NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11960 JEFFERSON CO - JOHN W. KLEIN – Klein, Klink, Bushmeyer, Frantz, Battey, Hatch #11960: History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State, Volume IV Illustrated. S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago-Louisville, 1928. JOHN W. KLEIN [photograph], one of Louisville’s well know citizens and successful business men, was born in this city May 14, 1864, the only son of his parents, William and Elizabeth (Klink) Klein, and belongs to a family that has long been identified with the business interests of Louisville. William Klein, the father, who was a native of Germany, came to this city as a boy and through the exercise of his industry and thrift established a confectionery business that subsequently became one of the best known stores in that line in Louisville. He married Miss Elizabeth Klink, who was a native of this city, and their family consisted of a son and a daughter, John W. and Mamie. The latter married Charles F. Bushmeyer, and is now deceased. William Klein’s death occurred on the 19th of March, 1900, when he had reached the age of sixty, while his widow survived until July 6, 1907, being in her sixty-eighty year at the time of her death. John W. Klein received a public school education and began his business career in the confectionery business established by his father. He early showed a special aptitude and an ability to progress in business administration and gradually assumed heavier responsibilities. He was associated with his father until the latter’s death, when he took over the sole management of the business, which he continued with marked success until July, 1920, when he retired. The Klein store at 456 South Fourth street was one of the business landmarks of its time, and enjoyed a popularity not surpassed by any store of its kind in Louisville. Always up-to-date and in many respects a distinct leader, its success reflected in the progressive character of its proprietor. Among his other business interests, Mr. Klein was for some time vice president of the Louisville Water Company. His real estate holdings in Louisville include some of the most valuable business property in the downtown section. For some years he has spent the winter season in Florida, in which state he also has valuable realty interests. The management and handling of his private interests has for several years been Mr. Klein’s business recreation. Mr. Klein was married October 24, 1889, to Miss Emma E. Frantz, a daughter of George W. Frantz, of Louisville, and they became the parents of a son and two daughters. Their only son, Lieutenant John W. Klein, Jr., was born August 17, 1894, and was killed while leading his company in the Argonne Forest, November 6, 1918. A more extended mention of him appears elsewhere in this work. The elder daughter, Georgia, received her early education in Louisville, and afterward attended Mason’s School, known as “The Castle,” at Tarrytown, New York. She married Fay H. Battey and resides in Buffalo, New York, and has a son, John Klein Battey. The other daughter, Mary Elizabeth, attended the Kentucky Home School for Girls in Louisville and completed his studies in Ogontz College, situated near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is now the wife of G. Leland Hatch, of West Palm Beach, Florida, and has become the mother of two daughters, Betty and Barbara Hatch. Mr. Klein belongs to the Second Presbyterian church and along fraternal lines is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is a man of well balanced capacities and powers whose sound judgment and good common sense in business matters have been important factors in his success. Louisville has been Mr. Klein’s home since his birth, and for more than forty years he was actively and prominently identified with the city’s business life, which has given him an extensive acquaintanceship, and not a few of his best friends have known him from boyhood. Genial and optimistic by nature, he extracts from life the real essence of living, and is not only regarded as an excellent type of the city’s best citizenship but also as one of Louisville’s strong and able business men. Indicative of Mr. Klein’s unbounded faith in Louisville’s future, and his logical reasons therefore, is the following newspaper interview which appeared in the Courier-Journal of August 31, 1926: “Louisville, like a youth, is just beginning to feel itself and to have some inkling of its own power and attraction, John W. Klein, Louisville financier and former confectioner, said Monday in discussing development here within the last few years. “Real development in Louisville is just getting under way,” Mr. Klein said, “and while what has already gone on may seem a bit surprising it will be as nothing to what the future years will bring. Prospects here are far richer than those of many other cities and each succeeding year is sure to mark healthy increases in property values, population and per capita wealth in the community.” Mr. Klein’s statement is as follows: “It is far better for all persons here to invest in Louisville property than to send their money to the large eastern centers for the same purpose – this is proved by the fact that during past years for that purpose and have been profiting greatly by their investments. I have just returned from an extensive motor tour throughout the eastern states, and not one of the dozens of cities I visited presents the same possibilities as does Louisville. Many of these faraway cities have been building up a great tradition concerning undreamed-of increases in property values, but I think we can hold our own with any of them. Many of us hear about the huge increases in New York city and forget to remember the time when downtown properties in Louisville were selling as low as three hundred dollars a front foot. I can name innumerable prominent corners where increases of more than ten per cent have been effected in a few years. Two factors greatly influenced the development of Louisville, which first began making itself apparent a number of years ago, these being the bringing of Camp Zachary Taylor here and the spreading of the city’s fame by visitors. The camp exerted the greatest influence in bringing persons here and they came, saw and were conquered, returning to their homes to spread our fame by word of mouth. This publicity, the greatest a city can enjoy, then played its part in bringing others here, many of whom remained to lend their aid and money in building Louisville into the progressive center it is today. The increase in the city’s population has been nearly as surprising as the increase in property values, and in two score years I have seen Louisville grow from a community in which I knew nearly every citizen by name to one in which I recognize scarcely ten acquaintances in every thousand passers-by. The changes in the tangible form of the city have been almost magical and it seems almost as though in the years I have been here I have seen it daily spread and grow, covering territories that were once considered far from town. Market street, between Twenty-sixty street and Fontaine Ferry, was once almost a backwoods trail marked with unpicturesque ponds and pastures, while none but a few settlers would consider living in Crescent Hills and in the suburban districts do the south. Louisville, then, was not the thing of beauty it is today, and nearly all buildings, it seemed, were nearly as coarse and ugly as it was possible to make them. Today it has been learned that beauty has its place in the development of a city and every architectural device is being brought into play to make Louisville attractive to the visitor in the hope of making him a permanent resident. And more and more of these casual visitors are being won over as residents by the many fine qualities of our city, bringing in new money and new dreams and weaving them into reality, making Louisville the new metropolis of the south.” KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH Archives:http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kyresearch

