Also buried at Louisville's Cave Hill Cemeery.
** JAMES SPEED (1812-1887)
In 1864, he was appointed Secretary of the Treasury by Abraham Lincoln. Brother of Joshua Fry Speed.
** JOSHUA FRY SPEED (1814-1882)
Friend and confidant of future President Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois. During the Civil War, served as Lincoln's Western Affairs advisor and was offered the position of Secretary several times but refused it.
** HUNTER S. THOMPSON (1937-2005)
Journalist and author. Internationally recognized "Gonza" journalist. Had a big best-seller with "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas."
--Old Secesh
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