NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10983 MARION CO – EUSEBIUS S. MAYES – Mayes, McElroy, McClanahan, Curry #10983: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume 5, Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 4th Ed Marion Co. Eusebius S. Mayes, farmer and stock dealer, was born August 6, 1835, being the eldest son in a family of four children born to Archibald S. and Harriet P. (McElroy) Mayes. His paternal grandfather, Robert Mayes, was born in Virginia, March 26, 1766; immigrated to Kentucky in 1808, and settled in what is now Taylor County; his marriage to Miss Margaret McClanahan occurred in his native State in 1790. In the county of his adoption he became quite an extensive farmer and slave owner. Archibald S., his son, was born near Staunton, Va., April 1, 1800, making him eight years of age when his parents came to Kentucky. He was reared on the farm, and early inured to the hardships which are incident to the settlement and clearing of a new country. October 9, 1828, he married Miss Harriet P. McElroy in Marion County. In early manhood he engaged in buying, trading in, and shipping stock, principally mules, in which business he continued almost all the rest of his life. In 1851 he purchased the farm in Washington County on which his widow and heirs now live. He was a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church, and died a firm believer in its hopes, October 27, 1883. Eusebius S. Mayes was born in Marion County, and made his home with his parents until the breaking out of the late civil War. October 9, 1858, he married Miss Mary L. Green. She died October 22, 1862, and of the three children born to their union none survive. December 18, 1866, he married Miss Mar A. Curry of Harrodsburg, Ky.; to their union eight children have been born, of whom seven are now living: Paulina, Kate, Mat, Mary, Eusebius, Annie and Archibald. Until the year 1862, Mr. Mayes lived with his parents; he then embarked in the mercantile business at Lebanon, in which he continued until 1874, when he engaged in buying and shipping cattle to the West, in which business he has since remained. He is a Democrat in politics; belongs to the Masonic and Knights of Honor fraternities, and he and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10982 MERCER CO – JUSTINIAN WILLIAMS KIRKLAND – Kirland, McGee, Johnson, Douty, #10982: "Portrait & Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley Oregon." Chapman Publishing Company, 1903. p. 453. JUSTINIAN WILLIAMS KIRKLAND. A resident of Independence, Ore., for the past twenty years, Justinian Williams Kirkland has played no unimportant part in the affairs of the city. By his judgment and excellent management of his business affairs he has made himself a worthy factor in the progressive movements of the community. His life has been full of the varied experiences that befall the man who has visited the different sections of country at a time when some unusual happening has drawn the attention of the world to that location, and of the past years he recalls many pleasant memories of occurrences which have marked his wanderings in the seventy-five years which he has lived. The father of Mr. Kirkland was Abraham Kirkland, who was born in Mercer county, Ky., and after his marriage with Miss Elizabeth McGee, also a native of that state, he removed in 1812 to Boonville, Cooper county, and later to Monroe county, Mo. In 1843, while assisting at a house-raising, he was killed by a large log falling upon him. The mother also died in her Missouri home in 1883. Of the five sons and two daughters born to Mr. and Mrs. Kirkland, Justinian Williams Kirkland was next to the youngest, his birth occurring at Boonville, Mo., February 15, 1828. With a rather limited education received in the common schools of Missouri, he began life for himself, the first occupation being that of farming, and later he engaged in buying stock and disposing of the same in the St. Louis market. In this he met with good financial returns. In 1850 he joined a party bound for the new El Dorado, the trip being made with the customary ox-teams, and was of brief duration compared with the length of time considered necessary for a Californian journey. They started March 15 and reached their destination October 1, their stock of supplies having fallen so low that they had been on half rations for some time. Mr. Kirkland's first experience in California was a two months' illness, and upon his recovery he at once entered the mines near Rough and Ready. A two years' residence among these scenes netted him moderate returns, and in 1852 he went to San Francisco and shipped for New Orleans, via Panama and Havana, Cuba. His trip across the Isthmus of Panama was one of interest, being made on foot a skiff used to convey him down the Chagres river a distance of sixty miles to Aspinwall. Upon his arrival at New Orleans he ascended the Mississippi river to St. Louis, where he was once more welcomed back to his home. With a desire to try his fortunes in the business world he engaged in the grocery business, in which he met with success until he had the misfortune to lose his property by fire, upon which he returned to the cultivation of the soil. In 1862 he responded to the call of the South in which he had been born and reared, and became a captain in the Confederate army, serving for three years in the Fourth Missouri Cavalry. Upon Lee's surrender he returned to private life, and with the changed conditions of Missouri he chose again to emigrate to newer fields of endeavor. In the spring of 1865 he crossed the plains to Montana by ox-team and located at Helena, where he engaged in mining and freighting, and in 1869 he continued his journey westward and arrived in Polk county, Ore. He engaged in farming for four years near Independence, and at the close of that period purchased three hundred and twenty acres near Rickreall, making his home in that vicinity for fifteen years, engaged in general farming. In 1885 he removed to Independence, where he engaged in the real-estate business. Upon the corner of Second and B streets he built a handsome little cottage where he now makes his home. Among the other town property which he owns is a forty foot lot on First street. Mr. Kirkland's first wife was Miss Katherine M. Johnson, a native of Kentucky, whose death occurred in Independence in 1891, at the age of sixty-two years. His second union was with Mrs. Sarah Douty, who was born in the state of New York. Four sons were born unto J. W. and Katherine M. (Johnson) Kirkland; A. P., of Wallowa county; W. J., of Arlington; P. M., a druggist in this city, and John E., of Independence. During his residence in this city Mr. Kirkland has taken a prominent place in its affairs, having served two terms as mayor, as councilman many terms, also as county commissioner of Polk county for one term. His offices have been held through Democratic influence, of which party he is a consistent supporter. He has also been president of the board of trade of Independence. Fraternally Mr. Kirkland is associated with the Masons, in which he has taken the chapter degree; Independent Order of Odd Fellows; and Knights of Pythias.