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William Breckinridge Ardery (1887-1967) —
also known as William B. Ardery —
of Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky.
Born near Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky., August
11, 1887.
Son of William Porter Ardery and Mary Ella (Adair) Ardery.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 73rd District, 1930-31; candidate
for nomination for Governor of
Kentucky, 1931; circuit judge in Kentucky 14th District, 1936-67.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Judicature Society; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died of a heart
attack, in Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky., July 25,
1967 (age 79 years, 348
days).
Interment at Paris
Cemetery, Paris, Ky.
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Henry Arrowood (1896-1960) —
of Paintsville, Johnson
County, Ky.
Born in River, Johnson
County, Ky., November
11, 1896.
Son of Mary Jane (Daniels) Arrowood (1873-1963) and Andrew Jackson
Arrowood (1874-1931).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; newspaper
editor and publisher; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1942-47, 1952-53 (91st District
1942-43, 98th District 1944-47, 1952-53).
Baptist.
Member, Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans.
Died in Johnson
County, Ky., November
12, 1960 (age 64 years, 1
days).
Interment at Denny
Pigg Cemetery, Johnson 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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Robert Worth Bingham (1871-1937) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Glenview, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Orange
County, N.C., November
8, 1871.
Son of Col. Robert Bingham and Delphine Louise (Worth) Bingham.
Lawyer;
publisher of Louisville Courier-Journal newspaper; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1907; Republican candidate for Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1910; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1911;
U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1933-37.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of
the American Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Tau Omega.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., December
18, 1937 (age 66 years, 40
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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William O'Rear Blackerby (b. 1853) —
of Brooksville, Bracken
County, Ky.
Born in Brick, Bracken
County, Ky., September
20, 1853.
Son of Dr. Jeduthan O'Rear Blackerby and Sarah Jane (Linn) Blackerby.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor and publisher; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1882-83; Bracken
County Attorney.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Jeduthan O'Rear Blackerby and Sarah Jane (Linn) Blackerby;
married, November
23, 1881, to Louise Cecelia Gilmore; father of Irene Buckner
Blackerby (who married Albert
W. Ross). |
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Vincent Boreing (1839-1903) —
of London, Laurel
County, Ky.
Born near Jonesborough, Washington
County, Tenn., November
24, 1839.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
newspaper publisher; banker;
county judge in Kentucky, 1886; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 11th District, 1899-1903; died in
office 1903.
Methodist.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in London, Laurel
County, Ky., September
16, 1903 (age 63 years, 296
days).
Interment at A.R.
Dyche Memorial Park, London, Ky.
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Daniel Bradford —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Son of John Bradford (1749-1830) and Eliza (James) Bradford.
Newspaper editor; mayor
of Lexington, Ky., 1841.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Francis Bradshaw (b. 1878) —
also known as William F. Bradshaw —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.
Born in Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky., September
17, 1878.
Son of William Francis Bradshaw and Virginia (Wheeler) Bradshaw.
Democrat. Lawyer;
president, Mechanics Trust and Savings Bank,
Paducah; president, First National Bank;
vice-president, Paducah Newspapers, Inc.; vice-president,
Paducah Hosiery
Mills; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,
1928.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Theta.
Burial
location unknown.
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Desha Breckinridge (1867-1935) —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., August 5,
1867.
Son of William
Campbell Preston Breckinridge and Issa (Desha) Breckinridge
(1843-1892).
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor and publisher; director, the First National
Bank of
Lexington; director, Fayette Home Telephone
Company; director, Phoenix Hotel
Company; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1920,
1928,
1932.
Presbyterian.
Died February
18, 1935 (age 67 years, 197
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Joseph Little Bristow (1861-1944) —
also known as Joseph L. Bristow —
of Salina, Saline
County, Kan.
Born near Hazel Green, Wolfe
County, Ky., July 22,
1861.
Son of William Bristow and Savannah (Little) Bristow.
Republican. Newspaper editor; secretary of
Kansas Republican Party, 1894-98; private secretary to Gov. Edmund
N. Morrill, 1895-97; special commander of Panama Railroad,
1905; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1909-15.
Methodist.
Died in Fairfax
County, Va., July 14,
1944 (age 82 years, 358
days).
Interment at Gypsum
Hill Cemetery, Salina, Kan.
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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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Louis Brownlow (b. 1879) —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.; Washington,
D.C.; Petersburg,
Va.; Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Buffalo, Dallas
County, Mo., August
20, 1879.
Son of Robert Sims Brownlow and Ruth Adelia (Amis) Brownlow.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1915-20; President
of the District of Columbia Board of Commissioners, 1917-20;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,
1916
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); city manager, Petersburg, Va.,
1920-23; city manager, Knoxville, Tenn., 1924-26.
Member, American
Public Health Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Solomon Saladin Calhoon (1838-1908) —
also known as S. S. Calhoon —
of Yazoo City, Yazoo
County, Miss.; Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark.; Canton, Madison
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born near Brandenburg, Meade
County, Ky., January
2, 1838.