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11959 WASHINGTON CO – WILLIAM L. THOMSON – Thomson, Jackson, MacRitchie, Nichols, Carter, Green #11959: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V, Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 4th ed. Washington Co. WILLIAM L. THOMSON is a native of Inverness, Scotland, and was born February 24, 1843. His parents, James and Agnes J. (Jackson) Thomson, had six children, of whom William L. was the fourth. He remained at home until he reached the age of seventeen years, receiving an academical education in the Royal Academy at Inverness. In 1860 he was bound as an apprentice to learn civil engineering; after the expiration of his term, which lasted five years, he was made assistant engineer on the Caledonia Railway, in which capacity he acted four years. He then, in company with Charles MacRitchie, now of the firm of MacRitchie & Nichols of Chicago, came to the United States and almost immediately secured the position of assistant engineer on the Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad. In 1871 he removed to the State of Texas, and assisted in the construction of its first railways, at which he was engaged about nine years. During that time he was united in marriage with Miss Sarah Carter, daughter of Joseph Carter of Danville, Ky. She died about two years subsequent to their marriage. In 1880 Mr. Thomson came to Kentucky, and his marriage with Ellis Green, daughter of Wilson Green, was solemnized, and to their union two children have been born: Lillie and Robert. After his marriage he returned to Texas, and engaged in the construction of the Lorado [sic]& Corpus Christi Railroad, thence went to the City of Mexico, where he resided two years; he then returned to Kentucky and purchased a farm in Washington County, on which he has since lived. Mr. Thomson belongs to the Masonic fraternity, and holds his membership in Edinburgh, Scotland. Since becoming a citizen of the United States he has been identified in politics with the Democratic party. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH Archives:http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kyresearch

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11957 CAMPBELL CO – WALTER JAMES VAN HORN – Van Horn, Murray, Patterson, Cloyd, Anderson, Colton, Chutes 11957: Pike County Missouri History, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883. Campbell Co. Walter James Van Horn was born near Campbell county, Kentucky, February 8, 1818, where he was raised and educated. His father dying when he was very young, he lived with his mother until manhood. He began life for himself by being variously employed until 1842, when he embarked in the manufacture of tobacco at Union, Boone county, Kentucky, where he followed it only a short time, when he went to Covington, Kentucky, where he continued in the same business until 1848, when he removed to Louisiana, Missouri, where, with his brothers, William M. and Archibald, he engaged in the manufacture of plug and fine cut tobacco, they being the pioneer tobacconists of Louisiana. In 1863 they discontinued the business at Louisiana, when he, with the same brothers and Edward C. Murray, went to Chicago, Illinois, and engaged in the manufacture of tobacco as Van Horn, Murray & Co. Their co-partnership was dissolved in 1866, when he, with his son, Cassius, his brother Archibald and J. H. Patterson, in the firm style of A. M. Van Horn & Co., engaged in distilling at Chicago, having a large distillery, carrying on an extensive business for one year, when their distillery was burned. Returning to Louisiana in 1877 he, with his son and brother, purchased the old tobacco factory at Louisiana, which also burned down the same year. He and his son Cassius then engaged in the same business at Warsaw, Illinois, until 1869, when he retired from business and returned to Louisiana, where he died in 1879. In 1859 Mr. Van Horn invented a machine for manufacturing flat lump tobacco and is the original inventor of that kind of machinery. In 1842 he married Sarah W. Cloyd, of Boone county, Kentucky, by whom he has had six children, one of whom died in infancy; Cassius, of Louisiana; Cornelia, wife of W. W. Anderson, Louisiana; Addie, wife of W. F. Colton, of Salt Lake City, Utah; Mary S., wife of James A. Chutes, of Lincoln, Nebraska, and Clara R., who died in Chicago in 1865, at four years of age. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH Archives:http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kyresearch

