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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Warren County, Ky.</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Petrie"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Robert Emmett Petrie (1908-1989) — also known as Robert E. Petrie — of Bowling Green, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-lived.html">Warren County</a>, Ky. Born in Fairview, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/TO-born.html">Todd County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/12-24.html">December 24, 1908</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">Real estate business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/autodealer.html">automobile dealer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/bowlinggreen.html">mayor of Bowling Green, Ky.</a>, 1966-67; appointed 1966. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/moose.html">Moose</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>. Died, in the Bowling Green <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Medical Center</a>, Bowling Green, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-died.html">Warren County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1989/10-20.html">October 20, 1989</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 300 days</a>). Interment at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Edward Petrie and Kathryn (Field) Petrie; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/">1939</a> to Delaphene Smith; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/">1952</a> to Mary Frances Riggs.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/147357422">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: City of Bowling Green</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms01268">Fairview Cemetery</a> Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph Rogers Underwood (1791-1876) — also known as Joseph R. Underwood — of Glasgow, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BN-lived.html">Barren County</a>, Ky.; Bowling Green, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-lived.html">Warren County</a>, Ky. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/GO-born.html">Goochland County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1791/10-24.html">October 24, 1791</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a>, 1816-19, 1825-26, 1861-63; Presidential Elector for Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/pr1824-meeting.html">1824</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky</a>, 1828; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/coajd.html">Judge, Kentucky Court of Appeals</a>, 1828-35; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 3rd District, 1835-43; Whig Presidential Elector for Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/pr1844-meeting.html">1844</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Kentucky</a>, 1847-53; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1864/KY.html">1864</a>. Slaveowner. Died near Bowling Green, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-died.html">Warren County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/08-23.html">August 23, 1876</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 304 days</a>). Interment at Fairview Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Underwood and Frances (Rogers) Underwood; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/underwood.html#212.99.18">Warner Lewis Underwood</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/">1817</a> to Eliza McCowes Trotter; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/">1839</a> to Elizabeth Threlkeld Cox (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cox.html#157.35.47">John Cox</a>); father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/underwood.html#057.68.59">John Cox Underwood</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/underwood.html#052.29.68">Oscar Wilder Underwood</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11103.html">Underwood #1 family</a> of Bowling Green, Kentucky.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=U000011">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411035">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7781081">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Andrew McKenzie (1840-1904) — also known as James A. McKenzie — of Long View, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/HA-lived.html">Hardin County</a>, Ky. Born in Bennettstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CH-born.html">Christian County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/08-01.html">August 1, 1840</a>. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a>, 1867; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 2nd District, 1877-83; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Kentucky</a>, 1883-87; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1884/KY.html">1884</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1888/KY.html">1888</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1892/KY.html">1892</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1892/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>); U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PU-diplomats.html ">Peru</a>, 1893-97. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CH-died.html">Christian County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/06-25.html">June 25, 1904</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 329 days</a>). Interment at Fairview Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moss.html#910.16.41">John McKenzie Moss</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000505">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407500">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/mckenzie-james-andrew ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> William Huston Natcher (1909-1994) — also known as William H. Natcher — of Bowling Green, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-lived.html">Warren County</a>, Ky. Born in Bowling Green, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-born.html">Warren County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/09-11.html">September 11, 1909</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-officials.html">Warren County Attorney</a>, 1938-50; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/KY.html">1940</a>; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; commonwealth attorney, 8th District, 1951-53; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 2nd District, 1953-94; died in office 1994. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/40-8.html">Forty and Eight</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died, in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/walter-reed.html">Bethesda Naval Hospital</a>, Bethesda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1994/03-29.html">March 29, 1994</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">84 years, 199 days</a>). Interment at Fairview Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of J. M. Natcher and Blanche (Hays) Natcher; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/06-17.html">June 17, 1937</a>, to Virginia Reardon.