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume 5, Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 4th Ed. Andrew Offutt was born November 9, 1837. He is the fifth of a family of eleven children born to Zephamiah Offutt and Elizabeth P. Brown, the former a native of Spencer and the latter of Washington County, Ky. Zephamiah was a son of Andrew Offutt, an early settler in Spencer County, and Elizabeth was the daughter of William and Catherine Brown. Zephamiah Offutt in his early manhood moved to Washington County, where he lived until his death in 1850, having served the county in various official capacities. His widow next contracted marriage with a Mr. Rease, removed to Missouri, and there died in 1857. Andrew Offutt, a native of Washington County, was reared chiefly on the farm, but learned the trade of a carpenter life. He returned from Missouri to Washington County, Ky., in 1860, and in October, 1861, entered the Federal Army as a member of Company A, Fifth Kentucky Cavalry. In June, 1863, he as made first lieutenant of Company K, and in December of the same year was made captain of Company B, with which commission he was mustered out in May, 1865. He shared the fortunes of his command through their entire service, and commanded a pioneer corps of 500 men on Sherman’s memorable march to the seaboard. After the close of the war he located in Lebanon, his present home, where he engaged at his trade. In 1871 he established his planning-mill and lumber business, which he has successfully conducted since. Mr. Offutt married in Lebanon, in April, 1866, Lizzie A. Davis, daughter of A. P. Davis of Nelson County, Ky. Six sons have blessed their union, viz.’ William V., Davis C., John R., Marshall W., Charles M., and Walter C. Offutt.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10980 HARRISON CO – WILLIAM T. BUCKNER – Buckner, McClure, Bowman, Edington #10980: History of Hardin County, Iowa; Springfield, Ill: Union Publishing Company, 1883. William T. Buckner, on section 3, is the son of Henry Buckner, who was born in Harrison county, Ky., in 1800, where he lived till twelve years of age, when he removed to the State of Indiana, with his mother, his father having died in Kentucky. Henry Buckner was brought up in Indiana; married Nancy McClure. They came to Hardin county in 1855, and settled on section 9, where Mr. Buckner died, in October, 1874. His wife survives her husband. William T. Buckner was born in 1853, and came to Hardin county with his father, in 1855. He married Mary A. Bowman, daughter of Samuel Bowman. They have four children -- Frances C., Samuel C., Ettie V. and Pearl Adell; lost a daughter, Emma. The parents of Mr. Buckner had eight children, four sons and four daughters, all of whom are living but one son, Edward C., who was a member of the 12th Regiment, Iowa Volunteer Infantry, Captain S. R. Edgington's company, and was killed at Fort Donelson. Mr. Buckner is the only member of his father's family now living in Hardin county

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10979 CHRISTIAN CO – DARWIN BELL, M. D. – Bell, Chappell #10979: County of Christian, Kentucky, Historical and Biographical, Edited by William Henry Perrin, F. A. Battey Publishing Co., Chicago and Louisville, 1884. Darwin Bell, M. D., was born in 1862, in Christian County, Ky., where he has all his life had his residence. His father, John H. Bell, of Hopkinsville, was born in this county, in 1826, and is engaged in the business of farming. His grandfather, Dr. Frank Bell, was born in Virginia, in 1796, practiced medicine in Christian County many years and died in 1878. Subject was educated in the common schools of Todd County, read medicine with Dr. Chappell, of Longview, attended lectures and graduated at Vanderbilt University, at Nashville, Tenn., in 1882, and settled the same year in Pembroke, Ky., where he is now engaged in the practice of his profession. In religion he is a members of the Christian Church, and in his political affiliations is associated with the Democratic party.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10978 HENRY CO – JESSE CLARK BAKER – BAKER, BOONE, MUSSELMAN, LOVERING, RANKIN, ALLEN, CHAMBERLAIN, BOYD, BROWN, STEFFEY #10978: Memorial and Biographical Record of Iowa; Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1896. JESSE CLARK BAKER This gentleman dates his identity with Lucas county, Iowa, from October, 1853, has for a number of years figured as one of the leading business men of the county, and for the past ten years has been engaged in banking in Lucas. He is therefore entitled to rank with the pioneers of this part of Iowa, and we here take pleasure in presenting a sketch of his life, believing that it will be read with interest by many. Mr. Baker is a native of the "Hoosier" State, born in Nashville, Brown county, Indiana, December 29, 1843, a son of early settlers of that State. Jesse Baker, his grandfather, was born in North Carolina, in the year 1774, a descendant of German ancestors. From North Carolina he removed to Kentucky, and settled in Henry county soon after Daniel Boone had made it possible for the white man to establish his home in Kentucky. Some years later he continued his way north into Indiana, and in Boone county, of this State, he died, at the advanced age of ninety years. He also had a brother who lived to the age of ninety years, and who died in that same county. Jesse Baker was twice married, and had one child by his first wife and six by the second. His son, Walker William Baker, the father of our subject, was born in Kentucky, June 29, 1814, was quite small when the family removed to Indiana, and was reared in Johnson and Brown counties, early in life being inured to hard work on the farm, and a portion of the winter months attending the common schools of his district. His early training in the district school was supplemented by home study. In political matters he took an active interest. He was a Democrat, a zealous worker for his party and friends, and on a number of occasions was officially honored. He served as Sheriff of his county, and for six years filled the office of Collector and Treasurer, and while thus employed studied law, and was admitted to the bar in Indiana. He was married in Johnson county, Indiana, to Miss Eliza Musselman, a native of Jennings county, that State. Her father, Daniel Musselman, was a native of Kentucky, and a soldier in the war of 1812, being a participant in the battle in which the noted Tecumseh was killed; was one of the pioneers of Lucas county, Iowa, and has last resting place is in the old cemetery in White Breast township, this county. In 1853 W. W. Baker emigrated with his family to Iowa and settled in Lucas county, on a farm near Chariton. Here for some time he dealt in lands and also did a loan business, and in 1865, in company with his son, J. C., he engaged in the mercantile business, carrying on the same successfully. In 1886 he moved out to California and took up his abode in a pretty home in Santa Ana, Orange county, where he is spending the evening of his active and useful life, now being eighty-one years of age. For fifty-seven years he and his good wife have journeyed along life's pathway together. She was born October 1, 1822, and is now seventy-three years of age. Fifteen children were born by this union, their names being as follows: Hon. D. M., for years one of Lucas county's prominent men, and the only Democrat ever elected to the State Legislature from this county, has been a resident of California since 1884 and is now proprietor of the Santa Ana Standard; J. Clark, the subject of this article; Mary, wife of M. V. Lovering, Fullerton, Orange county, California; M. P., engaged in the real-estate business in Chicago, Illinois; Eliza, widow of L. D. Rankin, Santa Ana, California; E. S., Lacona, Iowa; Clara, residing in California with her parents; Charles W., Westminister, California; the rest are deceased, namely: Naaman, at the age of eleven years; Flora, at the age of eighteen months; Sarah J., wife of T. J. Allen, died in Lucas, Iowa, at the age of twenty-six years, leaving three children, Carrie L., W. E. and W. W.; Tobitha, wife of H. N. Chamberlain, died at the age of twenty-six; Louisa, at the age of eighteen years; W. L., for many years a prominent man of Lucas county, died recently in California, at the age fifty; and V. G., a