NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11160 MARION CO – FINLEY SHUCK – Shuck, Finley, Harrison, Thomas, Corley, McAfee, Robinson, Heffernan #11160: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume 5, Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 4th ed. Marion Co. FINLEY SHUCK, commonwealth’s attorney for the judicial district embracing Marion, Washington, Nelson, Taylor, La Rue [sic] and Mercer Counties, was born on the 10th of December, 1842. His father, John Shuck, who was one of the finest orators as well as ablest lawyers of central Kentucky, was born in Marion County in 1807. He was deprived of the advantages of collegiate education, his privileges in that respect covering a period of six months’ attendance in a common school. Being possessed, however, of great native energy, by personal application he acquired a good knowledge of books, and became thoroughly versed in the current literature of the day. When eighteen years old he began the study of the law, and two years later was regularly admitted to the bar, after which he practiced successfully for a third of a century. In 1862, ten years prior to his death, he received a paralytic stroke, which compelled his retirement from the busy practice of his former life. He was married in Franklin, Ky., to Lucretia C. Finley, daughter of J. C. Finley. She was born in 1811 and is now living. Their children are Joseph, Octavia (Harrison), Susan (deceased wife of J. R. Thomas), Mollie (deceased), Fannie (Corley), Finley and Minnie M. McAfee. Finley Shuck, a native of Marion County, was admitted to the practice of law in 1863. In 1882 he was appointed to the position of attorney for the commonwealth, to fill the unexpired term of Hon. Thomas Robinson; he was elected to the same office in 1883, and re-elected in 1886. He was married, in 1879, to Miss Hattie H. Heffernan, of Louisville, Ky., and has two children, viz.: Marie and David Finley Shuck. The paternal grandparents of Finley Shuck were John and Mary Shuck, who came from Pennsylvania to Kentucky in 1799, the grandfather having served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War. 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. 11159 W. P. PREWITT – MADISON CO – Prewitt, Sebastian, Broadus, Ford, Sanders 11159: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume 5, Battle-Perrin, Kniffin, 4th ed Madison Co. W. P. PREWITT was born in Madison County, Ky., March 23, 1841, son of James Prewitt and Marilda Sebastian; married in 1839. Their offspring are three sons. James Prewitt was born in Madison County, Ky., January 8, 1815; was a successful farmer and a Free Mason. Died in 1882 at the age of sixty-seven years. His wife was born in Garrard County, Ky., in 1825, died in 1875; a daughter of Mily Sebastian and Margaret Broadus. Mr. John Prewitt, grandfather of subject, was born in Virginia; immigrated to Kentucky at an early day with eight sons. It was supposed that five were killed by the Indians. He was a farmer and owned a large body of land; married Miss Mary Ford, born in Virginia. She was captured by the Indians at the age of seven years, and remained in their custody ford several years. She gained her freedom by permission to visit her parents. Subject is first in order of birth; began business for himself at the age of twenty-five years at farming. In 1866 he opened a general store of merchandise in Spoonville, Ky.; remained there in business three years. In 1875 moved to Kirksville, Ky., and opened a large store; has since remained there as a substantial citizen and a man of large business. He is a Free Mason and a Democrat; has held the office of deputy county clerk for twelve years; married, in 1858, Miss Margaret A. Sanders, a daughter of Eliza Sanders and Jane Broadus. Mrs. Prewitt died March 9, 1886, a true Christian woman. Nine children have been born to them: Sarah E. (deceased), James E., Mirrilda Jane Finnell, Ida M., Lillie Lee, Sterling Price, Nancy U., Wade Hampton and Million F. (deceased). 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. 11158 GARRARD CO – D. G. SLAUGHTER – Slaughter, Garrard, Price, McKinney, Stephens 11158: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume 5, Battle-Perrin, Kniffin, 4th ed. Garrard Co. D. G. SLAUGHTER is a representative of one of the old and prominent families of Kentucky and Virginia. They settled early in 1k720 in that part of Orange County, Va., which was afterward formed into Culpeper County, and were originally from Wales. Many members of the family drifted to Kentucky in the early days of the commonwealth, and filed prominent positions of honor and trust. Gabriel Slaughter was lieutenant-governor and governor of the State. The subject of this sketch is, on his mother’s side, a great-great-grandson of Hon. James Garrard, the second and third governor of Kentucky (served two terms) and for whom Garrard County was named. Few families have produced more distinguished members than the Slaughter family. D. G. Slaughter (the subject) was born in Owsley County, this State, July 10, 1850, is a son of James L. and Lucinda (Price) Slaughter, and is one of two children living, the other Katy M. (McKinney), (or “Katy Did,” the poetess). When quite young his father removed to London, Ky., where he lived until subject was thirteen years old, when he settled in Paint Lick, Garrard County. The subject has been in the mercantile business all his life, and may be regarded as a successful business man. He has a large store at Paint Lick and another at Muddy Creek, both of which he manages very successfully. He married Miss Mary E. Stephens, a daughter of T. J. Stephens of Madison County. They have five children, viz.: James T., Charles G., Katy M., Capitola and Daniel G. Mr. and Mrs. Slaughter belong to the Reformed Church. He is a Democrat in politics. Mr. Slaughter is the proprietor of the Dripping Springs, a famous summer resort, situated two and one-half miles from Crab Orchard, Ky. The springs furnish waters of the strongest medicinal properties, rendering them not only a pleasure but a health resort, and are annually visited by a great many of the best families of Kentucky and the South. 