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James Edward Allen (b. 1930) —
also known as James E. Allen —
of Salyersville, Magoffin
County, Ky.
Born in Salyersville, Magoffin
County, Ky., April 2,
1930.
Son of Alexander Hamilton Allen and Thelma (Flint) Allen.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kentucky, 1972.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives:
Married 1960
to Beulah Taulbee. |
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Charles D. Arnett (b. 1879) —
of West Liberty, Morgan
County, Ky.; Owsley
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Hendricks, Magoffin
County, Ky., March 9,
1879.
Son of Philip Arnett and Elizabeth Miranda (McQuinn) Arnett.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state senate, 1914-17; secretary of
state of Kentucky, 1936-39; candidate for nomination for Governor of
Kentucky, 1939.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Moose; Junior
Order.
Burial
location unknown.
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David Aronberg (1893-1967) —
of Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky.
Born in Manchester, England,
April
3, 1893.
Son of Lewis Aronberg and Leah (Tarshes) Aronberg.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; merchant;
real
estate business; mayor of
Ashland, Ky., 1952-55, 1960.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks.
Died in 1967
(age about
74 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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David Rice Atchison (1807-1886) —
also known as David R. Atchison —
of Plattsburg, Clinton
County, Mo.; Platte City, Platte
County, Mo.
Born in Frogtown, Fayette
County, Ky., August
11, 1807.
Son of William Atchison and Catherine (Allen) Atchison.
Lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1834, 1838; circuit judge in
Missouri, 1841; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1843-48, 1849-55.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
An organizer of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad.
Thought by some to have been president for one day in 1849, because
President Zachary
Taylor refused to be inaugurated on a Sunday.
Died near Gower, Clinton
County, Mo., January
26, 1886 (age 78 years, 168
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Cemetery, Plattsburg, Mo.; statue at Clinton
County Courthouse Grounds, Plattsburg, Mo.
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George Sublett Atkinson (1892-1967) —
also known as George S. Atkinson —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Salyersville, Magoffin
County, Ky., November
17, 1892.
Son of Harry W. Atkinson and Lizzie (Sublett) Atkinson.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 5th District, 1924; chair of
Dallas County Republican Party, 1925-29; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Texas, 1928,
1932.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
American Bar
Association.
Died in 1967
(age about
74 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Eugene Rufus Attkisson (1873-1939) —
also known as Eugene Attkisson —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Lavinia, Carroll
County, Tenn., October
31, 1873.
Son of Dr. John Rufus Attkisson and Elizabeth Moss (Lanier)
Attkisson.
Democrat. College
teacher; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1932.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; American Bar
Association; Elks; Lions.
Died in 1939
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Robert Middleton Bagby (1878-1955) —
also known as R. M. Bagby —
of Grayson, Carter
County, Ky.
Born in Greenup
County, Ky., September
21, 1878.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948;
member of Kentucky
state senate 32nd District, 1942-45.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Rotary.
Died in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., May 31,
1955 (age 76 years, 252
days).
Entombed at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Jacob Nathaniel Bailey (b. 1883) —
also known as Jacob N. Bailey —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.
Born in Elk Creek, Texas
County, Mo., March 13,
1883.
Son of Joseph S. Bailey and Helen (Thompson) Bailey.
Republican. Physician;
mayor
of Paducah, Ky., 1924-28.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
American
Medical Association; Lions.
Interment somewhere
in Caldwell County, Ky.
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Howard Henry Baker (1902-1964) —
also known as Howard H. Baker —
of Huntsville, Scott
County, Tenn.
Born in Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky., January
12, 1902.
Son of James Frances Baker and Helen (Keen) Baker.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1929-30; candidate for Governor of
Tennessee, 1938; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Tennessee, 1940,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1940; board chairman, First National Bank of
Oneida; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 2nd District, 1951-64; died in
office 1964.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of the
Coif; Sigma
Nu; Phi
Alpha Delta; Phi
Kappa Phi; Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks.
Died, following a heart
attack, at Fort Sanders Presbyterian Hospital,
Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., January
7, 1964 (age 61 years, 360
days).
Interment at Sherwood
Memorial Gardens, Alcoa, Tenn.
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Marshall Barnes (1897-1985) —
of Hartford, Ohio
County, Ky.; Beaver Dam, Ohio
County, Ky.; Owensboro, Daviess
County, Ky.
Born in Beaver Dam, Ohio
County, Ky., March 2,
1897.
Son of John H. Barnes and Margaret (Eblen) Barnes.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; banker; insurance
business; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 21st District, 1932-35; defeated,
1935.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
American
Legion; Phi
Kappa Tau; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died in December, 1985
(age 88
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Harold Bryan Barton (b. 1926) —
also known as Harold B. Barton —
of Corbin, Whitley
County, Ky.
Born in Madison
County, Ky., November
1, 1926.
Son of Clyde Tye Barton and Lula Marie (Brown) Barton.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; physician;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1964,
1968,
1972
(alternate).
Christian.
Member, American Medical
Association; Freemasons; Lions; Jaycees;
Farm
Bureau.
Still living as of 1973.
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Joseph Bengal Bates (1893-1965) —
also known as Joe B. Bates —
of Greenup, Greenup
County, Ky.
Born in Republican, Knott
County, Ky., October
29, 1893.
Son of Jesse Bates and Hannah (Caudill) Bates.
Democrat. Greenup
County Clerk, 1922-38; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1938-53.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky., September
10, 1965 (age 71 years, 316
days).
Interment at Bellefonte
Memorial Gardens, Flatwoods, Ky.
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Tennyson M. Bates (1892-1957) —
of Wise, Wise
County, Va.
Born in Letcher
County, Ky., July 15,
1892.
Democrat. Farmer; coal
operator; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1948-55.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Kiwanis.
Died March 29,
1957 (age 64 years, 257
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor (1793-1874) —
also known as Robert E. B. Baylor —
Born in Lincoln
County, Ky., May 10,
1793.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of
Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1819-20; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1824; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1829-31; judge of Texas
Republic, 1841-45; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; district judge in
Texas, 1845-60.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
One of the founders,
in 1845, of Baylor University, and of Baylor Female College (now the
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor).
Died in Gay Hill, Washington
County, Tex., January
6, 1874 (age 80 years, 241
days).
Original interment at Old
Baylor University Campus, Independence, Tex.; reinterment in 1886
at University
of Mary Hardin-Baylor Campus, Belton, Tex.
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Fred Beard (b. 1892) —
of Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky., May 24,
1892.
Son of William H. Beard and Martha (Wisecup) Beard.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate in
primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 16th District, 1934, 1936.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Isaac Emerson Beauchamp (1899-1971) —
also known as Emerson Beauchamp; Doc
Beauchamp —
of Russellville, Logan
County, Ky.
Born in Russellville, Logan
County, Ky., June 14,
1899.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; served in the
U.S. Army during World War II; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1944-46; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1951-55; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1952,
1956,
1960;
Kentucky
state treasurer, 1964-.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans.
Died in 1971
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Russellville, Ky.
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Campbell Eben Beaumont (1883-1954) —
also known as Campbell E. Beaumont —
of Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif.
Born in Mayfield, Graves
County, Ky., August
27, 1883.
Son of Edgar Samuel Beaumont and May Viola (Wortham) Beaumont.
Democrat. Lawyer; Fresno
County District Attorney, 1918-21; superior court judge in
California, 1921-39; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of California, 1939-54;
died in office 1954.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias.
Died November
19, 1954 (age 71 years, 84
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Burke Belknap (1885-1965) —
also known as William B. Belknap —
of Goshen, Oldham
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., April 18,
1885.
Son of Alice Trumbull (Silliman) Belknap (1846-1890) and William
Richardson Belknap (1849-1914).
Democrat. Stock
breeder; economist;
college
teacher; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 59th District, 1924-28, 1934-35;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1933.
Member, American
Economic Association; Zeta
Psi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons.
Died September
7, 1965 (age 80 years, 142
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Joseph Bentley Bennett (1859-1923) —
also known as Joseph B. Bennett —
of Greenup, Greenup
County, Ky.
Born in Greenup
County, Ky., April 21,
1859.
Republican. County judge in Kentucky, 1898-1904; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 9th District, 1905-11.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Greenup, Greenup
County, Ky., November
7, 1923 (age 64 years, 200
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Greenup, Ky.
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Theodore Moody Berry (1905-2000) —
also known as Theodore M. Berry; Ted Berry —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Maysville, Mason
County, Ky., November
5, 1905.
Son of Daniel Berry and Cora (Parks) Berry.
Democrat. Lawyer;
associate general counsel, Dunbar Life
Insurance Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Ohio, 1972;
mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1972-75.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; NAACP; Urban
League; Alpha
Phi Alpha; Sigma Pi
Phi.
First
black mayor of Cincinnati.