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11957 CAMPBELL CO – WALTER JAMES VAN HORN – Van Horn, Murray, Patterson, Cloyd, Anderson, Colton, Chutes 11957: Pike County Missouri History, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883. Campbell Co. Walter James Van Horn was born near Campbell county, Kentucky, February 8, 1818, where he was raised and educated. His father dying when he was very young, he lived with his mother until manhood. He began life for himself by being variously employed until 1842, when he embarked in the manufacture of tobacco at Union, Boone county, Kentucky, where he followed it only a short time, when he went to Covington, Kentucky, where he continued in the same business until 1848, when he removed to Louisiana, Missouri, where, with his brothers, William M. and Archibald, he engaged in the manufacture of plug and fine cut tobacco, they being the pioneer tobacconists of Louisiana. In 1863 they discontinued the business at Louisiana, when he, with the same brothers and Edward C. Murray, went to Chicago, Illinois, and engaged in the manufacture of tobacco as Van Horn, Murray & Co. Their co-partnership was dissolved in 1866, when he, with his son, Cassius, his brother Archibald and J. H. Patterson, in the firm style of A. M. Van Horn & Co., engaged in distilling at Chicago, having a large distillery, carrying on an extensive business for one year, when their distillery was burned. Returning to Louisiana in 1877 he, with his son and brother, purchased the old tobacco factory at Louisiana, which also burned down the same year. He and his son Cassius then engaged in the same business at Warsaw, Illinois, until 1869, when he retired from business and returned to Louisiana, where he died in 1879. In 1859 Mr. Van Horn invented a machine for manufacturing flat lump tobacco and is the original inventor of that kind of machinery. In 1842 he married Sarah W. Cloyd, of Boone county, Kentucky, by whom he has had six children, one of whom died in infancy; Cassius, of Louisiana; Cornelia, wife of W. W. Anderson, Louisiana; Addie, wife of W. F. Colton, of Salt Lake City, Utah; Mary S., wife of James A. Chutes, of Lincoln, Nebraska, and Clara R., who died in Chicago in 1865, at four years of age. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH Archives:http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kyresearch

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11956 JESSAMINE CO - NIMROD GUY – Guy, Phelps, Forgey, Thurman, Erritt 11956: Pike County Missouri History, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883. Jessamine Co. Nimrod Guy, post-office Paynesville, farmer and stock raiser, was born in Jessamine county, Kentucky, February 5, 1817; is a son of Robert and Elizabeth Guy. When he was an infant his parents immigrated to Pike county, where he was reared and educated, living with his parents until he grew to manhood. In 1835 he went to the lead mines of Wisconsin where he remained two seasons, and by hard work and strict economy he saved $300, which was the starting point of his large accumulations. After returning home, he with his elder brother entered eighty acres of government land. He afterwards purchased his brother’s interest, on which place he has since made his home. He was first married, April 2, 1846, to Ms. Elizabeth Phelps, a native of May county, Virginia. By this union were three children, of whom one still survives, Mrs. Anna B. Forgey, the wife of Andrew J. Forgey, a prominent farmer of Calumet township and a resident of Paynesville. His wife died March 10, 1876. He was again married, March 29, 1877, to Mrs. Russie Thurman, a daughter of Joseph and Rachel Erritt, who was a prominent preacher of the Christian Church at Paynesville for thirty-two years. Mrs. Guy has two children by her former marriage: Polly and John E. Thurman. Mr. Guy has a farm of over 700 acres of improved land under a high state of cultivation. He and his wife are members of the Christian Church. Col. Sandi Gorin - GORIN worldconnect website: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~sgorin

