NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10081 MARION CO – RICHARD C MILBURN – Milburn, Thurman, Curtsinger, Inman, Brown, Ware, Mouser #10081: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume V, Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 4th ed Marion County. Richard C. Milburn was born January 28, 1830. His father, Israel Milburn, was born in Marion County in 1801. He married Miss Margaret Thurman in 1822, and to them were born five sons and three daughters: William, John H., Israel, Thomas C., Richard C., Civilla (Curtsinger), Mary A. and Elizabeth. Israel Milburn died in 1831, and his widow subsequently married Shadrick Inman; she died in 1855, leaving by her second marriage three sons and one daughter. Israel Milburn was a stone-mason, and one of the best of his craft. He was a member of the Baptist Church, and a man of strict business principles and unbending integrity. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and participated in the battle of New Orleans. His father, Robert Milburn, was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and proclaimed the gospel throughout Kentucky at a day when the Indians were numerous and troublesome, and when the settlers took firearms to the church. Rev. Robert Milburn died some time in the first decade of the present century; his father, Hobart Milburn, was a native of Virginia and came to Kentucky prior to the war of the Revolution, in which he engaged. Richard C. Milburn received a common-school education in his native county of Marion, and remained on the home farm until he attained his majority. Having learned the blacksmith’s trade, he carried on that business in Kentucky and later in Dallas, Tex., after which, in 1861, he returned to Kentucky and located at Haysville, in Marion County, where he remained for a few years, then removed to Springfield, and after three years returned to his present location in Precinct No. 2, where he purchased land in 1867 and carried on farming in connection with blacksmithing. His farm of 170 acres is well kept and improved and very productive. He was married, February 25, 1852, to Miss Elizabeth Brown. They are the parents of four sons and two daughters: Thomas (Brown) Milburn was born December 29, 1829. She is a daughter of Alexander and Margaret (Mouser) Brown, both natives of Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Milburn and all their family are consistent members of the Baptist Church in which Mr. Milburn has for thirty years held the office of deacon. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, which he joined in 1854. His political views are Democratic. Colonel Sandi Gorin: sgorin@glasgow-ky.com 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. 10080 CRITTENDEN CO – C M GRAVES – Graves, Shaffer #10080: History of Fremont County, Iowa Des Moines: Iowa Hist. Co., 1881. Scott Township GRAVES, C. M., merchant, P. O. Plum Hollow; born in Crittenden county, Kentucky, August 7, 1844. In 1852 his parents came to Iowa, locating in Mills county. He enlisted August 13, 1862, in company B, Twenty-ninth Iowa infantry, and was discharged the same year for disability. In 1865 he came to this county. In 1867 he went to Cass county, Nebraska, and in 1870, returned to Fremont county. He was married January 23, 1866, to Miss M. J. Shaffer. They have four children; three now living: Laura B., Nellie E. and William H. Colonel Sandi Gorin: sgorin@glasgow-ky.com 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. 11079 MADISON CO – DR. J M POYNTZ – Poyntz, Jones, Dudley, Rayburn, Lilly, Shackelford, Gatewood, Ewing #11079: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume V, Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 4th ed Madison Co. Dr. J M Poyntz was born March 22, 1838, in Scott County, Ky., and is a son of John and Xantippe (Jones) Poyntz, to whom three sons were born and reared: John, James M. and Cyrus, he having two daughters by a former marriage – Annie and Carrie. Their mother was Grace Jones. John Poyntz, the father, was born in Scott County January 14, 1795; served in the war of 1812; was in Dudley’s defeat; was a farmer and owner of slaves. In 1855 he moved to Cass County, Mo., and there resided until his death in 1867. He was the son of Arthur Poyntz, who with two brothers, Nathaniel and Patrick, came from Ireland at the beginning of the Revolution, settled in Pennsylvania and thee entered the war for independence. At the close of the war they came to Kentucky. One was killed by the Indians. One afterward settled in Maysfield, and Arthur, who came to Kentucky with Mr. McBride, settled in Scott County; was one of the earliest pioneers of Kentucky and participated in many of the Indian troubles. Arthur Poyntz married Nancy Rayburn. (She was one of the excellent of the earth.) She came from Scotland, and they were married in Pennsylvania in 1790. She died in Indiana in 1844. Their children were Sarah, Nancy, John, Joseph, Betsey, James, Jane, Ellener, Patsey and Mary Ann. In religion the family were Presbyterians, and in politics Whigs. Mrs. Xantippe Poyntz was born in Fayette County, Ky., in 1802, and was a daughter of Richard Jones, a native of Virginia and early pioneer of Fayette County. She died in 1864. James M. Poyntz was brought up on a farm; received his early education in the common schools, afterward attended an academy until his eighteenth year, when he began the study of medicine and graduated from the University of Louisville as M. D. In the year 1861 he entered the Confederate Army, serving a while ad adjutant. In January, 1862, was appointed assistant surgeon, with rank of captain, in which capacity he served to the end, after which he located at Leesburg, Harrison Co., Ky., where he continued practice for fifteen years, having taken a post-graduate course in 1872. He located in Richmond in 1882, where he is doing a successful practice, and is an active member of the State and county medical associations, also of the State Board of Health. November 15, 1870, he was united in marriage to Miss Clara Lilly, of Harrison County, Ky., a daughter of Pleasant and Priscilla (Shackelford) Lilly. Mr. Lilly was born near Leesburg, and his wife in Montgomery, Ala. The Doctor had born to him by this marriage three children: C. Edwin, Kathleen and Estelle. Their mother died May 20, 1879. In February, 1886, he took for his second wife Mrs. Bettie Gatewood, a daughter of Hon. A. J. Ewing, of Bath County, Ky. In religion he is a Presbyterian; in politics a Democrat. He is a member of F. & A. M., being a Knight Templar and Past Commander; also a member of the I. O. O. F. Colonel Sandi Gorin: sgorin@glasgow-ky.com 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. 