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Lincoln County
Kentucky

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Lincoln County

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards Crab Orchard Redd Cemetery Stanford Buffalo Springs Cemetery Stanford Shelby Traveller's Rest Burying Ground Private or family graveyard Lincoln County, Kentucky Redd Cemetery Crab Orchard, Lincoln County, Kentucky See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Robert G. Redd (1842-1908) — of Miles City, Custer County, Mont. Born in Knox County, Ky., August 16, 1842. Democrat. Physician; mayor of Miles City, Mont., 1889; member of Montana state senate 11th District, 1889-92. Member, Freemasons. Died in Crab Orchard, Lincoln County, Ky., February 21, 1908 (age 65 years, 189 days). Interment at Redd Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Buffalo Springs Cemetery Stanford, Lincoln County, Kentucky Politicians buried here:   Harvey Helm (1865-1919) — of Stanford, Lincoln County, Ky. Born in Danville, Boyle County, Ky., December 2, 1865. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1893-94; Lincoln County Attorney, 1897-1905; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1900; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1907-19; died in office 1919. Died in Columbus, Lowndes County, Miss., March 3, 1919 (age 53 years, 91 days). Interment at Buffalo Springs Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   George Mosby Davison (1855-1912) — also known as George M. Davison — of Stanford, Lincoln County, Ky. Born in Stanford, Lincoln County, Ky., March 23, 1855. Republican. Lawyer; member of Kentucky state legislature, 1880; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1897-99; defeated, 1898. Died, from Bright's disease, in Stanford, Lincoln County, Ky., December 18, 1912 (age 57 years, 270 days). Interment at Buffalo Springs Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Edward M. Davison and Martha (Vaughn) Davison.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Leonard Evans Carson (1900-1972) — also known as Leonard Carson — of Crab Orchard, Lincoln County, Ky. Born in Turnersville, Lincoln County, Ky., July 4, 1900. Democrat. Farmer; horseman; state government employee; member of Kentucky state house of representatives 42nd District, 1938-39. Died, in Haggin Memorial Hospital, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Ky., February 9, 1972 (age 71 years, 220 days). Interment at Buffalo Springs Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of James Thomas Carson and Susie Belle (Carter) Carson. Shelby Traveller's Rest Burying Ground Stanford, Lincoln County, Kentucky See also Findagrave page for this location. Politicians buried here:   Isaac Shelby (1750-1826) — Born in Frederick County (part now in Washington County), Md., December 11, 1750. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1779; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1782; delegate to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1792; Governor of Kentucky, 1792-96, 1812-16; general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. Welsh and English ancestry. Died of a broken blood vessel in the head, in Lincoln County, Ky., July 18, 1826 (age 75 years, 219 days). Interment at Shelby Traveller's Rest Burying Ground.   Relatives: Son of Evan Shelby and Letitia 'Leddy' (Cox) Shelby; married, April 19, 1783, to Susannah Hart; father of Susanna Hart Shelby (who married James Shannon); grandfather of Anna Nelson Shelby (who married Beriah Magoffin); great-grandfather of Beriah Magoffin Jr..   Political family: Shannon-Shelby family.   Shelby counties in Ala., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Mo., Ohio, Tenn. and Tex. are named for him.   The town of Shelby, New York, is named for him.  — The city of Shelbyville, Illinois, is named for him.  — The city of Shelbyville, Indiana, is named for him.  — The city of Shelbyville, Missouri, is named for him.  — The city of Shelbyville, Tennessee, is named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS Isaac Shelby (built 1944 at Brunswick, Georgia; mined and wrecked in the Tyrrhenian Sea, 1945) was named for him.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial

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