Find A Grave - Lexington

Brown, John Young b. February 1, 1900 d. June 16, 1985
US Congressman. Served in the United States Army during World War I. Elected to represent Kentucky as At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1933 to 1935. Also served as a Member of the Kentucky State House of Representatives from 1930 to 1932, 1946, 1954, and 1962, being defeated in the Democratic primary in 1973, Candidate for United States Senator from Kentucky in 1936, 1942, 1946, 1948, and 1966 as Democratic, Delegate to the Democratic National Convention from...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA
Bruce, Sanders Dewees b. August 18, 1825 d. January 31, 1902
Civil War Union Army Officer. A pre-War officer in the Kentucky State Militia, he served during the Civil War as Colonel and commander of the 20th Kentucky (Union) Volunteer Infantry, which he helped recruit in the Lexington, Ketuncky environs. In February he was made the commander the 22nd Brigade of the 4th Division of the Army of the Ohio, which he led during the April 1862 Battle of Shiloh. In that battle the brigade held the center of his division's position, where it fought all day in the...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA
Buckner, Aylette b. July 21, 1806 d. July 3, 1869
US Congressman. Elected to represent Kentucky's 4th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1847 to 1849. Also served as a Member of the Kentucky State House of Representatives in 1842. (Bio by: K)
Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA
Buford, Abraham b. January 18, 1820 d. June 9, 1884
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. Graduated West Point in 1841. Veteran of the Mexican War. Appointed Brigadier General on September 2, 1862. General Buford took part in the Vicksburg campaign, and later assigned to General Nathan Beford Forrest Calvary corps until Forrest's surrender at Selma in April 1865. He served a term in the Kentucky legislature after the war.
Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA
Plot: Section P, Lot 57
Bush, Joseph Henry b. 1794 d. January 11, 1865
Artist. A portraitist, he studied under famed artist Thomas Sully in Philadelphia from 1814 to 1817 in an apprenticeship financed by statesman Henry Clay. Painted well known subjects such as Henry Clay, Dr. Benjamin Dudley and Zachary Taylor. One portrait of President Taylor crafted by Bush is now displayed in the White House Collection in Washington. (Bio by: Anonymous)
Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA
Plot: Section P, Lot 74
Champion [memorial]
Monument to seven Kentucky Derby Winners. Calumet Farm was the brain child of William Monroe Wright, founder of the Calumet Baking Powder Company. His vision and business-like philosophy enabled the farm to achieve a position of dominance in Thourghbred breeding and racing. Its horses have been leading money winners 12 times, won the Kentucky Derby eight times, had 2 triple Crown winning colts, 3 filly Triple Crown winners, with 11 horses elected to the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame. (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
Calumet Farm Equine Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA
Plot: Horse Cemetery
Citation b. 1945 d. August 2, 1970
Eighth Triple Crown Winner. The 1948 run for the Triple Crown was shrouded in mystery. Jockey Al Snider was to be aboard Citation. He decided to take a vacation two months before the running of the Kentucky Derby to indulge in sport fishing in the Florida Keys. He disappeared never to be seen again setting the stage for the most baffling horse racing mystery of all times. The horse was almost scratched out of respect. However, the mount was given to Eddie Arcaro who guided Citation to...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
Calumet Farm Equine Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA
Clay, Henry b. April 12, 1777 d. June 29, 1852
US Congressman, US Senator. One of the Founders of the Whig political party, he was known as "The Great Compromiser" for his skillful forging of political compromises between the interests of free states and slave states, thus averting Civil War for several decades. Born the seventh son of nine children in Hanover County, Virginia, he had seen British troops under Colonel Banastre Tarleton ransack his family home. He grew up in the rural slaveholding area of Hanover County, Virginia, which...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA
Clay, James Brown b. November 9, 1817 d. January 26, 1864
US Congressman. The son of Kentucky Senator Henry Clay, he was elected as a Democrat to represent Kentucky's 8th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1857 to 1859.
Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA
Clay, Laura b. February 9, 1849 d. June 29, 1941
Suffragist. Born into an influential and politically active family, she was educated at Lexington, Kentucky's Sayre School, Mrs. Sarah Hoffman's Finishing School in New York City, New York, and the Universities of Michigan and Kentucky. She devoted her life to the cause of women's suffrage after the divorce of her parents left her mother homeless in 1869. She, along with Josephine Henry, founded the Kentucky Equal Rights Association in 1888, and served as president from 1888 to 1912. She and...[Read More] (Bio by: Anonymous)
Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA
Plot: Section J, Lot 6
Clay, Mary b. October 2, 1839 d. 1924
Suffragist. The daughter of abolitionist Cassius Clay and Mary Jane Warifield Clay, she was elected president of the American Women Suffrage Association in 1883.
Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA
Plot: Section J, Lot 6
Coleman, Jr., John Winston b. November 5, 1898 d. May 4, 1983
Historian, Author. A 1920 graduate of the University of Kentucky with a B.S. degree he received an M.A. from U.K. in 1929. A Lexington businessman he was a noted collector, historian and author. "Squire" Coleman as he was known authored more than 150 pamphlets and articles, mostly on historical topics, and more than twenty books. Some of the better known of the latter are, "Stage-Coach Days In The Bluegrass," "Slavery Times In Kentucky," and "Kentucky, A Pictorial History." (Bio by: Steve Dunn)
Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA
Colors, Winning b. February 14, 1985 d. February 17, 2008
Race Horse. She was winner of the 1988 Kentucky Derby, ridden by Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens. She was one of only three fillies to win the Derby (Regret in 1915 and Genuine Risk in 1980) and the last to date. She was inducted into the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame in 2000. Winning Colors was euthanized on February 17, 2008. (Bio by: C.S.)
C.V. Whitney Farm Equine Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA
Combs, Gen. Leslie b. November 29, 1793 d. August 22, 1881
Known as the "boy captain of 1812", Combs was a veteran of the War of 1812, where he distinguished himself for courage and gallantry by delivering a dispatch on foot over a hundred miles of snow covered, perilous terrain. He was commissioned Captain of Scouts in April, 1812, and was later taken prisoner by the Indians and forced to run the gauntlet at Fort Miami. After the war, he became a successful lawyer in Lexington. In 1836, he raised a regiment to aid in the Texas Revolution, and was...[Read More] (Bio by: Anonymous)
Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA
Plot: Section E, Lot 3
Cooper, Wickliffe b. October 19, 1831 d. June 8, 1867
Civil War Union Army Officer. Attended Dickenson College, and entered upon his Civil War service in the 20th Kentucky (US) Volunteer Infantry, and was soon commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant serving in staff positions. He fought at Shiloh, Corinth and Richmond, Kentucky, where he was captured. Upon his release he was commissioned Lieutenant Colonel of the 4th Kentucky (US) Volunteer Cavalry, soon afterward Colonel and commander. He participated in Major General James Wilson's raid into Alabama near...[Read More] (Bio by: Steve Dunn)
Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA
Plot: Section O, Lot 114
Creech, Jesse Orin b. August 22, 1895 d. February 16, 1948
World War I Fighter Ace. A native of Harlan, Kentucky, initially joined the British Royal Flying Corps in 1917. After training in Canada, he subsequently transferred to the United States Army Air Service and served as a flight instructor in Texas. In early 1918, he was assigned to the 148th Aero Squadron. Flying the Sopwith Camel aircraft, he earned a total of 7 victories in air combat. For his gallantry, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and the Distinguished Flying Cross. (Bio by: Warrick L. Barrett)
Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA
Plot: Hukle family plot, Section 24, Lot 58
Dudley, Dr. Benjamin Winslow b. April 12, 1785 d. January 20, 1870
Surgeon. Educated at Translyvania University. Graduated from the University of Pennsylvania medical department in 1806. He then went abroad and studied in Europe from 1810 to 1814. A pioneer in neurosurgery, he performed the first trephination for post-traumatic epilepsy. He specialized in bladder surgery, and performed bladder stone removals with such success he was known as "the lithotomist of the nineteenth century". He served as Chairman of the Anatomy and Surgery Deptartment at...[Read More] (Bio by: Anonymous)
Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA
Plot: Section G, Lot 10
Duke, Basil Wilson b. May 28, 1838 d. September 16, 1916
Brigadier General, CSA. Was brother-in-law of Gen. John Hunt Morgan and Gen. A. P. Hill. Commanded the escort of Confederate President Jefferson Davis at the end of the War Between the States.
Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA
Plot: Hunt-Morgan lot, Section C
Dunlap, Henry Clay b. April 14, 1828 d. September 9, 1872
Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. Attended Jefferson College and practiced law. During the Civil War served as colonel 3rd Kentucky Infantry, U.S.A. and brevetted brigadier general March 13, 1865. (Bio by: Steve Dunn)
Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA
Plot: Section G, Lot 2
Erwin, Andrew Eugene b. October 2, 1830 d. June 25, 1863
Civil War Confederate Army Officer. Served as Colonel and commander of the 6th Missouri (CSA) Infantry.
Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA
Plot: Section L, Lot 91

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