11078 UNKNOWN CO – RANSDALL BAYLOR – Baylor #11078: History of Fremont County, Iowa Des Moines: Iowa Hist. Co., 1881. Scott Township. BAYLOR, RANSDALL, farmer, section 12, P. O. Plum Hollow; born on the 8th day of April, 1850, and now lives on the place of his birth. He was educated in Sidney and in Tabor College. He is the oldest son of John and Nancy Baylor, who came to this county, from Kentucky, at an early day in its history. They lived to witness the development and growth of the county in a way it has been the privilege of but few to do. His father died September 2, 1871, and his mother in December of 1880. There were 1120 acres of land divided among the surviving children at his death. The subject of this sketch is an enterprising farmer, and holds the highest place in the esteem of his fellow citizens. Colonel Sandi Gorin: sgorin@glasgow-ky.com 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. 11077 GARRARD CO – JAMES BENJAMIN ROBINSON – Robinson, Alford, Calbfus, Watts, Hocker, Dunn, Spillman, Smith, Perkins, Tomlinson, Leavell, taylor, Wilds #11077: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume V, Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 4th ed. Garrard Co. James Benjamin Robinson was born December 8, 1834, on the waters of Dick’s River, in the northwestern portion of Garrard County, Ky., where he has always resided. His father, Michael Robinson, Jr., born in 1804, was a farmer and slave owner, an elder in the Presbyterian Church, a Whig, a Union man, and died in 1861. He was the son of Michael Robinson, Sr., whose offspring were Harry, John, William, Michael, Jr., Mary (Alford), Ann (Calbfus), and Lucy (Watts). Michael, Jr., married in 1828 Margaret, daughter of Benjamin and Margaret (Hocker) Dunn (born in 1812), and their union was favored by the birth of Mary A (Spillman), Silas C., James B., Sarah J. (Smith), John, Gabrilla (Perkins), Belle (Tomlinson), Margaret, George W., Michael and Kate Leavell. March 17, 1859, James B. Robinson married Miss Mary E, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Taylor) Tomlinson, of Garrard County (born May 25, 1840), and to them have been born Lizzie M., Lula, Joseph M. (deceased), Zelma (Wilds), Alice and Charles S. Mr. Robinson was reared as a farmer, and followed that vocation until 1884, when he also engaged in general merchandising at Buena Vista, at which he has met with encouraging success. He also owns a well improved and productive farm of ninety-three acres. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church; also a member of the Masonic fraternity, and of the K. of H. He is postmaster at Buena Vista, was a Union man and is now a Republican and prohibitionist Colonel Sandi Gorin: sgorin@glasgow-ky.com 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. 11076 BOURBON CO – AUGUSTINE M ANTROBUS – Antrobus, Donnell, McArthur, Ross #11076. Portrait and Biographical Album of Des Moines County, Iowa Chicago: Acme Publishing, 1888. Augustine M. Antrobus, attorney-at-law, Parsons Block, Jefferson street, Burlington, Iowa, has been a resident of Des Moines County since 1845, and was born in Decatur County, Ind., May 16, 1839. His parents, Thomas Hamilton and Elizabeth (Donnell) Antrobus, were natives of Bourbon County, Ky. The father was born in 1811, and was of English descent, though the family had been residents of Pennsylvania for several generations prior to removing to Kentucky. The mother was descended from the Scotch, and came of an old Kentucky family. Augustine came with his parents to Des Moines County, Iowa, in 1845, when but six years of age. He was educated at the Iowa Wesleyan University, at Mt. Pleasant, taking the University course, and graduating in the class of '65. The next year he began the study of law in the office of Henry Ambler, of Mt. Pleasant, was admitted to the bar in 1867, and established practice at Burlington the same year, which he has continued to date, covering a period of more than twenty years. During this time he has built up an extensive practice, and by his ability and strict attention to business, has established a reputation as one of the leading members of the local bar. The existing partnership with William C. McArthur, under the firm name of Antrobus & McArthur, was formed in 1885. On the 13th of January, 1873, at Burlington, Iowa, Mr. Antrobus and Miss Arpin C. Ross were united in marriage; the lady is a native of Westmoreland County, Pa. Three children were born of their union: Margaret, who died at the age of seven years; Ernst and Edgar, twins; the first-named died in infancy; the latter is now eight years of age. In his political views Mr. Antrobus is a Republican, but has never sought or desired public office. He has also taken a warm interest in educational matters, has been a member of the School Board for nine years, and is now serving as President of that body. Mr. and Mrs. Antrobus attend the Presbyterian Church. Colonel Sandi Gorin: sgorin@glasgow-ky.com 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. 