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George Alfred Caldwell (1814-1866) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Columbia, Adair
County, Ky., October
18, 1814.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1839-40; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1843-45, 1849-51;
major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1860.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., September
17, 1866 (age 51 years, 334
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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John William Caldwell (1837-1903) —
of Russellville, Logan
County, Ky.
Born in Russellville, Logan
County, Ky., January
15, 1837.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; Logan
County Judge; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1877-83.
Died in Russellville, Logan
County, Ky., July 4,
1903 (age 66 years, 170
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Russellville, Ky.
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Robert Porter Caldwell (1821-1885) —
of Trenton, Gibson
County, Tenn.
Born in Adair
County, Ky., December
16, 1821.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1847-48; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1855-56; major in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 7th District, 1871-73.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Trenton, Gibson
County, Tenn., March 12,
1885 (age 63 years, 86
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Trenton, Tenn.
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George Calhoon —
of Kentucky; Madison
County, Miss.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1836.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Calhoon (b. 1797) —
of Hardinsburg, Breckinridge
County, Ky.
Born in Henry
County, Ky., 1797.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1820-21, 1829-30; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1827, 1835-39 (11th District 1827,
6th District 1835-39); district judge in Kentucky, 1842.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Jacob Call (c.1772-1826) —
of Indiana.
Born in Kentucky, about 1772.
Lawyer; circuit judge in Indiana, 1817-18, 1822-24; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1824-25.
Died in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., April 20,
1826 (age about 54
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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James William Cammack (b. 1869) —
also known as James W. Cammack —
of Owenton, Owen
County, Ky.
Born near English, Crawford
County, Ind., July 15,
1869.
Son of William Butler Cammack and Elizabeth (Franks) Cammack.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1904-07; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1907-16; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1927-31.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Junior
Order.
Burial
location unknown.
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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, Munfordville, Ky.
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John Griffin Carlisle (1835-1910) —
also known as John G. Carlisle —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Kenton
County, Ky., September
5, 1835.
Son of L. H. Carlisle and Mary A. (Reynolds) Carlisle.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1859-61; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1866-71; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1868;
Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1871-75; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1877-90; resigned
1890; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1883-89; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1884;
U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1890-93; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1893-97.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 31,
1910 (age 74 years, 329
days).
Interment at Linden
Grove Cemetery, Covington, Ky.
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Tarlton Combs Carroll (1889-1978) —
also known as Tarlton C. Carroll —
of Shepherdsville, Bullitt
County, Ky.
Born in Shepherdsville, Bullitt
County, Ky., May 14,
1889.
Son of Charles Carroll and Ida B. (Troutman) Carroll.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
Bullitt
County Attorney, 1918-30; member of Kentucky
state senate 12th District, 1942-45.
Member, Sigma
Nu; American
Legion.
Died January
23, 1978 (age 88 years, 254
days).
Interment at Hebron
Cemetery, Brooks, Ky.
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Joseph Kirtley Carson, Jr. (b. 1891) —
also known as Joseph K. Carson, Jr. —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in McKinney, Lincoln
County, Ky., December
19, 1891.
Son of Joseph Kelly Carson and Sallie Elizabeth Adeline (Johnson)
Carson.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon, 1928,
1952;
mayor
of Portland, Ore., 1932-36; candidate for Governor of
Oregon, 1954.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Woodmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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James C. Carter, Jr. (1903-1998) —
of Tompkinsville, Monroe
County, Ky.
Born in Tompkinsville, Monroe
County, Ky., December
7, 1903.
Son of James
Clarke Carter.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 37th District, 1936-37; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1960.
Baptist.
Died in 1998
(age about
94 years).
Interment at Evans-Oak
Hill Cemetery, Tompkinsville, Ky.
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James Clarke Carter (1863-1949) —
also known as J. C. Carter —
of Tompkinsville, Monroe
County, Ky.
Born in Rockbridge, Monroe
County, Ky., October
5, 1863.
Son of William B. Carter and Elizabeth (Kelly) Carter.
Republican. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; circuit judge in Kentucky; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1932,
1940
(alternate).
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in 1949
(age about
85 years).
Interment at Evans-Oak
Hill Cemetery, Tompkinsville, Ky.
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Joseph Newton Carter (b. 1843) —
also known as Joseph N. Carter —
of Quincy, Adams
County, Ill.
Born in Hardin
County, Ky., March 12,
1843.
Son of William P. Carter and Martha (Mays) Carter.
Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1879-81; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1894-1903.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Grayson Carter (d. 1849) —
Son of John Carter and Hebe (Grayson) Carter.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1834-38.