I again can't send mail out on my regular account - so am posting from my alternate account - sorry! Sandi NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11194 MADISON CO – HON. RICHARD J. WHITE – White, Gentry, Washington, Clark, Jefferson, Crawford, Martin, Duncan, Taylor #11194: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V, Battle-Perin-Kniffin, 4th ed. Madison Co. HON. RICHARD J. WHITE was born December 15, 1827, in Silver Creek, Madison County, and is a son of Valentine M. and Jane H. (Gentry) White, to whom were born three sons and one daughter. Valentine M. was born on same farm in 1801, and was engaged all his life as a farmer and trader, and died in 1834. He was a son of Durett White, who came from Culpeper County, Va., and settled on Silver Creek as early as 1780-85, first stopping at Fort Paint Lick. Prior to his coming, he had served three years in the Continental Army as lieutenant under Gen. Washington. After coming to Kentucky he also participated in many of the struggles with the Indians. He finally settled on Silver Creek, ten miles south of Richmond, on about 1,000 acres of the best land in the county; afterward added considerable to this and became one of the most substantial farmers in the county. He married a widow by the name of Lucy Clark, by whom one child was born. She had several children by her former husband. Durett White was a Baptist in religion, and died at the age of eighty-six years. He was a son of Henry White, of Virginia, who father was also a Virginian, and was related to the Jefferson and Crawford families, and of Scotch-Irish origin tinctured with French. Mrs. Jane H. (Gentry) White was born six miles south of Richmond, on Silver Creek, and was a daughter of Richard Gentry, who married a Miss Martin. Mr. Gentry had served in the war for independence, received a land warrant, and immediately came to Kentucky and located lands. He first occupied the fort at Boonesborough, and took part in man of the struggles with the Indians. He married his second wife and reared a large family, and at the time of his death was about eighty-seven years old. Richard J. White was reared on a farm and received his education at Bethany College, West Virginia. He was united in marriage in September, 1846, to Lucy A., only daughter of Creed and Elizabeth (Duncan) Taylor, natives of Madison County, but of Virginia families of English descent. Mr. White and wife raised six children to bless their home: Valentine (deceased), William, Richard, Elizabeth, John and Martin B. Mr. and Mrs. White are active and devoted members of the Christian Church. After his marriage, Mr. White located on the old homestead of his grandfather. In 1849 he removed to where he now resides, on 640 acres four miles southeast of Richmond. He now owns 340 acres; his wife and daughter own about 500 acres in their own names. Mr. White has devoted much of his time to live stock breeding and trading. Mr. White was colonel of militia in the early days, has served as magistrate eight years, and in 1876 was elected to represent his county in the Senate. He is a member of the F. & A. M., and was identified with the Grange movement. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11192 BOYLE CO – JOHN W. YERKES – Yerkes, Lovell, Washington, Penn, Wadron, Anderson, Rhodes #11192: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V, Battle-Perin-Kniffin, 4th ed. Boyle Co. JOHN W. YERKES was born April 1, 1854, in Lexington, Ky., and is the youngest of three sons and two daughters, all livng, born to Rev. Dr. Stephen and Amanda (Lovell) Yerkes. Dr. Stephen Yerkes was born June 27, 1817, in Hatborough, Penn. At the age of fifteen he entered Yale College, from which he graduated in the class of 1837, after which he located in Baltimore where he was engaged in teaching, and was active in building up the schools of the city. In 1851 he located in Lexington, where he was connected with Transylvania University. In 1857 he located in Danville, and was elected to the chair of Hebrew and oriental languages in the Presbyterian Theological Seminary; has been continuously connected with the institution ever since, and is now its president. He was a son of John W. Yerkes, a native of Pennsylvania, who was one of the active movers in suppressing the Whisky Rebellion in Pennsylvania during the Washington administration. His parents came from Saxony, and were deeded lands by William Penn. He was a Presbyterian and married a Miss Wadron. The mother of John W. was born in Baltimore, and was a daughter of Thomas Lovell, a native of Maryland. His business was that of a merchant and he was of English parents. John W. Yerkes, our subject, received his education in Centre College, graduating in the class of 1873; begun the study of law and graduated from the law school at Ann Arbor, Mich. He located in Danville, where he has established a fine record as a lawyer, and is spoken of by those of his profession who know him as one of the most brilliant and best informed lawyers of his age in the State. In October, 1879, he was united in marriage to Elizazbeth O. Anderson, of Boyle County, a daughter of Hon. W. C. and Amelia (Rhodes) Anderson, who were natives of Garrard County. The issue of this marriage was two children: Lovell S. and Amelia R. Mr. and Mrs. Yerkes are members of the Presbyterian Church. He is an active and leading Republican of Kentucky. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH Archives:http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kyresearch

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11191 ADAIR CO – JOHN H. WILSON – Wilson, Coats, Grissom, Rowe, Miller, VanZant, Royse, Blair, Hopkins, Stone #11191: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V, Battle-Perin-Kniffin, 4th ed. Adair Co. JOHN H. WILSON, a native of Adair County, and a son of David and Fanny (Coats) Wilson, was born August 20, 1841. David Wilson, born December 1, 1797,. Was a farmer, owning his own farm and stock. He married Miss Fanny Coats in 1826, a daughter of Alex and Lucy Coats, natives of the Old Dominion. By this marriage he became the father of six children: Minerva J. (wife of E. Grissom), Sally M., Clove Ann and Dicie Norticia (who are dead), Mellisa F. (deceased wife of William Rowe) and J. H. David Wilson was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and departed this life December 31, 1872. His widow, also a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, died in the eighty-first year of her age, in December, 1870. John Wilson, the grandfather of John H., was a native of the Old Dominion, lived near Richmond, and was born about 1762. He was a tiller of the soil during his life, and immigrated to the “dark and bloody ground,” where he entered a tract of land, a built a cabin. Here he lived and cultivated about 200 acres. His marriage to Miss Sarah Miller occurred in Virginia and they were the parents of eight children: Samuel, David, Andrew, Miller, Washington, Charles, Dicie (Van Zant) and Milton, all dead. The death of John Wilson occurred in 1843, that of his wife, prior to that time. The Wilson family are of English-Irish origin. John H. Wilson in youth acquired only a limited education in the common schools of the county. His early life, until twenty years of age, was spent in farming at home with his father, but in September, 1861, he enlisted in Company D, Thirteenth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, Federal service. He served three years, participating in many of the principal battles, and received two slight wounds during that time. He was a non-commissioned officer, and served mostly in the commissary department. He was mustered out of the service and received an honorable discharge in 1864, and will receive a pension for injuries received in a runaway while in the army. Mr. Wilson, after returning home, began life with no property, but immediately bought a place of 244 acres in the woods. This he has added to and sold off from at different times, until it now contains 150 acres. Here he has built a good residence, stables and barns, and placed his farm in a high state of cultivation. Mr. Wilson was married in March, 1865, to Miss Lucy M. Blair, a daughter of John and Betsy (Royse) Blair, native Kentuckians. John Blair was a son of Wm. And Lucy (Hopkins) Blair, natives of South Carolina, and Betsy Royse was a daughter of William and Mary (Stone) Royse, the former a Kentuckian, the latter a Virginian. William Royse was a son of Solomon Royse, one of the first settlers of Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are the parents of eight children: Norticia, Alice, Roofie, Ora, Ada, Annie (deceased), Altie and another deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics Mr. Wilson is a member of the Republican party. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH Archives:http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kyresearch

