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Alexander Brooks Montgomery (1837-1910) —
also known as Alexander B. Montgomery —
of Elizabethtown, Hardin
County, Ky.
Born near Tip Top, Hardin
County, Ky., December
11, 1837.
Democrat. State court judge in Kentucky, 1870; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1877; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1887-95; defeated,
1894.
Died December
27, 1910 (age 73 years, 16
days).
Interment at Elizabethtown City Cemetery.
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William Singleton Young (1790-1827) —
also known as William S. Young —
of Elizabethtown, Hardin
County, Ky.
Born near Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky., April 10,
1790.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 11th District, 1825-27; died in
office 1827.
Died in Elizabethtown, Hardin
County, Ky., September
20, 1827 (age 37 years, 163
days).
Interment at Elizabethtown City Cemetery.
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Joshua Husband Jewett (1815-1861) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Maryland, 1815.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1855-59.
Died in 1861
(age about
46 years).
Interment at Elizabethtown City Cemetery.
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Henry English Read (1824-1868) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Larue
County, Ky., December
25, 1824.
Representative
from Kentucky in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Committed suicide,
November
9, 1868 (age 43 years, 320
days).
Interment at Elizabethtown City Cemetery.
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Bryan Rust Young (1800-1882) —
also known as Bryan R. Young —
of Elizabethtown, Hardin
County, Ky.
Born near Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky., January
14, 1800.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1845-47; defeated,
1857; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1858.
Died May 14,
1882 (age 82 years, 120
days).
Interment at Elizabethtown City Cemetery.
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J. N. Ashcraft (d. 1935) —
of Elizabethtown, Hardin
County, Ky.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,
1932.
Died April 22,
1935.
Interment at Elizabethtown City Cemetery.
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