real estate-dealer of Los Angeles, California, died at the age of thirty-two years. We come now to the immediate subject of this sketch, J. C. Baker. He was ten years old at the time of the removal of the family to Iowa. Until he was sixteen he attended the public schools, making the best of his opportunities, and then accepting a position as clerk for William Boyd, whose store was located on the northeast corner of the public square in Chariton. Later he clerked for Mr. W. A. Brown. After the death of Mr. Brown, W. W. Baker purchased his stock of goods and put his son, J. C., in the store as manager, the latter also being a partner. After ten years of successful business in Chariton, they sold out and J. C. Baker came to Lucas. Here for twenty years he has been a leading business man. He has done much in various ways to promote the material growth and development of the town. In 1886 he established the Farmers' and Miners' Bank, of Lucas, of which he is still the proprietor, this being one of the most substantial banking institutions in the county. It is now under the efficient management of Mr. Baker's son, Norman F., one of the bright and promising young business men of the town. Mr. Baker has also for years been extensively engaged in farming and stock- raising, owning no less than 700 acres of fine land in Liberty and White Breast townships, located about four miles distant from Lucas. About 500 acres of this land are under cultivation. In 1891 he built his commodious and attractive residence in Lucas, it being erected at a cost of $3,000 and having all the modern conveniences. It is, indeed, a model home. August 19, 1869, Mr. Baker was married in Clarke county, Iowa, to Miss Mattie Steffy, a member of one of the best families of that county and a lady who has proved herself a worthy helpmate. She was born in Burlington, Iowa, daughter of William and Hannah (Ream) Steffy, natives of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and of German descent. Her father was one of the early settlers of Burlington, Iowa, where he died leaving a widow and four children, namely: Matilda Keeves, Arkansas City, Kansas; Ellen Keeves, deceased; Samuel, who died at the age of ten years; and Mrs. Baker. Of the children of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Baker, we record that their names are N. F., who has charge of the bank above referred to; Albert L., a merchant of Lucas; Lora G., who recently completed her education at Highland Park; J. C., Jr., at Ames College; and Blanche. Mr. Baker was initiated into the mysteries of Masonry about the time he attained his majority and maintains a membership in both the chapter and the commandery; and he is also a member of the I. O. O. F. and K. of P. His son, N. F., is Master of Good Shepherd Lodge, No. 414, a. F. & A. M., and is Keeper of Seals of the K. of P., both in Lucas. The subject of our sketch is one of the largest men in the county, his weight being 300 pounds. He is a man of frank and genial nature, has a wide acquaintance throughout this part of Iowa, and is as popular as he is well known.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10978 SIMPSON CO – REUBEN T BRYAN – Bryan, Clark, Morgan, Boisseau, Bell, Peden #10978: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Vol. IV, Battle, Perrin, Kniffin, 3rd Ed., 1886. Simpson Co. Reuben T. Bryan was born May 15, 1838, near Stanford, Lincoln Co., Ky., and is the seventy of five sons and four daughters, seven of whom lived to be grown, born to William H. and Elizabeth P. (Clark) Bryan, natives of Kentucky and Virginia, respectively. William H. Bryan was a son of David Bryan, who was born in Ireland and came to American just before the war for independence, and was one of the earliest settlers of Lincoln County, Ky. At his death he was a resident of Mercer County, Ky. Mrs. Elizabeth P. Bryan was a daughter of Reuben Clark, who was born and reared in Virginia; immigrated to Lincoln County, Ky., about 1812. Reuben T. Bryan, when a lad of four years, moved with his parents to Boyle County, Ky., where he received a good common school education. In September, 1861, he enlisted in Company A, Sixth Kentucky Confederate Cavalry. He was in all the engagements with the regiment during its various raids; was captured with Gen. Morgan when on his raid through Indiana and Ohio; was in prison for twenty months at Columbus and Camp Douglas; was exchanged at close of the war and paroled, when he returned to his home and engaged in farming. In 1871 he moved to Franklin and engaged in the hotel business in the Boisseau House for five years. In 1876 he located where he now resides, just outside of town, on forty-four acres and fine land; he now owns 165 acres in a fine state of cultivation, improved with a fine cottage, and is engaged in stock trading. He married, February 5, 1875, Diantha Bell, of Simpson County, and a daughter of George and Mary (Peden) Bell, both of Simpson County. Mr. Bryan and wife are members of the Baptist Church. He is also a member of the Masonic fraternity; has been marshal of Franklin; in politics is a Democrat, and cast his first presidential vote for John C. Breckinridge.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10977 HOPKINS CO – W. D. DAVIS – Davis, Herrin, Goodloe #10977: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Vol. IV, Battle, Perrin, Kniffin, 3rd Ed., 1886. Hopkins Co. W. D. DAVIS was born September 15, 1820, in Hopkins County, Ky. He is a son of Joseph and Lucy (HERRIN) Davis, the former a native of North Carolina and the latter of South Carolina. They immigrated to Hopkins County at an early day, and engaged in farming. The father died in December, 1869, aged seventy-four. Our subject at the age of twenty-one worked on his brother’s farm one year; he then bought a farm of fifty acres, and has since engaged in farming; he added other lands as his means would allow, and now owns about 400 acres, also his residence in Madisonville, all of which he has acquired by constant application to business. Mr. Davis was married in 1845 to Jane Goodloe of Hopkins County. These parents have had four children, three of whom are living – two sons and one daughter. Mrs. Davis is a member 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 Genealogical Puzzlers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

my new e-mail address is marlinlois@bellsouth.net. Please change.Thank you, Lois -----Original Message----- >From: Sandi Gorin <sgorin@glasgow-ky.com> >Sent: Oct 15, 2007 7:15 AM >To: KYBIOGRAPHIES@rootsweb.com >Subject: [KYBIOS] BIO #10976 - WILLIAM PATON, JR > >NOTE: I have no connection, no further >information and am not seeking additional information. > > 10976 JEFFERSON CO – WILLIAM PATON, >Jr – Paton, Dodge, Smith, Aldrich > >#10976: Historical Gazetteer and Biographical >Memorial of Cattaraugus Co. NY, ed by William >Adams, pub 1893 History of the Town of Carrolton - Chapter XIX (20) >Page 480. > >William PATON, Jr., was born in Annan, >Dumfrieshire, Scotland, September 14, 1847. In >1864 he came to Limestone and at once commenced a >clerkship with DODGE & SMITH, remaining in their >employ until they sold their property. He was >engaged the ensuing year with A. E. & G. W. >Palen. In the year 1889, he went to Wilcox, Pa. >where he was a clerk in the tannery store of >Jackson, Schultz & Co., where he remained for >three years. With his partner Mr. ALDRICH, he >then opened a general store in that place under >the name of ALDRICH & PATON, which continued >three years. Mr. PATON sold his interest to Mr. >ALDRICH in 1871 and removed to Louisville, KY, >where he was engaged with Mr. SMITH, before >mentioned, in building the manufactory of the >Ohio Falls Cooperage Company. The plant covered >an area of two acres. As soon as the >establishment