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William L. ELLIOTT 11452 - SImpson Co.

sgorin — 2009-12-31 14:08:11Z

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Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume IV – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Simpson Co.

WILLIAM L. ELLIOTT was born in what is now Simpson County, Ky., January 6, 1843, and is the youngest of three living children born to William and Jemima (Lowe) Elliott, the former of whom was a native of Simpson County, and the latter of Logan County, Ky. Both were of English descent. William Elliott received a good common school education in youth, for that early day, in the schools of Simpson County, where he was married and resided all his life. In early life he learned the blacksmith’s trade, which he continued to follow in connection with farming until his death in May, 1843. Soon after his marriage his father-in-law gave him a partially improved farm, to which he added other lands, owning at the time of his death a well-improved farm of some 200 acres. His father, Dabney Elliott, was a veteran of the war of 1812, and was born, educated and married in Virginia. Soon after his marriage he removed to Logan County, Ky., then almost an unbroken wilderness, where he was among the early pioneers. Mrs. Jemima Elliott is yet living, and resides on the old homestead. Her father, Ralf Lowe, was a native of Maryland, where he was educated and married; he also was one of the early pioneers of Logan County, Ky. William L. Elliott received a good common school education in youth, and was employed on the old homestead with his mother until he was twenty-four years old. He then farmed on shares until 1873, when he bought a partially improved farm of 133 acres adjoining the old homestead, to which he has since added other lands, now owning a well improved farm of 160 acres, which is in a high state of cultivation. His dwelling is one of the best in the district. Here he is successfully engaged in farming and stock raising, making the breeding of cattle and mules a specialty. He has also given considerable attention to breeding blooded cattle, short-horns and Jerseys. He married, February 6, 1867, Julia A. Covington, a native of Logan County, born March 22, 1844. She is a daughter of Daniel C. and Mary J. (Robinson) Covington. Three sons and four daughters hae blessed their union: Orah Lee, Willie E., Emmit C., Alda B., Emma D., Eddie L. and Dixie Belle. Mr. Elliott and wife are members of the Christian Church, in which he officiates as a deacon. In politics he is a Democrat.

Thomas SENOUR 11451 - Livingston Co

sgorin — 2009-12-30 13:18:41Z

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Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume IV – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Livingston Co.

THOMAS SENOUR is a native of Boone County, Ky., and was born July 29, 1842. He is a son of Adam and Martha Senour, both Kentuckians. Mr. Senjour’s father, Phillip Senour, was a native of either Virginia or North Carolina, and of Welsh descent. He was one of the first permanent settlers of Boone County, and died in that part of the State as long ago as 1817. Adam Senour was born about the beginning of the present century in Kenton County, where were passed his youth and early manhood. After his marriage he moved to Boone County, where he lived until his death in 1882. Subject’s mother was a daughter of Henry Dixon, one of the early pioneers of northern Kentucky. She was born in Boone County and died in April, 1878, aged about seventy-two years. The following children were born to Adam and Martha Senour, namely: Charlotte, William H., Edward, Mary J., Diana (deceased), Thomas (subject), Sarah A., John R. and O. B. Thomas Semour lived with his parents until the age of twenty-one years, attending the common schools at intervals, in which he obtained a fair English education. He chose agriculture as his life work, and commenced farming in his native county on the old homestead. In 1871 he came to Livingston, and settled on a farm of which he had become the possessor some time previous. In 1876 he returned to Boone County, where he lived until 1881, when he a second time moved to Livingston County, and purchased his present farm in Carrsville Precinct. Mr. Senour makes stock raising a specialty, in which industry he has no superior in the county. He buys and sells largely, and on his farm may be seen some of the finest breeds of hogs and cattle in the country. Mr. Senour was married to Miss Lizzie J. Dixon, daughter of Thomas K. and Julia Dixon, on the 9th of December, 1869. One child is the result of this marriage – Florence.

James A. ROBERTS 11450 - Warren Co

sgorin — 2009-12-29 13:50:01Z

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Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume II – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Warren Co.

JAMES A. ROBERTS was born February 17, 1841, in Warren County. He resided until 18i62 in Bowling Green, and since that time near his present residence. His father, Capt. Edwin Roberts, was born August 9, 1809. He began life as a flat-boatman, and afterward became a steam-boatman. He was for about fifteen years captain of the following named steam-boats; the “Warren,” “White River” and “Union,” which were owned in partnership by him and Capt. John Robinson, of Bowling Green. He has also been for the past twenty years the owner of a large farm on which he now resides on the Louisville & Nashville Pike, retired from active life. He is a son of Dr. Artemus D. Roberts, who was born in Pennsylvania, and was of Scotch-Irish descent. Capt. Roberts married, in 1837, Elizabeth G., daughter of William and Elizabeth (Buckley) Gossom, and to their union were born Kittie (Wilkinson), James A., William A., Fannie (Jenkins), Edwin T., Joseph D. and Mary L. (Buck). James A. Roberts married, May 3, 1866, Susan E., daughter of John H. Enwing (the founder of the village of Bristow). To them have been born Laura M., Florence J., Martha E. or (Daisey), Blanche and Nellie. At the age of thirteen years Mr. Roberts commenced clerking in the store of J. R. Golliday, in Bowling Green, with whom he remained for four years, and afterward became clerk on the steamer of which his father was captain. In 1850 he again commenced work for Mr. Golliday, with whom he spent two additional years, and after five years spent on the farm of his father removed to Bristow and engaged in business for John H. Enwing, for whom he conducted the store and postoffice, besides the railway and Adams’ Express business. He did this for about three and one-half years and then moved to his farm on the pike, where he lived until 1879. He then returned to Bristow and engaged in the mercantile business which he has since continued. He is the owner of a partnership in a good store, well stocked with marketable goods. He was for five years postmaster under three administrations. Mr. Roberts is not at present a member of any religious organization. He is an active merchant and in politics is a stanch Democrat who votes for the man rather than the party.

Richard A. THORNTON 11449 - Mason Co

sgorin — 2009-12-28 13:37:59Z

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Pike County Missouri History, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883, p. 1023. Mason Co. KY.

Richard A. Thornton, Frankford, is one of the pioneers of Peno township, and the history of Pike county would not be complete without a notice of him. He was born in Mason county, Kentucky, January 24, 1808, the son of James and Mary Lucas Thornton. His father was a native of Virginia and his mother of England. Our subject was the eleventh child of a family of fourteen children; thirteen lived to maturity. Mr. Thornton’s early life was mostly passed in working on a farm and attending school. He was united in marriage, February 3, 1831, with Catharine Cash. In the spring of 1832 they left Kentucky for the state of Missouri, coming by boat, first settling in Peno township, three miles south of his present farm, where he lived for some twenty years, improving a timbered farm, which he sold, buying his present farm, where he has since resided. He has one of the best farms in Peno township, consisting of 240 acres of excellent land; it is under a high state of cultivation, with one of the best residences in the neighborhood, a large two-story brick, on a beautiful lawn, where can be obtained a fine view of the surrounding country. The house is built in modern style. He has a large barn, a good orchard, and has done much to improve Peno township. Mr. and Mrs. Thornton are the parents of five children: John, Elizabeth, Daniel, Richard and Thomas W. John and Richard still reside at home in care and management of the farm. Mr. Thornton is a member of the Christian Church.

Mathew CAYCE 11448 - Christian Co.

sgorin — 2009-12-22 13:43:03Z

W. H. SANDERS 11447 - Livingston Co.

sgorin — 2009-12-21 13:57:26Z

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Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume IV – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Livingston Co.

W. H. SANDERS, M. D., was born in Smithland, Livingston Co., Ky., February 13, 1843, and is a son of Dr. D. B. and Jane W. (Lillard) Sanders. The father was born in Bullitt County, Ky., in 1805, his people being natives of Virginia. The father attended lectures at the Cincinnati Medical College, and graduated from that institution in 1827. He subsequently attended the Transylvania University at Lexington, graduating from that institution also. He then came to Livingston County, and immediately entered upon the practice of his profession. He was one of the most successful practitioners in this portion of the State, his practice extending over this and several adjoining counties. He was also a very successful planter, owning many thousands of acres of land in this and other counties, including a 5,000 acre tract in the immediate vicinity of Smithland. He died August 7, 1867. He was a member of the I. O. O. F. His widow is still living in Paducah. W. H. is the third of a family of eight children, of whom four are now living: Dr. W. H., Lizzie wife of Dr. F. H. Enders, of the Sandwich Islands, David and Katie wife of J. A. Rudy, of Paducah. W. H. received his education in this county and at the St. Joseph College at Bardstown, Ky. He read medicine with his father for about two years, and then attended lectures one year at the Louisville Medical College. He subsequently graduated in the class of 1864, at the Long Island College Hospital medical school. Returning to Livingston County he began the practice of his profession with his father. After practicing two years his health failed, and he abandoned the practice of medicine and turned his attention to farming. At present he owns about 1,050 acres, with about 550 acres in cultivation. He pays some attention to stock raising, handling about seventy-five head per year. Dr. Sanders was married in Livingston County, January 26, 1871, to Miss Kate Davis, a daughter of T. M. and Emily (Roach) Davis. Mrs. Sanders was born in this county January 7, 1851, and to her and husband have been born nine children, of whom seven are now living: William D., Lillard D., Thomas, Irene, David B., Laura, Sallie. Mrs. Sanders is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. He is a member of Smithland Masonic Lodge, No. 138, and Felula Lodge, No. 70, I. O. O. F., and of the K. of H.

William McLEAN 11446 - Barren Co.

sgorin — 2009-12-18 13:41:27Z

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A HISTORY OF KENTUCKY BAPTISTS from 1769 to 1885 by J. H. Spencer, Vol. II, 1886. Barren Co.

WILLIAM McLEAN was born in Barren Co., Ky., Sept. 25, 1805. At an early age, he moved lower down in the state where he was married to Harriet Bourland, in Calloway county, April 16, 1832. He professed faith in Christ, and was baptized by T. L. Garrett, for the fellowship of Richland church in Hopkins county, in July, 1841. After exercising in public prayer and exhortation some time, he was ordained to the ministry, July, 2,1844. From that period till near the close of his life, there were few more faithful or useful preachers in that region of the State. His preaching gifts were by no means brilliant. But he was well versed in the Bible, and his preaching was sensible, practical and safe. He was an excellent singer, and an earnest, quiet and constant worker. His Christian character was above reproach, and he had the full confidence of all who knew him. He was usually pastor of several churches, which he labored to build up. But in addition to this, he searched out the destitute places, talked to the people privately, as well as publicly, and encouraged the scattered brethren to organize churches, where it appeared prudent. His labors were so quiet and unpretending, that others were of ten accredited with the work that he performed. He laid the foundation and others built thereon. He quietly prepared the materials and others put them together. The now prosperous church in Madisonville, where he spent his latter years, owes its existence to his labors, more than to those of any other man. He labored in the ministry about thirty-eight years, and then went to receive the reward of one who had turned many to righteousness. He died at the home of his son, in Johnson county, Ill. Oct. 4, 1882.

Rev. Madison M. RILEY 11445 - Warren Co

sgorin — 2009-12-17 13:33:21Z

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Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume II – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Warren Co.

REV. MADISON M. RILEY was born near New Liberty, Owen Co., Ky., November 16, 1846, and is a son of Capt. S. H. and Margaret (Vanderen) Riley. He is the fourth son in a family of ten children, and is of Irish-German extraction. His father was born in Ohio in 1811, and was brought to Kentucky at the age of eighteen months. His paternal grandfather was Ninian Riley, a native of Kentucky. The family came originally from North Carolina. Mrs. Margaret Riley was born in Harrison County, Ky., in 1814, and died in 1872. The boyhood of Rev. Mr. Riley was spent on the farm, and is attending the neighborhood schools. He remained at home until nearly twenty-one years of age; then went to Georgetown College, at Georgetown, Ky., and from that institution graduated with the honors of his class in 1872. He joined the Baptist Church at Dallasburg, Ky., in 1862, and was licensed to preach in August, 1867. He delivered his first discourse, in July of that year. Subsequently to his graduation he was given charge of the New Liberty Baptist Church, and there continued until 1874, when he received a call to the May’s Lick Church, in Mason County, where he labored for almost ten years. During his pastorate at the place he took a two years’ course at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, and graduated in 1879. In 1883 he came to Bowling Green, and succeeded Rev. J. F. Hardwick, in answer to a call of the Baptist Church of this city. Since his administration, there have been more than 200 accessions to the church. He has so far preached 1,418 sermons, delivered 101 funeral discourses, and performed seventy-seven marriage ceremonies. He is one of the prominent ministers of this city, and an influential citizen. He married, September 25, 1873, Lula E. Gayle, a native of Owen County, Ky., born October 18, 1852, a daughter of James and Sallie Gayle, whose maiden name was Green. To this marriage have been born four children: Gayle, James F., Madison M., and Eva C. The Gayle family came from Virginia to Kentucky and is one of the old families of the county.

