Index to Locations Private or family graveyardsLouisvilleUnknown locationLouisvilleBullitt Family CemeteryLouisvilleCalvary CemeteryLouisvilleCave Hill CemeteryLouisvilleCherokee TriangleLouisvilleCity CemeteryLouisvilleEastern CemeteryLouisvilleOxmoor-Bullitt FamilyCemeteryLouisvilleResthaven MemorialCemeteryLouisvilleSt. John's CemeteryLouisvilleSt. Louis CemeteryLouisvilleSt. Michael's CemeteryLouisvilleUniversity of LouisvilleLaw SchoolLouisvilleWest Main StreetLouisvilleZachary Taylor NationalCemetery
Private or familygraveyards
Jefferson County, Kentucky
| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  Richard Clough Anderson Jr. (1788-1826) — also known asRichard C. Anderson, Jr. — of Kentucky. Born near Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,August4, 1788.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1814-15, 1821-22;Speaker ofthe Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1822;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1817-21; U.S. MinistertoGran Colombia, 1823-26, died in office 1826.Slaveowner. Died, ofyellowfever, near Cartagena,Colombia,July24, 1826 (age37 years, 354days).Interment in a private or family graveyard. | | Stephen Ormsby (1759-1844) — of Kentucky. Born in County Sligo,Ireland,1759.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Kentucky, 1811-13, 1813-17 (3rd District1811-13, at-large 1813-15, 8th District 1815-17).Slaveowner. Died near Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,1844(ageabout85 years).Interment in a private or family graveyard. | | Robert Breckinridge (1754-1833) — of Kentucky. Born in Virginia,1754.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;Speaker ofthe Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1792-95.Died in1833(ageabout79 years).Interment in a private or family graveyard.
UnknownLocation
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Thomas Needham Hazelip (1877-1950) — also known asThomas N. Hazelip — of Paducah,McCrackenCounty, Ky.Born in Munfordville,HartCounty, Ky.,April 6,1877.Lawyer;mayorof Paducah, Ky., 1912-15; defeated, 1919.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,November12, 1950 (age73 years, 220days).Interment somewhere.
Bullitt FamilyCemetery
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
CalvaryCemetery
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | William Brown Stansbury (1923-1985) — also known asWilliam B. Stansbury — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Corydon,HarrisonCounty, Ind.,March18, 1923.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;lawyer;chair ofJefferson County Democratic Party, 1968-76;mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1977-81; in 1978, during a firemen's strike,he left the city, saying that he was going to a conference inAtlanta; instead, he went to New Orleans for atrystwith his administrative assistant; thescandalled to an effort toimpeachhim; soon after, a city official pleaded guilty toextorting$16,000 from local businessmen; when questioned by a federal grandjury as to whether this money came to hiscampaignor to him personally, Stansbury refused to answer, claiming the FifthAmendment right againstself-incrimination.Member,DeltaUpsilon;American BarAssociation.While crossing Bardstown Road to enter St. Francis of AssisiChurch,he washit by acar, and died soon after, in HumanaHospital-University,Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,April 4,1985 (age62 years, 17days); His mother was killed in the same accident, and his wifewas injured.Interment at Calvary Cemetery. | | Louis Joseph Herrmann (1891-1968) — also known asLouis Herrmann — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.BornSeptember22, 1891.Vice-Consulfor Belgium inLouisville,Ky., 1919-22.DiedAugust1, 1968 (age76 years, 314days).Interment at Calvary Cemetery. | | Donald Dean Noble (1936-2005) — also known asDonald D. Noble — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,March 3,1936.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,1968;member, Louisville Board of Alderman, 1968-70.Catholic.Died, ofcancer,April29, 2005 (age69 years, 57days).Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
Cave HillCemetery
701 Baxter Avenue
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Founded 1848
Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1979
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | James Guthrie (1792-1869) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born near Bardstown,NelsonCounty, Ky.,December5, 1792.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1827-29; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1831-40;delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1853-57; president, Louisville andNashvilleRailroad,1860-68;president,University of Louisville; candidate for Democratic nomination forPresident,1860;candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President,1864;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,1864;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1865-68.Slaveowner. Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,March13, 1869 (age76 years, 98days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | James Speed (1812-1887) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born inJeffersonCounty, Ky.,March11, 1812.Republican. Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1847; candidatefordelegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1861-63;U.S.Attorney General, 1864-66; candidate for Republican nominationfor Vice President,1868;candidate forU.S.Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1870; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Kentucky,1872.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,June 25,1887 (age75 years, 106days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | John McKinley (1780-1852) — of Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.; Florence,LauderdaleCounty, Ala.Born inCulpeperCounty, Va.,May 1,1780.Member of Alabama state legislature, 1820;U.S.Senator from Alabama, 1826-31, 1837;U.S.Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1833-35;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1837-52; died in office 1852.Slaveowner. Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,July 19,1852 (age72 years, 79days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Charles Donald Jacob (1838-1898) — also known asCharles D. Jacob — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.BornJune 1,1838.Democrat.Mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1873-79, 1882-84, 1888-90; U.S. Minister toColombia, 1885-86; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Kentucky,1888.DiedDecember25, 1898 (age60 years, 207days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Frederick A. Kaye (1796-1866) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,April21, 1796.Whig.Mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1837-41, 1844-47.Died inBreckinridgeCounty, Ky.,April29, 1866 (age70 years, 8days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | John George Baxter Jr. (1826-1885) — also known asJohn G. Baxter — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,December12, 1826.Democrat.Mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1870-73, 1879-81; defeated, 1875.Scottishancestry.Died in Hot Springs,GarlandCounty, Ark.,March30, 1885 (age58 years, 108days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | John C. Bucklin (1773-1844) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,1773.Mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1828-34.Unitarian.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,March 5,1844 (ageabout 70years).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | John Millbank Delph (1805-1891) — also known asJohn M. Delph — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born inMadisonCounty, Va.,August18, 1805.Carpenter;realestate business;mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1850-52, 1861-63; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1870.Baptist.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,December16, 1891 (age86 years, 120days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Henry S. Tyler (1851-1896) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,September20, 1851.Democrat.Insurancebusiness;mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1891-96; died in office 1896.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,January14, 1896 (age44 years, 116days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | James Smith Lithgow (1812-1902) — also known asJames S. Lithgow — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,November29, 1812.Democrat.Coppersmith;mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1865-67; resigned 1867.Methodist.DiedFebruary21, 1902 (age89 years, 84days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | William Stanton Pilcher (1803-1858) — also known asWilliam S. Pilcher — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born inStaffordCounty, Va.,January5, 1803.Candidate forKentuckystate attorney general, 1844;mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1857-58; died in office 1858.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,August14, 1858 (age55 years, 221days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | David L. Beatty (1798-1881) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born inBourbonCounty, Ky.,December3, 1798.Machinist;iron foundryforeman;mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1841-44.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,February21, 1881 (age82 years, 80days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | James Biddle Eustis (1834-1899) — also known asJames B. Eustis — of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,August27, 1834.Democrat. Member ofLouisianastate house of representatives, 1870; member ofLouisianastate senate, 1874;U.S.Senator from Louisiana, 1876-79, 1885-91; U.S. Ambassador toFrance, 1893-97.Died in Newport,NewportCounty, R.I.,September9, 1899 (age65 years, 13days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Robert Worth Bingham (1871-1937) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.; Glenview,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born inOrangeCounty, N.C.,November8, 1871.Lawyer;publisher of Louisville Courier-Journalnewspaper;mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1907; Republican candidate forJudge,Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1910; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1911;U.S. Ambassador toGreat Britain, 1933-37.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;Societyof Colonial Wars;Societyof the Cincinnati;Sons ofthe American Revolution;PhiBeta Kappa;AlphaTau Omega.Died inBaltimore,Md.,December18, 1937 (age66 years, 40days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Bruce Hoblitzell (1887-1970) — also known as"Mr. Hobby" — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,June 25,1887.Democrat.Real estateagent;JeffersonCounty Sheriff;mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1957-61.DiedAugust11, 1970 (age83 years, 47days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Thomas Howell Crawford (1803-1871) — also known asThomas H. Crawford — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born inRockbridgeCounty, Va.,March 1,1803.Realestate agent;mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1859-61; defeated (Union), 1863;banker.Died as a result of agasexplosion at his home, in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,June 17,1871 (age68 years, 108days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Charles F. Grainger (1854-1923) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,January23, 1854.Democrat.Iron foundrybusiness;mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1901-05; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Kentucky,1904.