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Teacher Politicians in Kentucky
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  Charles Edward Allen (1891-1935) — also known as Charles E. Allen — of Maysville, Mason County, Ky. Born in Foster, Bracken County, Ky., April 13, 1891. School teacher and principal; railway clerk; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consular Agent in Adrianople, 1915-16; U.S. Vice Consul in Constantinople, 1916-17, 1919; Algiers, 1917-18; Nantes, 1918-19; U.S. Consul in Constantinople, 1919-21, 1923-30; Damascus, 1921-23; Istanbul, 1930-34; Gibraltar, 1934-35, died in office 1935. Died, from nephritis, in Gibraltar, Gibraltar, April 8, 1935 (age 43 years, 360 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Benjamin Beverly Bruce Allen and Florence (Craig) Allen; married, May 2, 1917, to Doris Harty.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
Homer Arnett Homer Arnett (1903-1985) — of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Mich. Born in Salyersville, Magoffin County, Ky., January 29, 1903. Republican. School teacher; lawyer; Kalamazoo County Circuit Court Commissioner, 1949-50; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1952; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1957-66 (Kalamazoo County 1st District 1957-64, 46th District 1965-66); defeated in primary, 1966. Methodist. Died in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Mich., May 9, 1985 (age 82 years, 100 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Mich.
  Relatives: Married, December 22, 1925, to Florence L. York.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Michigan Manual 1957-58
  Iola Kelley Banks (1933-2002) — also known as Iola Banks — of Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska; Kenai, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska. Born in Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La., August 10, 1933. Democrat. School teacher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska, 1976, 1980, 2000. Female. Baptist or Methodist. Member, Delta Kappa Gamma; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in the ambulance en route to a hospital, near Soldotna, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, June 26, 2002 (age 68 years, 320 days). Interment somewhere in Lexington, Ky.
  Relatives: Married to Lovell Banks.
  Rose Agnes Barnes (b. 1910) — also known as Rose Agnes Langford; Mrs. Ernest A. Barnes — of Albany, Clinton County, Ky. Born in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Ala., August 5, 1910. Republican. School teacher; model; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1936. Female. Methodist. Member, American Legion Auxiliary. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Daughter of Edward Langford and Alma (Coleman) Langford; married, January 22, 1931, to Ernest A. Barnes.
  Lon Carter Barton (1925-2006) — also known as Lon C. Barton — of Mayfield, Graves County, Ky. Born September 18, 1925. Democrat. School teacher; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1958-65 (3rd District 1958-63, 2nd District 1964-65). Died March 28, 2006 (age 80 years, 191 days). Burial location unknown.
  Clarence H. Bates (1920-2003) — of Monticello, Wayne County, Ky. Born in Wayne County, Ky., December 2, 1920. Republican. School teacher; member of Kentucky state house of representatives 83rd District, 1956-57; superintendent of schools. Died, in Wayne County Hospital, Monticello, Wayne County, Ky., March 10, 2003 (age 82 years, 98 days). Interment at Elk Spring Cemetery, Monticello, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of Ruben Bates and Lila Upchurch Bates.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of William Netherton Beckham and Julia Tevis (Wickliffe) Beckham; married, November 21, 1900, to Jean Raphael Fuqua; nephew of Robert Charles Wickliffe (1819-1895) and John Crepps Wickliffe; grandson of Charles Anderson Wickliffe; first cousin of Robert Charles Wickliffe (1874-1912); second cousin once removed of Robert Wickliffe Woolley.
  Political family: Wickliffe-Holt family of Bardstown, Kentucky.
  Beckham County, Okla. is named for him.
  The World War II Liberty ship SS J. C. W. Beckham (built 1943 at New Orleans, Louisiana; scrapped 1968) was named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
James L. Boyd James L. Boyd, Sr. (b. 1909) — of Ecorse, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Princeton, Caldwell County, Ky., July 5, 1909. Democrat. Auto worker; school principal; supermarket manager; real estate broker; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wayne County 17th District, 1957-58; candidate for Michigan state senate 5th District, 1966. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Elks; United Auto Workers. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Edna Louise Winston.