John Crittenden CATLETT 11444 - Christian Co.

sgorin — 2009-12-16 13:44:15Z

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County of Christian, Kentucky; Historical and Biographical. Edited by William Henry Perrin. F. A. Battey Publishing Co., Chicago and Louisville, 1884. Longview Precinct.

JOHN CRITTENDEN CATLETT was born August 11, 1848, at his present residence, on the bluffs of the West Fork of Red River in Christian County, Ky., where he was reared and has resided all his life. The place is called “Wehala,” the Indian name of the river. Near the residence are evidences of the former existence of an aboriginal village, or probably the camping-place of large armies, where implements of war and for the chase were manufactured. Not less than five acres of ground are macadamized with flint spawls, broken and unfinished arrow-points and split flint bowlders, which around in the vicinity. Elmo Village is near this place. Subject’s father, John A. Catlett, was born in Frederick County, Va., in 1801, and died at this place in 1867. He was the son of Joseph K. Catlett, who was born in 1779 and died in 1801. Joseph K. was the son of John, who was born in 1749 and died in 1825. The Catletts are of an old Maryland family, and one of their kinsmen settled at the present town of Catlettsburg, Ky., in honor of whom that city was named. Subject’s mother, Allie A., daughter of Peter and Louisa Senseney, of Shenandoah County, Va., was born in 1815, and died at this place in 1882. As the result of her marriage with John A., the children born to them are: Louise A. (Lunderman), Cornelia C. (Oliver), Alexander C. (slain in the late war), our subject, as above, and Addison C. The family are intelligent, upright, well educated, and an honor to their worthy progenitors. John C. Catlett is a farmer, having 350 acres of valuable land in a good state of cultivation. This place was settled as early as 1803 by that sturdy old pioneer Joseph Bollinger, and is near the homestead and cave where John Davis, the original pioneer of Christian County, first settled.

George B. OGLE 11443 - Shelby Co.

sgorin — 2009-12-15 13:40:59Z

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Pike County Missouri History, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883, pp. 975-6. Shelby Co KY.

George B. Ogle (deceased). The subject of our sketch was born in Shelby county, Kentucky, June 25, 1829, and was the son of Adam and Polly Ogle, who immigrated to Pike county, Missouri, when he as an infant. He was here reared and educated, living with his parents until he grew to manhood. In 1859 he went to California, where he engaged in mining for four years with good success. He returned to his adopted home in 1854 and purchased an interest in a saw and grist-mill, which occupation he followed for two years. He then went to Ralls county and purchased 500 acres of unimproved land, on which he lived about eight years, when he again returned to Pike county, where he continued to reside until his death. He was married December 6, 1854, to Miss Nancy J. Rose, of Pike county. By this union there were seven children: Sara A., Alice W., Adrian, Euna C., Hugh L., Clyde R., and George B. Mr. Ogle died in June 8, 1875. The family resides on the old homestead where the father settled in 1829; it contains 285 acres of improved land under a high state of cultivation.

John Tyler EDWARDS 11442 - Simpson Co.

sgorin — 2009-12-14 13:44:52Z

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Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume IV – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Simpson Co.

JOHN TYLER EDWARDS was born in Simpson County, Ky., July 15, 1857, and is the eldest of three living children born to John W. and Malvenia (Starks) Edwards, the former of whom was a native of Virginia, and the latter of Robertson County, Tenn. Both were of English descent. When some three years old, in 1826, John W. Edwards removed with his parents from Virginia to Robertson County, Ky., where he is still successfully and extensively engaged in agricultural pursuits. He married in Robertson County, Tenn. For many years he was a lieutenant in the State militia. His father, Jeremiah Edwards, paternal grandfather of our subject, was a veteran of the war of 1812. Mrs. Malvina Edwards departed this life September 30, 1884, in her sixtieth year, a devoted member of the Missionary Baptist Church. John Tyler Edwards received a good common school education in youth, and was employed on his father’s farm until he obtained his majority, after which he bought forty-one acres of wild land near the old homestead, on the waters of Spring Creek, where he has improved the farm on which he now resides, and is successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits, making the culture of tobacco a specialty. The place is now well improved. He first married, March 5, 1878, Emma E. Bradshaw, a native of Simpson County, Ky., and a daughter of C. B. and Polley A. (McClanahan) Bradshaw. The death of Mrs. Emma E. Edwards occurred January 25, 1879, in her nineteenth year. She was a devoted member of the Missionary Baptist Church Mr. Edwards next married October 21, 1879, Anna Halcomb, also a native of Simpson County, Ky., born May 1, 1863. She is a daughter of Benjamin F. and America (Witt) Halcomb. Three children have blessed this union: John . (deceased), Virgil T. and Richmond Leslie. Mr. Edwards and wife are members of the Sulphur Springs Missionary Baptist Church. He is also an earnest advocate of the temperance cause, and was formerly a member of the I. O. G. T. In politics he is a Democrat.

J. H. RUTTER 11441 - Livingston Co

sgorin — 2009-12-11 13:36:15Z

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Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume IV – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Livingston Co.

J. H. RUTTER was born in Dyer’s Hill Precinct, Livingston County, March 10, 1852, and is a son of James L. and Julia A. (Hodges) Rutter. The father was probably born near Salem, Livingston County, in the winter of 1813. His parents came to Livingston County from North Carolina. He was a farmer by occupation, and was also engaged at one time in merchandising and tobacco speculating at Marion, Ky. His death occurred in this county in 1855. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The mother was born in this county in 1812, and is still living at Evansville, Ind. Our subject is the younger of two children: Susan, wife of R. C. Robensen, and J. H. The latter, at the age of sixteen, turned his attention to farming, and followed it ford about seven years. In 1876 he went to Marion, Ky., where he embarked in the grocery business, which vocation he followed for about fifteen months. He then turned his attention to farming in Livingston County, and followed it for about four years. In the fall of 1881 he came to Hampton, and embarked in the general mercantile business. He now carries a stock of about $2,500, and also speculates some in tobacco. Mr. Rutter was married in Livingston County, February 12, 1871, to Miss Belle Olive, a daughter of Jesse and Barbara Ann (Gray) Olive, who were probably both born in Livingston County; their parents were emigrants from North Carolina. The father died in 1864. The mother is still living, with subject. Mrs. Rutter was born February 14, 1853, and is the mother of six children, of whom five are living: Harry D., Jesse O., Fannie N., Louis V. and James R. Mr. Rutter has been acting as postmaster at Hampton for over three years; he has also served as school trustee, being chairman of the board. Mrs. Rutter is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

Charles Preston BRADBURY 11440 - Bullitt Co.

sgorin — 2009-12-10 13:31:01Z

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11440 History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State. Volume III Illustrated. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago – Louisville, 1928 Bullitt Co. CHARLES PRESTON BRADBURY. One of the most prominent members of the legal profession in Bullitt county is Charles Preston Bradbury, who has not only been eminently successful in the practice of law, but has also filled a number of public positions with ability and great credit to himself. Mr. Bradbury is a native of Bullitt county, born on the 28th of March, 1875, and is a son of John J. and Frances (Mathis) Bradbury. His father, who was born in Jefferson county, this state, July 9, 1834, and died in Shepherdsville, February 22, 1916, was a farmer by vocation, a democrat in his political views and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, of which he was a steward for a number of years. His parents were Henry and Sarah (Brinley) Bradbury, the former a native of Liverpool, England, whence he came to Jefferson county, Kentucky, where his death occurred. He was a school teacher and an author, gave his political support to the democratic party and held to the faith of the Baptist church. His wife was born and died in Jefferson county, Kentucky. Frances Mathis was born in Bullitt county, January 1, 1843, and is now living in Mt. Washington, Kentucky. She is a daughter of George and Julia (Weller) Mathis, of whom the former was born in Kentucky, of German descent, and died in Bullitt county in 1854. He devoted his life to farming, was an active member of the Lutheran church and supported the democratic party. His wife was a native of Bullitt county, where her death occurred.

Charles P. Bradbury attended the public schools of Shepherdsville and entered the National Normal University, at Lebanon, Ohio, where he was graduated in 1898. He studied law in the University of Louisville, where he took a two-year course in one year, was admitted to the bar in 1903 and at once returned to Shepherdsville, where he has since been engaged in the practice of his profession, in which he has gained a high reputation as a skilled and a capable lawyer.

On July 15, 1903, in Shepherdsville, Mr. Bradbury was united in marriage to Miss Addie Jenette Lee, who was born near Lebanon Junction, Bullitt county, August 2, 1881, and is a daughter of William Thomas and Sarah (Atcher) Lee. Her father was a native of Bullitt county and died at Shepherdsville, January 12, 1917. He was a farmer and stock dealer by vocation, was a member of the Baptist church, and was active in democratic party politics, having served many years as a member of the county executive committee. He was a son of Orleans and Elizabeth (Cundiff) Lee, both of whom were born and died in Bullitt county, where the father had devoted his life to farming. They were members of the Baptist church and Mr. Lee gave his political support to the democratic party. His father, William Lee, was a relative of Gen. Robert E. Lee. Mrs. Bradbury attended the public schools of Shepherdsville and an academy at Glasgow, Kentucky. She is a member of the Baptist church and Star of Hope Chapter, O. E. S. Mr. and Mrs. Bradbury are the parents of two children. Charles Lee, born May 20, 1906, graduated from the Shepherdsville high school in 1923, and is now a senior in Georgetown College. He was a member of the all-state basketball team, chosen at the state tournament at Winchester, Kentucky, and at the basketball tournament of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, held at Charleston, South Carolina, in 1927, he was chosen on the all-southern team. John W., born October 15, 1910, is a junior in the Shepherdsville high school and is also prominent in athletics.

Mr. Bradbury has been a lifelong supporter of the democratic party and has been prominent and active in the public affairs of his home county. He served as county superintendent of schools four years, from 1902 to 1906, when he was elected county attorney, in which position he served until 1918, a period of twelve years. He was elected to the bench of the county court, which he occupied from 1918 to 1922, and during the incumbency of Circuit Judge D. A. McCandless he served eight years as master commissioner of Bullitt county. Since January, 1926, Mr. Bradbury has been mayor of Shepherdsville. He was for a number of years chairman of the democratic executive committee of Bullitt county and he is now serving his second term in that office since 1922. For the past twenty years he has served as attorney for the People’s Bank. During the World war he was a member of the legal advisory board and aided in every possible way to advance the Liberty Loan and Red Cross drives in this county. He is an earnest member of the Baptist church and belongs to the Commercial Club. Fraternally he is a member of Bullitt Lodge, No. 155, A. F. & A. M., Lebanon Junction Chapter, No. 44, R. A. M., and Marion Commandery, No. 24 K. T., at Lebanon. As a diversion from his professional duties, Mr. Bradbury looks after the cultivation of his splendid farm of two hundred and sixty acres, near Shepherdsville. A man of sterling integrity and upright life, courteous and friendly in his social relations, and standing consistently for all that is best in the life of the community, he has long commanded the sincere respect and confidence of his fellowmen and is regarded as one of the representative citizens of Bullitt county.

Perry A. CURRY 11439 - Harrison Co.

sgorin — 2009-12-09 15:02:17Z

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Pike County Missouri History, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883, p.966 Harrison Co KY.

