11118 CHRISTIAN CO – THE GARNETT FAMILY – Garnett, Thompson, Pendleton, Morehead, Durrett, Helm, Leavell, Faulkner, Slaughter, Bailey, Small, Mosley, Lacey #11118: County of Christian, Kentucky, Historical and Biographical, William Henry Perrin, F. A. Battey Publishing Co., Chicago and Louisville, 1884. Christian Co. Pembroke District. To mark the progress in the history of Christian County during the last three-quarters of a century, one need only compare the condition of the country at the present time, with the flourishing villages and growing cities; its farms with their waving crops, their blooming orchards, groves and hedges, and substantial dwellings; its system of schools; its railroads and its net-work of telegraphic wires, to this condition over seventy-five years ago, when its soil was unbroken by the hand of husbandry, and the stillness of its forests was undisturbed, save by the noise of the hunter’s tread, and the crack of the Indian’s rifle. It was at this early day that Jams Garnett, a native of Virginia and of English parentage, a prominent farmer, and at the head of the Garnett family, in 1821 came to Kentucky and settled in Pembroke Precinct, where, after passing through the different phases of a pioneer’s life, he died, leaving a large family. Eldred Brockman Garnett, son of James Garnett, was born in Albemarle County, Va., on the 10th of May, 1813. He came to this county with his parents when he was eight years of age; he spent his early life at home, assisting to till the farm, and receiving such an education as could be obtained from the subscription schools of the period. Arriving at his majority, he embarked on his career in life as a farmer, and became one of the most substantial agriculturists of the county. Of busy men, he became about the busiest, not for a greed of gain, but because he had an instinct of activity and a fondness for business. He was the owner of about 500 acres of land in the county; he died July 18, 1870; was a member of the Baptist Church and bore a name and reputation which is an honor to his descendants; he was married, September 23, 1834, to Miss Frances A., daughter of John and Fanny J. (Thompson) Pendleton, early settlers of Christian County. Mrs. Garnett is a native of Orange County Va., born January 30, 1810; her early education was received under the preceptorship of her father, but, developing an early taste for reading, and having access to a good library, she acquired a good education. She has led a useful life, and though now over seventy years of age, she still retains a vigorous mind, and is as constant a reader as in her younger days. She is now residing with her son, W. W. Garnett, enjoying the fruits of a well-spent life. She is the mother of the following children: Helen L., wife of Rev. R. W. Morehead; Virgil A., William W., John P., and James B. Helen L. was born in Christian County, Ky., July 31, 1835. She attended first the common schools of the neighborhood, and was a favorite with the teachers on account of her easy and rapid progress. When about fifteen years of age she attended for one or more terms the high school at Hopkinsville, Ky. After this she attended the Female College at Clarksville, Tenn., where she completed her education. About this time she united with the Baptist Church at Bethel. She was fond of reading, and after completing her education took a thorough course in general literature. She was married to Rev. R. W. Morehead February 5, 1863. This marriage was blessed with five children: Robert W., died in infancy; Clarence G., born May 10, 1865; John P., died in infancy; Charles S., born June 16, 1869, and Fanny G., born December 18, 1871. She now resides in Princeton, Caldwell Co., Ky., where her husband is pastor of two churches – New Bethel and Harmony. Prof. Virgil A. Garnett was born in Christian County, Ky., February 10, 1837. His educational advantages were afforded by the private schools in the neighborhood; under the instruction of Richard Durrett, a prominent teacher of the county (who taught in one place for over forty-five years), and Bethel College, Russellville, Ky. He entered this institution in 1854 and graduated June 17, 1858, with the degree of A. B., and afterward that of A.M. On the 8th of October, 1861, he enlisted in Company H, First Kentucky Cavalry, under command of Col. Ben Hardin Helm and Capt. H. C. Leavell; he was captured and held a prisoner of war at Louisville for three weeks; he received an honorable discharge from the service in 1863; since the war he has spent a portion of his time in teaching school, and has been a teacher of the Pembroke schools since January, 1881. He has also been engaged in farming, and is the owner of the homestead farm of his father, which is located three miles south of Pembroke. He was married, October 8, 1872, to Miss Maggie, a daughter of George O. Thompson, of Hopkinsville; he became a member of the orders A. F. & A. M., Gasper River Lodge, No. 391, in 1861, and of the Pembroke Lodge, No. 288, in 1865. He was a member of Royal Arch Chapter, No 75, of Fairview, and of Clarksville Council, No. 4, and is now a member of the Moore Commandery, No. 6, Knights Templar of Hopkinsville. In religion he is a Baptist and in politics a Democrat. William Warfield Garnett, a prominent merchant, of the firm of W. W. & J. P. Garnett, Pembroke, Ky., was born in Christian County, Ky., November 9, 1838. He was educated in the common schools of the neighborhood, and at Bethel College, Russellville, Ky. At fourteen years of age he engaged as a clerk in a store for Faulkner & Slaughter, of Pembroke, and remained thus engaged, though for different firms, until the spring of 1860, when he engaged in the mercantile business on his own account in the firm of W. H. Pendleton & Co., which was successfully carried on until the war, when it met with heavy losses, and the firm was dissolved. In 1861 he enlisted in Company H, First Kentucky Cavalry, under command of Col. Helm, and was honorably discharged from the service in 1862. In 1866 he resumed business under the present name of the firm, and it has since continued to prosper, and is now one of the solid firms of the county and carries a large and complete stock of general merchandise. In connection with the mercantile business the partners own a farm of 200 acres in Pembroke Precinct, which they carry on. Mr. Garnett was married, May 3, 1870, to Miss Sally Bailey, a native of Todd County and a daughter of Thomas G. and Amanda (Small) Bailey. Mr. Garnett and wife are members of the Baptist Church. He was one of the original projectors, and assisted in the organization of the City Bank, Hopkinsville, Ky., in 1879; he was elected on the first Board of Directors, and has been re-elected every year since that time. John P. Garnett is a native of Christian County, Ky., and was born January 16, 1841. He spent his early life at home on the farm, and received his education in the common schools, supplemented by a course at Bethel College; he remained at home engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1866, when he engaged in his present business in partnership with his