Shelby County
Kentucky
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Shelby County
Kentucky
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Shelby County
Index to Locations
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William Logan (1776-1822) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Harrodsburg, Mercer
County, Ky., December
8, 1776.
Democrat. Delegate to
Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1799; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1803-06; Speaker of
the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1804-06; state court
judge in Kentucky, 1808; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1819-20.
Died in Shelby
County, Ky., August 8,
1822 (age 45 years, 243
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Benjamin Logan (c.1742-1802) —
Born in Augusta
County, Va., about 1742.
Son of David Logan (1706-1757) and Jane (McKinley) Logan.
Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1781-87; delegate to
Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1791-92; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1792-95.
Presbyterian.
Died, from a stroke of
apoplexy, near Stanford, Shelby
County, Ky., December
11, 1802 (age about 60
years).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert (1882-1939) —
also known as Ralph Gilbert —
of Shelbyville, Shelby
County, Ky.
Born in Taylorsville, Spencer
County, Ky., January
17, 1882.
Son of George
Gilmore Gilbert.
Democrat. Lawyer;
county judge in Kentucky, 1910-17; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1921-29, 1931-33;
defeated, 1928; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1929; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1936.
Died July 30,
1939 (age 57 years, 194
days).
Interment at Grove Hill Cemetery.
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James Cresap Sprigg (1802-1852) —
of Shelbyville, Shelby
County, Ky.
Born in Frostburg, Allegany
County, Md., 1802.
Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1830-34, 1837-40, 1852; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1841-43.
Died in Shelbyville, Shelby
County, Ky., October
3, 1852 (age about 50
years).
Interment at Grove Hill Cemetery.
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