NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11042 JAMES B. McFERRAN - Boyle Co – McFerran, Brown, Young, Monday, Davis, Alexander, Tucker #11042: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V, Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 4th Edition. Boyle Co. James B. McFerran was born September 17, 1841, in Boyle County, Ky., and is the third of six sons and four daughters born to James M. and Ruth (Brown), McFerran. James M. McFerran was born November 26, 1809, two miles south of Danville; was a large farmer and trader in stock; and represented his county one term in the lower house of the Kentucky Legislature, and died September 17, 1884. He was a son of James McFerran, who was born in Ireland, July 16, 1757, and came to the Untied States with his parents when a lad of four years, and settled in Botetourt County, Va.; when a young man about eighteen or twenty, he migrated, and located four miles south of Danville and became a substantial farmer and slave owner. He married Elizabeth Young, of Lincoln County, and died in 1835, aged seventy-eight years. He was the son of Martin McFerran, who came to Virginia from Ireland with his three sons, John, James and Martin, before the war for independence. His religion was Presbyterian. Mrs. Ruth (Brown) McFerran was born in Franklin County, Ky., in 1811, a daughter of Scott and Lucy (Monday) Brown, of Scotch descent. She died September 26, 1885. Scott Brown was a large farmer, and served as magistrate and sheriff of Franklin County. James B. McFerran graduated from Centre College in the class of 1862; was a trade until 1867, when he began the study of law. In the winter of 1867-68 he attended the law school at Louisville, and was soon after admitted to the bar at Danville, where he had an excellent practice. He has served as master commissioner four years, and also represented his county in the Kentucky Legislature in 1873-74. In 1883 he located on a farm of 20 acres, two miles south of Danville. He was married May 17, 1876, to Miss Mattie Davis, daughter of James H. and Mattie (Alexander) Davis, the former a native of Garrard, and the latter a native of Mercer County, Ky. James H. Davis located in Boyle County about 1852, and became a leading farmer and breeder of shorthorns. He had the reputation of having the finest herd of shorthorns in the State, realizing fabulous prices, but paying as high as $5,000 for a single bull. He was well known all over the United States as one of the best breeders of shorthorn cattle. He was a son of Asel and Sarah (Tucker) Davis, from Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. McFerran have one bright daughter to bless their home. In politics he is a Democrat, and is now engaged in the practice of his profession at Danville. 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. 11041 AUGUSTINE M. ANTROBUS – BOURBON CO. Antrobus, , Donnell, McArthur, Ross #11041: 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. 11040 GEORGE J. BLAIR – UNKNOWN CO. Blair, Hamilton, Kannard, Hedrick #11040: 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. 11039 GEORGE M. TAYLOR – ADAIR CO. Taylor, McClain, Hayden, Noel, Naylor, Willis, Miller, Garnett, McClellan #11039: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V, Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 4th Edition. Adair Co. George M. Taylor, a son of Rev. George W. Taylor, is a native of Adair County, and a farmer. He was born October 13, 1824; in youth received a moderate English education in the neighborhood schools, which he attended three months each year for several years. He worked with and for his father until twenty years of age. When still remaining at home, he began on his own account the battle of life. In 1850 he was united in marriage with Miss Mary J. McClain, the oldest of Robert McClain’s children. Mr. McClain was twice married; first to Miss Kitty Hayden, a daughter of Richard Hayden, of Cumberland County, and by this marriage he became the father of two children: Mary J. and Oliver. His second marriage was to Miss Nancy Noel, a native of Washington County, Ky., and by this marriage six children were born: Joseph; Sarah, wife of Parker Naylor; Ellen, wife of Charles D. Willis; James; Margaret Ann, wife of Otho Miller, and Finis, all of whom are living. He lost two children in infancy. His life-long vocation was farming, in which he was successful, and owned a great many slaves before the war. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor are the parents of nine children: James R.; Benjamin F.; Zachariah T.; Kitty F., wife of Henry B. Garnett; Mary McClellan; William S.; George B.; Richard I. and Lena, of whom James R., Mary and Richard I. are now dead. Mr. Taylor, about 1849, bought the farm of 140 acre, originally cleared by his grandfather, George Taylor. This was well improved, and on it was erected good buildings, and here he lived until the close of the late war, when he purchased a farm of 147 acres on the Crocus road about two and a half miles from Columbia. He remained there eight years, then moved to his present location, one mile northwest of Glenville, and settled on a farm of 80 acres. Here he has since lived engaged in agricultural pursuits, raising all the cereals common to Kentucky climate, and also stock. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr. Taylor in politics is a Republican, though in ante bellum days an old line Whig. James R. Taylor died in the twenty-third year of his age, and had attended one course of medical lectures in the University of Louisville, and was practicing his profession at the time of his death on April 3, 1874. Benjamin F. Taylor is a physician and druggist at Bridgeport, Metcalfe County, an also carries on a farm. Zachariah Taylor is a farmer in Adair County. William S. Taylor is a physician and practicing with Dr. Benjamin Taylor. George B. is a farmer and still lives with his father. All of Mr. Taylor’s sons have grown up to be sober, industrious and respected citizens, and men of intelligence – members mostly of the Methodist Episcopal 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. 11038 HENRY B MOORE – WASHINGTON CO – Moore, Wayne, Bayne, Hill, Grigsby, Pile, Weathers, Cutsinger, Breeding #11038 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V, Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 4th Edition. Washington Co. Henry B. Moore was born December 11, 1826. His paternal ancestors came from Virginia, and were of English descent. His grandfather, Jesse Moore, came to Kentucky in an early day by flatboat, and landed on the present site of Louisville, when there were but few cabins in that now flourishing city. He settled near the Chaplin River in Nelson County, was a farmer, and died a number of years before H. B. Moore’s birth. John R. Moore was born in Virginia about 1785, and was brought to Kentucky in his infancy. He settled in Washington County in early manhood and engaged in farming in what is now the Glenville Precinct, where he acquired a large estate. He was a soldier in the Indian war of 1811-1812 serving under Gen. Anthony Wayne, and in 1845 was elected to represent Washington County in the State Legislature; was magistrate for a number of years under the old Constitution, and died in Bloomfield, Nelson County, in 1858. His wife was Martha Bayne, daughter of Walter Bayne, who came to Kentucky before the organization of the state. He was a native of Virginia, located near the Moore settlement on Chaplin River, and there died. Mrs. Moore was born in Virginia, was brought to Kentucky, when quite young, and died in Washington County in 1854, aged sixty-five years. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Moore were the following: Jetson, W. H., Walter B., Jesse, Milton, James F., Henry B., Susan (Hill) and J. R. Moore. Henry B. Moore was born and has lived all his life in Washington County. He was reared to agricultural pursuits and received a fair English education in the country schools which he attended until twenty years of age. At the breaking out of the Mexican war, he enlisted in the Fourth Kentucky Infantry with which he served from September, 1847, until July of the following year, his regiment remaining in the City of Mexico the greater part of the time. He returned to Washington County after the close of the war, and in 1852 purchased his present farm in Glenville Precinct, nine miles north of Springfield, where he has since resided. His 400 acres are all under cultivation. He engaged in the distillery business about 1852, and for twenty years thereafter did a thriving business, manufacturing the Moore and Grigsby brand, which achieved a noted reputation. Mr. Moore was married June 29, 1852, in Washington County, to Miss Jane M. Pile, daughter of Benjamin and Rhoda (Weathers) Pile, of the same county. Benjamin Pile was born in 1801, and is one of the oldest living settlers of Washington County. Mrs. Pile was the daughter of James and Margaret (Cutsinger) Weathers. She was born in Washington County, and died in 1851. Mr. and Mrs. Moore have had eight children, namely: Mary E. (deceased), Lucas, Victor C. (deceased), Luther (deceased), Lula B. (wife of Isaac Breeding), J. R., Mary W. and an infant (deceased). Mr. Moore is a Democrat in politics, and, with his wife, belongs to the Christian Church, with which he has been identified twenty-five years. 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. 11037 ELIJAH BILBO – BOYLE CO – Bilbo, Randolph, Bellamy #11037: 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. 11036 DAVID S. VALENTINE – MASON CO, Valentine, Frazier, Hays, Davis, Williams, Bates, Cowick, Long, Wentworth, Winslow, Stem, Blakslee, Wellington, Baxter, Corrothers, Devendrof, McIntire, Foley, Edgarton, Scott, Steele, Smith, Thomas #11036: Past and Present of Hardin County, Iowa. ed. by William J. Moir. Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen, 1911. David S. Valentine. The Valentine family was an influential one in the Hoosier state in the early days and wherever its members have settled since then they have been regarded as high grade citizens in every respect. One of the best known of the name is David S. Valentine, of Union, Hardin county, Iowa, who was born one mile north of New Castle, Henry county, Indiana, November 2, 1832. He is the son of James Valentine who was born four miles from Maysville, Kentucky. He married Sarah Frazier, of Wayne county, Ohio. James was the son of Henry Valentine, a native of Germany, from which country he emigrated to America when a young man, settling in Kentucky, where he became a large slaveholder and operated an extensive plantation. His family consisted of seventeen children. He and his wife both died near Maysville, Kentucky. David Frazier, maternal grandfather of the subject, was a native of North Carolina, in which state he was married to Sarah Hays, and they made their home in Henry county, Indiana, for many years, whither they had emigrated from the old Tar state, and there they spent the balance of their lives on a farm. In their family were nine children. The father, James Valentine, grew to maturity in Kentucky and there he learned the trade of shoemaker. His brothers were hatters by trade. James was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church for thirty-five years. It was in 1832 that he went to Henry county, Indiana, where he lived on a farm until the fall of 1856, when he moved to Marion county, Iowa, and in the spring of 1857 came to Union township, Hardin county, Iowa, where he bought one hundred and forty acres of land and there developed a good farm, living on the place until his death, on April 14, 1865. His wife died in September, 1896, at the advanced age of eighty-five years and nine months. His death occurred at the age of the fifty-nine. Their family consisted of twelve children, namely: John, deceased, remained in Henry county, Indiana, until 1857, then emigrated to Hardin county, Iowa, later moving to Kansas. He died in Union on June 7, 1907; his entire life was devoted to farming; Sarah, deceased, married Jack Davis, the founder of Union, Iowa, and a native of Henry county, Indiana; he was a carpenter by trade; David S., subjected of this sketch; Leah married David Williams, a Dunkard preacher, now deceased, and she is now a resident of the state of Kansas; Minerva married William Bates, a native of England, who was one of the pioneers of Hardin occurred on September 25, 1910, and she is still living at Union, this county; Letha A. married Isaac Cowick, and both died in Missouri; James H. was a member of Company F, Thirty-second Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and saw three years' service in the Civil war; he lives at Lincoln, Nebraska, and is a page at the state capitol; Martha A. and James (twins); the former married David Long, of Grundy county, Iowa; Margaret married David Wentworth; they are both deceased; Amanda was drowned at Benson Mill when a young woman; A. J. and Amanda (twins), the former lives at Conrad, Iowa; Mary is the wife of Mr. Winslow, and they live in Arkansas. David S. Valentine received only a limited education, but he has since been an extensive reader. He lived at home until 1855, when he moved to Marion county, Iowa, since which time he has been a resident of this state. On May 10, 1856, he was married to Amanda J. Stem, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; she was the daughter of John Stem, of that state, who emigrated to Pella, Marion county, Iowa, in 1853 and died there, he followed school teaching all his life; his wife died in Pennsylvania. The subject's first wife died December 28, 1878, and on April 18, 1900, he married Mary J. Blakslee, a widow of Jared Blakslee, of Story City, Iowa, who died march 4, 1893. She was the daughter of Franklin B. Wellington, of Auburn, New York, and her mother's maiden name was Mary A. Baxter. They moved to near Story City, Iowa, on a farm in 1880 and there they spent the remainder of their lives. Eight children were born into our subject's family, four of whom are living, namely: William David, a hardware dealer in Peoria, Illinois, married Elma Amos; Sarah married Charles Corrothers, of Marshalltown, Iowa; Louisa married, first William Reynolds, and secondly, William Devendrof, a druggist at Des Moines, Iowa; Lillian married A. E. McIntire, superintendent of Crookston College at Crookston, Minnesota. The four other children died young. The second wife of Mr. Valentine had one daughter by her first marriage, Hattie J., who married Henry Foley, of Chicago, Illinois. In February, 1857, Mr. Valentine came to Union, Iowa, securing eighty acres of land northwest of that place. It was raw land, but he improved it and put up a log cabin, beginning life in typical pioneer fashion. Being a hard worker, he soon had a good start, and there he remained until 1870, when he moved to Union, selling his farm after the death of his first wife. He was very successful as a general farmer. He owns three good dwellings in Union, also several lots. On August 15, 1862, Mr. Valentine enlisted in Company F, Thirty-second Iowa Volunteer Infantry, under Captain Edgarton and Col. John Scott. He was sent to Cape Girardeau, Missouri, later was practically all over that state after the