was opened the company employed an >average of 125 hands. Mr. PATON remained there >as a partner with Mr. SMITH the ensuing four >years, when, on account of ill health, he sold >his interest to his partner and returned to >Limestone, where he opened a general country >store, and where he is still selling goods. He >also has two farms on which are five oil >wells. Mr. PATON has been identified with the >entire growth of Limestone, has aided in building >its schools and churches, and has erected his >store building, and four dwelling houses. He >married Harriet, daughter of Daniel SMITH, in >1870. They are members of the M. E. church. > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KYBIOGRAPHIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10976 JEFFERSON CO – WILLIAM PATON, Jr – Paton, Dodge, Smith, Aldrich #10976: Historical Gazetteer and Biographical Memorial of Cattaraugus Co. NY, ed by William Adams, pub 1893 History of the Town of Carrolton - Chapter XIX (20) Page 480. William PATON, Jr., was born in Annan, Dumfrieshire, Scotland, September 14, 1847. In 1864 he came to Limestone and at once commenced a clerkship with DODGE & SMITH, remaining in their employ until they sold their property. He was engaged the ensuing year with A. E. & G. W. Palen. In the year 1889, he went to Wilcox, Pa. where he was a clerk in the tannery store of Jackson, Schultz & Co., where he remained for three years. With his partner Mr. ALDRICH, he then opened a general store in that place under the name of ALDRICH & PATON, which continued three years. Mr. PATON sold his interest to Mr. ALDRICH in 1871 and removed to Louisville, KY, where he was engaged with Mr. SMITH, before mentioned, in building the manufactory of the Ohio Falls Cooperage Company. The plant covered an area of two acres. As soon as the establishment was opened the company employed an average of 125 hands. Mr. PATON remained there as a partner with Mr. SMITH the ensuing four years, when, on account of ill health, he sold his interest to his partner and returned to Limestone, where he opened a general country store, and where he is still selling goods. He also has two farms on which are five oil wells. Mr. PATON has been identified with the entire growth of Limestone, has aided in building its schools and churches, and has erected his store building, and four dwelling houses. He married Harriet, daughter of Daniel SMITH, in 1870. They are members of the M. E. church.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10975 MADISON CO – A. R. HUMPHREYS – Humphreys, Hicks #10975: History of Davis County, Iowa, Des Moines: Iowa Historical Company, 1882. Humphreys, A. R., farmer, section 2, postoffice Drakeville the owner of 183 acres of land; was born in Madison county, Kentucky, July 12, 1817. At the age of seven, his parents, Patrick H. and Sarah, moved to Jefferson county, where he was raised on a farm. At the age of twenty-eight he commenced working at the carpenter's trade, ship building, which he followed about twenty years. In 1864, he came to this county, settling on his present farm. He was married in Indiana, March 26, 1846, to Miss Hannah Hicks, daughter of Lewis and Mary Hicks, a native of England, born March 14, 1826. They have had seven children, Lewis H., Alford H., Augustin R., Charles, Sarah A., and two deceased, Mary J., and Edgar A. Mr. and Mrs. H. are members of the Regular Baptist Church. Mr. H. is a self-made and self educated gentleman 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 Genealogical Puzzlers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10974 UNKNOWN CO – THOMAS LEONARD WALES – Wales, Kingsbury, Goodenough, Lyman, Weaver, Leonard #10974: Biographical and Historical Record of Wayne and Appanoose Counties, Iowa; Chicago: Inter-State Pub. Co., 1886. THOMAS LEONARD WALES, photographer at Centerville, was born near Columbus, Indiana, January 14, 1852, a son of John P. and Mary Lydia (Kingsbury) Wales, his father being a native of Kentucky, of German descent, and his mother a native of Ireland. He was brought by his parents to Appanoose County, Iowa, in 1853, they locating in Johns Township, where he lived on a farm till nineteen years of age. He then began learning the carpenter's trade at Centerville, but not caring for it he returned to the home farm at the end of a year. After attending a select school for several months, he began to learn photography, and building a car, traveled through Iowa from place to place for two years. In 1872 he came to Centerville, and was employed in the photograph galleries of G. C. Goodenough and R. F. Lyman until 1874, when he succeeded Mr. Lyman and established his present gallery at Centerville, where, by his fine work and strict attention to his business, he has built up a large and lucrative trade. In connection with his gallery he opened a millinery establishment in 1875, which is managed by his wife. He was married at Centerville, November 13, 1875, to Miss Marietta Weaver, daughter of John W. and Elizabeth (Leonard) Weaver, both natives of Ohio, and now residing in Terre Haute, that State. Her father was of Irish and her mother of German ancestry. One child has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Wales, named Lawrence D., who died August 13, 1885, aged almost six years. Mrs. Wales is a member of the Christian church at Centerville. Mr. Wales is a member of the Odd Fellows order, belonging to the lodge at Centerville 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 Genealogical Puzzlers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10973 MASON CO – JOHN MORRIS FRAZEE, M.D – Part 4 – Frazee, Hudson Allen, Turpin, Carter, Hausley, Torrance, Hogan, West, Jennings, Myers, Withers, Eves, Hogan, Bates, Love, Eves, Herndon, Hopper, Herndon, Tuggles, Chick, Pope, Taft, Adams, Thurston,Miller, Corkhill, Stocking, Jack, Mills, Waters, Mathers, Marstellar, Randall #10973: Same source. Achilles Ballinger married Milly Hudson by license of May 5, 1787, in Amherst county, Virginia, and moved to Garrard county, Kentucky, in 1795. He attained an advanced and died in Missouri prior to 1830. He was the father of eight children. Henry, the oldest, lived in Jacksonville, Illinois, and had four children: Joseph, Achilles, William and Nancy. James, the second son, remained a bachelor. Eastham married and migrated to Missouri, while his brother, Achilles, went to Illinois. Lucy became the wife of Ross Allen and their home was in Garrard county, Kentucky. They had two daughters: Charity, who married George Turpin and lived in Missouri; and Sally, who was the wife of Solomon Carter and resided in Garrard county in 1860. Sally, the sixth in order of birth, married a Mr. Hausley. Charity became the wife of Reuben Torrance, of Henry county, Virginia, and moved to Garrard county, Kentucky, about 1806. They were the parents of four children: Leonard, a resident of Talladega, Alabama, and the father of Mrs. James Hogan; James, a bachelor; Eastham, who married a Miss West and lived in Garrard county; and Achilles, who in 1860 was residing on the homestead in Garrard county. Milly was the youngest member of the family. Richard, the son of Joseph Ballinger, Jr., was married in Garrard county to Elizabeth Jennings, daughter of Captain William Jennings, and in 1792 moved to Knox county, Kentucky. He was clerk of the circuit court and a colonel in the militia. By Elizabeth Jennings, his first wife, he had eight children, as follows: Sally married Isaac Myers and they were the parents of seven children, all of whom died at an early age except Richard, who lived in Rockcastle county, Kentucky, in 1840 Miss Sally Myers, Corbin, Kentucky, is a granddaughter of Isaac and Sally Ballinger Myer. James Franklin was born January 3, 1795. Betsy Withers became the wife of