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,April13, 1923 (age69 years, 80days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Frederic Moseley Sackett Jr. (1868-1941) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,December17, 1868.Republican.Lawyer;president, LouisvilleGas Co.and LouisvilleLightingCo., 1907-12; president, PioneerCoal Co.and Black StarCoal Co.;;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1925-30; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Kentucky,1928(chair,Committeeon Permanent Organization); U.S. Ambassador toGermany, 1930-33.Unitarian.Died inBaltimore,Md.,May 18,1941 (age72 years, 152days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | William Benjamin Harrison (1889-1948) — also known asWilliam B. Harrison — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,July 28,1889.Republican.Insuranceadjuster; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;secretary-treasurer,FoundryProducts Co.; president, Kentucky Refrigerating Co.;mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1927-33; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Kentucky,1928,1932,1936(alternate); candidate forGovernor ofKentucky, 1931.Presbyterian.Member,ZetaPsi.Died, fromlungcancer, in Wequetonsing,EmmetCounty, Mich.,July 13,1948 (age58 years, 351days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.| |  Relatives: Sonof William Harrison and Virginia L. (Trezevant) Harrison; married,June 4,1912, to Margaret W. Allis. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | Andrew Broaddus (1900-1972) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,May 15,1900.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;laundrybusiness;mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1953-57.Died, from aheartattack, in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,September7, 1972 (age72 years, 115days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Kenneth Albert Schmied (1911-1973) — also known asKenneth A. Schmied — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.BornJuly 11,1911.Republican.Furniturebusiness;mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1965-69; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Kentucky,1972.Swissancestry.DiedApril 5,1973 (age61 years, 268days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | John Joyes (1799-1877) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,January8, 1799.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1827;mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1834-36.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,May 31,1877 (age78 years, 143days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | John Barbee (1815-1888) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Pewee Valley,OldhamCounty, Ky.,September16, 1815.Mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1855-57.DiedDecember22, 1888 (age73 years, 97days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | William Kaye (1813-1890) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Yorkshire,England,February13, 1813.Machinist;founder and owner of the Kaye & Companybrass works;bellmanufacturer;mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1863-65.DiedNovember19, 1890 (age77 years, 279days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | William O. Head (1859-1931) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Providence,WebsterCounty, Ky.,July 29,1859.Democrat.Tobaccowarehouser; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1894;mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1909-13; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Kentucky,1912,1916.Died in Clearwater,PinellasCounty, Fla.,April19, 1931 (age71 years, 264days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof John Wilson Head and Mary (Headly) Head. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | George Weissinger Smith (1864-1931) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,October10, 1864.Republican.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1898;mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1917-21.Died, from acerebralhemorrhage, in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,January28, 1931 (age66 years, 110days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Charles P. Weaver (1851-1932) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,March14, 1851.Democrat.Postmaster;member ofKentuckyDemocratic State Central Committee, 1894-96;mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1897-1901.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,November21, 1932 (age81 years, 252days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Edward Leland Taylor (1885-1948) — also known asE. Leland Taylor — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.,April10, 1885.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;real estatebusiness; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromKentucky,1940;mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1945-48.Member,KappaAlpha Order.DiedFebruary16, 1948 (age62 years, 312days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Paul Booker Reed (1842-1913) — also known asP. Booker Reed — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,October7, 1842.Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1885-87.Died in Fort Macleod,Alberta,November9, 1913 (age71 years, 33days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | James Fontleroy Grinstead (1845-1921) — also known asJames F. Grinstead;"HonestJim" —of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Glasgow,BarrenCounty, Ky.,November15, 1845.Republican.Wholesalegrocer;mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1907-09;JeffersonCounty Commissioner, 1917-21.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,November13, 1921 (age75 years, 363days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Arthur A. Will (1871-1940) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,May 22,1871.Republican.Builder;mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1925-27.Died, frompneumonia,in Pewee Valley,OldhamCounty, Ky.,October8, 1940 (age69 years, 139days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | William Owen Cowger (1922-1971) — also known asWilliam O. Cowger — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Hastings,AdamsCounty, Neb.,January1, 1922.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;banker;candidate forKentuckystate house of representatives, 1948; member ofKentuckyRepublican State Central Committee, 1956-71;mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1961-65;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1967-71; defeated,1970.Presbyterian.Member,Jaycees;UrbanLeague;AmericanLegion.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,October2, 1971 (age49 years, 274days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Joseph D. Scholtz (1890-1972) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,January16, 1890.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1937-41; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Kentucky,1940;major in the U.S. Army during World War II; postmaster atLouisville,Ky., 1947-60 (acting, 1947).Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,September25, 1972 (age82 years, 253days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Neville Miller (1894-1977) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,February17, 1894.Democrat.Lawyer;firstdean,University of Louisville School of Law, 1930-33;mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1933-37; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Kentucky,1936;president of the National Association ofBroadcasters,1938-44.Presbyterian.Died inWashington,D.C.,March27, 1977 (age83 years, 38days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Charles Rowland Peaslee Farnsley (1907-1990) — also known asCharles P. Farnsley;CharlieFarnsley —of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.; Glenview,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,March28, 1907.Democrat.Lawyer;delegateto Kentucky convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1936-40; candidate forU.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1940; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Kentucky,1940(alternate),1948,1952;mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1948-53;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1965-67; defeated inprimary, 1932 (at-large), 1934 (3rd District).Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;Sonsof Confederate Veterans;Societyof Colonial Wars;DeltaUpsilon;OmicronDelta Kappa.Died, fromAlzheimer'sdisease, at Brownsboro HillsNursingHome, Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,June 19,1990 (age83 years, 83days).Cremated;ashes interred at Cave Hill Cemetery; statue atWest Main Street. | | Wilson W. Wyatt (1905-1996) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,November21, 1905.Democrat.Lawyer;mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1941-45; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Kentucky,1944(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1948,1952,1960;LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1959-63; candidate forU.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1962; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Kentucky, 1963.Presbyterian.Member,Americansfor Democratic Action;American BarAssociation;Rotary.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,June 11,1996 (age90 years, 203days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Richard H. Wyatt and Mary (Watkins) Wyatt; married,June 14,1930, to Anne Kinnaird Duncan. | | | | Wyatt Hall (built 1939, named 1995), whichhouses the law school at theUniversityof Louisville,Louisville,Kentucky, isnamed forhim. — Wyatt Hall (includingtheatersand anartgallery), at BellarmineUniversity,Louisville,Kentucky, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | William L. Lyons (1857-1911) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,June 3,1857.Mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1890.Died in Kenosha,KenoshaCounty, Wis.,June 2,1911 (age53 years, 364days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Robert Emmet King (1848-1921) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in1848.Republican.Undertaker;mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1896.DiedNovember11, 1921 (ageabout 73years).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Joseph Thomas O'Neal (1881-1944) — also known asJoseph T. O'Neal — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,August13, 1881.Democrat.Mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1927; defeated, 1927;Judge,Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1928.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,September4, 1944 (age63 years, 22days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Whiteside Godfrey Hunter (1841-1917) — also known asW. Godfrey Hunter — of Burkesville,CumberlandCounty, Ky.; Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born near Belfast, Ireland (nowNorthernIreland),December25, 1841.Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; served in the Union Army duringthe Civil War;physician;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1874; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Kentucky,1880,1892,1896(ConventionVice-President);U.S.Representative from Kentucky, 1887-89, 1895-97, 1903-05 (3rdDistrict 1887-89, 1895-97, 11th District 1903-05); defeated, 1892,1896; U.S. Minister toGuatemala, 1897-1903;Honduras, 1897.Scotch-Irishancestry.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,November2, 1917 (age75 years, 312days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Shackelford Miller Jr. (1892-1965) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,September4, 1892.Lawyer;U.S.District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky, 1939-45;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1945-65; tooksenior status 1965.Member,American BarAssociation.DiedNovember24, 1965 (age73 years, 81days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Albert Shelby Willis (1843-1897) — also known asAlbert S. Willis — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Shelbyville,ShelbyCounty, Ky.,January22, 1843.