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Botetourt County
Virginia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Botetourt County

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards Fincastle Lauderdale Cemetery Private or family graveyard Botetourt County, Virginia Politicians buried here:   James Breckinridge (1763-1833) — of Virginia. Born near Fincastle, Botetourt County, Va., March 7, 1763. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1789-1802, 1806-08, 1819-21, 1823-24; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1809-17 (4th District 1809-11, 5th District 1811-13, 4th District 1813-15, 5th District 1815-17); general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. Slaveowner. Died in Botetourt County, Va., May 13, 1833 (age 70 years, 67 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.   Relatives: Half-brother of Robert Breckinridge; brother of John Breckinridge; second great-granduncle of John Bayne Breckinridge; cousin *** of John Brown, Francis Smith Preston and James Brown.   Political families: Brown-Breckinridge family of Lexington, Kentucky; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd family of Virginia; Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family of Kentucky (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Politicians formerly buried here: John Worth Kern (1849-1917) — also known as John W. Kern — of Kokomo, Howard County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind. Born in Alto, Howard County, Ind., December 20, 1849. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Indiana state house of representatives, 1870; Indiana reporter of state courts, 1885-89; member of Indiana state senate, 1893-97; candidate for Governor of Indiana, 1900, 1904; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1904, 1908, 1912 (chair, Platform and Resolutions Committee; speaker), 1916; candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1908; U.S. Senator from Indiana, 1911-17; defeated, 1916. Member, American Bar Association; Knights of Pythias; Freemasons. Died of tuberculosis and uremic poisoning, in Asheville, Buncombe County, N.C., August 17, 1917 (age 67 years, 240 days). Original interment at in a private or family graveyard; reinterment in 1929 at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.   Relatives: Son of Dr. Jacob Kern and Nancy (Ligget) Kern; married, November 10, 1869, to Annie Hazzard; married, December 23, 1885, to Araminta Cooper; father of John Worth Kern Jr..   Political family: Kern family of Indianapolis, Indiana.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier   Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, August 1908 Lauderdale Cemetery Fincastle, Botetourt County, Virginia Politicians buried here:   John James Allen (1797-1871) — of Virginia. Born in Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va., September 25, 1797. Member of Virginia state senate, 1828; U.S. Representative from Virginia 20th District, 1833-35; state court judge in Virginia, 1836; justice of Virginia state supreme court, 1840. Slaveowner. Died near Fincastle, Botetourt County, Va., September 18, 1871 (age 73 years, 358 days). Interment at Lauderdale Cemetery.   Relatives: Brother of Robert Allen; married to Mary Jackson (daughter of John George Jackson).   Political families: Jackson-Lee family; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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