Index to Locations Hawes-Taylor CemeteryOwensboroUnknown locationOwensboroElmwood CemeteryOwensboroMoseley Burying GroundOwensboroRosehill ElmwoodCemeteryWest LouisvilleSt. AlphonusCemetery
Hawes-TaylorCemetery
Daviess County, Kentucky
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  Albert Gallatin Hawes (1804-1849) — also known asAlbert G. Hawes — of Hawesville,HancockCounty, Ky.Born near Bowling Green,CarolineCounty, Va.,April 1,1804.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Kentucky, 1831-37 (11th District 1831-33, 2ndDistrict 1833-37).Slaveowner. Died inDaviessCounty, Ky.,March14, 1849 (age44 years, 347days).Interment at Hawes-Taylor Cemetery.
UnknownLocation
Owensboro, Daviess County,
ElmwoodCemetery
Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky
| Politicians buriedhere: |  | Wendell Hampton Ford (1924-2015) — also known asWendell H. Ford — of Owensboro,DaviessCounty, Ky.Born inDaviessCounty, Ky.,September8, 1924.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Kentucky,1960(alternate),1964,1972,1996;member ofKentuckystate senate, 1965-67;LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1967-71;Governor ofKentucky, 1971-74;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1974-99.Baptist.DiedJanuary22, 2015 (age90 years, 136days).Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
Moseley BuryingGround
Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky
| Politicians formerlyburied here: | | | Philip Thompson (1789-1836) — of Yellow Banks (now Owensboro),DaviessCounty, Ky.Born near Harrodsburg,MercerCounty, Ky.,August20, 1789.Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1820;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 11th District, 1823-25.Slaveowner. DiedNovember25, 1836 (age47 years, 97days).Original interment at Moseley Burying Ground; reinterment in 1856 atRosehill Elmwood Cemetery.
Rosehill ElmwoodCemetery
1300 Old Hartford Road
Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Thomas Clay McCreery (1816-1890) — of Owensboro,DaviessCounty, Ky.Born near Owensboro,DaviessCounty, Ky.,December12, 1816.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,1856;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1868-71, 1873-79.Slaveowner. Died in Owensboro,DaviessCounty, Ky.,July 10,1890 (age73 years, 210days).Interment at Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery. | | William Thomas Ellis (1845-1925) — also known asWilliam T. Ellis — of Henderson,HendersonCounty, Ky.Born near Knottsville,DaviessCounty, Ky.,July 24,1845.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;DaviessCounty Attorney, 1870-76; Democratic Presidential Elector forKentucky,1876;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1889-95; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Kentucky,1896.Died in Owensboro,DaviessCounty, Ky.,January8, 1925 (age79 years, 168days).Interment at Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery. | | Philip Triplett (1799-1852) — of Owensboro,DaviessCounty, Ky.Born inMadisonCounty, Ky.,December24, 1799.Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1824;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1839-43;delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849.Slaveowner. DiedMarch30, 1852 (age52 years, 97days).Interment at Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery. | | Philip Thompson (1789-1836) — of Yellow Banks (now Owensboro),DaviessCounty, Ky.Born near Harrodsburg,MercerCounty, Ky.,August20, 1789.Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1820;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 11th District, 1823-25.Slaveowner. DiedNovember25, 1836 (age47 years, 97days).Original interment atMoseley Burying Ground;reinterment in 1856 at Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery. | | Urey Woodson (1859-1939) — of Owensboro,DaviessCounty, Ky.Born in Madisonville,HopkinsCounty, Ky.,August16, 1859.Democrat.Newspapereditor and publisher;Kentuckyrailroad commissioner, 1891-95; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Kentucky, 1896-1912, 1916-18, 1924-28;Secretaryof Democratic National Committee, 1904-12; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Kentucky,1932;Convention Secretary,1908,1912.Presbyterian.Died in Owensboro,DaviessCounty, Ky.,August6, 1939 (age79 years, 355days).Interment at Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery. | | John Hardin McHenry (1797-1871) — also known asJohn H. McHenry — of Hartford,OhioCounty, Ky.Born near Springfield,WashingtonCounty, Ky.,October13, 1797.Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1840;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1845-47;delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; state courtjudge in Kentucky, 1854.Slaveowner. DiedNovember1, 1871 (age74 years, 19days).Interment at Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery. | | James Leeper Johnson (1818-1877) — of Kentucky. Born near Smithland,LivingstonCounty, Ky.,October30, 1818.Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1844;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1849-51; defeated,1857; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1867.Slaveowner. Died in Owensboro,DaviessCounty, Ky.,February12, 1877 (age58 years, 105days).Interment at Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery. | | William Northcut Sweeney (1832-1895) — of Owensboro,DaviessCounty, Ky.Born in Liberty,CaseyCounty, Ky.,May 5,1832.Democrat.Lawyer;DaviessCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1854-58; Democratic candidate forPresidential Elector for Kentucky,1860;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,1864;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1869-71.DiedApril21, 1895 (age62 years, 351days).Interment at Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery. | | Algernon Sidney Thruston (d. 1864) — of Texas.AttorneyGeneral of the Texas Republic, 1838.DiedMarch 5,1864.Interment at Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery. | | George Washington Triplett (1809-1894) — of Owensboro,DaviessCounty, Ky.Born inFranklinCounty, Ky.,February18, 1809.Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1840; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1848-52; major in the Confederate Army during theCivil War;Representativefrom Kentucky in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65.Baptist.Died in Owensboro,DaviessCounty, Ky.,June 25,1894 (age85 years, 127days).Interment at Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery. | | John Thixton (1834-1914) — of Owensboro,DaviessCounty, Ky.Born in Owensboro,DaviessCounty, Ky.,March17, 1834.Farmer;grocer;mayorof Owensboro, Ky., 1878-79.Died in Owensboro,DaviessCounty, Ky.,May 23,1914 (age80 years, 67days).Interment at Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery. | | Robert Samuel Triplett (1830-1905) — also known asRobert S. Triplett — of Owensboro,DaviessCounty, Ky.Born inScottCounty, Ky.,January29, 1830.Steamboatbusiness;commissionmerchant;railroadbuilder; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1886-89.Died, frommalarialfever, in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,September11, 1905 (age75 years, 225days).Interment at Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery. | | Lawson Reno (1849-1926) — of Owensboro,DaviessCounty, Ky.Born in Greenville,MuhlenbergCounty, Ky.,July 27,1849.Republican. Postmaster atOwensboro,Ky., 1880-85;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Owensboro, Kentucky, 1911;delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,1924.Died inDaviessCounty, Ky.,October10, 1926 (age77 years, 75days).Interment at Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery.| |  Relatives: Sonof Lawson R. Reno and Eliza Francis (Campbell) Reno; married to MaryFrances Frey; married1894 toCaroline Virginia (Wrinn) Berry. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Douglass Townshend Bolling (1893-1961) — also known asDouglass T. Bolling — of Owensboro,DaviessCounty, Ky.Born inCharlottesville,Va.,April 4,1893.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1936-37, 1940-45 (20th District1936-37, 1940-43, 15th District 1944-45).Died inJeffersonCounty, Ky.,April 5,1961 (age68 years, 1days).Interment at Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery.
St. AlphonusCemetery
West Louisville, Daviess County, Kentucky
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Henry Griffith Overstreet (1850-1918) — of Owensboro,DaviessCounty, Ky.Born in Calhoun,McLeanCounty, Ky.,July 17,1850.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,1896;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives; elected 1909; member ofKentuckystate senate; elected 1913.Methodist.Died inDaviessCounty, Ky.,July 22,1918 (age68 years, 5days).Interment at St. Alphonus Cemetery.
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