Perry A. Curry, surveyor, farmer, and stock-raiser, post-office Madisonville, Ralls county. Among the enterprising citizens who have been instrumental in the advancement of public interests there are none more worthy of notice than the subject of this sketch. He was born in Harrison county, Kentucky, September 29, 1819, and was the son of John and Nancy Curry. He was there reared and educated, living with his parents until he reached the age of manhood. His youth was spent in assisting in the management of the farm and attending the subscription school, and in hard study during his leisure hours. He came to Pike county in the fall of 1840 with limited means, nearly all of his capital consisting of strong arms and a willing heart. By hard study under very unfavorable circumstances he had in his younger days acquired a very superior education, and on arriving in this, then a comparatively new country his great ambition was to impart his hard earned knowledge to others, and the first eight years after arriving here was spent in teaching school. He was married in November, 1877, to Mrs. Susan Duval, whose maiden name was Biggs, a daughter of Hon. William Biggs, one of the pioneers of Pike county. In 1848 our subject was elected to the office of county surveyor, which office he held for two years, when he resigned. In 1850 he went to California, where he met with good success in mining for one and one half years. He then returned to the home of his adoption and purchased a farm on Sugar Creek, where he lived until 1854, when he sold out, and entered 320 acres of unimproved land in Spencer township, and on this tract the enterprising village of Curryville now stands. In 1852 he was again elected to the office of county surveyor, which he has filled with honor to himself and to the satisfaction of his constituents for more than twenty years.

Richard JONES 11438 - Henderson Co

sgorin — 2009-12-08 13:29:32Z

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A HISTORY OF KENTUCKY BAPTISTS from 1769 to 1885 by J. H. Spencer, Vol. II, 1886. Henderson Co.

RICHARD JONES was among the most prominent and useful preachers in the Little Bethel Association, during his brief ministry. He united with Grave Creek church in Henderson county, in 1822. He was licensed to preach, in 1829, and was ordained to the ministry, in 1836. At the last named date, he entered into the constitution of Little Bethel Association, among the churches of which he was a zealous and effective laborer, for a number of years. In 1839, he was chosen to succeed Wm. Morrison as missionary of Little Bethel Association, at a salary of $300 a year. He afterwards moved to Muhlenburg county and united with South Carrolton church. While living here, he was pastor of Beaver Dam, Nelson Creek and Pond Run churches, all in Gasper River Association. About 1850, he was appointed agent for the Indian Mission Association, a position he was occupying at the time of his death. On his way to his association, in 1851, he was taken ill at the house of James Collier, in Muhlenburg county, where, after a few days illness he departed his life on the 11th of October.

James B. WILLIAMS 11437 - Marion Co

sgorin — 2009-12-07 13:46:26Z

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Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 4th ed., 1886. Marion Co.

JAMES B. WILLIAMS was born January 6, 1840. His ancestors were English; his grandfather, Thomas Williams, was a Virginian by birth; he came to Kentucky when a young man and located on Casey Creek, in Taylor County, and afterwards married Miss Eve Dyreduch. They reared a family of three daughters and two sons, one of whom was Barnett Williams, the father of James B. Thomas Williams was a farmer and died in 1856. His son Barnett was twice married, first in 1830 to Mrs. Phoebe (Calvert) Hope, of Marion County. She died in 1849, leaving six children, all of whom lived to be grown: Frances A. (Taylor), Catherine E. (Stine), Phoebe J. (Curtsinger), John Y., William H. and James B. The second wife of Barnett Williams was Nancy O. Nichols, daughter of John Nichols of Washington County; to this marriage were born three children: Robert G., Mary and George M; the last died in infancy. Ms. Williams is yet living. Barnett Williams died in 1884, aged eighty-six years; his principal business was that of a farmer, though he was for some years engaged in freighting goods to points not accessible by railroad. He was for more than fifty years a member of the Baptist Church. James B. Williams was born near the farm on which he now resides in Marion County, and educated in the common schools; at the age of twenty-one he entered the Federal Army, and from September 27, 1861, to March 24, 1865, served as quartermaster sergeant in the Fifth Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry. He was with Kilpatrick through Georgia in 1864, and afterwards served with Maj. Chamblis in the cavalry department of the Tennessee. After the war our subject returned to his home in Marion County, leased some land and engaged in farming, which he has continued with uniform success up to the present time. He now resides on a farm of 140 acres, which he owns. He was married October 28, 1868, to Miss Susan M. Lannum. They are the parents of seven children, all of whom are living: Ada B., William E. John B., Bernetta L., Olelia D., James E. and Ethel H. Mrs. Susan Lannum Williams was born August 21, 1840. She is a daughter of Mordecau and Bernetta (Clark) Lannum, both natives of Marion County, Ky., married January 10, 1848; the former died July 20, 1853, the latter July 22, 1854. Mr. and Mrs. Williams are members of the Baptist Church, with which they united in 1867. He is a Master Mason, and a member of T. W. Wash Lodge, No. 430. His political views are Democratic, and he takes an interest in political issues in behalf of his party, and is a patron of schools and public enterprises.

Miss Mary A. SURVANT 11436 - Boyle Co

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Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume IV – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 4th ed., 1886. Boyle Co.

MISS MARY A. SURVANT was born April 15, 1834, in Boyle County, where she was reared to womanhood, and on March 26, 1857, was united in marriage with Mr. Caleb B. Overstreet, and in 1859, with her husband, located on the Lebanon pike, near the east line of Marion County, where she has since resided. He father, William Survant, Jr., a native of Kentucky, a farmer, lost seven slaves by the late war, was thrown from his horse and died March 7, 1872, at the age of eighty-five years. He was the son of William Survant, Sr. William Jr. first married Leah Hope, and their child was Richard. He was next married, on June 22, 1826, to Miss Jane, daughter of James and Jane (Cairns) Guthrie, of Boyle County (born October 12, 1802, died July 15, 1874), and their off-spring are James, John B., William H., Mary A. (Overstreet), Joseph, Elizabeth (Wade), Levi and Marion W. Caleb B. Overstreet was born December 14, 1823, and died March 5, 1885. He was a soldier in the Mexican war, an elder in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, a member of the Masonic fraternity and a Democrat. In token of the esteem in which he was held, the T. W. Wash Lodge of A. F. & A. M., in full lodge assembled, “resolved, first that in the death of Brother C. B. Overstreet this lodge feels the weight of an irreparable loss; that his personal service in the cause of the truth, his pure and noble character, affording an example to his survivors, and the now broken ties that long connected many of us in personal relationship with him, make this a heavy yoke of death which this lodge has been called on to bear; second, that we, the brethren of T. W. Wash Lodge No. 430, extend to the bereaved family of the deceased our heart-felt sympathy in their sad hour of bereavement; and that, in token of which, we will wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days. [Signed} B. F. Calhoun, D. C. May, J. R. Breeding, Committee.” Elizabeth J. Overstreet, the daughter of Caleb B. and wife, was born September 30, 1860; married to Elias A. Harmon October 21, 1880. Mrs. Overstreet is farming, having over 100 acres of well improved and productive land in a good state of cultivation. Roy O. Harmon, grandson of C. B. and M. A. Overstreet, was born November 5, 1882. Mrs. Mary A. Overstreet was married November 30, 1886, to William A. Powers, of Washington County. W. A. Powers was born January 4, 1822. He is a member of the Baptist Church and belongs to the Masonic fraternity.

Daniel F. CARTER 11435 - Christian Co

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James WITHERS 11434 - Union Co

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A HISTORY OF KENTUCKY BAPTISTS from 1769 to 1885 by J. H. Spencer, Vol. II, 1886. Union Co.

JOHN WITHERS was a native of Union county, Ky. In the 24th year of his age, he professed conversion and united with Little Bethel church in his native county. In 1840, he was ordained to the deaconship, and, in May of the next year, was licensed to preach. In May, 1842, he was ordained to the ministry, by Wm. Morrison, Joseph Board, and Joel E. Grace. In July of the same year, he accepted the pastoral care of Little Bethel church, in which capacity he served about 13 years, when he resigned, in order to ride as missionary of Little Bethel Association. The next year he resumed his old charge, where he continued to serve till the Master call him from his labors. In 1858, the church enjoyed a precious revival under his ministry, and about twenty were added to her number. From Little Bethel, he went to Vanderburg in what is now Webster county, to begin another meeting. Here he was taken ill, and after a few days, passed to his final reward, Nov. 30, 1858. At the time of his death, he was pastor of four churches, as he had been during the greater part of his ministry. He was noted for his piety and faithfulness, and his ministry was much blessed. His son, S. R. Withers, is now in the ministry, and is said to be every way worthy of so godly a father.

Walter A. REEVES 11433 - Warren Co

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Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume II – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Warren Co.

WALTER A. REEVES, Warren County, was born in Madison County, this State, March 8, 1806, and is a son of George and Elizabeth (Wilkerson) Reeves, of English descent. His parents came to Warren County when he was about nine years of age, and he has lived in this vicinity ever since. He received but a limited education, his studies being confined to the common schools. He married, December 16, 1832, Mrs. McFail, widow of Malcolm McFail. They have had eight children as follows: Lucinda M. (deceased), Abbie C., William F., Mary W., Samuel D. (deceased), Susanna, George M. D. and America. Four of these are married and reside in Texas; the other two live near the old homestead. Mr. Reeves is an enterprising and energetic farmer. He is a Democrat in politics, never “scratching” that ticket and is a member of the Christian Church; his wife is a member of the Baptist Church.

Hon. John Smith MILLIKEN 11432 - Simpson Co

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History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State. Volume III Illustrated. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago – Louisville, 1928.

Hon. John Smith Milliken, lawyer and legislator, is making a highly credible record as a public servant and he also occupies an enviable position in legal circles of Franklin. He was born November 22, 1891, in Louisville, Kentucky, and his parents, Walter B. and Lillie May (Gividen) Milliken, were also native of the Blue Grass state. His mother was born in Henry county in November, 1872, and resides in Louisville. Her parents were Thomas and Mary (Horton) Gividen, lifelong residents of Henry county. Her father was an agriculturist and passed away on his farm her Sulphur, Kentucky. He fought in the Civil War, bravely defending the Confederate cause, was an adherent of the democratic party and a member of the Baptist church.

William B. Milliken was born September 14, 1862, in Franklin. He became an employee of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, filling the position of conductor, and died in 1896 in a railroad accident which occurred near Camden, Kentucky. He was a democrat and a member of the Baptist church. He was a son of George H. and Sanora (Vaughan) Milliken, the latter a native of Clarksville, Tennessee. His father was born in Simpson County Kentucky, in 1808 and always resided within its boundaries becoming one of the large landowners and slave-holders of this section of the state. A member of the Baptist church, he shaped his conduct by its teachings and found time for public affairs, serving as county judge and as clerk of the circuit court. He resided on the homestead until his demise in 1884 and was long survived by his widow, who passed away at Franklin, November 20, 1908. James Milliken, the father of George H. Milliken, was a native of Scotland and the American progenitor of the family. He was one of the early settlers of South Carolina and later migrated to Kentucky. He was the owner of a valuable plantation and exercised his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the democratic party, while in religious faith he was a Baptist.

In 1909 John S. Milliken completed a course in the Louisville male high school and in 1913 was graduated from the Law School of that city. Admitted to the bar in February, 1913, he practiced in his native city for three years. He has been a resident of Franklin since 1916 and was city attorney for six years, performing his duties in a manner that won for him high commendation. He is an able attorney, felicitous and clear in argument, and has been accorded a large clientele.

Mr. Milliken was married January 29, 1919, in Louisville, to Miss Olive Drazel, a daughter of William and Katherine (Morris), Drazel, the mother a native of Louisville and the father of Indiana. He served as a United State coast guard for about forty years and is now living retired in Louisville. He is a Roman Catholic and casts his ballot for the candidates of the democratic party. Mr. and Mrs. Milliken have a son, John Smith, Jr., who was born June 18, 1920, in Louisville. She is a member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church and the Parent-Teachers Association of Franklin. Mrs. Milliken was born January 10, 1891, in that city. She was graduated from the commercial high school and for ten years was secretary to Judge Matt O’Doherty, of Louisville. She is a member of St. Joseph’s Catholic church and the Parent-Teachers Association of Franklin. Mr. Milliken is affiliated with the Baptist church and conscientiously follows its teachings. He is a York Rite Mason, belonging to Mount Zion Lodge, No. 147, F. & A. M. of Louisville; King Solomon Chapter, No. 5, R. A. M., of that city; Franklin Commandery, NO. 44, K. T.; and Kosair Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Louisville. He is a Rotarian and for diversion turns to hunting. He has become an influential factor in public affairs and is democratic floor leader of the Kentucky house of representatives. He regards his office as a trust given him by the people of his district and neither fear nor favor can swerve him from the course which he believes to be right. He was active in the Liberty Loan and Red Cross campaigns and prior to the armistice was in training for a few weeks at Camp Oglethorpe, Georgia. Mr. Milliken has a high conception of duty and honor, and that he is a young man of keen intelligence is demonstrated by what he has accomplished.

Wm. CROW 11431 - Mercer Co.