11075 BOYLE CO – ALEXANDER ROBERTSON McKEE – McKee, Letcher, Boyle, Monroe, Clay, Duncan, Daviess, Robertson, Marshall, Letcher, Ashby, Morgan, Cornwallis, Washington, Braddock, #11075: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume V, Battle-Perin-Kniffin, 4th ed. Boyle Co. Alexander Robertson McKee, M. D., as born on the 4th of February, 1816, near Lancaster, Garrard Co., Ky. He was the third son of Hon. Samuel McKee, who was a prominent and successful lawyer and politician during the early history of the State. Dr. McKee received a collegiate education at Centre College, Danville, Ky., and subsequently took his degree in medicine at the University of Pennsylvania with the class of 1839. Soon thereafter he located at Richmond, Madison Co., Ky., and formed a partnership for the practice of his profession with his cousin, the late Dr. William R. Letcher. He at once acquired a large and lucrative practice and commanded the universal respect and confidence of the community. During the time he resided in Madison County he was elected and served for many years as a director of the Northern Bank of Kentucky, as a member of the board of trustees of the town of Richmond, and as an elder in the Presbyterian Church. In 1857 Dr. McKee removed to Clay County, Mo, where he remained only two years. Returning to Kentucky in the spring of 1859 he located at Danville, where he resumed the practice of his profession, and resided in that place until his death on the 13th of February, 1886. Dr. McKee was engaged as an active and honorable practitioner of medicine for forty-seven years, commencing in 1839, and ending a few days before his death in 1886. He was a diligent student of medicine, thoroughly devoted to his profession, and was recognized by the medical profession and the community at large as a thoroughly qualified and conscientious practioner. He acquired wide reputation as a safe and successful physician. Few men in any profession have, for so many years, retained their practice as Dr. McKee. Until fur days before his death in the seventy-first year of his age he was engaged in the successful practice of his profession. He was remarkably successful as a general practioner, but was known as specially successful as an accoucheneur. It is known that out of over 1,6000 obstetrical cases that he attended during his professional career, only one case resulted in the death of the mother. Dr. McKee was one of the organizers of the Boyle county Medical Society, also of the district society, and was frequently elected president of each. He was also a member of the Kentucky State Medical Society. He was a man of great physical as well as moral courage. He never failed, or even hesitated, in the discharge of what he considered to be his duty. No danger or personal inconvenience ever deterred him, or caused him to falter. This feather of his character was well illustrated by his conduct during the winter of 1862, after the battle of Perryville, where he had under his professional care as many as 1,200 sick and wounded Union and Confederate soldiers, many of whom had contagious and infectious diseases. To these he gave as careful and as faithful attention as he did to his nearest friends and patients suffering from ordinary diseases. He was a man of great firmness and determination. When once he had made up his mind, or come to a conclusion about any matter, no amount of threats or persuasion could induce him to abandon his position. No consideration of personal gain or popularity seemed to have the slightest influence with him; justice and right seemed to be the main considerations with him, let the consequences be what they would. He was a true and steadfast friend, a wise counselor, a public-spirited citizen, a skillful physician, and an upright and honest man, beloved and respected by the entire community. Dr. McKee’s father, Hon. Samuel McKee, was a noted man in his day. Born in Breckinridge County, Va., October 13, 1774, he removed with his father, Col. Wm. McKee, to Garrard County, Ky., about the year 1800. He was a member of Congress from 1806 to 18165, succeeding Judge John Boyle in that office. He was circuit judge for a number of years, and an officer in the war of 1812. As a lawyer he commanded a very large practice, and as an orator he had but few equals. He seldom ever had any opposition for any office to which he aspired. He was so popular in his own county that the largest number of votes ever cast against him in that county was six. He was repeatedly elected a member of the Kentucky Legislature, was a member of the first board of trustees of Centre College, and at the ti commission to clear the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers of obstructions. Dr. McKee had only two brothers, Col. WM. R. McKee, who graduated at the military academy at West Point in 1829 and was subsequently colonel of the Second Kentucky Regiment in the war with Mexico, and lost his life at the head of his regiment at the same time with Lieut. Col. Henry Clay, Jr., at Buena Vista. His older brother, Judge George R. McKee, one of the most distinguished and successful lawyers of the State, still resides in Covington. Dr. McKee’s only sister, Jane Logan McKee, was married to Dr. Benjamin F. Duncan, of Garrard County. She died at the old “McKee” homestead near Lancaster in 1873. Dr. McKee’s grandfather, Col. Wm. McKee of Scotch-Irish descent, was a captain in the Revolutionary War for six years; a member of the convention that drafted the first constitution of the State of Virginia; a member of the Virginia Constitution that adopted the Constitution of the United States; was high sheriff of Rockbridge County, Va.; removed to Kentucky about the year 1800, and settled upon Gibert’s Creek near Lancaster. Col. McKee’s first wife was his cousin, Mariam McKee, and his second wife was also his cousin, being at the time of their marriage the widow of Col. Joseph Daviess, and was the mother by her first husband of Col. Joseph Hamilton Daviess, who was killed at the battle of Tippecanoe. Dr. McKee’s mother was Martha Robertson, daughter of Alexander Robertson, the first sheriff of Mercer County; member of the first county court for Lincoln County; delegate to the Virginia Legislature until 1879; voted with all the Kentucky delegates, except Humphrey Marshall, against the adoption of the Federal Constitution. Dr. McKee’s mother was a sister of the late Chief Justice George Robertson and also of Mrs. ex-Gov. Robt. P. Letcher. Dr McKee was married in September, 1842, to