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John SPAULDING 11163 - Washington Co.

sgorin — 27 Aug 2008 1:21:44 GMT

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Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume 5, Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 4th ed. Washington Co.

JOHN SPAULDING was born September 13, 1840. His father, Henry P. Spaulding, was born in Washington County, January 18, 1802. He was one of the successful farmers of his day, and left an extensive landed estate to his children. He died in 1866. His wife was a Miss Lucy Turnham, a daughter of George Turnham, of Spencer County, Ky.; they were married in 1826, and were the parents of eleven children, viiz.: George P., Nancy, Frances, Henry L., Caroline, John, Benjamin F., Dr. James M. (deceased in 1864), Dr. W. E., Logan T., and Martha V. The mother was born in 1811, and is yet living aged seventy-five years. Capt. George Turnham was a soldier in the war of 1812 and engaged in the battle of New Orleans; he died at his home in Spencer County in 1826. Henry Spaulding, the grandfather of our subject, was a native of Nelson County, Ky.; his ancestors came from Ireland and settled in Virginia prior to the war of the Revolution. John Spaulding was born in Washington County, reared on a farm, was educated in the common schools, and finished his school days in 1864, under Dr. J. W. Wright. From that time until the present he has been engaged in farming and stock-raising, in which he has been uniformly successful, and is the proprietor of 360 acres of farming lands lying in Marion and Washington Counties. He married, in 1873, Miss Mattie B. Bricken. To them were born three children: Marcus, James R., and Lucy A. Mrs. Mattie B. (Bricken) Spaulding was born April 1, 1852; she is a daughter of Alexander and Ann (Graham) Bricken, the former of German(y), and the latter of Irish descent, and both natives of Kentucky. Mr. Spaulding is a member of the Baptist Church, while Mrs. Spaulding holds the Presbyterian faith. Politically Mr. Spaulding is a Democrat.

Thomas J. MILLER 11162 - Nelson Co

sgorin — 26 Aug 2008 12:28:18 GMT

11162 NELSON CO – THOMAS J. MILLER – Miller, Shaw, Masterson, Lewis, Bowman, Mitchell, Miles, Humphrey, Head, Cass

Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume 5, Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 4th ed. Nelson CO.

THOMAS J. MILLER was born in December 5, 1827, and is a son of Jacob and Amanda (Shaw) Miller, to whom four sons and three daughters were born, six of whom lived to be grown. Jacob Miller was born in 1801, on Rolling Fork, Nelson County. In his early day he was a flatboatman, became a farmer and a slave-holder, a stack raiser and distiller from 1816 to 1860, and is still living. He is a son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Masterson) Miller, natives of Pennsylvania, who, as early as 1790, in flatboats floated as far as Louisville, walked from there to Nelson County, and for a time lived in the fort at New Hope. Mr. Miller next settled on Rolling Fork, where he entered about 1,000 acres. He was a united Baptist of Dutch descent, and was blind for about thirty years before his death in 1850, at the age of about eighty. Mrs. Amanda Miller was born in Nelson County; she lost her parents when a child and was reared by Thomas Lewis. Thomas J. Miller was reared on a farm, and at sixteen commenced working and trading for himself, at twenty-one he engaged as salesman for Miller & Bowman, at Raywick, and remained twenty-eight months, after which, with Dr. Mitchell, engaged in merchandising in Raywick for two years; he then ran alone for a few years, sold and entered into stock trading and shipping to New Orleans. In 1859 he purchased 730 acres at New Hope, and entered farming, but shortly after resumed the mercantile business; he now owns two farms of 500 acres each, also one on Rolling Fork, Marion County, of 370 acres; another on Salt Lick Creek, Marion and La Rue Counties, of 370; also another in Marion and La Rue, of 725, and one of 150, in La Rue; also holds an interest in several other farms, and has been more or less engaged in stock raising. He is a heavy lender of money, and was also engaged in his distilling business near New Hope, but his distillery was destroyed by fire in 1884. He was one of the principals in the start of the distillery now owned by Miles & Co. At present he is a notary. Mr. Miller was married in June, 1870, to Alice Humphrey, a daughter of Simon and Caroline (Head) Humphrey, who were natives of Nelson County. Mr. Humphrey, of German origin, was a farmer, and served as sheriff and deputy sheriff for eighteen or twenty years. Mr. and Mrs. Miller had born to them six children: Anna, Sadonie, Caroline, Mary Willie, Thomas J. and McKay. Mr. Miller is an active Democrat and cast his first presidential vote for Lewis Cass in 1848; with his wife he is an active members of the Baptist Church.

James McGARVEY 11161 - Mercer Co

sgorin — 25 Aug 2008 1:20:05 GMT

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Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume 5, Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 4th ed.

JAMES McGARVEY was born June 24, 1819, in County Derry, Ireland. In 1842 he immigrated to the United States, landing at New York. March 12, 1843, he landed at Lexington, KY., and October, 1858, located near Pleasant Hill, Mercer County, where he has since resided. His father, Stephen McGarvey, a native of County Tyrone, Ireland, was born about 1783, was a farmer and died in 1866. He was the son of James McGarvey, Sr., of Tyrone County, a quiet old farmer, who died about 1825. He was the son of Hugh. James Sr. married Bridget Shearon, and their offspring were Hugh, James, Stephen and Ellen. Stephen married Mary Sweeny, born in 1783, died in 1867, and their children are John, Ellen (O’Harran), Peter, James and Susan (Sharry). October 25, 1842, James McGarvey was married to Miss Rosana, daughter of John and Mary (Breen) Hagan, of Derry County, born 1825, and to them have been born Peter, deceased; John, a priest, who died of yellow fever at Memphis, August 26, 1878; Mary, deceased; James; Stephen; Peter; Bridget, deceased; Eliza, deceased; Francis, Mary (True) and Lena. Mr. McGarvey was engaged in contracting on turnpikes for many years; is now a farmer, owning 3205 acres of well improved and productive land in good condition and in a high state of cultivation. He is a Catholic and a Democrat.

Finley SHUCK 11160, Marion Co

sgorin — 22 Aug 2008 1:01:55 GMT

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Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume 5, Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 4th ed. Marion Co.

FINLEY SHUCK, commonwealth’s attorney for the judicial district embracing Marion, Washington, Nelson, Taylor, La Rue [sic] and Mercer Counties, was born on the 10th of December, 1842. His father, John Shuck, who was one of the finest orators as well as ablest lawyers of central Kentucky, was born in Marion County in 1807. He was deprived of the advantages of collegiate education, his privileges in that respect covering a period of six months’ attendance in a common school. Being possessed, however, of great native energy, by personal application he acquired a good knowledge of books, and became thoroughly versed in the current literature of the day. When eighteen years old he began the study of the law, and two years later was regularly admitted to the bar, after which he practiced successfully for a third of a century. In 1862, ten years prior to his death, he received a paralytic stroke, which compelled his retirement from the busy practice of his former life. He was married in Franklin, Ky., to Lucretia C. Finley, daughter of J. C. Finley. She was born in 1811 and is now living. Their children are Joseph, Octavia (Harrison), Susan (deceased wife of J. R. Thomas), Mollie (deceased), Fannie (Corley), Finley and Minnie M. McAfee. Finley Shuck, a native of Marion County, was admitted to the practice of law in 1863. In 1882 he was appointed to the position of attorney for the commonwealth, to fill the unexpired term of Hon. Thomas Robinson; he was elected to the same office in 1883, and re-elected in 1886. He was married, in 1879, to Miss Hattie H. Heffernan, of Louisville, Ky., and has two children, viz.: Marie and David Finley Shuck. The paternal grandparents of Finley Shuck were John and Mary Shuck, who came from Pennsylvania to Kentucky in 1799, the grandfather having served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War.

W. P. PREWITT 11159 - Madison Co

sgorin — 21 Aug 2008 12:55:12 GMT

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Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume 5, Battle-Perrin, Kniffin, 4th ed Madison Co.

W. P. PREWITT was born in Madison County, Ky., March 23, 1841, son of James Prewitt and Marilda Sebastian; married in 1839. Their offspring are three sons. James Prewitt was born in Madison County, Ky., January 8, 1815; was a successful farmer and a Free Mason. Died in 1882 at the age of sixty-seven years. His wife was born in Garrard County, Ky., in 1825, died in 1875; a daughter of Mily Sebastian and Margaret Broadus. Mr. John Prewitt, grandfather of subject, was born in Virginia; immigrated to Kentucky at an early day with eight sons. It was supposed that five were killed by the Indians. He was a farmer and owned a large body of land; married Miss Mary Ford, born in Virginia. She was captured by the Indians at the age of seven years, and remained in their custody ford several years. She gained her freedom by permission to visit her parents. Subject is first in order of birth; began business for himself at the age of twenty-five years at farming. In 1866 he opened a general store of merchandise in Spoonville, Ky.; remained there in business three years. In 1875 moved to Kirksville, Ky., and opened a large store; has since remained there as a substantial citizen and a man of large business. He is a Free Mason and a Democrat; has held the office of deputy county clerk for twelve years; married, in 1858, Miss Margaret A. Sanders, a daughter of Eliza Sanders and Jane Broadus. Mrs. Prewitt died March 9, 1886, a true Christian woman. Nine children have been born to them: Sarah E. (deceased), James E., Mirrilda Jane Finnell, Ida M., Lillie Lee, Sterling Price, Nancy U., Wade Hampton and Million F. (deceased).

D. G. SLAUGHTER 11158 - Garrard Co.

sgorin — 20 Aug 2008 12:42:35 GMT

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Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume 5, Battle-Perrin, Kniffin, 4th ed. Garrard Co.

D. G. SLAUGHTER is a representative of one of the old and prominent families of Kentucky and Virginia. They settled early in 1k720 in that part of Orange County, Va., which was afterward formed into Culpeper County, and were originally from Wales. Many members of the family drifted to Kentucky in the early days of the commonwealth, and filed prominent positions of honor and trust. Gabriel Slaughter was lieutenant-governor and governor of the State. The subject of this sketch is, on his mother’s side, a great-great-grandson of Hon. James Garrard, the second and third governor of Kentucky (served two terms) and for whom Garrard County was named. Few families have produced more distinguished members than the Slaughter family. D. G. Slaughter (the subject) was born in Owsley County, this State, July 10, 1850, is a son of James L. and Lucinda (Price) Slaughter, and is one of two children living, the other Katy M. (McKinney), (or “Katy Did,” the poetess). When quite young his father removed to London, Ky., where he lived until subject was thirteen years old, when he settled in Paint Lick, Garrard County. The subject has been in the mercantile business all his life, and may be regarded as a successful business man. He has a large store at Paint Lick and another at Muddy Creek, both of which he manages very successfully. He married Miss Mary E. Stephens, a daughter of T. J. Stephens of Madison County. They have five children, viz.: James T., Charles G., Katy M., Capitola and Daniel G. Mr. and Mrs. Slaughter belong to the Reformed Church. He is a Democrat in politics. Mr. Slaughter is the proprietor of the Dripping Springs, a famous summer resort, situated two and one-half miles from Crab Orchard, Ky. The springs furnish waters of the strongest medicinal properties, rendering them not only a pleasure but a health resort, and are annually visited by a great many of the best families of Kentucky and the South.

