Russellville, KY, United States
Governor's Corner. Home of Governor John Breathitt, born 1787, Virginia. Came here, 1800. Lawyer, legislator. Elected Lieut. Governor, 1828, and Governor, 1832. He was advocate of need for preserving Kentucky's valuable documents. He wrote: "There is a laudable solicitude to know everything in respe
ct to our history." Breathitt died in office, 1834. Monument in Maple Grove Cem. by Kentucky. Dedicated June 17, 1964.
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