Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. This specific family group is a subset of themuch largerFour ThousandRelated Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset. These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist. | |  Isaac Shelby (1750-1826) — Born in Frederick County (part now inWashingtonCounty), Md.,December11, 1750.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1779; member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives, 1782;delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1792;Governor ofKentucky, 1792-96, 1812-16; general in the U.S. Army during theWar of 1812.WelshandEnglishancestry.Died of abroken bloodvessel in the head, inLincolnCounty, Ky.,July 18,1826 (age75 years, 219days).Interment atShelby Traveller's Rest Burying Ground, Stanford, Ky.| |  Relatives: Sonof Evan Shelby and Letitia 'Leddy' (Cox) Shelby; married,April19, 1783, to Susannah Hart; father of Susanna Hart Shelby (whomarriedJamesShannon); grandfather of Anna Nelson Shelby (who marriedBeriahMagoffin) andThomasHart Shelby; great-grandfather ofBeriahMagoffin Jr.. | | | | Political families:Shelby-Bullock-Magoffinfamily of Kentucky;Shannonfamily of Washington County, Pennsylvania (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Shelby counties inAla.,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Ky.,Mo.,Ohio,Tenn. andTex. arenamed for him. | | | | ThetownofShelby,New York, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofShelbyville,Illinois, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofShelbyville,Indiana, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofShelbyville,Missouri, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofShelbyville,Tennessee, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Isaac Shelby (built 1944 atBrunswick,Georgia; mined and wrecked in theTyrrhenianSea, 1945) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNational GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Edmund Bullock (1763-1852) — of Kentucky. Born inHanoverCounty, Va.,1763.Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1793-98;Speaker ofthe Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1796-98; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1805-17.Died inFayetteCounty, Ky.,July 16,1852 (ageabout 89years).Interment atCaveHill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. | | James Shannon (c.1791-1832) — of Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.Born in Claysville,WashingtonCounty, Pa., about 1791.Lawyer;U.S. Charge d'Affaires toCentral America, 1832, died in office 1832.Irishancestry.Died, ofyellowfever,1832(ageabout41 years).Intermentsomewherein Frankfort, Ky. | | William Fontaine Bullock (1807-1889) — Born in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,January16, 1807.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1837-38, 1840-41; circuit judgein Kentucky, 1846-55;lawprofessor; Presidential Elector for Kentucky,1864.Died in Hemp Ridge,ShelbyCounty, Ky.,August9, 1889 (age82 years, 205days).Interment atCaveHill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. | | Beriah Magoffin (1815-1885) — of Harrodsburg,MercerCounty, Ky.Born in Harrodsburg,MercerCounty, Ky.,April18, 1815.Democrat. State court judge in Kentucky, 1840; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1850; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Kentucky,1856;Governorof Kentucky, 1859-62; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1867.Scotch-Irishancestry.Died in Harrodsburg,MercerCounty, Ky.,February28, 1885 (age69 years, 316days).Interment atSpringHill Cemetery, Harrodsburg, Ky. | | Mary Todd Lincoln (1818-1882) — also known asMary Ann Todd — of Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.Born in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,December13, 1818.FirstLady of the United States, 1861-65.Female.Died in Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.,July 16,1882 (age63 years, 215days).Interment atOakRidge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill. | | Thomas Hart Shelby (1829-1895) — also known asThomas H. Shelby — of Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.Born inFayetteCounty, Ky.,February28, 1829.Democrat.U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Lexington, Kentucky, 1893-95;died in office 1895.Presbyterian.Died, fromdiseaseof the throat, in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,February19, 1895 (age65 years, 356days).Interment atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky. | | Beriah Magoffin Jr. (1843-1932) — of St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.; McAlester,PittsburgCounty, Okla.Born in Harrodsburg,MercerCounty, Ky.,March13, 1843.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;farmer;member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives District 24, 1877.Presbyterian.Died in McAlester,PittsburgCounty, Okla.,August29, 1932 (age89 years, 169days).Interment atSpringHill Cemetery, Harrodsburg, Ky.
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