brother. He was married, on the 29th of October, 1872, to Miss Rosa, daughter of Drurey and Elizabeth (Mosley) Lacey, a native of Christian County. They have three children: Mary A., Sally W. and Anna L. Mr. Garnett is a Democrat in politics, and with his wife unites with the Bethel Baptist Church; he was Postmaster of Pembroke from 1866 until January 1, 1884, when his increasing business in the store compelled him to resign; he is of a literary turn, and since the age of sixteen has been a regular contributor to many of the newspapers and magazines of the country, both in prose and verse. James B. Garnett, Commonwealth Attorney, Cadiz, Trigg Co., Ky., was born in Christian County, Ky., July 28, 1845; his early life was spent on the farm, and he there received the benefit of common schools; he afterward attended the Cumberland University at Lebanon, Tenn., and graduated from the law department of that institution in 1867. He then located at Cadiz, Ky., and engaged in the practice of his profession, and has served the people in the following offices: County Attorney for one term; County School Commissioner for two years; State Senator, representing the counties of Trigg, Calloway and Livingston, and in 1880 was elected Commonwealth Attorney of the Sixth Judicial district for a term of six years. He married Miss Virginia Hewett, a native of Tuscaloosa, Ala., who died with her child one year after her marriage. 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 Puzzlers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11117 OHIO CO – WILLIAM PORTER ALLEN – Allen, Esque, Earp, Clark, Willson, Axton, Awtry, Bratcher, Campbell, Miller, Hewett #1117: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume III, Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 2nd ed., 1885. Ohio Co. WILLIAM PORTER ALLEN was born October 18, 1829, in Ohio County, Ky., where he has always resided. His father, Capt. Levi Allen, a native of Sumner County, Tenn., was born in 1794, a soldier in the war of 1812, and died in 1861. He was the son of Theophilus Allen of Maryland, who died about 1835, at the age of sixty-five years. His father was Rhodom Allen, of Maryland. Levi was twice married; first, to Jane, daughter of John Esque, of Tennessee, and to them were born Alfred, Bradford and Franklin. He afterward married Elizabeth (Allen), and from this union sprang Elizabeth J. (Earp), Louisa (Clark), Amanda M. (Willson), William P., James H., David, Eli B., Margaret (Axton), Oscar and Caroline (Awtry). January 8, 1850, Mr. Allen married Martha A., daughter of Willis and Lucinda (Bratcher) Campbell, of Ohio County; she was born November 2, 18367, and their union has been blessed by the birth of Levi, Ledisca A. (Miller), James B., Franklin and Lueller. Mr. Allen is a farmer, having 126 acres of fair land in good condition, and in a high state of cultivation. He is a member of the Christian Church and of the Masonic fraternity. He is a Republican.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11116 OHIO CO – WILLIAM HENRY ACTON – Acton, Robey, Mitchell, Bean, Crawford, Davis, Forman, #1116: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume III, Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 2nd ed., 1885. Ohio Co. WILLIAM HENRY ACTON was born November 4, 1834, in Ohio County, Ky., where he has always resided. His father, Bartemus Acton, a native of Charles County, Md., removed to Kentucky about 1825, and died in 1867, at the age of sixty-five years. He was the son of Oscar Acton, of Maryland. Bartemus married Sarah Robey, of Maryland, who died in 1850, and their children are Susanna C (Mitchell), Mary J. (Bean), Thomas W., Gabriel, Chloe A. E. (Bean), William Henry, Fielder W., Martha A. (Crawford) and Eveline (Davis). January 24, 1856, William Henry Acton married Martha J., daughter of Hugh C. and Rebecca (Forman) Crawford, of Nelson County, Ky.; She was born April 28, 1838, and to them have been born William M., Stephen S., Sarah P. (deceased), Amanda E., Hugh C., Rebecca E., Robert B., and Ira W. Mr. Acton is a farmer, owning 240 acres of fine land in a good state of cultivation. In religion he is a Methodist, and in politics a Democrat.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11115 BOYD CO – DAVIS EARL GEIGER – Geiger, McNeil, Forgey, Williamson, Wellman #11115: History of Kentucky The Blue Grass State. Volume IV, Illustrated. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. Chicago-Louisville. 1928. Boyd Co. With a clear understanding of life’s values and purposes, and possessing the qualities of energy and determination, Davis Earl Geiger has steadily mounted the steep ladder which leads to success and is now an important factor in industrial circles of Ashland. He was born June 3, 1897, in Rush, Boyd county, Kentucky, and is a son of David K. and Bertha (McNeil) Geiger. His father was a well known merchant of Rush at that time and is now engaged in the coal business at Branchland, West Virginia. Davis E. Geiger was graduated from the Ashland high school and then entered Cornell University at Ithaca, New York. While attending that institution he enlisted in the naval reserve flying corps of the United States navy and was stationed at various fields on the Atlantic coast. He was honorably discharged in January, 1919, and in the following year completed his course at Cornell University. He returned to Kentucky and for a short time was connected with the Ashland By-Products Company in an engineering capacity. He was next associated with B. F. Forgey, president and editor of the Ashland Independent, and acted as advertising manager until 924, disposing of his interests to become secretary, treasurer and general manager of the Ashland Manufacturing Company, which specializes in the production of mine carbide lamps. He is working earnestly and effectively to promote the growth of this important industry, performing his work with characteristic thoroughness and efficiency. Mr. Geiger was married May 10, 1922, to Miss Geraldine Williamson, a daughter of Ben and Ceres (Wellman) Williamson of Ashland, and they now have two children: Ceres, born July 26, 1924; and Geraldine, born January 4, 1927. Mr. Geiger belongs to the Rotary Club and the Bellefonte Country Club. He is a democrat in his political convictions and indorses every movement for the good of his community. His rapidly maturing powers have carried him into important relations, and his life, much as it holds of accomplishment, is still rich in promise.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11114 BOURBON CO – WALTER BUCKNER – Buckner, Nullhead, Fewers, Williams, Thornton, Talliaferro, Haws, Woodford, Archer, Clay, Wornall, Harrison, Hinckle #11114: History of Kentucky The Blue Grass State. Volume IV, Illustrated. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. Chicago-Louisville. 