David G. NAVE 11157 - Boyle Co.

sgorin — 19 Aug 2008 12:27:33 GMT

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Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume 5, Battle-Perrin, Kniffin, 4th ed. Boyle Co.

DAVID G. NAVE (deceased) was born April 24, 1824, in Jessamine County, Ky.. In 1862 he removed to Boyle County, Ky. Where he died April 13, 1878. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, a Baptist, a farmer and lost seven slaves by the late war. He was the son of Peter Nave, a native of Virginia, an early settler in Jessamine County, a Methodist and a farmer, who died in 1860 over ninety years of age. His children are Solomon, Jefferson, Jacob, Peter (deceased), David (deceased), Michael, David G., Sally (Grow), Polly (Lackey), Jemima (Johnson), Rachel (Dean) and Mahala (Katran). David G. married Melinda, daughter of Alexander and Jennie (Scott) Collier, of Garrard County, born in 1820 and died January 4, 1885, and to them were born Alexander P., Robert, John, Georgia A. (Burdett), Winfield S., Mary J. (McDonald), William D. and Sallie. Alexander P., Robert, William and Sallie are engaged in partnership farming, having 273 acres of productive land in Boyle County in a high state of cultivation. In religion Miss Sallie is a Baptist. The brothers, in politics, are Democrats.

Joseph Allen TURNER 11156 - Adair Co

sgorin — 18 Aug 2008 12:28:53 GMT

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Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V, Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 4th ed. Adair Co.

JOSEPH ALLEN TURNER, a native of Adair County, and a merchant, was born March 7, 1841. His father, Joseph Turner, was born near Richmond, Ky., and was brought to Adair County by his parents, Thomas and Hannah (Myers) Turner, while he was yet an infant. He was a farmer and miller and became comparatively wealthy. He married, in January, 1826, while he was in his twenty-fourth year, Miss Susan, daughter of James and Susan (Holly) McGlasson, natives of Bedford County, Va. James McGlasson was a farmer, a very strenuous Democrat and the father of a large family of children, which he reared in Adair County, Ky., to which he immigrated and where he died. Joseph Turner, by his marriage, became the father of eleven children: Francis, Israel, James Marion, William, Martha (wife of O. G. Walkup), Macy Jane (who died in childhood), Mary Susan (wife of Washington Bloyd), David B., J. Allen, Thomas M. and Samuel J. Only three of the family are now living: Mary, Joseph and Thomas M. Joseph Turner began life without a dollar, never held any office except captain and major in the State militia, and by his own industry and management, amassed a fortune of $7,000, most of which was in land to the extent of 1,500 acres. His death occurred in 1876, and forty years of his life he was a consistent Christian, and a deacon in the church at Republican, where he worshipped. Mrs. Turner, also a member of the Christian Church, is still living, in the eighty-second year of her age. Thomas Turner, grandfather of Joseph A., was a native of Bedford County, Va.; was a farmer and miller, and immigrated to Russell County about 1805, and to Adair in 1809. He and wife were both members of the Christian Church and his death occurred in 1855. Joseph Allen Turner began life with a farm worth $1,000. He received a good common-school education in Adair County, and taught a three months’ school when he was in his twenty-second year. June 5, 1867, he married Miss Martha J., daughter of Abraham and Rebecca (Morrison) Strange, natives of Adair County, Ky. Four children have been born to him: Zorah B., Luther V., Myrtie Moss and Melvin Holly, who died in infancy. Mr. Turner’s farm originally was 145 acres, but is now 300 acres. This he has improved with good buildings, and has it well cultivated. In 1881 he began selling a line of general merchandise at Inroad post office, on Crocus Creek, consisting of hardware, groceries, dry goods, clothing, boots, shoes, hats and a line of staple drugs, and does a business of $5,000 per annum, and also buys and rehandles tobacco. Mr. and Mrs. Turner are members of the Christian Church, of which Mr. Turner is a deacon.

Marshall NORTON 11155 - Breckinridge Co

sgorin — 15 Aug 2008 12:15:32 GMT

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

MARSHALL NORTON. No public official bears a more vital relation to the best interests of a progressive and enlightened people than he who directs its educational activities, and a successful school superintendent is an invaluable asset to his community. Breckinridge county is fortunate in having at the head of its school system a man of the ability, character and progressive spirit of Marshall Norton, who is gaining added prestige as an educator through his efficient and intelligent supervision of the schools of this county. Mr. Norton is a native of Breckinridge county, having been born at West View on the 24th of October, 1883, and is a son of Robert and Mary (Daviess) Norton. His father was a native of this county and died in West View, August 31, 1916. He followed the occupation of farming, was a republican in politics, served as school trustee and was an active member of the Presbyterian church, in which he was a deacon and elder. He was a son of Kellogg and Celia (Milam) Norton, the former a native of New York state, who came to Kentucky and engaged in farming to the time of his death, which occurred at West View. He was a Presbyterian in religious faith and supported the republican party. His wife was a native of Kentucky and died at West View. Kellogg Norton was a son of Bartlett Norton, who spent his entire life in New York state. Mary Daviess, the mother of Marshall Norton, who was born near Evansville, Indiana, and died in West View, Kentucky, in 1887, was a daughter of Joseph Daviess, who was a native of Indiana and died near Evansville. He followed the profession of school teaching, was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and supported the republican party. Marshall Norton attended the district school at West View, graduated from the Breckinridge county high school at Hardinsburg, was a student in the Western Teachers’ College at Bowling Green, this state, and in Kingswood College, of Breckinridge county, after which he went to Pike county, this state, and taught four years in the grade schools. Returning to Breckinridge county, he taught for sixteen years in the rural schools, and in 1928 was elected county superintendent of schools, which position he is now filling in a manner that has won for him general commendation and praise. On March 8, 1912, Mr. Norton was united in marriage to Miss Mattie Henninger, who was born May 14, 1892, and is a daughter of William and Isabel (Butler) Henninger. Her father was born at Roff, Kentucky, where he spent his active years in farming, and his death occurred there. He was a republican and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. He was a son of Harrison and Celia (Brown) Henninger, of whom the former was born in Wayne county, this state, and died at West View, Breckinridge county. He devoted his life to agriculture and gave his political support to the republican party. His wife was a native of Wayne county and died at West View. Harrison Henninger was a son of Harrison Henninger, Sr., who lived in Wayne county, where he engaged in farming. His wife bore the family name of Denny. Isabel Butler, mother of Mrs. Norton, who was born at Roff, Kentucky, is now living at Kingswood, is a daughter of Valentine and Caroline (Beavin) Butler, of whom the former was a native of Breckinridge county and died at West View, while the latter was born at Cloverport and died at West View. Mr. Butler was a Southern sympathizer during the Civil war, was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church South and a stanch democrat in his political views. Mrs. Norton secured her education in the district schools and the Kingswood high school. She is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church South and its auxiliary societies and of the Magazine Club. She supports the democratic party and during the World war took an active part in Red Cross work. Mr. and Mrs. Norton are the parents of two children, Helen Elizabeth, born January 19, 19193, and Murray Henninger, born May 5, 1917. Mr. Norton is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church South and teaches in the Sunday school, while his political alignment is with the democratic party. He is a member of Hardinsburg Lodge, No. 67, A. F. & A. M., and the Breckinridge Chapter, No. 20, R. A. M. He is fond of outdoor life, fishing and hunting being his favorite forms of recreation. Closely devoted to his life work, in which he maintains an enthusiastic interest, he has the happy faculty of stimulating and inspiring teachers and pupils and his work as an educator has given him a high standing among his fellowmen, while in the sphere of private citizenship he has proven himself worth of the confidence and respect which are accorded him.

Jacob FISHER 11154 - Greenup Co

sgorin — 14 Aug 2008 12:30:14 GMT

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History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State, Volume IV Illustrated, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago-Louisville 1928. Greenup County.

JACOB FISHER. Through his banking activities Jacob Fisher has contributed his quota toward Russell’s upbuilding and prestige, and he represents one of the pioneer families of this locality, in which his life has been spent. He was born March 10, 1877, at Pond Run, now known as Russell, and his parents were George and Elizabeth (Lambert) Fisher. The father was one of the leading agriculturists of Greenup county, and his life’s labors were ended in 1888. He was long survived by the mother, who passed away in 1918. Jacob Fisher was educated in the public schools of Greenup, Kentucky and Ironton, Ohio. At an early age he became familiar with the best methods of tilling the soil and after the father’s demise assisted his mother in the management of the farm, which was one of the finest in this section of the state. He sold the homestead in 1913, and the famous Raceland track is located on land formerly owned by the Fisher family. In 1913 Mr. Fisher was appointed postmaster of Russell and ably discharged the duties of that office, which he filled for ten years. Since 1923 he has been identified with the First National Bank of Russell. He was elected vice president and was afterward called to the presidency, and during 1923-24 acted as cashier of the bank, of which he is now a director. With a thorough knowledge of the complex details of modern finance, he labored systematically and effectively to promote the growth of the institution. He is now living largely retired in the enjoyment of a competence ample for his requirements. Mr. Fisher was married September 7, 1904, to Miss Amanda McCormick, a daughter of James and Mary (Corum) McCormick, of Greenup county. Mr. and Mrs. Fisher have become the parents of three sons: Joseph, who was born June 28, 1905; James, whose natal day was August 30, 1906; and Jacob, Jr., born February 16, 1908. Mr. Fisher belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and is a democrat in his political convictions. He has witnessed every stage in the development of his community, and its progress is a matter in which he takes much personal pride. He has a wide acquaintance in the country, and public opinion bears testimony to his worth as a man and a citizen.

