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Hart County
Kentucky

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Hart County


Index to Locations

  • Private or family graveyards
  • Horse Cave Cosby Cemetery
  • Munfordville Munfordville Cemetery
  • Munfordville New Munfordville Cemetery


    Private or family graveyard
    Hart County, Kentucky


    Cosby Cemetery
    Horse Cave, Hart County, Kentucky
    Politicians buried here:
      Louis Broady Nunn (1924-2004) — also known as Louie B. Nunn — of Glasgow, Barren County, Ky.; Lexington, Fayette County, Ky. Born in Park City, Barren County, Ky., March 8, 1924. Republican. Lawyer; state court judge in Kentucky, 1953; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1960 (alternate), 1972; Governor of Kentucky, 1967-71; defeated, 1979; candidate for U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1972. Died January 29, 2004 (age 79 years, 327 days). Interment at Cosby Cemetery.
      Epitaph: "Soldier - attorney - judge - governor - farmer."
      See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial


    Munfordville Cemetery
    Munfordville, Hart County, Kentucky
    Politicians buried here:
      Cap Robert Carden (1866-1935) — also known as Cap R. Carden — of Munfordville, Hart County, Ky. Born in Hart County, Ky., December 17, 1866. Son of William P. Carden and Frances (King) Carden. Democrat. Lawyer; business executive; farmer; Hart County Sheriff; Hart County Attorney; organized Glenbrook Power Company and Munfordville Bridge Company; U.S. Representative from Kentucky, 1931-35 (4th District 1931-33, at-large 1933-35, 4th District 1935); died in office 1935. Baptist. Died in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., June 13, 1935 (age 68 years, 178 days). Interment at Munfordville Cemetery.
      Relatives: Married, March 7, 1900, to Mamie Hubbard.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


    New Munfordville Cemetery
    Munfordville, Hart County, Kentucky
    Politicians buried here:
      John Durrett Craddock (1881-1942) — of Munfordville, Hart County, Ky. Born in Munfordville, Hart County, Ky., October 26, 1881. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1924; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1929-31; defeated, 1930. Died in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., May 20, 1942 (age 60 years, 206 days). Interment at New Munfordville Cemetery.
      See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page


     

     


     
       
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