Actions
Begin New Search
Refine Last Search
Cemetery Lookup
Add Burial Records
Help with Find A Grave

Find all Deshas in:
 • Georgetown Cemetery
 • Georgetown (Scott County)
 • Scott County
 • Kentucky
 • Find A Grave

Top Contributors
Success Stories
Discussion Forums
Find A Grave Store
Support Find A Grave

Log In
Joseph Holmes Desha
Birth: Dec. 9, 1768
Monroe County, USA
Death: Oct. 11, 1842
Georgetown (Scott County)
Scott County
Kentucky, USA

U.S. Representative from Kentucky (1797 and 1799-1802). Served in the State Senate 1803-1807. Elected Governor of Kentucky and served from 1824 to 1828. 
 
Family links: 
 Spouse:
  Margaret Bledsoe DESHA (1773 - 1849)*
 
 Children:
  Benjamin Desha (1793 - 1853)*
  Eleanore Ellen Desha Pickett (1800 - 1837)*
  Adelaide D’Armily Desha (1808 - 1854)*
 
*Calculated relationship

 
Search Amazon for Joseph Desha
 
Burial:
Georgetown Cemetery
Georgetown (Scott County)
Scott County
Kentucky, USA
 
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: K M
Record added: Nov 22, 2002
Find A Grave Memorial# 6945014
Joseph Holmes Desha
Added by: K M
 
Joseph Holmes Desha
Added by: K M
 
Joseph Holmes Desha
Cemetery Photo
Added by: Donna Hoffman
 
Photos may be scaled.
Click on image for full size.

I light a candle for Joseph Holmes Desha ...
- Candles
 Added: Jan. 21, 2012
For Great, Great, Great, Great Grandfather.
- Daniel Stokes
 Added: Aug. 3, 2009

- Mellissa Lake Co. Illinois
 Added: Jun. 19, 2009
There are 14 more notes not showing...
Click here to view all notes...
Do you have a photo to add? Click here
How famous was this person?
Current ranking for this person: (3.4 after 11 votes)
 

Accuracy and Copyright Disclaimer