Washington HOLLIS 11153 - Christian Co

sgorin — 13 Aug 2008 11:40:24 GMT

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

WASHINGTON HOLLIS was born in Montgomery County, Tenn., May 6, 1842, where he resided until May, 1861, when he enlisted in Company K, Fourteenth Tennessee Infantry, in which he served until Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House, Va., April 9, 1865. He then came to Christian County, Ky., which has been him home to the present time. He is the son of Achilles Hollis, a natural mechanic, who was born in Tennessee in 1807, and died in Montgomery County, the same State, August 28, 1860, greatly respected and esteemed for his brilliant mechanical genius. Our subject’s grandfather, Isaac Hollis, in thought to have been born in Scotland. His mother, Priscilla (Hodges) Hollis, was born in North Carolina in 1805, and died in Tennessee, December 16, 1855. Her children were: Charles, Joseph A., Franklin, Olive Anjaline, Washington (subject), James P. and Susan (Ferrell) Hollis. October 16, 1866, subject was married to Miss Sarah E., daughter of Absolom and Margaret (Stevens) Davidson, and to them have been born: Mollie, April 1, 1869; Otis Nathaniel, June 9, 1873, who died August 16, 1876. Subject’s wife died November 24, 1873, and he was next married, May 27, 1875, to Miss Fannie C. Beard, of Todd County, Ky. Her father and mother were born in Virginia, her mother, Rebecca P. (Stone) Beard was a daughter of Elijah Stone, who was a soldier and an officer under Gen. George Washington throughout the entire Revolutionary war, and lived to a ripe old age, and died in Virginia, his native State, honored and highly respected by all who knew him. Isaac Hollis’ children were: James, a soldier under Jackson at New Orleans, in 1815; Jonathan, William and Henry. Subject is a natural mechanic, and is engaged in the undertaking and milling business, at which he has been fairly successful. He is one of the prominent men of the community, and is held in high esteem by his neighbors. He has never been an aspirant for office, but has served three years as Town Trustee of the village of Pembroke. He is a member of the Pembroke Lodge, No. 288, A. F. & A. M., and is identified with the Democratic party, but not connected with any religious denomination.

Edward G. AUSTIN 11152 - Ohio Co

sgorin — 12 Aug 2008 12:05:10 GMT

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Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume III, Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 2nd ed., 1885. Ohio Co.

EDWARD G. AUSTIN, Ohio County. The ancestors of Mr. Austin were among those who came at an early day from Virginia to this State and have always been prominent citizens. His father was the celebrated Rev. Bishop James F. Austin, who was born in Ohio County in 1820, and baptized by the Rev. Alfred Taylor, one of Kentucky’s earliest ministers. Bishop Austin was educated in the common schools, and later acquired a vast fund of information by close study and application, and at the age of twenty-two entered the ministry of the Baptist Church, and although his labors were mostly in Ohio, Muhlenburgh, Warren and Daviess and Butler Counties, he established a reputation throughout the entire State, and was for many years superintendent of the Association of Ministers. As a pulpit orator, financial manager and bishop his rank was second to none. He died of Bright’s disease, October 4, 1883. Mr. Austin’s mother was a Miss Corrina Thomas, also a native of Ohio County, born in 1825. She obtained her education in the common schools, and was married in 1843. They had thirteen children, five of whom never reached the years of accountability; James P. married a Miss Phelps and has two children: Sally, wife of W. L. Rowe, has three children; Josephine, wife of F. J. Davenport, of Ellis County, Tex., has seven children; William T.; Luvena (deceased), Victoria, wife of Thomas Hendricks; our subject, and John W. The mother still lives at the old homestead, six miles southwest of Cromwell, where they have 340 acres of fine land.

Green L. CLARK 11151 - Simpson Co.

sgorin — 11 Aug 2008 12:38:34 GMT

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Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Simpson Co.

GREEN L. CLARK was born January 9, 1827, in Smith County, Tenn., and in 1832 removed with his parents to Simpson County, Ky., where he has since resided. In 1863 he enlisted in Company G, Thirteenth Kentucky Cavalry, in which he remained eighteen months. His father, John C. Clark, Jr., a native of Maryland, enlisted twice in the war of 1812, was a minister of the Christian Church, and died in 1879, at the age of ninety-four years. He was the son of John C. Clark, Sr., an Englishman who served five years in Washington’s army; received five wounds; was present at the surrender of Cornwallis, and died in Butler County, Ky., about 1830, in his one hundred and ninth year. John C. Clark, Jr., married Benetee, daughter of Reuben and Elizabeth (Duaran) Hughs, of Sumner County, Tenn. (died 1884, aged eighty-nine years) and their offspring are Celetee L. (Jenkins), William F., John C., Sanford F., Hartwell B. and Green L. Mr. Clark has educated himself in the midst of his farm labors, and is a man of remarkable memory, remembering distinctly the dates of incidents in his early childhood. He married, June 23, 1853, Mrs. Mary E., widow of Benjamin Atnip, and daughter of Nathaniel G. and Elizabeth (Bozier) Steel, of Dekalb County, Tenn. (born November 27, 1827), and to them have been born John R. (deceased), William F., Albert C., Luelar (deceased) and Mary E. (deceased). He is a farmer, owning 200 acres of fair land, which he is successfully cultivating. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., also a member of the Christian Church and in politics is an original Republican.

Mrs. Jane M. (Coleman) FOX 11150 - Hopkins Co

sgorin — 8 Aug 2008 1:39:46 GMT

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Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Hopkins Co.

MRS. JANE M. (COLEMAN) FOX, Hopkins County, was born in Logan County, Ky., July 14, 1819, and is a daughter of Archibald and Elizabeth D. (MOREMAN) Coleman. Our subject was married, October 3, 1847, to Mr. William M. Fox, who was born in Hopkins County, Ky., September 22, 1814. His father was one of the early settlers of Hopkins County, where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death, which occurred while William M. Fox was quite young; the latter than made his home with his paternal grandparents until he attained his majority. Mr. Fox early made two trips down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to New Orleans with flat-boats loaded with provisions and live-stock. Afterward he was employed as a blacksmith on a steamboat for one year, and on a tobacco-boat for two years. Still later he was engaged in getting out wood for boats near New Orleans for some three or four years. He then returned to his farm, and remained until the winter of 1847. He then made a third trip down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to New Orleans with a flat-boat loaded with stock, and returned in the spring of 1847. After his marriage he bought a farm near White Plains, Hopkins County, upon which his widow still resides. Here he was engaged in agricultural pursuits and stock raising until his death, which occurred August 23, 1883. Our subject is, and has been since she was seventeen years old, a devoted member of the Missionary Baptist Church. She became the mother of six children, five of whom – two sons and three daughters – are yet living. Both sons, Andrew J. and Archibald D., are yet unmarried, and reside with her on the old homestead. The former was born March 6, 1859, and the latter November 9, 1860. Andrew J. received an excellent English education at the common schools and academies of the country, and has been engaged in teaching for the past six years. Archibald D. also received a good education and has taught two terms of school. In politics they are both Democrats, and are among the enterprising young business men and farmers of the district.

Martin SIMPSON 11149 - Washington Co

sgorin — 6 Aug 2008 12:25:51 GMT

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

MARTIN SIMPSON, tenth child of a family of fourteen children born to James and Eliza (Edelin) Simpson, was born October 15, 1822. Benedict Simpson, his paternal grandfather, was born and always lived in the State of Maryland. He was twice married and raised a large family of children. James Simpson, father of our subject, was born, reared and married in Maryland. About the year 1812 he and family, for he had then six children, immigrated to Kentucky and settled in Washington County, where he lived until his death, which occurred in his ninety-second year. For several years after locating in Kentucky he followed house carpentering, but later commenced farming, in which he was engaged when he died. Martin Simpson, who was born in Washington County, after remaining at home with his parents until he reached his majority, secured employment at St. Catherine’s Covenant, where he remained five years. December 20, 1847, he was united in marriage with Theresa Carrico, by whom he is the father of two children: Eliza (who has taken the veil) and Sarah. Mr. Simpson was a farmer, and has always pursued that vocation with great success; he now owns 300 acres of improved land. He and family are members of the Catholic Church. In politics he has always been a Democrat.

Benjamin H. MILLER 11148 - Nelson Co

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

BENJAMIN H. MILLER, deceased, was born August 10, 1835, on Rolling Fork, in Nelson County, and a son of Jacob and Amanda (Shaw) Miller. B. H. Miller was united in marriage, April 9, 1868, to Julia Pottinger, of Nelson County, a daughter of Thomas J. and Vienna (Ramey) Pottinger, to whom three sons and three daughters were born. Thomas J. Pottinger was born July 29, 1820, in New Haven. He is a good substantial farmer, owned a large number of slaves when the war broke out, and is the sixth of seven sons and three daughters born to Samuel and Lucinda (Jameson) Pottinger. Samuel Pottinger was born in 1797, where T. J. Pottinger now resides, two miles northwest of New Hope, on Pottinger’s Creek. He owned all the land from New Haven to New Hope, five miles east. In 1818 he laid out New Haven and built the first house, which was a warehouse. He also ran several distilleries and mills. He died in September, 1832. His father, Samuel Pottinger, of German descent, was born in Prince George County, Md., in 1747, immigrated to Kentucky about 1775 and settled on Pottinger’s Creek, where he entered about 12100 acres of land and built a fort, where he located, near New Hope close to a large spring, now owned by T. J. Pottinger. By this spring he built the first brick house ever built in Nelson County, which was in 1788. The house is now occupied by T. J. Pottinger and seems good for another century. He married Elizabeth Withrow, participated in some of the Indian wars, reared a family of three sons and three daughters, and died in 1830. Mr. and Mrs. Miller had born six children to bless their union: Ramey, Birdie, Vienna, Naomi, Attie and Ben Hardin; were active members of the Baptist Church. Mr. Miller, by his activity and energy, succeeded in leaving 1,2000 acres of fine river land to his widow. He also owned an interest in a distillery near New Hope and owned other securities in considerable amount; was a member of the F. &. A. M. and died April 29 1881. His wife was educated at the Baptist Female College, Bardstown, from which she graduated in 1866. She now manages the farm, which is embellished with one of the finest brick residences in Nelson County.