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">The William H. Natcher <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">Federal Building</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">U.S. Courthouse</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-names.html">Bowling Green, Kentucky</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The William H. Natcher <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-roads.html">Parkway</a> (opened 1972 as the Green River Parkway; renamed 1994; redesignated 2018 as Interstate 165, without the Natcher name), which ran through <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-names.html">Warren</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BU-names.html">Butler</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/OH-names.html">Ohio</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/DA-names.html">Daviess</a> counties, Kentucky, was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The William H. Natcher <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-bridges.html">Bridge</a> (opened 2002), which takes U.S. Highway 231 over the Ohio River, between <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/DA-names.html">Daviess County, Kentucky</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/SP-names.html">Spencer County, Indiana</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000009">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408103">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Huston Natcher">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/856/000115511">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Warner Lewis Underwood (1808-1872) — also known as Warner L. Underwood — of Kentucky. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/GO-born.html">Goochland County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1808/08-07.html">August 7, 1808</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a>, 1848; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/stsen.html">Kentucky state senate</a>, 1849-53; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 3rd District, 1855-59; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SD-consuls.html ">Glasgow</a>, 1862-64. Died in Bowling Green, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-died.html">Warren County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/03-12.html">March 12, 1872</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 218 days</a>). Interment at Fairview Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Underwood and Frances (Rogers) Underwood; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/underwood.html#331.41.89">Joseph Rogers Underwood</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1830/">1830</a> to Lucy Craig Henry; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/underwood.html#057.68.59">John Cox Underwood</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/underwood.html#052.29.68">Oscar Wilder Underwood</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11103.html">Underwood #1 family</a> of Bowling Green, Kentucky.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=U000016">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411039">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7781163">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Edward Halsell (1826-1899) — also known as John E. Halsell; "The Old War Horse"; "Old Jack" — of Bowling Green, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-lived.html">Warren County</a>, Ky.; Wellington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/SU-lived.html">Sumner County</a>, Kan.; Fort Worth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TT-lived.html">Tarrant County</a>, Tex. Born near Bowling Green, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-born.html">Warren County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1826/09-11.html">September 11, 1826</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; circuit judge in Kentucky; elected 1870; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 3rd District, 1883-87. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Slaveowner. Died in Fort Worth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TT-died.html">Tarrant County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/12-26.html">December 26, 1899</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 106 days</a>). Interment at Fairview Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Sarah Ann Smith, Mary E. Tucker and Carrie Porter.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000086">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404968">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John Edward Halsell">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7781197">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Rodes Kirby Myers (1900-1960) — also known as Rodes K. Myers — of Bowling Green, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-lived.html">Warren County</a>, Ky. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-born.html">Warren County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/index.html">1900</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/KY.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/KY.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/KY.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/KY.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/KY.html">1956</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky</a>, 1939-43; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Kentucky</a>, 1943. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/index.html">1960</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">about 60 years</a>). Interment at Fairview Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.bgky.org/history/mayors"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/129/17.36.jpg" width=70 height=107 border=0 alt="John H. Mallory"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Helm Mallory (1844-1903) — also known as John H. Mallory — of Bowling Green, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-lived.html">Warren County</a>, Ky. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/07-31.html">July 31, 1844</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/bowlinggreen.html">Mayor of Bowling Green, Ky.</a>, 1874-80, 1892-98, 1902-03; died in office 1903. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/01-28.html">January 28, 1903</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 181 days</a>). Interment at Fairview Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/">1866</a> to Elizabeth Belle Potter; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/">1893</a> to Blanche (Mullin) Laurence.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/183282621">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: City of Bowling Green</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.bgky.org/history/mayors"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/932/00.91.jpg" width=70 height=114 border=0 alt="Henry C. Hines"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henry Clay Hines (1841-1895) — also known as Henry C. Hines — of Bowling Green, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-lived.html">Warren County</a>, Ky. Born in Bowling Green, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-born.html">Warren County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/07-10.html">July 10, 1841</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/bowlinggreen.html">Mayor of Bowling Green, Ky.