| On The Trail of - Colonel CHARLES COCKE |
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| ROBERT CRITTENDEN (1797-1834) | |
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Son of John Crittenden; brother of John
Jordan Crittenden; uncle of Thomas Theodore 'Tom'
Crittenden; granduncle of Thomas Theodore Crittenden,
Jr.. Born near Versailles, Ky., January 1, 1797.
Secretary of Arkansas Territory, 1819-1829. Mortally
wounded Henry Wharton Conway in a duel on October 29,
1827. Died in Vicksburg, Miss., December 18, 1834. Burial
location unknown. Crittenden County, Ark. is named for
him. [http://www.potifos.com/tpg/bio/creag-cromw.html#RDS0KYLJ8] |
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| JOHN CRITTENDEN (1754-1809) | |
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Father of John Jordan Crittenden and
Robert Crittenden; grandfather of Thomas Theodore 'Tom'
Crittenden; great-grandfather of Thomas Theodore
Crittenden, Jr. Born in New Kent County, Va. Major in
Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of
Virginia House of Burgesses, 1790-1805. Burial location
unknown. [http://www.potifos.com/tpg/bio/creag-cromw.html#RDS0KYLJ8] |
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JOHN JORDAN CRITTENDEN (1786-1863) |
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Of Russellville, Ky.; Frankfort, Ky. Son
of John Crittenden; brother of Robert Crittenden; uncle
of Thomas Theodore 'Tom' Crittenden; granduncle of Thomas
Theodore Crittenden, Jr.. Born near Versailles, Ky.,
September 10, 1786. Illinois territory attorney
general, 1809-1810; member of Kentucky state house of
representatives, 1811-1817, 1825-1829; served in the U.S.
Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Senator from Kentucky,
1817-1819, 1835-1841, 1842-1848, 1855-1861; U.S. Attorney
General, 1841, 1850-1853 ; Governor of Kentucky,
1848-1850; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 8th
District, 1861-1863. Two of his sons were generals on
opposite sides in the Civil War; a grandson of his was
killed in Gen. Custer's expedition against the Sioux in
1876. Died in Frankfort, Ky., July 26, 1863. Interment
at Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky. Crittenden County,
Ky. is named for him. (See also his congressional
biography.) |
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