James J. McAFEE 11147, Mercer Co

sgorin — 4 Aug 2008 12:18:15 GMT

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

JAMES J. McAFEE was born February 23, 1824. His father, John McAfee, a native of Botetourt County, Va., was born October 20, 1775, removed in infancy, with his parents, to that portion of Kentucky now embraced in Mercer County, where he was reared, and in the war of 1812 furnished a substitute on account of sickness. He was a farmer and a slave-holder, a stanch Presbyterian, connected with the New Presbyterian Church, a Democrat, and died April 28, 1833. He was the son of Samuel McAfee, who with his brothers, Robert, William, George and James, came to Kentucky in 1773, made their surveys of lands on Salt River on a part of which James J. was born and now resides; he returned again in 1775, made improvements, and planted fruit tree seeds, and permanently located in 1779. With his family, in times of danger he lived in the fort at McAfee’s Station; was active and aggressive as an Indian fighter, slew the Indian who killed his comrade at his side; owned 1,400 acres of land north of Harrodsburg, was the first magistrate in Kentucky, a prominent farmer and slave-holder, was one of the founders of the New Providence Church, and died June 8, 1807. He married a Miss McConsic, and their offspring were John, William, Samuel, Robert, Hannah (Daviess), Mary (Moore), and Jane (Macgoffin), John first married Miss McCama, and their children were Samuel, Joseph, William, John, and Cynthia (Allen). His second wife was Mrs. Dicey Curry, daughter of David Caldwell, and from their union sprang Caldwell, Mary A. (Singleton, Williams and King), James J., Phoebe E. (Thompson), and Francis M. James J. first married, 1845, Miss Elizabeth J., daughter of William and Priscilla (Armstrong) Adams, of Mercer County, who died June 17, 1847, and from their union there was one child, Elizabeth J., deceased. June 3, 1851, he was united in marriage with Elizabeth, daughter of Lee and Nancy Lillard, of Mercer County, who died November 3, 1858, aged twenty-seven years, and to them were born Joel P., deceased, and Nannie C. (Davis). He next married, in 1860, Mrs. Minerva J. Harris, daughter of Jonathan and Eliza (Hamilton) Nichols, of Bloomington, Ind., and their union has been favored by the birth of Monroe Harris, deceased, and Bettie H. (Hudson). Mr. McAfee was engaged for a period of six years in merchandising. He is now a farmer, owning 127 acres of well improved and productive land, in McAfee Precinct. He is a member of New Providence Presbyterian Church, also an Ancient Odd Fellow, and a Democrat. The ancestors of the McAfee family were identified with the reforms of Oliver Cromwell; afterward removed to Ireland on account of the persecutions of the Covenanters, assisted in placing William of Orange on the throne, removed to Lancaster County, Penn., and thence to Virginia. Joseph, Samuel, William and John, sons of John, and grandsons of Samuel McAfee, about the year 1835, with their families, emigrated from Mercer County, Ky., to Marion County, Mo., and procured their lands at Congress price, which was $1.25 per acre. After partially improving their homes, and the settlement had become somewhat strengthened by the influx of immigration, they set about building a house of worship; they soon had a comfortable frame building erected, which they named New Providence, for the church they left in Kentucky. Joseph, Samuel and John were elected elders. Joseph, who married Priscilla, a grand-daughter of the old pioneer John Armstrong, educated two of his sons for the ministry; the oldest one, John Armstrong McAfee, was one of the founders, and president of Park College, ten miles from Kansas City, Mo.., which has been in successful operation for a number of years.

Jo. F. FOARD 11146 - Hopkins Co

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

JO. F. FOARD was born in Halifax County, Va., May 10 1836, and is the third child in a family of seven children born to Robert and Jane W. (Hewell) Fourd, a sketch of whom will be found on page 776. Our subject received a good classical education in early life, and was employed on his father’s farm, and in attending school, until he was seventeen years old. He then commenced the study of medicine under Dr. J. H. Caldwell, then of Christian County, Ky., but now of Waco, Tex., and attended the Kentucky School of Medicine in 1855-56. In the latter part of that year he went as a clerk to the Bank of America at Rogersville, Hawkins Co., Tenn., and in 1857 was made cashier of that institution. In 1859 he went into the mercantile business (boots and shoes) at Leavenworth City, Kas., then a Territory. He was married to Cornelia M. Young, daughter of John Young, of Hawkins County, Tenn., in November 1860. He raised a company of Confederate soldiers in Hawkins County, and was elected captain in 1861. He served throughout the entire war in the capacity of captain in line and quartermaster, and was surrendered and paroled at Washington, Ga. He came back to Christian County, Ky., in 1866, and engaged in farming there, acting also as sheriff in that county until 1873, when he organized the Hecla Coal & Mining Company, in Hopkins County, Ky.; he was elected secretary and treasurer of that company, and has remained in that capacity ever since. In 1882 he removed to Nashville, Tenn., where he now resides. He has four children – three daughters and one son. One daughter, now married, resides in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Mr. Foard is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

Wyatt L. FOARD 11145 - Hopkins Co

sgorin — 30 Jul 2008 12:15:34 GMT

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#11145: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume IV, Battle – Perrin – Kniffen, 3rd ed., 1886. Hopkins Co. WYATT L. FOARD, Hopkins County, was born in Halifax County, Va., July 13, 1833, and is the eldest of seven children born to Robert and Jane W. (Howell) Foard, both of whom were natives of the “Old Dominion,” and of English and Welsh decent, respectively. Robert Foard was married in his native State, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1836. He then moved to Trigg County, Ky., and the following year to Christian County, Ky., where he purchased a farm and was engaged in farming until his death in March, 1870, in his sixty-eighth year. Both he and wife were from early life devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was also a member of the Masonic fraternity. Wyatt L. received a good common school education, and was employed on his father’s farm until he attained his majority. In 1860 he removed to McCracken County, Ky., where he engaged in agricultural pursuits for some thirteen years. In 1873 he came to Hopkins County, Ky., and assisted in the organization of the Hecla Coal & Mining Company, of which he is one of the principal stockholders. He also assisted in opening the mine and is now, and has been from the start, weighmaster of the same. He is a member of the A. O. U. W. In politics is a Democrat.

Albert S. AULL 11144 - Ohio Co.

sgorin — 29 Jul 2008 12:25:46 GMT

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Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume III, Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 2nd ed., 1885. Ohio Co.

ALBERT S. AULL, Esq., was born in Owensboro, Ky., October 5, 1840, and was reared to manhood at that place. In 1861 he enlisted in the Fourth Kentucky Infantry, remaining in that service eighteen months, and in 1863 located in Ohio County, where he now resides. His father, Robert P. Aull, a native of Bardstown, was born in 1812; removed to Daviess County in 1833, and died in 1871; he was the son of James Aull. Robert P. married Sarah E., daughter of William and Ann (Kinney) Steele, of Owensboro, born in London in 1818, and died in 1852. Their offspring are subject, Alcinda (Luckett) and Henry. To him by a second marriage were born John A. and Bell (Springfield). Squire Aull obtained a good common school education and is a reading man. He was married June 17, 1864, to America, daughter of William G. and Amanda (Redding) Wallace, of Ohio County, born September 25, 1846, and to them have been born Thomas Henry, Eugene S., Ada L., Jennie L. and Edna. Squire Aull engaged in merchandising for some years. He also served as constable and postmaster, and is now magistrate and a member of the court of claims. In politics he is a Republican.

Hardin ASHLEY 11143 - Ohio Co

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Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume III, Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 2nd ed., 1885. Ohio Co.

HARDIN ASHLEY, deceased, was born March 20, 1836 in Grayson County, Ky., and is a son of Carey and Matilda (Bratcher) Ashley. In September, 1859, he married Eliza, daughter of Jonathan and Mahala A. (Roach) Hoover, and moved to the farm where his widow now resides. He left an estate of 234 acres, divided in two highly improved farms, of which the widow has complete ownership. His death occurred June 13, 1884. He was the father of eleven children, viz.: Mahala Ann (wife of J. H. Ambrose), Matilda L., Elmore, Morgan, Elizabeth, Octavia, James Scott, Owan, Cordelia, Soporo and Hardin.

Stephen HANNA 11142 - Christian Co

sgorin — 25 Jul 2008 11:42:12 GMT

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

STEPHEN HANNA. Stephen Hannah, Sr., the father of the gentleman whose name heads this sketch, was a native of Pennsylvania, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, who died in Mercer County, Ky.; in 1814, aged sixty years; he was of Scotch-Irish descent; his wife, and mother of our subject, was Elizabeth (Forman) Hanna, a native of Virginia, who died in Todd County, Ky., in 1846. She was the mother of the following children: John, Elizabeth (Taylor), Nancy (Grooms), Stephen, Lucy T. (Greenfield) and Forman. Stephen, our subject, was born in Mercer County, Ky., August 16, 1799, and was there reared and educated. When he was twenty years of age he removed to Logan County, where he resided four years, and then moved to Todd County, where he resided thirty years, and subsequently to Christian County. On the 11th of December, 1841, he married Miss Sarah W., daughter of Thomas Hord, of Christian County. This union has been blessed with the following children: Thomas F., Henry G., John M. and Stephen D. Hanna. Mr. Hanna has always followed the occupation of farming, and is now the owner of 400 acres of land. He is an exemplary member of the Bethel Baptist Church, and has been a member for forty-two years.

G. Bedford BROWN 11141 - Fayette Co

sgorin — 24 Jul 2008 12:25:29 GMT

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History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State, Volume IV Illustrated, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago-Louisville, 1928. Fayette Co.

In the field of professional services Dr. G. Bedford Brown, Jr., has made continuous progress, gleaning from deep study and practical experience valuable truths in connection with medical science, and although young in years, he is numbered among the leading physicians of Lexington. He was born September 10, 1893, in Georgetown, Scott county, Kentucky, and his parents were G. Bedford and Catharine (Triplett) Brown. His father was a successful physician and banker of Georgetown and passed away December 1, 1923, while the mother’s demise occurred June 14, 1925.
In the acquirement of an education, Dr. G. Bedford Brown, Jr., attended the public schools and Georgetown Academy. He was graduated from Georgetown College in 1912 and in 1913 was awarded the B. A. degree by Yale University. In 1917 he received the M. D. degree from Johns Hopkins University and was an interne in the Johns Hopkins Hospital. In December, 1917, he was commissioned a first lieutenant in the medical corps of the United States army and was in active duty at the Johns Hopkins Hospital until August, 1918. He was next an instructor in the training school at Camp Greenleaf, Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, teaching in the ear, nose and throat department, and was afterward sent to Camp Wadsworth, where he passed the overseas examination. In April, 1919, he was ordered to Camp Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina, and there received his honorable discharge a few days later, at which time he was holding the rank of first lieutenant. In 1919 Dr. Brown established his home in Lexington and for four years was connected with the United States Public Health Service as an ear, nose and throat surgeon. He is an expert in the lines in which he specializes and enjoys a large practice, maintaining a suite of offices in the Fayette Bank Building.
Dr. Brown was married April 24, 1922, to Miss Helen Bannister, a daughter of W. E. Bannister, of Lexington, and they have two children: G. Bedford (III), who was born March 22, 1923; and Betty Bannister, born July 15, 1925. Dr. Brown is affiliated with the Baptist church and is a democrat in his political views He belongs to the International Optimists Club and the Kappa Alpha and Nu Sigma Nu fraternities. He is connected with the Midland Medical Society and holds a fellowship in the American College of Surgeons. He is also a member of the Ear, Nose and Throat Society of Kentucky, the Fayette County and Kentucky State Medical Societies, and the American Medical Association. Dr. Brown reserves all of his energies for his profession and his success indicates that he has chosen the line of work for which nature intended for him.