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Pike County Missouri History, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883, p. 967.

Wm. Crow, retired farmer, post-office Curryville, is a native of Mercer county, Kentucky, born February 11, 1800; he was there reared and received a limited education, living at that place until 1830, when he immigrated to Pike county, Missouri, and located two miles south of Bowling Green, where he entered a small tract of land containing seventy acres, where he built a cabin and set about making a home for his family. From time to time he added to his place until he had one of the best farms in that part of the county. He married in 1827 to Miss Louisa Kenley, a native of Washington county, Kentucky. They had ten children. His wife died February 17, 1862, and he retired from business in 1872, moving to Bowling Green where he lived until 1880, when he came to Curryville, where he has since lived.

Dr. Charles H. EDWARDS 11430 - Simpson Co

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Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume IV – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886.

DR. CHARLES H. EDWARDS was born January 10, 1834, in Sumner County, Tenn. He is the seventh child of seven boys and four girls born to Drew and Katie (Dorris) Edwards, natives of Edgecombe County, N. C., and of Sumner County, Tenn., respectively. Drew Edwards was born in 1801; was a son of West Edwards, who married Elizabeth Jones; both were born and reared in Southampton County, Va.; emigrated from Virginia to North Carolina about 1800. In 1814 they came to Sumner County, Tenn., and settled on a military survey of 640 acres, on which Drew Edwards remained until his death in 1863. West Edwards was a son of John Edwards, who was born of English parents. Mrs. Katie Edwards was a daughter of William and Katie (Frost) Dorris, natives respectively of New Jersey and Frostburgh, Md., and of Irish and German parentage. He was a farmer and a son of Samuel Dorris, who married a Miss Huey. They were born in New Jersey, and after marriage emigrated to Maryland; thence to North Carolina. In 1798 they located in Sumner County, Tenn., where the mother of our subject was born in 1799, and where she died at the age of eighty-two years. Dr. Edwards was reared on a farm, and attended the common schools of the neighborhood. At the age of eighteen years he entered the Cumberland University, at Lebanon, Tenn., where he remained two years, after which he returned to his home and taught one year. At the age of twenty he commenced the study of medicine with Dr. George W. Duncan, at Mitchellville, Tenn. In 1857 he graduated from the University of Nashville, Tenn., and located at Mitchellville with his preceptor, Dr. Duncan. In 1862 he enlisted, and served as an assistant surgeon of the Thirtieth Tennessee, Confederate; was captured at Fort Donaldson, and remained a prisoner, in all about five months, at St. Louis, Camp Chase and Johnson’s Island. While in the service he contracted chronic diarrhea. He was released from prison by order of the President of the United States. He did not return to the army, by reason of bad health. In January, 1863, he located in Franklin, Ky., where he has been successfully engaged ever since; has strictly applied himself to his profession, and has met with merited success. He never sought political honors. He has served as jail physician for the past fourteen years, elected annually by the county court. September 1, 1863, he married Nannie E. Duncan, of Simpson County, a daughter of Henry J. and Ann E. (Rutherford) Duncan, natives, respectively, of Logan County, Ky., and Sumner County, Tenn. Henry J. is a son of Sanford Duncan, who married Nancy Hammond. To Dr. and Mrs. Edwards two daughters have been born: Eugenia and Annie. The parents are members of the Baptist Church. Dr. Edwards is a member of the I. O. O. F., and cast his first presidential vote for Fillmore in 1856. Since the war he has been a Democrat.

Rev. J. F. REDFORD 11429 - Warren Co.

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Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume II – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd e., 1886. Warren Co.

REV. J. F. REDFORD, a member of the Louisville Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, was born at Shelbyville, Ky., February 26, 1827, is a son of Woodson and Elizabeth (Bent) Redford, and is of English origin. His father was born near Richmond, Va., and his mother in Albemarle County, of the same State. The Redford family came to Kentucky about 1819, and settled in Shelbyville; there Woodson Redford died in 1838; his widow in 1861, in Union County, Ky. Rev. J. F. Redford was educated by private teachers and at Shelby College, at Shelbyville, Ky. In 1849 he began the study of theology under an elder brother, Dr. A. H. Redford. Dr. Redford was one of the distinguished theologians and eminent ministers of this State, and died in 1884, at Nashville, Tenn. In September, 1849, Rev. Redford was licensed to preach at Henderson, Ky., and the same month was received into the traveling connection of the Louisville Conference. His first charge was that of Princeton and the Empire Iron Works. From there he was sent to Wayne Circuit. In 1853 he was transferred in the Kentucky Conference to the Pikesville Circuit I Pike County, but the same year returned to Louisville Conference and was given the pastorate of Mount Washington and Shepardsville charges. For thirty-five years Rev. Redford has been employed in the ministry and is one of the untiring workers of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. He now has Green Hill Circuit near this city. In 1868 he was appointed agent of the board of education and the Louisville Conference, and held the position for six years; during that time he raised for the cause of education $50,000. He raised, in Warren County, $10,000 to purchase the Calvert property for what was then known as Warren College. He was instrumental in bringing Dr. John G. Wilson to Bowling Green, who was president of Warren College and pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. The marriage of Rev. Mr. Redford was solemnized in 1855, with Hettie J. Briggs, daughter of Col. James T. Briggs. Mrs. Redford is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and a representative of one of the early families of this county. Rev. Redford was made a Mason in 1854. He is one of the most extensively known and truly esteemed clergymen in Kentucky; though he has spent thirty-five years in the ministry and preached continuously, he is a well preserved man physically.

RUTTER Brothers #11428 - Livingston Co.

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Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume IV – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Livingston Co.

RUTTER BROTHERS. J. C. Rutter, the senior member of this firm, was born in this county, May 9, 1856, and is a son of Jonathan O. and Mary Ann (Coleman) Rutter. The father was born in this county about 1810, the mother was born about 1820. The father was a farmer by occupation, and died in June 1863; the mother died in 1862. Our subject is one of the nine children, of whom all are living: Emily (wife of W. M. Threlkeld), Sallie, James, Mary (wife of J. M. Davis), William, Carrie, Edward (in Crittenden County), J. C. and Charles. J. C. remained on the home farm until his twenty-fourth year. His first venture for himself was acting as deputy sheriff for two years. In 1882 he formed a partnership with his brother Charles, at Hampton, under the firm name of Rutter Brothers; they carry a stock of about $3,000, and do a very fair business. He is a member of the Baptist Church. Charles Rutter, the junior member of the above firm, was born in this county, June 15, 1858. His education was received in this county and at the Marion Academy. He remained at home until 1879, and then went to Florida, where he embarked in the orange business, and also taught school. In 1882 he returned from that State, and embarked with his brother in the mercantile business. He is at present also teaching the public school at Hampton.

Joseph Bentley BENNETT 11427 - Part 2 - Greenup Co

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History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State. Volume III Illustrated. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago – Louisville, 1928 Greenup Co.

In 1849 Mr. Bennett married Miss Sarah Ann Snodgrass, who was born December 12, 1839, in Harrisonville, Ohio, and was of Irish lineage. She was a daughter of John and Hannah (Titus) Snodgrass, the former a Virginian and the latter a native of the Buckeye state. Mr. and Mrs. Bennett were the parents of eight children: Joseph Bentley of this review; Elizabeth, who died when a child of three; Ruby Jane, who died at the age of six years; Mary Hannah, who married John Merrill, of Greenup county; Lucinda, who wedded Thomas Smith and is deceased; Isabell, who became the wife of W. B. Secrest, of Greenup county; Emily L., who first married George Wine and after his death became Ms. Frank B. Bennett; and Sallie A., who wedded Everett Taylor of Greenup.

Joseph B. Bennett received his early instruction in his native village and next attended Greenup Academy. He engaged in teaching for a time and read law in the office of Judge Dulin of Greenup. He was admitted to the bar before Hon. W. H. Wadsworth, special judge of the Greenup circuit court, on the 30th of August, 1878, rating high in his examination, and remained at Bennett’s Mills until 1880, when he located in Greenup. Three years later he returned to Bennett’s Mills, where he conducted a general store until the fall of 1894, and also practiced law in Greenup, alternating between the two places. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the office of county attorney in 1882 and 1886, in each instance being defeated by a small majority. In 1896 he was nominated and elected judge of Greenup county and served continuously for eight years, dispensing justice with an even hand. In 1900 he was chosen a member of the republican state central committee from the ninth Kentucky district and in 1904 was again selected for that position. Mr. Bennett was elected to the fifty-ninth and sixtieth congresses and reelected to the sixty-first congress, receiving twenty-two thousand, eight hundred and thirty-two votes, while twenty-two thousand, one hundred and seven were cast for his democratic opponent, James N. Kehoe. Mr. Bennett ably represented the ninth district, composed of Bath, Boyd, Bracken, Carter, Fleming, Greenup, Harrison, Lawrence, Lewis, Mason, Nicholas, Robertson and Rowan counties, and during his tenure of office secured appropriations for the erection of public buildings in Catlettsburg, Cynthiana and Ashland, Kentucky. He introduced in congress the National Tribune bill, with the provisions of which all ex-soldiers are familiar, and owing to his indefatigable efforts appropriations were made for the construction of locks and dams in the Tug and Louisa forks of the Big Sandy river. He improved the mail service in his district and sponsored other legislation of value, always regarding an office as a trust given him by the people and exerting his influence to carry out the will of his constituents. He never used his talents unworthily nor supported a dishonorable cause and he rendered to his district and to the nation the highest order of public service. Soon after entering upon his duties as congressman Mr. Bennett was tendered a reception by the Kentucky Republican Club of Washington and on that occasion made a notable speech, which was later printed in full in the Leader, attracting much favorable comment.

After his retirement from public office Judge Bennett returned to Greenup and there spent the remainder of his life, devoting his attention to the practice of law. Like all men who have achieved access in the best sense of the term, he was a tireless worker and notwithstanding the breadth and exactness of his legal learning and his facility in applying the same, he was never known to present a case before court or jury without preparation as thorough as time and means rendered possible. He was a member of the legal advisory board of Greenup county during the World war and his clientele was extensive and important. He was identified with the Masonic order, belonging to Greenup Lodge, No. 89, F. & A. M.; Greenup Chapter, No. 132, R. A. M.; Ashland Commandery, K. T.; and El Hasa Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He belonged to the Christian church and conscientiously followed its teachings. Judge Bennett attained the age of sixty-four years, passing away November 7, 1923, and was laid to rest in beautiful Riverview cemetery in Greenup. He was an ornament to his profession, and his record conferred honor and distinction upon his state. He was charitable, broad-minded and unselfish, with a heart full of sympathy for his fellow men. The beauty of his character and his rare gifts made him universally admired and esteemed and his memory is enshrined in the hearts of all who knew him.

At Greenup, Kentucky, August 30, 1883, was solemnized the marriage of Joseph B. Bennett and Miss Annie Louise Mytinger and the ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. P. Pinkerton. Mrs. Bennett survives her husband and now makes her home in Richmond, Virginia. She was born May 27, 1861, in Maysville, Kentucky, and her parents were Charles Wharton and Josephine Eliza (Cole) Mytinger. The last named was born January 19, 1839, in Mason county, Kentucky, and passed away July 1, 1869. Mr. Mytinger was born December 12, 1828, and was a native of Lancaster, Ohio. He fought for the Union during the Civil war and his demise occurred at Greenup, October 16, 1908. He was a son of Charles and Eliza Elinor (Newham) Mytinger, a grandson of James M. and Catherine E. (Campbell) Mytinger. The family originated in Suabia, Bavaria. Mytinger, a railroad station between Ausburg and Donaworth, bears the name of the ancestral estate, and on their coat-of-arms were inscribed the dates 1470, 1851, 1618 and 1671. The early records of the family were destroyed during the burning of the church in Lauderbach, Germany, and information regarding the genealogy was later obtained from Baroness Mytinger in the Botzen Tyrol by Heinrich Mytinger, the geographer.
Mr. and Mrs. Bennett became the parents of nine children. Chester Arthur Mytinger Bennett, the eldest, married Miss Esther M. Morton and is engaged in the practice of law at Washington, D. C., residing at No. 4104 Military road, Chevy Chase; Frances Mytinger Bennett is the wife of Charles J. Geyer and lives in Richmond, Virginia. Kate Newham Bennett wedded Clement Joseph Hill and makes her home in Russell, Kentucky. Charles Bentley Bennett married Miss Lucile L. Wilson and is a resident of Greenup. Emabel Bennett was united in marriage to Elmer E. Stephenson and their home is in Pikeville, Kentucky. Julia Bennett, the sixth in order of birth, is the wife of H. R. McWharton, of Ashland, Kentucky. Mary Louise Bennett wedding John Shaw, of Paris, Kentucky. Sallie Anna is now Ms. Charles D. Jacobs, Jr., of Lookout, this state. Joseph Bentley Bennett, Jr., is the youngest member of the family, is a resident of Richmond, Virginia. [photo]

Joseph Bentley BENNETT - Greenup Co - Part 1

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History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State. Volume III Illustrated. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago – Louisville, 1928 Greenup Co.

