Find A Grave - Daviess County

Annan, Beulah May b. November 18, 1899 d. March 10, 1928
Folk Figure. A native of Kentucky, Annan was 24 and twice-married when she was charged with the 1924 murder of her alleged lover in Chicago. Her husband spent his life savings to get her the best lawyers, and after a sensational trial she was found not guilty. Annan left her husband the day after her acquittal. Her third marriage, to a boxer, lasted only a few months. She died of tuberculosis at 28. Annan was the basis of the character Roxie Hart in Maurine Dallas Watkins' play "Chicago" (1926)...[Read More]
Mount Pleasant Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery, Glenville (McLean County), Daviess County, Kentucky, USA
Bethea, Rainey d. August 14, 1936
Criminal. He was the last person to be publicly executed in America. Born ca. 1909-1913 in Roanoke, Virginia, Bethea, a young African-American, moved to Owensboro, Kentucky, in order to find work in the tobacco fields. Local police charged him with various petty offenses, but in 1935, he was convicted of stealing a purse and sentenced to two years in the Kentucky State Penitentiary. While on parole, he committed the crime that led to his execution. On June 8, 1936, while intoxicated, he...[Read More] (Bio by: Perry Ryan)
Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery, Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky, USA
Ellis, William Thomas b. July 24, 1845 d. January 8, 1925
US Congressman. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Elected to represent Kentucky's 11th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1889 to 1895. Also served as a Delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Kentucky in 1896. (Bio by: K)
Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery, Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky, USA
Hawes, Albert Gallatin b. April 1, 1804 d. March 14, 1849
US Congressman. He moved to Kentucky from Virginia in 1810 with his parents, who settled near Lexington. After studying at Transylvania University in Lexington, he settled near Hawesville, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits. Elected as a Jacksonian Democrat to Congress in 1830, he served three terms, from 1831 to 1837. He returned to Kentucky, settling near Yelvington, where he continued his agriculatural pursuits until his death at 44 in 1849. His brother, Richard Hawes, was also a...[Read More] (Bio by: Garver Graver)
Hawes-Taylor Cemetery, Daviess County, Kentucky, USA
Johnson, Christine b. September 8, 1911 d. June 9, 2010
Opera Singer. A contralto, she is probably best remembered as the creator of Nettie Fowler in the 1945 Broadway world premiere of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Carousel". Initially raised in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, she moved to Owensboro as a teen and graduated from high school there in 1929. She studied at the Nashville Conservatory and performed on WSM radio prior to relocating to New York in 1937. Johnson sang at Radio City Music Hall, toured the country with the Columbia Symphony Orchestra...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery, Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky, USA
Johnson, James Leeper b. October 30, 1818 d. February 12, 1877
US Congressman. Elected to represent Kentucky's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1849 to 1851, defeated in 1857. Also served as as a Member of the Kentucky State House of Representatives in 1844, and Circuit Judge in 1867. (Bio by: K)
Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery, Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky, USA
McCreery, Thomas Clay b. December 12, 1816 d. July 10, 1890
US Senator. Served as a United States Senator from Kentucky from 1868 to 1871, and 1873 to 1879. Also served as a Delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Kentucky in 1856.
Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery, Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky, USA
McHenry Sr., John Hardin b. October 19, 1797 d. November 1, 1871
US Congressman. He received his education, principally from his father, and studied law under his uncle, Martin D. Hardin, and was admitted to the bar in 1819. He began the practice of law at Leitchfield, Kentucky, where he was postmaster. Governor John Adair appointed him Major of the Eighty-seventh Regiment State Militia on November 22 1820. In 1821, he became Commonwealth attorney for the new judicial district, embracing Daviess, Henderson, Breckenridge, Ohio and Muhlenberg Counties. He...[Read More]
Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery, Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky, USA
Morrison, Johnny "Jughandle" b. October 22, 1895 d. March 22, 1966
Major League Baseball Player. The right-hander pitched for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1920 to 1927 and the Brooklyn Robins (Dodgers) from 1929 to 1930. His best season was 1923, when he was 25-13 with a 3.49 earned run average and logged 301 innings. He led the National League in appearances in 1924 with 41 and in 1925 with 44. In 1925 he was 17-14 and pitched in three games in the World Series against the Washington Senators without a decision. He twice led the NL in shutouts with three in...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Coons)
Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery, Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky, USA
Nash, David Paul b. November 3, 1947 d. December 29, 1968
Vietnam War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He was killed in action. He served as a Private First Class (Grenadier) in the United States Army in Company B, 2d Battalion, 39th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on December 29, 1968 at Giao Duc District, Dinh Tuong Province, Republic of Vietnam. His citation in part reads "Shortly past midnight, while Pfc Nash and a comrade kept watch and the two other men took their turn sleeping, and enemy...[Read More] (Bio by: Don Morfe)
Saint Mary of the Woods Cemetery, Whitesville, Daviess County, Kentucky, USA
Sweeney, William Northcut b. May 5, 1832 d. April 21, 1895
US Congressman. Elected to represent Kentucky's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1869 to 1871. (Bio by: K)
Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery, Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky, USA
Thompson, Philip b. August 20, 1789 d. November 25, 1836
US Congressman. Elected to represent Kentucky's 11th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1823 to 1825. Also served as a Member of the Kentucky State House of Representatives. (Bio by: K)
Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery, Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky, USA
Todd, Charles Stewart b. January 22, 1791 d. May 16, 1871
US Diplomat. The son in law of Kentucky Governor Isaac Shelby, he graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1809, and studied law before accepting a commission in the Army, where he attained the rank of Captain. He served during the War of 1812 and fought with [Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery, Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky, USA
Triplett, George Washington b. February 18, 1809 d. June 25, 1894
CSA Congressman. Major in the Confederate Army. Member of Kentucky State Legislature in 1840. Senator from 1848-1852,Representative from Kentucky in the Confederate Congress 1864-1865,he was also a State Court Judge. (Bio by: Graveaddiction)
Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery, Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky, USA
Triplett, Philip b. December 24, 1799 d. March 30, 1852
US Congressman. Elected to represent Kentucky's 2nd District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1839 to 1843. Also served as a Member of the Kentucky State House of Representatives in 1824, and Delegate to the Kentucky State Constitutional Convention in 1849. (Bio by: K)
Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery, Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky, USA

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