Claude E. SMITH 11140 - Daviess Co

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

Claude E. Smith [photograph], a talented and prominent member of the Owensboro bar, has practiced his profession continuously for more than twenty years. He was born February 9, 1879, in Ohio county, Kentucky, where he resided until 1924. He is a son of E. W. and Mary L. (Baker) Smith, who have always lived within the borders of that county. The mother was born May 5, 1857, and the father on the 3d of March, 1851. The latter followed the occupation of farming until age and declining health forced him to retire from these activities. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and in politics is an ardent republican. The grandparents of the subject of this sketch, John E. V. and Elizabeth (Kimbley) Smith, were natives of Muhlenberg county, Kentucky, but in early life became residents of Ohio county. The grandfather was also an agriculturist and in political views were in harmony with the tenets of the republican party. In early life he was a Presbyterian but later united with the Methodist Episcopal church. He was also a Mason and a past master of his lodge. The maternal grandparents of Mr. Smith were Andrew W. and Pauline (Maddox) Baker, the latter of whom was a native of Ohio county. Mr. Baker was a native of Tennessee but emigrated to Ohio County in early life. He was a farmer. He gave his political support to the democratic party and was a Baptist in religious faith.
The public schools of Ohio county afforded Claude E. Smith his early educational advantages. He also attended select and collegiate schools and in early manhood taught for a while in the public schools of his native county. He read law while engaged in teaching and later in the office of M. L. Heavrin, of Hartford, Kentucky. He was admitted to the bar at Hartford, where he began the practice of law. For several ears he pursued his profession alone but since 1912 has been associated with W. H. Barnes. The firm of Barnes and Smith is one of the strongest legal combinations in Owensboro, and has established a large and desirable clientele. They also maintain an office in Hartford, Kentucky. Mr. Smith has a comprehensive knowledge of the principles of jurisprudence, and from 1916 until 1922 he was commonwealth attorney for the sixth judicial district, having been elected to that office on the republican ticket at the time when the district was strongly democratic. He made an enviable record as a commonwealth attorney. He also served for six years as county attorney of Ohio county. He is one of the directors of the National Business University of Owensboro, and vice president of the Hartford Printing Company, of Hartford, of which he is also a director.
On November 3, 1903, while a resident of Hartford, Ohio county, Mr. Smith was married to Miss Jessie B. Tatum, who was born in that county, February 11, 1884, and passed away in Hartford, March 3, 1910. She was a daughter of Dr. O. V. and Mattie (Tichenor) Tatum, the latter of whom was born in Ohio county and resides in Hartford. Dr. Tatum was a native of Logan county, Kentucky, and received his medical education in Louisville. He became one of the prominent physicians of Ohio county, in which he resided until his demise. He was a member of the Baptist church and was a democrat in his political views. Mr. and Mrs. Smith became the parents of a daughter, Martha M., who was born February 5, 1909. She was graduated from the Hartford high school in 1927. Mrs. Smith was a public the public schools of her native county and completed her studies in the Beaver Dam Seminary of Kentucky. She was affiliated with the Baptist church, in which she was an earnest worker, and was also a member of Hartford Chapter of the Eastern Star.
Mr. Smith was chairman of the Red Cross committee at Hartford during the World war and did much to promote the success of the local organization. He is a consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church and is a republican in his political convictions. He is a Mason, belonging to Hartford Lodge, No. 675, F. & A. M., and is also a member of Owensboro Lodge, No. 144, B. P. O. E. He finds diversion in hunting and fishing. Mr. Smith is highly esteemed by his business associates and professional colleagues and has demonstrated his public spirit by actual achievements.

Thomas D. GRAY 11139 - 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. Pembroke District.

THOMAS D. GRAY was born July 27, 1849, on the tract of land where he now resides, in Pembroke Precinct, Christian Co., Ky., and which has always been his home; his father, Reason D. Gray, was born on this place in 1819, and also died here, in 1875. His grandfather, John Gray, was born in North Carolina and died here in about 1859, at the advanced age of ninety-three years. He was an early pioneer, and in the last century entered a large body of land in this section of Christian County. Indians were numerous and wild game abundant when he became the first settler in this region. Subject’s mother, Mary E., daughter of Thomas Thompson, of Marengo County, Ga., died here in 1880, at the age of fifty-five years; her children were: Margaret A. (Combs), John Y., Thomas D., William H., Deborah (Anderson), George B., Ellen W. (Rose), Mary E. and Reason D., Jr. Subject was married, in 1873, to Miss Maratha J., daughter of William Anderson, of Hardin County, Ill.; his literary advantages were good, and he was content with a good business education; he is a farmer by profession, still owning as a patrimony 100 acres of old family domain, which he successfully cultivates in the staple products of the country, at a fair profit; he is also a dealer in leaf tobacco, under the firm style of Gray & Brother, handling annually about 250 hogsheads of tobacco, at a profit. He is a members of the Masonic fraternity, and in politics is a Democrat.

Isaac GARROTT 11138 - Christian Co

sgorin — 21 Jul 2008 12:12:56 GMT

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#11138 – County of Christian, Kentucky, Historical and Biographical, Edited by William Henry Perrin, F. A. Battey Publishing Co., Chicago and Louisville, 1884. Pembroke District. ISAAC GARROTT was born in Christian County, Ky., June 8, 1847, and is still a resident. His father, Robert W. Garrott, was a native of Christian County, having been born November 2, 1823, and has always made this his home. Subject’s mother was Sallie, the daughter of Robert Y. Pendleton, Sr.; was born in this county, June 21, 1828, and died in 1867. To her and husband were born: Leslie O., Isaac, Nannie (Rives) and Maggie E. By vocation subject is a farmer, possessing 500 acres of good land, in an excellent state of cultivation. He also owns a fine herd of short-horn cattle and Berkshire hogs, which have proved to be very profitable. He was formerly engaged in mercantile business. Subject was married December 5, 1871, to Miss Eddie E. Jameson, of Pembroke, and to them were born: Robert J., Nannie P., and Thomas L. Subject is a member of the Grange, and also of Pembroke Lodge, No. 288, A. F. & A. M., of which he is Master at the present time, and has four times previously represented his lodge in the Grand Lodge at Louisville. His education was procured in the schools of Christian County, and he is an extensive reader of books and newspapers. He is an active member of Salem Baptist Church, and politically is associated with the Democratic party.

Henry Frederick ARMENDT 11137 - Ohio Co

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Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume III, Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 2nd ed., 1885. Ohio Co.

HENRY FREDERICK ARMENDT, Ohio County, was born in Lawrence County, Ky., February 5, 1853, and in childhood removed with his parents to Ohio County, where he has since resided. His father, Henry F. Armendt, a native of the city of Darmstadt, was born April 30, 1826, and landed in the United States in 1848. His father, Louis, and his mother, Sophie, natives of Darmstadt, were intelligent and well educated. Henry F. married Margaret M., daughter of Dr. John and Magdalen (Lerg) Weinsheimer, of Bingen on the Rhine; she was born in Oppenheim on the Rhine, September 24, 1828, and from their union sprang Henrietta M. (Becker), Louis G., Henry Frederick, William B., John A., Laura L., Eleanor H. and Mary F. April 19, 1877, Henry Frederick Armendt married Ida E., daughter of Alfred T. and Sarah J. Hines, of Ohio County; she was born February 18, 1857, and to them have been born Clarence L. and F. Roy. Mr. Armendt was reared a farmer until his eighteenth year, when he labored at the carpenter’s trade for three years. He served two years as guager in the United States revenue service and has recently been engaged in the distilling business. In 1881, he commenced a general merchandising business, in which he has met with encouraging success, being located at Hines’ Ferry. He took the United States census in 1880. Politically is a Republican.

James Ferdinand AMBROSE 11136 - Ohio Co

sgorin — 17 Jul 2008 12:10:00 GMT

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#11136 – Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume III, Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 2nd ed., 1885. Ohio Co. JAMES FERDINAND AMBROSE, Ohio County, was born February 6, 1845, on the place where he now resides, in Ohio County, Ky. His father was born November 24, 1801, n Ohio County, and died in 1873. His grandfather, a native of Germany, was a patriotic solder, under Gen. Green, in the American revolution. Subject’s mother, Betsy Ambrose, died July 26, 1868. To her and husband were born Mary M. (Smith), Pricy S (Medcalf), William L., James Ferdinand, Sallie A. (Johnson) and Annie E. In youth James F. was fortunate in receiving a common English education, and has, in a commendable manner, availed himself of every opportunity of seeking information. December 18, 1873, he was united in marriage to Charlotte, daughter of John and Charlotte (Smith) Midkiff, of Ohio County, born April 18, 1849, and this union has been blessed by the birth of two daughters, viz.: Iva and Myrtie. Mr. Ambrose is a farmer, owning 180 acres of well improved land in a good state of cultivation. In politics he affiliates with the Democratic party.

Thomas THORPE 11135 - Madison Co.

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Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume 5 Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 4th ed Madison Co.

THOMAS THORPE was born November 27, 1834, in the eastern part of Madison County, Ky., and is a son of Thomas and Emma (Hume) Thorpe, to whom four sons and four daughters were born and reared, Thomas being the fifth in the order of birth. Thomas, the father, was born in Madison County, July 17, 1800; was an extensive farmer and slave-holder; was a Whig politically up to 1860, and then a Democrat. In religion he was what is called a particular Baptist, and died April 17, 1885. He was a son of Zachariah Thorpe, who was born near the Peaks of Otter, on the James River, Virginia, and who came to Kentucky with his parents as early as 1795. They settled in what is known as Union Precinct, Madison County, and there he met and married Moning [sic] Harris, a daughter of Rev. Christopher Harris, a Baptist minister, who reared a family of four sons and three daughters, all of whom moved to Missouri, except Thomas. Zachariah Thorpe left Kentucky with his family and located in Platte County, Mo., in 1832. The grandfather of our subject was also a Thomas Thorpe, who married in Virginia, and lost his wife in Kentucky. He was a soldier in the war for independence, became a leading and substantial farmer and was also engaged in the nursery business. He started and owned the first nursery business in Madison County. The Thorpes are of English descent. Mrs. Emma (Hume) Thorpe was born in 1803, in Madison County, Va., and is a daughter of George Hume, who married Susan Crigler, a German lady, and reared a family of three sons and six daughters. He was a son of Reuben Hume, a native of Scotland, and in religion a Baptist. Thomas Thorpe, whose name heads this sketch, was reared on a farm, and at the age of twenty-one commenced farming on his own account. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company E, Eleventh Confederate Regiment, although the company was organized in East Tennessee. He became first lieutenant of his company and when it was on its march to Kentucky to join its regiment, was captured in Pine Mountain, Tenn. Mr. Thorpe was sent to Johnson’s Island, and was also imprisoned at Lexington, Camp Chase, Fort McHenry and Fort Norfolk, and was exchanged after a prison life of six months, in October, 1863. He was sent on exchange to Tennessee, and assigned to the Second Battalion, Grigsby’s brigade. He participated in the battle of Sweetwater, and in October, 1863, was wounded in the knee and head at Unitia, Tenn. After an hospital experience of six weeks he joined his command and was in the battle of Dug Gap and Resaca, Ga. He was in all the engagements from Resaca to Atlanta, and as under fire forty-three days. From Atlanta he went with a force in pursuit of Gen. Stoneman, who was captured with 1,000 men. With the army he pursued the second regiment to northern Georgia, where 300 more men were captured with 1,000 horses and mules. After this he was on a raid through East and Middle Tennessee; then joined the army in Virginia and participated in the battles of Saltsville, Bull’s Gap and Marion, W. Va. In one engagement he had his horse shot from under him, pierced with seven balls in one volley. He was on the march to re-enforce Gen. Lee when the news came of his surrender. The regiment then marched to North Carolina to join Gen. Johnston and surrendered at Washington, Ga. He was the last council of war of the Southern Confederacy at Abbeville, S. C. He returned to his home in Kentucky, on horseback and immediately resumed the quiet occupations of farm life. In 1870 he was elected assessor of Madison County, in 1882 was elected county clerk and in 1886 re-elected. He married, February 17, 1885, Florence Shearer of Madison County, daughter of Summers and Amanda (Fowler) Shearer. Mr. and Mrs. Thorpe are members of the United Baptist and Christian Churches respectively. Mr. Thorpe is a member of the F. & A. M., and was a member of the Grange. He cast his first presidential vote for Fillmore, but has since been a Democrat.