1928. Bourbon Co. WALTER BUCKNER. In the course of a long, useful and industrious life Walter Buckner contributed his share toward the development and utilization of the rich agricultural resources of Bourbon county, keeping ever abreast of the times, and in his career manifested the sterling traits of a long line of worthy ancestors, who ably performed their parts in the great drama of American history. Mr. Buckner was born in this county on November 25, 1849, and traced his lineage to John Buckner, an Englishman, who was the founder of the family in America. He settled in the colony of Virginia and the records show that he was granted a land patent of one hundred and ninety-four acres in Gloucester county. In 1768 he received additional land and from time to time added to his estate, which eventually became one of the largest in the colony. He was called to public office, acting as clerk of Gloucester county, and in 1683 became a member of the house of burgesses. He brought the first printing press to Virginia but his efforts in that line were not appreciated by the colonial council, as is shown by the following extract from the minutes of that body under date of February 21, 1683: “John Buckner was summoned before the council for his presumption in printing the acts of the assembly made in November, 1682, without a license. He made answer that he had given the printer orders to print nothing without the governor’s license, and had only struck off a couple of sheets for his excellency’s approbation. The board was satisfied thereafter, but ordered Buckner and William Nullhead, the printer, to enter into bond for one hundred pounds to print nothing further until the king’s pleasure was known.” It is believed that John Buckner was married in his native land in 1661 to Deborah Fewers, of West Wickham, Bucks county, and most of their children were born in Virginia. Mr. Buckner was a man of deeply religious nature and served as a vestryman of the church at Petsworth parish. In the official documents of Rappahannock county there is a record of land grant to Richard Buckner, who was probably the eldest son of John Buckner, and the entry is dated 1682. A younger son, John Jr., obtained a grant in 1691. The other sons were William and Thomas and there was also a daughter, Elizabeth, who married John Williams, a lawyer. Richard Buckner, above mentioned, was the founder of the family in Kentucky. The next in line of descent was Thomas Buckner, who was born May 13, 1728, in Caroline county, Virginia, and became a man of wealth, owing a large landed estate. He married Judith Thornton and his second wife was Elizabeth Talliaferro. Thomas Buckner, a son of the first marriage, was born August 31, 1755, and wedded Elizabeth Haws. They were the parents of thirteen children, one of whom as Walker Buckner, who was born March 7, 1781, and when a youth migrated with four of his brothers from Virginia to Kentucky, settling in Bourbon county, where he spent the remainder of his life. He developed a fine farm at Cane Ridge and there passed away in 1855. He had married a cousin, Elizabeth W. Buckner, and to their union was born one son, William. The last named was born in Bourbon county about the year 1813 and after his marriage settled on the farm which subsequently became the property of Walker Buckner of this review. William Buckner was a practical agriculturist and brought his place to a high state of development, never allowing a foot of the land to be unproductive. He was a stanch supporter of the democratic party and a good citizen. He married Sally T. Woodford, a daughter of William and Maria (Archer) Woodford, natives of Virginia and of colonial stock. Mr. Buckner responded to the summons of death in 1868 and was long survived by his widow, who passed away in 1892. To their union were born six children: Walker, William, John, Samuel, Maria and Elizabeth. Walker Buckner, their eldest child, was born on the homestead and attended the common schools of the locality, afterward becoming a student at Transylvania in Lexington, Kentucky. He assisted his father in the cultivation of the soil and after his death took charge of the homestead. He was the owner of a tract of seven hundred and seventy-three acres and brought to the operation of the farm a thorough understanding of agricultural science and a progressive, open mind. He was one of the leading farmers of the county and resided on the homestead until his death, which occurred on the 6th of December, 1923. He was a consistent member of the Baptist church and gave his political allegiance to the democratic party. He was faithful to the ties of home and friendship and a loyal citizen in hearty accord with every worthy public project. Honest, sincere and sympathetic, he readily won friends and his memory is cherished by all who knew him. Mr. Buckner was married October 13, 1880, to Miss Nancy Clay, who was born in Bourbon county on the 18th of December, 1858. Her father was one of the pioneer farmers of Bourbon county and a son of Colonel Henry Clay. The latter was born iN Virginia and during his childhood was brought to the Blue Grass region by his parents, Dr. Henry and Rachel (Povall) Clay, who lived in a stockade in the Clintonville district. The American progenitor of the family was Sir John Clay, an English baronet, who established his home in the colony of Virginia in 1613. Colonel Henry Clay, the grandfather of Mrs. Buckner, was one of the gallant officers of the War of 1812 and served under General Harrison. Mr. and Mrs. Buckner became the parents of five children: Walter Jr., who was born July 20, 1881; Susan C., who was born August 30, 1882, and became the wife of Charles T. Hinckle, of Kansas City, Missouri; Woodford, who was born February 21, 1884, and is successfully operating the homestead; Frank C., who was born June 5, 1885, and died in infancy; and William, born October 6, 1886.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11113 HOPKINS CO – W. T. DOCKREY – Dockrey, Mock, Chapple #11113: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume IV, Kentucky: A History of the State by Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Hopkins Co. W. T. DOCKREY was born October 26, 1854, in Hopkins County, Ky. He is a son of A. and Mary (Mock) Dockrey. The father was born in North Carolina, and when a child came with his mother to Hopkins County, Ky., where he has since resided, now living on his farm in the Dalton District. The mother is also a native of Hopkins County. Our subject was reared on his father’s farm, and at the age of seventeen went to Charleston, where he attended school about one year. He then entered a store there as clerk, and remained about two years. In 1876 he came to Dawson and opened a grocery store; this he continued two years, he then return to Dawson and has since been engaged in the hotel and liquor business. He owns the property known as the “Southern Hotel,” which is conveniently located near the depot. Guests visiting this house will receive good accomodations at reasonable prices. Mr. Dockrey was married in 1875 to Josephine Chapple, of this county; this union is blessed with one bright daughter – Ora M.