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Philip Pendleton Ardery (b. 1914) —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., March 6,
1914.
Son of William
Breckinridge Ardery and Julia
Hoge Spencer Ardery.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; candidate in
primary for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1946.
Disciples
of Christ; later Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American Bar
Association; Phi Delta Theta.
Still living as of 2001.
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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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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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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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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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Charles Burke Elbrick (1908-1983) —
also known as C. Burke Elbrick —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., March 25,
1908.
Son of Charles J. Elbrick and Lillian (Burke) Elbrick.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Panama, 1931-32; Southampton, 1932-34; Port-au-Prince, 1937; Lisbon, 1940-41; U.S. Consul in Warsaw, 1945; U.S. Ambassador to Portugal, 1958-63; Yugoslavia, 1964; Brazil, 1969-70.
Member, Phi Delta Theta.
Died in 1983
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Brookside
Cemetery, Gilbertsville, N.Y.
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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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King Swope (1893-1961) —
of Danville, Boyle
County, Ky.; Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Danville, Boyle
County, Ky., August
10, 1893.
Son of James H. Swope and Mary Jessie (King) Swope.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Kentucky, 1916;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1919-21; defeated,
1920; state court judge in Kentucky, 1931; candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 1935, 1939; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kentucky, 1936,
1940,
1944.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Phi Delta Theta; Elks.
Died in 1961
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, 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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