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11190 CHRISTIAN CO - CAPT. DANIEL G. HUTCHISON – Hutchison, Burton, Foster, Murphy, Ballard, Brown, Slaughter, Downer, McRae, Armistead #11190: County of Christian, Kentucky, Historical and Biographical. Edited by William Henry Perrin. F. A. Battey Publishing Co., Chicago and Louisville, 1884. CAPT. DANIEL G. HUTCHISON was born March 4, 1807, in Pittsylvania County, Va., and removed to Christian County, Ky., in 1834, where he resided to the present time. He is the son of John Hutchison, who was born in Loudon County, Va., and died in Todd County, Ky., in 1840. Subject’s mother, Susan Burton, was born in Virginia in 1784, and died in 1872. To herself and husband were born: Daniel G., Nellie G. (Foster), Susan (Murphy), Louisa J. (Ballard), Jane B. (Brown), Sallie and John. November 19, 1839, Capt. Hutchison was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Slaughter) Downer, and grand-daughter of Col. John S. Slaughter, of the Revolutionary war, and from this union sprang: Avilla S. (McRae), Susan F. (Armistead), and Julia McRae. Mr. Hutchison has always followed the vocation of a farmer, being at the present time the owner of 165 acres of fair land, which has yielded him and family a comfortable support, and on which he has successfully grown the products common to this vicinity. Capt. Hutchison is a Granger, a Democrat, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH Archives:http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kyresearch

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11189 OHIO CO – LEVI MARION AXTON – Axton, Jacobs, Dymond, Shelton, Woodward, Anderson, Park #11189: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume III, Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 2nd ed., 1885. Ohio County. LEVI MARION AXTON, Ohio County, was born June 9, 1845, in Posey County, Ind., and in infancy removed with his mother to the place where he now resides, near Barrett’s Ferry, Ohio Co., Ky. In 1861 he enlisted in Company A, Twenty-sixth Kentucky Infantry, and remained in the service during the war. His father, Levi C. Axton, a native of North Carolina, was a soldier in the war of 1812, and died about 1845. He was the son of Robert, of North Carolina. Levi C. married Sallie Jacobs, of Missouri, who died in 1850. Their family consisted of William (drowned), John J. (drowned), Olive (Dymond), James T., Mary E. (Shelton), Benjamin M. (died 1850), Lucy C. (Woodward), Isaac H. and Levi Marion. December 2, 1868, Levi M. married Amanda C., daughter of John F. and Nancy A. (Anderson) Park, of Ohio County, born September 10, 1845, and to her and husband have been born Mary C., Sarah E. (deceased), William L., Enola B. Jonny (deceased), John B., Jimmy (deceased) and Joseph M. At her birth, Mary C. weighed but one and one-half pounds. Mr. Axton is a farmer, having 174 acres of land in good condition and a high state of cultivation. In politics, he is a stanch Republican. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH Archives:http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kyresearch

This is my 3rd attempt to get this to post ! NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11188 SIMPSON CO – J. HENRY CONN – Conn, Hardin, Herndon, Cleveland #11188: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume IV, Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Simpson CO. J. HENRY CONN was born January 31, 1863, in Logan County, Ky. He is third of two sons and two daughters born to John Milton and America L. (Hardin) Conn, who were, respectively, natives of Scott and Logan Counties. John M. Conn is a wealthy and extensive farmer on Red River, east of Adairville, and is a son of Dr. Notley and Sallie A. (Herndon) Conn. Dr. Notely Conn was a farmer of Scotch descent, and moved to Logan County about 1840, where he purchased a large tract of land. Thompson and America (Harding) Hardin, the maternal grandparents of J. Henry Conn, were born, respectively, in North Carolina and Logan County, Ky. J. Henry Conn was reared on a farm and attended the common schools; later entered Ogden College at Bowling Green, from which he graduated in 1882. In 1884 he located at Franklin, where he is engaged in milling – roller process – his mill being one of the finest in the county. Mr. Conn, morally and intellectually, stands high in the estimation of the people in Simpson County. The Conns have always been numbered among the leading and representative men of southern Kentucky. He cast his first presidential vote for Cleveland in 1884 KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH Archives:http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kyresearch