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11112 SIMPSON CO – JOSEPH E. CHANEY – Chaney, Anthony, Hobdy, Harrel #11112: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume IV, Kentucky: A History of the State by Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Simpson Co. JOSEPH S. CHANEY was born in Allen County, Ky., May 7, 1844, and is the second in a family of ten children born to Dr. Washington and Malianda (Anthony) Chaney. Joseph S. received a good common school education in youth, at the public and select schools of Allen and Simpson Counties, and was employed on the old homestead until he attained his majority, after which he was engaged in general merchandising in company with his father, in Allen County, for some three years; during that same time, and for two years later, he was also engaged in the saw-mill or lumber business. Soon after he discontinued the goods business he made a trip to Kansas and several of the Western States looking for a location, but returned to his native State, without making any purchase. In 1866 he and his brother bought a farm in Allen County, which he owned until the spring of 1872, when he sold his interest in this place and bought a farm in the eastern part of Simpson County, Ky., where he remained some ten years. In the fall of 1882 he again sold out and bought the farm of 160 acres, in the northwest part of Simpson County, near “Pilot Knob Church,” upon which he now resides, and where he is successfully engaged in farming and stock raising. Mr. Chaney married, March 15, 1870, Martha E. Hobdy, born in Allen County, Ky., April 10, 1851, a daughter of Moore C. and Matilda J. (Harrel) Hobdy. One son and one daughter have blessed this union, viz: Ruth, born September 17, 1872, and Paul, born May 27, 1885. Mr. Chaney and wife have been from early life members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, in which he officiates as deacon. He is also a member of the Masonic fraternity. In politics he is a Democrat.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11111 HOPKINS CO – WILLIAM L. DOBYNS – Dobyns, Oden, Wheeler, Morgan, Rice #11111: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume IV, Kentucky: A History of the State by Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Hopkins Co. WILLIAM L. DOBYNS, Hopkins County, was born in Rutherford County, Tenn., November 25, 1838, and is a son of Thomas E. and Amanda A (Oden) Dobyns, the former a native of Christian County, Ky., and the latter of Rutherford County, Tenn., of French descent. Thomas E. Dobyns was educated in his native county. When a young man he removed to Tennessee, where he was married, and where he carried the mail for a time, and afterward engaged in farming for four years. In 1844 he returned to Christian County, Ky., where he resided for some four or five years, and then came to Hopkins County. Here he bought a farm near White Plains, upon which he resided for three years, when he sold and bought another in the same neighborhood, whre he died August 9, 1854, in his forty-eighth year. William L. Dobyns was employed on his father’s farm until he attained his majority. In the fall of 1861 he enlisted in Company I, First Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry, Confederate States army, which was eventually transferred to Gen. Wheeler’s command. He served one year, after which he re-enlisted in the Tenth Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry, and served under Gen. John H. Morgan until the command was captured near Buffington’s Island in southern Ohio. He was then retained as a prisoner of war at Camp Morton, Indianapolis, and Camp Douglas, Chicago, for eighteen months, and was exchanged in February, 1865. He participated in the battles osf Fort Donelson, Shiloh, and Perryville, as well as many lesser engagements. After the war he returned to Kentucky, and was engaged in farming on the home place for about three years. He was then employed as a salesman in a general store for M. Rice for nearly two years, after which he was engaged in the tobacco trade at White Plains for two years. He then removed to northern Texas, where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits for another year, after which he returned to Hopkins County, Ky., where he was engaged in farming, and the tobacco trade for two years, and for the next four months had charge of a Granger’s dry goods and grocery house at White Plains. In 1878 he opened a general store on his own account, at the same place, where he has since been doing a flourishing business. He is also quite extensively engaged in the tobacco trade. In 1878 he was elected county assessor of Hopkins County, by a larger majority than any other officer had ever before received. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and in politics a Democrat.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11110 WASHINGTON CO – J. A. SEAY – Seay, Mattingly, Goatley, Crow, Smothers, Gist, Bishop, Smith, Hays #11110: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V. Kentucky: A History of the State By Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 4th edition. Washington Co. J. A. SEAY was born March 2, 1842, and is the eldest child of Austin L. and Rose A. (Mattingly) Seay. The father of Austin Seay was Jacob Seay, a native of Lynchburg, Va., and a solder of the war of 1812. He came to Kentucky many years ago, and settled in Washington County, where he became a very successful business man, and died about the year 1854. Austin L. Seay was born in 1812, spent all his life in Washington County, was a farmer, and died at his home three miles west of Willisburgh in 1872. Rose A. Seay was the daughter of Philip Mattingly, an early resident of Washington County. She was born in Washington County, and died in 1883. The following are the names of the children born to Austin and Rose Seay: J. A., William, Mrs. Mary Goatley, Mrs. Ann Crow, Mrs. Hittie Smothers, Philip Stephen, Mrs. Mattie Gist and Mrs. Susan Bishop. J. A. Seay was born three miles west of Springfield, was reared on a farm, and obtained a good English education in the country schools, which he attended until nineteen years of age. When twenty years old he commenced business for himself, purchasing a farm in 18673, five miles north of Willisburgh, upon which he resided for six years; he then moved to the village of Willisburgh, and engaged in the blacksmithing and undertaking business, at the same time opening a boarding-house, all of which he successfully carries on. He established a mercantile house in 1881, and since then has been one of the most successful merchants in Washington County outside of Springfield, his stock representing a capital of $6,000, with annual sales aggregating $20,000. Mr. Seay is a member of the Christian Church of Willisburg, with which he has been identified since 1860. He votes the Democratic ticket, and is a member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to J. Speed Smith Lodge, No. 298. He has been twice married, the first time on the 10th of December, 1863, to Miss Sallie, daughter of James and Mary E. Mays, of Washington County, by whom he had five children, namely: William M., J. B., Stephen M. (deceased), Ezra V. and John Seay. His second marriage was solemnized in 1881, with Miss Alice Mays, sister of his former wife. This marriage has been blessed with two children, Asa and Effie Seay, both living.