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Philip Pendleton Ardery (b. 1914) —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., March 6,
1914.
Son of William
Breckinridge Ardery and Julia
Hoge Spencer Ardery.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; candidate in
primary for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1946.
Disciples
of Christ; later Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Theta.
Still living as of 2001.
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Samuel Thruston Ballard (1855-1926) —
also known as S. Thruston Ballard —
of Glenview, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., February
11, 1855.
Founder and president of Ballard & Ballard, flour
millers; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1919-23.
Episcopalian.
Died January
18, 1926 (age 70 years, 341
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Emile B. Beatty (1892-1982) —
also known as Emil Beatty —
of Beattyville, Lee
County, Ky.
Born in Beattyville, Lee
County, Ky., October
11, 1892.
Son of James M. Beatty and Josephine (Blount) Beatty.
Republican. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,
1936,
1940;
circuit judge in Kentucky 23rd District, 1946-52.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Kiwanis;
Phi
Delta Theta.
Died in 1982
(age about
89 years).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Louise Taylor Beckwith (b. 1882) —
also known as Louise Beckwith —
of Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky., August
15, 1882.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1944.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Worth Bingham (1871-1937) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Glenview, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Orange
County, N.C., November
8, 1871.
Son of Col. Robert Bingham and Delphine Louise (Worth) Bingham.
Lawyer;
publisher of Louisville Courier-Journal newspaper;
mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1907; Republican candidate for Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1910; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1911;
U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1933-37.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of
the American Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Tau Omega.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., December
18, 1937 (age 66 years, 40
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Montgomery Blair (1813-1883) —
of Missouri; Maryland.
Born in Franklin
County, Ky., May 10,
1813.
Son of Francis
Preston Blair and Eliza Violet (Gist) Blair (1794-1877).
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for Missouri, 1840-44; common pleas court judge in
Missouri, 1843-49; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Missouri, 1844,
1852;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1860;
U.S.
Postmaster General, 1861-64; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1878; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1882.
Episcopalian.
Died in Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., July 27,
1883 (age 70 years, 78
days).
Entombed at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William Francis Bradshaw (b. 1878) —
also known as William F. Bradshaw —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.
Born in Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky., September
17, 1878.
Son of William Francis Bradshaw and Virginia (Wheeler) Bradshaw.
Democrat. Lawyer;
president, Mechanics Trust and Savings Bank,
Paducah; president, First National Bank;
vice-president, Paducah Newspapers,
Inc.; vice-president, Paducah Hosiery
Mills; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,
1928.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Theta.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Marshall Bullitt (1873-1957) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., March 4,
1873.
Son of Thomas Walker Bullitt and Annie Priscilla (Logan) Bullitt.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1908,
1916;
U.S. Solicitor General,
1912-13; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1914; director of banks and
insurance
companies.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, from a heart
attack, October
3, 1957 (age 84 years, 213
days).
Interment at Oxmoor
Family Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Solomon Saladin Calhoon (1838-1908) —
also known as S. S. Calhoon —
of Yazoo City, Yazoo
County, Miss.; Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark.; Canton, Madison
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born near Brandenburg, Meade
County, Ky., January
2, 1838.
Son of George
Calhoon and Louisiana (Brandenburg) Calhoon.
Democrat. Lawyer;
private secretary to Gov. William
McWillie, 1857; newspaper
editor; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
circuit judge in Mississippi, 1876-82; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Mississippi, 1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); delegate to
Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1890; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1900-08; appointed 1900; died in
office 1908.
Episcopalian. Scotch-Irish
and German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died November
10, 1908 (age 70 years, 313
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert Benjamin Chandler (1898-1991) —
also known as Albert B. Chandler; Happy
Chandler —
of Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky.
Born in Corydon, Henderson
County, Ky., July 14,
1898.
Son of Joseph S. Chandler and Callie (Sanders) Chandler.
Democrat. Athletic
coach; lawyer; newspaper
publisher; member of Kentucky
state senate 22nd District, 1930-31; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1931-35; Governor of
Kentucky, 1935-39, 1955-59; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1936,
1940,
1944,
1952,
1956;
U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1939-45; Commissioner of Baseball
1945-51, during the time the sport was desegregated; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 1956.
Episcopalian. Member, Order of the
Coif; Pi
Kappa Alpha; Omicron
Delta Kappa; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky., June 15,
1991 (age 92 years, 336
days).
Interment at Pisgah
Church Cemetery, Versailles, Ky.
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Laura Clay (b. 1849) —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Madison
County, Ky., February
9, 1849.