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1877-87; U.S. MinistertoHawaiian Islands, 1893-97, died in office 1897.Died in Honolulu, Island of Oahu,HonoluluCounty, Hawaii,January6, 1897 (age53 years, 350days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | David Meriwether (1800-1893) — Born inLouisaCounty, Va.,October30, 1800.Democrat. Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1832; candidate forU.S.Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1847, 1851;delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849;secretaryof state of Kentucky, 1851-52;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1852;Governorof New Mexico Territory, 1853-57; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1858-85;Speaker ofthe Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1859.Slaveowner. Died near Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,April 4,1893 (age92 years, 156days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Thruston Ballard Morton (1907-1982) — also known asThruston B. Morton — of Glenview,JeffersonCounty, Ky.; Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,August19, 1907.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1947-53; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Kentucky,1948,1952,1956(delegation chair); member, Resolutions Committee,1956;speaker,1956,1960;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1957-69;Chairmanof Republican National Committee, 1959-61.Episcopalian.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,August14, 1982 (age74 years, 360days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.  | Augustus Everett Willson (1846-1931) — also known asAugustus E. Willson — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Maysville,MasonCounty, Ky.,October13, 1846.Republican.Lawyer; lawpartner ofJohnMarshall Harlan, and later, of Mr.ShirleyM. Crawford; delegate to Republican National Convention fromKentucky,1884,1888,1892,1904,1908,1916;candidate forU.S.Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1892;Governor ofKentucky, 1907-11; candidate forU.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1914.Presbyterian.Died, fromlobarpneumonia, in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,August24, 1931 (age84 years, 315days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Thomas Elliott Bramlette (1817-1875) — also known asThomas E. Bramlette — of Kentucky. Born inCumberlandCounty, Ky.,January3, 1817.Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1841; candidate forU.S.Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1853; state courtjudge in Kentucky, 1856; colonel in the Union Army during the CivilWar;U.S.Attorney for Kentucky, 1863;Governor ofKentucky, 1863-67; received 3 electoral votes for Vice-President,1872.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,January12, 1875 (age58 years, 9days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | William Preston (1816-1887) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born near Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,October16, 1816.Lawyer;delegate to Whig National Convention from Kentucky, 1839 (speaker);colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1850, 1868-69; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1851-53;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1852-55; defeated,1854; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,1856,1880(speaker);U.S. Minister toSpain, 1859-61; general in the Confederate Army during theCivil War.Slaveowner. Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,September21, 1887 (age70 years, 340days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Boyd Winchester (1836-1923) — of Kentucky. Born inAscensionParish, La.,September23, 1836.Democrat. Member ofKentuckystate senate, 1867-68;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1869-73; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Kentucky,1880;U.S. Minister toSwitzerland, 1885-89.Member,PhiKappa Psi.Slaveowner. Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,May 18,1923 (age86 years, 237days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Henry Luesing Brooks (1905-1971) — also known asHenry L. Brooks — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,December9, 1905.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; circuit judge inKentucky, 1946-48; alternate delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Kentucky,1948;U.S.District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky, 1954-69;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1969-71; died inoffice 1971.Member,SigmaChi;PhiDelta Phi;Freemasons;Shriners.DiedDecember30, 1971 (age66 years, 21days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Charles William Buck (1849-1930) — also known asCharles W. Buck — ofWoodfordCounty, Ky.; Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Vicksburg,WarrenCounty, Miss.,March17, 1849.Lawyer;U.S. Minister toPeru, 1885-89.Died inJeffersonCounty, Ky.,November30, 1930 (age81 years, 258days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Emmet O'Neal (1887-1967) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,April14, 1887.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1935-47; defeated,1946; U.S. Ambassador toPhilippines, 1947-48.Baptist.Died inWashington,D.C.,July 18,1967 (age80 years, 95days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Walter Evans (1842-1923) — of Hopkinsville,ChristianCounty, Ky.; Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born near Glasgow,BarrenCounty, Ky.,September18, 1842.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,1868,1872,1880,1884;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1871; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1873; candidate forGovernor ofKentucky, 1879; U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1883-85;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1895-99; defeated,1876, 1898;U.S.District Judge for Kentucky, 1899-1923; died in office 1923.DiedDecember30, 1923 (age81 years, 103days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Judson Claudius Clements (1846-1917) — also known asJudson C. Clements — of LaFayette,WalkerCounty, Ga.; Rome,FloydCounty, Ga.;Washington,D.C.Born near Villanow,WalkerCounty, Ga.,February12, 1846.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1872-76; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1877;U.S.Representative from Georgia 7th District, 1881-91; member,Interstate Commerce Commission, 1892-1917.Died inWashington,D.C.,June 18,1917 (age71 years, 126days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Henry Minett (1857-1952) — Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,1857.U.S. Navy commander;Governor ofAmerican Samoa.Died, in Veterans AdministrationHospital,Asheville,BuncombeCounty, N.C.,December20, 1952 (ageabout 95years).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Bland Ballard (1819-1879) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born inShelbyCounty, Ky.,September4, 1819.Lawyer;U.S.District Judge for Kentucky, 1861-79; died in office 1879.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,July 29,1879 (age59 years, 328days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.  | Henry Watterson (1840-1921) — also known as"Marse Henry" — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born inWashington,D.C.,February16, 1840.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;editor, Louisville Courier-Journalnewspaper;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,1876(TemporaryChair),1880(member,ResolutionsCommittee;speaker),1884,1888(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1892;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1876-77; received thePulitzerPrize in Journalism, 1918.Methodist.Died in Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.,December22, 1921 (age81 years, 309days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | John Watson Barr (1826-1907) — also known asJohn W. Barr — of Versailles,WoodfordCounty, Ky.; Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Versailles,WoodfordCounty, Ky.,December17, 1826.Lawyer;served in the Union Army during the Civil War;U.S.District Judge for Kentucky, 1880-99; retired 1899.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,December31, 1907 (age81 years, 14days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof William Barr and Ann (Watson) Barr. |
| | Asher Graham Caruth (1844-1907) — also known asAsher G. Caruth — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Scottsville,AllenCounty, Ky.,February7, 1844.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1887-95.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,November25, 1907 (age63 years, 291days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Harvey Magee Watterson (1811-1891) — also known asHarvey M. Watterson — of Tennessee. Born inBedfordCounty, Tenn.,November23, 1811.Democrat.Newspapereditor;lawyer;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1835;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 9th District, 1839-43; member ofTennesseestate senate, 1845-47;Speakerof the Tennessee State Senate, 1845-47.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,October1, 1891 (age79 years, 312days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Benjamin H. Ridgely (1861-1908) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born inCarolineCounty, Md.,July 13,1861.Newspapereditor; U.S. Consul inGeneva, 1893-1900;Malaga, 1900-02;Nantes, 1902-04; U.S. Consul General inBarcelona, 1904-08;Mexico City, 1908, died in office 1908.Died, fromheartfailure, en route to Mexico City,in aPullman railroad car at Monterrey,NuevoLeón,October10, 1908 (age47 years, 89days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | George Alfred Caldwell (1814-1866) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Columbia,AdairCounty, Ky.,October18, 1814.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1839-40;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1843-45, 1849-51;major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Kentucky,1860.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,September17, 1866 (age51 years, 334days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | George Gilmore Gilbert (1849-1909) — also known asGeorge G. Gilbert — of Shelbyville,ShelbyCounty, Ky.Born in Taylorsville,SpencerCounty, Ky.,December24, 1849.Democrat. Member ofKentuckystate senate, 1885; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Kentucky,1896;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1899-1907.DiedNovember9, 1909 (age59 years, 320days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Joseph Swagar Sherley (1871-1941) — also known asJ. Swagar Sherley — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,November28, 1871.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1903-19.Died in1941(ageabout69 years).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Oscar Turner (1825-1896) — of Oscar,BallardCounty, Ky.Born in Louisiana,1825.U.S.Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1879-85; defeated,1874, 1876.Slaveowner. Died in1896(ageabout71 years).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Samuel McKee (1833-1898) — of Mt. Sterling,MontgomeryCounty, Ky.Born near Mt. Sterling,MontgomeryCounty, Ky.,November5, 1833.Republican.U.S.Representative from Kentucky, 1865-69 (9th District 1865-67, 2ndDistrict 1867-69).DiedDecember11, 1898 (age65 years, 36days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Robert Charles Wickliffe (1874-1912) — also known asRobert C. Wickliffe — of St. Francisville,WestFeliciana Parish, La.Born in Bardstown,NelsonCounty, Ky.,May 1,1874.Democrat.Lawyer;delegateto Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1898; served in theU.