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11109 NELSON CO – JAMES W. MAXEY – Maxey, Whitman, Vernon, Miller, Magruder, Bledsoe, Quinn #11109: : Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V. Kentucky: A History of the State By Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 4th edition. Nelson Co. JAMES W. MAXEY (deceased) was born September 28, 1847, in Hart County, Ky., and was a son of David W. and Jane (Whitman) Maxey, natives of Kentucky. David W. Maxey was a substantial farmer and slave owner, was a strong and uncompromising Union man during the war, and for his pronounced Union sentiments was killed by guerrillas. James W. Maxey was reared on a farm till sixteen years of age, when he moved to Munfordville and learned telegraphing. In 1868 he located in New Haven, as agent and operator for the Louisville & Nashville Railway. He also had an interest in a mercantile business, and served as postmaster seven or eight years before his death, which occurred Novembetr 16, 1882. He was the only son of four children. He was married, December 13, 1871, to Attie Miller, a daughter of Thos H. and Susan B. (Vernon) Miller, natives of Nelson and Hardin County, Ky., respectively. Mr. Miller was a blacksmith and owner of about twenty slaves. He was born in 1819, and died in October, 1884. He was a son of Wm. Miller, who came from Pennsylvania, and as one of the earliest settlers of Nelson County; was a farmer and blacksmith, followed fatboating in an early day of the Rolling Fork and Ohio River, and was the owneer of a family of slaves. He married Casandra Magruder. He was of German origin and his wife of Irish. Wm. Willer was a son of Jacob Miller. Susan B. Vernon was born in Hardin County, and a daughter of Richard and Frances ( Bledsoe) Vernon, born respectively in Hardin and Scott Counties, Ky. Richard Vernon was an extensive farmer and slaveholder, served several terms as sheriff, and was a son of Anthony Vernon, who married Frances Quinn, both natives of Virginia, and among the first settlers of Hardin County, Ky. Mr. and Mrs. Maxey had born to them three children: Sue Hite, Eugenia Mattie and James W. Mr. Maxey was one of the live, active and substantial business men of New Haven. He was strictly moral, highly respected by all who knew him, and was an active member of the F. & A. M. In politics he was an uncompromising Repulblican. Mrs. Maxey is an active and devoted member of the Baptist Church.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11108 MERCER CO – EZEKIEL WILLIAM LYEN – Lyen, Cawhorn, Conyer, Bickers, James, Birdwhistle, Kennedy, Burrus, Bell, Holman #11108: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V. Kentucky: A History of the State By Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 4th edition. Mercer Co. EZEKIEL WILLIAM LYEN was born September 22, 1833, in the northwest portion of Mercer County, Ky., where he grew to manhood, and in 1873 located on the Lexington pike, three miles east of Harrodsburg, where he has since resided. In 1862 he enlisted in Company H, Second Kentucky Confederate Cavalry, and shortly after his enlistment he was promoted to a lieutenantcy. He was captured in Anderson County, and remained a prisoner of war until near the close of the contest. His father, William Lyen, was born in Mercer County, in 1809, where he was reared a farmer, and died in 1885. He was the son of Ezekiel Lyen, Sr., a native of Virginia, who died in Mercer County in 1839, aged about eighty years. His children were Stephen, John, David, William and Ezekiel (twins), Susan, Polly (Cawhorn) and Betsy (Conyer). William married Nancy, daughter of Joel Bickers, of Mercer County, born in 1818, died in 1880, and from their union sprang Ezekiel W., James T., Martha J (James), Almira (Birdwhistle), John A. T., Joel, Phillip B. and Annie (Kennedy). Ezekiel W. Lyen was first married, in 1856, to Miss Susan F., daughter of Henry and Jane (Burrus) Bell, of Mercer County, born in 1836, died in 1861, and to them were born Cara B. and Mattie L. He was next married, February 3, 1868, to Miss Sue N., daughter of John and Sallie Holman, of Mercer County, born in 1843, but from this union there has been no issue. Mr. Lyen is a farmer, and owns 150 acres of very productive land, a part of the old Capt. Chaplaine homestead. In politics Mr. Lyen is a Democrat.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11107 MERCER CO – CHARLES ALEXANDER LILLARD – Lillard, Pulliam, Jones, Childs, Hughes, Rynerson, Moore, Smith, Armstrong, McAfee #11107: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V. Kentucky: A History of the State By Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 4th edition. Mecer Co. CHARLES ALEXANDER LILLARD was born October 4, 1838, on the place where he now resides, on the Louisville Turnpike, four miles north of Harrodsburg, Ky., where he grew up manhood [sic], and has always lived. His father, John Lee Lillard, also a native of Mercer County, was born May 9, 1797, and died August 21, 1842. He was the son of Joseph Lillard, who was born in Culpeper County, Va., in 1768; removed with his parents to Mercer County, Ky., as early as 1786; was among the first to receive license as a local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church in Kentucky; joined the western conference in 16790, and traveled two years; preached the first Methodist sermon, and organized the first class in Illinois in 1793. He contributed largely for the erection of “Joseph’s Chapel,” and a similar church at Salvisa, which later he dedicated. In 1852 he started on a journey to Missouri, and was never afterward heard of by his friends. He was the son of Capt. John Lillard, a native of Culpeper County, Va., who died in 1801, and who was the son of Benjamin Lillard, who immigrated from England or Wales, to Virginia, as early as 1730, and died at the age of one hundred and twenty years. The family was well represented in the Revolutionary war. Benjamin’s children were Thomas, James, William, Moses, Benjamin and John. John married a Miss Pulliam, and their offspring were Thomas, Ephraim, Joseph, John, David, James, Susan (Jones), and Mrs. Childs. Joseph married a Miss Hughes, and from their union sprang John Lee, Rev. Asbury, Joseph (unmarried), Samuel (unmarried), Nancy (Rynerson), Sarah (Moore), Jemima (Smith), and Prudence (Armstrong). John Lee Lillard married Nancy Armstrong, and to them were born Joseph R., Mary (deceased), Elizabeth (McAfee), James (deceased), Charles A., and John L. Charles A. has remained unmarried. He obtained a common English education at the schools in the vicinity where he was reared, and by careful reading has become familiar with the history of the important events of the past. He is engaged in farming, and is possessor of 100 acres of good land. In politics Mr. Lillard is a Republican.