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. 11157 BOYLE CO – DAVID G. NAVE – Nave, Grow, Lackey, Johnson, Dean, Katran, Scott, Collier, Burdett, McDonald #11157: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume 5, Battle-Perrin, Kniffin, 4th ed. Boyle Co. DAVID G. NAVE (deceased) was born April 24, 1824, in Jessamine County, Ky.. In 1862 he removed to Boyle County, Ky. Where he died April 13, 1878. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, a Baptist, a farmer and lost seven slaves by the late war. He was the son of Peter Nave, a native of Virginia, an early settler in Jessamine County, a Methodist and a farmer, who died in 1860 over ninety years of age. His children are Solomon, Jefferson, Jacob, Peter (deceased), David (deceased), Michael, David G., Sally (Grow), Polly (Lackey), Jemima (Johnson), Rachel (Dean) and Mahala (Katran). David G. married Melinda, daughter of Alexander and Jennie (Scott) Collier, of Garrard County, born in 1820 and died January 4, 1885, and to them were born Alexander P., Robert, John, Georgia A. (Burdett), Winfield S., Mary J. (McDonald), William D. and Sallie. Alexander P., Robert, William and Sallie are engaged in partnership farming, having 273 acres of productive land in Boyle County in a high state of cultivation. In religion Miss Sallie is a Baptist. The brothers, in politics, are Democrats. 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. 11156 ADAIR CO – JOSEPH ALLEN TURNER – Turner, Myers, Holly, McGlasson, Walkup, Bloyd, Morrison, Strange #11156: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V, Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 4th ed. Adair Co. JOSEPH ALLEN TURNER, a native of Adair County, and a merchant, was born March 7, 1841. His father, Joseph Turner, was born near Richmond, Ky., and was brought to Adair County by his parents, Thomas and Hannah (Myers) Turner, while he was yet an infant. He was a farmer and miller and became comparatively wealthy. He married, in January, 1826, while he was in his twenty-fourth year, Miss Susan, daughter of James and Susan (Holly) McGlasson, natives of Bedford County, Va. James McGlasson was a farmer, a very strenuous Democrat and the father of a large family of children, which he reared in Adair County, Ky., to which he immigrated and where he died. Joseph Turner, by his marriage, became the father of eleven children: Francis, Israel, James Marion, William, Martha (wife of O. G. Walkup), Macy Jane (who died in childhood), Mary Susan (wife of Washington Bloyd), David B., J. Allen, Thomas M. and Samuel J. Only three of the family are now living: Mary, Joseph and Thomas M. Joseph Turner began life without a dollar, never held any office except captain and major in the State militia, and by his own industry and management, amassed a fortune of $7,000, most of which was in land to the extent of 1,500 acres. His death occurred in 1876, and forty years of his life he was a consistent Christian, and a deacon in the church at Republican, where he worshipped. Mrs. Turner, also a member of the Christian Church, is still living, in the eighty-second year of her age. Thomas Turner, grandfather of Joseph A., was a native of Bedford County, Va.; was a farmer and miller, and immigrated to Russell County about 1805, and to Adair in 1809. He and wife were both members of the Christian Church and his death occurred in 1855. Joseph Allen Turner began life with a farm worth $1,000. He received a good common-school education in Adair County, and taught a three months’ school when he was in his twenty-second year. June 5, 1867, he married Miss Martha J., daughter of Abraham and Rebecca (Morrison) Strange, natives of Adair County, Ky. Four children have been born to him: Zorah B., Luther V., Myrtie Moss and Melvin Holly, who died in infancy. Mr. Turner’s farm originally was 145 acres, but is now 300 acres. This he has improved with good buildings, and has it well cultivated. In 1881 he began selling a line of general merchandise at Inroad post office, on Crocus Creek, consisting of hardware, groceries, dry goods, clothing, boots, shoes, hats and a line of staple drugs, and does a business of $5,000 per annum, and also buys and rehandles tobacco. Mr. and Mrs. Turner are members of the Christian Church, of which Mr. Turner is a deacon. 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. 11155 BRECKINRIDGE CO – MARSHALL NORTON – Norton, Daviess, Milam, Henninger, Butler, Brown, Denny, Beavin #11155: History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State, Volume IV Illustrated, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago-Louisville 1928. MARSHALL NORTON. No public official bears a more vital relation to the best interests of a progressive and enlightened people than he who directs its educational activities, and a successful school superintendent is an invaluable asset to his community. Breckinridge county is fortunate in having at the head of its school system a man of the ability, character and progressive spirit of Marshall Norton, who is gaining added prestige as an educator through his efficient and intelligent supervision of the schools of this county. Mr. Norton is a native of Breckinridge county, having been born at West View on the 24th of October, 1883, and is a son of Robert and Mary (Daviess) Norton. His father was a native of this county and died in West View, August 31, 1916. He followed the occupation of farming, was a republican in politics, served as school trustee and was an active member of the Presbyterian church, in which he was a deacon and elder. He was a son of Kellogg and Celia (Milam) Norton, the former a native of New York state, who