2nd try to get this out! Sandi NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11187 HOPKINS CO ­ JOHN C. GIVENS ­ Givens, Christian, Barnhill #11187: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume IV, Battle ­ Perrin ­ Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Hopkins Co. JOHN C. GIVENS was born in Hopkins County, Ky., June 17, 1828, and is the fourth of ten children born to James K. and Elizabeth (Christian) Givens, the former a native of Virginia, the latter of Kentucky, of Irish and English descent, respectively. James K. Givens, when about eighteen years old, in 1813, came with his parents to Hopkins County, Ky., where his father, Thomas Givens, bought military lands and improved a farm. James K. bought wild land near the old homestead, where he improved the farm upon which he resided until his death, in 1855. For the last twenty years of his life he was almost entirely helpless, being affected all that time by rheumatism. He and his wife were from early life members of the Baptist Church. John C. in 1850 went to California, by the overland route, and was successfully engaged in mining and teaming there for nearly three years. He then returned to Kentucky and bought a farm near Nebo, Hopkins County, where he has since been engaged in farming. He was married November 24, 1854, to Miss Artemisia Barnhill, a native of Bertie County, N. C. Seven children have blessed their union, four of whom ­ two sons and two daughters ­ are living. Mr. and Mrs. Givens are members of the Missionary Baptist Church. He is a Democrat. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH Archives:http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kyresearch

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11186 BULLITT CO – JOHN MIDDLETON – Middleton, Wright, Shannon, Fern, Price #11186: Pike County Missouri History, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883, p. 584. Bullittt Co. John Middleton, blacksmith and wagon maker and dealer in agricultural implements, Clarksville. He was born in Shepherdsville, Kentucky, September, 1833. When about four years old, in 1837, he came to Missouri with his parents, Thomas and Elizabeth (nee Wright) Middleton, they settling in Pike county on the farm now known as the Shannon farm, where they lived until 1839, and then came to Clarksville, where his father died in 1843. He there continued to live with his mother, and as soon as old enough assisted her to maintain her family. His first work when a mere lad was to haul cord wood with a yoke of oxen, receiving twelve and one-half cents per day wages. In 1854 he began to learn the trade of blacksmithing in the shop of his elder brothers, L. and J. Middleton, being with them until 1857, when he and John Fern bought his brothers’ establishment and have carried on the business of wagon-making, blacksmithing and dealing in agricultural implements ever since, under the firm name of Middleton and Fern. September 17, 1861, he married Miss Maggie, daughter of Bird Price, of Clarksville. They have one son, James B., a merchant of Clarksville. Himself and wife are members of the Christian Church at Clarksville, of which he has been a deacon for eight years. He is a member of the Clarksville Lodge No. 53, I. O. O. F., of which he is past grand; also of Calumet Lodge 1968, K. of H., of which he is assistant dictator, and of Clarksville Lodge No. 94, I. O. G. T., he being the first worthy chief of the lodge. He has served as councilman at different times about ten years. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH Archives:http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kyresearch

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11185 UNKNOWN CO – DR. WILLIAM M’CLURE - McClure #1185: <http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.alabama.counties.pike/mb.ashx>Pike County <http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.missouri/mb.ashx>Missouri History, Des Moines, <http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa/mb.ashx>Iowa, <http://www.ancestry.com/facts/mills-family-history.ashx>Mills and Company, 1883. Unknown Co. DR. WILLIAM M’CLURE, a native of Kentucky, practiced at Paynesville with Dr. Hughes. He was considered the leading physician in that section of the county. He was a man of ability and was unusually successful. He removed to Boone county, engaged in speculation, and amassed a large fortune. After this he traveled extensively in Europe, and upon his return delivered lectures upon his European trip, particularly upon Palestine, Jerusalem, and other places mentioned in sacred history. He was an entertaining speaker, as well as a man of splendid conversational powers. In many respects he was peculiar, often eccentric, but always honest in the expression of his convictions and strong in the presentation of his well matured views. He was well known in all this portion of the state and neither this nor the next generation will be permitted to forget that he once lived and practiced in Pike County KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH Archives:http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kyresearch

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11184: WASHINGTON CO – WILLIAM H. SWEENEY – Sweeney, Edmonson, VanCleve, Russell, Avritt, Leachman, Thompson #11184: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V, Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 4th Ed. Washington Co. WILLIAM H. SWEENEY, attorney at law, was born October 22, 1858, in Lebanon, Ky., and is the son of Harvey and Mary Sweeney, both parents natives of the same State. Daniel Sweeney, subject’s grandfather, was a native of Virginia and a soldier in the war of 1812. He came to Kentucky many years ago and was among the early settlers of Mackville, Washington County, where he resided until 1848, at which time he removed to Missouri, where his death occurred in 1855. Harvey Sweeney was born about the year 1809 and is still living in the city of Lebanon. He is a mechanic by occupation. Subject’s maternal grandfather was Wilson Edmondson, a native of Essex County, Va. He was an early pioneer of Marion County and resided near Lebanon until his death in 1883, at the advanced age of ninety two years. He was a farmer by occupation and was also one of the veterans of the war of 1812. Mary Sweeney was born in Washington County in 1812 and died in 1884. Two children were born to Harvey and Mary Sweeney, namely: William H., whose name heads this sketch, and Fannie, wife of A. C. Van Cleve. William H. Sweeney was reared on a farm near Lebanon, and received a good education in the schools of that city, attending the same until his eighteenth year. He then entered the Forrest Academy at Anchorage, in Jefferson County, where he pursued his studies for one year. After leaving school he commenced the study of law with Messrs. Russell & Avritt, of Lebanon, with whom he remained one year, receiving license to practice in the courts of Marion County in 1880. He began the practice of his profession before attaining his majority. He came to Springfield in February, 1891, and since that time has been an active member of the Washington County bar. In 1885 he purchased the Washington Leader, the only newspaper in Washington County, and for one year edited the same and placed it upon a substantial footing. He received the nomination for the office of county judge at the Democratic primary election of November, 1885, a compliment to his ability and popularity. Mr. Sweeney resides two miles and a half from Springfield upon a beautiful farm which he successfully operates in connection with his profession. He was married February 28, 1882, to Miss Mary A. Leachman, daughter of Thomas and Emeline (Thompson) Leachman, of Washington County. One child has been born to this marriage, Ella Sweeney. Mr. Sweeney is an active business man and an ardent supporter of the principles advocated by the Democratic party. In September, 1886, he was appointed master commissioner and receiver of the Washington Circuit Court. "Sound not heard is silence. History not recorded is lost."   Colonel Sandi Gorin

