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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Garrard 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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Anderson (1802-1840)</b> — of Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/GD-lived.html">Garrard County</a>, Ky. Born near Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/GD-born.html">Garrard County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1802/03-02.html">March 2, 1802</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>, 1828-29, 1832, 1836-38; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 5th District, 1839-40; died in office 1840. Slaveowner. Died near Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/GD-died.html">Garrard County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1840/08-11.html">August 11, 1840</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/38.html">38 years, 162 days</a>). Interment at Anderson Family 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/anderson9.html#392.14.11">William Clayton Anderson</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10026.html">Anderson family</a> of Lancaster and Danville, Kentucky.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000232">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400859">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simeon H. Anderson">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6864429">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> <hr> <span style="font-size:16pt;"><b><a name="cms01195">Lancaster Cemetery</a></b></span><br> Campbell, Crap Orchard, Richmond Sts. <br> Lancaster, Garrard County, Kentucky <br> <i>Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1984</i><br> <table width=100% align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td colspan=2><span style="font-size:14pt;">Politicians buried here:</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Allan A. Burton (1820-1878)</b> — of Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/GD-lived.html">Garrard 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/1820/02-14.html">February 14, 1820</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1860/KY.html">1860</a>; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CO-diplomats.html ">Colombia</a>, 1861-66; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CR-consuls.html">Consul for Costa Rica</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-consuls.html">Louisville, Ky.</a>, 1866-77; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PU-consuls.html">Consul for Peru</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/GD-consuls.html">Lancaster, Ky.</a>, 1868-77; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/KY.html">Republican National Committee from Kentucky</a>, 1868-72. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/GD-died.html">Garrard County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/07-13.html">July 13, 1878</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 149 days</a>). Interment at Lancaster 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Sarah 'Sally' (Williams) Burton and Robert A. Burton; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/10-04.html">October 4, 1842</a>, to Elizabeth Warren.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Epitaph:</i> "I know not whence I came, or whither I go, I only know that I am!"</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/burton-allan-a ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/90692438">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></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> <b>Lewis Leavell Walker (1873-1944)</b> — of Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/GD-lived.html">Garrard County</a>, Ky. Born in Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/GD-born.html">Garrard County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/02-15.html">February 15, 1873</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/GD-officials.html">Garrard County Prosecuting Attorney</a>, 1901; district judge in Kentucky 13th District, 1910-11; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 8th District, 1929-31. Died in Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/GD-died.html">Garrard County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/06-30.html">June 30, 1944</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 136 days</a>). Interment at Lancaster 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000063">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411242">Govtrack.us page</a></span></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> <b>George Washington Dunlap (1813-1880)</b> — of Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/GD-lived.html">Garrard County</a>, Ky. Born near Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-born.html">Fayette County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1813/02-22.html">February 22, 1813</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>, 1853; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 6th District, 1861-63; defeated, 1855. Slaveowner. Died in Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/GD-died.html">Garrard County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/06-06.html">June 6, 1880</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 105 days</a>). Interment at Lancaster 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Presumably named for:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#466.36.08">George Washington</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000542">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403650">Govtrack.us page</a></span></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> <b>Cecil Carlton Sanders (1914-2007)</b> — of Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/GD-lived.html">Garrard 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/1914/03-02.html">March 2, 1914</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/coach.html">athletic coach</a>; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <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>, 1953-55; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/stsen.html">Kentucky state senate</a>, 1955-59. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/disciples-of-christ.html">Disciples of Christ</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-alpha-delta.html">Phi Alpha Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-acad-pol-soc-sci.html">American Academy of Political and Social Science</a>. Died, in St. Joseph's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-died.html">Fayette County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2007/01-13.html">January 13, 2007</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">92 years, 317 days</a>). Interment at Lancaster 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of James Blythe Sanders and Suella (Jones) Sanders; married to Viola Layton and Mary Elizabeth Gulley.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/17497482">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <br clear="all"> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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