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11106 MARION CO – GEORGE P. NEWBOLT – Newbolt, Penick, Nash, Robertson, Spalding, Cheney, Caldwell, Crawford #11106: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V. Kentucky: A History of the State By Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 4th edition. Marion Co. GEORGE P.L NEWBOLT is a Kentuckian by birth, and dates his nativity from the 29th of June, 1844. His father, William Newbolt, was born in Nelson (now Marion) County in the year 1800; he married Cecelia Penick in 1828, and they became the parents of five children, of which number our subject is the only survivor. Cecelia Penick was born in 1810 and died in July, 1875; she was a daughter of Edward and Nancy (Nash) Penick, the former a native of Virginia, the latter of Mississippi, and both of English extraction. William Newbolt was a farmer, and during his last thirty-five years a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church of Lebanon. He died at his home in 1860. His father, John Newbolt, was a native of Maryland and came to Kentucky with the Robertsons and Spaldings at an early period in the history of the State. He located at a point three miles east of the present city of Lebanon, where he followed the vocation of a farmer until his death. George P. Newbolt was sixteen years of age when his father died, and from that time the superintending of the work on the home farm devolved upon him. His early school training was the best that could be obtained in the common schools of his native county. He is now the proprietor of farms aggregating sevesral hundred acres, 265 of which are well improved and highly cultivated. The home called “Hillendale” is one of the most beautiful locations in Marion County. Mr. Newbolt has been twice married. His first wife, to whom he was married in 1867, was a daughter of the Rev. S. W. Cheney, who is widely known in the history of the Presbyterian Church in Kentucky. To this marriage were born two sons (William and George) and three daughters (Agnes, Lizzie and Maud). Mrws. Newbolt died in January, 1881. His second marriage occurred on the 20th of December, 1882, with Miss Sue Caldwell. She was born June 17, 1853, and is a daughter of James B. and Jane (Crawford) Caldwell, who were of English parentage, and natives of Boyle County, Ky. Mr. and Mrs. Newbolt are members of the Presbyterian Church, in which Mr. Newbolt is a ruling elder. Politically he is a Repulican. He has persistently refused to hold any office, though frequently importuned to do so. He patronizes the schools, and is a Master Mason in Marion Lodge, No. 136.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11105 MADISON CO – SAMUEL HANSON STONE – Stone, Hanson, Marshall, Rodes, Hickman, Boone, Harris, Grant #11105: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V. Kentucky: A History of the State By Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 4th edition. Madison Co. SAMUEL HANSON STONE was born December 4, 1849, three miles northwest of Richmond, Ky., and is a son of Capt. J. C. and Matilda (Hanson) Stone, to whom three sons and one daughtr were born, S. H. and J. C. only living. Capt. J. C. Stone as born in Richmond, December 17, 1822, and was an extensive farmer and banker. He was an extensive farmer and banker. He raised Company H, of Colonel Humphrey Marshall’s Regiment for Mexico, and was its captain. He was the first graduate of Bethany College, Virginia, and a graduate of Bethany College, Virginia, and a graduate of the Philadelphia Law School, and was a member of the Richmond bar. In 1858 he removed with his family to Leavensworth, Kas.., where he organized and became president of the Second National Bank of Leavenworth, and was one of the projectors of the Union Pacific Railway, now Kansas Pacific. In the dark days of 1860-61 he was a strong advocate for the Union, and was actively engaged in raising troops. He was commissioned general and commanded the Kansas militia, and assisted in raising the first eight regiments of Kansas troops. He also served in the Lower House of Kansas. He was a son of Samuel Stone, who was born at Culpeper C. H., Va., November 22, 1790, and with his parents came to Madison County, Ky., in 1798. He was one of the first merchants in Richmond, Ky., but aftrward became a farmer and a large owner of slave property. He married Nancy Rodes, of Madison County, daughter of Judge Robert Rodes, who was one of the first settlers of Madison County. He was captain in the struggle for independence, and was present at the surrender at Yorktown. He reared two sons, J. C. and Robert R.; the latter resides in Lexington, Ky. Samuel Stone died May 5, 1880, in Kansas, to which State he moved n 1862. He was a son of Josiah and Mary Stone, who were born in Virginia and immigrated to Kentucky in 1798. He was an active and prosperous farmer and reared twelve children. His sons were John, Samuel, William, James, Thomas, Caleb and Francis, all of whom lived in Madison County and reared families. Josiah Stone died at the age of ninety years. His children all lived to a ripe age. The Stones came originally from England; three brothers landed at Massachusetts, two of whom settled in the South. Mrs. Matilda Stone was born in Winchester, Ky., daughter of Samuel Hanson, who married a Miss Hickman, and reared a family of six sons and five daughters, only one of whom is now living. Samuel Hanson was an attorney at Winchester and served in the Legislature. He was born in Washington, D. C.. Our subject’s great-grandmother, the wife of Gen. Hickman, was one of the girls stolen by the Indians, at the tiem Daniel Boone’s daughter was carried off, but all were recaptured next day. The Hansons spring from the Swedes that originally settle din England and subsequently came to America. Samuel H. Stone lived in Kansas until 1864 when he entered Lee High School in western Massachusetts. In 1866 he went to Europe and studied in Leipsic and Heidelburg. In 1870 he returned to Kansas and was assistant cashier of the Second National Bank of Leavenworth. In 1874 he moved back to Kentucky and settled in Madison County, where he has turned his attention to farming and trading in stock. In 1876 he located near fort Estill Station on 700 acres, where he is engaged in breeding fine shorthorn cattle, also race horses and Southdown sheep, and is the second largest tobacco raiser in the county. June 10, 1872, he was united in marriage with Pattie, daughter of Hon. John D. Harris. To this union four children were born: Nannie (deceased), William H., James Clifton and John H. Mrs. Stone is a member of the Christian Church and Mr. Stone is a member of the F. & A. M. He is G. W. of the Grand Commandery K. T. of the State. He is one of the leading Republicans of Kentucky and cast his first presidential vote for Gen. Grant.