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Politicians in the Tobacco Industry in Kentucky

Woodford F. Axton — of Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky. Republican. Tobacco business; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1912. Burial location unknown. John Conrad Baumberger (1832-1908) — also known as J. C. Baumberger; Johann Conrad Baumberger — of Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky. Born in Dübendorf, Zürich, Switzerland, January 10, 1832. Wholesale tobacco business; Consul for Switzerland in Louisville, Ky., 1883-87, 1895-1908. Died, from pneumonia and influenza, in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., April 27, 1908 (age 76 years, 108 days). Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.   Relatives: Married to Maria Therese Muenchausen.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Louisville Courier-Journal, August 8, 1897   Charles Alexander Eggleton (1879-1936) — also known as Charles A. Eggleton — of Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky. Born in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., May 15, 1879. Tobacco business; U.S. Vice Consul in Dakar, 1916-24. Died, of liver cancer, in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., February 8, 1936 (age 56 years, 269 days). Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. Etienne Girard — of Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky. Born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La. Tobacco leaf broker; Consul for Belgium in Louisville, Ky., 1889-1902. French ancestry. Burial location unknown.   Image source: Louisville Courier-Journal, August 8, 1897   Orris L. Head (b. 1877) — also known as O. L. Head — of Salisbury, Chariton County, Mo.; Madison, Jefferson County, Ind. Born in Daviess County, Ky., March 5, 1877. Republican. Hotel proprietor; tobacco buyer; mayor of Madison, Ind., 1943-44. Christian. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Cecelius Larue Head and Mary (Evans) Head.   William O. Head (1859-1931) — of Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky. Born in Providence, Webster County, Ky., July 29, 1859. Democrat. Tobacco warehouser; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1894; mayor of Louisville, Ky., 1909-13; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1912, 1916. Died in Clearwater, Pinellas County, Fla., April 19, 1931 (age 71 years, 264 days). Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.   Relatives: Son of John Wilson Head and Mary (Headly) Head.   See also Wikipedia article   Stanley Forman Reed (1884-1980) — also known as Stanley F. Reed — of Maysville, Mason County, Ky.; Washington, D.C. Born in Minerva, Mason County, Ky., December 31, 1884. Democrat. Lawyer; counsel, Burley Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1912-16; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1920, 1936; U.S. Solicitor General, 1935-38; Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1938-57. Protestant. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; American Bar Association; Society of Colonial Wars; Sons of the American Revolution; Delta Phi. Died in Huntington, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., April 2, 1980 (age 95 years, 93 days). Interment at Maysville Cemetery, Maysville, Ky.   Relatives: Son of Dr. John A. Reed and Frances (Forman) Reed; married, May 11, 1908, to Winifred Elgin.   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier   Books about Stanley Reed: John D. Fassett, New Deal Justice: The Life of Stanley Reed of Kentucky   Edward G. Scott — of Paducah, McCracken County, Ky. Tobacco business; vice-president, Mechanics Trust and Savings Bank; insurance business; mayor of Paducah, Ky., 1932-36. Burial location unknown.

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