JOSEPH BENTLEY BENNETT. The name of Joseph Bentley Bennett merits an enduring place on the pages of Kentucky’s history because of his achievements as a congressman, his intense loyalty to his state, his high character and superior intellectual attainments. He also established an enviable record as county judge and for many years was regarded as the leading representatives of Greenup’s legal fraternity. He was born April 27, 1859, at Bennett’s Mills, Greenup county, and was a member of one of the old and prominent families of this section of the state. He traced his ancestry to Thomas Bennett, one of the first settlers of Jamestown, Virginia, and was also a descendant of General Nathaniel Greene, of Revolutionary war fame.

Thaddeus Bennett, the great-grandfather of Joseph Bentley Bennett, was of Scotch-Irish lineage and a native of Virginia. When a child he was taken by his parents to the state of New York and was reared on a farm on the banks of the Genesee river. At the age of sixteen he enlisted in the Continental Army and aided in winning American independence. He was married in the Empire state and in 1818 migrated with his family to Ohio, casting in his lot with the pioneer farmers of Scioto county. There he spent the remainder of his life, passing away at the age of seventy-four years. His son, Joseph Bennett, was born in Chemung county, New York, and became an agriculturist, also operating a number of the old water-power flour mills. He was a minister of the Baptist church and filled pastorates in Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia and Michigan. He was a valiant soldier in the War of 1812 and his sympathies were with the Union during the conflict between the states. He was a stanch adherent of the republican party and filled the office of magistrate. His first wife was Elizabeth Mills, a native of Havana, Schuyler county, New York. She was called to her final rest July 12, 1862, and his demise occurred April 30, 1868.

Their son, Benjamin Franklin Bennett, was born October 11, 1828, in Harrisonville, Scioto county, Ohio, and managed his father’s business while the latter was attending to his ministerial duties. In 1855 Benjamin F. Bennett came to Kentucky and purchased the saw and corn mills at the Globe Furnace on Tygert creek, in Greenup county. He rebuilt the mills, in which he installed modern equipment, and made them the largest planning, saw, flour and feed mills in the county. He also became the owner of the old furnace tract, comprising about three thousand acres of land, on which there was valuable timber. He cleared the place and eventually converted the property into a number of productive farms. He was a sagacious, farsighted business man of strict honesty and aided in pushing forward the wheels of progress in northeastern Kentucky.

On September 12, 1861, Mr. Bennett enlisted in Company G of the Fifty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, of which he was made second sergeant, and subsequently acted as wagonmaster for the regiment. He participated in the battles of Fort Donelson and Pittsburg Landing and at Corinth became ill. He was discharged July 25, 1862, owning to disability, and after regaining his health took up the study of law. In 1863 he was appointed deputy provost marshal and special agent and served in these capacities until the close of the war. He then resumed his legal studies and in March, 1866, was admitted to the bar. He then resumed his legal studies and in March, 1866, was admitted to the bar. He followed his profession at Greenup for several years and successfully handled important litigation, practicing before the state and federal courts of Kentucky. He was originally a whig and later became a stanch republican. He was one of the political leaders of the state and in 1890 was chosen a member of the constitutional convention, which was held at Frankfort. He took a conspicuous part in the proceedings of that body and was responsible for many of the clauses adopted, one of which provided that the number of members of the grand jury should be reduced from sixteen to twelve. In the fall of 1891 he was elected to represent Greenup county in the state legislature and at the close of his first term was returned to the office. He served on many important committees and aided in securing the passage of measures which have since proven of benefit to the commonwealth. The session of 1891 lasted for eighteen months and during that period the old laws were revised to conform with the new constitution.
To be continued.

William H. SMITH 11426 - Bourbon Co.

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Pike County Missouri History, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883. Bourbon Co.

William H. Smith, Prairieville, hotel-keeper and farmer. This gentleman was born in Bourbon county, Kentucky, November 24, 1823, and came to Pike county, Missouri, with his parents in 1832. He was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools. After he reached his majority he began teaching school, which he followed for six years. He was married, September 9, 1847, to Miss Sarah A. Harpwood, a native of Garrard county, Kentucky, after which he turned his attention to farming and teaching school in winter, which avocation he followed for twenty-three years. He then sold his farm and engaged in the mercantile business, which he followed for several years in Louisiana. In 1870 he came to Prairieville, where he purchased property and has since been keeping hotel and farming. In 1882 he was elected to the office of justice of the peace. He and his wife have been members of the Baptist Church for many years. They are the parents of six children, four of whom still survive: Martha A., A. J., William H., and Matilda.

John M. CARTER 11425 - Christian Co.

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County of Christian, Kentucky; Historical and Biographical. Edited by William Henry Perrin. F. A. Battey Publishing Co., Chicago and Louisville, 1884. Longview Precinct.

JOHN M. CARTER is one of the most respected citizens and substantial farmers of Christian County. He was born October 1, 1815, in Culpeper County, Va., whence he removed with his parents to Montgomery County, Tenn., in the year 1819. There he received a good education, and grew to manhood, and finally removed to Christian County in 1842, and located on his present place, his residence being known as “Cedar Grove.” He is a son of John and Rachel (Klaugh) Carter, both of whom were natives of Virginia. The father was born January 31, 1778, and died June 17, 1842, and the mother was born April 9, 1773, and departed this life June 7,1838. Their union had been blessed with the following children: Byrd F., Guilford H., Sarah E. (Slaughter), Daniel F., Eliza E. (Rawlins), Amelia P. (Allensworth) and John M. (the subject of these lines). Daniel F. Carter was a man of considerable prominence. He was for many years a Deacon in the First Presbyterian Church at Nashville, Tenn., and he died at the age of seventy-five years. In early life he ran a stage line from Nashville to Louisville, Ky., and in after years accumulated a large fortune. He was a man of generous impulses, and during his life made many liberal donations to charitable societies and institutions. He married Miss Mary J. Buntin, and their only surviving daughter, Mrs. Thomas d. Craighead, now resides in Nashville, Tenn. John M. Carter, our subject, now devotes his attentions to agricultural pursuits. His farm property consists of 895 acres of land, which is in a high state of cultivation, and is devoted to the raising of the staple crops. Mr. Carter is a gentleman of refined literary attainments. The standard books and reviews, and works of eminent men, are a special attraction to his classical mind, and a delight is found in a comprehensive study of the social and political issues of the days. He is a Democrat politically, and is a citizen who is held in high esteem by all who are favored with his acquaintance. Mr. Carter was united in marriage with Miss Fannie A. Killebrew, November 7, 1841. She is a daughter of Whitfield and Fannie (Johnson) Killebrew. This union has been blessed with the following children: Willie C. (Chilton), Daniel F., Gertrude, John W., Fannie R. (Moore), Henry B., Claudius C. and Eddie L.

Dr. John Lewis PRICE 11424 - Mercer Co.

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Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 4th ed., 1886. Mercer Co.

DR. JOHN LEWIS PRICE was born April 20 1835, in Nicholasville, Ky., and was taken, in 1837, by his parents, to Clark County; in 1845 to Newcastle; in 1848 again to Clark, and in 1859 to Mercer County, where he has since resided. His father, Dr. Andrew B. Price, was born in 1802, in Richmond, Ky. He graduated at Transylvania University and enjoyed an extensive practice. He was a Democrat, lost twelve slaves by the late war, and died August 3, 1873. He was the son of Moses Price, who was born near Richmond, Va., and came to Kentucky previous to 1800; was high sheriff, held office fifty years, was a merchant, farmer and slave owner, and died about 1853, aged over ninety years. He married Sarah Broadus, and their offspring were John, Andrew B., Thomas, Arjalon, Morton, Sarah (Daniel), Mrs. Childs, Ms. Scott, Lucy (Scott) and Amelia (Poor). These brothers were all physicians. Andrew B. married Evelyne E., daughter of Shastine and Nancy (Duncan) Watkins, of Clark County (born in 1806, now living), and from this union sprang Dr. Dillard S., Catherine (Calk), Dr. John L., Dr. Ansil D. Lucy (Smedley, deceased), and Evelyne E. (Buck). June 13, 1861, Dr. John Lewis Price married Miss Anna T., daughter of Nelson and Lucy (Vivian) Keas, of Mercer County (born in Montgomery County, June 14, 1834), and to them have been born Isaac N. K. (deceased) and John F. In 1857 the Doctor commenced the study of medicine with his uncle, Dr. John L. Price, of Independence, Mo.; attended one course of lectures at McDowell College, St. Louis, and graduated in 1869, in the medical department of the University of Louisville, since which time he has been successfully engaged in practice. He also owns a valuable farm of 170 acres on the Lexington Turnpike. Nelson Keas was born in 1797, and died September 19, 1866. His wife, Lucy (Vivian) Keas, was born in 1803, and died March 10, 1876. Their children are Isaac, Anna T. (Price) and Albert H. Dr. Price is a Democrat and a prohibitionist.

John B. WATHEN, Jr. 11423 - Marion Co

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Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 4th ed., 1886.

JOHN B. WATHEN, Jr., was born on March 24, 1856, and is a son of William W. Wathen, present postmaster of Lebanon, Ky. He is a representative of one of the oldest and most high respected families of Marion County; was educated in the schools of his native town of Lebanon, St. Mary’s College of Hardin County. Since his school days he has devoted himself chiefly to mercantile pursuits, and after serving several years as a salesman in Lebanon, he became a traveling salesman for Louisville, Cincinnati and New York merchants, resigning the latter position in 1885 to accept the appointment under President Cleveland, as Indian agent for the Territory of Dakota, the duties of which he performed until compelled to resign in November, 1885, in consequence of failing health, due to climatic causes. He returned to Lebanon and formed a business partnership with his father, under the firm name of W. W. Waathen & Son. Mr. Wathen is an affable enterprising young man, and was a member of Gov. Blackburn’s staff, from which he derives the title of colonel. He was married October 24, 1883, to Miss Fannie, daughter of Judge William E. Russell.

Hon. Joseph Kinkead SUMRALL 11422 - Boyle Co.

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Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume III – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 4th ed., 1885. Boyle Co.