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11104 BOYLE CO – DR. JOHN M. MEYER – Meyer, Dudley, Jackson, Marshall, Love, Stallings, Ball, McDowell, McGoodwin, Lyne #11104: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V. Kentucky: A History of the State By Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 4th edition. Boyle Co. DR. JOHN M. MEYER was born December 1, 1817, in Barnwell District, South Carolina, where he was reared to manhood. In 1835 he entered Centre College, Danville, Ky., where he graduated in the regular course in 1840. He then commenced the study of medicine at Lexington with Dr. Benjamin W. Dudley, and graduated from the medical department of Transylvania University in 1843. He located in Boyle County, on the Perryville pike four miles west of Danville, where he has since enjoyed an extensive and lucrative practice. His father, Michael Meyer, was born in 1780, in Barnwell District, South Carolina, was a planter and slave-holder, and died about 1836, at the age of fifty-six years. His brothers were Jonathan and David. Their father was Davis Meyer, born in Pennsylvania and died at the age of ninety years. Michael married Miss Rebecca Jackson (thought to be related to Gen. Andrew Jackson), and from their union sprang Anslem D., James J., Dr. John M., Elizabeth (Marshall), Rebecca (Love) and Martha (Stallings). December 12, 1844, the Doctor was married to Miss Mary R., daughter of Samuel and Maria (Ball) McDowell, of Boyle County (born July 18, 1823, ded July 1, 1885), and to them were born Joseph, Maria Ball (McGoodwin), Florence, Mary (Lyne), Oscar, Thornwell and Carolina. The Doctor owns and resides on a farm of 200 acres of well improved and productive land. He has a fine herd of thirty registered Jersey cattle, among them one that is classed as a twenty-pound cow. Dr. Meyers is an Ancient Odd Fellow. He has for thirty years been elder in the Presbyterian Church. He lost thirty-five slaves as a result of the late war. In politics he is a Democrat.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11103 ADAIR CO – URIAH L TAYLOR, M.D. – Taylor, Jones, Garnett, Bridgewater, Patterson, Epperson, Glenn, Montgomery, McGarvey, Azbill, Harmon, Shearer, Page, Caldwell, Robinson, Bradshaw, Callison, Hancock, Strange, Hopper #11103: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V. Kentucky: A History of the State By Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 4th edition. Adair Co. URIAH L. TAYLOR, M.D., was born in Adair County April 21, 1833. George Taylor, his grandfather, was of English origin, and a native of North Carolina. He came to Adair County, Ky., in 1800, brining with him a family of eight children – four sons and four daughters. He bought wild lands, which he subsequently improved; was a man in moderate circumstances, a prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he was a class leader. He and most of his sons immigrated to Illinois, about 1830, where he died in Pike County. Rev. George W. Taylor (born in 1790), the father of Dr. Taylor, began of the work of the ministry in the Methodist Episcopal Church at about the age of twenty-one, and for fifty-five years had the care of about twenty churches. About 1811 he married Miss Fanny Jones, a daughter of Charles Jones, who, with his family, had come from Bedford County, Va., to Adair County, Ky. This union was blessed by ten children: Dr. James G., Rev. Zachariah M., Chesley J., Carolie M. (Garnett), Simon P., George M., Charales B., Thomas C., Benjamin F. and Uriah L., of whom Zachariah, Thomas and Benjamin are now dead. Rev. George W. Taylor was presiding elder thirty years, was a membesr of the Louisville Conference, and at one time a delegate to the general conference of Philadelphia. He died in February, 1866, in the seventy-sixth year of his age; his wife’s death occurred in 1857. A short time before his death he had contracted a second marriage to Mrs. Mary (Bridgewater) Jones, the widow of Charles Jones, and her demise occurred about 1876. Dr. Uriah L. Taylor, until seventeen years of age, lived on the farm owned by his father. He next engaged selling goods in a store of general merchandise in Columbia until twenty-one years of age. He next went back to farming, which was his occupation until 1858, when he began the study of medicine under his brother, Dr. James G. Taylor, of Columbia. In the winter of 1858-59 he attended the Kentucky School of Medicine, and on returning home, in 1859, began the practice of his profession. This he continued until the session of 1875, when he graduated at the University of Louisville. He has always enjoyed a large and lucrative practice. December 20, 1857, he married Miss Mary J. Patterson, the third of James and Ann Elizabeth (Epperson) Patterson’s two sons and three daughters. James Patterson, a native of Adair County, was the second of William and Elizabeth (Glenn) Patterson’s four sons and two daughters. William Patterson and wife were both Virginians. Elizabeth Ann Epperson was the fifth of William and Elizabeth (Montgomery) Epperson’s six sons and two daughters. William Epperson and wife were also Virginians, and the two families, Eppersons and Pattersons, were families of wealth and prominence. Dr. Taylor and wife have been blessed by four children: James G., died in infancy; Dellie, who died December 16, 1883, in her twenty-first year, and in life was a teacher of music in Columbia College, as well as a graduate of that institution; Fanny, wife of Elder John W. McGarvey, Jr., and Mattie. Dr. Taylor has given each of his children, who have lived to maturity, a thorough education in the college at Columbia, of which he is president of the board of trustees. The Columbia College was founded in 1873 by Elder W. K. Azbill. This college began with a faculty of five teachers, with Elder W. K. Azbill as president, and has continued a forty-week session each year, and very successfully, with an attendance of from 100 to 150, until within the last two years, the attendance has diminished to about 100, with three teachers, and Prof. M. F. Harmon as the principal. There are twelve members of the board of trustees: Dr. U. L. Taylor, president; fF C. Shearer, vice-president; James T. Page, secretary; G. M. Caldwell, W. N. Robinson, Tim Bradshaw, W. J. Callison, Junius Hancock, J. K. A. Strange, R. H. Hopper and W. K.Azbell. The college has a theological department in connection with it, besides a full and complete course of study, all of which is undesr the superintendency of the Christian Church. Dr. Taylor was in early life a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, but, about twelve years ago, became a member of the Christian Church, in which he has since been a zealous worker, at present being one of two elders, which position he has held about twelve years. He is a Republican in politics.