Died, of cholera,
in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., July 11,
1849.
Burial
location unknown.
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Glover H. Cary (1885-1936) —
of Calhoun, McLean
County, Ky.; Owensboro, Daviess
County, Ky.
Born in Calhoun, McLean
County, Ky., May 1,
1885.
Son of Remus G. Cary and Henrietta (Allen) Cary.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1914-17; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1931-36 (2nd District 1931-33,
at-large 1933-35, 2nd District 1935-36); died in office 1936;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1932.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, December
5, 1936 (age 51 years, 218
days).
Interment at Calhoun
Cemetery, Calhoun, Ky.
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William T. Casto (1824-1862) —
Born January
24, 1824.
Son of Abijah Casto.
Lawyer; mayor
of Maysville, Ky.; arrested
in 1861 and imprisoned
for allegedly aiding
the Confederacy; released in 1862.
Blamed Col. Leonidas Metcalfe (son of Gov. Thomas
Metcalfe) for his imprisonment; challenged him to a duel; the
weapons were Colt rifles at 60 yards; Casto was shot dead
on the first fire, in Bracken
County, Ky., May 8,
1862 (age 38 years, 104
days).
Interment at Maysville
Cemetery, Maysville, Ky.
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Epitaph: "A
Patriot, his Country's firm unwavering friend, he was willing to die
for his Principles and as a man of Honor nobly fell a Veteran of the
sacred and invincible right of personal liberty." |
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memorial |
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Harry Monroe Caudill (b. 1922) —
also known as Harry M. Caudill —
of Whitesburg, Letcher
County, Ky.
Born in Whitesburg, Letcher
County, Ky., May 3,
1922.
Son of Cro C. Caudill and Martha V. (Blair) Caudill.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 92nd District, 1954-57, 1960-61;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,
1960.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 1961.
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Barzillai J. Chambers (1817-1895) —
of Cleburne, Johnson
County, Tex.
Born in Montgomery
County, Ky., December
5, 1817.
Son of Walker Chambers and Talitha Cumi (Mothershead) Chambers.
Surveyor;
lawyer; Greenback candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1880.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died September
16, 1895 (age 77 years, 285
days).
Interment at Cleburne
Memorial Cemetery, Cleburne, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Walker Chambers and Talitha Cumi (Mothershead) Chambers; married
1852 to
Susan Wood; married 1854 to Emma
Montgomery; married 1861 to Harriet
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John Chambers (1780-1852) —
of Washington, Mason
County, Ky.
Born in Bromley Ridge, Somerset
County, N.J., October
6, 1780.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1812, 1815, 1830-31; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1825-27; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1828-29, 1835-39 (2nd District
1828-29, 12th District 1835-39); Governor of
Iowa Territory, 1841-45.
Died near Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky., September
21, 1852 (age 71 years, 351
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Mason County, Ky.
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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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Albert Benjamin Chandler III (b. 1959) —
also known as Ben Chandler; "Big
Ben" —
of Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky.
Born in Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky., September
12, 1959.
Democrat. Lawyer; Kentucky
auditor of public accounts, 1992-95; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1996-; candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 2003; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kentucky, 2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 2004-.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2009.
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Virgil Munday Chapman (1895-1951) —
also known as Virgil Chapman —
of Irvine, Estill
County, Ky.; Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky.
Born in Middleton, Simpson
County, Ky., March 15,
1895.
Son of James Virgil Chapman and Lily (Munday) Chapman.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1925-29, 1931-49 (7th District
1925-29, 1931-33, at-large 1933-35, 6th District 1935-49); defeated,
1928; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1949-51; died in office 1951.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, American Bar
Association; Alpha
Delta Sigma; Phi
Alpha Delta; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Order of the
Coif; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Woodmen;
Maccabees;
Sons
of Confederate Veterans.
Died, from injuries received in an automobile
accident, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March 8,
1951 (age 55 years, 358
days).
Interment at Paris
Cemetery, Paris, Ky.
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Frank Leslie Chelf (1907-1982) —
also known as Frank L. Chelf —
of Lebanon, Marion
County, Ky.
Born in Elizabethtown, Hardin
County, Ky., September
22, 1907.
Son of Judge Weed S. Chelf and Hallie (Wrather) Chelf.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1936;
major in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1945-67; defeated,
1966.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Phi
Delta Theta.
Died in Lebanon, Marion
County, Ky., September
1, 1982 (age 74 years, 344
days).
Interment at Ryder
Cemetery, Lebanon, Ky.
