John J. Crittenden

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Crittenden County is named for John J. Crittenden, a U.S. senator, governor of Kentucky, and author of the "Crittenden Compromise." A Unionist during the Civil War, his family was divided. One of his sons was a Union general while another was a Confederate general. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

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Historical Marker #1160 in Marion commemorates the namesake of Crittenden County. John Jordan Crittenden was born in Woodford County in 1787. Called "one of Kentucky's great statesmen," he was…