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. 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. | |  John South — of Kentucky. Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1793-1804. Burial location unknown. | | Simon Cockrell (1745-1839) — of Virginia. Born inPrinceWilliam County, Va.,December10, 1745.Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1791-93, 1798-1800.Died inCassCounty, Mo.,July 18,1839 (age93 years, 220days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Johnson County, Mo. | | Aaron Lewis (1750-1811) — of Kentucky. Born in1750.Delegateto Kentucky statehood convention, 1788.Died in1811(ageabout61 years).Burial location unknown. | | Samuel South (c.1767-1832) — ofMadisonCounty, Ky.Born in Maryland, about 1767. General in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1810; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1810;Kentuckystate treasurer, 1818-24.Died inFayetteCounty, Ky.,August24, 1832 (ageabout 65years).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Fayette County, Ky. | | Moses Cockrell (1767-1800) — ofLeeCounty, Va.Born inAugustaCounty, Va.,1767.Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1799-1800.Dreamed one night that there was a white otter down in his salt well;in the morning, he had himself lowered into the well in a basket; thebasket broke, and hefell tohis death, or perhapsdrowned,inLeeCounty, Va.,1800(ageabout33 years).Intermentsomewhere in Lee County, Va. | | William Lee Davidson Ewing (1795-1846) — also known asWilliam L. D. Ewing — of Vandalia,FayetteCounty, Ill.Born inLoganCounty, Ky.,August31, 1795.Democrat.LieutenantGovernor of Illinois, 1833-34;Governor ofIllinois, 1834;U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1835-37; member ofIllinoisDemocratic State Committee, 1837-38;Illinoisstate auditor of public accounts, 1843-46; died in office 1846.Slaveowner. Died in Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.,March25, 1846 (age50 years, 206days).Original interment atHutchinson Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.; reinterment atOakRidge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill. | | John Louis Hargis (1802-1886) — also known as"Bally John" — of Jackson,BreathittCounty, Ky.; Morehead,RowanCounty, Ky.Born inWashingtonCounty, Va.,March 4,1802.Lawyer;BreathittCounty Court Clerk;removed fromoffice as Court Clerk, 1846, overunspecifiedchargesagainst him;delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1855-57.Died in Morehead,RowanCounty, Ky.,April 2,1886 (age84 years, 29days).Intermentsomewherein Morehead, Ky. | | Jeremiah Weldon South (1805-1880) — also known asJere South;"The Father of BreathittCounty" —ofOwsleyCounty, Ky.Born inMadisonCounty, Ky.,July 10,1805.Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1840; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1843-47.Died on the floor of the KentuckyStateSenate, oldStateCapitol Building, Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,April15, 1880 (age74 years, 280days).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | Ephraim Brevard Ewing (1819-1873) — also known asEphraim B. Ewing — ofRayCounty, Mo.Born inToddCounty, Ky.,March16, 1819.Lawyer;secretaryof state of Missouri, 1849-53;Missouristate attorney general, 1856-58;justice ofMissouri state supreme court, 1859-61; circuit judge in Missouri,1873.Died, fromcerebrospinalmeningitis, in Iron Mountain,St.Francois County, Mo.,June 2,1873 (age54 years, 78days).Interment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | John Seldon Hargis (1820-1892) — of Kentucky. Born inLeeCounty, Va.,November11, 1820.Member ofKentuckystate senate, 1892; died in office 1892.Died in Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,February28, 1892 (age71 years, 109days).Interment atHargisFamily Cemetery, Jackson, Ky. | | Elisha Logan Cockrell (1823-1876) — ofEstillCounty, Ky.Born inBreathittCounty, Ky.,December4, 1823.Whig.Farmer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1847-48; county judge inKentucky, 1860.Methodist.Died in Irvine,EstillCounty, Ky.,November2, 1876 (age52 years, 334days).Interment atCockrellFamily Cemetery, Ravenna, Ky. | | Harrison Cockrill (1826-1876) — ofOwsleyCounty, Ky.Born inBreathittCounty, Ky.,June 18,1826.Member ofKentuckystate senate, 1863-65, 1869-73; county judge in Kentucky, 1860;Presidential Elector for Kentucky,1868;candidate forU.S.Representative from Kentucky 9th District, 1874.Member,Freemasons.Died of a (probably)self-inflictedgunshotwound, inEstillCounty, Ky.,May 22,1876 (age49 years, 339days).Interment atCockrellFamily Cemetery, Ravenna, Ky. | | Isaac Newton Cardwell (b. 1827) — of Irvine,EstillCounty, Ky.Born in Tennessee,September27, 1827.Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; served in the UnionArmy during the Civil War; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1872.Died in Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.Intermentsomewherein Frankfort, Ky. | | Archibald Calloway Cope (1828-1907) — of Kentucky. Born inBreathittCounty, Ky.,May 10,1828.Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1887-88. Died inBreathittCounty, Ky.,November8, 1907 (age79 years, 182days).Interment atCopeFamily Cemetery, Breathitt County, Ky. | | Thomas Perrin Cardwell (1829-1915) — of Kentucky. Born inBreathittCounty, Ky.,July 12,1829.Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1864-65; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1865-69.Died inBreathittCounty, Ky.,December27, 1915 (age86 years, 168days).Intermentsomewherein Breathitt County, Ky. | | Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell (1832-1915) — also known asJeremiah V. Cockrell — of Sherman,GraysonCounty, Tex.; Anson,JonesCounty, Tex.; Abilene,TaylorCounty, Tex.Born near Warrensburg,JohnsonCounty, Mo.,May 7,1832.Democrat.Wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush;lawyer;colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; district judgein Texas, 1885-93;U.S.Representative from Texas 13th District, 1893-97.Slaveowner. Died in Abilene,TaylorCounty, Tex.,March18, 1915 (age82 years, 315days).Interment atAbilene Municipal Cemetery, Abilene, Tex. | | Francis Marion Cockrell (1834-1915) — also known asFrancis M. Cockrell — of Warrensburg,JohnsonCounty, Mo.Born in Warrensburg,JohnsonCounty, Mo.,October1, 1834.Democrat.Lawyer;general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;U.S.Senator from Missouri, 1875-1905; candidate for Democraticnomination for President,1904;member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1905-10; alternate delegateto Democratic National Convention from Missouri,1912.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,December13, 1915 (age81 years, 73days).Interment atSunsetHill Cemetery, Warrensburg, Mo. | | Thomas Zantzinger Morrow (1835-1913) — of Somerset,PulaskiCounty, Ky.Born in Flemingsburg,FlemingCounty, Ky.,September3, 1835.Republican. Member ofKentuckystate senate, 1860; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1870; candidateforGovernor ofKentucky, 1883.Died in Somerset,PulaskiCounty, Ky.,August25, 1913 (age77 years, 356days).Interment atSomersetCity Cemetery, Somerset, Ky. | | John T. Crisp (1838-1903) — of Independence,JacksonCounty, Mo.Born near Lone Jack,JacksonCounty, Mo.,April 3,1838.Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lawyer;candidate forU.S.Representative from Missouri, 1878 (Democratic, 8th District),1880 (Democratic, 8th District), 1882 (Independent Democratic, 5thDistrict); member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Jackson County 1st District,1895-98, 1903; died in office 1903.Sponsor of "Jim Crow" bill to require racial segregation onrailroads.Died, fromheartdisease, in Independence,JacksonCounty, Mo.,April21, 1903 (age65 years, 18days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Independence, Mo. | | Hernando De Soto Money (1839-1912) — also known asHernando D. Money — of Carrollton,CarrollCounty, Miss.; Winona,MontgomeryCounty, Miss.Born in Zeiglersville,HolmesCounty, Miss.,August26, 1839.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; mayorof Winona, Miss., 1873-74;U.S.Representative from Mississippi, 1875-85, 1893-97 (3rd District1875-83, 4th District 1883-85, 1893-97);U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1897-1911; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Mississippi,1904.Died near Biloxi,HarrisonCounty, Miss.,September18, 1912 (age73 years, 23days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Carroll County, Miss. | | Thomas Frazier Hargis (1842-1903) — also known asThomas F. Hargis — of Carlisle,NicholasCounty, Ky.; Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Jackson,BreathittCounty, Ky.,June 24,1842.Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lawyer;county judge in Kentucky, 1869-71; member ofKentuckystate senate 30th District, 1871-75; candidate for circuit judgein Kentucky, 1874; district judge in Kentucky, 1878-79;Judge,Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1879-84.Died in Springfield,ClarkCounty, Ohio,August3, 1903 (age61 years, 40days).Burial location unknown. | | Enoch Edgar Hume (1844-1911) — also known asE. Edgar Hume;Edgar EnochHume —of Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.Born near Bedford,TrimbleCounty, Ky.,March24, 1844.Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1875-77;mayorof Frankfort, Ky., 1905-06.Christian.Member,Freemasons.Died, fromacuteinterstitial nephritis, in Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,July 5,1911 (age67 years, 103days).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky.  | William O'Connell Bradley (1847-1914) — also known asWilliam O. Bradley — of Lancaster,GarrardCounty, Ky.; Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born near Lancaster,GarrardCounty, Ky.,March18, 1847.Republican.Lawyer; candidate forU.S.Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1872, 1876; RepublicanPresidential Elector for Kentucky,1872;delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,1880,1884,1888(speaker),1892,1900,1904,1912;candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President,1888;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Kentucky, 1890-96;Governor ofKentucky, 1895-99; defeated, 1887;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1909-14; died in office 1914.Baptist;laterPresbyterian.Died inWashington,D.C.,May 23,1914 (age67 years, 66days).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | James Buchanan Marcum (1858-1903) — also known asJ. B. Marcum — of Kentucky. BornJanuary9, 1858.Republican.KentuckyRepublican state chair, 1903.Shotandkilled,by Curtis Jett and Tom White, at the behest of county judgeJamesH. Hargis, on the steps of the BreathittCountyCourthouse, Jackson,BreathittCounty, Ky.,May 4,1903 (age45 years, 115days).Interment atSewellCemetery, Jackson, Ky. | | John Fox Vardaman (1859-1947) — also known asJohn F. Vardaman — of Cripple Creek,TellerCounty, Colo.; Goldfield,EsmeraldaCounty, Nev.; Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.; Greenwood,LefloreCounty, Miss.Born inGonzalesCounty, Tex.,January7, 1859.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada,1916(member,CredentialsCommittee).Methodist.DiedDecember18, 1947 (age88 years, 345days).Interment atOddFellows Cemetery, Greenwood, Miss. | | Alexander Hamilton Hargis (1859-1943) — Born inBreathittCounty, Ky.,August21, 1859.Member ofKentuckystate senate, 1892.Died in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,April30, 1943 (age83 years, 252days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Breathitt County, Ky. | | James Kimble Vardaman (1861-1930) — also known asJames K. Vardaman;"The Great WhiteChief" —of Greenwood,LefloreCounty, Miss.; Jackson,HindsCounty, Miss.Born near Edna,JacksonCounty, Tex.,July 26,1861.Democrat.Lawyer;newspapereditor; member ofMississippistate house of representatives, 1890-96;Speaker ofthe Mississippi State House of Representatives, 1894; major inthe U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Mississippi,1904,1912(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee;speaker),1916;Governorof Mississippi, 1904-08;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1913-19.Died in Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,June 25,1930 (age68 years, 334days).Interment atLakewoodMemorial Park, Jackson, Miss. | | James Henderson Hargis (1862-1908) — also known asJames H. Hargis;"BigJim" —of Jackson,BreathittCounty, Ky.Born in Jackson,BreathittCounty, Ky.,October13, 1862.Democrat. County judge in Kentucky, 1890; member ofKentuckyDemocratic State Central Committee, 1899-1907.Triedand acquitted for the 1902-03murdersofJ.B. Marcum and two others, but found liable forplottingthe killings in a 1904 civil suit for money damages by survivingfamily members.Shotandkilled byhis son, Beech Hargis, in the Hargis Brothersgeneralstore, Jackson,BreathittCounty, Ky.,February6, 1908 (age45 years, 116days).Interment atHargisFamily Cemetery, Jackson, Ky. | | South Trimble (1864-1946) — of Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.Born in Hazel Green,WolfeCounty, Ky.,April13, 1864.Democrat. Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1890;Speaker ofthe Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1899-1901;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1901-07; Clerk of theU.S. House, 1911-19, 1931-46.Died inWashington,D.C.,November23, 1946 (age82 years, 224days).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | William E. Spell (1864-1931) — of Waco,McLennanCounty, Tex.Born inDeSotoParish, La.,April19, 1864.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas,1900.Died, fromacute dilationof heart, in Waco,McLennanCounty, Tex.,February28, 1931 (age66 years, 315days).Interment atRidgePark Cemetery, Hillsboro, Tex. | | Jane Madden Spell (1866-1953) — also known asJane Madden;Jane Madden Cotten;Mrs.Leonidas Cotten;Mrs. William E. Spell —of Waco,McLennanCounty, Tex.Born in Galveston,GalvestonCounty, Tex.,August26, 1866.Democrat. Vice-president of first Texas women's suffrageorganization; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas,1928.Female.Died in Waco,McLennanCounty, Tex.,June 11,1953 (age86 years, 289days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Waco, Tex. | | Jerry Curtis South (1867-1930) — also known asJerry C. South — of Mountain Home,BaxterCounty, Ark.Born in Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,March24, 1867.Democrat.Lawyer;member of Arkansas state legislature, 1891-1901; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Arkansas,1892,1896,1904(speaker),1908,1912(member,CredentialsCommittee),1916(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee); served in the U.S. Army during theSpanish-American War.Disciplesof Christ. Member,Freemasons.Died inWashington,D.C.,September24, 1930 (age63 years, 184days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Egbert Railey Cockrell (1872-1934) — also known asE. R. Cockrell — of Waco,McLennanCounty, Tex.; Fort Worth,TarrantCounty, Tex.Born in Weston,PlatteCounty, Mo.,1872.Lawyer;mayorof Fort Worth, Tex., 1921-24.Died in Fulton,CallawayCounty, Mo.,September13, 1934 (ageabout 62years).Interment atGreenwoodMemorial Park, Fort Worth, Tex. | | John Glover South (1873-1940) — of Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.Born in Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,January23, 1873.Republican.Physician;U.S. Minister toPanama, 1921-30;Portugal, 1930-33.DiedMay 13,1940 (age67 years, 111days).