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; district attorney, 24thJudicial District, 1902-06;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 6th District, 1909-12; died inoffice 1912; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromLouisiana,1912.While walking on the Southern Railway track in Potomac Park, wasstruck andkilled by a train, inWashington,D.C.,June 11,1912 (age38 years, 41days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Theodore Legrand Burnett (1829-1917) — of Kentucky. Born inSpencerCounty, Ky.,November14, 1829.Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;delegateto Kentucky secession convention, 1861;Delegatefrom Kentucky to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;Representativefrom Kentucky in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,October30, 1917 (age87 years, 350days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.  | Samuel Bullitt Churchill (1812-1890) — also known asSamuel B. Churchill — ofSt.Louis, Mo.; Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.; Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born near Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,December6, 1812.Lawyer;newspapereditor; postmaster atSt.Louis, Mo., 1842-45; member ofMissouristate senate, 1858; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Missouri,1860;secretaryof state of Kentucky, 1867-71, 1879-80.Episcopalian.Died, from "braincongestion", in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,May 14,1890 (age77 years, 159days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Oscar Turner (1867-1902) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Kentucky,1867.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1899-1901.Died in1902(ageabout35 years).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | John Marshall Robsion Jr. (1904-1990) — also known asJohn M. Robsion, Jr. — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Barbourville,KnoxCounty, Ky.,August28, 1904.Republican. State court judge in Kentucky, 1946;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1953-59; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Kentucky,1956,1960;candidate forGovernor ofKentucky, 1959.Died in1990(ageabout85 years).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Thomas Austin Ballantine Jr. (1926-1992) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,September22, 1926.Democrat.Lawyer;circuit judge in Kentucky, 1964-77;U.S.District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky, 1977-91;took senior status 1991.Catholic.Member,PhiAlpha Delta;UrbanLeague;American BarAssociation.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,February18, 1992 (age65 years, 149days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas A. Ballantine and Marie (Peiffer) Ballantine; married,June 10,1953, to Nancy Adair Armstrong. |
| | Edward Young Parsons (1842-1876) — of Kentucky. Born in Middletown,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,December12, 1842.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1875-76; died inoffice 1876.Died inWashington,D.C.,July 8,1876 (age33 years, 209days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | William Poindexter Thomasson (1797-1882) — also known asWilliam P. Thomasson — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Kentucky,1797.Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1830;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1843-47.Slaveowner. Died in1882(ageabout85 years).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Richard Hickman Menefee (1809-1841) — of Kentucky. Born in Kentucky,1809.Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1836-37;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 11th District, 1837-39.Died in1841(ageabout32 years).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Fayette County, Ky.; reinterment in1893 at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Patrick Hamilton Pope (1806-1841) — of Kentucky. Born in Kentucky,1806.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1833-35; member ofKentucky state legislature, 1840.Slaveowner. Died in1841(ageabout35 years).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Edmund Bullock (1763-1852) — of Kentucky. Born inHanoverCounty, Va.,1763.Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1793-98;Speaker ofthe Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1796-98; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1805-17.Died inFayetteCounty, Ky.,July 16,1852 (ageabout 89years).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Thomas Alexander Harris (1826-1895) — of Missouri. Born in1826.Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;Representativefrom Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1861-64.Died in Pewee Valley,OldhamCounty, Ky.,April 9,1895 (ageabout 68years).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | John Richard Barret (1825-1903) — also known asJohn R. Barret — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born in Greensburg,GreenCounty, Ky.,August21, 1825.Democrat. Member ofMissouristate house of representatives, 1852;U.S.Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1859-60, 1860-61.Slaveowner. Died, in the BuckinghamHotel,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November2, 1903 (age78 years, 73days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Horatio Washington Bruce (1830-1903) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born near Vanceburg,LewisCounty, Ky.,February22, 1830.Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1855;delegateto Kentucky secession convention, 1861;Representativefrom Kentucky in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,January22, 1903 (age72 years, 334days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | William Garnett Duncan (1800-1875) — also known asGarnett Duncan — of Kentucky. Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,March 2,1800.U.S.Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1847-49.Slaveowner. Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,May 25,1875 (age75 years, 84days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | William Thomas Ward (1808-1878) — also known asWilliam T. Ward — of Kentucky. Born in Virginia,August9, 1808.Lawyer;major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Kentuckystate legislature, 1840;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1851-53; general inthe Union Army during the Civil War.Slaveowner. DiedOctober12, 1878 (age70 years, 64days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Elisha David Standiford (1831-1887) — of Kentucky. Born near Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,December28, 1831.Democrat.Physician;farmer;member ofKentuckystate senate, 1868, 1871;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1873-75; president,Louisville & NashvilleRailroad,1875-79.Slaveowner. Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,July 26,1887 (age55 years, 210days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Harvey Samuel Irwin (1844-1916) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born inHighlandCounty, Ohio,December10, 1844.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1901-03.Died in Vienna,FairfaxCounty, Va.,September3, 1916 (age71 years, 268days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Sallie A. Hert (1863-1948) — also known asSallie Aley;Mrs. Alvin T.Hert —of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.BornJanuary10, 1863.Republican. Member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Kentucky, 1924; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Kentucky,1924,1928,1932;Vice-Chairof Republican National Committee, 1932.Female.DiedJune 8,1948 (age85 years, 150days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Ben L. Bruner — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Republican.Secretaryof state of Kentucky, 1908-12; candidate forU.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1918; alternate delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Kentucky,1920.Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.  | Philip Pendleton Ardery (1914-2012) — of Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.; Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,March 6,1914.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; candidate forU.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1946; candidate forU.S.Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1956.Disciplesof Christ; laterEpiscopalian.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;American BarAssociation;PhiDelta Theta.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,July 26,2012 (age98 years, 142days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | John Breckinridge Castleman (1841-1918) — also known asJohn B. Castleman — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,June 30,1841.Democrat. Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; ledConfederateguerillaforces in operations aimed at Chicago and St. Louis;capturedin Indiana, 1864, convicted ofspying,andsentenced todeath, but his execution was stayed by PresidentAbrahamLincoln;deportedto France in 1865;pardonedin 1866 by PresidentAndrewJohnson, and returned to Kentucky;insurancebusiness;AdjutantGeneral of Kentucky, 1883, 1900; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Kentucky,1888(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization),1892(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization); colonel in the U.S. Army during theSpanish-American War.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,May 23,1918 (age76 years, 327days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery; statue (now gone) atCherokee Triangle.| | Relatives: Sonof David B. Castleman and Virginia (Harrison) Castleman; married toAlice Osmond Barbee; great-grandnephew ofBenjaminHarrison (1726-1791) andWilliamCabell; second great-grandnephew ofRichardRandolph; first cousin ofCarterHenry Harrison; first cousin once removed ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823),BenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell,RobertJefferson Breckinridge andCarterHenry Harrison II; first cousin twice removed ofThomasJefferson,CarterBassett Harrison,WilliamCabell Jr.,WilliamHenry Cabell andWilliamHenry Harrison (1773-1841); first cousin thrice removed ofRichardBland,PeytonRandolph (1721-1775),RobertCarter Nicholas (1729-1780) andWilliamFitzhugh; second cousin ofJohnCabell Breckinridge,PeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864),WilliamLewis Cabell,RobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr.,GeorgeCraighead Cabell andWilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge; second cousin once removed ofMarthaJefferson Randolph,DabneyCarr,FrederickMortimer Cabell,JohnScott Harrison (1804-1878),EdwardCarrington Cabell,JosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906),CliftonRodes Breckinridge,PeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925),BenjaminEarl Cabell,LevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; second cousin twice removed ofTheodorickBland,EdmundJenings Randolph,GeorgeNicholas,BeverleyRandolph,WilsonCary Nicholas,JohnNicholas,JohnRandolph of Roanoke andEarleCabell; third cousin ofFrancisWayles Eppes,DabneySmith Carr,BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph,GeorgeWythe Randolph,JohnWilliam Leftwich,BenjaminHarrison (1833-1901) andJohnScott Harrison (1844-1926); third cousin once removed ofJohnMarshall,HenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,JamesMarkham Marshall,ThomasMann Randolph Jr.,AlexanderKeith Marshall,EdmundJennings Lee,PeytonRandolph (1779-1828),HenrySt. George Tucker,RobertCarter Nicholas (1787-1857),ThomasJefferson Coolidge,RussellBenjamin Harrison andFrederickMadison Roberts; third cousin twice removed ofBurwellBassett,JohnGardner Coolidge,EdithWilson andWilliamHenry Harrison (1896-1990); fourth cousin ofThomasMarshall,JamesKeith Marshall,PeterMyndert Dox,NathanielBeverly Tucker,EdmundRandolph andWilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnWayles Eppes,FitzhughLee,EdmundRandolph Cocke,ConnallyFindlay Trigg,JohnAugustine Marshall,RichardEvelyn Byrd,HarryBartow Hawes andWilliamWelby Beverley. | | | | Political families:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia;Cabell-Breckinridgefamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Samuel Thruston Ballard (1855-1926) — also known asS. Thruston Ballard — of Glenview,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,February11, 1855.Founder and president of Ballard & Ballard,flourmillers;LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1919-23.Episcopalian.DiedJanuary18, 1926 (age70 years, 341days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Nathaniel Wolfe (1810-1865) — ofJeffersonCounty, Ky.Born inRichmond,Va.,October20, 1810.