  Image source: Michigan Manual 1957-58
  Clifton Rhodes Bratcher (1917-1977) — also known as Rhodes Bratcher — of Morgantown, Butler County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky. Born in Morgantown, Butler County, Ky., December 23, 1917. Republican. School teacher; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1952; candidate for U.S. Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1964; U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky, 1970-77; died in office 1977. Baptist. Member, Lions; American Legion; Forty and Eight; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Woodmen. Died July 25, 1977 (age 59 years, 214 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of A. J. Bratcher and Fannie (Pharris) Bratcher; married, August 12, 1946, to Martha Guffey.
  John Young Brown Sr. (1900-1985) — also known as John Y. Brown, Sr. — of Lexington, Fayette County, Ky. Born near Geigers Lake, Union County, Ky., February 1, 1900. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school principal; athletic coach; lawyer; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1930-33, 1946-47, 1954-55, 1962-63, 1966-67 (76th District 1930-31, 75th District 1932-33, 49th District 1946-47, 1954-55, 1962-63, 56th District 1966-67); defeated in primary, 1973; U.S. Representative from Kentucky at-large, 1933-35; defeated in primary, 1980; Democratic candidate for U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1936 (primary), 1942 (primary), 1946, 1948 (primary), 1960 (primary), 1966; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1936, 1948, 1964 (alternate), 1980; candidate for Governor of Kentucky, 1939. Methodist; later Christian. Member, American Bar Association; Elks; Phi Kappa Tau; Phi Alpha Delta; Kiwanis; Freemasons. Badly injured in an automobile accident, which paralyzed his lower body, and died six months later from pneumonia, in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., June 16, 1985 (age 85 years, 135 days). Interment at Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of Jesse C. Brown and Lucy (Keeper) Brown; married, March 4, 1928, to Dorothy Inman; father of John Young Brown Jr.; grandfather of John Young Brown III.
  Political family: Brown family of Lexington, Kentucky.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  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.
  Relatives: Married, March 30, 1865, to Susan C. Davis.
  Elizabeth Buchanan (1855-1931) — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born in Simpson County, Ky., December 21, 1855. Democrat. School principal; assistant superintendent of schools; Independent candidate for delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention at-large, 1922. Female. Died in San Francisco, Calif., July 24, 1931 (age 75 years, 215 days). Interment at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Hill, Mo.
  Relatives: Daughter of Thomas Jefferson Buchanan and Georgiana Margaret (Jones) Buchanan.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Beryl Franklin Carroll (1860-1939) — also known as Beryl F. Carroll — of Bloomfield, Davis County, Iowa; Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. Born in Davis County, Iowa, March 15, 1860. Republican. School teacher; livestock dealer; newspaper editor; candidate for Presidential Elector for Iowa; candidate for Iowa state house of representatives, 1893; member of Iowa state senate, 1895-98; postmaster; Iowa state auditor, 1903-09; Governor of Iowa, 1909-13; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1912; organizer and president, Provident Life Insurance Company. Methodist. Died, from coronary thrombosis, in Kentucky Baptist Hospital, Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., December 16, 1939 (age 79 years, 276 days). Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Bloomfield, Iowa.
  Relatives: Son of Willys Carroll and Christina (Wright) Carroll; married, June 15, 1886, to Sarah Jennie Dodson.
  See also National Governors Association biography
  James Clarke Carter (1863-1949) — also known as J. C. Carter — of Tompkinsville, Monroe County, Ky. Born in Rockbridge, Monroe County, Ky., October 5, 1863. Republican. School teacher; superintendent of schools; lawyer; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1920; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1932, 1940 (alternate). Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died in 1949 (age about 85 years). Interment at Evans-Oak Hill Cemetery, Tompkinsville, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of William B. Carter and Elizabeth (Kelly) Carter; married, July 1, 1892, to Ida Tucker; father of James C. Carter Jr. and Tim Lee Carter.
  Political family: Carter family of Tompkinsville, Kentucky.
  Eugene H. Clark (b. 1920) — of Sexton's Creek, Clay County, Ky.; Manchester, Clay County, Ky. Born in Sexton's Creek, Clay County, Ky., May 27, 1920. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; farmer; school teacher; lawyer; member of Kentucky state senate 19th District, 1952-55. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star; Sigma Delta Kappa; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of J. C. Clark and Mattie (Sparks) Clark; married, June 3, 1950, to Glada Hounchell.
