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David Aronberg (1893-1967) —
of Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky.
Born in Manchester, England,
April
3, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; merchant;
real
estate business; mayor
of Ashland, Ky., 1952-55, 1960-64.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks.
Died in Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky., February
11, 1967 (age 73 years, 314
days).
Interment at Ashland
Cemetery, Ashland, Ky.
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Isaac Emerson Beauchamp (1899-1971) —
also known as Emerson Beauchamp; Doc
Beauchamp —
of Russellville, Logan
County, Ky.
Born in Russellville, Logan
County, Ky., June 14,
1899.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; served in the
U.S. Army during World War II; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1944-46; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1951-55; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1952,
1956,
1960;
Kentucky
commissioner of agriculture, 1960-63; Kentucky
state treasurer, 1964-.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans.
Died in 1971
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Russellville, Ky.
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Norbert L. Blume (b. 1922) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 43rd District, 1964-77; Speaker of
the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1972; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1964
(alternate), 1972;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1966.
Catholic.
Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1944 to Marie
Buecker. |
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of A. J. Bratcher and Fannie (Pharris) Bratcher; married, August
12, 1946, to Martha Guffey. |
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John Bayne Breckinridge (1913-1979) —
also known as John B. Breckinridge —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Washington,
D.C., November
29, 1913.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 49th District, 1956-59; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1960-64, 1968-72; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1960;
Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1971; defeated, 1963; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1973-79; defeated in
primary, 1978.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., July 29,
1979 (age 65 years, 242
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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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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Tim Lee Carter (1910-1987) —
of Tompkinsville, Monroe
County, Ky.
Born in Tompkinsville, Monroe
County, Ky., September
2, 1910.
Republican. Physician;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1965-81; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1972.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Medical Association.
Died in Glasgow, Barren
County, Ky., March
27, 1987 (age 76 years, 206
days).
Interment at Evans-Oak
Hill Cemetery, Tompkinsville, Ky.
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Harry Monroe Caudill (b. 1922) —
also known as Harry M. Caudill —
of Whitesburg, Letcher
County, Ky.
Born in Whitesburg, Letcher
County, Ky., May 3,
1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 92nd District, 1954-57, 1960-61;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,
1960.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Cro C. Caudill and Martha V. (Blair) Caudill; married, December
15, 1946, to Anne Robertson Frye. |
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Frank Leslie Chelf (1907-1982) —
also known as Frank L. Chelf —
of Lebanon, Marion
County, Ky.
Born in Elizabethtown, Hardin
County, Ky., September
22, 1907.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1936;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1945-67; defeated,
1966.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Phi
Delta Theta.
Died in Lebanon, Marion
County, Ky., September
1, 1982 (age 74 years, 344
days).
Interment at Ryder
Cemetery, Lebanon, Ky.
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of J. C. Clark and Mattie (Sparks) Clark; married, June 3,
1950, to Glada Hounchell. |
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John Sherman Cooper (1901-1991) —
of Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky.
Born in Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky., August
23, 1901.
Republican. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1928-30; county judge in
Kentucky, 1930-38; candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 1939; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1946-49, 1952-55, 1956-73; defeated, 1948,
1954; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1948,
1956
(speaker),
1960
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1972
(delegation chair); U.S. Ambassador to India, 1955-56; Nepal, 1955-56; East Germany, 1974-76; member, President's Commission on the
Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64.
Baptist
or Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Rotary;
American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi.
Died of heart
failure, in Washington,
D.C., February
21, 1991 (age 89 years, 182
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; statue at Fountain
Square, Somerset, Ky.
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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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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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George John Kaufmann (b. 1913) —
also known as George J. Kaufmann —
of Fort Thomas, Campbell
County, Ky.
Born in Newport, Campbell
County, Ky., May 20,
1913.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kentucky, 1952,
1956,
1960.
Catholic.
Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Rotary;
Elks; Eagles;
Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George J. Kaufmann and Mary (Brown) Kaufmann; married, July 16,
1936, to Ann Bassmann. |
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Thruston Ballard Morton (1907-1982) —
also known as Thruston B. Morton —
of Glenview, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., August
19, 1907.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1947-53; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1948,
1952,
1956;
speaker, 1956,
1960;
U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1957-69; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1959-61.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., August
14, 1982 (age 74 years, 360
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Warren O'Brien (b. 1922) —
of Warren, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Louisa, Lawrence
County, Ky., October
24, 1922.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; member of Michigan
state house of representatives 25th District, 1973-74; defeated,
1974 (Republican), 1976 (Republican), 1978 (Democratic primary), 1980
(Republican), 1982 (Republican), 1984 (Republican), 1986 (Republican
primary), 1989 (Republican primary); candidate in Democratic primary
for Michigan
state senate 27th District, 1977.
Member, Disabled
American Veterans; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Walter Rollins (1922-1992) —
of Kenova, Wayne
County, W.Va.
Born in Catlettsburg, Boyd
County, Ky., January
2, 1922.
Democrat. Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1971-76, 1985-92 (Wayne County
1971-74, 12th District 1975-76, 14th District 1985-92); died in
office 1992; member of West
Virginia state senate 5th District, 1977-80.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Beta
Theta Pi; American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Died February
9, 1992 (age 70 years, 38
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Walter F. Rollins and Nellie (Hatfield) Rollins; married, April 9,
1943, to Martha Lacock. |
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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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E. S. Johnny Walker (1911-2000) —
of Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.; Silver City, Grant
County, N.M.
Born in Fulton, Fulton
County, Ky., June 18,
1911.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of New
Mexico state house of representatives, 1949-52; U.S.
Representative from New Mexico at-large, 1965-69; defeated, 1968.
Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Elks.
In the New Mexico state legislature, he successfully sponsored a bill
to allow women to serve on juries. In Congress, he sponsored
legislation that created what is now Pecos National Historical Park.
Died of leukemia,
in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., October
8, 2000 (age 89 years, 112
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Santa
Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M.
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Lynn Boyd Wells (b. 1893) —
also known as Lynn B. Wells —
of West Liberty, Morgan
County, Ky.
Born in West Liberty, Morgan
County, Ky., January
29, 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
elected Kentucky
state house of representatives 75th District 1955.
Church
of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
Veterans of Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Granvil Wells and Arzelda (Keeton) Wells; married to Jewel
D. Johnson. |
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