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate senate, 1853-55; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1859-63; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Kentucky,1864(member,CredentialsCommittee).Presbyterian.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,July 3,1865 (age54 years, 256days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Ellsworth Regenstein (c.1878-1957) — of Fort Thomas,CampbellCounty, Ky.Born inMasonCounty, Ky., about 1878.Republican.Lawyer;Kentuckysuperintendent of public instruction, 1910-12; director, CentralSavingsBank,Newport; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1930; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Kentucky,1932;organizer and president of the Kentucky HomeLifeInsurance Co. in the 1930s.Episcopalian.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,March23, 1957 (ageabout 79years).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | James Francis Buckner Jr. (1849-1923) — also known asJames F. Buckner — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Hopkinsville,ChristianCounty, Ky.,May 6,1849.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Louisville, Kentucky, 1879;delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,1880;HonoraryConsul for Guatemala inLouisville,Ky., 1896-99;Consul-Generalfor Central America inLouisville,Ky., 1897-98;Consul-Generalfor Honduras inLouisville,Ky., 1898-1907;Consul-Generalfor Nicaragua inLouisville,Ky., 1899-1907.Died, fromanginapectoris andcerebralhemorrhage, in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,September19, 1923 (age74 years, 136days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | William Birch Haldeman (1846-1924) — also known asWilliam B. Haldeman — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,July 27,1846.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;newspapereditor; member ofKentuckyDemocratic State Central Committee, 1884-90; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Kentucky,1892(member,RulesCommittee),1896,1908,1912;AdjutantGeneral of Kentucky, 1911-12; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Kentucky, 1918-20.Presbyterian.Member,UnitedConfederate Veterans.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,October27, 1924 (age78 years, 92days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | William Burke Belknap (1885-1965) — also known asWilliam B. Belknap — of Goshen,OldhamCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,April18, 1885.Democrat.Stockbreeder;economist;collegeteacher; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives 59th District, 1924-28, 1934-35; candidate forU.S.Representative from Kentucky, 1933.Member,AmericanEconomic Association;ZetaPsi;PhiBeta Kappa;Freemasons.DiedSeptember7, 1965 (age80 years, 142days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.  | John Conrad Baumberger (1832-1908) — also known asJ. C. Baumberger;Johann ConradBaumberger —of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Dübendorf, Zürich,Switzerland,January10, 1832.Wholesaletobacco business;Consulfor Switzerland inLouisville,Ky., 1883-87, 1895-1908.Died, frompneumoniaandinfluenza,in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,April27, 1908 (age76 years, 108days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.| | Relatives:Married to Maria Therese Muenchausen. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: LouisvilleCourier-Journal, August 8, 1897 |
| | | Richard P. Cane (1847-1929) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born inIreland,November11, 1847.HonoraryConsul for Cuba inLouisville,Ky., 1905-26.Struckby an automobile on Broadway between Fourth and Fifth Streets,suffered a fractured skull, and died four days later withoutregaining consciousness, at St. Joseph'sInfirmary,Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,June 30,1929 (age81 years, 231days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Hundley Sevier Bonnie (1893-1965) — also known asSevier Bonnie — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born inJeffersonCounty, Ky.,January2, 1893.HonoraryConsul for Belgium inLouisville,Ky., 1935-59.Died inJeffersonCounty, Ky.,March16, 1965 (age72 years, 73days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Robert Palen Bonnie and Matilda Maude (Williams) Bonnie; marriedto Judith Gentry Farrell. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | William Fontaine Bullock (1807-1889) — Born in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,January16, 1807.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1837-38, 1840-41; circuit judgein Kentucky, 1846-55;lawprofessor; Presidential Elector for Kentucky,1864.Died in Hemp Ridge,ShelbyCounty, Ky.,August9, 1889 (age82 years, 205days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | William R. Attkisson (d. 1941) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Democrat. Member ofKentuckystate senate 38th District, 1938-41; died in office 1941.DiedJune 20,1941.Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Lafon Allen (1871-1952) — of Glenview,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,August2, 1871.Republican.Lawyer;circuit judge in Kentucky, 1922-34; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Kentucky,1936.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;AlphaDelta Phi.DiedAugust3, 1952 (age81 years, 1days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.  | Charles Earl Sapp (1859-1912) — also known asCharles E. Sapp — of Crescent Hill,JeffersonCounty, Ky.; Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Missouri,February15, 1859.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,1896,1900;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Louisville, Kentucky, 1899-1901.Republican boss of Louisville, allied withWilliamS. Taylor;indicted,with two others, in March 1902, on federalchargesofextortingpayments from federal employees forpoliticalcontributions;pleadedguilty in March 1903, andfined$500 plus costs.Died, fromdoublepneumonia, inSt.Louis, Mo.,March10, 1912 (age53 years, 24days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.| | Relatives:Married to Nellie Williamson. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: LouisvilleCourier-Journal, March 11, 1912 |
|  | Charles Earl Currie (1865-1928) — also known asCharles E. Currie — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Dayton,CampbellCounty, Ky.,June 16,1865.President, CurrieFertilizerCo.;Vice-Consulfor Denmark inLouisville,Ky., 1897-99;Consulfor Denmark inLouisville,Ky., 1899-1907.Killed in anaccidentwith mining machinery, when a five-ton cylinder graphite dryer rolledover him, in Goodwater,CoosaCounty, Ala.,May 25,1928 (age62 years, 344days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof George Earl Currie and Mary Margaret 'Maggie' Currie; married,October22, 1889, to Rose Julia Tuley. | | | | Image source: LouisvilleCourier-Journal, August 8, 1897 |
 | Alvin Tobias Hert (1865-1921) — also known asAlvin T. Hert — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.BornApril 8,1865.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,1916,1920(chair,ArrangementsCommittee); member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Kentucky, 1920.DiedJune 7,1921 (age56 years, 60days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | | Frank B. Russell — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromKentucky,1912,1928;candidate forU.S.Representative from Kentucky at-large, 1932.Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Thomas Joyes (1787-1866) — Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,December9, 1787.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1834-35.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,May 4,1866 (age78 years, 146days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Patrick Joyes; brother ofJohnJoyes. |
| | Fortunatus Cosby Jr. (1801-1871) — Born in1801.Superintendentof schools.Died in1871(ageabout70 years).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | James Adams Ekin (1819-1891) — also known asJames A. Ekin — of Elizabeth,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,August31, 1819.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1860;colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of militarytribunal which tried the conspirators in the assassination ofAbrahamLincoln.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,March27, 1891 (age71 years, 208days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof James Ekin and Susan Burling (Bayard) Ekin; married to DianaCraighead Walker; father of Mary Elizabeth Ekin (who marriedAugustusEverett Willson); great-grandnephew ofStephanusBayard; third great-grandson ofStephanusVan Cortlandt andNicholasBayard (c.1644-1707); third great-grandnephew ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724),JacobusVan Cortlandt andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); fourth great-grandnephew ofPieterStuyvesant; first cousin twice removed ofNicholasBayard (1736-1802); first cousin thrice removed ofPierreVan Cortlandt,PhilipJohn Schuyler andStephenJohn Schuyler; first cousin four times removed ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775),GilbertLivingston andJohannesSchuyler (1697-1746); first cousin five times removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; second cousin once removed ofJohnSluyter Wirt; second cousin twice removed ofPieterSchuyler (1746-1792),PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,PhilipJeremiah Schuyler andJamesParker; second cousin thrice removed ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,PhilipLivingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),WilliamLivingston,JamesJay,PhilipP. Schuyler,JohnJay andFrederickJay; third cousin once removed ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,PhilipSchuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton andJohnCortlandt Parker; third cousin twice removed ofVolkertPetrus Douw,PeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),JeremiahVan Rensselaer,JohnBubenheim Bayard,RobertVan Rensselaer,WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,HendrickKiliaen Van Rensselaer,RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),JamesLivingston,HenryBrockholst Livingston,PeterSamuel Schuyler,KillianKillian Van Rensselaer,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),PeterAugustus Jay andWilliamJay; third cousin thrice removed ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr. andBronsonMurray Cutting; fourth cousin ofEdwardLivingston (1796-1840),HenryBell Van Rensselaer,RichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker; fourth cousin once removed ofLeonardGansevoort,LeonardGansevoort Jr.,PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JamesAsheton Bayard Sr.,JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,MaturinLivingston,RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,CharlesLudlow Livingston,HamiltonFish,GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnJay II,PhilipN. Schuyler,KiliaenVan Rensselaer andRobertRay Hamilton. | | | | Political family:FourThousand Related Politicians.. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | Harvey Watterson (1879-1908) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,February12, 1879.Democrat.Lawyer;candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly, 1906.While trying to close a window in hislawoffice, hefellthrough the window to his death 110 feet below, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November11, 1908 (age29 years, 273days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | W. Godfrey Hunter Jr. (c.1880-1912) — of Kentucky. Born in Burkesville,CumberlandCounty, Ky., about 1880.U.S. Vice Consul General inGuatemala City, 1898-99.Scotch-Irishancestry.Died, fromheartdisease, inWashington,D.C.,March25, 1912 (ageabout 32years).