S. D. ROTHWELL 11134, Garrard Co

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Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume 5 Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 4th ed Garrard Co.

S. D. ROTHWELL was born October 17, 1841, at Paint Lick, Garrard County, and is the seventh in a family of six sons and two daughters, born to Fontaine and Jennie (Roberts) Rothwell, natives of Albemarle County, Va., and born in 1799 and 1802 respectively. Fontaine Rothwell, at the age of twenty, was apprenticed to Gideon Fitch, a Government surveyor; came to Kentucky at the age of twenty-two, located in Madison County, and was there married, and one year later moved to Paint Lick, became a prosperous farmer and slave owner, and died March 4, 1883, a member of the Baptist Church; his wife died in April, 1874. Fontaine was a son of Thomas Rothwell, who married Elizabeth Fitch; Thomas Rothwell was a son of Claiborn Rothwell, who came from England. Mrs. Jennie (Roberts) Rothwell was a daughter of Namon Roberts, who married Mary Rose, both of North Carolina. Namon Roberts was a soldier under Washington, lost an eye in the Revolutionary war, and was one of the first settlers in Madison County, Ky. He was of French descent and died in 1848. Samuel D. Rothwell was reared a farmer. In 1861 he entered the Federal Army as wagon-master. August 4, 1862, he enlisted in Company H, Seventh Kentucky Federal Cavalry, and served until discharged as second sergeant, at Nashville, Tenn., July 19, 1865. On his return to Kentucky he engaged in farming until August, 1882, when he was elected jailer of Garrard County on the Democratic ticket, and re-elected in 1886. He was married, January 7, 1868, to Miss Eliza, daughter of James and Martha (Nickelson) Henry, and to this union two children have been born: Maratha A. (deceased), and James M. Mr. Rothwell is a Free Mason, and a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Rothwell is also a Presbyterian.

James Wesley MOORE 11133 - Boyle Co

sgorin — 14 Jul 2008 12:29:19 GMT

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Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume 5 Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 4th ed. Boyle Co.

JAMES WESLEY MOORE (deceased) was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, and, while yet a young man, removed to Danville, Ky. He entered in Capt. Grave’s company, Sixteenth Kentucky Infantry, in the Mexican war, and died at Camp Mier on the Rio Grande during his term of service. He was the son of William Moore, a native of Ireland, who married Elizabeth Banford. Their union was favored by the birth of John B., James W., Elizabeth (Stanley and Ellsworth), Hannah (Davis), Samuel A. and Mrs. White. In 1833 James W. married Eliza A., daughter of James and Mary (McMullen) Trumbull, of Danville, Ky. (born in 1816, died December 14, 1875), and to them were born James W. (deceased), John B. (deceased), Mary J. (Bedford), William H., Elizabeth S., Martha E. (deceased), Irvin W., Samuel F. and Nancy D. (deceased). Mary J. Redford’s [sic ] shown both spellings] children are Kate (Threlkeld), Joseph F., William A. and James W. William H. Moore’s children are Robert E. and James W. Irvin W. and Samuel F. are in active partnership in farming and stock dealing, having 200 acres of productive land. They are members of the Presbyterian Church, and in politics Democrats and prohibitionists. Miss Elizabeth S. Moore is a Methodist.

William Crawford TURK 11132 - Adair Co.

sgorin — 11 Jul 2008 12:53:59 GMT

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Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume 5 Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 4th ed. Adair Co.

WILLIAM CRAWFORD TURK was born July 7, 1828, in Adair County, Ky. His father, Hiram K. Turk, a native of Virginia, born October 15, 1803, was a son of Thomas and Margaret (Cleaves) Turk, also Virginians. He was a tanner by trade, and in connection with his trade carried on a farm. He was united in marriage March 23, 1823, in Adair County, with Miss Nancy Moore, a daughter of Charles Moore, also a Virginian. She was born in 1800, and is the fourth of eight children. Hiram Turk began life with no inheritance, and by his own industry acquired an estate worth about $8,000 or $10,000, which he left his widow and children. The names of the children born to Hiram and Nancy Turk are Elizabeth, wife of F. A. W. Robertson; Margaret M., wife of Robert Allen; W. C.; Hiram K.; James G.; Christopher C., George and Samuel B., all of whom are living except George. Hiram K. Turk was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and a life-long Democrat. He conducted a tannery on his farm until a short time before his death, which occurred February 16, 1880. Mrs. Turk has been a life-long member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and still resides with her children. Thomas Turk was a first lieutenant in the American Army in the war of 1812, and a native of Virginia; immigrated first to one of the counties of the blue-grass region and later to the county of Adair, where he spent the remainder of his life. The names of his children were Hiram K.; Noah G.; Thomas J.; Amanda, wife of Robert Allen; Eliza, wife of John Crawford; William H.; Caleb P. and Almira. William C. Turk in youth received a fair education in the common schools of the neighborhood. His early life, until his nineteenth year, was spent on a farm, and his vocation was that of farming and tanning. In October, 1847, he enlisted in Company B, under command of Capt. Squires, of the Fourteenth Kentucky Infantry, which was under the command of Gen. John S. Williams. He served about a year and was a sergeant of his company when they were mustered out of service in July, 1848. October 26, 1848, he was united in marriage with Miss Jane Gilmer, the third of eight children, three of whom are daughters, born to Robert and Sarah (Allen) Gilmer, the former a native of Adair County, and the latter of Cumberland County. Robert Gilmer, a farmer in comfortable circumstance, and one of the oldest in the county, is still living. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Turk have been blessed by the birth of four children: Sarah A., wife of H. C. Walker; William Luther, a physician of Gallion, Hale Co., Ala.; Robert K. (deceased), and Mollie, died in early infancy. Mr. Turk began the world by buying a small tanyard on credit, and carried on the tanning business seven years. In this time, by his industry and economy, he was enabled to buy and pay for a farm of seventy-six acres. That was in 1855, since which time he has devoted his entire attention to farming, stock raising and trading. He has been trading in mules in the South during the past fifteen years, which is the principal line of trade he is engaged in. In 1865 Mr. Turk bought another tract of land adjoining the first, making the home farm of 130 acres, besides which he owns 250 acres of timber land. Mr. and Ms. Turk are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and in politics he is a Democrat. Mr. Turk has been a successful farmer and trader, and is one of the leading farmers and among the substantial and respected citizens of Adair County. Dr. James G. Turk was second surgeon of Col. Bramlette’s regiment, Federal service, in the late war. Samuel B. Turk was a private in Capt. John Adair’s company, Gen. Joe Lewis’ regiment, Confederate service.

C. H. SHAUNTY 11131 - Washington Co

sgorin — 10 Jul 2008 12:33:08 GMT

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Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume 5 Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 4th ed. Washington Co.

C. H. SHAUNTY, M. D. Dr. Shaunty’s ancestors on his father’s side were Germans, his grandfather, Henry Shaunty, immigrating to America in 1775. He settled in Virginia, and at the breaking out of the Revolutionary war enlisted in the American Army, with which he served seven years. He came to Kentucky in 1800, or perhaps a little earlier, and settled in the northwestern part of Washington County, where his death occurred about the year 1825. Subject’s father, Joseph Shaunty, was born in Virginia, in 1789; was brought to Kentucky when a small boy, and spent the remainder of his life in Washington County, dying near Fredericktown in 1867. His wife, Sallie (Hays) Shaunty, was a daughter of William and Eleanor (Burchman) Hays (see sketch of D. R. Hays). She was born in April, 1807, and died December 11, 1874. Mr. and Mrs. Shaunty were parents of ten children, the following of whom are now living: John, C. H., Mrs. Marietta Croake and William Shaunty. Dr. Shaunty spent his young and early manhood on a farm near Fredericktown, and obtained a good education in the country and village schools, which he attended until twenty-two years of age. He commenced reading medicine in 1859 with Dr. J. B. Mudd at Fredericktown, with whom he remained three years; entered the medical university at Louisville in 1860, remaining one session, and in 1862 commenced the practice of his profession at Manton Village, Washington County, where he continued one year; returned to the university in 1863, graduated from the same in April, 1864, and immediately thereafter engaged in the practice at Fredericktown, his present place of residence. The Doctor has won an enviable reputation as a physician and surgeon, and at the present time has a large and lucrative practice in Washington and Nelson Counties. He was married June 21, 1864, to Miss Sallie Norris, daughter of Ignatius and Drusilla (Elliott) Norris, of Washington County. The children born to this marriage are ten in number, namely: Mary (deceased), George, Ella, James, Norris (deceased), Daisy, Katie, John, Paul and Cleveland. The Doctor and Mrs. Shaunty are both active members of the Christian Church, and belong to the Botland congregation.

Edward L. MILES 11130 - Nelson Co

sgorin — 9 Jul 2008 12:05:35 GMT

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Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume 5 Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 4th ed. Nelson Co.