  Martha Layne Collins (b. 1936) — of Versailles, Woodford County, Ky. Born in Bagdad, Shelby County, Ky., December 7, 1936. Democrat. School teacher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1972, 1980; Permanent Chair, 1984; clerk of the Kentucky court of appeals; elected 1975; Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, 1979-83; Governor of Kentucky, 1983-87. Female. Baptist. Still living as of 2014.
  Martha Layne Collins High School, in Shelbyville, Kentucky, is named for her.
  See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier
  Books about Martha Layne Collins: Frances Smith, The Little Girl Who Grew Up to Be Governor : Stories from the Life of Martha Layne Collins
  Franklin Pierce Combest (1853-1909) — also known as F. P. Combest — of Phil, Casey County, Ky. Born in Casey County, Ky., October 10, 1853. Republican. Surveyor; school teacher; banker; merchant; president, Green River Woolen Mills; member of Kentucky state house of representatives; elected 1892; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1908. Member, Freemasons. He and his brother Liberty Madison Combest incorporated the Green River Telephone Company. Died in Phil, Casey County, Ky., October 22, 1909 (age 56 years, 12 days). Interment at Antioch Christian Church Cemetery, Phil, Ky.
  Presumably named for: Franklin Pierce
  Fortunatus Cosby Jr. (1801-1871) — Born in 1801. Superintendent of schools. Died in 1871 (age about 70 years). Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
  Roscoe R. Dalton (1902-1975) — of Monticello, Wayne County, Ky. Born in Powersburg, Wayne County, Ky., June 7, 1902. Democrat. Superintendent of schools; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1928; Wayne County Judge, 1929. Member, Sigma Chi; Phi Alpha Delta. Died April 18, 1975 (age 72 years, 315 days). Interment at Elk Spring Cemetery, Monticello, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of C. T. Dalton and Laura (Bertram) Dalton.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Willoughby Barrett Dobbs (1861-1931) — also known as Willoughby B. Dobbs — of Scottsville, Allen County, Ky.; Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y.; Flushing, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born in Portsmouth, Va., 1861. Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; newspaper editor and publisher; chair of Allen County Democratic Party, 1891-92; member of New York state assembly from New York County 32nd District, 1907. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arcanum; Knights of Pythias. Died, in Sherman Square Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., April 6, 1931 (age about 69 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. Charles Edwin Willoughby Dobbs and Mary Elizabeth (Barrett) Dobbs; married, June 7, 1884, to Mary Ready Ragland.
  Mary M. Dorian — of Paducah, McCracken County, Ky. School teacher; candidate for mayor of Paducah, Ky., 1943. Female. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
W. E. Flannery Wilburn Elmer Flannery (1904-1958) — also known as W. E. 'Bill' Flannery — of Man, Logan County, W.Va. Born in Jacobs, Carter County, Ky., August 6, 1904. Democrat. School teacher and principal; lawyer; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Logan County, 1945-58; died in office 1958; Speaker of the West Virginia State House of Delegates, 1949-58; died in office 1958. Methodist. Irish ancestry. Died, of a heart attack, at the Logan County Courthouse, Logan, Logan County, W.Va., March 7, 1958 (age 53 years, 213 days). Interment at Highland Memory Gardens, Godby, W.Va.
  Relatives: Son of William H. Flannery and Mollie (Porter) Flannery; married 1932 to Mildred Burton Davis.
  Image source: West Virginia Blue Book 1951
  Benjamin Joseph Franklin (1839-1898) — also known as Benjamin J. Franklin — of Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kan.; Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo.; Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Born near Maysville, Mason County, Ky., 1839. Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; member of Kansas state senate, 1861; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Jackson County Prosecuting Attorney, 1871-75; U.S. Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1875-79; U.S. Consul in Hankow, 1885-90; Governor of Arizona Territory, 1896-97. Episcopalian. Died of heart disease, in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz., May 18, 1898 (age about 58 years). Interment at Rosedale Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz.
  Relatives: Father of Alfred Franklin.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Graham Hawes Kemper (b. 1877) — also known as Graham H. Kemper — of Lexington, Fayette County, Ky. Born in Bethany, Brooke County, W.Va., April 15, 1877. Democrat. School teacher; U.S. Consul in Cartagena, 1911-13; Erfurt, 1913-16; Prague, 1916-17; Vigo, 1917; Funchal, 1917-19; Sofia, 1919-23; Yokohama, 1923-28, 1929-30; Tokyo, 1928-29; Hamilton, 1930-34; U.S. Consul General in Rome, 1934-38. Member, Kappa Alpha Order. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Joseph Kemper and Mary Burnley (Pendleton) Kemper; married, October 24, 1911, to Aubrey Beauregard Cowan.
