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Index to Locations
Private or family graveyards
Maysville City Cemetery
Maysville Maysville Cemetery
Private or family
graveyard
Mason County, Kentucky
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John Chambers (1780-1852) —
of Washington, Mason
County, Ky.
Born in Bromley Ridge, Somerset
County, N.J., October
6, 1780.
Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1812, 1815, 1830-31; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1825-27; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1828-29, 1835-39 (2nd District
1828-29, 12th District 1835-39); Governor
of Iowa Territory, 1841-45.
Slaveowner.
Died near Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky., September
21, 1852 (age 71 years, 351
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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City
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Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky
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Elijah Conner Phister (1822-1887) —
also known as Elijah Phister —
of Maysville, Mason
County, Ky.
Born in Maysville, Mason
County, Ky., October
8, 1822.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Maysville, Ky., 1848; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1856-62;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1867-71; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1879-83.
Slaveowner.
Died in Maysville, Mason
County, Ky., May 16,
1887 (age 64 years, 220
days).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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Maysville
Cemetery
Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky
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Stanley Forman Reed (1884-1980) —
also known as Stanley F. Reed —
of Maysville, Mason
County, Ky.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Minerva, Mason
County, Ky., December
31, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer;
counsel, Burley Tobacco
Growers Cooperative Association; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1912-16; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kentucky, 1920,
1936;
U.S. Solicitor General, 1935-38; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1938-57.
Protestant.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Phi.
Died in Huntington, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., April 2,
1980 (age 95 years, 93
days).
Interment at Maysville Cemetery.
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William Henry Wadsworth (1821-1893) —
also known as William H. Wadsworth —
of Maysville, Mason
County, Ky.
Born in Maysville, Mason
County, Ky., July 4,
1821.
Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state senate, 1853-56; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Kentucky; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 9th District, 1861-65, 1885-87.
Slaveowner.
Died in Maysville, Mason
County, Ky., April 2,
1893 (age 71 years, 272
days).
Interment at Maysville Cemetery.
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Richard Henry Stanton (1812-1891) —
also known as Richard H. Stanton —
of Maysville, Mason
County, Ky.
Born in Alexandria, D.C. (now Va.), September
9, 1812.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; postmaster;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1844,
1852,
1868;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1849-55; defeated,
1855; candidate for Presidential Elector for Kentucky; circuit judge
in Kentucky, 1868-74.
Slaveowner.
Died in Maysville, Mason
County, Ky., March
20, 1891 (age 78 years, 192
days).
Interment at Maysville Cemetery.
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James Nicholas Kehoe (1862-1945) —
also known as James N. Kehoe —
of Maysville, Mason
County, Ky.
Born in Maysville, Mason
County, Ky., July 15,
1862.
Democrat. Printing
business; lawyer; banker; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 9th District, 1901-05; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1912
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); president, Hayswood Hospital.
Died June 16,
1945 (age 82 years, 336
days).
Interment at Maysville Cemetery.
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William T. Casto (1824-1862) —
Born January
24, 1824.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Maysville, Ky., 1850; arrested
in 1861 and imprisoned
for allegedly aiding
the Confederacy; released in 1862.
Blamed Col. Leonidas Metcalfe (son of Gov. Thomas
Metcalfe) for his imprisonment; challenged him to a duel; the
weapons were Colt rifles at 60 yards; Casto was shot and
killed
on the first fire, in Bracken
County, Ky., May 8,
1862 (age 38 years, 104
days).
Interment at Maysville Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Abijah Casto. |
| | | Epitaph: "A Patriot, his Country's firm
unwavering friend, he was willing to die for his Principles and as a
man of Honor nobly fell a Veteran of the sacred and invincible right
of personal liberty." |
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memorial |
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