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Henry County
Kentucky

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Henry County

Joseph Lecompte (1797-1851) — of New Castle,HenryCounty, Ky.Born inWoodfordCounty, Ky.,December15, 1797.Democrat. Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1819;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1825-33;delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1850.Slaveowner. DiedApril25, 1851 (age53 years, 131days).Interment in a private or family graveyard.

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards EminenceEminence Cemetery New CastleNew Castle Cemetery Private or familygraveyards Henry County, Kentucky William Jordan Graves (1805-1848) — also known asWilliam J. Graves — of New Castle,HenryCounty, Ky.Born in New Castle,HenryCounty, Ky.,1805.Whig.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1834, 1843;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1835-41.Killed Rep.JonathanCilley of Maine, in aduel,February 24, 1838.Slaveowner. Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,September27, 1848 (ageabout 43years).Interment in a private or family graveyard. Politicians buriedhere:     See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

William P. Thorne (1845-1928) — of Kentucky. Born inShelbyCounty, Ky.,1845.LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1903-07.Died in1928(ageabout83 years).Interment at Eminence Cemetery.

Politicians buriedhere:
	Anne McCarty Braden (1924-2006) — also known asAnne Braden;Anne McCarty — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,July 28,1924.Newspaperreporter;labororganizer; civil rights activist starting in the 1940s; in May1954, tofightsegregation, she and her husband bought a house in a whiteneighborhood on behalf of a Black family; this sparked furious andviolent opposition and the bombing of the house; she and others werechargedwithsedition;her husband was the first to be convicted, but then, in 1956, allstate sedition laws were struck down; Communist candidate forPresidential Elector for Kentucky,1972.Female.Episcopalian.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,March 6,2006 (age81 years, 221days).Interment at Eminence Cemetery.   Relatives:Married1948 to CarlBraden.   See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial   Image source: Kentucky Center forAfrican-American Heritage

Reuben J. Boling (1901-1986) — of Cloverport,BreckinridgeCounty, Ky.Born in Hawesville,HancockCounty, Ky.,May 4,1901.Republican. Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives 22nd District, 1934-37.Baptist.Member,Freemasons.Died in July,1986(age85years, 0 days).Interment at New Castle Cemetery.

	Relatives: Sonof John C. Boling and Mary Ann (Dawson) Boling; married,February24, 1935, to Anna Lewis Squires.
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