John Henry Whallen
Deceased Person
1850 – 1913
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Who was John Henry Whallen?
John Henry Whallen was a Democratic Party political boss in Louisville, Kentucky during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in New Orleans, he moved with his family to Cincinnati, Ohio in his youth. As a boy during the Civil War he served the Confederate Army in Schoolfield's Battery as a "powder monkey", a boy who carried gunpowder. He later served as a courier for General John Hunt Morgan.
His nicknames included "The Buckingham Boss" and "Napoleon".
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- Born
- May 1, 1850
New Orleans - Religion
- Catholicism
- Lived in
- Louisville
- Died
- Dec 3, 1913
Louisville
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on July 23, 2013
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