Died October
15, 2000 (age 94 years, 345
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Odis William Bertelsman (1900-1991) —
also known as Odis W. Bertelsman —
of Newport, Campbell
County, Ky.; Fort Thomas, Campbell
County, Ky.
Born in Newport, Campbell
County, Ky., May 14,
1900.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
county judge in Kentucky, 1938-50; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 1940,
1944,
1948.
Member, Elks; Eagles;
Freemasons.
Died July 13,
1991 (age 91 years, 60
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Southgate, Ky.
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James Gillespie Birney (1792-1857) —
also known as James G. Birney —
of Danville, Boyle
County, Ky.; Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Lower Saginaw, Saginaw County (now Bay City, Bay
County), Mich.
Born in Danville, Boyle
County, Ky., February
4, 1792.
Son of James Gillespie Birney and Mary Reed Birney.
Lawyer;
studied law in the office of Alexander
J. Dallas in Philadelphia; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1816-18; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1819-20; solicitor general of
Alabama, 1823-26; candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama, 1828;
mayor
of Huntsville, Ala., 1829; abolitionist; Liberty candidate for President
of the United States, 1840, 1844; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1843, 1845.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
While traveling in 1845, the horse he
was riding bucked; he fell and
was injured; his condition worsened over time, leading to tremors and
paralysis, and he died as a result, in Perth Amboy, Middlesex
County, N.J., November
25, 1857 (age 65 years, 294
days).
Interment at Williamsburgh
Cemetery, Groveland, N.Y.
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Harry Gordon Black (1907-1985) —
of Hawesville, Hancock
County, Ky.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., November
12, 1907.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kentucky, 1952.
Methodist.
Member, Lambda
Chi Alpha; American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Died in Daviess
County, Ky., May 7,
1985 (age 77 years, 176
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Dixon Black (1849-1938) —
also known as James D. Black —
of Barbourville, Knox
County, Ky.
Born in Knox
County, Ky., September
24, 1849.
Son of John C. Black and Clarissa (Jones) Black.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1876-77; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 11th District, 1896; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1915-19; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1916
(member, Credentials
Committee); Governor of
Kentucky, 1919.
Methodist.
French
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Barbourville, Knox
County, Ky., August 4,
1938 (age 88 years, 314
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Barbourville
Cemetery, Barbourville, Ky.
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Robert E. Lee Blackburn (1870-1935) —
also known as Robert Blackburn —
of Stanton, Powell
County, Ky.; Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born near Furnace, Estill
County, Ky., April 9,
1870.
Son of James B. Blackburn and Sarah (Hardwick) Blackburn.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
merchant;
insurance
business; stockbroker;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1904-05; Powell
County Clerk, 1906-10; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1929-31; defeated,
1930 (7th District), 1932 (at-large).
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Junior
Order; United
Spanish War Veterans; Freemasons.
Died in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., September
20, 1935 (age 65 years, 164
days).
Interment at Stanton
Cemetery, Stanton, Ky.
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Reuben J. Boling (1901-1986) —
of Cloverport, Breckinridge
County, Ky.
Born in Hawesville, Hancock
County, Ky., May 4,
1901.
Son of John C. Boling and Mary Ann (Dawson) Boling.
Republican. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 22nd District, 1934-37.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in July, 1986
(age 85
years, 0 days).
Interment at New Castle Cemetery, New Castle, Ky.
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Ollie James Bowen (1906-1989) —
also known as Ollie J. Bowen —
of Lawrenceburg, Anderson
County, Ky.
Born in Sinai, Anderson
County, Ky., May 20,
1906.
Son of Green Calvin Bowen and Nettie (Shryock) Bowen.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 45th District, 1934-37; member of
Kentucky
state senate 20th District, 1938-41; served in the U.S. Army
during World War II.
Christian.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons; Elks.
Died December
16, 1989 (age 83 years, 210
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1941
to Louise Peek. |
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James Breathitt (1852-1934) —
of Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky.
Born in Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky., September
4, 1852.
Son of John William Breathitt and Catherine (Webber) Breathitt.
Republican. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1883-84, 1887-88; district judge
in Kentucky 3rd District, 1896-1900; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 1904,
1912;
Christian
County Probate Judge, 1905-07; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1908-12.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died February
1, 1934 (age 81 years, 150
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1889
to Olivia Thompson. |
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John Cabell Breckinridge (1821-1875) —
also known as John C. Breckinridge —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born near Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., January
21, 1821.
Son of Joseph
Cabell Breckinridge and Mary Clay (Smith) Breckinridge.
Lawyer;
major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1849-51; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1851-55; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1856;
Vice
President of the United States, 1857-61; Southern Democratic
candidate for President
of the United States, 1860; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1861; general in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; Confederate
Secretary of War, 1865.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Expelled
from the U.S. Senate on December 4, 1861 for his participation in the
Confederate
military. Fled
to Cuba at the end of the war, and lived in England and Canada until
1869.
Died, from lung disease
and liver
cirrhosis, in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., May 17,
1875 (age 54 years, 116
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Robert Jefferson Breckinridge (1800-1871) —
of Kentucky.
Born near Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., March 8,
1800.
Son of John
Breckinridge and Mary Hopkins (Cabell) Breckinridge (1769-1868).
Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1825-28; ordained
minister; president,
Jefferson College (now Washington and Jefferson College), 1845-47; Kentucky
superintendent of public instruction, 1849-53; candidate for delegate to
Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Danville, Boyle
County, Ky., December
22, 1871 (age 71 years, 289
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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William Campbell Preston Breckinridge (1837-1904) —
also known as William C. P. Breckinridge —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., August
28, 1837.
Son of Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge.
Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1876;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1885-95; defeated
(National Democratic), 1896.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
In 1894, he was successfully sued for breach of promise by a former
mistress; he acknowledged the affair, affair, but the scandal
ended his political career.
Died, of apoplexy,
in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., November
18, 1904 (age 67 years, 82
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Henry Luesing Brooks (1905-1971) —
also known as Henry L. Brooks —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., December
9, 1905.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; circuit judge in
Kentucky, 1946-48; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 1948;
U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky, 1954-69; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1969-71; died in
office 1971.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons; Shriners.
Died December
30, 1971 (age 66 years, 21
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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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.
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Relatives:
Married, June 21,
1924, to Virginia Catherine Jackson. |
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John Brown (1757-1837) —
Born in Staunton,
Va., September
12, 1757.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of Virginia
state senate, 1784-88; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1787-88; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1789-92 (at-large 1789-91, 2nd
District 1791-92); U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1792-1805.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., August
29, 1837 (age 79 years, 351
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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John Young Brown, Sr. (1900-1985) —
also known as John Y. Brown —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born near Geigers Lake, Union
County, Ky., February
1, 1900.
Son of Jesse C. Brown and Lucy (Keeper) Brown.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; school
principal; athletic
coach; lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1930-33, 1946-47, 1954-55,
1962-63, 1966-67 (76th District 1930-31, 75th District 1932-33, 49th
District 1946-47, 1954-55, 1962-63, 56th District 1966-67); defeated
in primary, 1973; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky at-large, 1933-35; defeated in
primary, 1980; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1936 (primary), 1942 (primary), 1946, 1948
(primary), 1966; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kentucky, 1936,
1948,
1964
(alternate), 1980;
candidate in primary for Governor of
Kentucky, 1939.
Methodist;
later Christian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Phi
Kappa Tau; Phi
Alpha Delta; Kiwanis;
Freemasons.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., June 16,
1985 (age 85 years, 135
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Wallace Brown (b. 1874) —
of Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky.
Born in Bloomfield, Nelson
County, Ky., October
11, 1874.
Son of George Washington Brown and Margaret Ann (Greer) Brown.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1912, 1934-37; county judge in
Kentucky, 1914-25; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1926-28.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, April 28,
1904, to Nancy Jackson Williams (died 1929). |
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Charles W. Buchanan (b. 1922) —
of Barbourville, Knox
County, Ky.
Born in Barbourville, Knox
County, Ky., October
22, 1922.
Son of G. H. Buchanan and Sarah (Beams) Buchanan.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; insurance
agent; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 87th District, 1954-59; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1960.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Lions.
Still living as of 1960.
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Monroe Leer Buckley (1905-1979) —
also known as Leer Buckley —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Bourbon
County, Ky., February
2, 1905.
Son of Benjamin Franklin Buckley and Corday (Leer) Buckley.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 76th District, 1932-33; member of
Kentucky
state senate 27th District, 1936-39; chair of
Fayette County Republican Party, 1946.
Disciples
of Christ; later Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the Revolution; Phi
Delta Phi; Kappa
Alpha Order; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Junior
Order; Freemasons; Shriners.
Died in January, 1979
(age 73
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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W. E. Burchett (b. 1898) —
of Williamson, Mingo
County, W.Va.