Lewis Lebus Lewis Martin Lebus (1834-1905) — also known as Lewis Lebus — of Cynthiana, Harrison County, Ky.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born near Lisbon, Columbiana County, Ohio, 1834. Republican. School teacher; farmer; Harrison County Sheriff; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1888. Died, from a stroke of apoplexy, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., October 31, 1905 (age about 71 years). Interment at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.
  Relatives: Son of Seraphin Le Bus and Anne Le Bus; married, January 12, 1860, to Martha Cole Garnett; father of Orie LeBus; grandfather of Clarence Prentice Lebus and Frazer Dunlap LeBus; granduncle of William Frank Lebus Jr..
  Political family: Lebus family of Cynthiana, Kentucky.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians (1912)
  Ambrose Haydon Livingston (1850-1913) — also known as Ambrose H. Livingston — Born in Clinton County, Ky., December 24, 1850. School teacher; lawyer; People's candidate for U.S. Representative from Missouri 14th District, 1894, 1896. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died in West Plains, Howell County, Mo., May 26, 1913 (age 62 years, 153 days). Interment at Hutton Valley Cemetery, Willow Springs, Mo.
  Relatives: Son of Mary 'Polly' (Smith) Livingston and Thomas Elliott Livingston; married, November 4, 1870, to Elizabeth Ann Gulley.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  James Logue — of Lexington, Fayette County, Ky. School principal; librarian; mayor of Lexington, Ky., 1842-45. Burial location unknown.
  Daniel Dudley Mayo (1762-1838) — also known as Daniel Mayo — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio; Newport, Campbell County, Ky. Born in Roxbury, Norfolk County (now part of Boston, Suffolk County), Mass., September 30, 1762. School teacher; postmaster at Cincinnati, Ohio, 1797-98; Newport, Ky., 1800-38. Died in Newport, Campbell County, Ky., December 25, 1838 (age 76 years, 86 days). Original interment at Newport Cemetery, Newport, Ky.; reinterment at Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Mayo and Esther (Kendrick) Mayo; married 1798 to Mary Putnam.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Caldwell Calhoun Mayo (1864-1914) — also known as John C. C. Mayo — of Paintsville, Johnson County, Ky. Born in Johnson County, Ky., September 16, 1864. Democrat. School teacher; coal mining baron; reputed to be the wealthiest man and largest landholder in Kentucky; philanthropist; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1908, 1912; member of Democratic National Committee from Kentucky, 1912-14. Methodist. Died, from Bright's disease and peritonitis, in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., May 11, 1914 (age 49 years, 237 days). Interment at Mayo Cemetery, Paintsville, Ky.
  Presumably named for: John C. Calhoun
  Relatives: Married, February 21, 1897, to Alice Alka Meek.
  Marion T. McCarthy (1909-1978) — of Blackford, Webster County, Ky. Born in Blackford, Webster County, Ky., June 25, 1909. Democrat. School teacher; member of Kentucky state house of representatives; elected 1933, 1935, 1937; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1936. Methodist. Died May 4, 1978 (age 68 years, 313 days). Interment at Fred Hunter Hollywood Memorial Gardens, Hollywood, Fla.
  Benjamin Franklin Mudge (1817-1879) — also known as Benjamin F. Mudge — of Lynn, Essex County, Mass.; Cloverport, Breckinridge County, Ky.; Quindaro (now part of Kansas City), Wyandotte County, Kan.; Manhattan, Riley County, Kan. Born in Orrington, Penobscot County, Maine, August 11, 1817. Lawyer; school teacher; chemist; geologist; mayor of Lynn, Mass., 1852-53. Died November 21, 1879 (age 62 years, 102 days). Burial location unknown.
