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Elwood Hamilton (1883-1945) —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Benson, Franklin
County, Ky., February
22, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1912;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1912-14; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky, 1935-38; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1938-45; died in
office 1945.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died September
19, 1945 (age 62 years, 209
days).
Interment somewhere
in Frankfort, Ky.
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Finley Hamilton (1886-1940) —
of London, Laurel
County, Ky.
Born in Vincent, Owsley
County, Ky., June 19,
1886.
Son of William C. Hamilton and Rachel Hamilton.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky at-large, 1933-35.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in London, Laurel
County, Ky., January
10, 1940 (age 53 years, 205
days).
Interment at A.R.
Dyche Memorial Park, London, Ky.
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Michael J. Hammons (b. 1952) —
of Park Hills, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., July 30,
1952.
Democrat. Lawyer; appointment secretary to Gov. Brereton
Jones; member Kentucky Health Policy Board; president, Forward
Quest; Presidential Elector for Kentucky, 1992.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2004.
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Herman Gilbert Handmaker (1903-1964) —
also known as Herman G. Handmaker —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., July 23,
1903.
Son of Julius Handmaker (1878-1951) and Agnes (Jacobstein) Handmaker
(1880-1968).
Lawyer; law
professor; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1928-33.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
B'nai
B'rith.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., January
2, 1964 (age 60 years, 163
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Harvey H. Hannah (b. 1868) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Oliver Springs, Roane
County, Tenn.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., August
30, 1868.
Son of John H. Hannah and Lillie L. (Gerding) Hannah.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Adjutant
General of Tennessee, 1900-06; lawyer; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; United
Spanish War Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sigma Nu.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Louis Hargis (1802-1886) —
also known as "Bally John" —
of Jackson, Breathitt
County, Ky.; Morehead, Rowan
County, Ky.
Born in Washington
County, Va., March 4,
1802.
Lawyer; Breathitt
County Court Clerk; removed from
office as Court Clerk, 1846, over unspecified
charges
against him; delegate to
Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1855-57.
Died in Morehead, Rowan
County, Ky., April 2,
1886 (age 84 years, 29
days).
Interment somewhere
in Morehead, Ky.
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Thomas Frazier Hargis (1842-1903) —
also known as Thomas F. Hargis —
of Carlisle, Nicholas
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Jackson, Breathitt
County, Ky., June 24,
1842.
Son of John
Louis Hargis.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
county judge in Kentucky, 1869-71; member of Kentucky
state senate 30th District, 1871-75; candidate for circuit judge
in Kentucky, 1874; district judge in Kentucky, 1878-79; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1879-84.
Died in Springfield, Clark
County, Ohio, August 3,
1903 (age 61 years, 40
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Harlan (1800-1863) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Mercer
County, Ky., June 22,
1800.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1835-39; secretary of
state of Kentucky, 1840-44; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1845; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1849-59.
Died in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., February
18, 1863 (age 62 years, 241
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John William Harreld (1872-1950) —
also known as John W. Harreld —
of Morgantown, Butler
County, Ky.; Ardmore, Carter
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born near Morgantown, Butler
County, Ky., January
24, 1872.
Son of Thomas N. Harreld and Martha (Helm) Harreld.
Republican. Lawyer; oil
producer; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 5th District, 1919-21; U.S.
Senator from Oklahoma, 1921-27; defeated, 1926; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, 1924.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., December
26, 1950 (age 78 years, 336
days).
Interment at Fairlawn
Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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William West Harvey (b. 1869) —
also known as W. W. Harvey —
of Ashland, Clark
County, Kan.
Born in Madison
County, Ky., November
21, 1869.
Son of James Davidson Harvey and Rebecca (Sparks) Harvey.
Republican. Lawyer; Clark
County Attorney, 1907-09; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1917-22; Speaker of
the Kansas State House of Representatives, 1921-22; justice of
Kansas state supreme court, 1926-31.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Richard Hawes (1797-1877) —
of Kentucky.
Born near Bowling Green, Caroline
County, Va., February
6, 1797.