came to Kentucky and engaged in farming to the time of his death, which occurred at West View. He was a Presbyterian in religious faith and supported the republican party. His wife was a native of Kentucky and died at West View. Kellogg Norton was a son of Bartlett Norton, who spent his entire life in New York state. Mary Daviess, the mother of Marshall Norton, who was born near Evansville, Indiana, and died in West View, Kentucky, in 1887, was a daughter of Joseph Daviess, who was a native of Indiana and died near Evansville. He followed the profession of school teaching, was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and supported the republican party. Marshall Norton attended the district school at West View, graduated from the Breckinridge county high school at Hardinsburg, was a student in the Western Teachers’ College at Bowling Green, this state, and in Kingswood College, of Breckinridge county, after which he went to Pike county, this state, and taught four years in the grade schools. Returning to Breckinridge county, he taught for sixteen years in the rural schools, and in 1928 was elected county superintendent of schools, which position he is now filling in a manner that has won for him general commendation and praise. On March 8, 1912, Mr. Norton was united in marriage to Miss Mattie Henninger, who was born May 14, 1892, and is a daughter of William and Isabel (Butler) Henninger. Her father was born at Roff, Kentucky, where he spent his active years in farming, and his death occurred there. He was a republican and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. He was a son of Harrison and Celia (Brown) Henninger, of whom the former was born in Wayne county, this state, and died at West View, Breckinridge county. He devoted his life to agriculture and gave his political support to the republican party. His wife was a native of Wayne county and died at West View. Harrison Henninger was a son of Harrison Henninger, Sr., who lived in Wayne county, where he engaged in farming. His wife bore the family name of Denny. Isabel Butler, mother of Mrs. Norton, who was born at Roff, Kentucky, is now living at Kingswood, is a daughter of Valentine and Caroline (Beavin) Butler, of whom the former was a native of Breckinridge county and died at West View, while the latter was born at Cloverport and died at West View. Mr. Butler was a Southern sympathizer during the Civil war, was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church South and a stanch democrat in his political views. Mrs. Norton secured her education in the district schools and the Kingswood high school. She is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church South and its auxiliary societies and of the Magazine Club. She supports the democratic party and during the World war took an active part in Red Cross work. Mr. and Mrs. Norton are the parents of two children, Helen Elizabeth, born January 19, 19193, and Murray Henninger, born May 5, 1917. Mr. Norton is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church South and teaches in the Sunday school, while his political alignment is with the democratic party. He is a member of Hardinsburg Lodge, No. 67, A. F. & A. M., and the Breckinridge Chapter, No. 20, R. A. M. He is fond of outdoor life, fishing and hunting being his favorite forms of recreation. Closely devoted to his life work, in which he maintains an enthusiastic interest, he has the happy faculty of stimulating and inspiring teachers and pupils and his work as an educator has given him a high standing among his fellowmen, while in the sphere of private citizenship he has proven himself worth of the confidence and respect which are accorded him. 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. 11154 GREENUP CO – JACOB FISHER – Fisher, Lambert, McCormick, Corum #11154: History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State, Volume IV Illustrated, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago-Louisville 1928. Greenup County. JACOB FISHER. Through his banking activities Jacob Fisher has contributed his quota toward Russell’s upbuilding and prestige, and he represents one of the pioneer families of this locality, in which his life has been spent. He was born March 10, 1877, at Pond Run, now known as Russell, and his parents were George and Elizabeth (Lambert) Fisher. The father was one of the leading agriculturists of Greenup county, and his life’s labors were ended in 1888. He was long survived by the mother, who passed away in 1918. Jacob Fisher was educated in the public schools of Greenup, Kentucky and Ironton, Ohio. At an early age he became familiar with the best methods of tilling the soil and after the father’s demise assisted his mother in the management of the farm, which was one of the finest in this section of the state. He sold the homestead in 1913, and the famous Raceland track is located on land formerly owned by the Fisher family. In 1913 Mr. Fisher was appointed postmaster of Russell and ably discharged the duties of that office, which he filled for ten years. Since 1923 he has been identified with the First National Bank of Russell. He was elected vice president and was afterward called to the presidency, and during 1923-24 acted as cashier of the bank, of which he is now a director. With a thorough knowledge of the complex details of modern finance, he labored systematically and effectively to promote the growth of the institution. He is now living largely retired in the enjoyment of a competence ample for his requirements. Mr. Fisher was married September 7, 1904, to Miss Amanda McCormick, a daughter of James and Mary (Corum) McCormick, of Greenup county. Mr. and Mrs. Fisher have become the parents of three sons: Joseph, who was born June 28, 1905; James, whose natal day was August 30, 1906; and Jacob, Jr., born February 16, 1908. Mr. Fisher belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and is a democrat in his political convictions. He has witnessed every stage in the development of his community, and its progress is a matter in which he takes much personal pride. He has a wide acquaintance in the country, and public opinion bears testimony to his worth as a man and a citizen. 