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11184: NELSON CO – SQUIRE MURPHY – Murphy, Young, Sousley, Cheser, Curry, Connell, Raymond, Shirley, Roby, Bean, Hagan #11184: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V, Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 4th Ed. Nelson Co. SQUIRE MURPHY was born February 1, 1820. His father, Robert Murphy, also a native of Nelson County, died about 1875. He was the son of Gabriel Murphy, a native of Maryland, one of the first settlers on Cox’s Creek, and an Indian fighter, who, alternately with his neighbors, assisted in guarding and cutting their crops in time of Indian depredations. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and died about 1841, aged over eighty years. His offspring were Gabriel, Abraham, Robert, Isaac, Elizabeth (Young), Polly (Sousley), Kitty (Cheser) and Sarah (Curry). Robert married Lucy Connell, who died in 1881, at the age of sixty-eight years, and from their union sprang Maria (Raymond) and our subject as above. . In February 1841, Squire Murphy was married to Miss Mary P., daughter of Joshua and Polly Shirley, of Nelson County (Born in 1818,k and died in 1847), and to them were born William Henry, Mary Eliza (Roby), and Sarah Margaret (Bean). Mr. Murphy was next married, in 1849, to Miss Juliet, daughter of Aquilla Hagan, of Nelson County (born in 1818), and from this union there has been no issue. Squire Murphy has severed twenty-two years as magistrate and member of the court of claims of Nelson County, and was also sheriff for six years; since the organization of the Agricultural Association, he has been either president, vice president or director. Mr. Murphy had an even start in life, but by industry, economy, and attention to business, has secured a comfortable competency. He is a farmer, trader and stock raiser, owning over 1,300 acres of land on Cox’s Creek, Nelson County, where he was born, much of which is in a high state of cultivation. He also owns a half interest in a distillery, with a capacity of 250 bushels of corn per day. He lost seven slaves by the late war. In politics Mr. Murphy is a Democrat. "Sound not heard is silence. History not recorded is lost."   Colonel Sandi Gorin

I guess you guys are going to be stuck with me at this yahoo account for a time. For some reason, rootsweb is not accepting any posts that I make and the help desk might take a while getting to the problem. It is possible that on their new servers, they are blocking baracuda which is my ISP's spam filter. It is not a local problem or mine. I have made my posts for the past 3 days but they're not going anywhere. Tomorrow I will re-post them - if the old ones ever make it to you, you can just delete them. I hate having to use an alternate account but it seems the only way I can get posts to you guys. Thanks, Sandi "Sound not heard is silence. History not recorded is lost."   Colonel Sandi Gorin