Confederate General Price. He was later in Arkansas, at Duval's Bluff, Brownsville, Little Rock, under General Steele in the Sixteenth Army Corps, serving under Gen. A. J. Smith, who commanded the right wing. In the spring of 1864 he was on the Red river expedition, thence back to Vicksburg, and on to Tupelo, Mississippi. He was later in Cairo, Illinois, and other points, then re-enforced General Thomas in Tennessee, and to Mobile, Alabama, in the spring of 1865. He was in the charge on Fort Blakely and Spanish Fort, continuing until the close of the war, serving in a very faithful manner for three years, and was continuously at the front. He was honorably discharged at Clinton, Iowa, August 25, 1865. His record is one of which he may well be proud, it including twenty-eight engagements. Mr. Valentine is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic at Union, being a charter member of the post and quartermaster of the same for twelve years. He and his wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal church at Union. They are highly respected throughout the county and have many warm friends here. 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. 11035 WARREN CO – MRS. MACKIE ELIZA (SMITH) BENNETT – Bennett, Bowden, Wright, Loving, Spencer, Briggs, Ray. Jack #11035: History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State, Volume IV Illustrated. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. Chicago-Louisville, 1928. Warren Co. Mrs. Mackie Eliza (Smith) Bennett has aided in pushing forward the wheels of progress in Kentucky as a successful educator, and in other lines of activity has also achieved prominence, filling an important place in the life of Bowling Green, her native city. She was born January 1, 1880, in a house which stood on the present side of the building owned and occupied by the Young Men’s Christian Association, and in both the paternal and maternal lines represents old and prominent families of this locality. Her parents, Colonel Thomas Jefferson and Ella Bowden (Wright) Smith, were married February 2, 1875, and her mother was a lifelong resident of Bowling Green. She was born February 4, 1848, on the site now occupied by the Methodist Episcopal church, South, and passed away June 13, 1916, the funeral services being held in that edifice. She was a daughter of Dr. Thomas Briggs and Andomache (Loving) Wright, natives of Warren county, Kentucky. The latter was born January 1, 1820, and her demise occurred in Bowling Green on the 25th of November, 1850. Dr. Thomas B. Wright was born June 30, 1806 and studied medicine, being one of the well known physicians of Warren county. He was a man of versatile talents and served as president of the Warren Deposit Bank of Bowling Green. He was a stanch democrat and during the conflict between the states his sympathies were with the Confederacy. He was a faithful members of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, and passed away October 29, 1888, in Bowling Green. His wife was a daughter of Major John and Elizabeth (Spencer) Loving. Her father was a native of Virginia and one of the gallant officers of the Continental army. He was an able lawyer and while a resident of Lovingston, Virginia, was elected commonwealth attorney. He made the journey from that state to Kentucky in the first carriage ever seen in Warren county, the equipage being driven by ‘Uncle tom”, a negro, who was once a slave but as never sold and attained the remarkable age of one hundred and three years. Mrs. Loving’s father, William Spencer, was also a Virginian and became the largest man in the United States, weighting over six hundred pounds. Dr. Thomas B. Wright was a son of Joshua and Ann (Briggs) Wright, the latter a native of Scotland. She was born in Leslie, June 20, 1788, and died September 7, 1834. Joshua Wright was born November 20, 1780 in Cumberland county, Virginia, and passed away September 14, 1840, in Kentucky. Colonel Thomas J. Smith as born May 21, 1843, in Smith [sic Smiths] Grove, Kentucky. He was the first president of the Citizens National Bank of Bowling Green and the proprietor of one of the pioneer book stores of Warren county. During the Spanish-American war he was colonel of the Third Kentucky Regiment and saw active service in Cuba. He was a distinguished officer and also became a colonel on the staff of the governor of Kentucky. He was a steward of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, for years and was connected with a number of fraternal organizations. A supporter of the democratic party, he served as mayor of Bowling Green, was also a members of its first school board and demonstrated his public spirit both by word and deed. He was a citizen of exceptional worth and his death, on march 21, 1904, was a great loss to Bowling Green. His parents were Henry D. and Ann Eliza (Ray) Smith, whose home was situated on the Louisville & Nashville turnpike, at a point where the stage-coach stopped for a change of horses. His mother was born January 3, 1823, in Edmonson county, Kentucky, and died at Smiths Grove, July 25, 1883. Henry D. Smith was a prosperous farmer and stock raiser. He voted the democratic ticket and was a member of the Baptist church. He was born April 26, 1822, near Dripping Springs, Kentucky, and his demise occurred at Smiths Grove in October, 1886. He was a son of William and Jane (Jack) Smith, the latter a native of Tennessee. She was born in Knoxville in 1785 and responded to death’s summons January 15, 1854. William Smith was born February 3, 1793, in New York city, and came to Kentucky during his childhood, spending the remainder of his life in the Blue Grass state. 