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11102 WASHINGTON CO – E. M. RUSSELL – Russell, Clusker, Bird, Collier #11102: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V. Kentucky: A History of the State By Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 4th edition. Washington Co. E. M. RUSSELL, jeweler, is a son of William and Margaret (Clusker) Russell, both parents natives of Ireland. William Russell was born in the city of Dublin, where he grew to manhood and married. He in early life learned the jewelry business, became a skillful workman, and carried on a thriving business in his native city until 1832. In that year he came to the United States, and for several years thereafter worked at his trade in New York City; he afterward moved to Kentucky, and after several years spent in Lexington, removed to Richmond, where he established a thriving business which he carried on for a number of years. From Richmond he removed to Bardstown, in 1844, where he carried on an extensive business until 1880, at which time he moved to Louisville, where he still resides. William and Margaret Russell are the parents of eight children whose names are as follows: Arthur, Ellen, Maria, George, Robert, Ed. M., Maggie and Joseph Russell. Ed. M. Russell was born and reared in Bardstown, and educated at St. Joseph’s College, which he attended three years. He learned the jewelry business with his father, and after quitting school worked at the trade in Bardstown for several years. In 1871 he went to San Francisco, Cal., for the purpose of engaging with a large watch company, but upon his arrival in the city, found the said company had failed, hence he was compelled to seek his fortune elsewhere. From San Francisco he went to San Diego, and after a short time spent in the latter city, took his departure for Julian City, a mining town, where he remained several years, prospecting a portion of the time, and meeting with many varied experiences in that romantic part of California. He next went to Los Angeles, and later to San Bernadino, where he engaged in the hotel and restaurant business, which he carried on for two years, meeting with the most encouraging success in the meantime. From San Bernadino he went to the mining town of Darwin, Inyo County, where he bought and operated several mines but with little success. Tiring of that kind of employment a few months later he returned to San Francisco. From the latter place he went to Salt Lake, and after spending several months there, he returned to Kentucky, after an absence of seven years. In October, 1878, he established himself in the jewelry business at Springfield, where he has since resided, his store being the only one of the kind in Washington County. Mr. Russell was married May 5, 1879, to Miss Louisa Bird, daughter of R. L. and Sarah (Collier) Bird. Mrs. Russell was born in St. Johnswood, England, in the year 1862. Mr. and Mrs. Russell have three children, namely: Catherine, Margaret and Emily Russell. Mr. Russell has held the office of town marshal of Springfield; is a Democrat in politics, and with his wife, belongs to the Catholic Church, being members of St. Dominic’s congregation.

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NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11101 CHRISTIAN CO – REV. SAMUEL P. FORGY – Forgy, Marion, Scott, Veach,Edgar, Crewdson #11101: County of Christian, Kentucky. Historical and Biographical. Edited by William Henry Perrin. F. A. Battey Publishing Co., Chicago & Louisville, 1884. Pembroke Precinct. REV. SAMUEL P. FORGY was born April 16, 1826, in Logan County,Ky., and at the age of ten years removed with his widowed mother to Adams County, Ill., where he remained until 1874, when he returned to his native State. He is the son of Samuel C. Forgy, who was born in North Carolina about 1798, removed with his parents to Logan County, Ky., where he died in 1830; he was a gallant soldier in the war of 1812; his father, James Forgy, was born in Ireland, came to America at the beginning of the war of the Revolution, entered the service as Major, under Marion, and served till peace was established. Subject’s mother, Elizabeth Scott, was born in North Carolina in 1803, and died in Illinois, in 1863. Her children were: Hilary, James M., Miles M., William A., subject, Eliza J. (Veach), Ezekiel C. and Ann E. Forgy. In 1849 subject was licensed as a minister of the Gospel, in the Missionary Baptist Church, in Butler County, Ky., ordained at Monticello in 1859, served as Pastor at Glasgow six years, severally at Trenton and Allensville, from 1858 to 1877, and became settled in charge of the congregation at Salem Church, in Christian County, his present field of labor, in 1880. He is, by those who know him best, accounted a worthy and faithful shepherd of his flock. He was married, January 24, 1850, to Miss Elizabeth F., daughter of Deacon George and Mary A. (Edgar) Crewdson, of Logan County, Ky., and from this union have sprung William H., February 27, 1851; Mary Lizzie, March 21, 1854; Luella, September 15, 1855; Katie, October 18, 1857; Lillie, December 20, 1858; Minnie, December 12, 1861; S. Walton, October 15, 1866; and Willard E., April 11. 1871. Owing to the orphanage of subject in early childhood, his educational advantages were limited; but by industry and studious habits, has accumulated a fine fund of general information, and especially in the department of Christian literature has he succeeded to an extent that should encourage others situated under like circumstances.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11100 NELSON CO – GEORGE D. MARSHALL – Marshall, Dodson, McCroklin, Clarke #11100: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume 5. Battle- Perrin – Kniffin. 3rd ed., 1886 Nelson Co. GEORGE D. MARSHALL, farmer and merchant, was born November 11, 1846, and is the third of seven children born to Josiah B. and Mahala J. (Dodson) Marshall. Josiah Marshall, paternal grandfather of our subject, was a native of Virginia and came to Kentucky and settled in Nelson County, where he died about 1843. He was one of the extensive and well-to-do farmers of the county. Jonathan Dodson, subject’s maternal grandfather, was a native Kentuckians, born in the latter part of the eighteenth century. He commenced a farmer’s life a poor boy and was highly successful, amassing quite a competency, and was a strict member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He died about 1861. Josiah B. Marshall, was born in Nelson County April 28 1817, and died in May, 1885; he followed the pursuits of the farm until 1873, when he established a store at Stringtown, and carried on the mercantile business at that place in conjunction with his farming until his death. He was a man who had few or no enemies and a host of friends; while no a member of any church, yet he was a firm believer in the Christian faith, and led a true, honorable and upright life. His son, Geo. D. Marshall, a native of Nelson County, remained at home and assisted his parents on the farm until he attained the age of seventeen years; he then entered, as a student, the Indiana State University, which he attended one year; the following year he was in attendance at St. Mary’s College, after which he immediately engaged in teaching. November 11, 1868, his marriage with Annie McCroklin was solemnized and to their union five children have been born, of which these three are living: Minnie G., Clyde O. and Walter E. In 1869 he embarked in the mercantile business in Carroll County, where he continued two years. He was then tendered and accepted the position of traveling salesman for V. Overall & Co., of Louisville; upon the termination of his year’s contract with them he traveled for S. S. Clarke for one year. He then entered the store of his father at Stringtown. Upon the death of the latter he succeeded him in business, and also inherited a farm of 100 acres. He and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics he is a Democrat.