Born in Wonder, Floyd
County, Ky., May 2,
1898.
Democrat. Printing
business; Mingo
County Sheriff, 1937-41; member of West
Virginia state senate 6th District, 1943-45; resigned 1945;
Superintendent, West Virginia Department of Public Safety.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joe F. Burdett (1909-1965) —
of Point Pleasant, Mason
County, W.Va.
Born in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., November
22, 1909.
Son of P. T. Burdett and Carrie (Conner) Burdett.
Democrat. Farmer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; secretary of
state of West Virginia, 1959-63.
Presbyterian.
Member, Moose;
Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Jesters;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sigma Nu.
Died in May, 1965
(age 55
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Virginia Shonk. |
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Walter Alexander Burke (1895-1967) —
also known as W. A. 'Gene' Burke —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Fleming
County, Ky., June 6,
1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; mayor of
Beckley, W.Va., 1946-48, 1950-51; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County; elected
1948, 1952, 1954.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Elks; Moose; American
Legion.
Died in June, 1967
(age about
71 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John M. Burns (b. 1825) —
of Kentucky.
Born March 11,
1825.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1857; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1860; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1872; candidate for
criminal court judge in Kentucky, 1876; circuit judge in Kentucky,
1886; defeated, 1880.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel H. Caddy (c.1884-1959) —
also known as Sam Caddy; "The Grand Old Man of
Kentucky Labor" —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Staffordshire, England,
about 1884.
Democrat. Union
organizer and labor leader;
district
president, United Mine Workers of America; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1936,
1940,
1952.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
United
Mine Workers.
Died, at Good Samaritan Hospital,
Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., January
24, 1959 (age about 75
years).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, 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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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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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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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 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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Tim Lee Carter (1910-1987) —
of Tompkinsville, Monroe
County, Ky.
Born in Tompkinsville, Monroe
County, Ky., September
2, 1910.
Son of James
Clarke Carter and Idru (Tucker) Carter.
Republican. Physician;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1965-81; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1972.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Shriners;
American
Medical Association.
Died in Glasgow, Barren
County, Ky., March 27,
1987 (age 76 years, 206
days).
Interment at Evans-Oak
Hill Cemetery, Tompkinsville, Ky.
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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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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
A. Killough. |
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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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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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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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Green Clay (1757-1826) —
Born August
14, 1757.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of Virginia state legislature, 1788-89; member of Kentucky state
legislature, 1793-94; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1795-98, 1807; delegate to
Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1799; general in the
U.S. Army during the War of 1812.
Member, Freemasons.
Died October
31, 1826 (age 69 years, 78
days).
Interment at White
Hall Family Cemetery, Richmond, Ky.
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Henry Clay (1777-1852) —
also known as "The Sage of Ashland"; "The
Great Compromiser" —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Hanover
County, Va., April 12,
1777.
Son of John Clay and Elizabeth (Hudson) Clay.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1803; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1806-07, 1810-11, 1831-42, 1849-52; died
in office 1852; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1811-14, 1815-21, 1823-25 (5th
District 1811-13, at-large 1813-14, 2nd District 1815-21, 3rd
District 1823-25); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1811-14, 1815-20, 1823-25; candidate for President
of the United States, 1824, 1832 (National Republican), 1844
(Whig); U.S.
Secretary of State, 1825-29; candidate for Whig nomination for
President, 1839.
Member, Freemasons.
In 1809, he fought a duel
with Humphrey
Marshall, in which both men were wounded. Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. His portrait appeared on
some U.S. currency
issued in the 19th or early 20th century.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 29,
1852 (age 75 years, 78
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of John Clay and Elizabeth (Hudson) Clay; first cousin once removed
of Matthew
Clay (1754-1815) and Green
Clay; brother of Porter
Clay; third cousin of Clement
Comer Clay; second cousin of Matthew
Clay (1795?-1827), Brutus
Junius Clay (1808-1878) and Cassius
Marcellus Clay; father of Thomas
Hart Clay and James
Brown Clay; third cousin once removed of Clement
Claiborne Clay, Jr.; granduncle of Ellen Hart Ross (who married
James
Reily); second cousin once removed of Brutus
Junius Clay (1847-1932); grandfather of Henry
Clay (1849-1884). See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Clay counties in Ala., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Kan., Minn., Miss., Mo., Neb., N.C., S.Dak., Tenn., Tex. and W.Va. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Henry
Clay Longnecker
— Henry
Clay Dean
— Henry
Clay Brockmeyer
— Henry
Clay Ewing
— Henry
Clay Caldwell
— Henry
Clay Hall
— Henry
Clay Gooding
— Henry
Clay Naill
— H.
Clay Harris
— Henry
Clay Miner
— Henry
C. Warmouth
— Henry
Clay Cleveland
— H.
Clay Evans
— Henry
C. Payne
— Henry
C. Bates
— Henry
C. McCormick
— Henry
C. Ide
— Henry
C. Simms
— Henry
Clay Ferguson
— Henry
C. Glover
— Henry
C. Hansbrough
— Henry
C. Snodgrass
— H.
Clay Maydwell
— Henry
C. Gleason
— Henry
C. Loudenslager
— H.
Clay Van Voorhis
— Henry
C. Clippinger
— H.
Clay Bascom
— H.
Clay Howard
— Henry
C. Hall
— H.
Clay Crawford
— Henry
Clay Meacham
— H.
Clay Heather
— H.
Clay Suter
— H.
Clay Warth
— Henry
Clay Elwood
— H.
Clay Kennedy
— H.
Clay Needham
— H.
Clay Mace
— H.
Clay Armstrong
— H.
Clay Baldwin
— H.
Clay Haynes
— H.
Clay Burkholder
— Mrs.
H. Clay Kauffman
— Henry
C. Greenberg
— H.
Clay Gardenhire, Jr.
— Henry
Clay Cox
— H. Clay
Myers, Jr.
— H.
Clay Johnson
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Henry Clay: Robert Vincent
Remini, Henry
Clay: Statesman for the Union — Maurice G. Baxter, Henry
Clay the Lawyer — Richard B. Cheney & Lynne V. Cheney,
Kings
Of The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of American
History — Merrill D. Peterson, The
Great Triumvirate: Webster, Clay, and Calhoun |
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Earle Chester Clements (1896-1985) —
also known as Earle C. Clements —
of Morganfield, Union
County, Ky.
Born in Morganfield, Union
County, Ky., October
22, 1896.
Son of Aaron Walker Clements and Sallie Anna (Tuley) Clements.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; farmer; Union
County Sheriff, 1922-26; county judge in Kentucky, 1934; member
of Kentucky
state senate 4th District, 1942-45; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1945-48; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1972;
Governor
of Kentucky, 1948-50; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1950-57.
Christian.
Member, Pi
Kappa Alpha; Elks;
Freemasons; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Morganfield, Union
County, Ky., March 12,
1985 (age 88 years, 141
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Morganfield, 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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Harrison Cockrill (1826-1876) —
of Owsley
County, Ky.
Born in Breathitt
County, Ky., June 18,
1826.
Son of Simon Cockrill.
Member of Kentucky
state senate, 1863-65, 1869-73; county judge in Kentucky;
Presidential Elector for Kentucky, 1868;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 9th District, 1874.
Member, Freemasons.
Died of a (probably) self-inflicted
gunshot
wound May 22,
1876 (age 49 years, 339
days).
Interment at Cockrell
Family Cemetery, Ravenna, Ky.
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Franklin Pierce Combest (1853-1909) —
also known as F. P. Combest —
of Phil, Casey
County, Ky.
Born in Casey
County, Ky., October
10, 1853.
Republican. Surveyor;
school
teacher; banker; merchant;
president, Green River Woolen Mills;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives; elected 1892; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1908.
Member, Freemasons.
He and his brother Liberty Madison Combest incorporated the Green
River Telephone
Company.
Died in Phil, Casey
County, Ky., October
22, 1909 (age 56 years, 12
days).
Interment at Antioch
Christian Church Cemetery, Phil, Ky.
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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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William Henry Craddock (1851-1904) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born near Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., December
25, 1851.
Democrat. Mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 1901-03; candidate for Governor of
Kansas, 1902.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., March 4,
1904 (age 52 years, 70
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Kansas City, Kan.
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Clarence E. Creek (b. 1906) —
of St. Marys, Pleasants
County, W.Va.
Born in Kentucky, April 10,
1906.
Son of Thomas D. Creek and Frances S. (Hale) Creek.
Democrat. Farmer; feed and
farm supply dealer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Pleasants County, 1959-62;
defeated, 1956.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Lions; Farm
Bureau.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Wade H. Crowder, Jr. (b. 1906) —
of Mayfield, Graves
County, Ky.
Born in Mayfield, Graves
County, Ky., October
27, 1906.
Son of Wade H. Crowder and Izora (Burnett) Crowder.
