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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. |
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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). |
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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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Joseph Smith Fowler (1820-1902) —
also known as Joseph S. Fowler —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio, August
31, 1820.
Republican. College
professor; president, Howard Female College, Gallatin,
Tenn., 1856-61; lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1866-71; member of Republican
National Committee from Tennessee, 1866-68; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Tennessee.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 1,
1902 (age 81 years, 213
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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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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James Guthrie (1792-1869) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born near Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky., December
5, 1792.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1827-29; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1831-40; delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1853-57; president, Louisville and
Nashville Railroad,
1860-68; president, University of Louisville; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 1860;
candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1864;
U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1865-68.
Slaveowner.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., March
13, 1869 (age 76 years, 98
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Charles Taylor (1819-1897) —
of Millersburg, Bourbon
County, Ky.; Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
15, 1819.
Democrat. Minister;
missionary;
president, Kentucky Wesleyan College, 1866-70; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1880.
Methodist.
Died in Courtland, Lawrence
County, Ala., February
5, 1897 (age 77 years, 143
days).
Interment at Courtland Cemetery, Courtland, Ala.
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Harry Toulmin (1766-1823) —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Taunton, England,
September
7, 1766.
Secretary
of state of Kentucky, 1796-1804; first president,
Transylvania University, 1804-18; judge of
Mississippi territorial supreme court, 1804; U.S.
District Judge for Alabama, 1818-19.
Died in Millry, Washington
County, Ala., November
11, 1823 (age 57 years, 65
days).
Interment somewhere
in Millry, Ala.; cenotaph at Spring Hill Graveyard, Mobile, Ala.
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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.
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Arthur Yager (1858-1941) —
of Georgetown, Scott
County, Ky.
Born in Henry
County, Ky., October
29, 1858.
Democrat. College
professor; president of Georgetown College, 1908-13; Governor of
Puerto Rico, 1913-21; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1928.
Died in Pewee Valley, Oldham
County, Ky., 1941
(age about
82 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Franklin Jackson Yager and Diana (Smith) Yager; married to Estill
Lewis. |
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