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Fitzpatrick, Thomas Young b. September 20, 1850 d. January 21, 1906
US Congressman. He was elected as a Democrat to represent Kentucky's 10th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1897 to 1901.
Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, USA
Fry, Cary Harrison b. August 20, 1813 d. March 5, 1873
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1834, and served in the Mexican War. Most of his military service was spent in the Army Paymaster Department. When the Civil War broke out, he was serving on the Pacific Coast under paymaster Benjamin Alvord. When Alvord was advanced to Brigadier General and given comand of the Department of the Pacific, Cary H. Fry was promoted...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, USA
Plot: Section K, Lot 47
Goebel, William b. January 4, 1856 d. February 3, 1900
Governor of Kentucky. One of the most controversial politicians in his state's history, he served as Governor for four days in 1900. He remains the only Governor in the US who was assassinated while in office. The son of German immigrants, Goebel was born in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, and raised in Covington, Kentucky after the Civil War. He graduated from the Cincinnati Law School in 1877 and became a prominent attorney in Kentucky's Kenton County, often fighting big business...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, USA
Greenup, Christopher b. 1750 d. April 27, 1818
Colonel in the Revolutionary War; United States Representative from Kentucky, 1792-1797; Governor of Kentucky, 1804-1808.
Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, USA
Hardin, Martin Davis b. June 21, 1780 d. October 8, 1823
US Senator. Served as a Major in the United States Army during the War of 1812. Served as a United States Senator from Kentucky from 1816 to 1817. Also served as a Member of the Kentucky State House of Representatives from 1805 to 1806, 1812, and 1818 to 1820, Speaker of the Kentucky State House of Representatives from 1819 to 1820, and Secretary of the State of Kentucky from 1812 to 1816.
Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, USA
Hart, Joel Tanner b. February 10, 1810 d. March 2, 1877
Sculptor and Poet. Born near Winchester, Kentucky. Known for his neo-classic sculpture, he produced busts of such notables as Cassius Marcellus Clay, John J. Crittenden, Robert Wickliffe, Henry Clay and Andrew Jackson. Hart died in Florence, Italy, where he had maintained a residence for a number of years. (Bio by: Steve Dunn)
Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, USA
Plot: Section M
Hawkins, Thomas T. d. September 6, 1879
He was a veteran of the Mexican War and was involved in the Cuban filibuster movement.
Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, USA
Hulette, Elizabeth Ann 'Miss Elizabeth' b. November 19, 1960 d. May 1, 2003
Entertainer. Known in professional wrestling as "Miss Elizabeth," the valet of "Macho Man" Randy Savage. She married Savage (real name Randy Poffo) on December 30, 1984 in Frankfort, Kentucky. They divorced in 1992. (Bio by: Donna Di Giacomo)
Cause of death: Acute toxicity-multiple drugs (accidental drug overdose).
Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, USA
Hume, Enoch Edgar b. March 24, 1844 d. July 5, 1911
Frankfort Mayor. Served as the Mayor of Frankfort, Kentucky, from 1905 to 1906. Also served as a Member of the Kentucky State House of Representatives from 1875 to 1877. (Bio by: K)
Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, USA
Jillson, Willard Rouse b. May 28, 1890 d. October 4, 1975
Kentucky Historian and Geologist, and author of numerous works in both fields. During the 1920's he served in state government as Deputy Commissioner of Geology, Kentucky State Geologist, Director of the Sixth Kentucky Geological Survey, Curator of the State Museum, and Chairman of the first Kentucky State Park Commission. He also taught Geology at the University of Kentucky in 1918 and at Transylvania University in 1947. After 1951 he worked in the private sector, developing oil and gas fields...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill Davis)
Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, USA
Johnson, Richard Mentor b. October 17, 1780 d. November 19, 1850
US Vice President, US Senator, US Congressman. Johnson was the fifth of eleven children in the family of Robert Johnson and wife Jemima Suggett. Born in Beargrass Station, KY (now a part of Lexington in Fayette County), He spent most of his childhood in Scott County at the Great Crossing settlement near Georgetown which was founded by his parents. He left there to study law at Transylvania College in Lexington and was admitted to the Kentucky bar in 1802. Johnson's family was well known in the...[Read More] (Bio by: Catharine)
Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, USA
Letcher, Robert Perkins b. February 10, 1788 d. January 24, 1861
United States Representative from Kentucky, 1823-1833 and 1834-1835; Governor of Kentucky, 1840-1844; United States Minister to Mexico, 1849-1852.
Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, USA
Lindsay, William b. September 4, 1835 d. October 15, 1909
He was elected to the Kentucky State Senate 1867. He then Served as a State court judge 1870. He was elected U.S. Senator for Kentucky from 1893-1901. He also served in the Confederate army during the Civil War. (Bio by: Mike)
Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, USA
Madison, George b. 1763 d. October 14, 1816
Private in the Revolutionary War; Major, Kentucky militia, in the War of 1812; Governor of Kentucky, 1816; he died in office.
Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, USA
Marshall, Humphrey b. January 13, 1812 d. March 28, 1872
U.S. Congressman, U.S. Diplomat, Confederate Congressman, Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. A native of Frankfort, Kentucky, he graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1832, 42nd in his class. He was commissioned as a Brevet 2nd Lieutenant and served with the mounted rangers and dragoons until his resignation in 1833. He returned to Kentucky to study law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced as an attorney in Frankfort and Louisville. He also served in the...[Read More] (Bio by: Kevin Guy)
Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, USA
Plot: Section L, Lot 257
Marshall, Thomas Francis b. June 7, 1801 d. September 22, 1864
US Congressman. Elected to represent Kentucky's 10th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1841 to 1843. Also served as a Member of the Kentucky State Legislature.
Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, USA
Mason, John Calvin b. August 4, 1802 d. 1865
He was a member of the Kentucky state house of representatives in 1839. Then elected U.S. Representative for Kentucky from the 9th district 1849 to 1853 and again 1857 to 1859. Died on a trip from Texas to Kentucky on a steam ship on the Mississippi River. (Bio by: Mike)
Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, USA
McKee, Samuel b. October 13, 1774 d. October 16, 1826
US Congressman. Elected to represent Kentucky's 2nd, 7th, and as At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1809 to 1817. Also served as a Member of the Kentucky State House of Representatives in 1802. (Bio by: K)
Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, USA
McKee, Col. William Robertson b. September 29, 1808 d. February 23, 1847
Mexican-American War Officer. A member of the prominent McKee family from Kentucky, he graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1829, the same class as Robert E. Lee and Joseph Johnston. During the War with Mexico, he served for the United States Army and commanded the 2nd Regiment of Kentucky Volunteers, also known as the 2nd Kentucky Foot Regiment. He was killed on the second day of the Battle of Bueana Vista on February 23, 1847, the last major engagement of the war...[Read More] (Bio by: Kevin Guy)
Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, USA
Monroe, George Wood b. June 3, 1835 d. September 22, 1869
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Served in the Civil War first as Colonel and commander of the 22nd Kentucky (Union) Volunteer Infantry, then as Colonel and commander of the 7th Kentucky (Union) Volunteer Infantry. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for "gallant and meritorious services during the war". He served as Kentucky's State Quartermaster from 1866 to 1868. (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, USA
Plot: Section M, Lot 51

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