Democrat. County judge in Kentucky, 1938; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1940.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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William J. Crowe, Jr. (1925-2007) —
of Virginia.
Born in La Grange, Oldham
County, Ky., January
2, 1925.
Son of William J. Crowe, Sr.
Admiral, U.S. Navy; Chairman, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1985-89;
U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1994-97.
Member, Freemasons; Council on
Foreign Relations; Trilateral
Commission; Phi
Gamma Delta.
Died, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., October
12, 2007 (age 82 years, 283
days).
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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Dewey Daniel (b. 1898) —
of Hazard, Perry
County, Ky.
Born in Slemp, Perry
County, Ky., March 15,
1898.
Son of Lee Daniel and Susan (Isom) Daniel.
Republican. Postmaster;
insurance
business; banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
Kentucky
Republican state chair, 1958.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Lions.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, May 6,
1926, to Clarine Ross Daniel. |
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John Henry Davidson (1841-1911) —
of Wheatland, Hickory
County, Mo.
Born near Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky., June 26,
1841.
Son of Alfred Love Davidson (1817-1871) and Mary Jane (Adams)
Davidson (1819-1890).
Democrat. Farmer; lawyer;
candidate for Missouri
state house of representatives, 1874, 1876; candidate for Missouri
state senate, 1886.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of pneumonia,
in El Dorado Springs, Cedar
County, Mo., February
10, 1911 (age 69 years, 229
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, El Dorado Springs, Mo.
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Joseph Hamilton Daviess (1774-1811) —
also known as Joe Daviess —
of Danville, Boyle
County, Ky.; Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Bedford
County, Va., March 4,
1774.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1800-06; major in the U.S. Army during the
War of 1812.
Welsh
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Around 1801, he served as a second to John
Rowan in his duel
with James Chambers; after Chambers was killed, he fled
to avoid
prosecution as accomplice to murder,
and became a fugitive,
but when Rowan was arrested, he returned to act as Rowan's legal
counsel.
Shot
and killed
in the Battle of Tippecanoe, in what is now Tippecanoe
County, Ind., November
7, 1811 (age 37 years, 248
days).
Interment at Tippecanoe
Battlefield Park, Battle Ground, Ind.
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Thomas Terry Davis (d. 1807) —
Born in Kentucky.
Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1795-97; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky at-large, 1797-1803; justice of
Indiana territorial supreme court, 1803-07.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Jeffersonville, Clark
County, Ind., November
15, 1807.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles I. Dawson (b. 1881) —
of Pineville, Bell
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Logan
County, Ky., February
13, 1881.
Son of S. N. Dawson and Frances Dawson.
Republican. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1906; Bell
County Attorney, 1910-20; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1920-23; candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 1923; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kentucky, 1924,
1936,
1952;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1950.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Woodmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1905
to Eleanor Hopson. |
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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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Osmer Sage Deming (b. 1838) —
also known as O. S. Deming —
of Kentucky.
Born in Otsego
County, N.Y., December
22, 1838.
County judge in Kentucky, 1872-76; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1876; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Kentucky, 1876;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1879.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons.
Original interment somewhere
in Warren, Ohio; reinterment somewhere
in Mt. Olivet, Ky.
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L. A. DeMunbrun —
of Brownsville, Edmonson
County, Ky.
Born in Brownsville, Edmonson
County, Ky.
Son of A.
A. DeMunbrun and Ellen (Dossey) DeMunbrun.
Republican. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1946; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1948;
U.S. Marshal.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edwin R. Denney (c.1904-1986) —
of Mt. Vernon, Rockcastle
County, Ky.; Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Wayne
County, Ky., about 1904.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 1952;
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, 1953-55; candidate
for Governor of
Kentucky, 1955.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of an apparent heart
attack, at St. Joseph Hospital,
Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., June 22,
1986 (age about 82
years).
Interment at Elk
Spring Cemetery, Monticello, Ky.
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John De Pauw (1785-1838) —
of Washington
County, Ind.
Born in Lincoln
County, Ky., March 11,
1785.
Delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; member of Indiana
state senate, 1816-19, 1825-26, 1829-32; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1819; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1827-28, 1836-37.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Grand Gulf, Claiborne
County, Miss., January
25, 1838 (age 52 years, 320
days).
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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Eldon Steven Dummit (b. 1896) —
also known as Eldon S. Dummit —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Monett, Barry
County, Mo., August 6,
1896.
Son of Flemon R. Dummit and Ludema (Marbut) Dummit.
Republican. Lawyer;
director, Central Exchange Bank; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1944; candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 1947; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kentucky, 1948.
Christian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Phi
Alpha Delta; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Freemasons; Shriners;
Optimist
Club.
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
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William Kirkpatrick Edwards (1820-1878) —
of Indiana.
Born near Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., December
26, 1820.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1846-51, 1859, 1873; Speaker of
the Indiana State House of Representatives, 1873; mayor
of Terre Haute, Ind., 1853-55; Presidential Elector for Indiana,
1860.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., September
26, 1878 (age 57 years, 274
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Robert H. Elder (b. 1877) —
of Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai
County, Idaho.
Born in Marion, Crittenden
County, Ky., September
7, 1877.
Son of James T. Elder and Mary E. (Dowell) Elder.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Idaho, 1912-28; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Idaho, 1936,
1940,
1944
(alternate), 1948
(alternate).
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary; Elks;
Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Elisha Gale English (c.1797-1874) —
of Indiana.
Born in Kentucky, about 1797.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1832-34, 1839-40, 1842-43; member
of Indiana
state senate, 1845-51, 1865-67.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., November
14, 1874 (age about 77
years).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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William Elmer Evans (1876-1959) —
also known as William E. Evans —
of Glendale, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in London, Laurel
County, Ky., November
13, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1924;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1927-35 (9th District 1927-33,
11th District 1933-35); defeated, 1934.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons; Elks.
Died at Good Samaritan Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
12, 1959 (age 82 years, 364
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Samuel Wahl Ezelle III (b. 1920) —
also known as Sam Ezelle —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., July 16,
1920.
Son of Samuel Ezelle and Augusta Mae (Culley) Ezelle.
Democrat. Official,
Ironworkers Union, 1941-46; secretary-treasurer,
Kentucky State Federation of Labor, 1952; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1956,
1964.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Still living as of 1964.
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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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Everett Faulkner (1894-1978) —
of Williamsburg, Whitley
County, Ky.
Born in Whitley
County, Ky., May 16,
1894.
Democrat. Lumber
dealer; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kentucky, 1948,
1952.
Baptist.
Member, Lions;
Freemasons.
Died in August, 1978
(age 84
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Clyde Ferguson (1898-1969) —
also known as Thomas C. Ferguson —
of Henderson, Henderson
County, Ky.
Born in Jasper, Marion
County, Tenn., January
7, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1944
(alternate), 1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons; American
Legion.
Died in 1969
(age about
71 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Jason Fields (1874-1954) —
also known as William J. Fields —
of Olive Hill, Carter
County, Ky.
Born in Willard, Carter
County, Ky., December
29, 1874.
Son of Christopher C. Fields and Alice (Rucker) Fields.
Democrat. Farmer; real estate
dealer; commercial traveler for wholesale
grocers and dry goods;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 9th District, 1911-23; Governor of
Kentucky, 1923-27; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1952.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Grayson, Carter
County, Ky., October
21, 1954 (age 79 years, 296
days).
Interment at Olive
Hill Cemetery, Olive Hill, Ky.
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Charles Finley (1865-1941) —
of Williamsburg, Whitley
County, Ky.
Born in Williamsburg, Whitley
County, Ky., March 26,
1865.
Son of Hugh
Franklin Finley and Jennie Renfro (Moss) Finley.
Republican. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1894; secretary of
state of Kentucky, 1896-1900; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 11th District, 1930-33.
Member, Junior
Order; Rotary;
Freemasons; Shriners.
Among those charged
in 1900 with the murder
of Gov. William
J. Goebel; pardoned
in 1909.
Died in Williamsburg, Whitley
County, Ky., March 18,
1941 (age 75 years, 357
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Williamsburg, Ky.
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Robert Virgil Fletcher (b. 1869) —
also known as R. V. Fletcher —
of Pontotoc, Pontotoc
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Grant
County, Ky., September
27, 1869.
Son of John M. Fletcher and Mary (Luman) Fletcher.
Democrat. Lawyer; Mississippi
state attorney general, 1907-08; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1908-09; appointed 1908; general
attorney, Illinois Central Railroad,
1911.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Virgil Fletcher (b. 1869) —
of Pontotoc, Pontotoc
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Grant
County, Ky., September
27, 1869.
Son of John M. Fletcher and Mary (Luman) Fletcher.
Democrat. Lawyer; Mississippi
state attorney general, 1907-08; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1908-09; general attorney,
Illinois Central Railroad,
1911-19.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Clarence Ford (1882-1961) —
also known as Sam C. Ford —
of Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.