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | David Cooper Swan Wintersmith (1839-1912) — also known asDavid C. Swan Wintersmith — of Elizabethtown,HardinCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,May 4,1839.Republican. Postmaster atElizabethtown,Ky., 1864-66, 1870-71, 1871-83.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,November10, 1912 (age73 years, 190days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Charles Alexander Eggleton (1879-1936) — also known asCharles A. Eggleton — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,May 15,1879.Tobaccobusiness; U.S. Vice Consul inDakar, 1916-24.Died, oflivercancer, in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,February8, 1936 (age56 years, 269days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Peter Lee Atherton (1862-1939) — of Glenview,JeffersonCounty, Ky.; Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.BornOctober7, 1862.Democrat.Real estatebusiness; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromKentucky,1916.DiedJanuary10, 1939 (age76 years, 95days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Eugene Rufus Attkisson (1873-1939) — also known asEugene Attkisson — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Lavinia,CarrollCounty, Tenn.,October31, 1873.Democrat.Collegeteacher;lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,1932.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;American BarAssociation;Elks;Lions.Died in1939(ageabout65 years).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Dr. John Rufus Attkisson and Elizabeth Moss (Lanier) Attkisson;married,June 6,1900, to Grace Crawford Dorney. |
| | Charles Edward Woodcock (1854-1940) — also known asCharles E. Woodcock — of Ansonia,New HavenCounty, Conn.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.; St. Matthews,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in New Britain,HartfordCounty, Conn.,June 12,1854.Republican.Episcopalpriest;Bishop ofthe Episcopal Diocese of Kentucky, 1905-35;offered prayer, Republican National Convention,1920.Episcopalian.Suffered aheartattack in Naples, Fla., and died soon after, in ahospitalat Fort Myers,LeeCounty, Fla.,March12, 1940 (age85 years, 274days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Alfred Thruston Burgevin (c.1871-1946) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Spiro,Le FloreCounty, Okla., about 1871.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromKentucky,1908;criminal court judge in Kentucky, 1930.Died, fromuremia,in the NortonInfirmary,Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,November10, 1946 (ageabout 75years).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | James Matt Chilton (1881-1960) — also known asJ. Matt Chilton — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Turners Station,HenryCounty, Ky.,May 18,1881.Republican.Lawyer; lawclerk to MayorJamesF. Grinstead, 1908-09; secretary to U.S. Sen.W.O. Bradley, 1910-11; member ofKentuckyRepublican State Central Committee, 1912-36;JeffersonCounty Attorney, 1918-27; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Kentucky, 1928-36.Baptist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners;OddFellows;Elks.DiedJanuary16, 1960 (age78 years, 243days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof George Blackwell Chilton and Florence N. (Sewell)Chilton. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Charlotte Woodbury (1875-1964) — also known asCharlotte Osborne;Mrs. John L.Woodbury —of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,July 24,1875.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromKentucky,1928.Female.Member,Daughters of theAmerican Revolution;UnitedDaughters of the Confederacy.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,March 7,1964 (age88 years, 227days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.| | Relatives:Daughter of Thomas DeCourcy Osborne and Christina Charlotte (Ray)Osborne; married1899 to JohnLeonard Woodbury. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Harris Gilbert Whittenberg, Sr. (1904-1971) — also known asH. G. Whittenberg — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,January28, 1904.Democrat. President, WhittenbergConstructionCo.; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromKentucky,1956.Methodist.DiedJanuary11, 1971 (age66 years, 348days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Jesse Isa Whittenberg and May (Smith) Whittenberg; married,January18, 1927, to Kathleen E. Irion. |
| | May Preston Davie (1895-1975) — also known asEugénie Mary Ladenburg;Mrs. PrestonDavie —of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January31, 1895.Republican.Delegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; delegateto Republican National Convention from New York,1936,1960(alternate).Female.Died, ofheartfailure, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September19, 1975 (age80 years, 231days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Berl Boyd (1896-1988) — ofGravesCounty, Ky.; Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Farmington,GravesCounty, Ky.,March15, 1896.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1922.Presbyterian.Member,OddFellows;PiKappa Alpha;PhiAlpha Delta;Order ofthe Coif;AlphaDelta Sigma.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,October25, 1988 (age92 years, 224days).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof William Ether Boyd and Virginia Emma (Dulaney) Boyd; married toBettye Wolfe. | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Henry Rueter Heyburn (1920-1991) — Born in1920.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1950.Died in1991(ageabout71 years).Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Henry E. Dosker (d. 1999) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Democrat. Candidate forKentuckystate senate 35th District, 1975.DiedNovember8, 1999.Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | William Beard Hoke — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,1876.Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery. | | Edward Hilpp — of Lebanon,MarionCounty, Ky.Born in Lebanon,MarionCounty, Ky.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegateto Republican National Convention from Kentucky,1884.Jewish.Germanancestry.Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof George Huttel. |
| | John Blakey Helm — also known asJ. Blakey Helm — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,1940.Cremated;ashes interred at Cave Hill Cemetery. | Politicians formerlyburied here: | | | Lovell Harrison Rousseau (1818-1869) — also known asLovell H. Rousseau — of Bloomfield,GreeneCounty, Ind.; Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born near Stanford,LincolnCounty, Ky.,August4, 1818.Republican.Lawyer;member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1844-45; served in the U.S. Armyduring the Mexican War; member ofIndianastate senate, 1847-49; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1860-61; general in the Union Army during the CivilWar;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1865-66, 1866-67;resigned 1866; on June 14, 1866, heassaultedIowa Rep.JosiahB. Grinnell with the iron handle of his cane;reprimandedby the House of Representatives, andresigned,but was elected to fill his own vacancy.Slaveowner. Died in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,January7, 1869 (age50 years, 156days).Original interment and cenotaph at Cave Hill Cemetery; reinterment in1892 atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
CherokeeTriangle
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
| Politicians who have(or had) monuments here: | | | John Breckinridge Castleman (1841-1918) — also known asJohn B. Castleman — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,June 30,1841.Democrat. Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; ledConfederateguerillaforces in operations aimed at Chicago and St. Louis;capturedin Indiana, 1864, convicted ofspying,andsentenced todeath, but his execution was stayed by PresidentAbrahamLincoln;deportedto France in 1865;pardonedin 1866 by PresidentAndrewJohnson, and returned to Kentucky;insurancebusiness;AdjutantGeneral of Kentucky, 1883, 1900; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Kentucky,1888(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization),1892(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization); colonel in the U.S. Army during theSpanish-American War.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,May 23,1918 (age76 years, 327days).Interment atCave Hill Cemetery; statue (nowgone) at Cherokee Triangle.| | Relatives: Sonof David B. Castleman and Virginia (Harrison) Castleman; married toAlice Osmond Barbee; great-grandnephew ofBenjaminHarrison (1726-1791) andWilliamCabell; second great-grandnephew ofRichardRandolph; first cousin ofCarterHenry Harrison; first cousin once removed ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823),BenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell,RobertJefferson Breckinridge andCarterHenry Harrison II; first cousin twice removed ofThomasJefferson,CarterBassett Harrison,WilliamCabell Jr.,WilliamHenry Cabell andWilliamHenry Harrison (1773-1841); first cousin thrice removed ofRichardBland,PeytonRandolph (1721-1775),RobertCarter Nicholas (1729-1780) andWilliamFitzhugh; second cousin ofJohnCabell Breckinridge,PeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864),WilliamLewis Cabell,RobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr.,GeorgeCraighead Cabell andWilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge; second cousin once removed ofMarthaJefferson Randolph,DabneyCarr,FrederickMortimer Cabell,JohnScott Harrison (1804-1878),EdwardCarrington Cabell,JosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906),CliftonRodes Breckinridge,PeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925),BenjaminEarl Cabell,LevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; second cousin twice removed ofTheodorickBland,EdmundJenings Randolph,GeorgeNicholas,BeverleyRandolph,WilsonCary Nicholas,JohnNicholas,JohnRandolph of Roanoke andEarleCabell; third cousin ofFrancisWayles Eppes,DabneySmith Carr,BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph,GeorgeWythe Randolph,JohnWilliam Leftwich,BenjaminHarrison (1833-1901) andJohnScott Harrison (1844-1926); third cousin once removed ofJohnMarshall,HenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,JamesMarkham Marshall,ThomasMann Randolph Jr.,AlexanderKeith Marshall,EdmundJennings Lee,PeytonRandolph (1779-1828),HenrySt. George Tucker,RobertCarter Nicholas (1787-1857),ThomasJefferson Coolidge,RussellBenjamin Harrison andFrederickMadison Roberts; third cousin twice removed ofBurwellBassett,JohnGardner Coolidge,EdithWilson andWilliamHenry Harrison (1896-1990); fourth cousin ofThomasMarshall,JamesKeith Marshall,PeterMyndert Dox,NathanielBeverly Tucker,EdmundRandolph andWilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnWayles Eppes,FitzhughLee,EdmundRandolph Cocke,ConnallyFindlay Trigg,JohnAugustine Marshall,RichardEvelyn Byrd,HarryBartow Hawes andWilliamWelby Beverley. | | | | Political families:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia;Cabell-Breckinridgefamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
CityCemetery
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
| Politicians formerlyburied here: | | | Frederick William Spence Grayson (1786-1827) — also known asFrederick W. S. Grayson — of Kentucky. Born in Bardstown,NelsonCounty, Ky.,October10, 1786.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;Kentuckystate attorney general, 1825.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,October27, 1827 (age41 years, 17days).Original interment at City Cemetery; reinterment atEastern Cemetery.