HON. JOSEPH KINKEAD SUMRALL was born November 16, 1835, in Mason County, Ky., where he grew to manhood. In 1853 he entered Centre College at Danville, and graduated with second honors in the famous class of 1857, many of whom became noted in after years, especially Senator Blackburn and Gov. McCreary. In 1858 he commenced reading law in St. Louis, Mo., with Hon. Ed. A. Hannegan; received license as attorney from Judge Lackland in 1859, and practiced in that city with success until the commencement of the late war. By some fatality he was present and was captured with the forces at Camp Jackson, at St. Louis, and was paroled by Gen. Lyon but never exchanged. In 1862, refusing to take the unconstitutional oath required of attorneys to further practice law in St. Louis, he located at Maysville, Ky., where he was eminently successful in the practice of his profession, amid one of the strong bars of the commonwealth. During his stay in Maysville he served eight years as county judge, and was also attorney for the Maysville & Lexington Railroad. His health becoming impaired from arduous professional work, in 1875 he purchased and located in Blithewood, the old family homestead of Mr. Collins C. Moore, three and one-half miles northwest of Danville, Boyle County, on the Harrodsburg pike, where he has since resided. His father, Joseph K. Sumrall, was born in Scotland, removed with his parents in childhood to America, located at Pittsburg, where he was reared, engaged in merchandising at Philadelphia, and was early a merchant at Maysville, Ky. He was a zealous Presbyterian, a prominent Democrat, and died in 1844 at the age of sixty-three years. He married Susan, daughter of Benjamin S. Clark of May’s Lick, Ky. (died August 19, 1884, at Fulton, Mo., aged ninety years), and from their union sprang Mary K., Benjamin C., John T., William A., Daniel C., Julia P. (all deceased), Mrs. Elizabeth V. (wife of Maj. Dobyus, of Fulton, Mo.), Sarah J. and Joseph K., subject of this memoir. February 14, 1866, Judge Sumrall married Miss Bettie B., daughter of Collins C. and Mary E. (Robertson) Moore, of Boyle County (born January 11, 1842), and their union has been blessed by the birth of William Lawson, Collins Moore, and Lilian C. Judge Sumrall still practices law to some extent, and is at present attorney for the Mercer National Bank of Harrodsburg, of which he is a stockholder. He is now living in the retirement of his farm, having 400 acres of finely improved and very productive land, on which he raises corn, hemp, wheat, and blue-grass for grazing. This is a portion of the original Harrod tract of land, on which there still remain evidences of the location of Harrod’s Station, and also his famous spring of pure water. The Judge has been deacon of the Presbyterian Church South, for nearly twenty years. He is an Ancient Odd Fellow, and in politics is a Democrat. Judge Sumrall also during his arduous work at the bar was the author and compiler of a large digest of general and statutory law, used by him in his professional work as a hand and brief book, which would cover, if published, 1,500 pages of closely printed law matter, but he has never yet given it to the profession by publication. He did not do the work for publication, but for his own use in his professional labors, and thereby much abridged and simplified it. He was also the originator of the system, as far as can be learned, in Kentucky, and compiler and draughtsman of the laws regulating the almshouse system of his native county, Mason. These laws were enacted by the Kentucky Legislature, and will be found in the acts of Assembly, 1870-71. It would be creditable to the whole State if this Mason County plan of almshouse should hereafter be adopted instead of the present poor law and poorhouse system. It is no crime to be poor, unable to maintain oneself or family, as one might conclude after perusal of the general laws in Kentucky on reference to the poor and poorhouses as designated by statute.

William L. ROBINSON 11421 - Mercer Co

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Pike County Missouri History, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883, pp. 815-6.

William L. Robinson, farmer, post-office Bowling Green, has a farm of two hundred and seven acres, one hundred and forty-seven in cultivation and sixty in timber. He devotes considerable attention to the raising of Short-Horn cattle and fine hogs, as well as grain. His farm is choice land, finely improved, with good buildings, and all the appointments in every respect necessary to make home attractive and comfortable. Mr. Robinson is a native of Kentucky, born in Mercer county, March 8, 1820. His father, Henry Robinson, was a native of Virginia, from where he moved to Kentucky in 1807. In 1830 he immigrated to Missouri and settled near New London in Ralls county, where he engaged in school teaching, which he followed until the Mexican War, during which he served as captain and participated in the battle of Buena Vista and others. He had previously served in the war with Great Britain, and was in the battle of New Orleans. After the close of the Mexican War he returned to New London, and soon after died. The maiden name of the mother of our subject was Sarah A. Fisher, a native of Kentucky; she died in 1874, aged seventy-three. William L., the subject of our sketch, was principally raised in Ralls country, but at the age of nineteen he came to Pike county, and with his three brothers entered a piece of land for their mother and put it in good shape, after which W. L. commenced business for himself. He engaged in farming, and in the spring of 1852 he purchased his present farm. Starting without any means, he has by energy and industry acquired a fair share of this world’s goods. He was married in August, 1852, to Miss Elizabeth F. Herring. They have raised seven children, six of whom are still living: Ella C., Wemas A., George Anna, Sarah C., deceased, Joseph R., Nancy O., and Paulina L. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson are both members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and Mr. Robinson is also a member of the Farmers’ and Mechanics’ M. A. A.

William BUSH 11420 - Fayette Co

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A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri, Bryan, Wm. S. and Robert Rose, St. Louis, Mo,; Bryan, Brand & Co., 1876. William Bush, of Fayette, Co., Ky., had Benjamin, Ambrose, Levi, and Matilda. Benjamin married and settled in Illinois, on the bank of the Mississippi river, and was murdered under the following circumstances Parties on the opposite side of the river owed him a considerable amount of money, and he went over on the ferryboat, one day, to collect it. As he was returning that evening he was robbed while on the boat, and then thrown into the river. Levi and Matilda Bush both married and lived and died in Kentucky. Ambrose married Nancy Douglass, and settled first in Illinois, near his brother Benjamin, where he remained one year, and then in 1818, he removed to Missouri and settled at Charrette, in Warren County. In 1818 he settled on Dry Fork of Loutre, in Montgomery County. Mr. Bush was a shrewd business man, and made a fortune by trading in horses and other stock. He had a low, soft voice and gentlemanly manners, and was a general favorite with his neighbors. He died in 1873, at the advanced age of 88 years. His wife died many years previous. Their children were Greenberry, Maria, Edward D., William, and Ella. Greenbury married Sarah Cundiff, and they had-William D., Eliza A., Nancy J., Amanda G., Caroline, Mary, Clay, Edward W., Virginia, and Susan. Mr. Bush served as Sheriff and Assessor of Montgomery County for several years. He was also elected to the Legislature one term. Maria Bush was married first to Aaron Groom, and after his death she married William M. Wright. Edward D. married Virginia Mosley, and died in 1863. His children were Lavinia, John, Greenberry B., William T., Judith A., Lydia, Benjamin F., Emma, and Fannie.

Rev. Josiah CARNEAL 11419 - Christian Co

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County of Christian, Kentucky; Historical and Biographical. Edited by William Henry Perrin. F. A. Battey Publishing Co., Chicago and Louisville, 1884. Longview Precinct.

REV. JOSIAH CARNEAL. Among the most prominent and useful men of the southeastern portion of Christian County, Ky., and whose influence for good has been great and enduring, may be mentioned the venerable patriarch whose name appears at the head of this sketch. He was born September 23, 1810, in Caroline County, Va., where he was reared, and at the age of eighteen years removed to Christian county, in this State, to commence the battle of life, in which he has proved successful in an eminent degree. His father, James Carneal, was a native of Virginia, and a soldier at Norfolk in the war of 1812. James was the son of Patrick Carneal, who was born in Ireland, and died in Virginia about 1835, at the age of ninety-six years. Subject’s mother, Elizabeth Wright, of Caroline County, Va., died in 1813. From the union of her and James Carneal, sprang: Thomas, Walker, John, Josiah and Sally (Thacker). In 1831 Josiah was married to Kittie Galbreath, of Christian County, Ky., and to them were born: Henry W., John D., Mary (Harris), Martha (Graham), twin with Walker, Eliz. (Crutchfield) and Robert P. Mr. Carneal’s wife dying in 1849, he next married in 1851, Mrs. Nancy Harris, daughter of William Rice. One child – Josiah, now deceased – was born to this union. In 1858 Mr. Carnel was married to his present wife, who is Miss Lucy J., daughter of Thomas McQuary, of Todd County, Ky., and to them were born: Isaiah T., Victoria R. (Massie), Silas, Wesley, Demetrius, Paul and Fannie. In 1827 Mr. Carneal became a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was licensed to exhort in 1850, and became a local preacher in 1856, and has been active in his labors from that time to the present. He has been largely instrumental in establishing the society and building Chapel Hill Church. He commenced active life as a carpenter and builder, which vocation he followed for fifteen years, with success, and is at present engaged in farming, owning 558 acres of valuable lands, in a good state of cultivation, and having distributed about 600 acres to his children. Mr. Carneal’s life has been one of marked success, and he is held in high esteem in the community where he lives.

D. E. S. TAYLOR 11418 - Warren Co

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Pike County Missouri History, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883,p. 800.

D. E. S. TAYLOR, farmer and stock dealer, and postmaster. Among those who have been long identified with Caivre township, who are well known and worthy of notice, is the subject of our sketch. He was born in Warren county, Kentucky, February 15, 1830; the son of Smith Taylor and Catharine B. (Smith) Taylor. When he was three years old his parents came to Pike county, settling in Cuivre township, where our subject’s early life was spent in assisting on his father’s farm and attending school. He was married November 7, 1855, to Miss Elizabeth Jordan, daughter of Jas. A. Jordan of Buffalo township. Mr. Taylor is the owner of a fine farm of 300 acres of as good land as Pike county affords, besides being much interested in Cyrene, having some eighty lots in that new town. He is a member of the Masonic order, a member from Master to Sir Knight, and a worthy member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He was appointed postmaster of Cyrene in April, 1879. He was [a] member of the Grange, having been delegate from this county to the state convention. He is a man of good business qualities, of broad views, and is social in his manner. By his fair and honorable dealings has won for himself many friends.

P. Barton DUNN 11417 - SImpson County

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Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume IV – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886.

P. BARTON DUNN was born March 19, 1830, five miles south of Franklin, Ky. He is the third of four boys and two girls born to Richard R. and Susan W. (Parrish) Dunn, who were born and reared in Pittsylvania County, Va. Richard R. was born in September, 1801, and emigrated to Simpson County in 1829, where he engaged in farming; was a member of the Baptist Church and a son of William Dunn, who was born in Pittsylvania County, Va., in 1778; was a corporal in the war of 1812, and participated in the battle of New Orleans. He was a captain of the militia in Virginia after he returned from the field, and of English descent; his wife was eighty-seven years old at her death. P. Barton Dunn was born and reared on a farm; received a common school education and in 1851 entered Cumberland University, Tennessee, for three years. At seventeen years he commenced teaching. Later he attended college and on his return entered the office of the circuit clerk for three years, after which he resumed his teaching in Kentucky and Tennessee until 1868; was elected circuit court clerk; re-elected in 1874 and was a very efficient and popular officer. At the time of his first election he located where he now resides, in the south end of Franklin, where he owns a fine cottage; also owns a good farm of 226 acres just south of Franklin, which is well improved and in a fine state of cultivation. In addition he owns 175 acres of the old homestead where he was reared. He has made life a success, accumulating what he has by his own industry, having started in life without capital. He married, in October, 1859, Berrilla Pearce, of Simpson County, a native of Marion County, and a daughter of Thomas and Mary (Bland) Pearce, who were born in upper Kentucky and were of Irish origin. To Mr. Dunn and wife were born four children: Thomas P., Richard H. (deceased), Ida E. and James W. Mrs. Dunn died in January, 1876, a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, a very pious woman, a kind and affectionate wife and mother. Mr. Dunn next married, in December, 1876, Mary Williams Read, of Simpson County, a native of Allen County and a daughter of Edward F. and Elizabeth (Pulliam) Read. By his second marriage one son was born, William Duncan. Mrs. Mary W. Dunn died April 12, 1879, a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Dunn married his third wife, Katurah Pulliam, of Allen County, December 19, 1879. She is a daughter of James P. and Sally (Pulliam) Pulliam. One child is the result of this union – Paul Jones. Mrs. Dunn is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr. Dunn has been a Mason since the age of twenty-two; has been Master of the Simpson Lodge, No. 177, for ten years. He is one of the progressive and representative men of Simpson County, and cast his first presidential vote for Franklin Pierce, and has voted at every presidential election since.

C. A. F. RONDEAU 11416 - Livingston Co

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Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume IV – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886.

C. A. F., Livingston County, was born November 17, 1858, on an island in the Ohio River, two miles above Golconda, Ill. He is a son of James S. and Charlotte (Hawkins) Rondeau. The father was born in Pope County, Ill., in 1825. His father, William Rondeau, came from England about 1818 and settled first in Philadelphia, and later moved to Illinois, buying, in 1830, the island on which our subject was born. William Rondeau subsequently left his family on the island and went to New Orleans, where he engaged in steam-boating. He was a lawyer in England, but after his arrival here abandoned that profession and became a minister. After residing in New Orleans for a number of years he came north and again turned his attention to farming. James S. Rondeau, the father of subject grew to manhood on the island, and in 1855 he married Miss Hawkins, who was born in Hardin County, Ill., about 1827. Her parents were emigrants from Connecticut, and her father was a soldier in the war of 1812. Subject’s father continued to reside on the old homestead until his death in May, 1867. The mother is still living on the home farm. C. A. F., is the third of a family of seven children, of whom six are living: Isabel, C. A. F., Katie, James, Will and Henry. Subject remained on the home farm until about eighteen, and then began life for himself. His first venture was clerking for J. C. Baker at Golconda. He remained with him two years, and then again turned his attention to farming. In the fall of 1884 he assumed the editorship of the Livingston Sentinel, a paper published by J. C. Hodge, of Golconda. The first number was issued September 16, 1884, and is at present in a flourishing condition. It is a weekly, being printed every Thursday, at Golconda, but mailed at Smithland.

