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Botetourt County
Virginia

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites ofPoliticians in Botetourt County

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards FincastleLauderdale Cemetery Private or familygraveyard Botetourt County, Virginia James Breckinridge (1763-1833) — of Virginia. Born near Fincastle,BotetourtCounty, Va.,March 7,1763.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1789-1802, 1806-08, 1819-21, 1823-24;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1809-17 (4th District 1809-11, 5thDistrict 1811-13, 4th District 1813-15, 5th District 1815-17);general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812.Slaveowner. Died inBotetourtCounty, Va.,May 13,1833 (age70 years, 67days).Interment in a private or family graveyard. Politicians buriedhere:     Relatives:Half-brother ofRobertBreckinridge; brother ofJohnBreckinridge; second great-granduncle ofJohnBayne Breckinridge; cousin *** ofJohnBrown,FrancisSmith Preston andJamesBrown.   Political families:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia;Brown-Breckinridgefamily of Lexington, Kentucky (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians).   See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage
Politicians formerlyburied here:
	John Worth Kern (1849-1917) — also known asJohn W. Kern — of Kokomo,HowardCounty, Ind.; Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.Born in Alto,HowardCounty, Ind.,December20, 1849.Democrat.Lawyer; candidate forIndianastate house of representatives, 1870;Indianareporter of state courts, 1885-89; member ofIndianastate senate, 1893-97; candidate forGovernor ofIndiana, 1900, 1904; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Indiana,1904,1908,1912(chair,Platformand Resolutions Committee;speaker),1916;candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1908;U.S.Senator from Indiana, 1911-17; defeated, 1916.Member,American BarAssociation;Knightsof Pythias;Freemasons.Died oftuberculosisanduremicpoisoning, in Asheville,BuncombeCounty, N.C.,August17, 1917 (age67 years, 240days).Original interment at in a private or family graveyard; reintermentin 1929 atCrownHill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.   Relatives: Sonof Dr. Jacob Kern and Nancy (Ligget) Kern; married,November10, 1869, to Annie Hazzard; married,December23, 1885, toAramintaCooper; father ofJohnWorth Kern Jr..   Political family:Kernfamily of Indianapolis, Indiana.   See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier   Image source: American Monthly Reviewof Reviews, August 1908

John James Allen (1797-1871) — of Virginia. Born in Woodstock,ShenandoahCounty, Va.,September25, 1797.Member ofVirginiastate senate, 1828;U.S.Representative from Virginia 20th District, 1833-35; state courtjudge in Virginia, 1836;justice ofVirginia state supreme court, 1840.Slaveowner. Died near Fincastle,BotetourtCounty, Va.,September18, 1871 (age73 years, 358days).Interment at Lauderdale Cemetery.

	Relatives:Brother ofRobertAllen; married to Mary Jackson (daughter ofJohnGeorge Jackson).
		Political family:Jackson#1 family of West Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

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