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | Ewing Cockrell (1874-1962) — of Warrensburg,JohnsonCounty, Mo.Born in Warrensburg,JohnsonCounty, Mo.,May 28,1874.Democrat. Candidate forU.S.Senator from Missouri, 1926; circuit judge in Missouri 17thCircuit, 1927.DiedJanuary21, 1962 (age87 years, 238days).Interment atSunsetHill Cemetery, Warrensburg, Mo. | | William Whitney Kitchen (1875-1912) — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.; Gulfport,HarrisonCounty, Miss.Born in Toronto,Ontario,April6, 1875.Naturalized U.S. citizen;physician;U.S. Consul inTenerife, 1911-12, died in office 1912.While suffering fromchronic heartdisease, he died from aself-inflictedgunshot,in Tenerife (Santa Cruz de Tenerife),CanaryIslands,October16, 1912 (age37 years, 193days).Interment atForestLawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y. | | James Harris Baldwin (1876-1944) — also known asJames H. Baldwin — of Butte,Silver BowCounty, Mont.Born in St. Joseph,BuchananCounty, Mo.,August1, 1876.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for Montana, 1934-35;U.S.District Judge for Montana, 1935-44; died in office 1944.Died in Butte,Silver BowCounty, Mont.,October26, 1944 (age68 years, 86days).Interment atMt.Moriah Cemetery, Butte, Mont. | | Edwin Porch Morrow (1877-1935) — also known asEdwin P. Morrow — of Somerset,PulaskiCounty, Ky.Born in Somerset,PulaskiCounty, Ky.,November28, 1877.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, 1911-14; delegateto Republican National Convention from Kentucky,1916,1920(chair,Committeeon Permanent Organization;speaker),1928(alternate),1932;Governorof Kentucky, 1919-23; defeated, 1915; candidate forU.S.Representative from Kentucky 9th District, 1934.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias;Elks.Died suddenly, from aheartlesion, in Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,June 15,1935 (age57 years, 199days).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | Christine Bradley South (1879-1957) — also known asChristine Duncan Bradley — of Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.Born in Lancaster,GarrardCounty, Ky.,December20, 1879.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,1920(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business),1928(speaker),1932;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Kentucky, 1937.Female.Died in Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,February20, 1957 (age77 years, 62days).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | South Strong (1880-1939) — of Jackson,BreathittCounty, Ky.Born in Lost Creek,BreathittCounty, Ky.,July 23,1880.Democrat.Lawyer;delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1912; alternatedelegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,1912.Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias.Died, ofpneumonia,at Jackson,BreathittCounty, Ky.,November29, 1939 (age59 years, 129days).Interment atCombsCemetery, Jackson, Ky. | | Eleanor Hume Offutt (1894-1955) — also known asEleanor Marion Hume — of Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.Born inFranklinCounty, Ky.,September30, 1894.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,1936(alternate),1940.Female.Member,Daughters of theAmerican Revolution;ColonialDames.Died in Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,December13, 1955 (age61 years, 74days).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky.  | Hiram Phillips (1894-1972) — of Sprigg,MingoCounty, W.Va.Born in Matewan,MingoCounty, W.Va.,April11, 1894.Democrat.Coal miner;presidentof Mine Workers union local;grocer;member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates from Mingo County, 1935-36,1949-52.Baptist.Member,Moose;Redmen;UnitedMine Workers.Died inFranklinCounty, Ohio,September7, 1972 (age78 years, 149days).Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof John Wesley Phillips and Gillian (Whitely) Phillips; married,April 3,1915, to Pricy Thelma Wells; third cousin once removed ofJohnT. Crisp. | | | | Political family:Cockrell-Southfamily of Kentucky. | | | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book1951 |
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