Daughter of Cassius
Marcellus Clay and Mary Jane (Warfield) Clay.
Democrat. President, Kentucky Equal Rights Association, advocating
votes for women, 1899-1912; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1920;
delegate
to Kentucky convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Sherman Cooper (1901-1991) —
of Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky.
Born in Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky., August
23, 1901.
Son of John
Cooper.
Republican. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1928-30; county judge in
Kentucky, 1930-38; candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 1939; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1946-49, 1952-55, 1956-73; defeated, 1948,
1954; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1948,
1956,
1960
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1972
(delegation chair); U.S. Ambassador to India, 1955-56; Nepal, 1955-56; East Germany, 1974-76; member, President's Commission
on the Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64.
Baptist
or Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary; American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi.
The John Sherman Cooper Power Plant in Somerset, Ky., is named for
him.
Died of heart
failure, in Washington,
D.C., February
21, 1991 (age 89 years, 182
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; statue at Fountain
Square, Somerset, Ky.
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Edward Cason Day (b. 1862) —
also known as Edward C. Day —
of Livingston, Park
County, Mont.; Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.
Born in Cynthiana, Harrison
County, Ky., March 20,
1862.
Son of Alfred Day and Mary Frances (Cason) Day.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1899, 1913-15; U.S.
Attorney for Montana, 1918-20; trustee, St. Peter's Hospital.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Chi Phi;
Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Herbert Jackson Drane (1863-1947) —
also known as Herbert J. Drane —
of Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla.
Born in Franklin, Simpson
County, Ky., June 20,
1863.
Son of Ossian A. Drane and Josephine F. (Dickey) Drane.
Democrat. Railroad
builder; insurance
and real
estate business; orange
grower; mayor
of Lakeland, Fla., 1888-92; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1903-05; member of Florida
state senate, 1913-17; U.S.
Representative from Florida 1st District, 1917-33; defeated,
1932; member, Federal Power
Commission, 1933-37.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Woodmen;
Sigma
Nu Phi.
Died in Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla., August
11, 1947 (age 84 years, 52
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Cemetery, Lakeland, Fla.
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Charles Rowland Peaslee Farnsley (1907-1990) —
also known as Charles P. Farnsley; Charlie
Farnsley —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Glenview, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., March 28,
1907.
Son of Burrel Hopson Farnsley and Anna May (Peaslee) Farnsley.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to
Kentucky convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1936-40; candidate in primary for
U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1940; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1940
(alternate), 1948,
1952;
mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1948-53; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1965-67; defeated in
primary, 1932 (at-large), 1934 (3rd District).
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Society
of Colonial Wars; Delta
Upsilon; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died, from Alzheimer's
disease, at Brownsboro Hills Nursing
Home, Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., June 19,
1990 (age 83 years, 83
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.; statue at West
Main Street, Louisville, Ky.
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Ephraim Hubbard Foster (1794-1854) —
also known as Ephraim H. Foster —
of Tennessee.
Born near Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky., September
17, 1794.
Son of Robert
Coleman Foster.
Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1827-31, 1835-37; Speaker of
the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1829-31, 1835-37;
U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1837-39, 1843-45; Presidential Elector
for Tennessee, 1840;
candidate for Governor of
Tennessee, 1845.
Episcopalian.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., September
6, 1854 (age 59 years, 354
days).
Interment at Nashville
City Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Benjamin Joseph Franklin (1839-1898) —
of Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born near Maysville, Mason
County, Ky., 1839.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of Kansas
state senate, 1861; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; Jackson
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1871-75; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1875-79; U.S. Consul
in Hankow, 1885-90; Governor of
Arizona Territory, 1896-97.
Episcopalian.
Died of heart
disease, in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., May 18,
1898 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Rosedale
Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz.
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William Cassius Goodloe (1841-1889) —
also known as W. Cassius Goodloe —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Madison
County, Ky., June 27,
1841.
Son of D. I. Goodloe.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kentucky, 1868,
1872
(delegation chair), 1884,
1888;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1871; defeated, 1867; member of
Republican
National Committee from Kentucky, 1872-; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1873; candidate for Kentucky
state attorney general, 1875; U.S. Minister to Belgium, 1878-80.
Episcopalian. Member, Loyal
Legion.
During a violent encounter in the lobby of the Lexington Post
Office, he repeatedly
stabbed and ultimately killed a political enemy, Col. Armistead
Swope, who meanwhile shot and
badly
wounded him; before any prosecution
could ensue, he died of his own wounds two days later, in the Phoenix
Hotel,
Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., November
8, 1889 (age 48 years, 134
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Thomas Graham (b. 1901) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in West Union, Fayette
County, Iowa, January
12, 1901.
