A beattie mentioned in this one. Sheila I Hale 236/240 -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [KYBIOS] BIO #10908 - MITCHELL C NAPIER - PERRY CO Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 07:31:13 -0500 From: Sandi Gorin <[email protected]> To: [email protected] NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10908 PERRY CO - MITCHELL C NAPIER - Napier, Wootton, Campbell #10908: History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State, Volume IV Illustrated, S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago-Louisville, 1928.pp 87-88. MITCHELL C NAPIER. Holding to high standards of professional service, Mitchell C. Napier has established an enviable record as superintendent of the public schools of Perry county, and his success indicates that he has chosen the vocation for which nature intended him. His life has been devote to the acquirement and dissemination of knowledge, and for more than a quarter of a century he has been engaged in educational work in this section of the state. Mr. Napier was born September 16, 1880, in Leslie county, Kentucky, and was reared on the farm of his parents, Macager and Elizabeth (Napier) Napier, both of whom were natives of Perry county, this state. Macager Napier, who was named for his father, was born in 1832. He chose the career of an agriculturist and at one time owned the land on which the Blue Jay coal mine is situated, subsequently developing a farm near Yerkes. At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted in the Fourteenth Regiment of Kentucky Volunteer Infantry and participated in many important battles, gallantly defending the Union cause. In later life he was elected county judge of Perry county, of which he served as assessor when this was still a part of Leslie county. He was a man of honor and faithfully discharged every trust reposed in him. He was a stalwart republican and an earnest member of the Primitive Baptist church. When a young man he was inducted into the Masonic order at Whitesburg, afterward becoming a member of Hazard Lodge, No. 676, F.&.A.M., and at the time of his death was the oldest representative of the organization in Perry county. He attained the ripe old age of eighty-two years, passing away in 1914, and his wife's demise occurred in 1919. Their family numbered nine children, four of whom survive, namely: Sallie, who is the wife of Charles Wootton, of Typo; Rebecca, who married John Campbell, a farmer residing near Yerkes; Eliza, whose husband is Dr. G. W. Campbell of Viper, Kentucky; and Mitchell C. The last named was a pupil in one of the rural schools of Perry county, and n the Hazard school his instructor was Bailey P Wootton, now one of the foremost lawyers of this part of the state and president of the Hazard Bank & Trust Company. Mr. Napier was a student at Berea College for a year, and for sixteen years thereafter he was a teacher in the country schools of Perry county. His efforts won public recognition in 1917, when he was elected county superintendent of schools and his continued retention in this important office is the best testimonial to his efficiency and devotion to duty. He has the requisite tact and executive force, and broad experience enables him readily to solve the difficult problems which are constantly arising in connection with his work. He has instituted many needed improvements and keeps in close touch with the most advanced ideas along educational lines, bringing the schools of the county up to a high standard. In 1916 Mr. Napier married Miss Mahala Campbell, who was born in the vicinity of Yerkes and is a daughter of Elhanan Campbell. To this union were born five children: Ora, Sherill, Opal, Mary Lena and Arliss Mitchell. Mr. and Mrs. Napier are earnest members of the Campbell's Bend Missionary Baptist church, of which he was formerly a deacon, and his political support is given to the republican party. He was chosen maser of the Yerkes lodge of Masons and attended four sessions of the grand lodge. He was made councilor commander of the Knights of Pythias and on six occasions was a representative of the local organization in the grand lodge. Mr. Napier has rendered effective public service and is one of the best known and most progressive educators of southeastern Kentucky. SCKY Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=south-central-kentucky Barren Co Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybarren Sandi's Genealogical Puzzlers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message