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. 11153 CHRISTIAN CO – WASHINGTON HOLLIS – Hollis, Lee, Hodges, Ferrell, Stevens, Davidson, Beard, Stone, Washington, Jackson #11153: County of Christian, Kentucky. Historical and Biographical. William Henry Perrin, F. A. Battey Publishing Co., Chicago and Louisville, 1884. Pembroke Precinct. WASHINGTON HOLLIS was born in Montgomery County, Tenn., May 6, 1842, where he resided until May, 1861, when he enlisted in Company K, Fourteenth Tennessee Infantry, in which he served until Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House, Va., April 9, 1865. He then came to Christian County, Ky., which has been him home to the present time. He is the son of Achilles Hollis, a natural mechanic, who was born in Tennessee in 1807, and died in Montgomery County, the same State, August 28, 1860, greatly respected and esteemed for his brilliant mechanical genius. Our subject’s grandfather, Isaac Hollis, in thought to have been born in Scotland. His mother, Priscilla (Hodges) Hollis, was born in North Carolina in 1805, and died in Tennessee, December 16, 1855. Her children were: Charles, Joseph A., Franklin, Olive Anjaline, Washington (subject), James P. and Susan (Ferrell) Hollis. October 16, 1866, subject was married to Miss Sarah E., daughter of Absolom and Margaret (Stevens) Davidson, and to them have been born: Mollie, April 1, 1869; Otis Nathaniel, June 9, 1873, who died August 16, 1876. Subject’s wife died November 24, 1873, and he was next married, May 27, 1875, to Miss Fannie C. Beard, of Todd County, Ky. Her father and mother were born in Virginia, her mother, Rebecca P. (Stone) Beard was a daughter of Elijah Stone, who was a soldier and an officer under Gen. George Washington throughout the entire Revolutionary war, and lived to a ripe old age, and died in Virginia, his native State, honored and highly respected by all who knew him. Isaac Hollis’ children were: James, a soldier under Jackson at New Orleans, in 1815; Jonathan, William and Henry. Subject is a natural mechanic, and is engaged in the undertaking and milling business, at which he has been fairly successful. He is one of the prominent men of the community, and is held in high esteem by his neighbors. He has never been an aspirant for office, but has served three years as Town Trustee of the village of Pembroke. He is a member of the Pembroke Lodge, No. 288, A. F. & A. M., and is identified with the Democratic party, but not connected with any religious denomination. 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. 11152 OHIO CO – EDWARD G. AUSTIN – Austin, Taylor, Thomas, Phelps, Rowe, Davenport, Hendricks 11152: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume III, Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 2nd ed., 1885. Ohio Co. EDWARD G. AUSTIN, Ohio County. The ancestors of Mr. Austin were among those who came at an early day from Virginia to this State and have always been prominent citizens. His father was the celebrated Rev. Bishop James F. Austin, who was born in Ohio County in 1820, and baptized by the Rev. Alfred Taylor, one of Kentucky’s earliest ministers. Bishop Austin was educated in the common schools, and later acquired a vast fund of information by close study and application, and at the age of twenty-two entered the ministry of the Baptist Church, and although his labors were mostly in Ohio, Muhlenburgh, Warren and Daviess and Butler Counties, he established a reputation throughout the entire State, and was for many years superintendent of the Association of Ministers. As a pulpit orator, financial manager and bishop his rank was second to none. He died of Bright’s disease, October 4, 1883. Mr. Austin’s mother was a Miss Corrina Thomas, also a native of Ohio County, born in 1825. She obtained her education in the common schools, and was married in 1843. They had thirteen children, five of whom never reached the years of accountability; James P. married a Miss Phelps and has two children: Sally, wife of W. L. Rowe, has three children; Josephine, wife of F. J. Davenport, of Ellis County, Tex., has seven children; William T.; Luvena (deceased), Victoria, wife of Thomas Hendricks; our subject, and John W. The mother still lives at the old homestead, six miles southwest of Cromwell, where they have 340 acres of fine land. 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. 11151 SIMPSON CO – GREEN L. CLARK – Clark, Washington, Cornwallis, Duaran, Hughs, Jenkins, Bozier, Atnip 11151: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Simpson Co. GREEN L. CLARK was born January 9, 1827, in Smith County, Tenn., and in 1832 removed with his parents to Simpson County, Ky., where he has since resided. In 1863 he enlisted in Company G, Thirteenth Kentucky Cavalry, in which he remained eighteen months. His father, John C. Clark, Jr., a native of Maryland, enlisted twice in the war of 1812, was a minister of the Christian Church, and died in 1879, at the age of ninety-four years. He was the son of John C. Clark, Sr., an Englishman who served five years in Washington’s army; received five wounds; was present at the surrender of Cornwallis, and died in Butler County, Ky., about 1830, in his one hundred and ninth year. John C. Clark, Jr., married Benetee, daughter of Reuben and Elizabeth (Duaran) Hughs, of Sumner County, Tenn. (died 1884, aged eighty-nine years) and their offspring are Celetee L. (Jenkins), William F., John C., Sanford F., Hartwell B. and Green L. Mr. Clark has educated himself in the midst of his farm labors, and is a man of remarkable memory, remembering distinctly the dates of incidents in his early childhood. He married, June 23, 1853, Mrs. Mary E., widow of Benjamin Atnip, and daughter of Nathaniel G. and Elizabeth (Bozier) Steel, of Dekalb County, Tenn. (born November 27, 1827), and to them have been born John R. (deceased), William F., Albert C., Luelar (deceased) and Mary E. (deceased). He is a farmer, owning 200 acres of fair land, which he is successfully cultivating. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., also a member of the Christian Church and in politics is an original Republican. 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. 11150 HOPKINS CO – MRS. JANE M (COLEMAN) FOX – Fox, Moreman #11150: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Hopkins Co. MRS. JANE M. (COLEMAN) FOX, Hopkins County, was born in Logan County, Ky., July 14, 1819, and is a daughter of Archibald and Elizabeth D. (MOREMAN) Coleman. Our subject was married, October 3, 1847, to Mr. William M. Fox, who was born in Hopkins County, Ky., September 22, 1814. His father was one of the early settlers of Hopkins County, where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death, which occurred while William M. Fox was quite young; the latter than made his home with his paternal grandparents until he attained his majority. Mr. Fox early made two trips down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to New Orleans with flat-boats loaded with provisions and live-stock. Afterward he was employed as a blacksmith on a steamboat for one year, and on a tobacco-boat for two years. Still later he was engaged in getting out wood for boats near New Orleans for some three or four years. He then returned to his farm, and remained until the winter of 1847. He then made a third trip down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to New Orleans with a flat-boat loaded with stock, and returned in the spring of 1847. After his marriage he bought a farm near White Plains, Hopkins County, upon which his widow still resides. Here he was engaged in agricultural pursuits and stock raising until his death, which occurred August 23, 1883. Our subject is, and has been since she was seventeen years old, a devoted member of the Missionary Baptist Church. She became the mother of six children, five of whom – two sons and three daughters – are yet living. Both sons, Andrew J. and Archibald D., are yet unmarried, and reside with her on the old homestead. The former was born March 6, 1859, and the latter November 9, 1860. Andrew J. received an excellent English education at the common schools and academies of the country, and has been engaged in teaching for the past six years. Archibald D. also received a good education and has taught two terms of school. In politics they are both Democrats, and are among the enterprising young business men and farmers of the district. 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. 11149 WASHINGTON CO – MARTIN SIMPSON – Simpson, Edelin, Carrico #11149: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume V, Battle – Perrin, Kniffin, 4th ed. Washington Co. MARTIN SIMPSON, tenth child of a family of fourteen children born to James and Eliza (Edelin) Simpson, was born October 15, 1822. Benedict Simpson, his paternal grandfather, was born and always lived in the State of Maryland. He was twice married and raised a large family of children. James Simpson, father of our subject, was born, reared and married in Maryland. About the year 1812 he and family, for he had then six children, immigrated to Kentucky and settled in Washington County, where he lived until his death, which occurred in his ninety-second year. For several years after locating in Kentucky he followed house carpentering, but later commenced farming, in which he was engaged when he died. Martin Simpson, who was born in Washington County, after remaining at home with his parents until he reached his majority, secured employment at St. Catherine’s Covenant, where he remained five years. December 20, 1847, he was united in marriage with Theresa Carrico, by whom he is the father of two children: Eliza (who has taken the veil) and Sarah. Mr. Simpson was a farmer, and has always pursued that vocation with great success; he now owns 300 acres of improved land. He and family are members of the Catholic Church. In politics he has always been a Democrat. 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. 11147 MERCER CO – JAMES J. McAFEE – McAfee, Daviess, Moore, Macgoffin, McCama, Allen,Curry, Caldwell, Singleton, Williams, King, Thompson, Armstrong, Adams, Lillard, Davis, Harris, Hamilton, Nichols, Hudson, Cromwell, William of Orange, Armstrong #11147: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume V, Battle – Perrin, Kniffin, 4th ed. Mercer Co. JAMES J. McAFEE was born February 23, 1824. His father, John McAfee, a native of Botetourt County, Va., was born October 20, 1775, removed in infancy, with his parents, to that portion of Kentucky now embraced in Mercer County, where he was reared, and in the war of 1812 furnished a substitute on account of sickness. He was a farmer and a slave-holder, a stanch Presbyterian, connected with the New Presbyterian Church, a Democrat, and died April 28, 1833. He was the son of Samuel McAfee, who with his brothers, Robert, William, George and James, came to Kentucky in 1773, made their surveys of lands on Salt River on a part of which James J. was born and now resides; he returned again in 1775, made improvements, and planted fruit tree seeds, and permanently located in 1779. With his family, in times of danger he lived in the fort at McAfee’s Station; was active and aggressive as an Indian fighter, slew the Indian who killed his comrade at his side; owned 1,400 acres of land north of Harrodsburg, was the first magistrate in Kentucky, a prominent farmer and slave-holder, was one of the founders of the New Providence Church, and died June 8, 1807. He married a Miss McConsic, and their offspring