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William Marshall Anderson (1807-1881) —
also known as W. Marshall Anderson —
of Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio; Circleville, Pickaway
County, Ohio.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., January
24, 1807.
Son of Richard Anderson and Sarah (Marshall) Anderson.
Lawyer;
explorer; surveyor;
candidate for Congress from Ohio.
Catholic.
Died in Ohio, January
7, 1881 (age 73 years, 349
days).
Interment at Oak
Dale Cemetery, Urbana, Ohio.
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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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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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Cap Robert Carden (1866-1935) —
also known as Cap R. Carden —
of Munfordville, Hart
County, Ky.
Born in Hart
County, Ky., December
17, 1866.
Son of William P. Carden and Frances (King) Carden.
Democrat. Lawyer;
business executive; farmer; Hart
County Sheriff; Hart
County Attorney; organized Glenbrook Power
Company and Munfordville Bridge Company; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1931-35 (4th District 1931-33,
at-large 1933-35, 4th District 1935); died in office 1935.
Baptist.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., June 13,
1935 (age 68 years, 178
days).
Interment at Munfordville
Cemetery, Munfordville, Ky.
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Leonard Evans Carson (1900-1972) —
also known as Leonard Carson —
of Crab Orchard, Lincoln
County, Ky.
Born in Turnersville, Lincoln
County, Ky., July 4,
1900.
Son of James Thomas Carson and Susie Belle (Carter) Carson.
Democrat. Farmer; horseman;
state government employee; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 42nd District, 1938-39.
Died, in Haggin Memorial Hospital,
Harrodsburg, Mercer
County, Ky., February
9, 1972 (age 71 years, 220
days).
Interment at Buffalo
Springs Cemetery, Stanford, Ky.
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Thomas Graham (b. 1901) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in West Union, Fayette
County, Iowa, January
12, 1901.
Son of Rev. Thomas J. Graham and Elizabeth Malcolm (Connor) Graham.
Democrat. Business executive; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1948;
candidate for mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1948.
Episcopalian.
Member, Urban
League; Sigma
Chi; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, June 20,
1931, to Charlotte Lawrence Henriques. |
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William F. Paxton —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.
Republican. Business executive; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kentucky, 1952,
1964.
Still living as of 1964.
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William Swift (b. 1794) —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Massachusetts, 1794.
Candle manufacturer; librarian;
mayor
of Lexington, Ky., 1855-58.
English
ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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David S. Van Alstyne, Jr. (b. 1897) —
of Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., January
3, 1897.
Son of David Van Alstyne and Ella (Peay) Van Alstyne.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; investment
banker; stockbroker; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1940-41;
member of New Jersey
state senate from Bergen County, 1944-53; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1944,
1948,
1952;
delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Bergen County,
1947.
Presbyterian.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, Sons of
the Revolution; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Burial
location unknown.
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Wayne Edward Whitfield (b. 1943) —
also known as W. Edward Whitfield; Ed
Whitfield —
of Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky.
Born in Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky., May 25,
1943.
Lawyer;
business executive; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 8th District, 1973-75; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1995-.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2009.
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John A. Yarmuth (b. 1947) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., November
4, 1947.
Democrat. Staff member, U.S. Sen. Marlow
Cook, 1971-75; writer; television
journalist; stockbroker; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 2007-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 2008.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2009.
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