EasternCemetery
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Philip Tomppert (1808-1873) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Wurttemberg,Germany,June21, 1808.Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1850;mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1865, 1867-69.Member,Freemasons.Died, fromtyphoidfever, in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,October29, 1873 (age65 years, 130days).Interment at Eastern Cemetery. | | Peter William Grayson (1788-1838) — also known asPeter W. Grayson;Peter WagenerGrayson —of Baird's Town (now Bardstown),NelsonCounty, Ky.; Texas.Born in Baird's Town (now Bardstown),NelsonCounty, Ky.,1788.Postmaster atBardstown,Ky., 1816;delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Goliad, 1835;AttorneyGeneral of the Texas Republic, 1836, 1837; candidate forPresidentof the Texas Republic, 1838.Died fromself-inflictedgunshot,at Bean Station,GraingerCounty, Tenn.,July 9,1838 (ageabout 50years).Interment at Eastern Cemetery. | | Frederick William Spence Grayson (1786-1827) — also known asFrederick W. S. Grayson — of Kentucky. Born in Bardstown,NelsonCounty, Ky.,October10, 1786.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;Kentuckystate attorney general, 1825.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,October27, 1827 (age41 years, 17days).Original interment atCity Cemetery;reinterment at Eastern Cemetery. | | Charles W. Anderson Jr. (1907-1960) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,May 26,1907.Republican.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives 58th District, 1936-46; alternatedelegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,1940.Methodist.Africanancestry.FirstAfrican-American to be elected to a Southern state legislature in the20th century.Killed in acar-trainaccident, in Shelbyville,ShelbyCounty, Ky.,June 14,1960 (age53 years, 19days).Interment at Eastern Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Dr. Charles W. Anderson and Tabetha Anderson; married,November25, 1948, to Victoria McCall. | | | | Epitaph: "Champion of Rights andJustice. Lawyer and Civic Leader." | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
Oxmoor-BullittFamily Cemetery
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | William Marshall Bullitt (1873-1957) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,March 4,1873.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,1908,1916;U.S. Solicitor General, 1912-13; candidate forU.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1914; director ofbanks andinsurancecompanies.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation.Died, from aheartattack, in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,October3, 1957 (age84 years, 213days).Interment at Oxmoor-Bullitt Family Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Walker Bullitt and Annie Priscilla (Logan) Bullitt; brotherofAlexanderScott Bullitt (1877-1932); married,May 31,1913, toNoraIasigi (daughter ofOscarAnthony Iasigi; niece ofJosephAndrew Iasigi; granddaughter ofJosephIasigi); great-grandson ofAlexanderScott Bullitt (1761-1816) andWilliamLogan; great-grandnephew ofJohnMarshall,JamesMarkham Marshall andAlexanderKeith Marshall; second great-grandson ofJohnFry andCuthbertBullitt; second great-grandnephew ofWilliamChristian; third great-grandson ofJoshuaFry; fourth great-grandnephew ofRichardRandolph; first cousin ofWilliamChristian Bullitt (1856-1914); first cousin once removed ofJamesSpeed,SpeedSmith Fry andWilliamChristian Bullitt (1891-1967); first cousin twice removed ofThomasMarshall andJamesKeith Marshall; first cousin five times removed ofRichardBland andPeytonRandolph (1721-1775); second cousin ofLetitiaStevenson; second cousin once removed ofJohnAugustine Marshall andLewisGreen Stevenson; second cousin twice removed ofAdlaiEwing Stevenson II; second cousin thrice removed ofThomasMann Randolph Jr. andAdlaiEwing Stevenson III; second cousin four times removed ofTheodorickBland,ThomasJefferson,EdmundJenings Randolph,BeverleyRandolph andJohnRandolph of Roanoke; third cousin twice removed ofBenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph andGeorgeWythe Randolph; third cousin thrice removed ofHenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,EdmundJennings Lee,MarthaJefferson Randolph,DabneyCarr,PeytonRandolph (1779-1828) andHenrySt. George Tucker; fourth cousin ofHughKennedy Bullitt; fourth cousin once removed ofThomasJefferson Coolidge. | | | | Political families:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia;Clayfamily of Kentucky;Bullittfamily (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Alexander Scott Bullitt (1761-1816) — of Kentucky. Born near Dumfries,PrinceWilliam County, Va.,1761.Delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1792, 1799; memberofKentuckystate senate, 1792-99;LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1800-04.Died inJeffersonCounty, Ky.,April13, 1816 (ageabout 54years).Interment at Oxmoor-Bullitt Family Cemetery. | | Nora Bullitt (1881-1976) — also known asNora Iasigi;Mrs. MarshallBullitt —of Stockbridge,BerkshireCounty, Mass.; Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Swampscott,EssexCounty, Mass., August,1881.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,1944.Female.Armenianancestry.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,July 26,1976 (age94 years, 0days).Interment at Oxmoor-Bullitt Family Cemetery.
ResthavenMemorial Cemetery
4400 Bardstown Road
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Founded 1926
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Huston Quin (1876-1938) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Anchorage,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,August4, 1876.Republican.Lawyer;Judge,Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1919-21;mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1921-25.Died, fromheartdisease, in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,August14, 1938 (age62 years, 10days).Interment at Resthaven Memorial Cemetery. | | Charles Franklin Ogden (1873-1933) — also known asCharles F. Ogden — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.; Anchorage,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Charlestown,ClarkCounty, Ind.,February4, 1873.Republican.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1898-99; served in the U.S. Armyduring the Spanish-American War; candidate forKentuckystate senate, 1902;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1919-23.Disciplesof Christ.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,April10, 1933 (age60 years, 65days).Interment at Resthaven Memorial Cemetery. | | Thelma L. Stovall (1919-1994) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born inHartCounty, Ky.,1919.Democrat.Secretaryof state of Kentucky; elected 1955; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Kentucky,1956,1964,1972;LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1975-79; candidate forGovernor ofKentucky, 1979.Female.Died in1994(ageabout75 years).Interment at Resthaven Memorial Cemetery. | | Charles E. Baumgardner, Sr. (1889-1964) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.BornMarch24, 1889.Democrat. Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives 41st District, 1948-51, 1954-61.DiedFebruary12, 1964 (age74 years, 325days).Interment at Resthaven Memorial Cemetery. | | Leo Andrew Bleemel (1913-1971) — also known asLeo A. Bleemel — of Mt. Washington,BullittCounty, Ky.Born inBullittCounty, Ky.,March 9,1913.Democrat. Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1954-55, 1962-63, 1968-71 (33rdDistrict 1954-55, 1962-63, 31st District 1968-71).Died inBullittCounty, Ky.,February3, 1971 (age57 years, 331days).Entombed in mausoleum at Resthaven Memorial Cemetery. | | William Thomas Baker (1882-1946) — also known asWilliam T. Baker — of Shelbyville,ShelbyCounty, Ky.Born in Eagle Station,CarrollCounty, Ky.,December27, 1882.Democrat.Insurancebusiness; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives 50th District, 1936-39.Methodist.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,June 13,1946 (age63 years, 168days).Interment at Resthaven Memorial Cemetery. | | Virginia Bleemel (1915-2006) — also known asVirginia Inez Eldridge;Mrs. LeoBleemel —of Mt. Washington,BullittCounty, Ky.Born inBullittCounty, Ky.,November19, 1915.Democrat. Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives 31st District, 1971.Female.Baptist.Member,AmericanAssociation of Retired Persons.Died, in Wesley Manor Health Care Center (nursinghome), Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,September8, 2006 (age90 years, 293days).Entombed in mausoleum at Resthaven Memorial Cemetery.
St. John'sCemetery
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
| Politicians formerlyburied here: | | | James Douglas Breckinridge (1781-1849) — of Kentucky. Born in Woodville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,1781.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1809-11;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1821-23; defeated,1822.Slaveowner. Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,May 6,1849 (ageabout 67years).Original interment at St. John's Cemetery; reinterment in 1867 atSt. Louis Cemetery.