EDWARD L. MILES, born August 15, 1825, is a son of Henry and Ann (McAtee) Miles. Henry Miles was born in Maryland, came to Nelson County, Ky., with the earliest Catholic settlers, and was wounded in a fight with the Indians in coming down the Ohio River. He was not a wealthy man at the start but left an estate of 1,000 acres at his death in 1839 at the age of sixty-nine years. His father, Philip Miles, was a native of Maryland, of Scotch-Irish descent, and married a Miss O’Brian. Mrs. Ann Miles was a daughter of George McAtee, who married a Miss Hamilton of Maryland, and both came to Nelson County, Ky., at an early day. Edward L. Miles was born where he still resides in Nelson County, was educated at St. Joseph’s College, Bardstown, and graduated in 1846. In May, 1848, he married Anna Bradford, daughter of David and Amanda (Davis) Bradford. David Bradford was an attorney and for many years was superintendent of the mint at New Orleans. After his marriage Mr. Miles purchased a farm near Bardstown, but five years later removed to the old homestead; about 1857 he went to Louisiana and purchased an interest in a sugar plantation of 1,000 acres; at the close of the late war he sold his interest in the land and returned to New Hope, Ky., and in the winter of 1867-68 built a distillery, starting with a capacity of 200 bushels, which had been increased in 1881 to 1,000 bushels. In 1871, however, he sold out to Tom Shirley. At present he owns 1,000 acres of farming land, and his residence is a fine brick erected by his father over seventy years ago, but recently remodeled and enlarged. Mr. and Mrs. Miles are members of the church of Rome.

George W. CLACK 11129 - Simpson Co

sgorin — 8 Jul 2008 12:26:03 GMT

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

GEORGE W. CLACK was born February 14, 1823, in the southeastern portion of Simpson County, Ky., where he was reared to manhood and still resides. His father, Sterling Clack, Jr., a native of Kentucky, died in Simpson County in 1867, aged sixty-four years. He was the son of Sterling Clack, Sr., a native of North Carolina, and a soldier in the Revolutionary war; was long an early school teacher in Kentucky, and died about 1838, aged about eighty years. Sterling Clark, Jr., married Elizabeth, daughter of Jesse Jones, of Simpson County (died in 1855, aged fifty-two years), and their offspring are George W., James M. (died in the Mexican war), Wade M., Mary (deceased, Elizabeth (Meguiar, deceased) and Sterling B. (deceased). April 18, 1852, George W. Clack married Maria L., daughter of John and Elizabeth (Haley) Caltharp, of Nashville, Tenn. (born May 12, 1835), and to them have been born Mary E. (James), Caledonia M., Laura B. (deceased), Alice M. (deceased), Georgian (Perdue), William W., John S., Minnie E. and Jones M. Mr. Clack has been for the past thirty years engaged in general merchandising and trading, at which he has met with encouraging success. He is also a farmer, having over 400 acres of productive land well improved, in a fine state of cultivation. He has never attached himself to any church, but is a believer in Christianity; is identified with the Democratic party.

George A. EUDALEY 11128 - Hopkins Co

sgorin — 7 Jul 2008 12:26:18 GMT

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

GEORGE A. EUDALEY, Hopkins County, was born in Jefferson County, Tenn., June 13, 1842, and is the youngest of sixteen children born to David W. and Sarah J. (Baldwin) Eudaley, the former a native of Virginia, and the latter of North Carolina, and of Irish and Scotch descent respectively. David W. Eudaley was married in his native State, where he followed farming for several years. He was a veteran of the war of 1812, and was stationed most of the time at Norfolk, Va. About 1820 he moved to Jefferson County, Tenn., where he held the office of county trustee, and various other official positions during his life. He was also extensively engaged in farming. He died in September, 1878, in his eighty-seventh year. He and his wife were from early life members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, in which he was for many years a local preacher. George A. remained on his father’s farm until he was nineteen years old, and in the fall of 1861, enlisted in the First Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, Confederate States army, in which regiment he served until January, 1863, when he was transferred to the artillery service, and served until the close of the war. He took part in the battle of Stone River, and many other engagements. In the spring of 1865 he came to Nebo, Hopkins Co., Ky., where, with the exception of five years, he has since been engaged in the brick business. For the past five years he has also carried on a general merchandising business at that place. He is in partnership with Leroy Graham, under the firm name of Eudaley & Graham. They carry a well selected stock in their line, and are doing a good business. Mr. Eudaley was married July 24, 1865, to Miss Mary M. Winstead, a native of Hopkins County, Ky. Eight children have blessed their union; three sons and four daughters are living. Mr. Eudaley and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal and Christian Churches, respectively. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and a Democrat.

Dr. Henry B. PETERSON 11127 - Marion Co

sgorin — 3 Jul 2008 12:29:10 GMT

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

HENRY B. PETERSON, M.D., was born October 3, 1838, and is a son of William and Celia A. (Buckler) Peterson, to whom eight sons and two daughters were born, all of whom lived to be grown, except one son and one daughter. William Peterson was born in September, 1811; he was a substantial farmer and owned a number of negroes; died April 7, 1886. He was a son of Garrett Peterson, who was born in Washington County, Ky.; was a captain in the war of 1812, served under Gen. Harrison; was a farmer and slave-holder, and died of cholera in Marion County, in 1833. He had married Nancy Smock; was a son of Henry Peterson. His father also married a Miss Smock, was born in Pennsylvania, was of Holland descent, and was one of the first settlers of Marion County. Mrs. Celia A. (Buckler) Peterson was born in Marion County, and a daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Tolbert) Buckler, who were born in Virginia and Maryland respectively, and came to Marion County, Ky., as early as 1801 and settled near Loretto. Henry Buckler died in 1854, aged seventy-five years. Dr. Henry B. Peterson was born near Chicago, Marion Co., Ky., and received a liberal education. At the age of twenty he commenced teaching and continued till after twenty-two in the common schools. At the age of twenty-four he turned his entire attention to the study of medicine; graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in the spring of 1866 and located where he now resides, in Raywick, meeting with success. He is a member of the Marion County Medical Association, and Beech Fork Association, and also a member of the board of health. He married Mary E. Beall in April 1867. She is a daughter of Thomas J. and Sarah Jane (Stiles) Beall, natives of Marion and Nelson Counties respectively. Mr. Beall was a farmer and distiller and a large slave-holder. In 1874 he moved to Jackson County, Kas. He was a son of Washington and Mary (Carter) Beall, who came from Maryland in an early day. Washington Beall was a substantial farmer and distiller. He built and owned one of the first mills on Salt Lick Creek, and in that part of the country was a large land owner. Mr. and Mrs. Peterson have had born to them three children: Stiles T., Wesley W., and Anna B., all members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, as are their parents. The Doctor is a member of the F. & A. M., in politics is a consistent Democrat, and cast his first vote for Douglas, in 1860.

Hon. W. T. TEVIS 11126 - Madison Co

sgorin — 2 Jul 2008 12:16:53 GMT

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

HON. W. T. TEVIS was born September 15, 1840, and is a son of Cyrus C. and Elizabeth (Stone) Tevis, parents of the following children: John (deceased), Mary (now Mrs. Cosby), Sallie Chrisman, Robert C. (deceased), Napoleon, Elizabeth Dinwiddie, Benjamin F., Squire T., Charles C. and W. T. Capt. Cyrus C. Tevis was born in Madison County, was a farmer, an extensive trader and slave-holder. In politics he was a Whig, and in religion a Methodist, and died in 1849, aged about fifty years. His father, Robert Tevis, came from Virginia and settle din the northern part of Madison County; he began life a poor man but succeeded in accumulating a considerable fortune. Mrs. Elizabeth Tevis was born on the banks of the Potomac River, in Virginia, and was a daughter of John Stone, a surveyor and farmer. The Hon. W. T. Tevis was reared on a farm in his native county of Madison, near Kirksville. At fourteen he entered a store at Nicholasville, where he clerked ford a term and then passed a year in Independence, Mo. On his return to Kentucky, he entered Company B, Eighth Cavalry, Morgan’s command, and in 1862 was wounded in a fight on Red River and taken prisoner by Col. Walker, but was paroled in 1863. He also participated in the battles of Hartsville, Tenn., Munfordsville and Perryville. After being released from his parole he went to Canada, and placed himself under the command of the Confederate authorities there, and engaged in all their efforts for the release of Confederate prisoners, and other acts of hostility on the frontier. After the surrender of Lee he went to Europe, returned to Canada in 1886, remained until he had secured a pardon, and in the fall of that year returned to Madison County. In April, 1867, he married Lucy W. McKenney, of Lexington, a daughter of William and Sallie E. (Furguson) McKenny, natives respectively of Virginia and Clark County, Ky.; and to this union have been born Arthur C., Harry D., Sallie Mc., Cyrus and Maggie. After marriage Mr. Tevis engaged in farming and stock trading. In 1876 he moved to Richmond and engaged in the furniture business and banking, but quit business and resumed farming in 1884, and in 1885 was elected to the State Legislature. Mrs. Tevis died in April, 1884, and in June, 1886, Mr. Tevis married Miss Lella, daughter of Judge Robert Y. Bush, of Hawesville, who married Anna M. Stone. Judge Bush is a son of Christopher Bush, a native of Virginia, but who came to Kentucky when quite young. Mr. and Mrs. Tevis are members of the Presbyterian Church, and Mr. Tevis was once master of the grange. He cast his first presidential vote for Greeley in 1872.

Richard M. ROBINSON 11125 - Garrard Co

sgorin — 1 Jul 2008 12:34:40 GMT

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

RICHARD M. ROBINSON was born near Ashland, in Fayette County, Ky., September 15, 1817, and was the son of Benjamin and Mary (Beattey) Robinson. His education was received at the old Bacon College, Georgetown, Ky. February 11, 1840, he married, in the county of Garrard, Miss Margaret Hoskins, a daughter of William and Elizabeth (Bright) Hoskins, and to this union were born three children: Mary, Maggie and William. Though an excellent citizen and a man of broad and liberal charity, he was not a member of any church. He died at his home, Camp Dick Robinson, June 13, 1869, and in speaking of this event, the Frankfort (Ky.) Commonwealth took occasion to remark as follows: “When the events of yesterday and to-day have become a part of the facts of history, Richard M. Robinson will be read of as one of the patriotic faithful men, who unfolded the flag of his country above him when peril was in the breeze and the days were full of darkness, acknowledging no other allegiance and worshiping at no other shrine. To that spirit of heroism – that pure and exalted and holy patriotism – was due the founding on this farm, in 1861, by Gen. Nelson, of ‘Camp Dick Robinson,’ where the soldiery of the Union first marshaled in Kentucky and disciplined their ranks for the great contest that has ended in peace and liberty and National integrity. For years the sound of the drum and the fife broke the morning echoes in the vicinity of his home, and now they are gone and green grass grows where the bivouac fires were once lighted and the tents spread their white wings, and the sad vestiges of strife are swept away leaving peace and quietude, his soul finds a proper time to leave its frail tenement and to return to his father and its God. Buried with the honors of the Masonic brotherhood, of which he was a worthy member, and attended to the grave by the largest funeral procession ever witnessed in the county, his life journey is ended and his spirit at rest.”