</a>, 1872-74, 1880-84. Died in Bowling Green, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-died.html">Warren County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/06-12.html">June 12, 1895</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 337 days</a>). Interment at Fairview Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarken-claytee.html#084.40.12">Henry Clay</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of James Davis Hines and Elizabeth Margaret (Davis) Hines; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/">1867</a> to Sarah Scott Fore; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hines.html#207.45.67">Arthur Scott Hines</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/18104614">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: City of Bowling Green</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.bgky.org/history/mayors"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/207/45.67.jpg" width=70 height=104 border=0 alt="A. Scott Hines"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Arthur Scott Hines (1873-1942) — also known as A. Scott Hines — of Bowling Green, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-lived.html">Warren County</a>, Ky. Born in Bowling Green, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-born.html">Warren County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/01-09.html">January 9, 1873</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/food.html">Wholesale grocer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/bowlinggreen.html">mayor of Bowling Green, Ky.</a>, 1925-29, 1941-42; died in office 1942. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Died in Bowling Green, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-died.html">Warren County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/05-19.html">May 19, 1942</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 130 days</a>). Interment at Fairview Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hines.html#932.00.91">Henry Clay Hines</a> and Sarah Scott (Fore) Hines; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/12-23.html">December 23, 1896</a>, to Annie Duncan Hines.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/100022867">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: City of Bowling Green</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.bgky.org/history/mayors"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/057/68.59.jpg" width=70 height=118 border=0 alt="John C. Underwood"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> John Cox Underwood (1840-1913) — also known as John C. Underwood — of Bowling Green, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-lived.html">Warren County</a>, Ky.; Covington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/KE-lived.html">Kenton County</a>, Ky. Born in Georgetown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-born.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/index.html">1840</a>. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/bowlinggreen.html">mayor of Bowling Green, Ky.</a>, 1871-72; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky</a>, 1875-79. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/odd-fellows.html">Odd Fellows</a>. Died, following a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">stroke of paralysis</a>, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/10-25.html">October 25, 1913</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">about 73 years</a>). Interment at Fairview Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/underwood.html#331.41.89">Joseph Rogers Underwood</a> and Elizabeth Threlkeld (Cox) Underwood; married to Drucilla Duncan; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/underwood.html#212.99.18">Warner Lewis Underwood</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/underwood.html#052.29.68">Oscar Wilder Underwood</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cox.html#157.35.47">John Cox</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11103.html">Underwood #1 family</a> of Bowling Green, Kentucky.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/62197082">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: City of Bowling Green</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.bgky.org/history/mayors"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/662/69.73.jpg" width=70 height=112 border=0 alt="C. W. Lampkin"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Clifton Wallace Lampkin (1884-1959) — also known as C. W. Lampkin — of Bowling Green, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-lived.html">Warren County</a>, Ky. Born in Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-born.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/12-20.html">December 20, 1884</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/bowlinggreen.html">Mayor of Bowling Green, Ky.</a>, 1953-59; died in office 1959. Died in Bowling Green, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-died.html">Warren County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/08-04.html">August 4, 1959</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 227 days</a>). Entombed at Fairview Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Cobb Lampkin; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/">1915</a> to Nell Forrest; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/">1932</a> to Sara C. Ewing.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/241351268">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: City of Bowling Green</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.bgky.org/history/mayors"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/596/38.02.jpg" width=70 height=118 border=0 alt="Walter F. Weis"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Walter Frederick Weis (1898-1966) — also known as Walter F. Weis; "Pop" — of Bowling Green, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-lived.html">Warren County</a>, Ky. Born in New Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CR-born.html">Crawford County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/04-18.html">April 18, 1898</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/bowlinggreen.html">Mayor of Bowling Green, Ky.</a>, 1964-66; appointed 1964; died in office 1966. Died, following a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, at Bowling Green-Warren County <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Bowling Green, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-died.html">Warren County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1966/03-11.html">March 11, 1966</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 327 days</a>). Interment at Fairview Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/">1922</a> to Inez Milliron.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/138768900">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: City of Bowling Green</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henry Herman Denhardt (1876-1937) — also known as Henry H. Denhardt — of Bowling Green, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-lived.html">Warren County</a>, Ky. Born in Bowling Green, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-born.html">Warren County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1876/03-08.html">March 8, 1876</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky</a>, 1923-27; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/KY.html">1924</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/attempts.html">shot</a> and injured on Election Day 1931.; his girlfriend, Mrs. Verna Garr Taylor, was found shot to death in November 1936; he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">charged</a> with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/murder-mayhem.html">murder</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">tried</a> in New Castle, Ky.; the jury could not reach a verdict. Before he could be tried a second time, he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">shot</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">killed</a>, at the Armstrong <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hotels.html">Hotel</a>, Shelbyville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/SH-died.html">Shelby County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/09-20.html">September 20, 1937</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 196 days</a>). Interment at Fairview Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Margaret (Geiger) Denhardt and William Denhardt.