were John, William, Samuel, Robert, Hannah (Daviess), Mary (Moore), and Jane (Macgoffin), John first married Miss McCama, and their children were Samuel, Joseph, William, John, and Cynthia (Allen). His second wife was Mrs. Dicey Curry, daughter of David Caldwell, and from their union sprang Caldwell, Mary A. (Singleton, Williams and King), James J., Phoebe E. (Thompson), and Francis M. James J. first married, 1845, Miss Elizabeth J., daughter of William and Priscilla (Armstrong) Adams, of Mercer County, who died June 17, 1847, and from their union there was one child, Elizabeth J., deceased. June 3, 1851, he was united in marriage with Elizabeth, daughter of Lee and Nancy Lillard, of Mercer County, who died November 3, 1858, aged twenty-seven years, and to them were born Joel P., deceased, and Nannie C. (Davis). He next married, in 1860, Mrs. Minerva J. Harris, daughter of Jonathan and Eliza (Hamilton) Nichols, of Bloomington, Ind., and their union has been favored by the birth of Monroe Harris, deceased, and Bettie H. (Hudson). Mr. McAfee was engaged for a period of six years in merchandising. He is now a farmer, owning 127 acres of well improved and productive land, in McAfee Precinct. He is a member of New Providence Presbyterian Church, also an Ancient Odd Fellow, and a Democrat. The ancestors of the McAfee family were identified with the reforms of Oliver Cromwell; afterward removed to Ireland on account of the persecutions of the Covenanters, assisted in placing William of Orange on the throne, removed to Lancaster County, Penn., and thence to Virginia. Joseph, Samuel, William and John, sons of John, and grandsons of Samuel McAfee, about the year 1835, with their families, emigrated from Mercer County, Ky., to Marion County, Mo., and procured their lands at Congress price, which was $1.25 per acre. After partially improving their homes, and the settlement had become somewhat strengthened by the influx of immigration, they set about building a house of worship; they soon had a comfortable frame building erected, which they named New Providence, for the church they left in Kentucky. Joseph, Samuel and John were elected elders. Joseph, who married Priscilla, a grand-daughter of the old pioneer John Armstrong, educated two of his sons for the ministry; the oldest one, John Armstrong McAfee, was one of the founders, and president of Park College, ten miles from Kansas City, Mo.., which has been in successful operation for a number of years. 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. 11146 – HOPKINS CO – JO. F. FOARD – Foard, Hewell, Young #11146: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume IV, Battle – Perrin – Kniffen, 3rd ed., 1886. Hopkins Co. JO. F. FOARD was born in Halifax County, Va., May 10 1836, and is the third child in a family of seven children born to Robert and Jane W. (Hewell) Fourd, a sketch of whom will be found on page 776. Our subject received a good classical education in early life, and was employed on his father’s farm, and in attending school, until he was seventeen years old. He then commenced the study of medicine under Dr. J. H. Caldwell, then of Christian County, Ky., but now of Waco, Tex., and attended the Kentucky School of Medicine in 1855-56. In the latter part of that year he went as a clerk to the Bank of America at Rogersville, Hawkins Co., Tenn., and in 1857 was made cashier of that institution. In 1859 he went into the mercantile business (boots and shoes) at Leavenworth City, Kas., then a Territory. He was married to Cornelia M. Young, daughter of John Young, of Hawkins County, Tenn., in November 1860. He raised a company of Confederate soldiers in Hawkins County, and was elected captain in 1861. He served throughout the entire war in the capacity of captain in line and quartermaster, and was surrendered and paroled at Washington, Ga. He came back to Christian County, Ky., in 1866, and engaged in farming there, acting also as sheriff in that county until 1873, when he organized the Hecla Coal & Mining Company, in Hopkins County, Ky.; he was elected secretary and treasurer of that company, and has remained in that capacity ever since. In 1882 he removed to Nashville, Tenn., where he now resides. He has four children – three daughters and one son. One daughter, now married, resides in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Mr. Foard is a member of the Masonic fraternity. 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. 11145 HOPKINS CO – WYATT L. FOARD – Foard, Howell #11145: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume IV, Battle – Perrin – Kniffen, 3rd ed., 1886. Hopkins Co. WYATT L. FOARD, Hopkins County, was born in Halifax County, Va., July 13, 1833, and is the eldest of seven children born to Robert and Jane W. (Howell) Foard, both of whom were natives of the “Old Dominion,” and of English and Welsh decent, respectively. Robert Foard was married in his native State, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1836. He then moved to Trigg County, Ky., and the following year to Christian County, Ky., where he purchased a farm and was engaged in farming until his death in March, 1870, in his sixty-eighth year. Both he and wife were from early life devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was also a member of the Masonic fraternity. Wyatt L. received a good common school education, and was employed on his father’s farm until he attained his majority. In 1860 he removed to McCracken County, Ky., where he engaged in agricultural pursuits for some thirteen years. In 1873 he came to Hopkins County, Ky., and assisted in the organization of the Hecla Coal & Mining Company, of which he is one of the principal stockholders. He also assisted in opening the mine and is now, and has been from the start, weighmaster of the same. He is a member of the A. O. U. W. In politics is a Democrat. 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. 