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Hardin County, Kentucky
ElizabethtownCity Cemetery
Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Kentucky
Founded 1807
| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  Alexander Brooks Montgomery (1837-1910) — also known asAlexander B. Montgomery — of Elizabethtown,HardinCounty, Ky.Born near Tip Top,HardinCounty, Ky.,December11, 1837.Democrat. State court judge in Kentucky, 1870; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1877;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1887-95; defeated,1894.DiedDecember27, 1910 (age73 years, 16days).Interment at Elizabethtown City Cemetery. | | William Singleton Young (1790-1827) — also known asWilliam S. Young — of Elizabethtown,HardinCounty, Ky.Born near Bardstown,NelsonCounty, Ky.,April10, 1790.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Kentucky 11th District, 1825-27; died inoffice 1827.Slaveowner. Died in Elizabethtown,HardinCounty, Ky.,September20, 1827 (age37 years, 163days).Interment at Elizabethtown City Cemetery. | | Joshua Husband Jewett (1815-1861) — also known asJoshua Husband Jewitt — of Elizabethtown,HardinCounty, Ky.Born inHarfordCounty, Md.,September30, 1815.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1855-59.Slaveowner. Died in Elizabethtown,HardinCounty, Ky.,July 14,1861 (age45 years, 287days).Interment at Elizabethtown City Cemetery. | | Henry English Read (1824-1868) — of Kentucky. Born inLarueCounty, Ky.,December25, 1824.Representativefrom Kentucky in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.Killedhimself,November9, 1868 (age43 years, 320days).Interment at Elizabethtown City Cemetery. | | Bryan Rust Young (1800-1882) — also known asBryan R. Young — of Elizabethtown,HardinCounty, Ky.Born near Bardstown,NelsonCounty, Ky.,January14, 1800.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1845-47; defeated,1857; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1858.Slaveowner. DiedMay 14,1882 (age82 years, 120days).Interment at Elizabethtown City Cemetery. | | Charles G. Wintersmith (1812-1881) — ofHardinCounty, Ky.Born in Elizabethtown,HardinCounty, Ky.,July 15,1812.Democrat.Lawyer; candidate forU.S.Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1855; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Kentucky,1864.Member,Freemasons.Died in Elizabethtown,HardinCounty, Ky.,October14, 1881 (age69 years, 91days).Interment at Elizabethtown City Cemetery. | | Horatio Gates Wintersmith (1785-1835) — also known asHoratio G. Wintersmith — of Elizabethtown,HardinCounty, Ky.Born in Martinsburg,BerkeleyCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),May 15,1785.Postmaster atElizabethtown,Ky., 1816-31.Died in Elizabethtown,HardinCounty, Ky.,January21, 1835 (age49 years, 251days).Interment at Elizabethtown City Cemetery. | | Samuel LaRue Hodgen (1791-1864) — of Elizabethtown,HardinCounty, Ky.Born in Elizabethtown,HardinCounty, Ky.,April30, 1791.Republican.Merchant;postmaster atElizabethtown,Ky., 1861-64.Died in Elizabethtown,HardinCounty, Ky.,August15, 1864 (age73 years, 107days).Interment at Elizabethtown City Cemetery. | | Robert Lawrence Wintersmith (1816-1890) — also known asR. L. Wintersmith — of Elizabethtown,HardinCounty, Ky.Born in Elizabethtown,HardinCounty, Ky.,August13, 1816.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,1868,1880(alternate).Died in Elizabethtown,HardinCounty, Ky.,February26, 1890 (age73 years, 197days).Interment at Elizabethtown City Cemetery. | | David L. May (1847-1931) — of Elizabethtown,HardinCounty, Ky.Born inHardinCounty, Ky.,April 5,1847.Democrat. Postmaster atElizabethtown,Ky., 1915-20.Died inHardinCounty, Ky.,August18, 1931 (age84 years, 135days).Interment at Elizabethtown City Cemetery.| |  Relatives: Sonof Adaline S. (Meredith) May and David P. May; married to Lena B.Knorr. | | | | Epitaph: "The sinner makes his ownhell, by doing evil. The good man makes his own heaven, by doingright." | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | J. N. Ashcraft (d. 1935) — of Elizabethtown,HardinCounty, Ky.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,1932.DiedApril22, 1935.Interment at Elizabethtown City Cemetery. | | Colmore Lovelace Barnes (1852-1935) — also known asColmore L. Barnes;Collie L.Barnes —of Elizabethtown,HardinCounty, Ky.Born in Bardstown,NelsonCounty, Ky.,November7, 1852.Republican. Postmaster atElizabethtown,Ky., 1899-1912.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,February17, 1935 (age82 years, 102days).Interment at Elizabethtown City Cemetery. | | Marvin Washington Barnes (1875-1949) — also known asMarvin W. Barnes — of Elizabethtown,HardinCounty, Ky.Born inNelsonCounty, Ky.,September15, 1875.Republican. Postmaster atElizabethtown,Ky., 1912-15, 1920-33.Died, from acerebralhemorrhage, in DeaconnessHospital,Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,February28, 1949 (age73 years, 166days).Interment at Elizabethtown City Cemetery. | | Frank W. Joplin (1872-1956) — of Elizabethtown,HardinCounty, Ky.Born in Elizabethtown,HardinCounty, Ky.,November14, 1872.Democrat. Postmaster atElizabethtown,Ky., 1896-99;dry goodsmerchant;hoteloperator.Died, from acoronaryocclusion, in Elizabethtown,HardinCounty, Ky.,August7, 1956 (age83 years, 267days).Interment at Elizabethtown City Cemetery. | | Adah J. Barnes (1883-1965) — also known asAda J. Barnes;Mary AdahJohnston —of Elizabethtown,HardinCounty, Ky.Born in Kentucky,1883.Acting postmaster atElizabethtown,Ky., 1933.Female.Died in1965(ageabout82 years).Interment at Elizabethtown City Cemetery.
St. JamesCemetery
Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Kentucky
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | James Eugene Wise (1887-1962) — also known asJ. Eugene Wise — of Elizabethtown,HardinCounty, Ky.Born inHardinCounty, Ky.,April26, 1887.Democrat.Lawyer;HardinCounty Attorney, 1918; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Kentucky,1924,1936,1944.Catholic.Member,Knightsof Columbus.Died in Elizabethtown,HardinCounty, Ky.,October20, 1962 (age75 years, 177days).Interment at St. James Cemetery.
HelmCemetery
Near Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Kentucky
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | John Larue Helm (1802-1867) — of Kentucky. Born near Elizabethtown,HardinCounty, Ky.,July 4,1802.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1826; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1844-48;LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1848-50;Governor ofKentucky, 1850-51, 1867; died in office 1867.Died in Elizabethtown,HardinCounty, Ky.,September8, 1867 (age65 years, 66days).Interment at Helm Cemetery. | | Benjamin Hardin Helm (1831-1863) — also known asBen Hardin Helm — Born in Bardstown,NelsonCounty, Ky.,June 2,1831.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1855-56; declined appointment aspaymaster of the Union Army; general in the Confederate Army duringthe Civil War.Shotduring theBattle ofChickamauga, and died soon after, Chickamauga,WalkerCounty, Ga.,September21, 1863 (age32 years, 111days).Interment at Helm Cemetery.
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