Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, Kniffin 2nd ed., 1885 Caldwell Co. Z.J. CRIDER was born December 23, 1825. He received his education at Fredonia and spent his early life on his father's farm. At the age of twenty, he left home and commenced life for himself. His first venture was merchandizing at Fredonia, and he followed this business for over seven years. He next settled on a farm one and a half miles east of the village, where he resided until 1868. He then came to Walnut Grove and settled on his present farm, where he now owns about 700 acres, of which there are about 600 acres in cultivation. He also pays some attention to stock raising. In 1876 he purchased the Hoover Mill, which he is still running. At present the milling property is valued at about $2,500. He was married February 9, 1858, to Miss Jane Kirkpatrick, daughter of James Kirkpatrick. Mr. and Mrs. Crider are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Crider Kirkpatrick =Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Monroe County. JOHN M. KIRKPATRICK was born October 12, 1846, in Monroe County, where he grew up and now resides. His father, Moses Kirkpatrick, also of Monroe County, was born December 1, 1808. He was a son of William and Tabitha (Wallace) Kirkpatrick. William Kirkpatrick was a son of Moses and Lucy (Smith) Kirkpatrick, of North Carolina. Moses Kirkpatrick was born December 6, 1763. Moses Kirkpatrick, Jr., the father of John M., married, about 1833, Sarah J., daughter of James Gee. From this union sprang eight children, of whom John M. is the seventh. On the 26th of November, 1869, he married Mary E., daughter of Lewis E. and Eliza (Hunter) Philpott, of Cumberland County. To them have been born James D., Robert, Price, Avie L., Moses, William and Ned. Mr. Kirkpatrick is the owner of 350 acres of land; is a member of the Baptist Church, and in politics is a Democrat. His great-grandfather, Moses Kirkpatrick, is said to have been one of the first settlers south of Green River. Gee Hunter Kirkpatrick Philpott Smith Wallace = Cumberland-KY NC Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 5th ed., 1887, Franklin Co. ROBERT H. NICOL was born in Dumfries County, Scotland, December 3, 1825; is a son of David and Agnes (Hay) Nicol; came to the United States in 1852, and landed at Philadelphia, where he remained a short time and then came to Frankfort, Ky., in the same year, 1852. He was superintendent of the Frankfort Cemetery twenty-three years and is now a dealer in ice, extensively, supplying the city; also has his farm of 300 acres cultivated and has a green-house in which he spends most of his time. He married Henrietta Wright, of Scotland, October 21, 1853. She is a daughter of William and Agnes (Kirkpatrick) Wright, and the mother of four children: James W., Robert C., (who married Cassie Roberts of Franklin County, and has had two children: Henrietta W. and Robert H.), Agnes (who married Frank Haff, of New York) and Eleanora. Mr. and Mrs. Nicol are members of the Presbyterian CHurch. Mr. Nicol is industrious, active, energetic and painstaking in whatever he engages, and is very popular with all who know him. Nicol Hay Wright Kirkpatrick Roberts Haff = NY PA Dumfries-Scotland Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Monroe County. WILLIAM H. RICHARDSON was born May 3, 1813, in Fentress County, Tenn., where he grew up. At the age of twenty-five years he removed to Monroe County, Ky., where he has since resided. His father, John H. Richardson, was born about 1787, in Virginia. He was a son of Williamson Richardson, who was born of English parents. John H. Richardson married Abigail, daughter of Geoffry Hildreth, of Virginia. From this union sprang twelve children, of whom William H. is the seventh. He married, September 3, 1841, Julia A., daughter of William and Tabitha (Wallace) Kirkpatrick, of Monroe County. To them have been born Carrol H., Tabitha (Shives), Ellen T. (Coe), William K., Geoffry H. (deceased), Lucy (Smith), Robert, Belle (Smith), and Thomas. Williamson H. Richardson commenced life entirely on his own resources, with no capital but his own hands and brain, first as a farmer and trader and finally as a merchant, in connection with and subservient to his farming industry. He is the owner of a well stocked store on the banks of the Cumberland River, besides over 1,000 acres of well improved and productive land in fine state of cultivation. He lost sixteen slaves by the war. He is a member of the Christian Church, and in politics is a Democrat. Coe Hildreth Kirkpatrick Richardson Shives Smith Wallace = Fentress-TN VA Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle & Kniffin, 2nd ed., 1885, Webster Co. CHARLES A. BEYMER was born July 6, 1855, in Huron County, Ohio, where he grew to manhood, and in 1873 removed with his parents to Webster County, Ky., the place of his present residence. His father, Edmund Beymer, who is a native of Guernsey County, Ohio, was born in 1833, and is a skilled workman and is engaged in his calling, which is that of a carriage trimmer and saddler. Edmund is the son of William Beymer, who was the son of Gen. Simon Beymer, of the Revolutionary War. Edmund espoused as his wife, Mary, daughter of James and Eliza (Marsh) Kirkpatrick, of Guernsey