The Political Graveyard: Boyd County, Ky. (original) (raw)

Index to Locations

Private or family graveyard
Boyd County, Kentucky
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| | William Boggs Whitt (1867-1926) — also known as William B. Whitt — of Ashland, Boyd County, Ky. Born in Carter County, Ky., September 17, 1867. Democrat. Grocer; member of Kentucky state senate, 1910; mayor of Ashland, Ky., 1926; died in office 1926. Died from a self-inflicted gunshot, in Ashland, Boyd County, Ky., December 19, 1926 (age 59 years, 93 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard. |

Ashland Cemetery
1958 Belmont Street
Ashland, Boyd County, Kentucky
See also Findagrave page for this location.
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| | Ben Mitchell Williamson (1864-1941) — also known as Ben Williamson — of Ashland, Boyd County, Ky. Born in Pike County, Ky., October 16, 1864. Democrat. U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1930-31. Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, June 23, 1941 (age 76 years, 250 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Ashland Cemetery. |
| | Laban Theodore Moore (1829-1892) — also known as Laban T. Moore — of Louisa, Lawrence County, Ky. Born in Wayne County, Va. (now W.Va.), January 13, 1829.Lawyer;U.S. Representative from Kentucky 9th District, 1859-61; member of Kentucky state senate, 1860. Slaveowner. Died, of pneumonia, at Catlettsburg, Boyd County, Ky., November 9, 1892 (age 63 years, 301 days). Interment at Ashland Cemetery. |
| | William Wirt Culbertson (1835-1911) — of Ashland, Boyd County, Ky. Born near Lewistown, Mifflin County, Pa., September 22, 1835. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofKentucky state house of representatives, 1870; member of Kentucky state senate, 1873; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1876,1880,1884;mayor of Ashland, Ky., 1882-83; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 9th District, 1883-85. Died in Oxford, Butler County, Ohio, October 31, 1911 (age 76 years, 39 days). Interment at Ashland Cemetery. |
| | Henry Bishop Brodess (1830-1881) — also known as H. B. Brodess — of Ashland, Boyd County, Ky. Born in Baltimore County, Md., 1830. Republican. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1860; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor of Ashland, Ky., 1876-81; died in office 1881. Died in Ashland, Boyd County, Ky., October 20, 1881 (age about 51 years). Interment at Ashland Cemetery. |
| | William Monroe Salisbury (1865-1928) — also known as W. M. Salisbury — of Ashland, Boyd County, Ky. Born in Carter County, Ky., December 25, 1865.Physician;mayor of Ashland, Ky., 1914-17, 1921-25. Died in San Diego, San Diego County, Calif., February 25, 1928 (age 62 years, 62 days). Interment at Ashland Cemetery. |
| | William Arthur Ginn (1859-1932) — also known as William A. Ginn; W. A. Ginn — of Ashland, Boyd County, Ky. Born in Mercer County, Ill., April 15, 1859.Mayor of Ashland, Ky., 1897-1905, 1913-14. Died, from complications of diabetes, in Ashland, Boyd County, Ky., August 5, 1932 (age 73 years, 112 days). Interment at Ashland Cemetery. |
| | Albert Harrison Moore (1869-1913) — also known as Albert H. Moore — of Ashland, Boyd County, Ky. Born in 1869.Physician;mayor of Ashland, Ky., 1910-13; died in office 1913. Member, American Medical Association. Died in Ashland, Boyd County, Ky., September 26, 1913 (age about 44 years). Interment at Ashland Cemetery. |
| | William C. Simpson (1888-1965) — also known as Will C. Simpson — of Ashland, Boyd County, Ky. Born March 25, 1888. Republican. Mayor of Ashland, Ky., 1936-39, 1948-51. Died November 25, 1965 (age 77 years, 245 days). Interment at Ashland Cemetery. |
| | David Aronberg (1893-1967) — of Ashland, Boyd County, Ky. Born in Manchester, England,April 3, 1893. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; merchant;real estate business; mayor of Ashland, Ky., 1952-55, 1960-64.Jewish. Member, Freemasons;Shriners;Kiwanis;American Legion; Forty and Eight; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks. Died in Ashland, Boyd County, Ky., February 11, 1967 (age 73 years, 314 days). Interment at Ashland Cemetery. |
| | Edgar Browne Hager (1868-1935) — also known as Edgar B. Hager — of Ashland, Boyd County, Ky. Born in Paintsville, Johnson County, Ky., December 7, 1868. Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of Ashland, Ky., 1932-35; died in office 1935.Methodist. Died in Ashland, Boyd County, Ky., December 19, 1935 (age 67 years, 12 days). Interment at Ashland Cemetery. |
| | John Means (1829-1910) — of Ashland, Boyd County, Ky. Born in West Union, Adams County, Ohio, September 21, 1829. Republican. Banker; ferry boat business; candidate for U.S. Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1874; mayor of Ashland, Ky., 1881-82.Presbyterian. Died in Ashland, Boyd County, Ky., February 14, 1910 (age 80 years, 146 days). Interment at Ashland Cemetery. |
| | Thomas Russell (1826-1905) — of Ashland, Boyd County, Ky. Born in Scotland,1826.Mayor of Ashland, Ky., 1883-86.Scottishancestry. Died in January, 1905(age about 78 years). Interment at Ashland Cemetery. |
| | David A. Fisher (1840-1911) — of Ashland, Boyd County, Ky. Born in Clearfield County, Pa., August 14, 1840. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; sawmill operator; ice business; builder;livery stable owner; railway conductor; mayor of Ashland, Ky., 1889-92. Died in Ashland, Boyd County, Ky., January 19, 1911 (age 70 years, 158 days). Interment at Ashland Cemetery. |
| | Thomas S. Newman (1851-1916) — also known as Tom Newman — of Ashland, Boyd County, Ky. Born in Spencer County, Ky., February, 1851.Clothing merchant; mayor of Ashland, Ky., 1894-97. Died in Ashland, Boyd County, Ky., 1916(age about 65 years). Interment at Ashland Cemetery. |