Mary Ashby, daughter of Dr. M. Q. Ashby, of Richmond, Ky. They were blessed with six children: Samuel, Ashby, George, Logan, Alexander and Margaret Logan McKee. George R. died in infancy, and Ashby, a young man of rare promise, died in the twenty-eighth year of his age, in Louisville, Ky. The remaining children are yet living. Mrs. McKee’s family, the Ashbys, were also very prominent and bore a conspicuous part in the early history of Virginia and Kentucky. Mrs. McKee’s father, Dr. M. Q. Ashby of Mt. Sterling, Ky., was a prominent physician for many years at Richmond and Lexington, Ky., and was one of the wealthiest and most influential men of central Kentucky. Her grandfather, Capt. Nathaniel Ashby, was a Captain in the Revolutionary war; also in the war of 1812; served under Gen. Morgan throughout the war of the Revolution and was at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. Her great-grandfather, Capt. John Ashby, was an aid of George Washington’s staff at Braddock’s defeat in 1754; was also an officer in the Revolutionary war with his son, Capt. Nathaniel Ashby. Ashby’s Gap, in Virginia, is named for Capt. John Ashby; and Gen. Turner Ashby, of “Black Horse” cavalry fame, is of the same family, being a second cousin of Mrs. McKee. Colonel Sandi Gorin: sgorin@glasgow-ky.com 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. 11074 CARROLL CO – JAMES A ANDERSON – Anderson, Goddard, Garrett, Peck, Rykarson, Kyle, Vertz, Wheeling, Harvey, Middleman, Vance #11074: Portrait and Biographical Album of Des Moines County, Iowa Chicago: Acme Publishing, 1888. James A. Anderson, a prominent fruit grower residing on section 30, Burlington Township, Des Moines Co., Iowa, was born in Carrollton, Ky., Nov. 1, 1834, and is a son of Seth and Emily (Goddard) Anderson, the father a native of Kentucky, the mother of Maryland. They were the parents of three children: John F., a farmer near Salem, Ore.; Matilda A., who died at the age of eleven years, and our subject. The two former were born in Des Moines County. Seth Anderson, with his wife and son James, came to this county in the spring of 1836, in company with the family of William Garrett. They resided near the Cascade for one year. Mr. Anderson afterward entering 160 acres on section 30, where our subject now resides. Seth Anderson only lived about two years after coming to Des Moines County, his death occurring in 1838. He was a public-spirited man, always doing his share in public enterprises. His widow subsequently married Comfort Peck, a native of Massachusetts, and to them were born three children: Elizabeth, wife of Martin Ryarson, a farmer of Union Township, and mother of two children--Paul and Edna; Hubert C. wedded Ellen Kyle, a native of Mercer County, Ill., and two sons were born to them; Ray Clarence is a farmer in Burlington Township. Mrs. Peck is yet living, and resides in Burlington Township. She has been a life-long member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and an active worker for her Master. At about the age of twenty-three our subject began the battle of life for himself, and well has this battle been fought. Always industrious, he soon gave his attention to fruit-growing, and is now extensively engaged in raising fruit and garden products. About the year 1843 he and his mother made a trip to Mississippi, visiting there until 1845, when they returned to this county, and in 1846-47 they traveled through Arkansas. In the fall of 1849 the house that afterward became the home of Mr. Anderson was erected. The timber composing the house is oak and hickory, and the roof is made of shaved pine shingles. But little does the present generation know of the privations and toils which made up the life of the pioneer settler. Indians were numerous in this part of the country at that time. Where once was unbroken timber, now, as far as the eye can see, stretch broad, cultivated farms, the trees being felled in the daytime, and the brush burned at night. The flowery path of knowledge was untrodden in those days, the little education received being obtained under great disadvantages. Mr. Anderson attended the log school-house, with its slab seats, puncheon floors and huge fireplace. The boys in those days were compelled to rise before daylight, saw logs until school time, then run to school, back again at night, sawing logs until dark, when the chores had to be done, and then after supper shell corn until 10 or 11 o'clock. Mr. Anderson, on the 10th of September, 1861, was united in marriage with Miss Mary E. Vertz, who was born in Indiana County, Pa., April 26, 1839, and is a daughter of George and Mary (Wheeling) Vertz, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania. Four children have been born to the union of Mr. and Mrs. Anderson: Virginia, born Aug. 16, 1862, is the wife of Albert P. Harvey, a resident of Scranton, Pa., and they have one daughter, Alice M.; Frank B., born in 1863, married Miss Rickey Middleman, a native of Germany; Horace C., born Feb. 19, 1865, wedded Miss Nellie Vance, a native of Des Moines County, and resides in Scranton, Pa.; Lilian E., born March 7, 1870, is still with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he has always been an active worker. His life is worthy of commendation, and one that the young men of today would do well to follow. With scarcely any early advantages, he has yet gained an honorable place in the business world, and his rank in the social world is as high. In his temperance principles he is firm, having never used tobacco in any way, and as much can be said of his use of liquors. This is a record any one might be proud to possess, and such a legacy given to the children is more priceless than gold. Mr. Anderson attributes his good health to his temperate habits; during his whole life his doctor bills only amount to $5. Politically, in early life he was a Whig, but since the organization of the Republican party has been an earnest advocate of its principles. Mr. Anderson has witnessed the many changes that have taken place in Des Moines County, and as a pioneer, a gentleman, and a respected citizen, we are pleased to place the record of his life on the pages of one of Iowa's best counties.