County, who was born in 1834 and is now living. Their union was blessed with the following named children: Charles A., Walter E., Clara B. (Cobb), Emma A. (Kenyon), Nellie M., Winifred, Myrtie B., and Gracie M. Charles A. was favored with good literary advantages, having been educated at the high school, located in Bellevue, Ohio and is well versed in the literature of the day. He is engaged in the profession of farming, and chiefly in the cultivation of wheat and tobacco. His parents are Methodists and his father is a Republican. Beymer Marsh Kirkpatrick Cobb Kenyon = Huron-OH Guernsey-OH Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Monroe County. ROBERT H. RICHARDSON was born March 15, 1824, in Fentress County, Tenn., where he grew up. In 1843 he removed to Monroe County, Ky., where he has since resided. His father, John H. Richardson, was born about 1787, in Virginia. He was a son of Williamson Richardson, who was also from Virginia, but who was born in England; he was among the first settlers of what is now Fentress County, Tenn., but which was then a portion of Kentucky - before the revision of the State line between the State of Kentucky and Tennessee; was appointed clerk of the county court when the county was created, and held the office, by appointment, until it became a law that the clerk should be elected by the people, after which he was successively elected every term until his death - making about forty years he held the office; in polities he was a stanch Democrat. John H. Richardson, married, about 1805, Abigail, daughter of Geoffrey and Lillie (Bowen) Hildreth. To their union twelve children were born, of whom Robert H. is the ninth. He married, December 23, 1842, Margaret, daughter of William and Tabitha (Wallace) Kirkpatrick, of Monroe County. To them have been born Henry, William, John, Alonzo, Lucy (Grey), Tabitha (Maxey), Shrilda, Basil and Gertrude. Mr. Richardson is the owner of about 2,000 acres of land, with 1,000 acres in a fine state of cultivation, besides a well stocked store. He is a member of the Tompkinsville Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and in politics is a Democrat. Bowen Grey Kirkpatrick Maxey Richardson Wallace = England Fentress-TN VA Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, Lewis Publishing Company, 1904, pp 521-522 [McCracken] [If you are related to this one contact me, Carol at <[email protected]> REV. JOHN D. KIRKPATRICK was born in Montgomery county, Tennessee, November 27, 1828, and is a son of Finis Ewing and Margaret (Gant)[GOTT] Kirkpatrick [son of Robert & Martha KIRKPATRICK]. The mother died when he was just three days of age. He has a twin brother, Robert Simpson Kirkpatrick, now a farmer and resident of Washington. The parents were natives of Tennessee. Rev. Kirkpatrick was reared by relatives in Tennessee. His training was given him upon a farm, and his early educational advantages were very limited. When seventeen years of age he was thrown upon his own resources, and worked as a farm hand for one year, then in 1848 came to McCracken county, where he has practical made his home ever since. In 1858 he married Mary Jane Rudolph, born in Montgomery county, Tennessee, July 22, 1834, and their children were as follows: An infant, deceased; Elmira M., deceased; Ellen Simpson, deceased; William T.; Linnie B., deceased; E. Wallace. When Mr. Kirkpatrick was sixteen years of age he joined the Cumberland Presbyterian church, of which both he and his wife are faithful members. In the spring of 1855 Mr. Kirkpatrick was licensed to preach, and was an active worker in the vineyard of the Lord until recently when declining years forbade. While carrying his religious labors he has also farmed, and is a most excellent and worthy man. In his political convictions he is a Prohibitionist, and at one time was a candidate of that party for legislature. Fraternally he is a Mason and a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Kirkpatrick Gant Rudolph Simpson = Montgomery-TN The Crittenden Press, Marion, KY 13 May 1932. Used with permission. [Crittenden Co] ISAM CLEMENT came to Crittenden county from Virginia in 1818. His father's name was Isam and he ran a kill [sic] on the Rappahannoch River in Virginia. Young Isam married Miss Sarah Rudd in Charlotte [sic], Va., in 1818. They settled on a farm about seven miles south west of Marion. Their children were: Granville F. Clement, who married Salina Phillips; Maria Clement, who married Littleton Owen; Elizabeth Clement, who married Alexander Coleman; Nancy Clement, who married Robert Love; Pauline Clement, who married Joe Ben Champion; Anne Clement, who married Presley Cruce; Parthenia Clement, who married William Bennett; John Clement, who married Sallie Hughes; William Clement, who married Malvina Nunn; Henry Clement, who married Permelia Bennett. Newton Clement was married twice. He first married Anne Coleman, and next Maggie Francis. Marion Clement married Jerdonia Kirkpatrick. Granville Clement was a third cousin of Samuel Clements [sic], who lived at Florida, Mo., and who was the father of the great writer and humorist, Samuel Clements, better known as "Mark Twain." Clement Clements Rudd Phillips Owen Coleman Love Champion Cruce Bennett Hughes Nunn Francis Kirkpatrick Twain = Charlotte-VA