Born in Albany, Clinton
County, Ky., November
7, 1882.
Son of William Ford and Glanora E. (Snow) Ford.
Republican. Lawyer; Montana
state attorney general, 1917-21; justice of
Montana state supreme court, 1929-33; Governor of
Montana, 1941-49; defeated, 1948; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Montana, 1952.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Eagles.
Died November
25, 1961 (age 79 years, 18
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Wayne W. Freeman (b. 1912) —
of Mayfield, Graves
County, Ky.
Born in Symsonia, Graves
County, Ky., December
25, 1912.
Son of Otha Niley Freeman and Lula Mae (Faundaugh) Freeman.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1940-44; member of Kentucky
state senate 1st District, 1952-55; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1960.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Elmer Everett Gabbard (1890-1960) —
also known as Elmer E. Gabbard —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.; Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; Buckhorn, Perry
County, Ky.
Born in Ricetown, Owsley
County, Ky., October
9, 1890.
Son of John L. Gabbard and Jaley (Reynolds) Gabbard.
Republican. Pastor; president,
Witherspoon College, Buckhorn, Ky., 1935-56; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1942, 1944; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1944,
1948.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons.
Died July 17,
1960 (age 69 years, 282
days).
Interment at Berea
Cemetery, Berea, Ky.
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James Garnett (b. 1871) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Columbia, Adair
County, Ky., November
15, 1871.
Son of James Garnett and Mary (Wood) Garnett.
Democrat. Kentucky
state attorney general, 1912-15; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1928.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Henry Gartrell (b. 1914) —
also known as Charles H. Gartrell —
of Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky.
Born in Boyd
County, Ky., July 28,
1914.
Son of Ethelbert Hopkins Gartrell and Helen (Chadwick) Gartrell.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1948,
1952
(alternate).
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Still living as of 1955.
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James Stephen Golden (1891-1971) —
also known as James S. Golden —
of Knox
County, Ky.; Pineville, Bell
County, Ky.
Born in Barbourville, Knox
County, Ky., September
20, 1891.
Son of Capt. Ben B. Golden and Elizabeth (Davis) Golden.
Republican. Lawyer; Knox
County Attorney, 1918-22; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1949-55 (9th District 1949-53, 8th
District 1953-55).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died in Pineville, Bell
County, Ky., September
6, 1971 (age 79 years, 351
days).
Interment at Pineville
Memorial Cemetery, Pineville, Ky.
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William Warring Gordon (1874-1963) —
also known as William W. Gordon —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.
Born in Owen
County, Ky., June 13,
1874.
Member of Kansas state legislature; mayor
of Kansas City, Kan., 1923-26; removed 1926.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Charged
in September 1926 with 25 counts of official
misconduct, and removed from
office as mayor.
Died May 26,
1963 (age 88 years, 347
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Kansas City, Kan.
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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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Lawrence S. Grauman (b. 1897) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., June 3,
1897.
Son of Phil J. Grauman and Dora (Hirsch) Grauman.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,
1940;
common pleas court judge in Kentucky, 1950-55.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Voris Gregory (1877-1936) —
also known as W. Voris Gregory —
of Mayfield, Graves
County, Ky.
Born in Graves
County, Ky., October
21, 1877.
Son of William Jones Gregory and Azilee (Boyd) Gregory.
Democrat. Lawyer; Graves
County Judge, 1913-19; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky, 1919-22; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1927-36 (1st District 1927-33,
at-large 1933-35, 1st District 1935-36); died in office 1936.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen;
Elks; Lions; American Bar
Association.
Died October
10, 1936 (age 58 years, 355
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Mayfield, Ky.
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Alney McLean Hall (1886-1965) —
also known as Alney M. Hall —
of Ramage, Boone
County, W.Va.
Born in Kentucky, April 17,
1886.
Democrat. Member of West
Virginia state senate 7th District, 1943-46.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Moose;
Redmen.
Died April 29,
1965 (age 79 years, 12
days).
Interment at Boone
Memorial Park, Madison, W.Va.
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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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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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Samuel Hanna (1797-1866) —
of Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind.
Born in Scott
County, Ky., October
18, 1797.
Postmaster;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1826-27, 1831-32, 1840-41; member
of Indiana
state senate, 1832-35; delegate to Whig National Convention from
Indiana, 1839; candidate for delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1856.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., June 11,
1866 (age 68 years, 236
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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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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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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John Harvey Hawkins (1848-1915) —
also known as J. H. Hawkins —
of Hillsboro, Fleming
County, Ky.
Born near Morehead, Fleming County (now Rowan
County), Ky., 1848.
Son of Moses R. Hawkins and Martha (Nickell) Hawkins.
Republican. Tavern
owner; merchant;
postmaster;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,
1912.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1915
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Hillsboro
Cemetery, Hillsboro, Ky.
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Relatives:
Married to Jennie 'Patsy Jane' Crain. |
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Lee Hazlewood (1819-1887) —
of Orange
County, Ind.
Born in Stanford, Lincoln
County, Ky., May 24,
1819.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1881.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Valeene, Orange
County, Ind., September
26, 1887 (age 68 years, 125
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Orris L. Head (b. 1877) —
also known as O. L. Head —
of Salisbury, Chariton
County, Mo.; Madison, Jefferson
County, Ind.
Born in Daviess
County, Ky., March 5,
1877.
Son of Cecelius Larue Head (1846-1926) and Mary (Evans) Head.
Hotel
proprietor; tobacco
buyer; mayor of
Madison, Ind., 1943-44.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Paul Herron, Jr. (b. 1924) —
of Henderson, Henderson
County, Ky.
Born April 7,
1924.
Democrat. Real estate
broker; auctioneer;
member of Kentucky
state senate 4th District, 1995-.
Methodist.
Member, Moose; Elks; American
Legion; Freemasons; Shriners.
Still living as of 2004.
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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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Joseph Holman (1788-1873) —
of Indiana.
Born in Woodford
County, Ky., October
1, 1788.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Indiana
territorial House of Representatives, 1815; defeated, 1814; delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1816-18, 1819-22, 1830-31;
defeated, 1839, 1845, 1848; candidate for delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850.
Quaker.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Wayne
County, Ind., April 17,
1873 (age 84 years, 198
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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David S. Holmes, Jr. (1914-1994) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., August
11, 1914.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1959-74 (Wayne County 11th
District 1959-64, 10th District 1965-72, 21st District 1973-74);
defeated in primary, 1954, 1958; resigned 1974; member of Michigan
state senate 4th District, 1974-94; died in office 1994;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1980.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Alpha
Phi Alpha; NAACP.
Died May 21,
1994 (age 79 years, 283
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Enoch Edgar Hume (1844-1911) —
also known as E. Edgar Hume; Edgar Enoch
Hume —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born near Bedford, Trimble
County, Ky., March 24,
1844.
Son of Lewis Hume.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1875-77; mayor
of Frankfort, Ky., 1905-06.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from acute
interstitial nephritis, in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., July 5,
1911 (age 67 years, 103
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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John Ireland (1827-1896) —
also known as "Oxcart John" —
of Texas.
Born near Millerstown, Grayson
County, Ky., January
21, 1827.
Mayor
of Seguin, Tex., 1858; delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861; colonel in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1866; district judge in
Texas, 1866-67; member of Texas
state house of representatives; member of Texas
state senate; justice of
Texas state supreme court, 1875-76; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1878; Governor of
Texas, 1883-87.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died March 5,
1896 (age 69 years, 44
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Stanley Jaggers (b. 1889) —
of Hodgenville, Larue
County, Ky.
Born in Hammonville, Hart
County, Ky., October
12, 1889.
Son of Samuel L. Jaggers and Hilah V. (Lobb) Jaggers.
Republican. Accountant;
postmaster;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1936, 1948; chair of
Larue County Republican Party, 1940-50.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Gertrude M. Gaddie. |
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Gordon W. Jennings (1901-1983) —
of Bromley, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in 1901.
Democrat. Kenton
County Sheriff, 1942-46; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1956.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, in St. Elizabeth South Hospital,
Edgewood, Kenton
County, Ky., March 27,
1983 (age about 81
years).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Fort Mitchell, Ky.
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Relatives:
Married to Dorothy Traylor. |
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Richard Mentor Johnson (1780-1850) —
also known as Richard M. Johnson —
of Great Crossings, Scott
County, Ky.
Born in Jefferson
County, Ky., October
17, 1780.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1804; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1807-19, 1829-37 (4th District
1807-13, at-large 1813-15, 3rd District 1815-19, 5th District
1829-33, 13th District 1833-37); U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1819-29; Vice
President of the United States, 1837-41; defeated, 1840;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1844.
Member, Freemasons.