Joseph Eves and moved to Texas in 1741. Hannah wedded William Hogan and their daughter married a Mr. Bates, of Richmond, Kentucky. Lucy became Mrs. James Love and America’s husband was John Gill Eves. Lousiana, the next in order of birth, was married to Milton Eves. Joseph married Elizabeth Herndon, of Pittsylvania county, Virginia, and their children were John Henry and Mary, twins, and Fanny and Virginia. Mary married her cousin, Spencer Tuggles, and they established their home in Missouri. Fanny first wedded John G. Chick and in 1860 became the wife of Henry Smith Pope afterward going to Missouri. John Henry Ballinger, the twin brother of Mary, followed the occupation of farming in Knox county, Kentucky, subsequently becoming a minister of the Christian church, and in 1857 went to Illinois. Nancy, his first wife, was a daughter of Henry Ballinger, son of Richard Ballinger, of Garrard county, Kentucky, and his second union with his cousin, Elizabeth Tuggles, by whom he had two children: Richard Henry; and Lucy, who was living in Seattle, Washington, in 1916. Richard Henry Ballinger, son of John Henry and Elizabeth (Tuggles) Ballinger, was born in 1837 at Barbourville, Kentucky, and married Mary _____. Hey had a son, Richard Achilles Ballinger, a distinguished citizen of Seattle, Washington. He was born July 9, 1858, in the state of Iowa, and served as secretary of the interior under President Taft. James Franklin, one of the children of Richard and Elizabeth Ballinger, first wedded Olivia, a daughter of Judge Randolph Adams, and his second wife was her cousin, Elizabeth Thurston. By his first union he had a son, William Pitt, and a daughter named Lucy. The latter was married to Samuel Miller, a justice of the supreme court of the United States, and they had three children: Olivia, who became the wife of Colonel George Corkhill; Patty, whose husband was Colonel Stocking; and Jane, who died in girlhood. William Pitt Ballinger married Hally Jack in Texas in 1843. He established his home in Galveston and spent the remainder of his life in that city. He was one of the judges of he supreme court of Texas and during the Mexican war served as an adjutant under General Albert S. Johnston. His children and grandchildren are among Galveston’s most prominent citizens today. Lucy, a daughter of William P. Ballinger, married Andrew Graham Mills and their son, Ballinger, wedded Evy Waters, by whom he has one child, Ballinger Mills (II). Lucy has a sister, Betty, who is a leader in all club, civic, and philanthropic activities in Galveston, and her brother, Thomas Jack, married Carrie Mathers, of Michigan. He died in 1899, leaving three children: Lucy Mills, who is he wife of W. P. Marstellar, of Ann Arbor, Michigan; Emily Mathers, who was married to Harold B. Crusoe, of Detroit, Michigan, and has a son, Jack B.; and William Pitt (II). Laura, another daughter of Judge William Pitt Ballinger, married Dr. Edward Radall, of Galveston, Texas, and their son, Edward, studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He entered the service of his country in 1917 and was sent to France with the American Expeditionary force. The children of James Franklin Ballinger and Elizabeth Thurston were America, Joseph, Elizabeth and Greenfield. END

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10972 MASON CO – JOHN MORRIS FRAZEE, M.D – Part 3 – Frazee, Ballinger, Edmiston, Ballinger, Jennings, Myers, Lusk, Faulkner, Walker, M cDowell, Miller, Orand, Doty, Woodruff, Anderson, Herring, Kaufman, Freeman, DeLaBallinger, DeBullinger, Boulinger, Harris, Harading, Elkinton, Wright, Larwood, Ridgway, Butterworth, Willard, Wade, Franklin, Clarkson, Logan, Davidson, Paxton, Clay, Lindsey, Renshaw, Chiles, Balloe, Johnson, Torrance, tucker #10972: - Same source. As before mentioned, William Jennings married Nancy Ballinger and they became the parents of eleven children, two of whom were named Fawnia. The first was born September 6, 1795, and die May 27, 1796. The second was born March 13, 1797, and became the wife of Dr. Alexander Edmiston. She attained the age of forty-eight years, passing away July 18, 1845. Her brother, John Jennings, was born December 28, 1798. He was married January 17, 1822, to Elizabeth May Love and died March 11, 1833. William was born September 30, 1800, and died unmarried December 14, 1822. Susan was born August 28, 1802, and died February 26, 1819. Josephine, born January 12, 1805, was married January 4, 1826 to Gabriel Ballinger, a brother of Jennings Ballinger, and passed away February 12, 1867. Napoleon was born December 13, 1806 and lived but a few weeks, dying January 20, 1807. Angelina was born February 8, 1808, and on January 19, 1826 became the wife of Jennings Ballinger, whose parents were John and Hannah (Jennings) Ballinger. Nancy was born January 26, 1810, and died August 21 of the following year. Nancy, the second of the name, was born April 28, 1812, and on May 20, 1829, became the wife of Meredith Myers. Eliza Alexander, the youngest of the children, was born October 10, 1814, and passed away October 20, 1863. She was married December 25, 1834 to Samuel Lusk, who was born in 1799 and died February 2, 1872. To Judge Samuel Lusk and his wife, Eliza Jennings, seven children were born. The eldest, William Jennings, who married Mary Faulkner, was the father of the following named: Eliza Jennings, the first wife of Lewis Walter; Faulkner; Jane, the wife of Rev. Hervey McDowell, a member of the distinguished McDowell family of Kentucky, and they have two daughters, Elizabeth and Louise; George, who married Georgia Miller; and William Jennings. The second of Samuel and Eliza Lusk’s children was Mary, who married her second cousin, Henry Clay Jennings, and to this union three children were born: Eliza Jennings, who became the wife of Peter Orand of Waco, Texas, and the mother of one child, Mary; John Brandford, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, who married Fannie Doty and has one son, Clay; Margaret Susan, the wife of a prominent attorney, Judge Woodruff I. Williams of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the mother of three children – Mary Clay, Woodruff and Bradford.The third child was Nancy Ballinger, who married Dan Anderson of Lancaster, Kentucky, and their only child, Eliza, is the wife of Fisher Herring, Lancaster, Kentucky. Mrs. Herring is a contributor to some of the most popular magazines of the country. John Samuel, the fourth child, married Alice Holmes Kaufman and to hem were born four children: Mary Holmes, Frank, Samuel and one who died in childhood. The first named is the wife of Julius W. Freeman of Baltimore, Maryland, and a leader in club and philantrophic circles. She is in the list of the forty-nine greatest women in America, having been chosen by ballot of the American Woman’s Association, as the outstanding woman of Maryland. Eliza Jennings, the fifth in order of birth in the family of Judge Samuel and Eliza (Jennings) Lusk, became the wife of Dr. John Morris Frazee, whose name introduces this review. Margaret Susan, the sixth of the family, married John M. Orand and moved to Waco, Texas, their children – Samuel Lusk, Linder and Margaret Talley – being prominent citizens of that place. Fannie Edminston married Gideon Talley of Waco, Texas, but left no issue. The Ballinger family is of French origin and the name was formerly De La Ballinger, De Bullinger or Boulinger. The genealogy is traced to William Ballenger, who, according to the register of Charlton Kings Parish, England, “married Elizabeth Harris, ye last day of ye year 1555.” It is recorded that John Ballinger was baptized in London in 1564, that Aubrey was married in Westminister Abbey in 1620, and that Richard Le Ballinger lived in England during the early part of the fifteenth