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. 11034 UNKNOWN CO – NATHAN M. JONES – Jones, Davis, Ferren #11034: Biographical and Historical Record of Wayne and Appanoose Counties, Iowa Chicago: Inter-State Pub. Co. 1886. NATHAN M. JONES, a prominent farmer and early settler of Johns Township, Appanoose County, was born near Greencastle, Putnam County, Indiana, June 25, 1831, the sixth child of William and Abigail (Davis) Jones, his parents being natives of Kentucky. They had a family of eleven children, eight sons and three daughters, ten of whom still survive, our subject being the fourth son. The paternal great-grandfather of our subject was a Welshman. The father was among the early settlers of Indiana, where he followed agricultural pursuits many years. He left Putnam County, Indiana, in the spring of 1851 and settled with his family in Johns Township, Appanoose County, Iowa, where he made his home till his death, in 1872, his wife having died in this township in 1870. He was one of the organizers of Johns Township, and in all enterprises for its advancement he was always ready to give his support. Nathan M. was about twenty years of age when he came with his parents to Appanoose County, and here he was married in 1855, to Eliza Ferren, the second daughter of William and Mary Ferren, of Johns Township. Three children have been born to this union: William J., John L., and one who died in infancy. Mr. Jones has lived on his present farm since his marriage, which at the time of his settlement was entirely unimproved. He has made farming his principal occupation through life, in which he has been uniformly successful, his farm now containing 300 acres of land in a good state of cultivation, and is located on section 9. He has devoted considerable attention to the raising of cattle, having at present on his farm seventy-seven head. He has lately turned his attention to raising a high grade of cattle, in which he is meeting with success. Mr. Jones has served his township one term as trustee and two terms as assessor. He is a member of the Old School Baptist church, in which he holds the office of clerk. 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. 11033 WARREN CO – JOSEPH ROGERS UNDERWOOD – Underwood, Rogers, Howe, Findley, McMurrell, Murrell, Wickliffe, Morrison, Dudley, Harrison, Wayne, Trotter, Rice, Breathitt, Morehead, Clay #11033: History of Kentucky by Lewis Collins, Lewis Collins Publishing, Maysville, KY, 1847. Warren Co. Joseph Rogers Underwood was born in Goochland county, Virginia, on the 24th of October 1791. He was the eldest child of John Underwood, who for many years represented that county in the legislature, during those periods in the history of that State when political honors were rarely bestowed but as the reward of personal merit. His mother, Frances Rogers, was a daughter of George Rogers, of Caroline county, Va., a gentleman eminently distinguished for the purity of his life and integrity of his character. The parents of young Underwood being in humble circumstances, and having a large family of other children to provide for, were induced to commit him to his maternal uncle, Mr. Edward Rogers [sic – Edmund Rogers], a soldier of the revolution, who had emigrated to Kentucky as early as 1793. He brought his youthful charge to Barren county in the spring of 1803, and nobly did he fulfil [sic] the promises made to the parents of the little boy, “to be unto him as a father.” The Greene [sic Green] river country was then a wilderness, and contained but few schools, and those not of the best class. Joseph was placed at school with the Rev. John Howe, near Glasgow. About a year thereafter he was placed under the tuition of the Rev. Samuel Findley at Danville, and afterwards at Lancaster, and after than with McMurrell [sic Murrell], who taught a French and Latin school at Glasgow. Having under these several teachers acquired the rudiments of his education, he was sent by his parental uncle to the Transylvania University, at which, in 1811, he finished it. On leaving the university he commenced the study of the law in Lexington with Robert Wickliffe, Esq., and under the instructions of this learned and accomplished lawyer, he completed his course of elementary reading. About this time Kentucky was thrown into great excitement by the war with Great Britain, then raging with violence on the Canada border. The melancholy affair of the river Raisin had deprived the state of some of its best citizens, and plunged the commonwealth into