MO Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 6th ed., 1887, Trimble Co. JOHN H. CALVERT, M.D., was born where he now resides, five miles southeast of Milton, March 2, 1861, the youngest of six children born to Wade H. and Martha M. (Kirkpatrick) Calvert. Wade H. was born near Frankfort, Ky., April 11, 1812; his wife on July 12, 1818, near Paris, Ky. She died November 29, 1881. Wade H. was reared on the farm, and when quite young turned his attention to mercantile pursuits, and for many years was engaged in merchandising at Pleasureville, Henry County. About 1860 he abandoned that business and turned his attention to agricultural affairs, moved to Trimble County and settled where he yet resides. At one time he owned upward of 1,000 acres of land, but which is now divided among his children. Our subject was reared on the farm, received his early education at the common schools, and later attended Hanover College in Jefferson County, Ind., where he remained two years. During that time he paid some attention to the study of medicine with Dr. James R. Lewis, of Madison, Ind., and in 1878 entered the University of Louisville, from which he graduated February 26, 1881. He then commenced the practice of his profession in Trimble County, where he has since been engaged in the practice of his profession, has a large patronage, and is regarded as one of the ablest physicians of the county. March 1, 1883, he married Inez A. Brown, a daughter of Joseph and Hettie (Myers) brown, of Lockland, Ohio, but now residents of Memphis, Tenn. Dr. Calvert politically is a Democrat. Calvert Kirkpatrick Brown Myers = Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, Lewis Publishing Company, 1904, pp 574-575 [McCracken] EPHRAIM RUDOLPH, who died at Paducah. June 12, 1903, was one of the oldest and best known residents of McCracken county. He was born within six miles of Clarksville, Tennessee, April 26, 1813, a son of John and Mollie (Stailey) Rudolph, both natives of North Carolina, where they were reared and married. They then moved to Montgomery county, Tennessee, and lived until their deaths. They had ten children, of whom Ephraim was the youngest. The father was a farmer, and our subject was reared upon the farm, obtaining a very limited education. His marriage took place in Montgomery county in 1831, when he was eighteen years of age, to Catherine Carter, who was born near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and died in McCracken county, Kentucky, in 1886. To this marriage were born the following children, namely: William Andrew, deceased; Mary Jane, who married Rev. John D. Kirkpatrick; Thelbert Michael, of Paducah; Lean Elizabeth, who married C. J. Rudolph, a farmer of McCracken county; Margaret Adaline, widow of Henry Phelps, of McCracken county. In 1840 Mr. Rudolph came to McCracken county, Kentucky, settling ten miles southwest of Paducah, where he made his home till death. He settled here in the woods and cleared off a good farm, and was one of the oldest pioneers in the county. For a number of years he voted the Democratic ticket, but was later a Prohibitionist. He was a devout member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church from the time he was eighteen years of age, and was a ruling elder the greater portion of that time. He was a man very highly esteemed in the neighborhood, and a fine type of the pioneers of long ago. Rudolph Stailey Carter Kirkpatrick Phelps = NC Montgomery-TN Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Monroe County. CHRISTOPHER HAYES was born April 13, 1811, near Tompkinsville, Monroe Co., Ky., and in 1823 removed with his parents and located at the head of Barren River, where he grew to manhood and has always resided. His father, Aaron Hayes, a native of North Carolina, was born October 20, 1769, and in 1799 removed to Monroe County, Ky.; he was a blacksmith, and died July 15, 1854. He was the son of Jesse Hayes, of Maryland, and served seven years in the Revolutionary war, and died in Maury County, Tenn. Aaron Hayes married Hannah, daughter or Oby and Priscilla (Breed) Howard, of Union District, S.C., born in 1770, died in 1857, and from their union sprang Avery B., Anna (Ray), Sally (Gist), John, Howard, Harlin, Christopher, and Jane (Bray). Christoper married, May 19, 1844, Nancy K., daughter of William and Keziah (Chisan) (sic) Kirkpatrick, of Jackson County, Tenn., born September 21, 1821, and to them have been born Amanda (Meador, deceased), Keziah (Comer), William K., Lydia A. (Jones), Harlin, Lois M. (Emberton), Sally J. and Hannah H. In commencing his business career Mr. Hayes had an even start with the world, and maintained his parents during their declining years. By his own efforts he has accumulated a compentency. He is interested in a handle factory, also in a mill, which has been profitable. He is a farmer, owning 400 acres of productive land in good condition and in a fine state of cultivation. He has for thirty-five years been a member of and for twenty-seven years a deacon in the Christian Church. In politics he was an old line Whig, and is now a Prohibitionist. Breed Chism (Chisan) Comer Emberton Gist Jones Kirkpatrick Meador Ray = Jackson-TN MD Maury-TN NC Union District-SC Carol (Gehrs) Mitchell, 211 Capitol Dr, Pittsburgh, PA 15236-3901