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J. Matt Chilton (b. 1881) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Turners Station, Henry
County, Ky., May 18,
1881.
Son of George Blackwell Chilton and Florence N. (Sewell) Chilton.
Republican. Lawyer; law clerk to Mayor James
F. Grinstead, 1908-09; secretary to U.S. Sen. W.
O. Bradley, 1910-11; member of Kentucky
Republican State Central Committee, 1912-36; Jefferson
County Attorney, 1918-27; member of Republican
National Committee from Kentucky, 1928-36.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Stone Chrisman (1818-1881) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Monticello, Wayne
County, Ky., September
14, 1818.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to
Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1853-55; Representative
from Kentucky in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1869-71.
Died in Monticello, Wayne
County, Ky., July 29,
1881 (age 62 years, 318
days).
Interment at Elk
Spring Cemetery, Monticello, Ky.
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Eugene H. Clark (b. 1920) —
of Sexton's Creek, Clay
County, Ky.; Manchester, Clay
County, Ky.
Born in Sexton's Creek, Clay
County, Ky., May 27,
1920.
Son of J. C. Clark and Mattie (Sparks) Clark.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; farmer; school
teacher; lawyer; member of Kentucky
state senate 19th District, 1952-55.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Sigma
Delta Kappa; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion.
Still living as of 1955.
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James Beauchamp Clark (1850-1921) —
also known as Champ Clark; "The Lion of
Democracy" —
of Bowling Green, Pike
County, Mo.
Born near Lawrenceburg, Anderson
County, Ky., March 7,
1850.
Son of John Hampton Clark and Aletha Jane (Beauchamp) Clark.
Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Missouri, 1880;
Pike
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1885-89; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1889-90; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 9th District, 1893-95, 1897-1921;
defeated, 1894, 1920; died in office 1921; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1911-19; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1904,
1916;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1912.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 2,
1921 (age 70 years, 360
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Bowling Green, Mo.
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John Blades Clarke (1833-1911) —
of Brooksville, Bracken
County, Ky.
Born near Augusta, Bracken
County, Ky., April 14,
1833.
Son of John Clarke and Jeney (Blades) Clarke.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1875-79.
Died in Brooksville, Bracken
County, Ky., May 23,
1911 (age 78 years, 39
days).
Interment at Mt.
Zion Cemetery, Near Brooksville, Bracken County, Ky.
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Cassius M. Clay (1895-1959) —
of Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky.
Born in Bourbon
County, Ky., March 2,
1895.
Son of Cassius
M. Clay (1850?-?) and Mary Blythe (Harris) Clay.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
farmer;
general solicitor, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad,
1941-45; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 67th District, 1954-55; member of
Kentucky
state senate 28th District, 1958-59; died in office 1959.
Christian.
Member, American
Legion; Farm
Bureau; Phi
Beta Kappa; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died November
26, 1959 (age 64 years, 269
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Judson Claudius Clements (1846-1917) —
also known as Judson C. Clements —
of Walker
County, Ga.; Rome, Floyd
County, Ga.; Washington,
D.C.
Born near Villanow, Walker
County, Ga., February
12, 1846.
Son of Adam
C. Clements.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1872-76; member of Georgia
state senate, 1877; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 7th District, 1881-91; member, Interstate Commerce
Commission, 1892-1917.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 18,
1917 (age 71 years, 126
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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George Irick Cline (b. 1915) —
also known as George I. Cline —
of Morehead, Rowan
County, Ky.
Born in Enterprise, Carter
County, Ky., January
16, 1915.
Son of George T. Cline and Elsie M. (Adams) Cline.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 70th District, 1948-49; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, 1963-70.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Kiwanis.
Still living as of 1970.
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Relatives:
Married, May 31,
1941, to Mary Katherine Stidham. |
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Bertram Thomas Combs (1911-1991) —
also known as Bert T. Combs —
of Prestonsburg, Floyd
County, Ky.
Born in Manchester, Clay
County, Ky., August
13, 1911.
Son of Stephen Gibson Combs and Martha (Jones) Combs.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1951-55; state court judge in
Kentucky, 1957-59; Governor of
Kentucky, 1959-63; defeated, 1955, 1971; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1960,
1964;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Kentucky, 1966; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1967-70.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Order of
the Coif; Phi
Delta Phi.
Bert T. Combs Lake was named for
him.
Drowned
when his automobile
was washed from the roadway into the Red River, during a flood, near
Rosslyn, Powell
County, Ky., December
4, 1991 (age 80 years, 113
days).