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry Denhardt">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/28325197">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.bgky.org/history/mayors"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/320/23.67.jpg" width=70 height=111 border=0 alt="James H. Topmiller"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James H. Topmiller (1898-1964) — of Bowling Green, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-lived.html">Warren County</a>, Ky. Born in Bowling Green, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-born.html">Warren County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/07-06.html">July 6, 1898</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/bowlinggreen.html">Mayor of Bowling Green, Ky.</a>, 1964; died in office 1964. Died in Bowling Green, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-died.html">Warren County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1964/11-05.html">November 5, 1964</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/66.html">66 years, 122 days</a>). Interment at Fairview Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Benjamin A. 'Ben' Topmiller and Jessie E. (Woodward) Topmiller.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/202206162">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: City of Bowling Green</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.bgky.org/history/mayors"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/462/17.43.jpg" width=70 height=97 border=0 alt="Thomas B. Wright"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Briggs Wright (1806-1888) — also known as Thomas B. Wright — of Bowling Green, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-lived.html">Warren County</a>, Ky. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-born.html">Warren County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1806/06-30.html">June 30, 1806</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/bowlinggreen.html">Mayor of Bowling Green, Ky.</a>, 1870-71. Died in Bowling Green, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-died.html">Warren County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1888/10-29.html">October 29, 1888</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 121 days</a>). Interment at Fairview Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Josiah McGehee Wright and Andromache Anna (Briggs) Wright; married to Andromache Loving.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/16342975">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: City of Bowling Green</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> J. Boadley Davenport — of Bowling Green, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-lived.html">Warren County</a>, Ky. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-officials.html">Warren County Sheriff and Jailer</a>; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/KY.html">1936</a>. Interment at Fairview Cemetery. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> James Hobson — of Bowling Green, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-lived.html">Warren County</a>, Ky. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/KY.html">1928</a>. Interment at Fairview Cemetery. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Edward Hobson and Ida Morehead Hobson; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hobby-hodgdon.html#616.83.05">Edward Henry Hobson</a>.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians formerly buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edwin Lee Norris (1865-1924) — also known as Edwin L. Norris — of Dillon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/BV-lived.html">Beaverhead County</a>, Mont.; Great Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/CA-lived.html">Cascade County</a>, Mont. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CU-born.html">Cumberland County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1865/08-15.html">August 15, 1865</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/stsen.html">Montana state senate</a> from Beaverhead County, 1897-1900; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Montana</a>, 1905-08; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Montana</a>, 1908-13; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Montana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/MT.html">1912</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/MT.html">1916</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/officers.html">Honorary Vice-President</a>). Died in Great Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/CA-died.html">Cascade County</a>, Mont., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/04-25.html">April 25, 1924</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 254 days</a>). Original interment at Fairview Cemetery; reinterment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/CA-buried.html#cms02475">Highland Cemetery</a>, Great Falls, Mont. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Elizabeth June Wilkins.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/edwin-lee-norris/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/15056929">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <hr> <a name="cms02168">Pioneer Cemetery</a> College and Center Streets Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky See also <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=1968634&">Findagrave page</a> for this location. <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2>Politicians buried here:</td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Henry Grider (1796-1866) — of Bowling Green, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-lived.html">Warren County</a>, Ky. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/GD-born.html">Garrard County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1796/07-16.html">July 16, 1796</a>. Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a>, 1827, 1831; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 3rd District, 1843-47, 1861-66; died in office 1866. Slaveowner. Died in Bowling Green, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-died.html">Warren County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/09-07.html">September 7, 1866</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 53 days</a>). Interment at Pioneer Cemetery; cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms00416">Congressional Cemetery</a>, Washington, D.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000455">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404800">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry Grider">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7781206">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=235452">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." 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