fred MacChesney
(nephew by marriage of James
Peter Walker); married to Nancy Margaret Godby; married, June 15,
1892, to Anna Jane McChesney. |
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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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Beriah Magoffin Jr. (1843-1932) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; McAlester, Pittsburg
County, Okla.
Born in Harrodsburg, Mercer
County, Ky., March
13, 1843.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; farmer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 24, 1877.
Presbyterian.
Died in McAlester, Pittsburg
County, Okla., August
29, 1932 (age 89 years, 169
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Harrodsburg, Ky.
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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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David Hervey Maxwell (1786-1854) —
of Indiana.
Born in Lancaster, Garrard
County, Ky., September
17, 1786.
Delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1821-25; Speaker of
the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1823-24; candidate
for Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1822; member of Indiana
state senate, 1826-30; mayor
of Bloomington, Ind., 1848.
Presbyterian.
Died in Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind., May 24,
1854 (age 67 years, 249
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Ind.
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James Bennett McCreary (1838-1918) —
also known as James B. McCreary —
of Richmond, Madison
County, Ky.
Born in Madison
County, Ky., July 8,
1838.
Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1869-73; Speaker of
the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1871-73; Governor of
Kentucky, 1875-79, 1911-15; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1885-97; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1903-09; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1904
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1908,
1912
(speaker),
1916.
Presbyterian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Richmond, Madison
County, Ky., October
8, 1918 (age 80 years, 92
days).
Interment at Richmond
Cemetery, Richmond, Ky.
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John Means (1829-1910) —
of Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky.
Born in West Union, Adams
County, Ohio, September
21, 1829.
Republican. Banker; ferry boat
business; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1874; mayor
of Ashland, Ky., 1881-82.
Presbyterian.
Died in Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky., February
14, 1910 (age 80 years, 146
days).
Interment at Ashland
Cemetery, Ashland, Ky.
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Neville Miller (1894-1977) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., February
17, 1894.
Democrat. Lawyer;
first dean,
University of Louisville School of Law, 1930-33; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1933-37; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1936;
president of the National Association of Broadcasters,
1938-44.
Presbyterian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
27, 1977 (age 83 years, 38
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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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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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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Paul E. Patton (b. 1937) —
of Virgie, Pike
County, Ky.
Born in Lawrence
County, Ky., May 26,
1937.
Democrat. Engineer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1972,
1996,
2000;
Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1991-95; defeated in primary, 1987; Governor of
Kentucky, 1995-2003.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Carl Christopher Perkins (b. 1954) —
also known as Carl C. Perkins; Chris
Perkins —
of Leburn, Knott
County, Ky.
Born in Washington,
D.C., August
6, 1954.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1981-84; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1985-93; pleaded
guilty in 1994 to bank
fraud in connection with the House banking scandal;
he wrote overdrafts totaling about $300,000 (covered by the House
bank) and made false statements to obtain
loans from commercial banks; also pleaded
guilty to charges of filing false statements with the Federal
Election Commission and false financial
disclosure reports; sentenced
to 21 months in prison;
in March 2000, pleaded
guilty to criminal
contempt of court for lying to a federal probation officer about
his income; minister.
Baptist;
later Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2014.
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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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James Reily (1811-1863) —
of Texas.
Born in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, July 3,
1811.
Lawyer;
major in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1840-41; Texas Republic
Minister to the United States, 1841-42; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1853-54; U.S. Consul in St. Petersburg, as of 1856; colonel in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War.
Presbyterian; later Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Killed
in the Battle of Camp Bisland, on Bayou Teche, near Franklin, St. Mary
Parish, La., April
14, 1863 (age 51 years, 285
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Arthur Waggener Rhorer (1885-1966) —
also known as Arthur W. Rhorer —
of Middlesboro, Bell
County, Ky.
Born in Columbia, Adair
County, Ky., January
30, 1885.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,
1920.
Presbyterian. Member, Elks.
Lost a
leg as a young boy.
Died in Middlesboro, Bell
County, Ky., September
24, 1966 (age 81 years, 237
days).
Interment at Middlesboro
Cemetery, Middlesboro, Ky.
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Franklin Emerson Smith (1902-1965) —
also known as Franklin E. Smith; Frank E.
Smith —
of Portsmouth, Scioto
County, Ohio.
Born in Livingston, Rockcastle
County, Ky., 1902.
Democrat. Printing
business; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1946; postmaster at Portsmouth,
Ohio, 1949-58, 1961-62 (acting, 1949-50, 1961-62); candidate for
Lieutenant
Governor of Ohio, 1958; chair of
Scioto County Democratic Party, 1965.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
Elks; Eagles.