| | Clyde Roland Levi (1884-1960) — also known as Clyde Levi — of Ashland, Boyd County, Ky. Born in Ashland, Boyd County, Ky., October 9, 1884. Republican. Mayor of Ashland, Ky., 1944-47. Died in Ashland, Boyd County, Ky., September 7, 1960 (age 75 years, 334 days). Interment at Ashland Cemetery. |
| | Henderson Richardson Dysard (1875-1960) — also known as H. R. Dysard — of Carter County, Ky.; Ashland, Boyd County, Ky. Born in Carter County, Ky., October 2, 1875. Republican. Lawyer; Carter County Judge, 1902-05; Carter County Attorney, 1906-09; mayor of Ashland, Ky., 1917-21. Died in Ashland, Boyd County, Ky., May 6, 1960 (age 84 years, 217 days). Interment at Ashland Cemetery. |
| | Henry Davis Shanklin (1889-1961) — also known as Henry Shanklin — of Ashland, Boyd County, Ky. Born in Winchester, Clark County, Ky., February 19, 1889. Democrat. Mayor of Ashland, Ky., 1940-43. Died in Boyd County, Ky., February 12, 1961 (age 71 years, 359 days). Interment at Ashland Cemetery. |
| | Charles Henry Gartrell (1914-1988) — also known as Charles H. Gartrell — of Ashland, Boyd County, Ky. Born in Ashland, Boyd County, Ky., July 28, 1914. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; candidate forLieutenant Governor of Kentucky, 1947; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1948,1952(alternate); mayor of Ashland, Ky., 1968-72.Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;Shriners;American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Sons of the American Revolution. Died in Ashland, Boyd County, Ky., July 3, 1988 (age 73 years, 341 days). Interment at Ashland Cemetery. |
| | William Henry Harrison Eba (1831-1911) — also known as W. H. H. Eba — of Ashland, Boyd County, Ky. Born in Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pa., November 5, 1831. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor of Ashland, Ky., 1883. Died in Ashland, Boyd County, Ky., August 31, 1911 (age 79 years, 299 days). Interment at Ashland Cemetery. |
| | Charles F. Weaver (1858-1932) — of Ashland, Boyd County, Ky. Born in Aurora, Dearborn County, Ind., March 10, 1858. Republican. Machine shop operator; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1904;mayor of Ashland, Ky., 1927. Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, while also suffering from chronic interstital nephritis, in Ashland, Boyd County, Ky., October 21, 1932 (age 74 years, 225 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Ashland Cemetery. |
| | William M. Nicholson (1876-1943) — of Ashland, Boyd County, Ky. Born in Ashland, Boyd County, Ky., March 28, 1876.Plumber;mayor of Ashland, Ky., 1925. Died in Ashland, Boyd County, Ky., January 10, 1943 (age 66 years, 288 days). Interment at Ashland Cemetery. |
| | Ernest Edgar Ramey (1891-1972) — also known as Ernest E. Ramey — of Ashland, Boyd County, Ky. Born in Carter County, Ky., January 1, 1891.Mayor of Ashland, Ky., 1926-27. Died in Ashland, Boyd County, Ky., February 21, 1972 (age 81 years, 51 days). Interment at Ashland Cemetery. |
| | Ronald B. Halleck (d. 1995) — of Ashland, Boyd County, Ky. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,1968; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1968-72; Kentucky railroad commissioner, 1972-74; candidate for Kentucky state senate 25th District, 1975; candidate for Kentucky auditor of public accounts, 1983. Died October 23, 1995. Interment at Ashland Cemetery. |
| | George Philip Ellison (d. 1984) — also known as George P. Ellison — of Kentucky. Republican. Candidate for U.S. Representative from Kentucky at-large, 1932. Died April 11, 1984. Interment at Ashland Cemetery. |
| | Allan N. Cisco (1866-1955) — of West Liberty, Morgan County, Ky. Born in Morgan County, Ky., 1866. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,1908. Died in Boyd County, Ky., September 27, 1955 (age about 89 years). Interment at Ashland Cemetery. |
| | John Thomas Diederich (d. 1974) — also known as John T. Diederich — of Ashland, Boyd County, Ky. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,1948(alternate), 1952,1972(alternate); Kentucky Republican state chair, 1955. Died September 10, 1974. Interment at Ashland Cemetery. |

Rose Hill Burial Park
Ashland, Boyd County, Kentucky

Boyd County Courthouse Grounds
Catlettsburg, Boyd County, Kentucky
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| | John Milton Elliott (1820-1879) — also known as John M. Elliott — of Prestonsburg, Floyd County, Ky. Born in Scott County, Va., May 20, 1820. Democrat. Member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1847, 1860-61; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1853-59; Delegate from Kentucky to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;Representative from Kentucky in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1868-74; Judge, Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1876-79; died in office 1879.Expelledfrom the Kentucky legislature in 1861 for supporting the Confederacy. Slaveowner. Shotand killed by Col. Thomas Buford, in front of the ladies' entrance to the CapitolHotel, in Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky., March 26, 1879 (age 58 years, 310 days). Interment at Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.; statue at Boyd County Courthouse Grounds. Relatives: Son of John Elliott and Jane Elliott. Elliott County, Ky. is named for him. Epitaph: "Assassinated, for having done his duty as a Judge." See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial |

Catlettsburg Cemetery
Catlettsburg, Boyd County, Kentucky

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