St. LouisCemetery
1167 Barret Avenue
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Founded 1867
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | | John Henry Buschemeyer (1869-1935) — also known asJohn H. Buschemeyer — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,February24, 1869.Democrat.Physician;mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1913-17; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Kentucky,1916(member,Committeeto Notify Presidential Nominee).Germanancestry.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,October7, 1935 (age66 years, 225days).Interment at St. Louis Cemetery. | | Paul Charles Barth (1858-1907) — also known asPaul C. Barth — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born inGermany,December,1858.Mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1905-07;removed fromoffice over allegedvotefraud, 1907.Killedhimself bygunshot,in the lavatory of hisoffice,Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,August21, 1907 (age48 years, 0days).Interment at St. Louis Cemetery. | | James Douglas Breckinridge (1781-1849) — of Kentucky. Born in Woodville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,1781.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1809-11;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1821-23; defeated,1822.Slaveowner. Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,May 6,1849 (ageabout 67years).Original interment atSt. John's Cemetery;reinterment in 1867 at St. Louis Cemetery.  | Michel Herrmann (1850-1919) — also known asMichel Hermann — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Wingersheim, Bas-Rhin,France,May28, 1850.Distiller;wholesaleliquor dealer;ConsularAgent for France inLouisville,Ky., 1898-1907;Vice-Consulfor Belgium inLouisville,Ky., 1917-19.Alsatianancestry.Died, fromperniciousanemia, in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,June 18,1919 (age69 years, 21days).Interment at St. Louis Cemetery. |  | Adolphe Joseph Rassinier (1848-1910) — also known asAdolphe Rassinier — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Charmois, Belfort,France,September6, 1848.Served in the Franco-Prussian War;wineimporter;steamshipagent;ConsularAgent for France inLouisville,Ky., 1885-97.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,March27, 1910 (age61 years, 202days).Interment at St. Louis Cemetery. | | James Patrick Whallen (1856-1930) — also known asJames P. Whallen — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Kentucky,December4, 1856.Democrat.Wine andliquor merchant;theaterowner; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,1916,1924.Catholic.Irishancestry.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,March15, 1930 (age73 years, 101days).Interment at St. Louis Cemetery. | | John H. Whallen — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,1912.Interment at St. Louis Cemetery.
St. Michael'sCemetery
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Samuel Leighton Robertson (1882-1960) — also known asS. L. Robertson — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Scottsburg,ScottCounty, Ind.,May 14,1882.Democrat. Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1910-13; alternate delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Kentucky,1912;member ofKentuckystate senate, 1914-15.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,January12, 1960 (age77 years, 243days).Interment at St. Michael's Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Albert S. Robertson and Emma (Leighton) Robertson; married1902 toTheresa Stark. |
University ofLouisville Law School
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Louis Dembitz Brandeis (1856-1941) — also known asLouis D. Brandeis — of Dedham,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,November13, 1856.Lawyer;law clerk to JusticeHoraceGray, 1879-80;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1916-39; took senior status 1939.Jewish.Died inWashington,D.C.,October5, 1941 (age84 years, 326days).Cremated;ashes interred at University of Louisville Law School.| | Relatives: Sonof Adolph Brandeis and Fredericka (Dembitz) Brandeis; brother ofFannie Brandeis (who marriedCharlesNagel) and Alfred Brandeis (brother-in-law ofWalterM. Taussig); married,March23, 1891, to Alice Goldmark. | | | | Political family:Taussig-Brandeisfamily of St. Louis, Missouri. | | | | Cross-reference:DeanAcheson —JamesM. Landis —CalvertMagruder | | | | BrandeisUniversity,inWaltham,Massachusetts, isnamed forhim. — The Louis D. BrandeisSchoolof Law, inLouisville,Kentucky, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsofederaljudicial profile —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Louis D. Brandeis: Lewis J.Paper,Brandeis:An Intimate Biography of One of America's Truly Great Supreme CourtJustices — Stephen W. Baskerville,OfLaws and Limitations : An Intellectual Portrait of Louis DembitzBrandeis — Philippa Strum,LouisD. Brandeis: Justice for the People — Robert A. Burt,TwoJewish Justices: Outcasts in the Promised Land |
West MainStreet
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
| Politicians who have(or had) monuments here: | | | Charles Rowland Peaslee Farnsley (1907-1990) — also known asCharles P. Farnsley;CharlieFarnsley —of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.; Glenview,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,March28, 1907.Democrat.Lawyer;delegateto Kentucky convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1936-40; candidate forU.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1940; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Kentucky,1940(alternate),1948,1952;mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1948-53;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1965-67; defeated inprimary, 1932 (at-large), 1934 (3rd District).Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;Sonsof Confederate Veterans;Societyof Colonial Wars;DeltaUpsilon;OmicronDelta Kappa.Died, fromAlzheimer'sdisease, at Brownsboro HillsNursingHome, Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,June 19,1990 (age83 years, 83days).Cremated;ashes interred atCave Hill Cemetery; statueat West Main Street.
Zachary TaylorNational Cemetery
4701 Brownsboro Road
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1983
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: |  | Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) — also known as"Old Rough and Ready" — Born inOrangeCounty, Va.,November24, 1784.Whig. Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; colonel in theU.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; general in the U.S. Army duringthe Mexican War;Presidentof the United States, 1849-50; died in office 1850.Episcopalian.Slaveowner. Died, probably ofgastroenteritis,in theWhiteHouse,Washington,D.C.,July 9,1850 (age65 years, 227days). Based on the theory that he was poisoned, his remainswere tested for arsenic in 1991; the results tended to disconfirm thetheory.Original interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in private or familygraveyard; reinterment in 1926 at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery.| | Relatives: Sonof Richard Taylor and Sarah Dabney (Strother) Taylor; married,June 21,1810, toMargaretMackall Smith (niece ofBenjaminMackall IV andThomasMackall); father of Sarah Knox Taylor (who marriedJeffersonFinis Davis); granduncle ofEdmundHaynes Taylor Jr.; ancestor *** ofVictorD. Crist; first cousin twice removed ofEdmundPendleton; first cousin thrice removed ofElliotWoolfolk Major andEdgarBailey Woolfolk; second cousin ofJamesMadison andWilliamTaylor Madison; second cousin once removed ofRichardHenry Lee,FrancisLightfoot Lee,ArthurLee,JohnPenn,JohnPendleton Jr.,NathanielPendleton,GeorgeMadison,ColebyChew,JohnStrother Pendleton,AlbertGallatin Pendleton,AylettHawes Buckner andThomasLeonidas Crittenden; second cousin twice removed ofJohnWalker,JohnTyler (1747-1813) andFrancisWalker; second cousin thrice removed ofGeorgeCassety Pendleton,HubbardT. Smith,CharlesM. Pendleton,SidneyFletcher Taliaferro,DanielMicajah Pendleton andMaxRogers Strother; second cousin four times removed ofCharlesSumner Pendleton; third cousin ofThomasSim Lee,HenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,EdmundJennings Lee,PhilipClayton Pendleton,EdmundHenry Pendleton andNathanaelGreene Pendleton; third cousin once removed ofRobertBrooke,MeriwetherLewis,RichardAylett Buckner,HenryGaines Johnson,JohnLee,JohnTyler (1790-1862),PhilipColeman Pendleton,GeorgeHunt Pendleton andJosephHenry Pendleton; third cousin twice removed ofHancockLee Jackson,FitzhughLee,WilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee,WilliamBarret Pendleton,JamesFrancis Buckner Jr.,FrancisKey Pendleton,CharlesRittenhouse Pendleton,JohnOverton Pendleton,BickertonLyle Winston andFrancisPreston Blair Lee; third cousin thrice removed ofAbrahamLincoln,JohnLee Carroll,CharlesKellogg,JamesSansome Lakin andEdwardBrooke Lee; fourth cousin ofWilliamByrd III,FrancisTaliaferro Helm,ThomasWalker Gilmer,AyletteBuckner,DavidGardiner Tyler andLyonGardiner Tyler; fourth cousin once removed ofCharlesWilling Byrd,CharlesJohn Helm,RobertThomas Brooke,HubbardDozier Helm andGeorgeWashington Thornton Beck. | | | | Political families:Bowie-Taylor-Mackall-Johnsonfamily of Maryland;Taylor-Brodheadfamily of Easton, Pennsylvania (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:DavidR. Atchison —ThomasEwing | | | | Taylor counties inFla.,Ga.,Iowa andKy. arenamed for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:ZacharyT. Coy—ZackT. Sutley—ZacharyT. Bielby—ZacharyT. Nixon—ZacharyT. Harris—ZacharyT. Malaby—ZacharyT. Davis—ZackSpace | | | | Campaign slogan (1848): "General Taylornever surrenders." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Zachary Taylor: K. JackBauer,ZacharyTaylor: Soldier, Planter, Statesman of the OldSouthwest — Elbert B. Smith,ThePresidencies of Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore —Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | Margaret Taylor (1788-1852) — also known asPeggy Taylor;Margaret MackallSmith —Born inCalvertCounty, Md.,September21, 1788.FirstLady of the United States, 1849-50.Female.Episcopalian.Died in Pascagoula,JacksonCounty, Miss.,August14, 1852 (age63 years, 328days).Interment at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery. | | Zachary Taylor (1849-1921) — of Covington,TiptonCounty, Tenn.; Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.Born near Brownsville,HaywoodCounty, Tenn.,May 9,1849.Republican.Lawyer;insurancebusiness; postmaster atCovington,Tenn., 1881-83; member ofTennesseestate senate, 1881-83;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1885-87; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Tennessee,1896(ConventionVice-President).Died in Ellendale,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.,February19, 1921 (age71 years, 286days).Interment at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery.
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