11144 OHIO CO – ALBERT S. AULL – Aull, Kinney, Steele, Luckett, Springfield, Redding, Wallace #11144: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume III, Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 2nd ed., 1885. Ohio Co. ALBERT S. AULL, Esq., was born in Owensboro, Ky., October 5, 1840, and was reared to manhood at that place. In 1861 he enlisted in the Fourth Kentucky Infantry, remaining in that service eighteen months, and in 1863 located in Ohio County, where he now resides. His father, Robert P. Aull, a native of Bardstown, was born in 1812; removed to Daviess County in 1833, and died in 1871; he was the son of James Aull. Robert P. married Sarah E., daughter of William and Ann (Kinney) Steele, of Owensboro, born in London in 1818, and died in 1852. Their offspring are subject, Alcinda (Luckett) and Henry. To him by a second marriage were born John A. and Bell (Springfield). Squire Aull obtained a good common school education and is a reading man. He was married June 17, 1864, to America, daughter of William G. and Amanda (Redding) Wallace, of Ohio County, born September 25, 1846, and to them have been born Thomas Henry, Eugene S., Ada L., Jennie L. and Edna. Squire Aull engaged in merchandising for some years. He also served as constable and postmaster, and is now magistrate and a member of the court of claims. In politics he is a Republican. 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. 11143 OHIO CO – HARDIN ASHLEY – Ashley, Bratcher, Roach, Ambrose #11143 – Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume III, Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 2nd ed., 1885. Ohio Co. HARDIN ASHLEY, deceased, was born March 20, 1836 in Grayson County, Ky., and is a son of Carey and Matilda (Bratcher) Ashley. In September, 1859, he married Eliza, daughter of Jonathan and Mahala A. (Roach) Hoover, and moved to the farm where his widow now resides. He left an estate of 234 acres, divided in two highly improved farms, of which the widow has complete ownership. His death occurred June 13, 1884. He was the father of eleven children, viz.: Mahala Ann (wife of J. H. Ambrose), Matilda L., Elmore, Morgan, Elizabeth, Octavia, James Scott, Owan, Cordelia, Soporo and Hardin. 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. 11142 CHRISTIAN CO – STEPHEN HANNA – Hanna, Forman, Taylor, Grooms, Greenfield, Hord #11142: County of Christian, Kentucky. Historical and Biographical. Edited by William Henry Perrin, Illustrated. F. A. Battey Publishing Co., Chicago and Louisville, 1884. Pembroke Precinct. STEPHEN HANNA. Stephen Hannah, Sr., the father of the gentleman whose name heads this sketch, was a native of Pennsylvania, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, who died in Mercer County, Ky.; in 1814, aged sixty years; he was of Scotch-Irish descent; his wife, and mother of our subject, was Elizabeth (Forman) Hanna, a native of Virginia, who died in Todd County, Ky., in 1846. She was the mother of the following children: John, Elizabeth (Taylor), Nancy (Grooms), Stephen, Lucy T. (Greenfield) and Forman. Stephen, our subject, was born in Mercer County, Ky., August 16, 1799, and was there reared and educated. When he was twenty years of age he removed to Logan County, where he resided four years, and then moved to Todd County, where he resided thirty years, and subsequently to Christian County. On the 11th of December, 1841, he married Miss Sarah W., daughter of Thomas Hord, of Christian County. This union has been blessed with the following children: Thomas F., Henry G., John M. and Stephen D. Hanna. Mr. Hanna has always followed the occupation of farming, and is now the owner of 400 acres of land. He is an exemplary member of the Bethel Baptist Church, and has been a member for forty-two years. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH Archives:http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kyresearch

Rootsweb has been having problems it seems, this is my third try to get this posted. Sorry! Sandi NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11141 FAYETTE CO – G. BEDFORD BROWN, Jr. M. D. F. A. C. S. Brown, Triplett, Bannister #11141: History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State, Volume IV Illustrated, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago-Louisville, 1928. Fayette Co. In the field of professional services Dr. G. Bedford Brown, Jr., has made continuous progress, gleaning from deep study and practical experience valuable truths in connection with medical science, and although young in years, he is numbered among the leading physicians of Lexington. He was born September 10, 1893, in Georgetown, Scott county, Kentucky, and his parents were G. Bedford and Catharine (Triplett) Brown. His father was a successful physician and banker of Georgetown and passed away December 1, 1923, while the mother’s demise occurred June 14, 1925. In the acquirement of an education, Dr. G. Bedford Brown, Jr., attended the public schools and Georgetown Academy. He was graduated from Georgetown College in 1912 and in 1913 was awarded the B. A. degree by Yale University. In 1917 he received the M. D. degree from Johns Hopkins University and was an interne in the Johns Hopkins Hospital. In December, 1917, he was commissioned a first lieutenant in the medical corps of the United States army and was in active duty at the Johns Hopkins Hospital until August, 1918. He was next an instructor in the training school at Camp Greenleaf, Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, teaching in the ear, nose and throat department, and was afterward sent to Camp Wadsworth, where he passed the overseas examination. In April, 1919, he was ordered to Camp Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina, and there received his honorable discharge a few days later, at which time he was holding the rank of first lieutenant. In 1919 Dr. Brown established his home in