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11073 ADAIR CO – MATTHEW TAYLOR – Taylor, Ewing, Patterson, Powell, Lewis Wayne, Loye, Brown, Page #11073: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume V, Battle-Perin-Kniffin, 4th ed Adair Co. Matthew Taylor, the superintendent of the Adair County public schools, is a native of the county, and was born May 24, 1838. He is a son of Jeremiah and Ann (Ewing) Taylor, the former a native of Norfolk, Va., the latter of Kentucky. Jeremiah Taylor, born in August, 1801, has been, during life, a tiller of the soil, owning a farm of about 111 acres. He has been an industrious and successful farmer, and at present lives in Glenville Precinct, about twelve miles from Columbia. He was married, in 1836, to Miss Ann Ewing, the fourth of a family of six children (two of whom were sons) born to Andrew and Mary (Patterson) Ewing, the former of whom was of Scotch-Irish origin. By this marriage Jeremiah Taylor became the father of five children: Matthew, Mary (wife of James A. Powell), MARTHA (wife of Wilson Lewis), Celestia (the second wife of Wilson Lewis), and James, of whom Matthew and Mary alone are living. Mrs. Taylor in life was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and died in April, 1877, in the seventy-sixth year of her age. Jeremiah Taylor is still living, one of the oldest and most highly respected citizens of Adair County, and has resided here since 1836. Andrew Ewing, maternal grandfather of Matthew Taylor, was one of the early settlers of Adair County, and a veteran of the Indian wars under Gen. Wayne. Thirty years he held the office of magistrate in Adair County, and twice held the office of sheriff under the old constitution. He died at the ripe old age of eighty-eight years, in 1855. Robert Paterson, the brother of Mary (Patterson) Ewing, was a veteran of the American Revolution, and held the office of major in the Colonial Army. Matthew Taylor received a poor education in youth, and at the age of twenty could scarcely write his name. After this he attended the common or district schools about fifteen months, and the seminary at Campbellsville abut five months, which time was scattered over four years. The money necessary to pay for books and tuition was earned on the farm, and a part of the time by hiring out to do farm labor. About the age of twenty-five, he began teaching in the free schools of Adair County, which has been his life-long profession. The term of his life as a professional teacher extends over a period of seventeen years, and he has taught in the common schools of Adair, Cumberland and Metcalfe Counties. In 1868 he was elected to the board of magistrates of Adair County as commissioner of common schools, and superintended fifty schools during the ensuing two years. Again, in 1884, he was elected, on the Democratic ticket, as superintendent of the county schools, under the new law, and has supervision over eighty-four district schools, with an enumeration of 4,000 pupils. He attends specially to institute work, and every year the county teachers’ institute is conducted on the normal plan, under the management of an institute expert. January 21, 1862, Mr. Taylor was united in matrimony to Miss Mary J. Loye, the daughter of Martin and Mary (Brown) Loye, North Carolinians. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Taylor has been brightened by the addition of nine children: Annie B. (wife of John S. Page), Mary Louisa, James G., fanny, Catherine, Herschel, William C., Clemmie E., Virginia and Ethel – all living. Mr. Taylor is a member of the Masonic order, and in politics is a life-long Democrat. He has also been deputy surveyor of the county for eight years, has a farm of 140 acres, and has, in addition to teaching, following the occupation of farming. Colonel Sandi Gorin: sgorin@glasgow-ky.com 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. 11072 MASON CO – JOHN J FITZGERALD – Fitzgerald, Wallace, White, Campbell, Woolson, Babb, Smith, Hathaway, Shephard #11072: Biographical Review of Henry County, Iowa Chicago: Hobart Publishing Company, 1906. John J. Fitzgerald, a capitalist of Mount Pleasant, was born in Mason county, Kentucky, January 5, 1856, and is a son of John and Isabelle (Wallace) Fitzgerald, the former also a native of Kentucky, a son of Moses and Nancy (White) Fitzgerald. Moses was born in Kentucky, and Miss White in Pennsylvania. Moses served as a soldier in the war of 1812. Isabelle Wallace is the daughter of David and Nancy (Campbell ) Wallace, both born near Londonderry, Ireland, of Scotch ancestry.Both the Fitzgerald and Wallace families have the religious faith of the Presbyterian church, the former being established in Virginia at the early day of the colonization of the new world, and later becoming residents of Kentucky. The Fitzgerald's were very prominent in the Blue-grass state, were connected with many of the leading families, and were interested in many matters of public moment. The father of our subject is now deceased, having passed away in Kentucky, in August, 1855, of cholera, but the mother is still living, making her home in this city.John J. Fitzgerald was brought to Iowa in his boyhood days and is a graduate of the Mount Pleasant high school. He won the degree of Bachelor of Arts upon graduation from the Iowa Wesleyan University in 1875, after which he entered the law office of Woolson & Babb, remaining until after his examination and admission to the bar in 1878. He practiced law for about one year, but studied the profession mainly for the purpose of using his knowledge in the management of his private business interests. Since coming to Iowa in his youth he has lived in Washington and Henry counties, and is the owner of six hundred acres of very valuable farming land in addition to his residence property in Mount Pleasant and a three-story business building on the square. He owns altogether about forty acres of land within the city limits. He has recently