Some families traditionally (and perhaps properly) considered
separately are joined together here if linked by marriage or
otherwise. These groupings — even the names of the
groupings, and the state or lists of states of main activity —
are the result of a computer algorithm, not the choices of any
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Hezekiah Alexander Gudger (1849-1917) —
also known as Hezekiah A. Gudger —
of Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C.
Born in Marshall, Madison
County, N.C., May 27,
1849.
Son of Joseph Jackson Gudger and Sarah Emaline (Barnard) Gudger;
married, August
10, 1875, to Jennie Hardy Smith (1854-1943); brother of James
Madison Gudger, Jr.; uncle of Katherine
Gudger Langley.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1873-76; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1885; candidate for Presidential Elector
for North Carolina, 1896;
U.S. Consul General in Panama, 1897-1905; justice, Canal Zone Supreme Court, 1905-14;
chief justice, 1909-14.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Beaverdam, Buncombe
County, N.C., September
22, 1917 (age 68 years, 118
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Asheville, N.C.
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James Madison Gudger, Jr. (1855-1920) —
also known as James M. Gudger, Jr. —
of Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C.
Born in Madison
County, N.C., October
22, 1855.
Brother of Hezekiah
Alexander Gudger; married to Katie M. Hawkins; father of Dr.
Hubert B. Gudger (c.1886-1910; committed suicide) and Katherine
Gudger (who married John
Wesley Langley).
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state senate; elected 1900; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 10th District, 1903-07,
1911-15.
Died February
29, 1920 (age 64 years, 130
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Asheville, N.C.
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John Wesley Langley (1868-1932) —
also known as John W. Langley —
of Prestonsburg, Floyd
County, Ky.; Pikeville, Pike
County, Ky.
Born in Floyd
County, Ky., January
14, 1868.
Married to Katherine
Gudger (daughter of James
Madison Gudger, Jr.).
Republican. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1886-90; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kentucky, 1888,
1900,
1916;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1907-26; defeated,
1896; resigned 1926.
Convicted
in 1924 of conspiracy to transport
and sell liquor re-elected while his appeal was pending, but resigned
from Congress in 1926; sentenced
to a term in federal prison.
Granted clemency by President Calvin
Coolidge.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Pikeville, Pike
County, Ky., January
17, 1932 (age 64 years, 3
days).
Interment at Langley
Cemetery, Middle Creek, Ky.
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Katherine Gudger Langley (1888-1948) —
also known as Kate G. Langley; Katherine Gudger;
Mrs. John W. Langley —
of Pikeville, Pike
County, Ky.
Born near Marshall, Madison
County, N.C., February
14, 1888.
Niece of Hezekiah
Alexander Gudger; daughter of James
Madison Gudger, Jr.; married to John
Wesley Langley.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,
1920
(alternate), 1924,
1928,
1944
(alternate); vice-chair of
Kentucky Republican Party, 1920-22; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1927-31; defeated,
1930; Kentucky
railroad commissioner 3rd District, 1939-42.
Female.
Member, United
Daughters of the Confederacy.
Died in Pikeville, Pike
County, Ky., August
15, 1948 (age 60 years, 183
days).
Interment at Johnson
Memorial Cemetery, Pikeville, Ky.
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