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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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Homer Arnett (1903-1985) —
of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich.
Born in Salyersville, Magoffin
County, Ky., January
29, 1903.
Republican. School teacher; lawyer;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1952; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1957-66 (Kalamazoo County 1st
District 1957-64, 46th District 1965-66); defeated in primary, 1966.
Methodist.
Died in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., May 9,
1985 (age 82 years, 100
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Mich.
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Iola Kelley Banks (1933-2002) —
also known as Iola Banks —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska; Kenai, Kenai
Peninsula Borough, Alaska.
Born in Arcadia, Bienville
Parish, La., August
10, 1933.
Democrat. School teacher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alaska, 1976,
1980,
2000.
Female.
Baptist
or Methodist.
Member, Delta
Kappa Gamma; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in
the ambulance en route to a hospital, near Soldotna, Kenai
Peninsula Borough, Alaska, June 26,
2002 (age 68 years, 320
days).
Interment somewhere
in Lexington, Ky.
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Relatives:
Married to Lovell Banks. |
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Rose Agnes Barnes (b. 1910) —
also known as Rose Agnes Langford; Mrs. Ernest A.
Barnes —
of Albany, Clinton
County, Ky.
Born in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala., August 5,
1910.
Daughter of Edward Langford and Alma (Coleman) Langford.
Republican. School teacher; model;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1936.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion Auxiliary.
Still living as of 1936.
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Lon Carter Barton (1925-2006) —
also known as Lon C. Barton —
of Mayfield, Graves
County, Ky.
Born September
18, 1925.
Democrat. School teacher; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1958-65 (3rd District 1958-63,
2nd District 1964-65).
Died March 28,
2006 (age 80 years, 191
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Clarence H. Bates (1920-2003) —
of Monticello, Wayne
County, Ky.
Born in Wayne
County, Ky., December
2, 1920.
Son of Ruben Bates and Lila Upchurch Bates.
Republican. School teacher; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 83rd District, 1956-57;
superintendent of schools.
Died, in Wayne County Hospital,
Monticello, Wayne
County, Ky., March 10,
2003 (age 82 years, 98
days).
Interment at Elk
Spring Cemetery, Monticello, Ky.
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John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham (1869-1940) —
also known as J. Crepps Wickliffe Beckham; J. C. W.
Beckham —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Wickland, Nelson
County, Ky., August 5,
1869.
Son of William Netherton Beckham and Julia (Wickliffe) Beckham.
Democrat. School principal; lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1894-98; Speaker of
the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1898; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1900; Governor of
Kentucky, 1900-07; defeated, 1927; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1904,
1908,
1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1916,
1920,
1936;
U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1915-21; defeated, 1920, 1936.
Presbyterian.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., January
9, 1940 (age 70 years, 157
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Clifton Rhodes Bratcher (1917-1977) —
also known as Rhodes Bratcher —
of Morgantown, Butler
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Morgantown, Butler
County, Ky., December
23, 1917.
Son of A. J. Bratcher and Fannie (Pharris) Bratcher.
Republican. School teacher; served in the U.S. Army Air Force
in World War II; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,
1952;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1964; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky, 1970-77;
died in office 1977.
Baptist.
Member, Lions; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Woodmen.
Died July 25,
1977 (age 59 years, 214
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Abner McDonald Bryant (1838-1896) —
also known as A. M. Bryant —
of Fort Branch, Gibson
County, Ind.; Wahoo, Saunders
County, Neb.; Gettysburg, Graham
County, Kan.; Republican City, Harlan
County, Neb.; Falls City, Polk
County, Ore.
Born in Ohio
County, Ky., March 1,
1838.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; minister;
school teacher and principal; superintendent of
schools; member of Nebraska
state senate 16th District, 1877; president,
McPherson Normal College, Republican City, Neb., 1886-87.
Presbyterian.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died, of asthma, in
Falls City, Polk
County, Ore., June 4,
1896 (age 58 years, 95
days).
Interment at Falls
City Cemetery, Falls City, Ore.
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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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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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Martha Layne Collins (b. 1936) —
of Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky.
Born in Bagdad, Shelby
County, Ky., December
7, 1936.
Democrat. School teacher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1972,
1980;
Permanent Chair, 1984;
clerk of the Kentucky court of appeals; elected 1975; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1979-83; Governor of
Kentucky, 1983-87.
Female.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2009.
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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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Fortunatus Cosby, Jr. (1801-1871) —
Born in 1801.
Superintendent of schools.
Died in 1871
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Roscoe R. Dalton (1902-1975) —
of Monticello, Wayne
County, Ky.
Born in Powersburg, Wayne
County, Ky., June 7,
1902.
Son of C. T. Dalton and Laura (Bertram) Dalton.
Democrat. Superintendent of schools; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1928;
Wayne
County Judge, 1929.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died April 18,
1975 (age 72 years, 315
days).
Interment at Elk
Spring Cemetery, Monticello, Ky.
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William Joseph Deboe (1849-1927) —
also known as William J. Deboe —
of Marion, Crittenden
County, Ky.
Born in Crittenden
County, Ky., June 30,
1849.
Republican. Physician;
lawyer;
superintendent of schools; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 1888,
1896,
1912;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1892; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1893-98; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1897-1903; postmaster.
Died in Marion, Crittenden
County, Ky., June 15,
1927 (age 77 years, 350
days).