century. Henry Ballinger, the American progenitor of the family, was a member of the Society of Friends of Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, England, and owing to religious persecution came to this country in 1678. He settled in Burlington county, New Jersey, and was a Quaker member of the New Jersey assembly, while his name also appears on the civil list in the book of the Society of the Colonial Wars. In the Friends meeting house at Burlington, New Jersey, he was married in 1684 to Mary Harding, with whom he had previously appeared before the monthly meeting of the society in England, and they became the parents of ten children. Thomas married Elizabeth Elkinton. In 1727 Henry Ballinger married Hannah Wright, his second wife, and their children lived in Virginia, North Carolina and Ohio. Josiah, the third son, was married in 1727 to Mary Wright and their children migrated to Virginia. Amariah wedded Elizabeth Larwood and their children remained in New Jersey. The other members of the family were: Mary, whose husband was a Mr. Ridgeway; Mrs. Ester Butterworth; Hannah and Ruth, spinsters; Elizabeth, who was married in 1724 to Henry Willard; and Joseph, who wedded Charity Wade, of Virginia prior to 1744. It is this Joseph from whom Mrs. Frazee is descended. Henry Ballinger gave to his sons Henry, Josiah and Joseph twelve hundred acres of land in Salem county, New Jersey; but they left that state and acquired property in Maryland under Lord Baltimore. In company with others, they journeyed to Virginia and took up several thousand acres of land in old Frederick county. Josiah died there when a young man but Henry was a wanderer and with his family crossed Virginia into North Carolina, locating in Guilford. They were all Quakers and his wife, Hannah Ballinger, was allowed to speak in meeting whenever the spirit moved her, being a minister of that faith. Henry Ballinger was a man of generous nature and with another Friend contributed the ground on which the old meeting house was built. He next went to Ohio and his death occurred on the 4th or 5th of November, 1774. Joseph Ballinger settled in old Henrico, Virginia, and after his marriage became an Episcopalian. His will was proved in 1744 at Goochland, Virginia, and he was survived by his widow, Charity Ballinger and seven children: Mary Wade, Charity Wade, Abigail, Susannah, Elizabeth, Joseph, Jr., and Richard. It is supposed that it was one or both of the last two named who built the Ballinger church (Episcopal) in Amherst county, Virginia, in 1749. Joseph, Jr., and Richard Ballinger married sisters in Virginia, Tansy and Dolly Franklin. It is supposed that this Richard Ballinger is the Captain Richard Ballinger who was at the old barracks in Albemarle county, Virginia, in 1779 and Fort Powhatan in 1780. Richard and Dolly or tansy Ballinger had eight children. (1) Henry, who on August 4, 1788, married Polly Clarkson, in Virginia, later moved to Garrard county, Kentucky, and had a daughter, Nancy. (2) Joseph, known as “Devil Jo” Ballinger, Lincoln county, Kentucky, married Jane Logan, niece of the celebrated General Ben Logan, and their children were: Bonaparte; Nancy; Lucretia, who married Colonel Michael Davidson, Lincoln county, Kentucky; Harriet, who married James Davidson; John L. Ballinger, who married a daughter of Major James Paxton and moved to Texas. (3) John married Hannah Jennings, daughter of Captain William Jennings. He was a major in the United States army, a member of the legislature, and pronounced by Henry Clay to be the best speaker for a non-professional man that he ever heard. His children were: Lucy; Franklin, a distinguished lawyer and judge, who married Jane Adams and moved to Keokuk, Iowa; and their children were: John Randolph, Clay, Sue Jennings, Franklin, Webster, Jennie, William, Sallie, Madison, Lucy and Adams. Two of the above named are now living: Webster, a lawyer of Denver, Colorado, and Lucy, now Mrs. Lindsey, of Kansas City, Missouri. Gabriel Lewis Ballinger, who married his cousin, Josephine Jennings, daughter of General William Jennings and Nancy (Ballinger) Jennings; and Jennings married Angelina Jennings, sister of Josephine. (4) Eastham never married. (5) Mildred married _____ Renshaw and lived in Garrard County, Kentucky. (6) Betsey married G. W. Crump. (7) Another daughter, probably named Sally, married Henry Chiles. (8) Nancy married General William Jennings and their children are recorded in the Jennings line, elsewhere in this article. On April 5, 1782, Joseph Ballinger, Jr., married Tabitha Balloe, his second wife, who was a daughter of Leonard Balloe, and his will, dated February 3, 1802, was proved February 15, 1802. By his first union, with either Dolly or Tansy Franklin, there were eight children: Achilles; Richard (II); James; Peggy; Milly White; Elizabeth, who was married to Samuel Johnson in 1777; Charity, who became the wife of Cox Torrance; and Mrs. Phoebe Tucker. Joseph Ballinger, Jr., the father of the above named, was a brother of Richard, the great-grandfather of Mrs. J. M. Frazee. To be concluded next post.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10971 MARION CO – DR. WM E MATTINGLY – Mattingly, Spalding, Abell, Cleaver, McElroy #10971: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume V, - Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 4th ed. Marion Co. DR. WM. E. MATTINGLY. Among the first comers to what is now Marion County, Ky., was Leonard Mattingly, who came from Maryland. Basil Mattingly, son of Leonard and grandfather of Dr. Wm. E., was reared to manhood in Kentucky, married Polly Hagen and reared a large family, from whom sprang many of the leading families of the county. Of their eight children but two are now living, viz.” Edward H. and Mrs. Mary Jane Spalding. Edward H., who is one of the most highly esteemed citizens of Marion County, was born here in 1818 and married Miss Alethia Spalding, daughter of Thomas and Susan (Abell) Spalding. The subject of this sketch is the eldest of their family of eight children. He was reared in Marion county and chiefly educated at St. Mary’s College, in which institution he was afterward employed as a teacher. He began the study of medicine at the age of twenty-three, performing the usual preparatory reading with Drs. Cleaver and McElroy. In 1867 he entered the medical department of the Louisville University, from which he graduated in 1869. He then located in Lebanon, Ky., for the practice of his profession, and has built up a desirable practice, and surrounded himself with a host of friends. He is a member of the Beech Fork District Medical Association and the Catholic 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 Genealogical Puzzlers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10970 UNKNOWN CO – CARTER T DAVIDSON – Davidson, Bailey #10970: Gaston, Joseph. "The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912." Vol. 2. Chicago, Clarke Publishing Co., 1912. p. 888. CARTER T. DAVIDSON is one of the successful sons of Oregon who has made a business of mining and farming. He lives in Provolt, where he is well and favorably known. His birth occurred in Polk county, Oregon, on the 24th of March, 1859. His parents were E. B. and Salome (Jones) Davidson, both of whom were natives of Kentucky. In 1850 they crossed the plains with ox teams to Oregon and in that state they reared their family of twelve children. Carter T. Davidson received a good common-school education and remained at home until his twenty-first year. He then started out on his own account, choosing the life of an agriculturist and miner, vocations which he has since followed with a reasonable degree of success. He was diligent in his business and for the most part fortune smiled upon him in his efforts to unearth the hidden treasures which he sought as a miner. In 1884 Mr. Davidson was united in marriage to Miss Cecilia Bailey, a native of Oregon, and to this union were born seven children, all of whom are now living except Lester. Those who survive are, Clyde, Eva, Ellis, Estelle, Carter and Iris. In his political views Mr. Davidson is a republican but he devotes little time to public matters, preferring to occupy himself with his business affairs and the care of his family. Having been born in Oregon and being used to the life of toil which is exacted of those who follow the vocations which he chose, he has been familiar with pioneer experiences and knows by actual contact with them the many disadvantages, privations and the strenuous life incident to his calling in a new country. In the community of which he is a member he has long been regarded as one of its substantial and leading citizens, and his reputation for integrity, industry and general ability is well founded. As a solid, substantial citizen he is a valued member of society and the family is held in high esteem by all who know them. 