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Chapman, Virgil Munday b. March 15, 1895 d. March 8, 1951
US Congressman, US Senator. Elected to represent Kentucky's 6th and 7th Districts and as At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1925 to 1929, and 1931 to 1949. He was defeated as Democratic in 1928. Also served as a United States Senator from Kentucky from 1949 until his death in 1951. He died on March 8, 1951, from injuries he received in an automobile accident. (Bio by: K)
Paris Cemetery, Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky, USA
Clay, Col. Ezekiel Field b. December 1, 1840 d. July 26, 1920
Civil War Confederate Army Officer, Racehorse Breeder. After the start if the Civil War he enlisted in the Confederate Army, and was mustered in as a Private in the 1st Battalion Kentucky (CSA) Mounted Rifles in 1861. On November 29, 1862 he was elected Lieutenant Colonel of the newly formed 3rd Battalion Kentucky Mounted Rifles, and commanded that unit until April 13, 1864 when he was wounded and captured in a skirmish at Paintsville, Kentucky. Losing an eye as a result of the wound, he...[Read More] (Bio by: Steve Dunn)
Paris Cemetery, Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky, USA
Croxton, John Thomas b. November 20, 1836 d. April 16, 1874
Civil War Union Brigadier General, U.S. Diplomat. Born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, he graduated with honors from Yale in 1857. He studied law under the direction of James Robinson, was admitted to the bar, and taught courses in Mississippi in 1858. He returned to Kentucky to practice as an attorney until the Civil War began. In October, 1861, he was commissioned by President Abraham Lincoln as a Lieutenant Colonel to help recruit and organize the 4th Kentucky Mounted Infantry. He was promoted...[Read More] (Bio by: Kevin Guy)
Paris Cemetery, Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky, USA
Fox Jr., John b. December 16, 1862 d. July 8, 1919
A noted Kentucky author of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, best known for his stories and novels of the Kentucky mountaineers. He was born in the community of Stony Point, eight miles from Paris, Kentucky in Bourbon County. He graduated from Harvard University, went to work with his brother in the coal mines near Jellico, Tenessee, and wrote his first short novel there, 'A Mountain Europa'. He served as correspondent for Harper's in the Spanish-American War, and for Scribner's...[Read More]
Cause of death: pneumonia
Paris Cemetery, Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky, USA
Hawes, Richard b. February 6, 1797 d. May 25, 1877
Civil War Confederate Governor of Kentucky. Richard Hawes was the second Confederate governor of Kentucky, after Gov. George Johnson was killed at Shiloh. During the Confederate invasion of Kentucky in the fall of 1862, Hawes was sworn into office on the steps of the Kentucky Capitol in Frankfort on October 4, 1862, but Union troop movements forced the Confederate evacuation of Frankfort that same afternoon. Hawes and his government spent the rest of the war in exile. Richard Hawes was the...[Read More]
Paris Cemetery, Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky, USA
Orr, Alexander Dalrymple b. November 6, 1761 d. June 21, 1835
US Congressman. Elected to represent Kentucky as At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1791 to 1797. Also served as a Member of the Kentucky State Legislature.
Paris Cemetery, Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky, USA
Simms, William Emmett b. January 2, 1822 d. June 25, 1898
US Congressman, Civil War Confederate Army Officer, CSA Senator. A graduate of the law department of Transylvania University, he established his practice in Paris, Kentucky. At the outbreak of the Mexican War he raised and became the Captain of a company of the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Infantry. In 1858 he was elected to represent Kentucky's 8th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1858 until 1861 (he unsuccessfully ran for re-election). In September 1861 became...[Read More] (Bio by: Steve Dunn)
Paris Cemetery, Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky, USA
Trimble, Robert b. November 17, 1776 d. August 26, 1828
United States Supreme Court Associate Justice. Born in Berkeley County, Virginia, he moved with his family to Kentucky when he was a child. He studied law under the direction of George Nicholas and James Brown and became an attorney in 1803. Later that year, he was elected to the Kentucky legislature. In 1804, he declined renomination, resumed his law practice, and became a wealthy attorney. He was appointed to the Kentucky Court of Appeals in 1807 and served until his resignation in 1809...[Read More] (Bio by: Kevin Guy)
Paris Cemetery, Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky, USA

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