NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10947 CRITTENDEN CO - CHARLES F VOIGT, M.D. - Voigt, Soegel, Reid #10947: History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State, Volume IV Illustrated, S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago-Louisville, 1928. CHARLES F. VOIGT, M.D. Dr. Charles F. Voigt, physician and surgeon, is practicing in Midway and fully meets the requirements of the profession. He was born December 13, 1892, in New Albany, Indiana, and is a son of Louis F. and Anna (Soergel) Voigt. He was reared on his father's farm and attended the public schools of New Albany. In 1915 he was graduated from the University of Louisville with the M.D. degree and for a year was an interne of the Louisville City Hospital. He was chief resident physician at the Waverly Hill Sanitarium, situated at Valley Station, near Louisville, for eighteen months and then entered the service of his country. On October 23, 1817, he was commissioned first lieutenant in the medical corps of the United States army and assigned to duty on the tuberculosis examining board. He was at various training camps in this country and received his honorable discharge September 19, 1919. In the same year he opened an office in Midway, where he has since resided. He is one of three physicians who serve the community and enjoys a large practice. He employees the most effective remedial agents and has been very successful in his efforts to check the progress of disease. On July 12, 1918, Dr. Voigt married Miss Lola S. Reid, who was a daughter of S. H. Reid, of Oak Park, Illinois, and who passed away January 27, 1925. She had become the mother of one child, Elizabeth Ann, who was born August 7, 1923. Dr. Voigt belongs to the Optimists Club and is an adherent of the democratic party. He has never entered politics but manifests a deep interest in public affairs and champions every project for the good of the community. He is a member of the Woodford County and Kentucky State Medical Societies and the American Medical Association. He is a young man of service purpose, studious, energetic and capable, and is rapidly coming to the fore in his profession. 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. 10946 BRECKINRIDGE CO - JOHN LEROY BANDY -Bandy, Jordan, Chance #10946: A Memorial and Biographical Record of Iowa; Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1896. JOHN LEROY BANDY, one of the wealthiest and most widely known merchants of Redfield, Iowa, conducting a large confectionery establishment, restaurant and grocery store, was born on the 17th of March, 1856, on his father's farm near Bewleyville, Breckinridge county, Kentucky, and is the fifth in a family of ten children, whose parents were Byron and Caroline (Jordan) Bandy. The father was born January 6, 1824, the mother in January, 1830, and both are still living on the old home farm where they located soon after their marriage and where our subject was born. It is also within six miles of the birthplace of the father. Both Mr. and Mrs. Bandy were reared in Kentucky, but were descended from old Virginian families, their parents having lived in that State. The paternal grandfather of our subject enlisted for service in the war of 1812, when but sixteen years of age. It was also the intention of the maternal grandfather to enter the army at that time, but a neighbor, who disliked to see him leave his young wife and children alone persuaded him to remain at home, while the neighbor, taking Mr. Jordan 's horse, clothing and supplies, went to the war in his place, Prior to the Civil war Byron Bandy had three slaves given him, one of whom is still in his service, but these are all the negroes that he ever owned. He lived in a neutral section of the country and having a large family depending on him he joined neither the Northern or Southern armies during the Civil war. In his family were ten children, but four of the number died before reaching maturity, namely: Benjamin Franklin, Charles, Rachel and James. Those still living are Richard, Elizabeth, Silas, William, John L. and Lottie. Mr. Bandy of this sketch spent the first twenty years of his life on the old farm, giving his father the benefit of his services. Wishing to see more of the world than came within the line of his vision at the home of his boyhood, he then bade adieu to friends and family and for twelve years traveled extensively over the United States. He had no capital but worked as he found opportunity, and living an industrious and frugal life he accumulated a small capital, which enabled him to begin business in his own interest. About 1882 he began work on a farm near Redfield, Iowa, where he remained during the greater part of the six succeeding years. In July, 1888, Mr. Bandy opened a small confectionery store in Redfield, his stock and fixtures representing but $92.50. He was successful, however, in his new undertaking, and as his trade increased he enlarged his facilities and, being careful not to get into debt and adding to his stock from time to time, he is now considered one of the wealthiest merchants in Redfield. He has long since removed to more commodious and desirable quarters, and in addition to his fine and well appointed confectionery store he conducts a first-class restaurant and carries a large stock of groceries. In 1890 he purchased one of the best business corners in the town and erected a good two-story building, the upper floor of which is occupied by the Clipper, a newspaper, and the first floor by a general store, in which Mr. Bandy owns a half interest. He is also half owner of a tract of sixteen acres of valuable land, of which eight acres has been divided into town lots. He carries on business as a dealer in grain, poultry and produce, and his extensive business operations yield to him a handsome income. He was instrumental in establishing the Redfield Co-operative Creamery, which has proved of great benefit to the surrounding country, and of the company he is now treasurer. He was vice-president of the Northwestern Oil, Gas & Mineral Company during 1893 and 1894, and is now one of the directors. He is a man of broad and superior capabilities, sagacious and far-sighted, and his laudable ambition and enterprise have been the integral factors in his success. On the 30th of July, 1890, Mr. Bandy was united in marriage to Miss Hattie Chance, who a was born and reared in Dallas county, Iowa, In politics he is a Democrat on questions of State and national importance, but at local elections, where no issue is involved, votes independently of party affiliations. Entirely without his solicitation and without his knowledge he was nominated by the Democracy in July, 1895, for the office of County Treasurer. He is a public-spirited citizen devoted to the national welfare and all that pertains to the upbuilding of his resident community. His kindliness and benevolence are manifest in his liberal contributions to many charities. 