mourning. The impulse to arms was universal, and pervaded all classes. In March, 1813, a company of volunteers being about to be raised in Lexington, to be commanded by Captain John C. Morrison, and attached to the regiment of Colonel William Dudley, young Underwood was the first to volunteer on that occasion, and seizing the colors, marched alone with the musicians down the ranks of the assembled citizens. This little incident caused him to be elected lieutenant. He proceeded with the regiment to which he belonged to join the northern army, commanded by General Harrison. He was in Dudley’s defeat on the 5th of May, 1813, when the captain of his company being killed, the command devolved on Lieutenant Underwood. The remnant of Dudley’s regiment were compelled to surrender as prisoners of war. Lieutenant Underwood after being badly wounded, and the ball still remaining in the wound, was stripped of his clothing and compelled to run the gauntlet. He and his comrades were thrown into the old fort built by General Wayne on the left bank of the river, and forced to sit down in the mud and water, and whilst thus confined, the infuriated savages stalked round upon the embankment that overlooked them, and singled out and shot down their victims. In the meantime, an angry controversy arose among the Indians themselves, whether they should make one general slaughter of all the prisoners or not. It was a moment of helplessly awaiting the issue. Mercy, however, prevailed, and their lives were spared. Lieutenant Underwood was finally released on his parol, and return home to his uncle in the summer of 1813. In the fall of 1813, Mr. Underwood obtained license to practice law, and settled in Glasgow. He rose rapidly, and soon stood in the first rank of his profession. In 1816 he was elected to represent Barren county in the legislature; and continued to represent that county in the same body, for four successive years. In March, 1817, he married Miss Eliza M. Trotter, daughter of Mr. John Trotter, of Glasgow; and grand-daughter on her mothers’s side, of the Rev. David Rice. This lady died in July, 1835. Mr. Underwood having removed, in the year 1823, to Bowling-Green, was elected, in 1825, to represent the county of Warren in the legislature. He served two years in that body with great distinction and eminent usefulness, and then retired to private life and the practice of his profession. In 1828 he was a candidate for lieutenant-governor, but the vote resulted in the election of Mr. Breathitt. In the same year he was commissioned as a judge of the court of appeals; which office he held until February, 1835, when he resigned, and was elected to Congress. He continued, with high reputation, to serve as a member of Congress until 1843, when he again retired to private life. In August, 1845, he was elected, by a very large majority, to represent the county of Warren in the legislature, and was made speaker of the house of representatives. At the session of the legislature of 1847-7, he was elected by that body to succeed the Hon. James T. Morehead as senator in the Congress of the United States from Kentucky. In his politics, Mr. Underwood has always been a firm and consistent whig. In 1824, and again in 1844, he was one of the presidential electors of the State, and both times cast his vote for Henry Clay. As a lawyer, Judge Underwood has few superiors in the State; his decisions, while on the bench of the court of appeals, being distinguished for their soundness and general equity. On the whole, it may be said that he stands deservedly conspicuous among the distinguished men of Kentucky. Learned as a jurist, experienced as a statesman, an ardent patriot, he is qualified to adorn any station to which the partiality of his countrymen may elevate him. 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. 11032 NELSON CO – DR. MILES LAHA – Laha, Hailey, Coakley, Ferrill, Cravens, Kellin, Hancock #11032: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume 5, Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 4th Ed. Nelson Co. Dr. Miles Laha, an active and energetic young physician, was born December 6, 1858 in La Rue County, Ky., near Buffalo, and is the eleventh of seven sons and five daughters, all of whom are still living, born to Daniel and Catherine (Hailey) Laha. Daniel Laha was born in Ireland in 1814; when a lad of twelve, with an uncle, he immigrated to Canada, then to the States, and lived in New England til 1825, when he located in Virginia, where he married, since which he has been engaged in farming. After the birth of the first child, he came to Kentucky, an settled near New Haven, Nelson County. One year later he located in Las Rue County. Dr. Miles Laha remained on the home farm until the age of seventeen years, when he started in life for himself; at nineteen he attended school in Green and Taylor Counties; at twenty-one he commenced the study of medicine with Dr. S. D. Coakley; in the spring of 1883 he graduated from Central University of Medicine, Louisville; in June of the same year he located where he now resides, on Rolling Fork in Nelson County, where he has succeeded in building a good practice. He was married September 16, 1885, to Melissa J. Ferrill of La Rue County, a daughter of Joel and Nancy (Cravens) Ferrill, the former a native of La Rue County, the latter of Nelson County. Joe Ferrill was a son of William Ferrill, who married Mary Killen, and was an early pioneer farmer. Dr. Laha cast his first presidential vote for Hancock. 