Index to Locations BellsClardy's County CemeteryBennettstownLa Fayette CemeteryHopkinsvillePioneer CemeteryHopkinsvilleRiverside Cemetery
Clardy's CountyCemetery
Bells, Christian County, Kentucky
| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  John Daniel Clardy (1828-1918) — also known asJohn D. Clardy — of Newstead,ChristianCounty, Ky.Born inSmithCounty, Tenn.,August30, 1828.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1895-99.Slaveowner. Died near Hopkinsville,ChristianCounty, Ky.,August20, 1918 (age89 years, 355days).Interment at Clardy's County Cemetery.
La FayetteCemetery
Bennettstown, Christian County, Kentucky
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | John McKenzie Moss (1868-1929) — also known asJ. McKenzie Moss — of Bowling Green,WarrenCounty, Ky.Born in Bennettstown,ChristianCounty, Ky.,January3, 1868.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1902-03; circuit judgein Kentucky 8th Circuit, 1909-21; general counsel and deputycommissioner, U.S. Bureau of Internal Revenue; Assistant U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, underAndrewW. Mellon, 1923-26;Judgeof U.S. Court of Claims, 1926-29; died in office 1929.Died inWashington,D.C.,June 11,1929 (age61 years, 159days).Interment at La Fayette Cemetery.
PioneerCemetery
Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Robert Pryor Henry (1788-1826) — also known asRobert P. Henry — of Hopkinsville,ChristianCounty, Ky.Born inScottCounty, Ky.,November24, 1788.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 12th District, 1823-26; died inoffice 1826.Slaveowner. Died in Hopkinsville,ChristianCounty, Ky.,August25, 1826 (age37 years, 274days).Interment at Pioneer Cemetery; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.
RiversideCemetery
Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | George Post Wheeler (1869-1956) — also known asPost Wheeler — Born in Owego,TiogaCounty, N.Y.,August6, 1869.Newspapereditor;miningbusiness;author;Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister toParaguay, 1930-33;Albania, 1933-34;poet.Member,LoyalLegion;Freemasons.Died in1956(ageabout86 years).Interment at Riverside Cemetery. | | Edward Thompson Breathitt Jr. (1924-2003) — also known asEdward T. Breathitt;NedBreathitt —of Hopkinsville,ChristianCounty, Ky.Born in Hopkinsville,ChristianCounty, Ky.,November26, 1924.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives 9th District, 1952-57;Governor ofKentucky, 1963-67; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Kentucky,1964,1972,1980;counsel and vice-president, SouthernRailwaySystem.Methodist.Member,Jaycees;Kiwanis;Elks;OmicronDelta Kappa;SigmaAlpha Epsilon.Collapsed whilemaking aspeech at Lexington Community College, and died a few days later,fromheartdisease, in the University of KentuckyHospital,Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,October14, 2003 (age78 years, 322days).Interment at Riverside Cemetery. | | Benjamin Edwards Grey (1809-1875) — also known asBenjamin E. Grey — of Hopkinsville,ChristianCounty, Ky.Born near Bardstown,NelsonCounty, Ky.,July 31,1809.Whig. Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1838-39; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1847-51;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1851-55.Died in Selma,DallasCounty, Ala.,March 7,1875 (age65 years, 219days).Interment at Riverside Cemetery. | | Burwell Clark Ritter (1810-1880) — also known asBurwell C. Ritter — of Hopkinsville,ChristianCounty, Ky.Born in Kentucky,1810.Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1850;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1865-67.Slaveowner. Died in1880(ageabout70 years).Interment at Riverside Cemetery. | | John Pierce Campbell Jr. (1820-1888) — of Kentucky. Born near Hopkinsville,ChristianCounty, Ky.,December8, 1820.Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1850;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1855-57.Slaveowner. Died in Hopkinsville,ChristianCounty, Ky.,October29, 1888 (age67 years, 326days).Interment at Riverside Cemetery. | | James Streshly Jackson (1823-1862) — of Kentucky. Born inFayetteCounty, Ky.,September27, 1823.U.S.Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1861; general in theUnion Army during the Civil War.Slaveowner.Killedbyrifleshot in the Battle of Perryville,BoyleCounty, Ky.,October8, 1862 (age39 years, 11days).Interment at Riverside Cemetery. | | Frank Houston Bassett (1873-1950) — of Hopkinsville,ChristianCounty, Ky.Born in Stephensport,BreckinridgeCounty, Ky.,November1, 1873.Democrat. Played and umpiredprofessionalbaseball in the Cotton and Southern leagues;dry goodsmerchant;hardwarebusiness;physician;mayorof Hopkinsville, Ky., 1918-21;ChristianCounty Court Clerk, 1922-34; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Kentucky,1928.Presbyterian.Welshancestry. Member,American MedicalAssociation;Elks.Died in Hopkinsville,ChristianCounty, Ky.,August5, 1950 (age76 years, 277days).Interment at Riverside Cemetery. | | Charles Mayfield Meacham (1858-1943) — also known asCharles M. Meacham — of Hopkinsville,ChristianCounty, Ky.Born in Gracey,ChristianCounty, Ky.,June 14,1858.Democrat.Newspapereditor and publisher; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Kentucky,1892;mayorof Hopkinsville, Ky., 1905-13.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias.Died inChristianCounty, Ky.,February2, 1943 (age84 years, 233days).Interment at Riverside Cemetery.| |  Relatives: Sonof Rev. Abner Winchester Meacham and Mariam Ada (Lander) Meacham;married,June 14,1883, to Elizabeth E. 'Lizzie' Tandy. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | James K. Forbes Jr. (1847-1907) — of Bowling Green,WarrenCounty, Ky.Born inChristianCounty, Ky.,December24, 1847.Mayorof Bowling Green, Ky., 1891-92.Died in Hopkinsville,ChristianCounty, Ky.,December24, 1907 (age60 years, 0days).Interment at Riverside Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof James K. Forbes and Mary J. Forbes. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: City of BowlingGreen |
| | Frank Houston Bassett Jr. (1906-1986) — also known asFrank H. Bassett, Jr. — of Hopkinsville,ChristianCounty, Ky.Born in Pembroke,ChristianCounty, Ky.,August15, 1906.Democrat.Accountant;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives 9th District, 1944-47; member ofKentuckystate senate 6th District, 1958-61.Died in Hopkinsville,ChristianCounty, Ky.,March15, 1986 (age79 years, 212days).Interment at Riverside Cemetery. | | Sara Belle Bassett (1906-2001) — also known asSara Belle McPherson;Mrs. Frank H. Bassett,Jr. —of Ancon, Canal Zone (nowPanama);Hopkinsville,ChristianCounty, Ky.Born in Hopkinsville,ChristianCounty, Ky.,July 4,1906.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Canal Zone,1940.Female.Died in Hopkinsville,ChristianCounty, Ky.,March24, 2001 (age94 years, 263days).Interment at Riverside Cemetery.
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