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 Genealogical Puzzlers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10969 UNKNOWN CO – GIDEON S BAILEY - Bailey #10969: History of Iowa From the Earliest Times To The Beginning of the Twentieth Century, Volume IV, Iowa Biography, B. F. Gue, 1903. GIDEON S. BAILEY was born in the State of Kentucky in 1810 and came to the ‘Black Hawk Purchase' in 1837, locating on the west bank of the Des Moines River in Van Buren County. He was a physician but from boyhood had taken a deep interest in public affairs. When the Territory of Iowa was established in 1838, Dr. Bailey, then a young man of twenty-eight was chosen one of the members of the First Legislative Assembly. He was the author of the first school system established in the Territory. As chairman of the committee on schools he framed a bill, which became a law on the 24th of December, 1838, providing for public schools in each county free to all children between the ages of four and twenty-one. The bill also provided for the building of schoolhouses. Dr. Bailey was reelected to the House of the Second Legislative Assembly and in 1840 was elected a member of the Council where he served two terms. In 1844 he was a member of the First Constitutional Convention. In 1845 he was appointed by the President United States Marshal for Iowa. In 1857 he was elected to the State Senate, serving in the Seventh and Eighth General Assemblies. This honored pioneer lawmaker, who helped to frame the first statutes and first Constitution, has long been the only survivor of the earliest legislators and has lived to witness the marvelous development of the educational system he helped to found in the First Territorial Legislature of Iowa. He was for forty years one of the trusted leaders of the Democratic party of the State

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10968 MASON CO – JOHN MORRIS FRAZEE, M.D – Part 2 – Frazee, Pierce, Lusk, Jennings, Campbell, Lincoln, Herring, Ball, Diixon, Brown, Goggin, Simpson, Wilson, Page, Nelson, Throckmorton, Dorsey, Todd, Warfield, Lloyd, Wayne, St Clair, Ballinger, Elliot, Jennes, Millward, Williams, Price, Withers, Rosser, Duncan, Hammersley, Beresford #10968: Same source as previous. Dr. John Morris Frazee was born August 13, 1838, one mile east of Germantown, in Mason county, Kentucky, and attended the private schools of that locality. This was followed by a course in Bethany College under Alexander Campbell and he then matriculated in the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati. He was next a student at the University of Pennsylvania, from which he received the M. D. degree in 1859, and his first experience as a medical practitioner as gained in Missouri. While in that state he enlisted in the Confederate army at the outbreak of the Civil War, in which he served for four years as a surgeon with the rank of major in the command of General Sterling Price. After the restoration of peace, Dr. Frazee returned to his home community, in which he followed his profession for fifteen years, and his knowledge and skill brought him a large practice. He removed to Maysville, in 1880 and here spent the remainder of his life, devoting his attention to business affairs and to the cultivation of his farm. Dr. Frazee was called to public office and from 1889 until 1893 represented the county in the state legislature, discharging his duties with characteristic thoroughness and fidelity. He was a popular candidate for commissioner of agriculture in 1898, losing the democratic nomination by one of the tricks of politics after having received the majority of the convention votes. At an early age he united with the Christian church, of which he was a zealous member throughout his life, serving as a deacon and elder and as a teacher in the Sunday school. He was remarkably handsome, of Herculean build and striking personality. In deportment he was dignified, well posed and courteous, and to know him was to be his friend, for he was a gentleman of the old school, chivalrous, hospitable and high-minded. Dr. Frazee was married November 18, 1869, to Miss Eliza Jennings Lusk, born August 17, 1846, and now living in Maysville, Kentucky, also a member of old and aristocratic families of the south. Her parents were Samuel Lusk and Eliza Alexander (Jennings) Lusk, of Lancaster, the former of whom served in the legislature and for twelve years as circuit judge through appointment of the governor. Judge Lusk lived for many years in Garrard county, Kentucky, and was a stanch republican. He was a great admirer and close friend of Abraham Lincoln. When the Civil war was at its height, the Judge went to Washington for the purpose of collecting the sum of nineteen thousand dollars due him for a large number of mules and a considerable quantity of feed furnished the Union army. When Judge Lusk presented himself and made known his errand, the Great Emancipator immediately gave him a card, on which he had written: “I believe Judge Lusk to be the most iron-necked friend we have in the State of Kentucky and I particularly wish the secretary of war to give him a hearing at once.” It bore the signature of A. Lincoln and date of December 17, 1862, and the words, “the most iron-necked friend,” were underscored. This card is now one of the cherished possessions of Mrs. Fisher Herring, a resident of Lancaster and a granddaughter of Judge Lusk. To Dr. and Mrs. Frazee were born two children. Their daughter, Anna Cushman, is the widow of Posey Dixon Ball, who was born January 16, 1865, and died May 28, 1898, a descendant of Colonel “Hal” Dixon of Revolutionary fame. Mr. Ball represented Henderson county in the Kentucky legislature during the session of 1891-2. He practiced law with his father, Charles Clay Ball, the latter being mayor of Henderson for thirteen years, and for a number of years in partnership with John Young Brown, the twenty-sixth governor of Kentucky. By this marriage, Posey Dixon Ball had one child, Frances Dixon, who is the wife of Henry Reed Simpson Goggin, Canutillo, Texas, a son of a prominent attorney of El Paso, Texas, James Mann Goggin, and Lilla Hatfield Simpson Goggin – her parents being Samuel Pruitt Simpson (1836-1897) a pioneer banker of Eagle Pass, Texas, and Mary Reed Simpson, whose girlhood home was ‘Airslie,” Lexington, Kentucky. Judge James Mann Goggin was county judge from 1891 to 1896; judge of a district court of Texas from 1899 to 1909; and has been delegate-at-large from Texas to several democratic national convention the memorable Baltimore convention at which Woodrow Wilson was nominated, being one of them. Henry Goggin is a scion on the paternal side, of the Page