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. 11031 GRAYSON CO – J. D. McCLURE – McClure, Martin #11031: History of Fremont County, Iowa Des Moines: Iowa Hist. Co., 1881. Scott Township McCLURE, J. D., farmer, P. O. Tabor; born in the state of Illinois, April 9, 1845. In 1848 moved with his father's family to Grayson county, Kentucky, and the year following to Gentry county, Missouri. He came to this county in 1863. He is a member of the Christian church, and an ordained evangelist. He has held several township offices, among others that of justice of the peace, which he filled four years. He was married July 8, 1864, to Miss Lucy Martin. they have four children living: William E., Saribrilda J., Charles S. and James A. 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. 11030 HARRISON CO – SAMUEL McFALL – McFall, Barbee #11030: History of Mahaska County, Iowa. Des Moines: Union Historical Company, 1878. McFALL, SAMUEL, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Fremont; was born in Harrison county, Kentucky, in 1803, he lived there until ten years of age; his parents then moved, to what is now Switzerland county, Indiana; he lived there until 1821, and then went to Bartholomew county, Indiana, where he lived until 1830, and thence to Iroquoise county, Ills., he came to this county in March, 1844, and located where he now lives; he married Miss Elizabeth Barbee, February 14, 1828; born in Ross county, Ohio, February 11, 1804; they have two sons and four daughters, Sarah, Elizabeth, Samuel T., Martha, Nancy, and Joseph 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. 11029 BOYD CO – M’KINNEY LAMBERT – Lambert, Blanchard #11029: History of Fremont County, Iowa. Des Moines: Iowa Hist. Co., 1881. LAMBERT, M'KINNEY, farmer, section 24, P. O. Percival; born January 3, 1829, in Cobble county (now Wayne county) West Virginia. In 1833 he went with his parents to Boyd county, Kentucky, where he was educated and where he matured. He came to Iowa in 1851. He was married April 22, 1852, to Miss Lydia Blanchard, the daughter of Dr. Blanchard, formerly of Civil Bend and so intimately identified with the early history of the county. They are the parents of seven children: Derestus S., Mary E., Charles W., Therson P., Eldon K., Leman F. (deceased), Edward B. and Margaret A. Mr. Lambert is one of the earliest settlers in the township, and has done much to forward its interests. He has held many township offices, and all with ability and satisfaction

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11028 MADISON CO – Judge FONTAINE TALBOT FOX, Sr – Fox, Hunton, Bell, Watterson #11028: History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State, Volume IV Illustrated. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company. Chicago-Louisville, 1928. Madison Co. There are some men of whom it is impossible to speak save in the language of eulogy, and of this type as Judge Fontaine Talbot Fox, Sr., who left the deep impress of his individuality upon the legal history of Kentucky. His was a life of conspicuous usefulness and although forty years have elapsed since his death, his memory is still green in the hearts of those who knew him. He was born January 28, 1803, in Madison county, Kentucky, and achieved notable success in the profession of his choice. He was retained as counsel in many of the notable lawsuits file din the courts of Kentucky in his day and his fine oratorical powers rendered him invulnerable in argument. He was elected judge of the eighty Kentucky circuit, presiding over the Danville court, and his decisions were fair and impartial, indicating a comprehensive grasp of every problem presented to him for solution. He held many important public offices and in every capacity manifested that incorruptible integrity which was the outstanding trait of his nature. Judge Fox married Miss Eliza Hunton and they became the parents of Judge Fontaine Talbor Fox Jr. The last named was a grandson of Thomas and Anna (Bell) Hunton and a relative of Colonel Eppa Hunton, who was chosen to represent Virginia in the United States senate. The Huntons are of renowned English ancestry and among their treasured possessions is a document showing that Queen Elizabeth granted an extensive tract of land to a member of the family in recompense for the loan of a large sum of money. The wife of Thomas Hunton was related to John Bell, a wealthy Virginian, who became one of the early settlers of Kentucky. Judge Fox amassed a fortune and at this mansion near Danville entertained with princely lavishness. He was one of the most companionable of men, ever considerate of the feelings of others, and to know him was to be his friend. His name was synonymous throughout Kentucky with legal learning and acumen and great personal worth. He was a faithful member of the Presbyterian church and a whig in his political views. At his death in 1887 he was the oldest Mason in the state and in an editorial which appeared in the Courier-Journal at that time Henry Watterson said: “His genius was brilliant and undisputed. A man of large affections and captivating manners, he possessed along with the most striking legal talents and learning, and an exalted character, the gift of charm, and was universally loved in his home. His standing before the courts, when in active practice, and as a jurist, when on the bench, was second to none.”