Son of George
Calhoon and Louisiana (Brandenburg) Calhoon.
Democrat. Lawyer;
private secretary to Gov. William
McWillie, 1857; newspaper editor; colonel in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; circuit judge in Mississippi,
1876-82; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi,
1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); delegate to
Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1890; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1900-08; appointed 1900; died in
office 1908.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish
and German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died November
10, 1908 (age 70 years, 313
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Cassius Marcellus Clay (1810-1903) —
also known as Cassius M. Clay; "The Lion of White
Hall" —
of Madison
County, Ky.
Born in Madison
County, Ky., October
19, 1810.
Son of Green
Clay.
Probably the best-known Southern emancipationist; freed his own
slaves in 1844 and edited the only Southern antislavery
newspaper in 1845-47.; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1835-37, 1840; delegate to Whig
National Convention from Kentucky, 1839 (speaker); shot
point-blank during a speech in 1843, he used a Bowie knife to cut off
the attacker's ear and nose and cut out one eye; tried for
mayhem
and found not guilty; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;
candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1860;
U.S. Minister to Russia, 1861-62, 1863-69; general in the Union Army during the
Civil War.
Died, of kidney
failure, in Madison
County, Ky., July 22,
1903 (age 92 years, 276
days).
Interment at Richmond
Cemetery, Richmond, Ky.
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Wade H. Ellis (b. 1866) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., December
31, 1866.
Son of A. C. Ellis and Kate (Blackburn) Ellis.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; Ohio
state attorney general, 1904-08; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Ohio, 1908.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sons of
the American Revolution; Union
League.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Draper Erwin (b. 1883) —
also known as John D. Erwin —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born in Meador, Allen
County, Ky., November
14, 1883.
Son of James Erwin and Ella (Moore) Erwin.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; secretary to U.S. Sen. John
K. Shields, 1913, and to U.S. Sen. Luke
Lea, 1913-17; U.S. Minister to Honduras, 1937-43; U.S. Ambassador to Honduras, 1943, 1951.
Burial
location unknown.
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Larry Flynt (b. 1942) —
also known as "The King of Smut" —
of California.
Born in Salyersville, Magoffin
County, Ky., November
1, 1942.
Democrat. Owner of night
clubs; publisher of Hustler, a pornographic
magazine; convicted
in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1977 on obscenity
and organized
crime charges,
and sentenced
to 25 years in prison,
but the verdict was overturned on appeal; shot by a
sniper in Lawrenceville, Georgia, 1978, and paralyzed
from the waist down; candidate for Governor of
California, 2003.
Atheist.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Cassius Goodloe (1841-1889) —
also known as W. Cassius Goodloe —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Madison
County, Ky., June 27,
1841.
Son of D. I. Goodloe.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 1868,
1872
(delegation chair), 1884,
1888;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1871; defeated, 1867; member of
Republican
National Committee from Kentucky, 1872-; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1873; candidate for Kentucky
state attorney general, 1875; U.S. Minister to Belgium, 1878-80.
Episcopalian.
Member, Loyal
Legion.
During a violent encounter in the lobby of the Lexington Post
Office, he repeatedly
stabbed and ultimately killed a political enemy, Col. Armistead
Swope, who meanwhile shot and
badly
wounded him; before any prosecution
could ensue, he died of his own wounds two days later, in the Phoenix
Hotel,
Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., November
8, 1889 (age 48 years, 134
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Robert Hayes Gore (1886-1972) —
also known as Robert H. Gore —
of Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.; Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Knottsville, Daviess
County, Ky., May 24,
1886.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; Governor of
Puerto Rico, 1933-34; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1944.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., December
26, 1972 (age 86 years, 216
days).
Interment at Lauderdale
Memorial Park, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
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Bruce Haldeman (b. 1862) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Glenview, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., November
5, 1862.
Son of Walter Newman Haldeman and Elizabeth (Metcalfe) Haldeman.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; delegate to
Kentucky convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Presbyterian.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Birch Haldeman (1846-1924) —
also known as William B. Haldeman —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., July 27,
1846.
Son of Walter Newman Haldeman (1821-1902).
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
newspaper editor; member of Kentucky
Democratic State Central Committee, 1884-90; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1896,
1908,
1912;
Adjutant
General of Kentucky, 1911-12; member of Democratic
National Committee from Kentucky, 1918-20.
Presbyterian.
Member, United
Confederate Veterans.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., October
27, 1924 (age 78 years, 92
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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William Louis Kelly (b. 1839) —
also known as William L. Kelly —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Springfield, Washington
County, Ky., August
27, 1839.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; farmer;
newspaper editor; lawyer;
district judge in Minnesota 2nd District, 1887-1917.
Burial
location unknown.
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George W. Lane (b. 1812) —
of Aurora, Dearborn
County, Ind.
Born in Burlington, Boone
County, Ky., November
7, 1812.
Son of Amos
Lane and Mary (Foote) Lane.