Starling Peters ALDERSON, M. D. 11415, Logan Co.

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History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State. Volume III Illustrated. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago – Louisville, 1928. Logan Co.

STARLING PETERS ALDERSON, M. D. Choosing a profession in which his father achieved prominence, Dr. Starling Peters Alderson has fully demonstrated his ability to cope with disease and his constantly expanding powers have placed him with the leading physicians and surgeons of Russellville and Logan County. He is a native of the town and comes of distinguished ancestry in the maternal line, being a direct descendant of Sir William Pitt of England. His paternal forebears were also natives of England and case in their lot with the American colonists. They settled in that section of the Old Dominion now constituting the state of West Virginia, becoming influential citizens of that region, and the town of Alderson was named in honor of the family.

Benjamin and Mary Ann (McCarty) Alderson were the grandparents of the subject of this sketch and the latter was of Irish lineage. She was born in Logan county, Kentucky, and died in Russellville. Her husband was a native of Virginia and in 1822 migrated to Logan county, Kentucky. He was one of the pioneer merchants of Russellville, in which he spent the remainder of his life, conducting a retail grocery store. He was a stanch democrat and a faithful member of the Baptist church. He attained the age of seventy-six years, passing away in 18989, and his wife’s death occurred in 1892. Their family numbered five children, three sons and two daughters.

Their son, Madison Elden Alderson, was born February 27, 1852, in Russellville and supplements his public school education by attendance at Bethel College, from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1871 and that of Master of Arts in 1874. He next matriculated in the Starling Medical College at Columbus, Ohio, and was graduated with the class of 1878. He returned to Russellville well equipped for his profession, in which he attained high standing, building up the largest practice in the county. He was the local surgeon for the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company and for more than twenty years rendered expert service to that corporation. He was honored with the presidency of the Logan county and Southern Kentucky Medical Societies and in 1908 was one of the three delegates from this state to the national convention of the American Medical Association. He was also a personality in business and financial affairs, becoming a director of the National Deposit Bank, president of the Russellville Auditorium Company and the executive head of the Central City Ice& Cold Storage Company, which profited by his administrative power and rare judgment. He was allied with the democratic party and was chosen president of the Russellville board of health. He was president of the board of trustees of Bethel College and also of the Baptist church at Russellville, of which he was likewise a deacon. During the World War he acted as chairman of the local advisory board and was also a member of the draft board. He was married January 27, 1886, to Miss Rebecca Marie Chappelle, a native of Baltimore, Maryland, and a daughter of William Pitt and Jane (Campbell) Chappelle. The mother was born in St. Augustine, Florida and her demise occurred in Russellville, Kentucky. Mr. Chappelle was a native of Buffalo, New York, and became captain of a vessel plying the Great Lakes. He was a Mason and gave his political support to the democratic party, while in religious faith he was a Baptist. He was drowned in Lake Erie while en route to Buffalo to organize a company which was later taken over by the Standard Oil Corporation. Dr. Madison E. Alderson was a lifelong resident of Russellville and attained the age of sixty-seven years, passing away May 20, 1919, while his wife died in June, 1921, at Sioux City, Iowa. They were the parents of two children: Starling Peters; and Nelotine J., who was educated in the Logan Female College at Russellville, completing her course in 1911.

Dr. Starling P. Alderson was graduated from the Fuqua high school in 1900 and in 1904 was awarded the B. S. degree by Bethel College. He next entered the University of Illinois, from which he received the M. D. degree in 1909, and for a year was house physician at Grant Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. He has since followed his profession in Russellville and his pronounced ability is attested by his success in practice. He acts as district surgeon for the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company and is devoted to his patients, performing his duties with skill and thoroughness.

Dr. Alderson was married April 10, 1912, to Miss Mary Morton Hardwick, a daughter of Clarence and Sarah Elizabeth (Burton) Hardwick. The mother was born in Kentucky and resides near Russellville. Mr. Hardwick was a native of Ohio county, this state, and passed away at Hartford, Kentucky. He was allied with the democratic party and served as clerk of Ohio county for many years, while his religious views were in according with the doctrines of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Alderson was born in November, 1886, and is a graduate of the Owensboro high school. Dr. and Mrs. Alderson have three children: Mary Lenore, who was born October 20, 1914; Starling Peters, Jr., whose natal day was July 11, 1922; and Sarah Elizabeth, born May 22, 1926.

Dr. and Mrs. Alderson are Baptists and she belongs to the various societies of the church, while he is a member of the church choir. He is a stanch democrat and was elected mayor of Russellville, but resigned at the end of two years in order to enter the race for state senator, in which he was defeated. He was county physician for four years and during the World war was a member of the draft board of Logan county, was contract surgeon under special form No. 44-A and also made speeches throughout the county in behalf of the Red Cross and Liberty Loan campaigns. He is a past president of the local organization of Owls, past noble grand of Russellville Lodge, No. 29, I. O. O. F., and past grand master at arms of the Knights of Pythias of Kentucky. He is a past master of Russellville Lodge, No. 17, of the Masonic order and also a Noble of Kosair Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Louisville. He manifests a deep and helpful interest in matters touching the welfare and advancement of his community and is chairman of the executive committee of the Russellville Board of Trace. Dr. Alderson plays chess and billiards and motoring and fishing also afford him recreation. He enjoys life, maintaining an even balance in his interests and activities, and his record sustains the high reputation which he has been borne by the family.

William I. BOONE 11414 - Christian Co

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Henry SCHOOLER 11413 - Fayette Co

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Pike County Missouri History, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883, p. 726.

Henry Schooler was born in Fayette county, Kentucky, July 26, 1798. He left Kentucky September 3, and settled in Pike county, Missouri, September 30, 1828. Three children were born to him, two of whom are yet living, one, Mrs. J. E. Brown, having died since this report was received. When Mr. Schooler first came here P. H. McBride was circuit judge; J. Lindsey, sheriff; Levi Pettibone, circuit clerk; and Uriel Griffith, constable of Calumet township. He has resided continuously on the farm he purchased of William Biggs, on upper Calumet, until recently, when he removed to Clarksville. He is a farmer and a carpenter.

William B. DUNN 11412 - Simpson Co

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Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume IV – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Simpson Co.

WILLIAM B. DUNN was born July 6, 1827, in Pittsylvania County, Va., and in 1829 removed with his parents to Simpson County, Ky., locating in the southern part, where he has since resided. His father, Richard Dunn, also a native of Pittsylvania County, was born September 15, 1801; was reared near the head waters of Bannister River. He is the son of William Dunn, of Pittsylvania County, who was born in 1774; was a solder in the war of 1812, and died in Simpson County, Ky., in 1841. His father, John, a soldier in the American Revolution, died in 1822, at the age of sixty-six years. He was the son of John Dunn, of Virginia. Richard Dunn married Susan, daughter of James and Dorcas (Hodges) Parrish, of Pittsylvania County, (born in 1799, died May 10, 1863), and from their union sprang William B., Pasco B., Benjamin, Ann (Hendricks) and James. William B. has been twice married; first, April 7, 1853, to Nancy M., daughter of Aaron and Phoebe (Wood) Karr, of Simpson County (born in 1833, died March 23, 1871), and to them were born William J., Thomas N., Eudora A. (deceased), Benella, Susan A. (Hammond) and Robert L. March 28, 1872, he married Mary C., daughter of Rev. Hardy M. and Susan (Duval) Cryer, of Sumner County, Tenn. (born in 1839), and their union was blessed by the birth of one daughter – Mary D. (deceased). Mr. Dunn is a farmer and stock raiser, owning 375 acres of highly improved and productive land constituting one of the best farms in the southern portion of Simpson County, Ky. Mr. Dunn is a member of the Graham Chapter, No. 80, of the Royal Arch Masons. In politics he is a Democrat. Mrs. Dunn is a member of the Christian Church. Her father, Rev. Hardy M. Cryer, was the life-long friend of Gen. Jackson, from whom he received many letters, now in the possession of his family.

Dr. Ebenezer RONDEAU 11411 - Livingston Co

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Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume IV – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Livingston Co.

DR. EBENEZER RONDEAU, Livingston County, was born in Manchester, England, December 16, 1818, and is a son of William and Ann Rondeau. His father’s family was of French descent. His mother’s maiden name was Arkenstall, the name of a very old Welsh family, from whom she descended. William Rondeau was born April 15, 1779, in the city of London. He was a lawyer by profession, and for a number of years practiced in the city of Manchester. In 1819 he came to American, settling first in Philadelphia, where he lived a short time, afterward moving to Pope County, Ill., and locating at the town of Golconda. After coming to America he discontinued the legal profession and entered the ministry of the Baptist Church, which calling he followed until his death in 1852. He was a man of brilliant attainments, and during his residence in this country, ministered to a number of the earliest churches of his order in Illinois and Kentucky. While a resident of Philadelphia, he assisted in the organization of the second Odd Fellow’s lodge in America. Ann (Arkenstall) Rondeau was born in 1780, and died in November, 1865. Mr. and Mrs. Rondeau reared a family of ten children, only three of whom are living: Charles Augustus Ff., Ebenezer and Sarah A., wife of R. T. Berry. The following are the names of those deceased: John, William H., Theophilus, Mebetabel, Mary, Emanuel and James S. Ebenezer Rondeau was quitge a small boy when his parents came to this country, and his first five years in America were spent in Pope County, Ill. At the end of that time his father moved to New Orleans, where our subject lived for a period of four years, the family returning north in 1830, and settling on Golconda Island. At the age of eighteen years Mr. Rondeau commenced reading medicine with Dr. William Sim, of Golconda, under whose instructions he continued three years, when he entered the Louisville Medical Institute (1839) and graduated from that school in the class of 1841. After completing his studies, Dr. Rondeau located in the practice of his profession at the farm of A. H. Wallace, where he remained four years. He then went to Salem, and after one year there he settled at Berry’s Ferry, opposite Golconda, where he practiced for seven years. At the end of that time he moved to Delta, Miss., where he engaged in merchandising, which he carried on in connection with his profession, selling goods for about two years. He then engaged in the wood business, in Arkansas, buying and selling wood and timber for a period of four years, when he was obliged to give it up, owing to failing health. In 1858 he returned to Kentucky, locating in Livingston County, where he engaged in farming for a short time, afterward moving back to Illinois, where he remained during the war. At the close of the war he opened a store at Berry’s Ferry, and ran it until 1869, from which date until 1875 he was engaged exclusively in farming. Since the latter year the Doctor has been dividing his time between his profession and his farm, in both of which he has been rewarded with a flattering degree of success. The Doctor has held several official positions, serving as treasurer and assessor in Pope County, Ill.; during the war, and while a resident of Mississippi, had charge of the postoffice at Delta. The Doctor was married December 2, 1840, to Mrs. Mary A Sterling, daughter of John and Maria Berry. Mrs. Rondeau was born in 1819, and by a previous marriage had two children: Ferdinand R. and Samuel L. Sterling, the former deceased.

Samuel B. JACOBY 11410 - Bourbon Co.

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Pike County Missouri History, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883, p. 611. Unknown Co.

Samuel R. Jacoby (deceased), was a farmer, post-office Clarksville; was a native of Kentucky, born in 1811, in Bourbon county; he came to Missouri when a young man, in 1829; he was married in 1837 to Miss Anna E. Givens, a daughter of Matthew Givens, Esq., an early settler of Pike county. Mr. Jacoby, after marriage, began to improve his farm, which had been entered by his uncle, Jacob Jacoby, who was a resident of Kentucky; he had been a farmer all his life. The raised a family of three children: Mary E. (Now Mrs. Jackson), Sophronia Jeans, and Samuel D., who is the youngest, and is making his home with his mother on the old homestead, which contains over three hundred acres. The residence is a large one-story brick, with good out-buildings. Mr. Jacoby was one of the substantial men of the neighborhood. He came here with his mother, she being a widow. He resided on the same farm until his death, which occurred in 1873. His mother made her home with him until she died, at the age of 88 years, in 1866. Mr. Jacoby was a member of the Masonic fraternity, and of the Christian Church. Mrs. Jacoby, who survives her husband, is a member of the same church, and is a native of Kentucky, born on December 17, 1822.