William Randolph MOCK 11124 - Boyle Co

sgorin — 30 Jun 2008 12:16:14 GMT

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

WILLIAM RANDOLPH MOCK was born July 20, 1843, on Cedar Grove Stock Farm, three and one-half miles north of Danville, Boyle Co., Ky., where he has always resided. His father, John J. Mock, was born on this place March 19, 1803, was a successful farmer, owned twenty-five slaves, and died March 19, 1862. He was the son of Randolph Mock, a native of Virginia, who removed in childhood, with his parents, to Georgia, became a carpenter, and at the age of nineteen years located on this place, where he engaged in farming, and died in 1853, aged eighty-six years. He married Sallie, daughter of Barnett Fisher, and to them were born Rosa (McKay), John J., Lewis M., Eliza (Saunders), Ann E. (Vanarsdall), Robert A., Ezekiel F., Sarah (Kalfus) and William R. John J. Mock married Ellen A., daughter of John and Harriet (Dunn) Byers, of Garrard County, born January 19, 1814, died January 19, 1881, and from their union sprang Sarah E. (Hewey), Henry C., Harriet A. (Nichols), John L., Mary E. (Rice), William Randolph, Jarrett T., Amanda (Offutt), and Joshua D. William Randolph Mock procured a common English education at the schools in the vicinity where he was reared, and is a reading man. He owns a half-interest in the old family homestead, consisting of over 500 acres of valuable and productive land, which is devoted to the breeding of fine trotting horses, on a somewhat extensive scale. In 1866 Mr. Mock commenced running the old “Mock Distillery”, which has a capacity of fifty bushels of corn per day, and has met with fair success. He has kept up the reputation of the “old Mock whisky,” the manufacture of which was established by his grandfather, and continued by his father. Mr. Mock has never married, and is not connected with any church, and in politics is a Democrat.

Robert M. TUCKER 11123 - Adair Co

sgorin — 27 Jun 2008 12:36:10 GMT

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

ROBERT M. TUCKER was born in Green County, Ky., July 21, 133, and is the fourth of nine children born to William and Melinda (Sherrill) Tucker, both natives of Green County and of Irish descent. William Tucker was born November 17, 1806, and was left an orphan at the age of eight or ten years, after which he was bound out to learn the shoemaker’s trade. After his marriage he acquired a very fair practical business education by diligent study and the assistance of his wife, who taught him his letters. He was married November 18, 1828, and for several years followed his trade. About 1841 he moved to Taylor County, Ky., and bought a farm about three miles east of Campbellsville, where he was successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1855, when he sold the farm and returned to Greensburg, Green County, and resumed his trade. In 1861 or 1862 he was elected jailer of Green County; was re-elected jailer of Green County; was re-elected, served several years, and was also appointed sheriff of the county by the court. He was first a member of the old Whig party, and a great admirer of Henry Clay, and during the civil was uncompromising in his devotion to the Union and the old flag, two of his sons serving through the entire struggle. His death occurred June 2, 1877. He and Mrs. Tucker were members of the United Baptist Church in which he officiated as deacon for many years, and also held other official positions. His father, Paschal Tucker, was a native of North Carolina, but when a young man, in the latter part of the last century, came to Green County, Ky. He was a veteran of the Revolution. Mrs. Melinda (Sheffill) Tucker was born July 30, 1808. She is yet still living and resides at Greensburg, Green County. Her father, William Sherrill, was born in Scotland, but at an early age came to the colony of Virginia, where he afterward married Mildred Botts and soon after removed to Green County, Ky., where he bought wild land some five or six miles south of Greensburg, where he followed the shoemaker’s trade in connection with farming; afterward he left the farm and went to Greensburg, where he followed shoemaking until his death in 1839. He was appointed jailer of Green County by the court, under the old constitution, and held that office for several terms. Robert M. Tucker at the age of seventeen began the blacksmith’s trade in Taylor County, serving three years. After completing his trade he opened a shop at Greensburg, and still later at Haskinsville, where he continued until 1857, when he moved to Adair County, and opened a shop on Casey Creek, where he followed his trade exclusively until 1880. He then bought a farm in the same neighborhood, and farmed for two years. Since 1882 he has followed his trade in connection with agricultural pursuits. He has given considerable attention to breeding blooded horses, cattle, hogs and sheep, and has engaged in buying and selling cattle, hogs and sheep. His farm of 200 acres is now well improved. Mr. Tucker has been twice married; first, March 3, 1854, to Miss Nancy E. Knifley, a native of Adair County, Ky., born March 3, 1835. Eleven children have blessed their union, all of whom are yet living: Eliza G. (now Mrs. C. V. McWhorter), Ann A. (widow of Fielding H. Chelf), John H., Sallie M. (now Mrs. C. M. Chelf), Ellen Mc. (now Mrs. Peroy Stayton), Mary E., William O. J., Eveline D., Hardin H., Robert B. and Carrie Nora. Mrs. Nancy E. Tucker departed this life April 23, 1883. From her girlhood she was a member of the Christian Church, and died within ten feet of where she confessed her Savior. Mr. Tucker was next married February 20, 1884, to Mrs. Mary J. (Currey) Galloway, a native of Green County, Ky., a daughter of John D. and Nancy (Lemmons) Currey, natives of Green and Barren Counties, and of Irish and German descent, respectively. John D. Currey’s father, William Currey, was born in Virginia, but when only a lad, in the latter part of the last century, came with his parents to Green County, Ky. Mrs. Tucker’s maternal grandfather, Reuben Lemmons, was a native of North Carolina. He also removed with his parents to Barren County, Ky., when he was but a small boy. He was a veteran of the war of 1812 and served under Jackson at the battle of New Orleans. Mr. Tucker was formerly a member of the United Baptist, but now of the Christian Church. Mrs. Tucker still belongs to the United Baptist Church. Mr. Tucker is and has been for many years clerk of his church. He is also a member of the Masonic fraternity, and has held numerous official positions in his lodge. In politics he is a Democrat.

Walter A. CHISHOLM 11122 - Simpson Co.

sgorin — 26 Jun 2008 12:02:41 GMT

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

WALTER A. CHISHOLM was born May 26, 1826, in Calloway County, Ky.; in infancy removed with his parents to Simpson County; at the age of seven years, having lost his parents, he was taken by his uncle, Obediah Chisholm, to Robertson Co. Tenn., where he grew to manhood, and in 1847 he located in Simpson County, Ky., where he has since resided. His father, Thomas E. Chisholm, a native of Kentucky, was born in 1798 and died in 1833. He was the son of Obediah Chisholm, a native of Virgiia, who died in 1837, at the age of seventy years. He had twenty-one brothers and sisters. The ancestors of this family were compelled to flee from Scotland on account of their loyalty to King Charles. Thomas E. married Mary A., daughter of Walter Dunnington, of Simpson County (died in 1833), and their offspring are Walter A., Nancy C. (Saddler), Margaret E. (Baker) and Mary F. (Curnut). Walter A. married, November 24, 1846, Mary J., daughter of Moses and Mary A. (Wood) Caudill, of Robertson County, Tenn., (Born October 25, 1825), and to them were born Mary F. (deceased), Margaret C., Thomas J., John B. (deceased), Moses P. (deceased), N. Olive, George F. and Martha A. Mr. Chisholm has served eight years as magistrate and member of the court of claims in Simpson County. He is a farmer, owning 200 acres of well improved and valuable land in a high state of cultivation. He is a member of the Graham Chapter of the Royal Arch Masons. In politics he is a Democrat.

David M. DUKES 11121 - Hopkins Co

sgorin — 25 Jun 2008 11:53:21 GMT

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

DAVID M. DUKES, Hopkins County, was born in Muhlenburgh County, Ky., March 6, 1838, and is a son of Josiah and Nancy (Moore) Dukes, natives of South Carolina and of English descent. When but a boy, Josiah Dukes came with his parents to Muhlenburgh County, Ky. Here his father, Benjamin Dukes bought wild lands, erected a log-cabin, and subsequently improved a farm, upon which he resided until his death. Josiah Dukes, after his marriage, inherited his father-in-law’s old homestead, where he was engaged in farming and stock raising until his death in March, 1883, in his eightieth year. He and wife were devoted members of the Baptist Church. David M. Dukes, after attaining his majority, was engaged in various pursuits for two years. He then farmed on shares for some seven or eight years, after which he bought a farm in Christian County, Ky., where he remained four or five years, when he lost his farm in consequence of a defective title. In December, 1878, he came to Hopkins County, where he rented for one year. He then bought the farm near White Plains, upon which he now resides. He was married, January 25, 1860, to Miss Nancy J. Hill, a native of Muhlenburgh County, Ky. Ten children were the fruit of this union, of whom five sons and four daughters are living. Mr. Duke and wife and four of their children are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. In politics he is a Democrat.

David M. DUKES 11121 - Hopkins Co

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

DAVID M. DUKES, Hopkins County, was born in Muhlenburgh County, Ky., March 6, 1838, and is a son of Josiah and Nancy (Moore) Dukes, natives of South Carolina and of English descent. When but a boy, Josiah Dukes came with his parents to Muhlenburgh County, Ky. Here his father, Benjamin Dukes bought wild lands, erected a log-cabin, and subsequently improved a farm, upon which he resided until his death. Josiah Dukes, after his marriage, inherited his father-in-law’s old homestead, where he was engaged in farming and stock raising until his death in March, 1883, in his eightieth year. He and wife were devoted members of the Baptist Church. David M. Dukes, after attaining his majority, was engaged in various pursuits for two years. He then farmed on shares for some seven or eight years, after which he bought a farm in Christian County, Ky., where he remained four or five years, when he lost his farm in consequence of a defective title. In December, 1878, he came to Hopkins County, where he rented for one year. He then bought the farm near White Plains, upon which he now resides. He was married, January 25, 1860, to Miss Nancy J. Hill, a native of Muhlenburgh County, Ky. Ten children were the fruit of this union, of whom five sons and four daughters are living. Mr. Duke and wife and four of their children are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. In politics he is a Democrat.

R. S. DULIN 11120 - Hopkins Co

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

R. S. DULIN, Hopkins County, was born August 26, 1837, in Christian County, Ky. He is the son of Rice and Catharine (Myers) Dulin, both natives of the same county and State. The mother died in 1875, aged sixty-two. The father is now living on his farm in Christian County. At the age of sixteen our subject came to Hopkins County, and here assisted his brother on his farm. In 1859 the brother died, but R. S. still continued to carry on the farm until the close of the war, after which he went to Evansville, Ind., and was engaged in the hotel business six or eight months; he then returned to the farm and bought out his brother’s interest, and continued farming there for several years; he then moved to a point near Nortonville, and there carried on farming and milling. In March, 1877, he moved to Morton’s Gap, and, in company with Chesley Williams, engaged in the saw-mill business, which they have since continued. They own a tract of 1,320 acres with this mill, also houses and lots at the “Gap,” and property elsewhere. Mr. Dulin was married, in 1860, to Miss Mary Clements of Hopkins County; this union has been blessed with five children – three sons, Walter J., Hanson L., and Robert S., and two daughters, Kate C. and Mollie E. Mrs. Dulin is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.