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Miller and Grain Dealer Politicians in Kentucky


  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.
  Leon Enoch Browder (b. 1893) — also known as Leon Browder — of Fulton, Fulton County, Ky. Born in Fulton, Fulton County, Ky., September 25, 1893. Son of Enoch A. Browder and Edna (Ramsey) Browder. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; business executive; officer in oil drilling companies; partner, Browder Milling Co.; director, City National Bank of Fulton, Ky.; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1948. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Rotary; American Legion; Farm Bureau. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, June 21, 1924, to Virginia Catherine Jackson.
  John Edwards (1748-1837) — of Kentucky. Born in Stafford County, Va., 1748. Planter; miller; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1781-85, 1796-1800; U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1792-95. Member, Freemasons. Died in Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Mo., 1837 (age about 89 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Susanna Wroe (1748-1833).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  James La Fayette Evans (1825-1903) — of Noblesville, Hamilton County, Ind. Born in Clayville, Harrison County, Ky., March 27, 1825. Republican. Merchant; grain elevator business; meat packing business; U.S. Representative from Indiana 11th District, 1875-79. Died in Noblesville, Hamilton County, Ind., May 28, 1903 (age 78 years, 62 days). Interment at Crownland Cemetery, Noblesville, Ind.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  David Rowland Francis (1850-1927) — also known as David R. Francis — of St. Louis, Mo. Born near Richmond, Madison County, Ky., October 1, 1850. Son of John B. Francis and Eliza (Rowland) Francis. Democrat. Grain merchant; banker; mayor of St. Louis, Mo., 1885-89; Governor of Missouri, 1889-93; U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1896-97; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1912 (Honorary Vice-President; speaker); U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 1916-17. Died in St. Louis, Mo., January 15, 1927 (age 76 years, 106 days). Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
  Relatives: Married 1876 to Jane Perry.
  See also National Governors Association biography
  Books about David Rowland Francis: Harper Barnes, Standing on a Volcano : The Life and Times of David Rowland Francis

 

 


 
   
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