purchased three sections of land in Canada and he likewise has large property interests in Seattle, Washington. He is a lumber manufacturer of Florida, where he owns several thousand acres of land, and lumber. He has two saw mills near Argyle and there he gives employment to many men, while his Florida home is at De Funiak Springs, a beautiful resort location and also the location of the Florida Chautauqua, of which Mr. Fitzgerald is an active director. He is now one of the oldest directors in point of service, and has helped to build up one of the largest Chautauqua Associations in the United States. Mr. Fitzgerald, with two others, bought the State Normal College buildings and are now locating a Presbyterian college. Here Mr. Fitzgerald has made his winter home for twenty-one years. He deals quite extensively in land in Henry county, and yet not in the line of real-estate operations, but rather as an investment. On the 31st of October, 1878, in Pekin, Illinois, Mr. Fitzgerald was married to Miss Anna Smith, a daughter of Henry Smith, who is now deceased. The father was an extensive manufacturer of wagons and farm implements, which business is still conducted under his name in Pekin. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald were born the following named: Isabelle, born December 1, 1879, a graduate of the State Normal School at De Funiak Springs, Florida, of the class of 1902, and is now the wife of L. D. Hathaway, of Brooksville, Florida. Catherine, born August 3, 1881, the wife of W. T. Shepard, of Montgomery, Alabama, where he is engaged in the wholesale lumber business, and they have three children, Anna, and Vanna, twins, and Catherine. John Wallace, born September 1, 1883, spent one year as a student in the Iowa Wesleyan University and one year in the Chicago University, and was about ready to graduate from the State Normal University, at De Funiak Springs, when his health failed and he is now in Montgomery, Alabama. Anna, born June 9, 1889; Henry Paul, May 26, 1893; Ruth, October 19, 1895; and Donald C., August 13, 1897, are all at home. Mrs. Fitzgerald was in delicate health for twenty years and died at De Funiak Springs, Florida, August 27, 1903, her remains being interred there at the Valley church. For many years Mr. Fitzgerald devoted almost his entire attention to the care of his wife, doing all in his power to promote her comfort. In public affairs relating to the progress and welfare of this community, Mr. Fitzgerald is deeply interested and his cooperation has been a potent element for good, along many lines of advancement. He is a trustee of the Iowa Wesleyan University, is an elder in the Presbyterian church at De Funiak Springs, and is the oldest director in the Chautauqua there. This is the third Chautauqua in point of importance in the United States, holding session for nine weeks and drawing its audiences from all parts of the United States. Mr. Fitzgerald has been connected therewith for fifteen years, and his wise counsel is an important element in its success. While in college he was a member of the Beta Theta Pi. In politics he is a stalwart republican and formerly was a member of the central county committee and frequently addressed audiences on the issues of the campaigns. His life stands for progress of material, intellectual and moral progress. His success is largely the result of his own efforts, for though he inherited property in later life, he had previously secured a considerable measure of prosperity, owing to his judicious investments and his careful control of his business interests. In his private life he is distinguished by all that marks the true gentleman. His is a noble character­one of the subordinates of public ambition to public good, and seeks rather the benefit of others than the aggrandizement of self. His many good works have won him generous commendation from his contemporaries, who unite in bearing testimony of his high character and superior mind. Colonel Sandi Gorin: sgorin@glasgow-ky.com 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. 11071 WASHINGTON CO – GEORGE D. ROBERTSON – Robertson, Young, Anderson, Robinson, Rinehart, McElroy, Hamilton #11071: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume V, Battle-Perin-Kniffin, 4th ed.. Washington Co. George D. Robertson also commended life for himself at the age of fifteen, as an apprentice at the buggy and wagon-maker’s trade at Glasgow, Ky. At the age of twenty-one he entered his brother’s store as clerk, on a salary of $50 and board for his first year. Two years subsequently he engaged with Young & Bro., with whom he only remained one year; then spent three years in the employ of T. Anderson & Co. and J. M. Robinson & Co., at Louisville, after which he returned to Springfield and formed a partnership with Rinehart & McElroy in the mercantile trade. Four years later he retired from that firm and purchased another store, in which he has since continued, and carries the largest and most extensive stock of groceries in Springfield, and enjoys a large and profitable custom. May 12, 1863, he married Miss Lucinda Hamilton, daughter of Alexander Hamilton. By her he became the father of eleven children, six now living: Florence, Annie, Joseph B, Mattie, George and William T. Both William J. and George D. are representative, enterprising and wide-awake citizens. In politics they are Democratic, but neither has sought any political preferment. Colonel Sandi Gorin: sgorin@glasgow-ky.com 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. 11070 – GEORGE J BLAIR – UNKNOWN CO – Blair, Hamilton, Kannard, Hedrick #11070 History of Warren County, Iowa, Des Moines: Union Historical Company, 1879. BLAIR, GEORGE J., farmer, Sec. 32; P. O. Bevington; was born January 25, 1834, in the state of Kentucky, and lived there till the spring of 1866, then came to Warren county, on the 4th day of May, 1866; was married to Miss Mary A. Hamilton, a native of Kentucky, in the year 1856; has a family of three sons and four daughters: Sarah (now Mrs. E. Kannard), Luella (now Mrs. Geo. Hedrick), John C., Clawell, Lenard, Parthenia M., and Mary E.; owns a farm of 103 acres; has held the office of treasurer of school board. Colonel Sandi Gorin: sgorin@glasgow-ky.com 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. 