Died in Portsmouth, Scioto
County, Ohio, November
8, 1965 (age about 63
years).
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Portsmouth, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of Luther Caldwell Smith and Lockie Virginia (Dillion)
Smith. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Robert Stivers (b. 1961) —
Born December
24, 1961.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state senate 25th District, 1998-.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Still living as of 2004.
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Jouett Ross Todd (b. 1903) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., May 16,
1903.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1932
(alternate), 1940;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1939; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1942; member of Republican
National Committee from Kentucky, 1944; Treasurer
of Republican National Committee, 1944.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Todd (1765-1826) —
of Kentucky.
Born in King and
Queen County, Va., January
23, 1765.
Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1807-26.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died February
7, 1826 (age 61 years, 15
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Robert Trimble (1776-1828) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Augusta
County, Va., November
17, 1776.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1802; state court judge in
Kentucky, 1807; U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1813-16; federal
judge, 1817; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1826-28.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died August
25, 1828 (age 51 years, 282
days).
Interment at Paris
Cemetery, Paris, Ky.
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Green Wix Unthank (1923-2013) —
also known as G. Wix Unthank —
of Harlan, Harlan
County, Ky.
Born in Tway, Harlan
County, Ky., June 14,
1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1952;
U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky, 1980-88;
took senior status 1988.
Presbyterian.
Died in Harlan, Harlan
County, Ky., June 25,
2013 (age 90 years, 11
days).
Burial location unknown.
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David S. Van Alstyne Jr. (b. 1897) —
of Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., January
3, 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; investment
banker; stockbroker;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1943; member
of New
Jersey state senate from Bergen County, 1944-53; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1944,
1948,
1952
(member, Credentials
Committee; speaker),
1968;
delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Bergen County,
1947; candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey.
Presbyterian. Dutch
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the Revolution; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of David Van Alstyne and Ella (Peay) Van Alstyne; married, October
20, 1923, to Janet Graham. |
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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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Charles Anderson Wickliffe (1788-1869) —
also known as Charles A. Wickliffe —
of Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky.
Born near Springfield, Washington
County, Ky., June 8,
1788.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1812-13, 1822-23, 1833-35; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1823-33, 1861-63 (9th District
1823-33, 5th District 1861-63); Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1836-39; Governor of
Kentucky, 1839-40; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1841-45; delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1856.
Presbyterian.
Slaveowner.
Died near Ilchester, Howard
County, Md., October
31, 1869 (age 81 years, 145
days).
Interment at Bardstown
Cemetery, Bardstown, Ky.
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Robert Charles Wickliffe (1819-1895) —
also known as Robert C. Wickliffe —
of Bayou Sara, West
Feliciana Parish, La.
Born in Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky., January
6, 1819.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Louisiana
state senate, 1850; Lieutenant
Governor of Louisiana, 1854-56; Governor of
Louisiana, 1856-60; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Louisiana, 1876,
1884.
Presbyterian.
Died in Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky., April
18, 1895 (age 76 years, 102
days).
Interment at Bardstown
Cemetery, Bardstown, Ky.
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Augustus Everett Willson (1846-1931) —
also known as Augustus E. Willson —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Maysville, Mason
County, Ky., October
13, 1846.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of John
Marshall Harlan, and later, of Mr. Shirley
M. Crawford; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kentucky, 1884,
1888,
1892,
1904,
1908,
1916;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1892; Governor of
Kentucky, 1907-11; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1914.
Presbyterian.
Died, from lobar
pneumonia, in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., August
24, 1931 (age 84 years, 315
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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John Wilson (1796-1864) —
of Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind.
Born in Lancaster, Garrard
County, Ky., November
29, 1796.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1840-41.
Presbyterian. Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind., March
25, 1864 (age 67 years, 117
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Ind.
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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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Wilson W. Wyatt (1905-1996) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., November
21, 1905.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1941-45; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1948,
1952,
1960;
Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1959-63; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1962; member of Democratic
National Committee from Kentucky, 1963.
Presbyterian. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; American Bar
Association; Rotary.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., June 11,
1996 (age 90 years, 203
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard H. Wyatt and Mary (Watkins) Wyatt; married, June 14,
1930, to Anne Kinnaird Duncan. |
| | | Wyatt Hall (built 1939, named 1995), which
houses the law school at the University
of Louisville, Louisville,
Kentucky, is named for
him. — Wyatt Hall (including theaters
and an art
gallery), at Bellarmine University,
Louisville,
Kentucky, is named for
him. |
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article |
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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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