and Nelson families of Colonial and Revolutionary war fame, and on the maternal side of the distinguished Maryland Dorsey-Todd-Warfield colonial families. Through the Page-Nelson-Throckmortn lines, he can trace unbroken lineage through thirty-nine generations to Alfred the Great, and through almost as many generations, to eighteen of the twenty-five vouchers for the Magna Charta at Runnymede, June 15, 1815, there being only eighteen who left descendants. Henry Reed Simpson Goggin and Francis Dixon (Ball) Goggin have a daughter, Elizabeth Frazee. Mrs. Ball is a Colonial Dame and a member of the Society of the Mayflower Descendants, the latter being an exclusive organization, as the descendants of only twenty-two of the Mayflower passengers have established their right to membership in this society. Her sister, Frances Lusk, who is also a member of the Mayflower Society, married Henry Lloyd, of Lexington, Kentucky. For twenty-two years Mr. Lloyd filled the chair of mathematics and astronomy in Transylvania College. He was a man of brilliant attainments, having received his Bachelor of Science degree at old Kentucky University, and having done graduate work at Chicago University for three terms. His demise occurred May 15, 1926. He had become the father of Henry Lloyd, Jr., who is now a student in Lexington, Kentucky. Representatives of the Jennings family were distinguished officers in the Continental, Revolutionary and War of 1812 armies and through intermarriage were related to the English family of the Duke of Malborough, both to the first Duke of Marlborough and to the father of the present duke. Mrs. Samuel Lusk was a daughter of General William Jennings, who was an officer in Wayne’s campaign and in the contest which resulted disastrously for St. Clair. He was wounded in both engagements and during the War of 1812 was a colonel in command of the Second Regiment of Kentucky Volunteers. He was born January 9, 1771, and died September 18, 1831. He was married December 11, 194, to Nancy Ballinger, who as born in 1774 and died in 1823. General William Jennings traced his lineage to John Jennings, who was laid to rest in a cemetery at Birmingham, England, August 3, 1575. John’s son, William, was married at St. Mastins to Joan Elliott, who died in 1622. They were the parents of John Jennings, a native of Birmingham, England. He was baptized in 1579 and his will was proven in 1653. In 1602, John married his cousin, Mary Jennens, and by his second wife, Joyce, had a son, Humphrey Jennings, who was baptized in 1629. In 1657 Humphrey married Mary Millward, who died in 1708, and his demise occurred in 1690. His first home was Edrington Hall, situated in the parish of Aston, or Acton, and the county of Warwick, England. In 1680 he purchased the manor of Nether Whitacre, also located in Warwick county, and his will was proven in 1690. He was the father of William Jennings, who was born November 10, 1675, in Yorkshire, England, and died in 1733 in Nottoway county, Virginia. He was first married in England and his son Augustine was baptized January 3, 1699, at Aston Place. Augustine married Hannah Williams and died in Fauquier County, Virginia, in 1778. According to the records he was a major in the colonial militia of that county March 26, 1770, and in 1741 he voted in Prince William county, Virginia.His son, William Jennings, was born in Virginia and held the rank of captain in the Continental army. He received a land bounty for his services and migrated to Garrard county, Kentucky, about 1790. He was accompanied by members of the Ballinger and Price families, some of whom located in Knox county, Kentucky. He was married December 24, 1764, in Virginia, to Elizabeth Withers, daughter of Captian James and Jemima Withers. She died July 15, 1826, and his demise occurred on April 6, 1814. In their family were nine children; William; Augustine; John, who first married Sallie Rosser, while his second union was with her sister, Betsy; Nancy, who became Mrs. Daniel Boone Duncan; Mary; Hannah, whose husband, John Ballinger, was a brother to Nancy Ballinger, the wife of William Jennings; Betsy, who was married in 1792 to Richard, a son of Joseph Ballinger; Catherine; and Lucy, who was Mrs. William Price and the mother of Commodore Cicero Price, of Albany, New York. He was the father of Lillie Price, who first wedded Louis Hammersley, of New York city. Her second union was with the Duke of Marlboough and her third husband was Lord Beresford. Note: This biography continues for several more pages and I will complete it. For a few posts, I am going to return to the other biographies and then continue with Frazee. 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An extra post today - very rare! I just wanted to let you know that I manage several other rootsweb lists, among which is KYRESEARCH. This list, which is also a read-only list (no posts except by me) comes out once a week, normally on Thursdays. In the last 11 years or so I've posted researching tips for those looking for ancestors in Kentucky (and some apply everywhere) which includes the old forts and settlements, early names in KY, where to find records, interpreting records,the census, history of old schools, roads, railroads, etc. etc. I am starting a series this Thursday on the petitions of the early inhabitants of Kentucky to the General Assembly of Virginia starting in 1769. KY prior to statehood in 1792 was Fincastle, then KY County VA. In the first 2 tips (one per week) I'll be listing (and describing) 102 petitions that have survived involving KY. Then beginning in the 2nd tip on to its conclusion, I'll be listing the thousands of KY residents who signed these petitions (with a reference to which petition). which gives an in depth look at many of the early settlers' names. If you would like to subscribe to this list, send an email to: KYRESEARCH-REQUEST@rootsweb.com and put the word subscribe in the subject line and body of the message - nothing more. If you'd like to browse through the 600 or so previous tips, they are archived at: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx Sandi 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 Genealogical Puzzlers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

An extra post today - very rare! I just wanted to let you know that I manage several other rootsweb lists, among which is KYRESEARCH. This list, which is also a read-only list (no posts except by me) comes out once a week, normally on Thursdays. In the last 11 years or so I've posted researching tips for those looking for ancestors in Kentucky (and some apply everywhere) which includes the old forts and settlements, early names in KY, where to find records, interpreting records,the census, history of old schools, roads, railroads, etc. etc. I am starting a series this Thursday on the petitions of the early inhabitants of Kentucky to the General Assembly of Virginia starting in 1769. KY prior to statehood in 1792 was Fincastle, then KY County VA. In the first 2 tips (one per week) I'll be listing (and describing) 102 petitions that have survived involving KY. Then beginning in the 2nd tip on to its conclusion, I'll be listing the thousands of KY residents who signed these petitions (with a reference to which petition). which gives an in depth look at many of the early settlers' names. If you would like to subscribe to this list, send an email to: KYRESEARCH-REQUEST@rootsweb.com and put the word subscribe in the subject line and body of the message - nothing more. If you'd like to browse through the 600 or so previous tips, they are archived at: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx Sandi 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 Genealogical Puzzlers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/