Died November
19, 1850 (age 70 years, 33
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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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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Philas Stratton Jones (1867-1943) —
also known as Philas S. Jones —
of Wilburton, Latimer
County, Okla.; Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.
Born in Kentucky, September
30, 1867.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 3rd District, 1922; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, 1924.
Baptist.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons.
Died, of arteriosclerosis,
in a hospital
at Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla., July 27,
1943 (age 75 years, 300
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Muskogee, Okla.
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P. Henderson Kelly (b. 1881) —
also known as "Doc" —
of Montgomery, Fayette
County, W.Va.
Born in Whitesburg, Letcher
County, Ky., October
6, 1881.
Democrat. Druggist;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Fayette County, 1947-48,
1953-58.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Peter Kennedy (1829-1903) —
of Indiana.
Born in Bourbon
County, Ky., July 10,
1829.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1875.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons.
Died in Crawfordsville, Montgomery
County, Ind., September
7, 1903 (age 74 years, 59
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Ruby Laffoon (1869-1941) —
of Madisonville, Hopkins
County, Ky.
Born in Madisonville, Hopkins
County, Ky., January
15, 1869.
Son of John Bledsoe Laffoon and Martha (Earle) Laffoon.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Kentucky
state treasurer, 1907; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1921-31; Governor of
Kentucky, 1931-35; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1932,
1940;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Kentucky, 1936.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; Woodmen.
Died in Madisonville, Hopkins
County, Ky., March 1,
1941 (age 72 years, 45
days).
Interment at Grapevine
Cemetery, Madisonville, Ky.
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Joseph Bradford Lancaster (1790-1856) —
also known as Joseph B. Lancaster —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.; Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Kentucky, 1790.
Son of John Lancaster and Catherine (Miles) Lancaster.
Whig. Lawyer; mayor
of Jacksonville, Fla., 1846-47; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1848-50; mayor of
Tampa, Fla., 1856; died in office 1856.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., November
25, 1856 (age about 66
years).
Interment at Oaklawn
Cemetery, Tampa, Fla.
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Marvel Mills Logan (1874-1939) —
also known as M. M. Logan —
of Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky.
Born near Brownsville, Edmonson
County, Ky., January
7, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1916-17; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1926; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1931-39; died in office 1939; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1932,
1936.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
3, 1939 (age 65 years, 269
days).
Interment at Fairview
Baptist Church Cemetery, Near Brownsville, Edmonson County, Ky.
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Urbin Marrs (1802-1875) —
of Indiana.
Born in Logan
County, Ky., March 10,
1802.
Circuit judge in Indiana, 1845-51; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1851-52; served in the Union Army
during the Civil War.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Posey
County, Ind., August
28, 1875 (age 73 years, 171
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, Ind.
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George Brown Martin (1876-1945) —
of Catlettsburg, Boyd
County, Ky.
Born in Prestonsburg, Floyd
County, Ky., August
18, 1876.
Son of Alexander Lackey Martin and Nannie Frances (Brown) Martin.
Democrat. Lawyer;
general counsel and director, Big Sandy and Kentucky River Railway;
director, Standard Elkhorn Coal
Company; director, Clay Gunnell Shoe
Company; Boyd
County Judge, 1904; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1918-19; defeated, 1932; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons; Elks.
Died in 1945
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Catlettsburg
Cemetery, Catlettsburg, Ky.
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Joseph Martin (b. 1892) —
of Edmonton, Metcalfe
County, Ky.
Born near Edmonton, Metcalfe
County, Ky., September
14, 1892.
Son of John Martin and Rintha Jane (Howell) Martin.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1926-30; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Kentucky, 1932;
county judge in Kentucky, 1934-38; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kentucky, 1940;
candidate for Kentucky
state senate 9th District, 1955.
Baptist.
Member, Lions;
Freemasons; Order of the
Eastern Star; American
Legion.
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Bell Maxey (1825-1895) —
of Paris, Lamar
County, Tex.
Born in Tompkinsville, Monroe
County, Ky., March 20,
1825.
Son of Lucy (Bell) Maxey and Rice
Maxey.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of
Texas
state senate; elected 1860; general in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1872; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1875-87.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Eureka Springs, Carroll
County, Ark., August
16, 1895 (age 70 years, 149
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Paris, Tex.
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Andrew Jackson May (1875-1959) —
also known as Andrew J. May —
of Prestonsburg, Floyd
County, Ky.
Born near Langley, Floyd
County, Ky., June 24,
1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; Floyd
County Attorney, 1901-09; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1931-47 (10th District 1931-33,
at-large 1933-35, 7th District 1935-47); defeated, 1928 (10th
District), 1946 (7th District).
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
In 1943, he was briefed about the flaws in the Japanese
anti-submarine munitions; he revealed
this information to the press, and hence to the Japanese, who
quickly improved their depth charges. After the war, this indiscretion
was estimated to have cost the U.S. ten submarines and 800 men. Convicted,
on July 3, 1947, on charges
of accepting
bribes for his influence
in the award of munitions contracts during World War II; served nine
months in prison;
received a full pardon
from President Harry
S. Truman in 1952.
Died in Prestonsburg, Floyd
County, Ky., September
6, 1959 (age 84 years, 74
days).
Interment at Mayo
Cemetery, Prestonsburg, Ky.
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Harry S. McAlpin (b. 1906) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., July 21,
1906.
Son of Harry S. McAlpin, Sr. and Louise (Scott) McAlpin.
Democrat. Newspaper
correspondent; in 1944, was the first
African-American reporter to attend a White House news conference; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1956.
Congregationalist.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Alpha
Phi Alpha; Freemasons; Elks.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1929
to Alice Stokes. |
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Edwin Porch Morrow (1877-1935) —
also known as Edwin P. Morrow —
of Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky.
Born in Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky., November
28, 1877.
Son of Thomas
Zantzinger Morrow and Virginia Catherine (Bradley) Morrow
(1842-1900).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, 1911-14; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1916,
1920,
1928
(alternate), 1932;
Governor
of Kentucky, 1919-23; defeated, 1915; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 9th District, 1934.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died suddenly, from a heart
lesion, in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., June 15,
1935 (age 57 years, 199
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Lafayette Mosher (1824-1890) —
of Oregon.
Born in Latonia Springs, Kenton
County, Ky., September
1, 1824.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Oregon
state legislature; justice of
Oregon state supreme court, 1872-74.
Catholic.
Member, Freemasons; Redmen.
Died March 27,
1890 (age 65 years, 207
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Wirt Newkirk (b. 1854) —
also known as H. Wirt Newkirk —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.; Kentucky; Luther, Lake
County, Mich.; Dexter, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Dexter, Washtenaw
County, Mich., August 1,
1854.
Republican. Lawyer; Bay
County Circuit Court Commissioner, 1881; Lake
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1889-92; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1893-94, 1907-10, 1917-18
(Osceola District 1893-94, Washtenaw County 1st District 1907-10,
1917-18); Washtenaw
County Probate Judge, 1897-1900; mayor
of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1931-33.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1880
to Eleanor J. Birkett. |
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Clement Singleton Nunn (1870-1935) —
also known as Clemm S. Nunn —
of Marion, Crittenden
County, Ky.
Born in Marion, Crittenden
County, Ky., February
1, 1870.
Son of Thomas
Jefferson Nunn.
Democrat. Lawyer; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1914; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1920.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died June 19,
1935 (age 65 years, 138
days).
Interment at Maple
View Cemetery, Marion, Ky.
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John Eugene Osborne (1858-1943) —
also known as John E. Osborne —
of Rawlins, Carbon
County, Wyo.
Born in Westport, Essex
County, N.Y., June 19,
1858.
Son of John C. Osborne and Mary E. (Reil) Osborne.
Democrat. Physician;
member of Wyoming
territorial legislature, 1883-85; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Wyoming, 1892;
member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee, 1916;
Governor
of Wyoming, 1893-95; defeated, 1904; U.S.
Representative from Wyoming at-large, 1897-99; member of Democratic
National Committee from Wyoming, 1900-20; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1918.
Member, Freemasons; Knights
Templar.
Died in Rawlins, Carbon
County, Wyo., April 24,
1943 (age 84 years, 309
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Princeton, Ky.
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Austin Peay IV (1876-1927) —
also known as "The Maker of Modern
Tennessee" —
of Clarksville, Montgomery
County, Tenn.
Born in Christian
County, Ky., June 1,
1876.
Son of Austin Peay and Cornelia Frances (Leavell) Peay.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1901-05; Tennessee
Democratic state chair, 1905; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1916
(Honorary
Vice-President), 1924;
Governor
of Tennessee, 1923-27; died in office 1927.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died, of a cerebral
hemorrhage, at the Governor's
Residence, Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., October
2, 1927 (age 51 years, 123
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Clarksville, Tenn.
