Find A Grave - Oldham County

Griffith, D.W. (David Wark) b. January 22, 1875 d. July 23, 1948
Motion Picture Director. Called by many as “The Father of the Motion Picture”, he was the first to recognize the new medium's potential, and invented many of the common film techniques used today, such as the Flashback, the Iris shot, the mask, and Crosscutting. He is best remembered for his epic "Birth of a Nation" (1915), considered by most his best work, despite its racist message. Born in rural Kentucky to Jacob Griffith, a Confederate Army Colonel and Civil War hero, he grew up hearing...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Cause of death: Cerebral hemorrhage
Mount Tabor Methodist Church Graveyard, Crestwood (Oldham County), Oldham County, Kentucky, USA
Griffith, Jacob Wark b. October 13, 1819 d. March 31, 1885
Civil War Confederate Officer. Born Jefferson County, Virginia (now West Virginia). During the Mexican War served in Colonel Humprhey Marshall's 1st Kentucky Cavalry. After the war he was a "Forty-Niner" during the California gold rush. During the Civil War he served as lieutenant colonel of the 1st Kentucky Cavalry, C.S.A. The 1st Kentucky Cavalry served as an escort for the fleeing Confederate government and Jefferson Davis. Griffith served two terms in the Kentucky House of Representatives...[Read More] (Bio by: Steve Dunn)
Mount Tabor Methodist Church Graveyard, Crestwood (Oldham County), Oldham County, Kentucky, USA
Lynch, Delores b. 1916 d. July 22, 1984
Murder Victim. Delores Lynch was murdered outside the side door of her home as she returned from church on Sunday, July 22, 1984. When her body was found two days later, police went inside the home and also found the body of Delores' daughter, Janie Lynch. It was later determined that the Lynch women were murdered by Susie Sharp Newsome Lynch (the EX-wife of Delores' son Tom) and her cousin/lover Fritz Klenner, both of North Carolina. On June 3, 1985, several law enforcement agencies in North...[Read More] (Bio by: Yancy Cowan Mitchell)
Harrods Creek Cemetery, Brownsboro, Oldham County, Kentucky, USA
Lynch, Janie Alda b. October 28, 1944 d. July 22, 1984
Murder Victim. Jane "Janie" Alda Lynch was the daughter of Charles R. Lynch, Jr. (?-1983) and Delores Rodgers Lynch (1916-1984). Janie never married. Janie and her mother Delores were murdered outside their home on Sunday, July 22, 1984. It was later determined that the Lynch women were murdered by Susie Sharp (the EX-wife of Janie's brother Tom) and her cousin/lover Fritz Klenner, both of North Carolina. On June 3, 1985, several law enforcement agencies in North Carolina were pursuing Fritz...[Read More] (Bio by: Yancy Cowan Mitchell)
Harrods Creek Cemetery, Brownsboro, Oldham County, Kentucky, USA
Mallory, Robert b. November 15, 1815 d. August 11, 1885
US Congressman. He graduated from the University of Virginia in 1827 and moved to Kentucky, where he operated a farm. He became an attorney in 1837. In 1858 he was elected to the US House as an Opposition Party candidate and reelected as a Unionist, serving from 1859 to 1865. After running unsuccessfully for reelection in 1864 he returned to Spring Hill, his Kentucky farm. In 1876 Mallory was one of the Vice Presidents of the International Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. Spring Hill was...[Read More] (Bio by: Bill McKern)
Spring Hill Family Cemetery, Ballardsville (Oldham County), Oldham County, Kentucky, USA
Snyder, Marion G. 'Gene' b. January 26, 1928 d. February 16, 2007
US Congressman. A Republican, he was a representative from Kentucky for eleven terms in Congress between 1962 and 1986. An expressway and the federal courthouse in Louisville are named for him. (Bio by: Roger Gleitz)
Floydsburg Cemetery, Crestwood (Oldham County), Oldham County, Kentucky, USA

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