11069 ELIJAH BILBO – BOYLE CO – BILBO, RANDOLPH, BELLAMY #11069: History of Warren County, Iowa, Des Moines: Union Historical Company, 1879. BILBO, ELIJAH, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Indianola; born in Boyle county, Kentucky, March 3, 1826, and when three years of age was brought by his parents to Park county, Indiana, where he was raised a farmer, and divided his time between duties on the farm in summer and teaching school during the winter months; he came to this county in 1853 and entered the land on which he now resides; he owns a good farm of 155 acres, well improved, and with good buildings; he has a choice orchard of selected fruit; Mr. Bilbo was one of the organizers of the township, and has held various township offices during almost the entire time since; he also taught the first school taught in the township, and the first in the county south of Indianola; in his religious preferences he is a Methodist, and a local preacher in that denomination; he is a man of sterling honesty and integrity, and possesses in a high degree the confidence of his neighbors and acquaintances; he has been closely identified with the interests of this township, as well as the county, and we are convinced it were well for Warren county if she had more of such citizens; he has been twice married: first to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Albert Randolph, Esq., Nov. 17, 1853; she died Feb. 18, 1857; he married for his second wife Miss Elizabeth Bellamy, May 6, 1858; she was a native of Indiana, but a resident of Marion county, Iowa. Colonel Sandi Gorin: sgorin@glasgow-ky.com 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. 11068 – UNKNOWN CO – J H GILLIHAN – Gillihan Montgomery #11068 History of Page County, Iowa. Des Moines: Iowa Hist. Co., 1880. Colfax Township. Page: 638. GILLIHAN, J. H., farmer, section 5, P. O. Coin; born in Kentucky, February 27, 1820, where he resided until fourteen years of age. He then went to McDonough county, Illinois, remaining six years, when he returned to Kentucky. Came to Iowa in 1852, locating where he now resides, making him one of the oldest settlers in the township. Has given most of his attention to farming and stock-raising since coming to this county, though he had learned the carpenter's trade while a resident of Kentucky. Was married September 23, 1849, to Miss Catharine Montgomery, a native of Kentucky . They have eleven children, all living: Sarah A., John M., Mary J., Juliet E., Mark A., Ellen F., Stephen A., James, Louisa, Nettie W., and Thomas W. Colonel Sandi Gorin: sgorin@glasgow-ky.com KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH Archives:http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kyresearch

Special Notes: Good morning! First, for some reason, there are days when I post a biography (normally in the 7 am hour central) and it does not reach the list until late in the day or doesn't come thru at all and I have to retry it. I have no idea why! Secondly, I likely will take a few days off from posting and type up some more biographies. I have more available but don't have them ready yet. So, if for a few days you don't receive any postings - hopefully it will be becauce I'm tracking down more! NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11067 - UNKNOWN CO - ANGELINE NOLAN - Hudgens, Nolan #11067: History of Davis County, Iowa, Des Moines: Iowa Historical Company, 1882. HUDGENS, WILLIAM C., farmer and stock-raiser, section 18, postoffice Unionville; was born in Williamson county, Illinois, January 15, 1838, where he lived until he was ten years old, when his parents moved to Davis county, Iowa. He was raised on a farm and educated in the common schools. His farm is located on Soap Creek, and contains 240 acres, of which 180 is under cultivation. He was married October 31, 1861, to Miss Angeline Nolan, a native of Kentucky, and they have nine children, all living at home: Frank, John H., Thomas, Sussn M., Samuel, Eliza, Eldora, Bertha L., and Edith. Colonel Sandi Gorin: sgorin@glasgow-ky.com 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. 11066 HARDIN CO – JOHN P. HARL – Harl, McIntire #11066: History of Davis County, Iowa, Des Moines: Iowa Historical Company, 1882 John P. Harl. page 671: farmer, section fifteen; owns 155 acres of land in this township (Grove), and 20 acres in Missouri. He was born, Sept. 16, 1816, in Hardin county, Kentucky, where he grew to manhood, getting his education, and farming for a living. Moved to this county in 1849, when it was almost a wilderness. He was married February 13, 1840, to Miss Susan McIntire, of Kentucky. They have had seven children, Lucy C., Mary J., John P., Mary E., and three deceased, Richard B., William B., and Thomas L. Mr. and Mrs. Harl are members of the Christian Church. SCKY Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=south-central-kentucky Barren Co Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybarren Sandi's Puzzlers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11065: CRITTENDEN CO – C. M. GRAVES – Graves, Shaffer #11065: History of Fremont County, Iowa Des Moines: Iowa Hist. Co., 1881. Scott Township. GRAVES, C. M., merchant, P. O. Plum Hollow; born in Crittenden county, Kentucky, August 7, 1844. In 1852 his parents came to Iowa, locating in Mills county. He enlisted August 13, 1862, in company B, Twenty-ninth Iowa infantry, and was discharged the same year for disability. In 1865 he came to this county. In 1867 he went to Cass county, Nebraska, and in 1870, returned to Fremont county. He was married January 23, 1866, to Miss M. J. Shaffer. They have four children; three now living: Laura B., Nellie E. and William H. Colonel Sandi Gorin: sgorin@glasgow-ky.com 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. 