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. There will be no post tomorrow - Happy New Year! Sandi 11027 UNKNOWN CO – J. H. GILLIHAN – Gillihan, Montgomery #11027: History of Page County, Iowa. Des Moines: Iowa Hist. Co., 1880. 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.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11026 WASHINGTON CO – JOHN POPE – Pope, Jackson #11026: History of Kentucky by Lewis Collins, Lewis Collins Publishing, Maysville, KY, 1847 Washington Co. John Pope, a distinguished politician and statesman, was for many years a resident of this county, where he died in 1842. He was a native of Prince William county, Virginia, where he was born about the year 1770, but emigrated to Kentucky while quite a boy. In early life he had the misfortune to lose his arm, from a severe wound received while attending a cornstalk mill. Owing to this accident, he was induced to turn his attention to the profession of law, and being a man of great native vigor of intellect, soon attained eminence. He first settled in Shelby county, but afterwards removed to Lexington. He was frequently a member of the legislature, in which body his great talents rendered him eminently conspicuous and influential. In 1807, he was elected to the senate of the United States, and was for many years a distinguished member of the house of representatives. In 1829 he was appointed governor of the territory of Arkansas, which office he held for six years. He died at his residence in Washington county, in the year 1842. In early life, Mr. Pope belonged to the federal party; but in after years attached himself to that party which has assumed to itself the name of democratic, and of which General Jackson was the founder.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11025 CHRISTIAN CO – GEORGE R. BROWDER, M.D. – Browder, Bailey #11025: County of Christian, Kentucky, Historical and Biographical, Edited by William Henry Perrin, F. A. Battey Publishing Co., Chicago and Louisville, 1884. Pembroke District. George R. Browder, M. D. – The grandfather of this gentleman is Col. Robert Browder, a native of Virginia, born in 1805, who came to Kentucky and settled in Logan County in 1820, where he has since resided. His son, and father of our subject, the Rev. George R. Browder, Sr., is a native of Logan County, Ky., born in 1828, where he now resides. He is a Presiding Elder in the Louisville Conference Methodist Episcopal Church South, and a man who is renowned for his oratorical and literary ability. Dr. Browder was born June 17, 1857, in Logan County, Ky., and was educated in the Browder College of his native county. At twenty years of age he began the study of medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. J. R. Bailey, a prominent physician of Logan County, and remained with him three years; he entered the Louisville Medical University, and graduated in 1881; he began the practice of his profession in Robinson County, Tenn., and in 1882 came to Fairview, where he has built up a large and lucrative practice. Dr. Browder is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, a young man of fine ability, of good reputation, well worthy of the high esteem in which he is held by the community.

I sent this out at 7:30ish this morning and it still hasn't come through ... if you receive two copies - sorry!! Sandi NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11024 UNKNOWN CO – RANSDALL BAYLOR – Baylor #11024: 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.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11023 BRECKINRIDGE CO – E. H. BAYSINGER – Baysinger, Goosic #11023: History of Warren County, Iowa. Des Moines: Union Historical Company, 1879. BAYSINGER, E. H., farmer, and brick-maker, Sec. 4; P. O. Indianola; was born in Breckenridge county, Kentucky, in 1833, and removed to Illinois in 1835, and afterwards to Indiana, and came to this county first in 1852; he is a farmer and owns 90 acres of land; he spent six years in Kansas, from 1854 to 1860, and was in the John Brown raid; after his return to this county, he engaged in brick-making, and has made the largest portion of the brick used in the buildings of Indianola; he has held township offices; he married Miss Sarah Goosic, in 1861; she was born in Ohio; they have eight children: Phebe A., Mary E., Sarah F., Peter A., William, John F., Eda B., James.