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Elmer Everett Gabbard (1890-1960) —
also known as Elmer E. Gabbard —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.; Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; Buckhorn, Perry
County, Ky.
Born in Ricetown, Owsley
County, Ky., October
9, 1890.
Son of John L. Gabbard and Jaley (Reynolds) Gabbard.
Republican. Pastor; president,
Witherspoon College, Buckhorn, Ky., 1935-56; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1942, 1944; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1944,
1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary; Freemasons.
Died July 17,
1960 (age 69 years, 282
days).
Interment at Berea Cemetery.
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James Bennett McCreary (1838-1918) —
also known as James B. McCreary —
of Richmond, Madison
County, Ky.
Born in Madison
County, Ky., July 8,
1838.
Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1869-73; Speaker of
the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1871-73; Governor of
Kentucky, 1875-79, 1911-15; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1885-97; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1903-09; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1904,
1908,
1912
(speaker),
1916.
Presbyterian.
Died in Richmond, Madison
County, Ky., October
8, 1918 (age 80 years, 92
days).
Interment at Richmond Cemetery.
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Cassius Marcellus Clay (1810-1903) —
also known as Cassius M. Clay; "The Lion of White
Hall" —
of Madison
County, Ky.
Born in Madison
County, Ky., October
19, 1810.
Son of Green
Clay.
Probably the best-known Southern emancipationist; freed his own
slaves in 1844 and edited the only Southern antislavery newspaper
in 1845-47.; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1835-37, 1840; delegate to Whig
National Convention from Kentucky, 1839 (speaker); shot
point-blank during a speech in 1843, he used a Bowie knife to cut off
the attacker's ear and nose and cut out one eye; tried for
mayhem
and found not guilty; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;
candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1860;
U.S. Minister to Russia, 1861-62, 1863-69; general in the Union Army during the
Civil War.
Died, of kidney
failure, in Madison
County, Ky., July 22,
1903 (age 92 years, 276
days).
Interment at Richmond Cemetery.
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Brutus Junius Clay (1847-1932) —
also known as Brutus J. Clay —
of Richmond, Madison
County, Ky.
Born in Madison
County, Ky., February
20, 1847.
Son of Cassius
Marcellus Clay and Mary Jane (Warfield) Clay.
Republican. Grocer; cotton planter;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1904;
U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1905-10.
Presbyterian.
Died June 2,
1932 (age 85 years, 103
days).
Interment at Richmond Cemetery.
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Keen Johnson (1896-1970) —
of Richmond, Madison
County, Ky.
Born in Lyon
County, Ky., January
12, 1896.
Democrat. Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1935-39; secretary of
Kentucky Democratic Party, 1937; Governor of
Kentucky, 1939-43; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1940,
1944,
1948,
1952;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Kentucky, 1940-48; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1960.
Methodist.
Died February
7, 1970 (age 74 years, 26
days).
Interment at Richmond Cemetery.
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Daniel Breck (1788-1871) —
of Richmond, Madison
County, Ky.
Born in Topsfield, Essex
County, Mass., February
12, 1788.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1824-27, 1834; justice of
Kentucky state supreme court, 1843-49; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1849-51.
Died in Richmond, Madison
County, Ky., February
4, 1871 (age 82 years, 357
days).
Interment at Richmond Cemetery.
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John Speed Smith (1792-1854) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Kentucky, 1792.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1821-23.
Died in 1854
(age about
62 years).
Interment at Richmond Cemetery.
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William Luxon Wallace (1889-1974) —
also known as William L. Wallace —
of Richmond, Madison
County, Ky.; Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Richmond, Madison
County, Ky., January
2, 1889.
Son of Coleman
Covington Wallace.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kentucky, 1920,
1948
(alternate), 1952,
1956,
1960
(member, Credentials
Committee); member of Kentucky
state senate 29th District, 1921-24; member of Kentucky
Republican State Central Committee, 1936-69.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Sons of
the American Revolution; Kiwanis;
American
Legion; American Bar
Association.
Died December
23, 1974 (age 85 years, 355
days).
Interment at Richmond Cemetery.
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