Son of Rev. Thomas J. Graham and Elizabeth Malcolm (Connor) Graham.
Democrat. Business
executive; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kentucky, 1948;
candidate for mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1948.
Episcopalian. Member, Urban
League; Sigma
Chi; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, June 20,
1931, to Charlotte Lawrence Henriques. |
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Harry Bartow Hawes (1869-1947) —
also known as Harry B. Hawes —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., November
15, 1869.
Son of Smith Nicholas Hawes and Susan Elizabeth (Simrall) Hawes.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1928;
member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee, 1916;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1917; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 11th District, 1921-26; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1926-33; resigned 1933.
Episcopalian. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; American
Legion; Reserve
Officers Association; Military
Order of the World Wars; American Bar
Association; American
Society for International Law; American
Economic Association; Izaak
Walton League; Audubon
Society; American
Forestry Association; National Rifle
Association.
Died July 31,
1947 (age 77 years, 258
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Brereton Chandler Jones (b. 1939) —
also known as Brereton C. Jones; Brerry
Jones —
of Point Pleasant, Mason
County, W.Va.; Woodford
County, Ky.
Born in Gallipolis, Gallia
County, Ohio, June 27,
1939.
Son of Nedra
Jones and E.
Bartow Jones.
Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Mason County, 1965-68; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1987-91; Governor of
Kentucky, 1991-95.
Episcopalian or Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Sigma Pi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Beta
Theta Pi.
Still living as of 2009.
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George Washington Jones (b. 1865) —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Hardin
County, Ky., October
25, 1865.
Democrat. Member of Alabama
Democratic State Executive Committee.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Garrard Jones (1814-1872) —
also known as James G. Jones —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky., July 3,
1814.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Evansville, Ind., 1847-53; Indiana
state attorney general, 1860-61; colonel in the Union Army during
the Civil War; circuit judge in Indiana, 1869.
Episcopalian.
Died in Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., April 5,
1872 (age 57 years, 277
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.
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Charles Kinney (b. 1850) —
of Portsmouth, Scioto
County, Ohio.
Born in Springfield, Washington
County, Ky., July 7,
1850.
Republican. Secretary of
state of Ohio, 1897-1901.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Horace Harmon Lurton (1844-1914) —
of Clarksville, Montgomery
County, Tenn.; Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Newport, Campbell
County, Ky., February
26, 1844.
Son of Lycurgus L. Lurton and Sarah (Harmon) Lurton.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; justice of
Tennessee state supreme court, 1886-93; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1893-1909; law
professor; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1909-14; died in office 1914.
Episcopalian.
Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., July 12,
1914 (age 70 years, 136
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Clarksville, Tenn.
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Rogers Clark Ballard Morton (1914-1979) —
also known as Rogers C. B. Morton —
of Easton, Talbot
County, Md.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., September
19, 1914.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1960
(alternate), 1972;
U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1963-71; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1969-71; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1971-75; U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1975-76.
Episcopalian.
Died near Easton, Talbot
County, Md., April 19,
1979 (age 64 years, 212
days).
Interment at Old
Wye Cemetery, Wye Mills, Md.
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Thruston Ballard Morton (1907-1982) —
also known as Thruston B. Morton —
of Glenview, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., August
19, 1907.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1947-53; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1948,
1952,
1956;
U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1957-69; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1959-61.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., August
14, 1982 (age 74 years, 360
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Lila Dooley Northcutt (b. 1886) —
also known as Mrs. R. L. Northcutt —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Bedford,
Va., September
1, 1886.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,
1948.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; United
Daughters of the Confederacy.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Robert Lee Northcutt. |
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Edward Clay O'Rear (1863-1961) —
also known as Edward C. O'Rear —
of Montgomery
County, Ky.; Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born in Camargo, Montgomery
County, Ky., February
2, 1863.
Son of Daniel O'Rear and Sibba O'Rear.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Kentucky, 1884;
Montgomery
County Judge, 1894-98; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1907-11; candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 1911; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kentucky, 1916.
Episcopalian.
Died in Woodford
County, Ky., September
12, 1961 (age 98 years, 222
days).
Interment at Machpelah
Cemetery, Mt. Sterling, Ky.
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Ellsworth Regenstein (c.1878-1957) —
of Fort Thomas, Campbell
County, Ky.
Born in Mason
County, Ky., about 1878.
Republican. Lawyer; Kentucky
superintendent of public instruction, 1910-12; director, Central
Savings Bank,
Newport; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1930; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kentucky, 1932;
organizer and president of the Kentucky Home Life
Insurance Co. in the 1930s.
