Joseph Desha was a U.S. Representative and the ninth governor of the U.S. state of Kentucky. After the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, Desha's Huguenot ancestors fled from France to Pennsylvania, where Desha was born. Wikipedia
Born: December 9, 1768, Monroe County, PA
Died: October 11, 1842 (age 73 years), Georgetown, KY
Nationality: American
Grandchildren: Mary Desha and Issa Breckenridge
Grandparents: Maria Alice Wheeler and Joseph Wheeler
Great-grandparent: Samuel Holmes
Party: Democratic-Republican Party