Lexington and for four years was connected with the United States Public Health Service as an ear, nose and throat surgeon. He is an expert in the lines in which he specializes and enjoys a large practice, maintaining a suite of offices in the Fayette Bank Building. Dr. Brown was married April 24, 1922, to Miss Helen Bannister, a daughter of W. E. Bannister, of Lexington, and they have two children: G. Bedford (III), who was born March 22, 1923; and Betty Bannister, born July 15, 1925. Dr. Brown is affiliated with the Baptist church and is a democrat in his political views He belongs to the International Optimists Club and the Kappa Alpha and Nu Sigma Nu fraternities. He is connected with the Midland Medical Society and holds a fellowship in the American College of Surgeons. He is also a member of the Ear, Nose and Throat Society of Kentucky, the Fayette County and Kentucky State Medical Societies, and the American Medical Association. Dr. Brown reserves all of his energies for his profession and his success indicates that he has chosen the line of work for which nature intended for him. Col. Sandi Gorin - GORIN worldconnect website: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~sgorin

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11140 DAVIESS CO – CLAUDE E. SMITH – Smith, Baker, Kimbley, Maddox, Heavrin, Barnes, Tatum, Tichenor #11140: History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State, Volume IV Illustrated, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago-Louisville, 1928. Claude E. Smith [photograph], a talented and prominent member of the Owensboro bar, has practiced his profession continuously for more than twenty years. He was born February 9, 1879, in Ohio county, Kentucky, where he resided until 1924. He is a son of E. W. and Mary L. (Baker) Smith, who have always lived within the borders of that county. The mother was born May 5, 1857, and the father on the 3d of March, 1851. The latter followed the occupation of farming until age and declining health forced him to retire from these activities. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and in politics is an ardent republican. The grandparents of the subject of this sketch, John E. V. and Elizabeth (Kimbley) Smith, were natives of Muhlenberg county, Kentucky, but in early life became residents of Ohio county. The grandfather was also an agriculturist and in political views were in harmony with the tenets of the republican party. In early life he was a Presbyterian but later united with the Methodist Episcopal church. He was also a Mason and a past master of his lodge. The maternal grandparents of Mr. Smith were Andrew W. and Pauline (Maddox) Baker, the latter of whom was a native of Ohio county. Mr. Baker was a native of Tennessee but emigrated to Ohio County in early life. He was a farmer. He gave his political support to the democratic party and was a Baptist in religious faith. The public schools of Ohio county afforded Claude E. Smith his early educational advantages. He also attended select and collegiate schools and in early manhood taught for a while in the public schools of his native county. He read law while engaged in teaching and later in the office of M. L. Heavrin, of Hartford, Kentucky. He was admitted to the bar at Hartford, where he began the practice of law. For several ears he pursued his profession alone but since 1912 has been associated with W. H. Barnes. The firm of Barnes and Smith is one of the strongest legal combinations in Owensboro, and has established a large and desirable clientele. They also maintain an office in Hartford, Kentucky. Mr. Smith has a comprehensive knowledge of the principles of jurisprudence, and from 1916 until 1922 he was commonwealth attorney for the sixth judicial district, having been elected to that office on the republican ticket at the time when the district was strongly democratic. He made an enviable record as a commonwealth attorney. He also served for six years as county attorney of Ohio county. He is one of the directors of the National Business University of Owensboro, and vice president of the Hartford Printing Company, of Hartford, of which he is also a director. On November 3, 1903, while a resident of Hartford, Ohio county, Mr. Smith was married to Miss Jessie B. Tatum, who was born in that county, February 11, 1884, and passed away in Hartford, March 3, 1910. She was a daughter of Dr. O. V. and Mattie (Tichenor) Tatum, the latter of whom was born in Ohio county and resides in Hartford. Dr. Tatum was a native of Logan county, Kentucky, and received his medical education in Louisville. He became one of the prominent physicians of Ohio county, in which he resided until his demise. He was a member of the Baptist church and was a democrat in his political views. Mr. and Mrs. Smith became the parents of a daughter, Martha M., who was born February 5, 1909. She was graduated from the Hartford high school in 1927. Mrs. Smith was a public the public schools of her native county and completed her studies in the Beaver Dam Seminary of Kentucky. She was affiliated with the Baptist church, in which she was an earnest worker, and was also a member of Hartford Chapter of the Eastern Star. Mr. Smith was chairman of the Red Cross committee at Hartford during the World war and did much to promote the success of the local organization. He is a consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church and is a republican in his political convictions. He is a Mason, belonging to Hartford Lodge, No. 675, F. & A. M., and is also a member of Owensboro Lodge, No. 144, B. P. O. E. He finds diversion in hunting and fishing. Mr. Smith is highly esteemed by his business associates and professional colleagues and has demonstrated his public spirit by actual achievements. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH Archives:http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kyresearch