Episcopalian.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., March 23,
1957 (age about 79
years).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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James Reily (1811-1863) —
of Texas.
Born in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, July 3,
1811.
Son of John Reily and Nancy (Hunter) Reily.
Lawyer;
major in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1840-41; Texas Republic
Minister to the United States, 1841-42; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1853-54; U.S. Consul in SAINT Petersburg, 1856; colonel in the Confederate Army during
the Civil War.
Presbyterian;
later Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Killed
in the Battle of Camp Bisland, on Bayou Teche, near Franklin, St. Mary
Parish, La., April 14,
1863 (age 51 years, 285
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Louise McIntosh Slaughter (b. 1929) —
also known as Louise M. Slaughter —
of Fairport, Monroe
County, N.Y.
Born in Harlan
County, Ky., August
14, 1929.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1972,
1980,
1988
(speaker),
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of New York
state assembly, 1983; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1987-2003 (30th District 1987-93,
28th District 1993-2003).
Female.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Thomas Sloo, Jr. (1790-1879) —
of Illinois; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Washington, Mason
County, Ky., April 5,
1790.
Member of Illinois
state senate, 1823-27; candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1826.
Episcopalian.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., January
17, 1879 (age 88 years, 287
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John White Stevenson (1812-1886) —
also known as John W. Stevenson —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Richmond,
Va., May 2,
1812.
Son of Andrew
Stevenson.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1845-48; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1848,
1852,
1856,
1880;
delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1857-61; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1867; Governor of
Kentucky, 1867-71; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1871-77.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., August
10, 1886 (age 74 years, 100
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Katie Kratz Stine (b. 1956) —
of Fort Thomas, Campbell
County, Ky.
Born December
6, 1956.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1995-98; member of Kentucky
state senate 24th District, 1999-.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, Junior
League; Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Still living as of 2004.
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Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) —
also known as "Old Rough and Ready" —
Born in Orange
County, Va., November
24, 1784.
Whig. Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; colonel in the
U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; general in the U.S. Army during
the Mexican War; President
of the United States, 1849-50; died in office 1850.
Episcopalian.
Died, probably of gastroenteritis,
in the White
House, Washington,
D.C., July 9,
1850 (age 65 years, 227
days). Based on the theory that he was poisoned, his remains
were tested for arsenic in 1991; the results tended to disconfirm the
theory.
Original interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in private or family
graveyard; reinterment in 1926 at Zachary
Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Relatives:
Second cousin once removed of Richard
Henry Lee; second cousin of James
Madison; third cousin of Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee and Richard
Bland Lee; married, June 21,
1810, to Margaret Mackall 'Peggy' Smith (1778-1852; niece of Benjamin
Mackall IV and Thomas
Mackall); father of Sarah Knox Taylor (who married Jefferson
Finis Davis); granduncle of Edmund
Haynes Taylor, Jr.; third cousin twice removed of Fitzhugh
Lee; first cousin thrice removed of Elliot
Woolfolk Major; second cousin thrice removed of Edgar
Bailey Woolfolk; ancestor of Victor
D. Crist. See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: David
R. Atchison — Thomas
Ewing |
| | | Taylor counties in Fla., Ga., Iowa and Ky. are named
for him. |
| | | Campaign slogan (1848): "General Taylor
never surrenders." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Zachary Taylor: K. Jack
Bauer, Zachary
Taylor: Soldier, Planter, Statesman of the Old
Southwest — Elbert B. Smith, The
Presidencies of Zachary Taylor and Millard
Fillmore |
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Oscar Wilder Underwood (1862-1929) —
also known as Oscar W. Underwood —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., May 6,
1862.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1895-1915 (9th District 1895-1909,
7th District 1909-11, 9th District 1911-15); candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1912,
1924;
U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1915-27.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1929
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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Ida Lee Willis (b. 1897) —
also known as Idah Lee Millis; Mrs. S. S.
Willis —
of Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky.
Born in Boyd
County, Ky., December
24, 1897.
Daughter of Charles L. Millis and Sarah S. (Ross) Millis.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kentucky, 1932.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Simeon Slavens Willis (1879-1965) —
also known as Simeon Willis —
of Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky.
Born in Lawrence
County, Ohio, December
1, 1879.
Son of John H. Willis and Abigail (Slavens) Willis.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1927-32; Governor of
Kentucky, 1943-47; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kentucky, 1944,
1948.
Methodist;
later Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Newcomen
Society.
Died in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., April 2,
1965 (age 85 years, 122
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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