Lazarus Powell

ID: 1747
This file appears in: Fernwood Cemetery

Lazarus Powell was a state legislator and the first governor of Kentucky from Henderson. He later served in the United States House of Representatives before his death in 1867. He is buried in the Fernwood Cemetery in Henderson. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Fernwood Cemetery

By McKenzie Martin
Historical Marker #1926 in Henderson County commemorates Fernwood Cemetery, the final resting place of several prominent Kentuckians. Lazarus Powell was born in Henderson County in 1812. Powell…