John F. SIMPSON 11409 - Nelson Co

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THE INDIAN TERRITORY ITS CHIEFS, LEGISLATORS AND LEADING MEN , H. F. & E. S. O'Beirne, St. Louis. C. B. Woodward Company. 1892

John F. Simpson was born December, 1824, in Prince William County, Virginia, the son of J. W. Simpson, of Bardstown, Kentucky, who is now ninety-two years of age. John F. came to Kentucky at the age of twelve, and was educated at the public schools. After a residence of some ten years in Louisville, he moved to Eufaula in the Creek Nation (in 1872), and in the year following embarked in the hide and fur business, which he continues until the present day. In 1870, Mr. Simpson, while in Arkansas, met Miss Susan Crabtree, daughter of the late Mr. William Crabtree, a prominent citizen of the Creek Nation, and they were married the same year in that State. Soon after coming to Eufaula he commenced improving land, and now owns 60 acres close to town, as well as 115 acres two miles further out. Mr. Simpson and his father-in-law were the first who ever grew cotton in the Creek Nation, having hauled a wagon load of the seed from a gin in Texas, situated on the spot where now stands the City of Texarkana. The first crop was a complete failure, owing to an early September frost. This occurred in 1873. Afterwards Mr. Simpson bought and shipped the first bale of cotton ever ginned in the Creek country. The subject of this sketch has seen some active service under General Taylor in the Mexican war. He joined the first regiment that enlisted for a twelve months' service on that occasion, which regiment was the First Kentucky, under Colonel Ormsby. During these twelve months he served at the battle of Monterey, and other engagements of lesser note. Mr. Simpson has a family of six children, Hattie, aged eighteen years; Robert Lee, aged seventeen years; John, aged fourteen years; Kate, aged twelve years; Mary, aged ten years, and James, aged eight years.

Rev. William Cooke BOONE 11408 - Warren Co

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History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State. Volume III Illustrated. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago – Louisville, 1928.

REV. WILLIAM COOKE BOONE. Reared in a religious environment an surrounded by uplifting influences, the Rev. William Cooke Boone naturally turned toward spiritual work, in which he has found a field of activity well suited to his talents, and for eight years, he was pastor of the First Baptist Church of Owensboro. He was born February 8, 1892, in Bowling Green, and worthily bears a name that has long been an honored one in Kentucky’s history. His father, the Rev. Arthur Upshaw Boone, D. D., was born September 7, 1860, in Elkton, Kentucky, and completed a course in the Southern Baptist Seminary at Louisville. He was awarded the degree of Doctor of Divinity by Union University at Jackson, Tennessee, and is now pastor of the First Baptist Church of Memphis. He is a gentleman of scholarly attainments, and the far-reaching effects of his work are attested in every community in which he has labored. He is an independent voter and liberal and broadminded in his views on all subjects. His parents were Higgason G. and Martha Maria (Edwards) Boone, natives of Todd county, Kentucky. The mother was born in 1816 and passed away at Elkton, Kentucky, in 1910, when ninety-three years of age. Her grandfather, Benjamin Edwards, was a pioneer settler of Todd county, which he represented in congress, and was one of the influential men of that district. Higgason Boone was born in 1806 and his demise occurred at Elkton in 1885. He was a well-to-do farmer and an earnest member of the Baptist church, of which he was clerk for fifty years. His father, Isaiah Boone, was a nephew of Daniel Boone, the noted Indian fighter, who was one of Kentucky’s earliest settlers. Daniel Boone’s grandfather was a native of England and became the founder of the Boone family in the new world. He settled in Pennsylvania about 1634 and the family migrated from that state to North Carolina and thence to Kentucky, in which they located in 1774.
Mrs. Eddie Belle (Cooke) Boone, the mother of the Rev. William Cooke Boone, was a graduate of the Mary Sharp College at Winchester, Tennessee. She was born August 22, 1866, in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and passed away September 24, 1924, in Memphis, Tennessee. She was a daughter of William Alexander and Nannie (Burnam) Cooke. The latter was born in Richmond, Kentucky, and is living at Long Beach, California, at the venerable age of ninety-one years. Her father, John Burnam, was provisional treasurer of the Confederacy and lived for some time in Richmond, Kentucky, later moving to Bowling Green, this state, where he passed away. William A. Cooke was born in 1833 at Paris, Tennessee, and died in Bowling Green, Kentucky, August 15, 1907. He was engaged in the real estate and insurance business at Bowling Green and served as a deacon in the Baptist church. His father, Giles Cooke, was a lineal descendant of Mordecai Cooke, who was one of the early settlers of Gloucester county, Virginia.
In the acquirement of an education, the Rev. William C. Boone attended the public schools of Memphis, Tennessee, and in 1909 completed a course in the University school of that city. He then entered William Jewell College at Liberty, Missouri, from which he won the A. B. degree in 1912 and that of A. M. in the following year. He was a student at the Southern Theological Seminary at Louisville, Kentucky, from 1912 until 1914 and also took postgraduate work in Columbia University, New York city. He was ordained March 24, 1914, at Memphis, Tennessee, and on May 1, 1914, became pastor of the First Baptist Church at Hernando, Mississippi where he remained until July, 1916. He was assistant pastor of the First Baptist church at Memphis, Tennessee, for four months and from February, 1917, until August, 1918, had charge of the first Baptist church at Marianna, Arkansas. On September 1, 1918, he entered the pulpit of the First Baptist church at Owensboro and during his pastorate there its numerical and financial strength was greatly augmented. The church has over fourteen hundred members and has grown rapidly. It is a yellow brick structure with colonial pillars of white stone and is an ornament to the city. It was built in 1924, at a cost of about two hundred thousand dollars and ranks with the finest religious edifices in the state. On March 1, 1927, Rev. Boone became pastor of the First Baptist church at Roanoke, Virginia, where he is continuing his good work. He is an eloquent speaker, sending his message straight to the hearts of the hearers, and a strong bond of sympathy exists between pastor and people.
On September 1, 1915, at Grenada, Mississippi, was solemnized the marriage of the Rev. William C. Boone and Miss Ruth Trotter. Her father, the Rev. I. P. Trotter, D. D. was a native of Mississippi, and passed away in Winona, that state. He received his theological training in the Southern Baptist Seminary at Louisville, Kentucky, and was one of the strong individual forces in the spread of the Baptist religion, holding pastorates at Brownsville, Tennessee, Bardstown and Maysville, Kentucky, and in Hattiesburg, Grenada and Shaw, Mississippi. He married Miss Susie Eager, who was also born in the Bayou state and is now living in Providence, Rhode Island. She is a sister of the Rev. John H. Eager, a Baptist minister residing in Baltimore, Maryland, and another brother, Professor George B. Eager, was for a member of the faculty of the Southern Baptist Seminary. Rev. and Mrs. Boone are the parents of four children: Ruth Trotter, whose birth occurred December 5, 1916, in Memphis, Tennessee; Martha Maria, who was born in Owensboro, Kentucky, November 26, 1919; Arthur Upshaw (II), born August 13, 1921, in Owensboro; and Nan Eager, born July 28, 1926, in Owensboro.
Mrs. Boone was born September 19, 1893, in Brownsville, Tennessee, and received her higher education in Judson College at Marion, Alabama, from which she was graduated in 1914 with the A. B. degree. She is a zealous church worker and at Owensboro taught a class in the Sunday School, aiding and encouraging her husband in his altruistic work. Rev. Boone is a democrat in his political views but not a strong partisan, casting an independent ballot at local elections. He is a member of the Investigators Club and of Sigma Nu, a college fraternity. He is a Mason and became connected with the Owensboro Lodge, No. 130, F. & A. M.; Joe Daviess Chapter, No. 32, R. A. M.; and Owensboro Commandery, No. 15, K. T., while his public spirit resulted in membership in the Chamber of Commerce. He turns to golf, hunting and fishing for recreation. He has never been an idle sentimentalist, but a worker, and the lofty ideals which he cherishes find embodiment in practical effort for their adoption. The Rev. Mr. Boone is a young man of winning personality, imbued with firm faith in the doctrines he preaches, and is a strong force for moral progress in his community.

Jonathan STILES 11407 - Nelson Co

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11407 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Nelson Co.

JONATHAN STILES was born December 3, 1844, where he now resides on Rolling Fork, and is a son of John and Rhoda (Edwards) Stiles, to whom thirteen children were born: James F., Eunice (now Miller), Thomas and Elizabeth (deceased), John C., Henry C., Electa (now Stark), Jacob, Joseph and David (all deceased), Demus, Jonathan and Sallie A. John Stiles was born in New Jersey in 1796; came to Nelson County with his parents in 1810, and settled in the extreme southern part of Nelson County, on Rolling Fork, where he grew to manhood, became the owner of 1,7000 acres of land and a large family of slaves, and died in 1876. He was a son of David Stiles, who married Elizabeth Kitchel, natives of Vermont and New Jersey, respectively. David was a solder in the war for independence, and died in 1839, at a ripe old age. He was a son of Jacob Stiles. Mrs. Rhoda Stiles was born in Culpeper County, Va., and was brought to Marion County, Ky., in childhood. Jonathan Stiles at the age of twenty-one commenced life on his own account. He is now the owner of 230 acres of the original homestead, 170 under cultivation. He is an active member of the Baptist Church, as were his parents before him. He cast his first presidential vote for Seymour. James Stiles, the eldest member of the family living, is spoken of as one of the best historians in all his part of the country. John C. Stiles, another brother, was married on the 31st of March, 1859, to Elizabeth Carter, daughter of Edward and Elizabeth (Shuck) Carter, natives of Marion County. Mr. and Mrs. Stiles have had born ten children, eight living: David, Edward, John, James, Bur, Charles, Chilion and Mary E.

L. D. RASDALL 11406 - Warren Co

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Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume III – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Warren Co.

L. D. RASDALL ranks among the prominent business men and stock breeders in Warren County, and was born January 1, 1843, near Smith’s Grove. He is the son of Urias Rasdall, whose sketch appears above. L. D. Rasdall received his early training on the farm, where he received the rudiments of an English education. He had attended Georgetown College one year when he enlisted in January, 1862, under Gen. Buckner as a guide while in Kentucky, after which he acted as courier. After Gen. Buckner’s departure for Fort Donelson he served with Gen. Johnston as courier until the latter’s death at Shiloh, when he was discharged and returned home. He next went to Madison, Wis., where he engaged as clerk in a hotel for his uncle, William M. Rasdall, six months. He then entered Bryant & Stratton’s Commercial College at Milwaukee, Wis., and after graduating returned to Warren County, Ky., and thence to Glasgow Junction. Later he located at Smith’s Grove, where he entered his father’s store and remained nine years as partner, when he sold his interest and purchased a farm of 115 acres immediately south of the depot, and engaged in farming. Three years later he erected a fine store building south of the railway, and filled it with one of the largest and finest stocks of goods in the county. Since then he has taken a partner and added a large hardware and agricultural room, which he has well filled. He has one of the largest rooms and stocks of goods in southern Kentucky, and has a large and extensive trade. He also owns, with T. J. Smith, 350 acres of very fine land in a high state of cultivation, three miles north of Smith’s Grove, also 500 acres of timber adjoining. Mr. Rasdall is also engaged in breeding fine Short-horn cattle, and is one of the most successful business men in Warren County, although he commenced life working by the month for his father. He was married, May 7, 1873, to Mary M. Smith, a daughter of Henry and Eliza (Ray) Smith. Henry Smith was born in Edmonson County, was a large farmer and slave holder, and accumulated a large fortune. His wife was a daughter of Thomas Ray, of Edmonson County. L. D. Rasdall and wife have had born to them one son: Urias Rumsey Rasdall. Mrs. Rasdall is a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Rasdall is a Democrat, and cast his first presidential vote for Gen. MacClellan.

Rev. Timothy SISK 11405 - Hopkins Co

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A HISTORY OF KENTUCKY BAPTISTS from 1769 to 1885 by J. H. Spencer, Vol. II, 1886.

TIMOTHY SISK was a native of North Carolina. He emigrated to Kentucky with his parents, at an early period, and settled in Hopkins County. Here he united with the Flat Creek, the oldest church in Hopkins County, it having been constituted in 1803. Mr. Sisk was licensed to preach, by this church, in 1819, where also he was soon afterward ordained. As his church went into the constitution of the Highland Association the same year he was licensed to preach, most of his ministry was spent in that fraternity. In 1835, he dissented from that body on account of its intolerance to missions, and, the next year, became identified with Little Bethel Association. But his connection with this fraternity was short. Before its first anniversary meeting, in 1837, he had gone to his final reward. He is said to have been a good, useful preacher.

George BENDALL 11404 - Christian Co

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