11065 MERCER CO – D T MILLS – Mills, Bingham, Torrance #11065: History of Mahaska County, Iowa, Des Moines: Union Historical Company, 1878. MILLS, D. T., farmer, Sec. 4; P. O. Concert; was born in Dare Co., Kentucky, in 1821, he lived in Kentucky until the fall of 1844, and then went to Park county, Indiana, where he lived until the fall of 1852; he then came to this county, and located where he now lives; owns a farm of 140 acres; he married Emily Bingham, of Mercer county, Kentucky, in the fall of 1842; she died May 26, 1856; he married again to Mary Torrance in July, 1857; have two sons and four daughters by first marriage, Sophia, Wm. T., Mary, Sarah, Martha and David; two sons and two daughters by second marriage, Jacob, Ella, Edward and Myrtle Colonel Sandi Gorin: sgorin@glasgow-ky.com 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. 11064 SIMPSON CO – Benjamin F Carter – Carter, Jones, McClanahan, Dawson #11064: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume V, Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886 Simpson Co. Benjamin F. Carter was born in Simpson County, Ky., November 18, 1843, and is the youngest of eleven children, five of whom are living, born to Caswell and Lavina (Jones) Carter, the former of whom was a native of Virginia, and the latter a native of Simpson County, Ky. Both were of English descent, and were born July 7, 1798, and February 10, 1802, respectively. Caswell Carter received a good common school and academic education in his native State. At the age of fifteen or sixteen years he removed with his brother, Dr. Garland C. Carter, from Virginia to what is now Simpson County, then a part of Logan County, Ky. Here he bought wild land, in the western part of the county, and subsequently improved the farm upon which he resided until his death, which occurred May 28, 1883. He married soon after coming to Kentucky, in 1821. In early manhood he taught school in connection with farming for a numbers of years, and was a local preacher of the Methodist Episcopal Church for forty odd years. For many years he was a magistrate in his district, and was also sheriff of the county for two or three terms. Mrs. Lavina Carter is yet living and resides on the old homestead. From her girlhood, she has been a devoted member of the church, first of the Baptist and afterward of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Her father, Allen Jones, was born in Virginia, but at the age of fifteen or sixteen he emigrated with several of his brothers and sisters to the upper part of the State of Kentucky, where he married. Later he removed to Logan County, Ky., where he was among the early settlers. His death occurred in his eighty-eighth year. Mrs. Carter’s maternal grandfather, Thomas McClanahan, was a veteran of the Revolutionary war, serving through the entire struggle of seven years. His death occurred at the ripe old age of ninety-six years. Benjamin F. Carter received a good common school education in youth. He now lives and has always resided on the old homestead, where he was born, a part of which he now owns, with the exception of some two or three years, and then he resided in the same neighborhood. His farm of some 200 acres is well improved and in a high state of cultivation. Here he is extensively and successfully engaged in farming and the saw-mill or lumber business, having been engaged in the latter, in connection with agricultural pursuits for the past three or four years. He married, December 24, 1872, Mary M. Dawson, also a native of Simpson County, Ky., born December 2, 1854. She is a daughter of Medford M and Mary J (Dawson) Dawson, both natives of Simpson County, Ky., where they were born May 5, 1823, and August 13, 1827, respectively. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Carter has been blessed by one son and one daughter; Annie Lavina and Herbert Allen. Mr. Carter and wife have been from early life members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, in which church he has held various official positions. He is also an earnest advocate of the temperance cause and was formerly a member of the I. O. G. T. In politics he is a Democrat and is one of the native-born, enterprising, and successful farmers and business men of the county. Colonel Sandi Gorin: sgorin@glasgow-ky.com 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. 11063 HOPKINS CO – ISAAC DAVIS – Davis, Jones, Williams #11063: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume V, Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Hopkins Co. ISAAC DAVIS was born in South Wales, September 28, 1847, and is the youngest of a family of four children born to John and Sarah (Jones) Davis, both natives of Wales. John Davis in the early part of his life engaged in agricultural pursuits. He afterward worked as a laborer in a smelting furnace in South Wales for a number of years. Still later he engaged in contracting, preparing material for an iron company, which he continued until his death, September 3, 1879, in his seventy-seventh years. Both he and wife were members of the Independent Church; he was also a member of the order of Foresters. Isaac Davis was employed with his father in the iron works until he attained his majority. In April, 1870, he immigrated to the United States, first settling in Coalton, Ky., where he remained about four months; then he came to Earlington, Hopkins Co., Ky., where he engaged in coal mining for about two years. He then opened a saloon, at the same place, which he conducted for some six years. In 1878 he opened a dry goods store at Earlington, and has since been doing a flourishing business in that line. He carries a large and well selected stock of dry goods, amounting to about $9,000, his average annual sales amounting to at least $12,000. Mr. Davis was married January 11, 1883 to Miss Necie W. Williams, a native of Christian County, Ky. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and also of the I. O. O. F., having taken the Encampment degrees. He is a Democrat. Colonel Sandi Gorin: sgorin@glasgow-ky.com KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH Archives:http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kyresearch