Son of Richard Hawes and Clara (Walker) Hawes.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1828; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1837-41; Confederate
provisional governor of Kentucky, 1862-65.
Died May 25,
1877 (age 80 years, 108
days).
Interment at Paris
Cemetery, Paris, Ky.
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Anthony C. Hawkins (b. 1851) —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Union
County, Ky., August
31, 1851.
Son of Athony S. Hawkins and Elizabeth (Hopgood) Hawkins.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Evansville, Ind., 1892-97.
Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1879
to Mollie E. Brown. |
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Daniel T. Hayden (b. 1846) —
of Nebraska City, Otoe
County, Neb.
Born in Meade
County, Ky., December
18, 1846.
Son of Blancit Shacklett Hayden (1816-1917) and Martha Ann (Mathews)
Hayden (1821-1852).
Lawyer; member of Nebraska
state senate, 1879.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas E. Haydon (1826-1905) —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky., January
26, 1826.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Nevada, 1887-89.
Died December
17, 1905 (age 79 years, 325
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Doug Hays (b. 1944) —
of Pikeville, Pike
County, Ky.
Born in 1944.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state senate 31st District, 1980-82; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1992.
Still living as of 2001.
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Thomas Needham Hazelip (1877-1950) —
also known as Thomas N. Hazelip —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.
Born in Munfordville, Hart
County, Ky., April 6,
1877.
Lawyer; mayor of
Paducah, Ky., 1912-15; defeated, 1919.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., November
12, 1950 (age 73 years, 220
days).
Interment somewhere
in Louisville, Ky.
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Mathew Joseph Hennessey (1876-1970) —
also known as M. J. Hennessey —
of Augusta, Bracken
County, Ky.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., March 22,
1876.
Son of Mathew H. Hennessey and Emma (Johnson) Hennessey (1858-1902).
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1908,
1932.
Irish
and Danish
ancestry.
Died in Augusta, Bracken
County, Ky., August
18, 1970 (age 94 years, 149
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Marie Cook (1886-1968). |
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Henry Rueter Heyburn (1920-1991) —
Born in 1920.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives.
Died in 1991
(age about
71 years).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Philip Holland (b. 1877) —
of Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn.
Born in Murray, Calloway
County, Ky., August
26, 1877.
Son of Philip A. Holland and Sarah (Williams) Holland.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Consul in Puerto Plata, 1910-11; Saltillo, 1911-13; Basel, 1913-23; Guatemala City, 1923-24; U.S. Consul General in Guatemala City, 1924-27; Liverpool, 1929-38.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Everette Burgess Howard (1873-1950) —
also known as Everette B. Howard; Everett B.
Howard —
of Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla.
Born in Morgantown, Butler
County, Ky., September
19, 1873.
Son of Addison A. Howard and Addie P. (Harreld) Howard.
Democrat. Lawyer; oil and gas
producer; Oklahoma
state auditor, 1915-18; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 1st District, 1919-21, 1923-25,
1927-29; defeated, 1920.
Methodist.
Died in 1950
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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Henry Clay Howard (1860-1928) —
also known as H. Clay Howard —
of Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky.
Born in Mt. Sterling, Montgomery
County, Ky., November
14, 1860.
Son of Henry Clay Howard and Elizabeth Payne (Lewis) Howard.
Republican. Lawyer; county judge in Kentucky, 1894-98;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1900;
U.S. Minister to Peru, 1911-13.
Died in 1928
(age about
67 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charleton Hunt (1801-1836) —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born December
3, 1801.
Son of John Wesley Hunt.
Lawyer; mayor
of Lexington, Ky., 1832-34.
Died December
27, 1836 (age 35 years, 24
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Rollin Hurst (b. 1860) —
of Columbia, Adair
County, Ky.
Born in Adair
County, Ky., October
18, 1860.
Son of Young E. Hurst and Mary Morrison (Montgomery) Hurst.
Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Kentucky, 1884;
Adair
County Attorney, 1890-98; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1915-20.
Methodist.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial
location unknown.
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