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Charles Edward Allen (1891-1935) —
also known as Charles E. Allen —
of Maysville, Mason
County, Ky.
Born in Foster, Bracken
County, Ky., April 13,
1891.
Son of Benjamin Beverly Bruce Allen and Florence (Craig) Allen.
School
teacher and principal; railway clerk; Foreign Service
officer; U.S. Consular Agent in Adrianople, 1915-16; U.S. Vice Consul in Constantinople, 1916-17, 1919; Algiers, 1917-18; Nantes, 1918-19; U.S. Consul in Constantinople, 1919-21, 1923-29; Damascus, 1921-23; Istanbul, 1932; Gibraltar, 1934-35, died in office 1935.
Died, from nephritis,
in Gibraltar, Gibraltar,
April
8, 1935 (age 43 years, 360
days).
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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Victor Anderville Bradley (b. 1885) —
also known as Victor Bradley —
of Georgetown, Scott
County, Ky.
Born in Georgetown, Scott
County, Ky., June 30,
1885.
Son of Victor F. Bradley and Mary (Craig) Bradley.
Democrat. Lawyer;
attorney for railroads and utilities;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,
1920.
Christian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edward Thompson Breathitt, Jr. (1924-2003) —
also known as Edward T. Breathitt; Ned
Breathitt —
of Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky.
Born in Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky., November
26, 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 9th District, 1952-57; Governor of
Kentucky, 1963-67; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1964,
1972,
1980;
counsel and vice-president, Southern Railway System.
Methodist.
Member, Jaycees;
Kiwanis;
Elks; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died October
11, 2003 (age 78 years, 319
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Hopkinsville, 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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Charles W. Burnley (d. 1969) —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.
Democrat. Railroad work; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 4th District, 1944-57.
Died October
5, 1969.
Burial
location unknown.
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Cassius M. Clay (1895-1959) —
of Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky.
Born in Bourbon
County, Ky., March 2,
1895.
Son of Cassius
M. Clay (1850?-?) and Mary Blythe (Harris) Clay.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; farmer;
general solicitor, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, 1941-45; member
of Kentucky
state house of representatives 67th District, 1954-55; member of
Kentucky
state senate 28th District, 1958-59; died in office 1959.
Christian.
Member, American
Legion; Farm
Bureau; Phi
Beta Kappa; Beta
Theta Pi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died November
26, 1959 (age 64 years, 269
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas F. Donnelly (1870-1955) —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., 1870.
Railway conductor; mayor
of Covington, Ky., 1920-23, 1928-31.
Died in 1955
(age about
85 years).
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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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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Richard Livingston Goode (b. 1855) —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Henry
County, Ky., February
4, 1855.
Son of William Thomas Goode and Martitia Elizabeth (Guthrie) Goode.
Democrat. Lawyer;
attorney for railroad; Judge, Missouri Court of
Appeals, 1901-10; law
professor.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Guthrie (1792-1869) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born near Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky., December
5, 1792.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1827-29; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1831-40; delegate to
Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1853-57; president, Louisville and
Nashville Railroad, 1860-68; president,
University of Louisville; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1860;
candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1864;
U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1865-68.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., March 13,
1869 (age 76 years, 98
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Samuel D. Kennady (b. 1823) —
of Owensboro, Daviess
County, Ky.
Born July 3,
1823.
Son of Isaac Kennady (died 1844) and Lydia (Dyson) Kennady.
Merchant;
mayor
of Owensboro, Ky., 1866-72; president, Owensboro and Evansville
Telegraph
Company; president, Owensboro and Russellville Railroad; insurance
business.
Baptist.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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John J. Moloney (b. 1904) —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., 1904.
Railroad work; mayor
of Covington, Ky., 1952-55, 1960-63; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1966.
Burial
location unknown.
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Daniel A. O'Donovan (1874-1943) —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., 1874.
Railroad switchman; mayor
of Covington, Ky., 1924-27; member of Kentucky state legislature.
Died in 1943
(age about
69 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Elisha David Standiford (1831-1887) —
of Kentucky.
Born near Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., December
28, 1831.
Democrat. Physician;
farmer;
member of Kentucky
state senate, 1868, 1871; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1873-75; president,
Louisville & Nashville Railroad, 1875-79.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., July 26,
1887 (age 55 years, 210
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Benjamin Franklin Terry (1821-1861) —
also known as Frank Terry —
Born in Russellville, Logan
County, Ky., February
18, 1821.
Son of Joseph Royal Terry (1792-1877) and Sarah David (Smith) Terry
(1793-1837).
Planter;
in 1844, he was attacked
by two rebellious slaves with knives and axes; railroad
builder; delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861; colonel in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
Shot
and killed in
action while leading Terry's Texas Rangers at the battle of
Woodsonville (also called Rowlett's Station), in Hart
County, Ky., December
17, 1861 (age 40 years, 302
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Fort Bend County, Tex.; reinterment
in 1880 at Glenwood
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Edgar Paul Warinner (b. 1909) —
also known as Ed P. Warinner —
of Albany, Clinton
County, Ky.
Born in Seventy-Six, Clinton
County, Ky., August
18, 1909.
Son of J. A. Warinner and Pearl (Meadows) Warinner.
Republican. Farmer;
railroad clerk and bookkeeper; owner of motel, service
station, boat dock,
grocery;
chairman, Citizens Bank of
Albany; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1951-55; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 1952.
Baptist.
Member, Lions.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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John McDowell Woodson (b. 1834) —
also known as John M. Woodson —
of Carrollton, Greene
County, Ill.; Carlinville, Macoupin
County, Ill.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky., June 5,
1834.
Son of David
Meade Woodson and Lucy Nash (McDowell) Woodson.
Engineer;
lawyer;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention Greene County, 1862;
member of Illinois
state senate, 1867-69; attorney for several railroads.
Burial
location unknown.
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