Find A Grave - Christian County

Brame, Erv b. October 21, 1901 d. November 22, 1949
Major League Baseball Player. The 6-foot-2, 190-pound right-hander was a workhorse during his five-year career with the Pittsburgh Pirates and as a left-handed batter he established himself as one of the best hitting pitchers of his time. He broke in with the Pirates with a 7-4 record in 1928 and followed with two outstanding seasons. He was 16-11 in 1929 with 19 complete games in 28 starts. He then posted a 17-8 record and led the National League with 22 complete games in 29 starts in 1930. He...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Coons)
Powell Cemetery, LaFayette, Christian County, Kentucky, USA
Breathitt Jr., Edward Thompson 'Ned' b. November 26, 1924 d. October 14, 2003
Kentucky Governor. A champion of many causes including education and civil rights, it was destined he would follow a life of public service as had many in his family. A distant relative of his was not only the namesake of a county in Kentucky, but a former governor. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II. After he returned, he went to the University of Kentucky and graduated in 1948 and from their law school in 1950. He returned to his native Hopkinsville to practice law. In 1951...[Read More] (Bio by: Allcalmap)
Riverside Cemetery, Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, USA
Campbell Jr., John Pierce b. December 8, 1820 d. October 29, 1888
US Congressman. Elected to represent Kentucky's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1855 to 1857. Also served as a Member of the Kentucky State Legislature.
Riverside Cemetery, Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, USA
Cayce, Edgar b. March 18, 1877 d. January 3, 1945
American Folk Figure. Known as a psychic counselor and healer, he was reputed to have extrasensory perception, giving him an ability ranging from seeing the future, making medical diagnosis, to experiencing a closer relationship with God. Born Edgar Cayce (the last name is pronounced as Casey), the son of a farmer near Beverly, about seven miles south of the town of Hopkinsville, Kentucky. When he was 16, his family moved to Hopkinsville, where young Edgar received an eighth grade education (...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Riverside Cemetery, Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, USA
Plot: Lot 4, N 1/2, Grave #4
Clardy, John Daniel b. August 30, 1828 d. August 20, 1918
US Congressman. Elected to represent Kentucky's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1895 to 1899.
Clardys County Cemetery, Christian County, Kentucky, USA
Henry, Robert Pryor b. November 24, 1788 d. August 25, 1826
US Congressman. Elected to represent Kentucky's 12th District in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Congresses, he served from 1823 until his death. Henry was born in Henrys Mills, Kentucky, in what was then a part of Virginia. He graduated from Transylvania College in Lexington, where he majored in the classics, studied law privately with Henry Clay, and was admitted to the bar in 1809. During the War of 1812 he was an aide to his father, General William Henry, holding the rank of Major...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Pioneer Cemetery, Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, USA
Jackson, James Streshly b. September 27, 1823 d. October 8, 1862
U.S. Congressman, Civil War Union Brigadier General. A native of Fayette County, Kentucky, he graduated from Jefferson College in 1844, and completed his law studies at Transylvania University in 1845. He was admitted to the bar and became an attorney in Greenup County, Kentucky. In 1846, he enlisted as a private with the 1st Kentucky Cavalry to serve in the Mexican American War. A month later, he was promoted to 3rd Lieutenant and resigned his commission on October 10, 1846 when he faced a...[Read More] (Bio by: Kevin Guy)
Riverside Cemetery, Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, USA
Moss, John McKenzie b. January 3, 1868 d. June 11, 1929
US Congressman. Elected to represent Kentucky's 3rd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1902 to 1903. Also served as a State Court Judge from 1909 to 1921, and Judge of the United States Court of Claims in 1926. (Bio by: K)
Powell Cemetery, LaFayette, Christian County, Kentucky, USA
Quarles, William Andrew b. July 4, 1825 d. December 28, 1893
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. At the start of the Civil War, he was a successful lawyer at Clarksville, Tennessee when elected Colonel of the Confederate 42nd Tennessee Regiment in February, 1862. He led the 42nd Tennessee Regiment in engagements at Fort Donelson, siege of Vicksburg and Port Hudson. Promoted Brigadier General in August 1863, he was severely wounded at Pickett's Mill, Georgia and was removed from the line. After recovering, he led his brigade into Tennessee and while...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Flat Lick Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Herndon, Christian County, Kentucky, USA
Ritter, Burwell Clark b. January 6, 1810 d. October 1, 1880
US Congressman. Elected to represent Kentucky's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1865 to 1867. Also served as a Member of the Kentucky State Legislature.
Riverside Cemetery, Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, USA
Wheeler, George Post b. August 6, 1869 d. December 23, 1956
US Diplomat. Served as United States Minister to Paraguay from 1929 to 1933, and United States Minister to Albania from 1933 to 1934. (Bio by: K)
Riverside Cemetery, Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, USA

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