Interment at Beech
Creek Cemetery, Manchester, Ky.
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Samuel Bronson Cooper (1850-1918) —
also known as Samuel B. Cooper; Sam Bronson
Cooper —
of Woodville, Tyler
County, Tex.; Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Born near Eddyville, Lyon
County, Ky., May 30,
1850.
Democrat. Lawyer; Tyler
County Attorney, 1872-80; member of Texas
state senate, 1881-85; U.S.
Representative from Texas 2nd District, 1893-1905, 1907-09.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
21, 1918 (age 68 years, 83
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Beaumont, Tex.
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Moses Bledso Corwin (1790-1872) —
also known as Moses Corwin —
of Urbana, Champaign
County, Ohio.
Born in Bourbon
County, Ky., January
5, 1790.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1838-39; U.S.
Representative from Ohio, 1849-51, 1853-55 (4th District 1849-51,
8th District 1853-55).
Died in Urbana, Champaign
County, Ohio, April 7,
1872 (age 82 years, 93
days).
Interment at Oak
Dale Cemetery, Urbana, Ohio.
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Leonard Jacob Crawford (1860-1925) —
also known as Leonard J. Crawford —
of Newport, Campbell
County, Ky.
Born in Newport, Campbell
County, Ky., April 29,
1860.
Son of Jacob Crawford and Elizabeth (Echert) Crawford.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Kentucky
state attorney general, 1891; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Kentucky, 1892.
Died in Campbell
County, Ky., July 25,
1925 (age 65 years, 87
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alexander Parker Crittenden (1816-1870) —
also known as Alexander P. Crittenden —
of Santa
Clara County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., January
14, 1816.
Son of Thomas
Turpin Crittenden (1788-1832).
Lawyer; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of California
state assembly, 1849-51, 1852-53 (Los Angeles District 1849-51,
5th District 1852-53).
Shot
and mortally
wounded by his ex-lover, Laura D. Fair, on board a
ferry boat in San Francisco Bay, and died two days later, in San
Francisco, Calif., November
5, 1870 (age 54 years, 295
days). Fair was tried, found guilty, and sentenced to death, but
the state supreme court ordered a new trial, and she was acquitted.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Thomas Croxton (1836-1874) —
also known as John T. Croxton —
of Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky.
Born near Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky., November
20, 1836.
Republican. Lawyer; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; Kentucky
Republican state chair, 1868; U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1873-74, died in office 1874.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from consumption
(tuberculosis),
in La Paz, Bolivia,
April
16, 1874 (age 37 years, 147
days).
Interment at Paris
Cemetery, Paris, Ky.
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Lee Cruce (1863-1933) —
of Ardmore, Carter
County, Okla.
Born in Marion, Crittenden
County, Ky., July 8,
1863.
Son of James Winlock Cruce and Jane (Hill) Cruce.
Democrat. Merchant;
lawyer; banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1908,
1920,
1928;
Governor
of Oklahoma, 1911-15.
Presbyterian.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Freemasons.
Died in Ardmore, Carter
County, Okla., January
16, 1933 (age 69 years, 192
days).
Interment somewhere
in Muskogee, Okla.
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Alvin Cullom (1797-1877) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Monticello, Wayne
County, Ky., September
4, 1797.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1835-37; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 4th District, 1843-47; circuit
judge in Tennessee, 1850-52.
Died in Livingston, Overton
County, Tenn., July 20,
1877 (age 79 years, 319
days).
Interment at Bethlehem
Cemetery, Near Livingston, Overton County, Tenn.
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Shelby Moore Cullom (1829-1914) —
also known as Shelby M. Cullom —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Monticello, Wayne
County, Ky., November
22, 1829.
Son of Richard Northcraft Cullom and Elizabeth (Coffey) Cullom.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1856, 1860-61, 1872-74; Speaker of
the Illinois State House of Representatives, 1861, 1873;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1856;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 8th District, 1865-71; Governor of
Illinois, 1877-83; U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1883-1913; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1904
(speaker),
1908.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
28, 1914 (age 84 years, 67
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
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William Cullom (1810-1896) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Elk Spring Valley, Wayne
County, Ky., June 4,
1810.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1843-47; Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1848;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1851-55 (8th District 1851-53, 4th
District 1853-55); delegate to Whig National Convention from
Tennessee, 1852.
Methodist;
later Catholic.
Died in Clinton, Anderson
County, Tenn., December
6, 1896 (age 86 years, 185
days).
Original interment at McAdoo
Cemetery, Clinton, Tenn.; reinterment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tenn.
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