  Presumably named for: Benjamin Franklin
  Relatives: Son of James Mudge and Ruth Mudge; married, September 16, 1842, to Mary E. Beckford.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Joseph R. Pitts (b. 1939) — of Kennett Square, Chester County, Pa.; Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pa. Born in Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., October 10, 1939. Republican. School teacher; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1972-76; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1997-; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 2000, 2004. Protestant. Still living as of 2014.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier
  Forest Sale (1911-1985) — also known as Aggie Sale — of Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Ky. Born in Lawrenceburg, Anderson County, Ky., June 25, 1911. Democrat. Famed college basketball player; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; school teacher; athletic coach; sporting goods merchant; member of Kentucky state house of representatives 55th District, 1972-83. Christian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Lions. Died, following a heart attack, in St. Joseph Hospital, Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., December 4, 1985 (age 74 years, 162 days). Burial location unknown.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Cecil Carlton Sanders (1914-2007) — of Lancaster, Garrard County, Ky. Born in Garrard County, Ky., March 2, 1914. Democrat. School teacher; athletic coach; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1953-55; member of Kentucky state senate, 1955-59. Disciples of Christ. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Phi Alpha Delta; Freemasons; American Legion; Rotary; American Academy of Political and Social Science. Died, in St. Joseph's Hospital, Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., January 13, 2007 (age 92 years, 317 days). Interment at Lancaster Cemetery, Lancaster, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of James Blythe Sanders and Suella (Jones) Sanders; married to Viola Layton and Mary Elizabeth Gulley.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Jae Spears — also known as Jae Marshall — of Elkins, Randolph County, W.Va. Born in Kenton County, Ky. Democrat. School teacher; newspaper work; member of West Virginia state house of delegates 30th District; elected 1974, 1976, 1978; member of West Virginia state senate 12th District, 1981-92. Female. Christian. Member, Delta Kappa Gamma; Theta Sigma Phi; Daughters of the American Revolution; American Legion Auxiliary. Still living as of 1992.
  Relatives: Daughter of James Marshall and Sylvia (Fox) Marshall; married to Lawrence E. Spears.
  Johnny Ray Turner (b. 1949) — of Drift, Floyd County, Ky. Born December 19, 1949. Democrat. School teacher; athletic coach; dean of students, Morehead State University; member of Kentucky state senate 29th District, 2001-. Baptist. Still living as of 2004.
Aaron S. Watkins Aaron Sherman Watkins (1863-1941) — also known as Aaron S. Watkins — of Wilmore, Jessamine County, Ky.; Van Wert, Van Wert County, Ohio; Columbus Grove, Putnam County, Ohio; Germantown, Montgomery County, Ohio; Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Rushsylvania, Logan County, Ohio, November 29, 1863. School teacher; lawyer; Methodist minister; university professor; Prohibition candidate for U.S. Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1904; Prohibition candidate for Governor of Ohio, 1905, 1922, 1932; Prohibition candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1908, 1912; president, Asbury College, 1909-10; Prohibition candidate for U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1916; Prohibition candidate for President of the United States, 1920. Methodist. Died in Rushsylvania, Logan County, Ohio, February 9, 1941 (age 77 years, 72 days). Interment at Equality Cemetery, Rushsylvania, Ohio.
  Relatives: Son of William White Watkins and Rebecca J. (Elliott) Watkins; married, November 8, 1890, to Emma L. Davis; grandfather of W. Dean Watkins.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, September 1908
  John D. Westwood (b. 1944) — also known as Jack Westwood — of Crescent Springs, Kenton County, Ky. Born March 6, 1944. Republican. School teacher; member of Kentucky state senate 23rd District, 1997-. Church of Christ. Still living as of 2004.
  James Bamford White (1842-1931) — of Irvine, Estill County, Ky. Born near Winchester, Clark County, Ky., June 6, 1842. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; school teacher; lawyer; Estill County Prosecuting Attorney, 1872-80; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1901-03. Died in Irvine, Estill County, Ky., March 25, 1931 (age 88 years, 292 days). Interment at Oakdale Cemetery, Irvine, Ky.
  Relatives: Married to Cecelia Locknane.
  Epitaph: "A Confederate soldier."
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Almer Michael Yealey (1873-1962) — also known as A. M. Yealey — of Florence, Boone County, Ky. Born in Union County, Ohio, January 29, 1873. Democrat. School teacher and principal; mayor of Florence, Ky., 1908, 1921-23, 1941-43, 1954. German ancestry. Died in Boone County, Ky., November 25, 1962 (age 89 years, 300 days). Interment at Florence Cemetery, Florence, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of Michael Yealey and Catherine (Strebel) Yealey; married, March 1, 1898, to Lucy Ann Rouse.
  The A. M. Yealey Elementary School (built 1962), in Florence, Kentucky, is named for him.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
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