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Carl Dewey Perkins (1912-1984) —
also known as Carl D. Perkins —
of Hindman, Knott
County, Ky.
Born in Hindman, Knott
County, Ky., October
15, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1940; served in the U.S. Army
during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1949-84; died in
office 1984.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., August 3,
1984 (age 71 years, 293
days).
Interment at Perkins
Cemetery, Leburn, Ky.
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Thomas Johnson Pickett (1821-1891) —
also known as Thomas J. Pickett —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.; Rock Island
County, Ill.; Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., March 17,
1821.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1856;
member of Illinois
state senate; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1868;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1874.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Ashland, Saunders
County, Neb., December
24, 1891 (age 70 years, 282
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Mark Plummer (b. 1949) —
also known as George M. Plummer —
of Vanceburg, Lewis
County, Ky.
Born, in Mercy Hospital,
Portsmouth, Scioto
County, Ohio, May 20,
1949.
Son of Luther
Karl Plummer and Joan (Chapman) Plummer (1927-1997).
Republican. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 96th District, 1978-82; defeated,
1981; Lewis
County Judge Executive, 1994-2003; Presidential Elector for
Kentucky, 1996.
Christian.
Member, Lions; Elks;
Freemasons.
Still living as of 2006.
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Luther Karl Plummer (1923-1980) —
also known as Luther K. Plummer —
of Vanceburg, Lewis
County, Ky.
Born in Vanceburg, Lewis
County, Ky., March 25,
1923.
Son of Oscar Mitchell Plummer (1882-1958) and Stella Lee (Burriss)
Plummer (1890-1968).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Kentucky
state senate 18th District, 1970-73; defeated, 1973.
Methodist.
Member, Lions; Elks;
Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died, of heart
disease, in Mercy Hospital,
Portsmouth, Scioto
County, Ohio, December
29, 1980 (age 57 years, 279
days).
Interment at Lewis
County Memory Gardens, Vanceburg, Ky.
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Thomas Posey (1750-1818) —
Born in Fairfax
County, Va., July 9,
1750.
Major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1805-06; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1812-13; Governor of
Indiana Territory, 1813-16; candidate for Governor of
Indiana, 1816.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died of typhus
fever in Shawneetown, Gallatin
County, Ill., March 19,
1818 (age 67 years, 253
days).
Interment at Westwood
Cemetery, Shawneetown, Ill.
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James Harvey Ralston (1807-1864) —
also known as James H. Ralston —
of Quincy, Adams
County, Ill.; Sacramento
County, Calif.; Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.; Austin, Lander
County, Nev.
Born in Bourbon
County, Ky., October
12, 1807.
Son of John Ralston and Elizabeth (Neely) Ralston.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; circuit
judge in Illinois 5th Circuit, 1837; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1837-39; Presidential Elector for
Illinois, 1840;
member of Illinois
state senate, 1841-45; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1841; member of Illinois
Democratic State Committee, 1841-46; served in the U.S. Army
during the Mexican War; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of California
state senate, 1853-54; candidate for chief
justice of California state supreme court, 1856; delegate to
Nevada state constitutional convention, 1863.
Member, Freemasons.
Died after becoming lost in a snowstorm,
in Nye
County, Nev., May 8,
1864 (age 56 years, 209
days).
Interment somewhere
in Austin, Nev.
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James Brown Ray (1794-1848) —
of Brookville, Franklin
County, Ind.
Born in Jefferson
County, Ky., February
19, 1794.
Lawyer;
merchant;
tavern
owner; newspaper
publisher; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1821-22; member of Indiana
state senate, 1822-25; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1824, 1831, 1837; Governor of
Indiana, 1825-31.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, August 4,
1848 (age 54 years, 167
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Martin M. Ray (1795-1865) —
of Fayette
County, Ind.; Wayne
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Kentucky, August
29, 1795.
Cabinetmaker;
merchant;
banker;
lawyer;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1826-27, 1834-36; candidate for
Indiana
state senate, 1848.
Methodist.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., May 16,
1865 (age 69 years, 260
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Stanley Forman Reed (1884-1980) —
also known as Stanley F. Reed —
of Maysville, Mason
County, Ky.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Minerva, Mason
County, Ky., December
31, 1884.
Son of Dr. John A. Reed and Frances (Forman) Reed.
Democrat. Lawyer;
counsel, Burley Tobacco
Growers Cooperative Association; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1912-16; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kentucky, 1920,
1936;
U.S. Solicitor General,
1935-38; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1938-57.
Protestant.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons; American Bar
Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Phi.
Died in Huntington, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., April 2,
1980 (age 95 years, 93
days).
Interment at Maysville
Cemetery, Maysville, 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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William W. Roberts (b. 1901) —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Christianburg, Shelby
County, Ky., March 20,
1901.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1935-36.
Baptist.
Member, Elks;
Freemasons; Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Marshall Robsion (1873-1948) —
also known as John M. Robsion —
of Barbourville, Knox
County, Ky.
Born near Berlin, Bracken
County, Ky., January
2, 1873.
Son of John A. Robsion and Mary (Hyland) Robsion.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,
1916,
1928,
1936
(alternate), 1940,
1944;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1919-30, 1935-48 (11th District
1919-30, 9th District 1935-48); died in office 1948; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1930; defeated, 1930.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died February
17, 1948 (age 75 years, 46
days).
Interment at Barbourville
Cemetery, Barbourville, Ky.
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Wiley Blount Rutledge, Jr. (1894-1949) —
also known as Wiley B. Rutledge —
Born in Cloverport, Breckinridge
County, Ky., July 20,
1894.
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1939-43; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1943-49; died in office 1949.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in York, York
County, Maine, September
10, 1949 (age 55 years, 52
days).
Interment at Green
Mountain Cemetery, Boulder, Colo.
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Flemon Davis Sampson (1875-1967) —
also known as Flem D. Sampson —
of Barbourville, Knox
County, Ky.
Born near London, Laurel
County, Ky., January
25, 1875.
Son of Joseph Sampson and Emoline (Kellums) Sampson.
Republican. Knox
County Judge, 1906-10; district judge in Kentucky 34th District,
1912-16; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1917-24; Governor of
Kentucky, 1927-31; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kentucky, 1928,
1932,
1936.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., May 25,
1967 (age 92 years, 120
days).
Interment at Barbourville
Cemetery, Barbourville, Ky.
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Cecil Carlton Sanders (b. 1914) —
of Lancaster, Garrard
County, Ky.
Born in Garrard
County, Ky., March 2,
1914.
Son of James B. Sanders and Suella (Jones) Sanders.
Democrat. School
teacher; athletic
coach; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1953-55; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1955-59.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons; American
Legion; Rotary; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Still living as of 2006.
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James Graves Scrugham (1880-1945) —
also known as James G. Scrugham; J. G.
Scrugham —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., January
19, 1880.
Democrat. University
professor; newspaper
editor and publisher; Governor of
Nevada, 1923-27; defeated, 1926; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1933-42; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1940,
1944;
U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1942-45; died in office 1945.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Eagles.
Died June 23,
1945 (age 65 years, 155
days).
Interment at Masonic
Memorial Gardens, Reno, Nev.
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George F. Shannon (c.1785-1836) —
also known as "Peg Leg" —
of St. Charles, St. Charles
County, Mo.
Born in a log
cabin in Washington
County, Pa., about 1785.
Youngest member of the Lewis
and Clark
expedition, 1804-06; lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1820-24; circuit judge in
Kentucky; U.S.
Attorney for Missouri, 1829-34.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Wounded in a skirmish with Indians in 1807 and lost a
leg. Shannon's Creek, a tributary of the Yellowstone River, is
named
for him.
Died, in a hotel at
Palmyra, Marion
County, Mo., August
30, 1836 (age about 51
years).
Interment at Massey
Mill Cemetery, Near Palmyra, Marion County, Mo.
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William Walker Smith, Jr. (b. 1874) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., November
21, 1874.
Son of William Walker Smith.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Ohio state
house of representatives from Hamilton County, 1902-05; U.S.
Consul General in Santo Domingo, 1914.
Member, Freemasons; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jerry Curtis South (1867-1930) —
also known as Jerry C. South —
of Mountain Home, Baxter
County, Ark.
Born in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., March 24,
1867.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Arkansas state legislature, 1891-1901; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1892,
1896,
1900,
1904,
1908,
1912
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
24, 1930 (age 63 years, 184
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Benjamin F. Stapleton (b. 1873) —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Paintsville, Johnson
County, Ky., November
12, 1873.
Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer;
postmaster;
oil
business; mayor of
Denver, Colo., 1923-31, 1935-47; Colorado
state auditor, 1933-35; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Colorado, 1940.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1917
to Mabel Freeland. |
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Adlai Ewing Stevenson (1835-1914) —
also known as Adlai E. Stevenson —
of Metamora, Woodford
County, Ill.; Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.