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11183: NELSON CO – JOHN B. MONTGOMERY – Montgomery, Winston, Lawson, Miller, Dudley, Durham, Bailey, Greeley #11183: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V, Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 4th Ed. Nelson Co. JOHN B. MONTGOMERY, son of Nathan and Patsey (Winston) Montgomery, was born September 13, 1849. Nathan Montgomery, a native of Green County, was born in 1807; he was a farmer and slave-holder, was a constable, then sheriff of Adair County for nearly twenty years; was an elder in the Presbyterian Church and died April 15, 1860. His father, also named Nathan, married a Miss Lawson and came to Kentucky from Virginia with a party of surveyors, remained a while in Green County, but subsequently removed to Rushville, Ill. He married his second wife, a Miss Miller, in Adair County prior to his removal to Illinois. Mrs. Patsy Montgomery was born in Green County and was a daughter of John B. and Judah (Dudley) Winston. John B. Montgomery was born in Columbia, Adair County, and began life as a farmer and stock trader. In 1870 he went to Campbellsville and for five years was in the hotel business, and three more in the drug trade. He then returned to Columbia and served four years as deputy sheriff; in 1882 he resumed the hotel business in Campbellsville; in 1884 was elected to the Democratic National Convention, and was appointed storekeeper in 1885, when he located at New Hope, where he still resides. September 22, 1874, he married Sallie Bailey, of Taylor County, a daughter of Grief and Martha (Durham) Bailey, natives of Green County, and there has been born to him one child, Augusta. Mr. Montgomery is a Free Mason, an Odd Fellow, and, with his wife, a member of the Presbyterian Church. His first presidential vote was for Horace Greeley. 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 GGPublishing: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11182: MERCER CO – WILLIS – McGEE, Willis, McGee, Lillard, Boice, Garrett, Walker, McGee, Starns, Irvin, Lyen, Beadles, Starnes, Turpen, Smith, Finnell #11182: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V, Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 4th Ed. Mercer Co. Henry Clinton Willis was born February 20, 1831, in Mercer County, Ky., where he grew to manhood, and has always resided. His father, Joseph Willis, a native of Mercer County, was a farmer and slave-holder, a reformer, a Whig, and died in 1`854, aged about sixty-six years. He first married a Miss Lillard, and their children were James, William, Joseph, Elizabeth (Boice) and Mary (Garrett). His second wife was Margaret Walker, and their offspring are Henry C. and Samuel. Henry C. married December 31, 1868, Mrs. Amanda H., widow of John J. McGee, and daughter of James B. and Lucretia (Starns) Irvin of Mercer County (born May 14, 1884) and from their union sprang Dora E and Benna L. John J. McGee, was born March 17, 1816, and died August 7, 1864. He was a farmer and hotel-keeper, and lost twenty-five slaves as a result of the late war. He was the son of Joseph McGee, born in 1778, reared in Mercer County, and died in 1853. His father was John McGee a real pioneer in Mercer County. In 1800 Joseph married Nancy Lyen, and their children were Harvey, James, David (deceased), Thely (Beadles) and John J. November 2, 1854, John J. married Miss Amanda H. Irvin, and to them were born Joseph I., December 18, 1858 (died in 1862), William Henry, September 12, 1862, and John J., December 14, 1864. James B. Irvin was born July 2, 1802, in Madison County, Ky. He married Lucretia Starnes, and their children were Mary J. (Turpen), Eliza A. (Smith), Amanda H. (McGee and Willis), James F., Henry C. (died in the army), Sallie E. (Finnell), Manta D. (Allen), Samuel W. and Benjamin B. 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 GGPublishing: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11181 MARION CO – FELIX GRUNDY PHILLIPS – Phillips, Kavanaugh, Penick, Irwin, Frye, Berryman #1181: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V, Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 4th Ed. Marion Co. FELIX GRUNDY PHILLIPS deceased) was born September 12, 1807, in what is now Marion Cunty, Ky., but at that time was embraced in Washington County. He was the youngest of a large family, children of William and Margaret Phillips. William Phillips, in company with three elder brothers reached Kentucky in 1779, coming from Maryland by way of Pennsylvania; they stopped about one year in Allegheny County, then came on to Kentucky, floating down the Ohio River to the falls at Louisville. After considerable delay, they settled on Hardin’s Creek, and built Hardin’s Creek Fort, about eighteen miles west of Sandusky’s Fort, their nearest neighbors. From this place William Phillips moved in 1800 to a farm near Lebanon, where he continued to live till March 22, 1834, when he died, aged seventy-five years. F. G. Phillips received as good an education as the schools of the county there afforded, and after leaving school studied civil engineering and was for twenty years county surveyor of Marion County, at a time when that office was of great importance on account of the careless system of land warrants and entry of public lands then prevailing in this State. In this capacity he became universally known and respected throughout the county, no less for the capable execution of the duties of the office, than for his genial peace-loving disposition. This spirit combined with that sturdy solid base of his character, enabled him to amicably adjust many serious differences arising from confusion of title and boundary lines. During his entire manhood, Mr. Phillips was a consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, faithful in the discharge of every duty imposed by that obligation; without sectarianism, abounding in genuine Christian charity. He was widely known and honored among the ministry of the Louisville Conference, possessing in an unstinted degree the affection and confidence of the acquaintance of his youth – the late Bishop H. H. Kavanaugh – between whom and Mr. Phillips there existed for long years, until broken by death, a friendship without alloy, in all its relations mutually pleasant and profitable. On the 22nd of May, 1834, Mr. Phillips was married to Frances Moss Penick, daughter of Edward Penick, Sr., who had emigrated from Virginia in 1810, and at that time lived near Branfordville, on Lebanon road, living thee until his death in 1840. Of this union there were born twelve children: Ann Eliza, who died in early youth; Mary, now Mrs. Irwin, a prominent teacher in Knoxville, Tenn.; Edward, who studied medicine, dying in 1872; J. Howard, who served through the war in the Tenth Kentucky Federal Volunteers, was severely wounded in the battle of Chickamauga, rejoined his regiment after recovery, was honorably discharged in 1865, and died in Minnesota in September, 1868; Lettie, who died in girlhood in 1862; Nannie, who died in 1876; Fannie, now Mrs. Frye, of Hustonville, Ky.; Agnes, now Mrs. Berryman, of Owensboro, Ky.; F. G. Jr., a farmer in Marion County; Buford, a merchant in Knoxville, Tenn.; Charles M., attorney at law, Lebanon, Ky.; Capitola, the youngest, who died in early womanhood in 1884. Mr. Phillips became owner of his father-in-law’s farm, removing to it from Lebanon in the same year and continued there to live, dispensing a generous hospitality to all who came within his gates, until his death, September 12, 1875. Mrs. Phillips survived her husband nearly eight years, and died in June, 1883, loved and mourned by all who knew her. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH Archives:http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kyresearch