Interment at Maple
View Cemetery, Marion, Ky.
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Mary M. Dorian —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.
School teacher; candidate for mayor of
Paducah, Ky., 1943.
Female.
Still living as of 1957.
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Wilburn Elmer Flannery (1904-1958) —
also known as W. E. 'Bill' Flannery —
of Man, Logan
County, W.Va.
Born in Jacobs, Carter
County, Ky., August 6,
1904.
Son of William H. Flannery and Mollie (Porter) Flannery.
Democrat. School teacher and principal; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Logan County, 1945-58;
died in office 1958; Speaker of
the West Virginia State House of Delegates, 1949-58; died in
office 1958.
Methodist.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of a heart
attack, at the Logan County
Courthouse, Logan, Logan
County, W.Va., March 7,
1958 (age 53 years, 213
days).
Interment at Highland
Memory Gardens, Godby, W.Va.
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Benjamin Joseph Franklin (1839-1898) —
of Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born near Maysville, Mason
County, Ky., 1839.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer;
member of Kansas
state senate, 1861; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; Jackson
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1871-75; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1875-79; U.S. Consul
in Hankow, 1885-90; Governor of
Arizona Territory, 1896-97.
Episcopalian.
Died of heart
disease, in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., May 18,
1898 (age about 58
years).
Interment at Rosedale
Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz.
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Graham Hawes Kemper (b. 1877) —
also known as Graham H. Kemper —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Bethany, Brooke
County, W.Va., April 15,
1877.
Son of Charles Joseph Kemper and Mary Burnley (Pendleton) Kemper.
Democrat. School teacher; U.S. Consul in Cartagena, 1911-13; Erfurt, 1913-16; Prague, 1916-17; Vigo, 1917; Funchal, 1917-19; Sofia, 1919-23; Yokohama, 1923-28, 1929-30; Tokyo, 1928-29; Hamilton, 1930-34; U.S. Consul General in Rome, 1934-38.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Logue —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
School principal; librarian;
mayor
of Lexington, Ky., 1842-45.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Caldwell Calhoun Mayo (1864-1914) —
also known as John C. C. Mayo —
of Paintsville, Johnson
County, Ky.
Born in Johnson
County, Ky., September
16, 1864.
Democrat. School teacher; coal mining
baron; reputed to be the wealthiest man and largest landholder in
Kentucky; philanthropist; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1908,
1912;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Kentucky, 1912-14.
Methodist.
Died, from Bright's
disease and peritonitis,
in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 11,
1914 (age 49 years, 237
days).
Interment at Mayo
Cemetery, Paintsville, Ky.
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Marion T. McCarthy (1909-1978) —
of Blackford, Webster
County, Ky.
Born in Blackford, Webster
County, Ky., June 25,
1909.
Democrat. School teacher; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives; elected 1933, 1935, 1937;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,
1936.
Methodist.
Died May 4,
1978 (age 68 years, 313
days).
Interment at Fred
Hunter Memorial Gardens, Hollywood, Fla.
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Benjamin Franklin Mudge (1817-1879) —
also known as Benjamin F. Mudge —
of Lynn, Essex
County, Mass.; Cloverport, Breckinridge
County, Ky.; Quindaro (now part of Kansas City), Wyandotte
County, Kan.; Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.
Born in Orrington, Penobscot
County, Maine, August
11, 1817.
Son of James Mudge and Ruth Mudge.
Lawyer;
school teacher; chemist;
geologist;
mayor of
Lynn, Mass., 1852-53.
Died November
21, 1879 (age 62 years, 102
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph R. Pitts (b. 1939) —
of Kennett Square, Chester
County, Pa.; Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., October
10, 1939.
Republican. School teacher; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1972-76; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1997-; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 2000,
2004.
Protestant.
Still living as of 2009.
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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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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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Johnny Ray Turner (b. 1949) —
of Drift, Floyd
County, Ky.
Born December
19, 1949.
Democrat. School teacher; athletic
coach; dean of students, Morehead State University; member of Kentucky
state senate 29th District, 2001-.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2004.
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Aaron Sherman Watkins (1863-1941) —
also known as Aaron S. Watkins —
of Wilmore, Jessamine
County, Ky.; Van Wert, Van Wert
County, Ohio; Columbus Grove, Putnam
County, Ohio; Germantown, Montgomery
County, Ohio; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Rushsylvania, Logan
County, Ohio, November
29, 1863.
Son of William White Watkins and Rebecca J. (Elliott) Watkins.
School teacher; lawyer; Methodist
minister; university
professor; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1904; Prohibition
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1905, 1922, 1932; Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1908, 1912; president,
Asbury College, 1909-10; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1916; Prohibition candidate for President
of the United States, 1920.
Methodist.
Died in Rushsylvania, Logan
County, Ohio, February
9, 1941 (age 77 years, 72
days).
Interment at Equality
Cemetery, Rushsylvania, Ohio.
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John D. Westwood (b. 1944) —
also known as Jack Westwood —
of Crescent Springs, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born March 6,
1944.
Republican. School teacher; member of Kentucky
state senate 23rd District, 1997-.
Church
of Christ.
Still living as of 2004.
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A. M. Yealey —
of Florence, Boone
County, Ky.
School teacher and principal; mayor
of Florence, Ky., 1908, 1921-23, 1941-43.
The A. M. Yealey Elementary School was named for
him in 1962.
Burial
location unknown.
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