Born in Christian
County, Ky., October
23, 1835.
Son of John Turner Stevenson (1808-1857) and Eliza Ann (Ewing)
Stevenson (1809-1889).
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1864;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 13th District, 1875-77, 1879-81;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1884,
1892;
Vice
President of the United States, 1893-97; defeated, 1900;
candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1908.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Delta Theta.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 14,
1914 (age 78 years, 234
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill.
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Andrew Jackson Stewart (1872-1945) —
of Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va.
Born near Louisa, Lawrence
County, Ky., November
26, 1872.
Son of Leander Cox Stewart and Ellen Frances (Savage) Stewart.
Coal mine
superintendent; mayor
of Bluefield, W.Va., 1924-28.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Died, from asthma and
a heart
condition, in Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va., June 12,
1945 (age 72 years, 198
days).
Interment at Monte
Vista Park Cemetery, Bluefield, W.Va.
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Robert Stivers (b. 1961) —
Born December
24, 1961.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state senate 25th District, 1998-.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Still living as of 2004.
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South Strong (1880-1939) —
of Jackson, Breathitt
County, Ky.
Born in Lost Creek, Breathitt
County, Ky., July 23,
1880.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to
Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1912; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1912.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, of pneumonia,
at Jackson, Breathitt
County, Ky., November
29, 1939 (age 59 years, 129
days).
Interment at Combs
Cemetery, Jackson, Ky.
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Jouett Ross Todd (b. 1903) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., May 16,
1903.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1932
(alternate), 1940;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1939; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1942; member of Republican
National Committee from Kentucky, 1944; Treasurer
of Republican National Committee, 1944.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Todd (1765-1826) —
of Kentucky.
Born in King and
Queen County, Va., January
23, 1765.
Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1807-26.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died February
7, 1826 (age 61 years, 15
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Philip Tomppert (1808-1873) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Wurttemberg, Germany,
June
21, 1808.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1865, 1867-69.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from typhoid
fever, in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., October
29, 1873 (age 65 years, 130
days).
Interment at Eastern
Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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David Trimble (c.1779-1842) —
of Mt. Sterling, Montgomery
County, Ky.
Born in Virginia, about 1779.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1817-27.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Greenup
County, Ky., 1842
(age about
63 years).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Greenup, Ky.
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Robert Trimble (1776-1828) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Augusta
County, Va., November
17, 1776.
Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1802; state court judge in
Kentucky, 1807; U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1813-16; federal
judge, 1817; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1826-28.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died August
25, 1828 (age 51 years, 282
days).
Interment at Paris
Cemetery, Paris, Ky.
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Thomas Arthur Turner (1878-1943) —
also known as Arthur Turner —
of Jonesboro, Craighead
County, Ark.; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Corydon, Henderson
County, Ky., February
11, 1878.
Lawyer;
member of Arkansas
state senate, 1908-11.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons; Elks.
Died, of arteriosclerosis,
in a hospital
at San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., October
22, 1943 (age 65 years, 253
days).
Interment at Glen
Abbey Memorial Park, San Diego, Calif.
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Paris Roscoe Vanover, Sr. (1863-1927) —
also known as Roscoe Vanover, Sr. —
Born in Wise
County, Va., September
7, 1863.
Son of John Hill Vanover (died 1901) and Keziah (Landireth) Vanover
(died 1893).
Republican. Lawyer;
circuit judge in Kentucky 35th District, 1920-21.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons; Odd
Fellows.
Died, from a gall
bladder infection, in Pike
County, Ky., September
18, 1927 (age 64 years, 11
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Ralph Vincent, Sr. (c.1925-2003) —
also known as William R. Vincent; Bill
Vincent —
of Leitchfield, Grayson
County, Ky.
Born in Bee Springs, Edmonson
County, Ky., about 1925.
Son of Hillery Vincent and Mattie Meredith Vincent.
Democrat. Clothing
merchant; candidate in primary for Kentucky
state senate 5th District, 1975; Kentucky director for
Agricultural Conservation and Stabilization Service.
Baptist.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons.
Died, in St. Joseph Hospital,
Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., October
22, 2003 (age about 78
years).
Interment at Sweeden
Cemetery, Sweeden, Ky.
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Frederick Moore Vinson (1890-1953) —
also known as Fred M. Vinson —
of Louisa, Lawrence
County, Ky.; Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky.
Born in Louisa, Lawrence
County, Ky., January
22, 1890.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1924-29, 1931-38 (9th District
1924-29, 1931-33, at-large 1933-35, 8th District 1935-38); defeated,
1928; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1936;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1938-43; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1945-46; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1946-53; died in office 1953.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Phi
Delta Theta.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
8, 1953 (age 63 years, 229
days).
Interment at Pinehill
Cemetery, Louisa, Ky.
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Frederick Bernard Wachs (1897-1974) —
also known as Fred B. Wachs —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., October
22, 1897.
Son of Selmar Wachs and Emma (Niemeyer) Wachs.
Republican. Newspaper
editor; treasurer of
Kentucky Republican Party, 1930-67; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1960.
Presbyterian.
Member, Jaycees;
Omicron
Delta Kappa; Sigma
Delta Chi; Freemasons; Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Newcomen
Society.
Died in 1974
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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John Leonard Walker (b. 1906) —
also known as J. Leonard Walker —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Jefferson
County, Ky., November
21, 1906.
Son of Edgar Walker and Catherine (Burke) Walker.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Kentucky
state attorney general, 1951; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky, 1954-59.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons; Shriners.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Orie Solomon Ware (1882-1974) —
also known as Orie S. Ware —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Peach Grove, Pendleton
County, Ky., May 11,
1882.
Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1927-29.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in Fort Mitchell, Kenton
County, Ky., December
16, 1974 (age 92 years, 219
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Fort Mitchell, Ky.
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Harry Lee Waterfield (1911-1988) —
of Clinton, Hickman
County, Ky.
Born in Calloway
County, Ky., January
19, 1911.
Son of Burnett Waterfield and Lois (Burton) Waterfield.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1938-47, 1950-51; Speaker of
the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1944-46; candidate
for Governor of
Kentucky, 1947, 1959 (Democratic); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1948,
1956,
1964;
Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1955-59, 1963-67; secretary of
Kentucky Democratic Party, 1956-60.
Christian.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Freemasons; Rotary.
Died in 1988
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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John Stanley Webster (1877-1962) —
also known as J. Stanley Webster —
of Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.
Born in Cynthiana, Harrison
County, Ky., February
22, 1877.
Republican. Superior court judge in Washington, 1909-16; justice of
Washington state supreme court, 1916-18; U.S.
Representative from Washington 5th District, 1919-23; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington, 1923-39.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash., December
24, 1962 (age 85 years, 305
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Oakesdale
Cemetery, Oakesdale, Wash.
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Lynn Boyd Wells (b. 1893) —
also known as Lynn B. Wells —
of West Liberty, Morgan
County, Ky.
Born in West Liberty, Morgan
County, Ky., January
29, 1893.
Son of Edward Granvil Wells and Arzelda (Keeton) Wells.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
elected Kentucky
state house of representatives 75th District 1955.
Church
of Christ. Member, Freemasons; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Jewel D. Johnson. |
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George Post Wheeler (1869-1956) —
also known as Post Wheeler —
Born in Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y., August 6,
1869.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Paraguay, 1930-33; Albania, 1933-34; poet.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in 1956
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Hopkinsville, Ky.
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Otis White (b. 1887) —
of Morgantown, Butler
County, Ky.
Born in Gilstrap, Butler
County, Ky., September
26, 1887.
Son of Woodford H. White and Rose Ann (Cook) White.
Republican. Butler
County Judge, 1927-34; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1936-40; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1940-42; Butler
County Attorney, 1942-46; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1944.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Lions.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Bettie House. |
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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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Bailey Peyton Wootton (1870-1949) —
also known as Bailey P. Wootton —
of Hazard, Perry
County, Ky.
Born in Muhlenberg
County, Ky., May 20,
1870.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1916;
Kentucky
state attorney general, 1932-36; candidate in primary for Governor of
Kentucky, 1935.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of cancer, in
Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., April 16,
1949 (age 78 years, 331
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Marvin Lee Worthington (1940-2000) —
also known as Marvin L. Worthington; Pete
Worthington —
of Washington, Mason
County, Ky.
Born December
5, 1940.
Engineer;
farmer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1978-2000; died in office 2000.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons; Farm
Bureau; Odd
Fellows.
Charged
with drunken
driving
and speeding
in Fayette County, Ky., in 1992; pleaded
guilty to a reduced charge of
reckless
driving.
Driving on U.S. Highway 68 while intoxicated, he crossed the center
line and collided
with another car; both he and the other driver (Sherri Commodore
Chambers) were killed, near Mayslick, Mason
County, Ky., October
12, 2000 (age 59 years, 312
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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