Newspaper publisher; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1847, 1856; assistant Treasurer
of the United States; superintendent of the U.S. Mint at Denver,
Colorado.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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John Alexander McClernand (1812-1900) —
also known as John A. McClernand —
of Shawneetown, Gallatin
County, Ill.; Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Breckinridge
County, Ky., May 30,
1812.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; newspaper
publisher; Presidential Elector for Illinois, 1840,
1852;
member of Illinois
Democratic State Committee, 1841-46, 1852-56; member of Illinois
state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1843-51, 1859-61 (2nd District
1843-51, 6th District 1859-61); general in the Union Army during the
Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1876
(Convention
President; member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker).
Died in 1900
(age about
88 years).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
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David A. Mims (1833-1901) —
of Garden City, Finney
County, Kan.
Born in Pikeville, Pike
County, Ky., April 18,
1833.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
editor; mayor
of Garden City, Kan..
Died August
29, 1901 (age 68 years, 133
days).
Interment at Valley
View Cemetery, Garden City, Kan.
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Charles Patrick Joseph Mooney (b. 1865) —
also known as C. P. J. Mooney —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Bardstown Junction, Bullitt
County, Ky., September
15, 1865.
Son of John Francis Mooney and Hannah (Spraggins) Mooney.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Tennessee, 1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
Catholic.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, June 6,
1891, to Corinne G'Sell O'Connor. |
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Benjamin Sedgwick Noble (1805-1837) —
of Franklin
County, Ind.
Born in Campbell
County, Ky., April 19,
1805.
Son of James
Noble.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1829-30, 1831-32, 1833-34;
defeated, 1834.
Died in Brookville, Franklin
County, Ind., January
26, 1837 (age 31 years, 282
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Harrison Gray Otis (1837-1917) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Washington
County, Ohio, February
10, 1837.
Son of Sarah (Dyer) Otis (1789-1879) and Stephen Otis (born 1784).
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,
1860;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
publisher; general in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American
War.
Died, from a rupture of the
heart, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 30,
1917 (age 80 years, 170
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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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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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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Jae Spears —
also known as Jae Marshall —
of Elkins, Randolph
County, W.Va.
Born in Kenton
County, Ky.
Daughter of James Marshall and Sylvia (Fox) Marshall.
Democrat. School
teacher; newspaper work; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates 30th District; elected 1974,
1976, 1978; member of West
Virginia state senate 12th District, 1981-92.
Female.
Christian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Gamma; Theta
Sigma Phi; Daughters of the
American Revolution; American
Legion Auxiliary.
Still living as of 1992.
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Relatives:
Married to Lawrence E. Spears. |
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Richard Henry Stanton (1812-1891) —
also known as Richard H. Stanton —
of Maysville, Mason
County, Ky.
Born in Alexandria, D.C. (now Va.), September
9, 1812.
Son of Richard Stanton and Harriet (Perry) Stanton.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; postmaster;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1844,
1852,
1868;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1849-55; defeated,
1855; Presidential Elector for Kentucky, 1856;
circuit judge in Kentucky, 1868-74.
Died in Maysville, Mason
County, Ky., March 20,
1891 (age 78 years, 192
days).
Interment at Maysville
Cemetery, Maysville, 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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Walter Walker (1883-1956) —
of Grand Junction, Mesa
County, Colo.
Born in Marion, Crittenden
County, Ky., April 3,
1883.
Son of Robert Clement Walker and Martha (Brown) Walker.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1924,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1948,
1952;
Colorado
Democratic state chair, 1930-32; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1932; appointed 1932; Presidential Elector
for Colorado, 1936.
Protestant.
Member, Elks; Woodmen;
Rotary;
Newcomen
Society.
Died in Grand Junction, Mesa
County, Colo., October
8, 1956 (age 73 years, 188
days).
Interment at Orchard
Mesa Cemetery, Grand Junction, Colo.
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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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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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Urey Woodson (1859-1939) —
of Owensboro, Daviess
County, Ky.
Born in Madisonville, Hopkins
County, Ky., August
16, 1859.
Son of Samuel Charles Woodson (1825-1907) and Rebecca Jane
(Hawthorne) Woodson.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; Kentucky
railroad commissioner, 1891-95; member of Democratic
National Committee from Kentucky, 1896-1912, 1916-18, 1924-28; Secretary
of Democratic National Committee, 1904-12; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1932;
Convention Secretary, 1908,
1912.
Presbyterian.
Died in Owensboro, Daviess
County, Ky., August 6,
1939 (age 79 years, 355
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Elmwood Cemetery, Owensboro, Ky.
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Robert C. Yount (b. 1909) —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born in Benson Valley (unknown
county), Ky., April 21,
1909.
Son of Roy O. Yount and Henrietta (Nicol) Yount.
Democrat. College band
director, newspaper circulation manager; garage
owner; real estate
business; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; mayor
of Frankfort, Ky., 1953-57.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Kiwanis.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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