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. 10945 UNKNOWN CO - DAVID C. ASHBY - Ashby #10945: The History of Appanoose County..., Iowa; Chicago: Western Hist. Co., 1878. Walnut Township. Ashby, David C ., farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Centerville; born in Parke Co., Ind., in 1848; his father, Daniel c., born in Kentucky, his mother born in Fayette Co., Penn.; married in Ohio, her parents being early settlers of Clinton, in that State; afterward went to Parke Co., Ind., thence to Knox Co., Ill.; his father's family from Ashby's Gap, Penn., which was named for them from his grandfather. Ashby having backed a team of six horses and a heavy load of freight off the precipice at that place; when 8 years of age his parents came to this county; fall of 1863, his father enlisted in the 38th Iowa V. I.; died August, 1864, from disease contracted in the army. David C. remained with his mother and married brother until the spring of 1865; went to Knox Co., Ill., and farmed; fall of 1866, returned to this county; spring of 1867, purchased the farm he now owns, of sixty-five acres, valued at $30 per acre, and has cultivated and much improved it since. 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. 10944 CHRISTIAN CO- JAMES D. STEEL - Steel, Hayes, Shaw, Carroll, Rhodes #10944: County of Christian, Kentucky. Historical and Biographical, Edited by William Henry Perrin. F. A. Battey Publishing Co., Chicago and Louisville, 1884. Mount Vernon Precinct. JAMES D. STEEL is a native of Christian County, was born March 12, 1829, and is the eldest son of Hiram and Elizabeth G. (Hayes) Steel. The father was a cooper by trade but in later years gave his attention more to farming pursuits. He came to this county from Tennessee at eighteen years of age, and located where his grandmother had long before settled, upon a hill of commanding eminence, and here the subject of these lines yet resides. Hiram Steel filled the office of Magistrate in this county for many years, and was a man of enterprise and prominence. He was a son of William Steel, who served in both the Revolutionary war and the war of 1812. The parents of our subject were blessed with five children, of whom thee are four now living: Mary J., James D., Joseph F. and Thomas M. Martha E. G., deceased, married G. W. Shaw, of this precinct. Mr. Steel has always lived upon his present place, with the exception of two years, during which period he served the county as Sheriff from 1867-69. He married Mary Carroll, a daughter of John and Mary A. (Rhodes) Carroll, and by her has one child, a bright little girl named Effie. Mr. Steel is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Blue Lodge No 214, and also of Moore Chapter, No. 76. Politically he is a Democrat and with his wife, a member of the Methodist Church South. 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. 10943 WOODFORD CO - GEORGE R FARRA, M.D. - Farra, Moore, Hamilton #10943: "Portrait & Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley Oregon." Chapman Publishing Company, 1903. p. 743. Woodford Co. GEORGE R. FARRA, M. D. In 1877 Dr. George R. Farra came to Corvallis, established an office in a modest and unassuming way, and from a small beginning long ago became an important figure in professional circles in Benton county. Nor have his efforts been confined to a large practice, for his pronounced business and executive ability have resulted in a position of equal prominence as a promoter and financier. From a childhood containing little of the joy or expectancy of life the doctor has evolved single-handed his present success. He was born on a farm in Woodford county, Ky., September 13, 1843, a son of John R. and Martha J. Farra, natives of the Blue Grass state, and of German and Scotch ancestry, respectively. The parents were married July 30, 1840, thereafter continuing to live in their native state until 1847, removing then to Platte county, Mo., where the father died September 9, 1852, his wife afterward re-marrying. Dr. Farra was nine years of age when his father died, and this loss in the family was a severe blow to the growing and ambitious boy. He was required to work hard to promote the general support, and his education was sadly neglected, a deficiency which he was not slow to realize after reaching years of discretion. His first insight into regular business was acquired in a grocery store in Humboldt, Allen county, Kans., where he remained for two years, and for the following two years was interested in the drug business in Platte county, Mo. In the meantime he had been reading medicine under a well known physician and surgeon of Platte county, Dr. W. V. Moore, and during 1875 entered the medical department of the University of Louisville, from which he was duly graduated in 1877, having completed the course in a remarkably short time. After a short practice in Louisville he came to Corvallis, where he has since rendered himself indispensable to hundreds of families in this county. Many things have contributed to his successful practice, not the least of which is an agreeable and optimistic manner, and the ability to keep abreast of the progress of medical and surgical science. In this connection he has for many years been a member of the Oregon State Medical Society. The doctor is not only a large stock-holder in many of the important enterprises of Corvallis and vicinity, but has been the chief promoter and instigator of many of them. >From the time of its incorporation in 1885, he has taken a keen interest in the Corvallis Water Company, of which he is the president and chief stockholder, and which owes its present prosperity to his farsighted management and progressive methods. He is a director of the old Oregon & Pacific Railroad Company, now the Corvallis & Eastern, and of the Willamette Land & Loan Association, the latter incorporated in 1889. While living in Corvallis Dr. Farra has built two residences, the latter, built in 1903, being by far the finest in the town. He married in Platte county, Mo., February 9, 1873, Amna Hamilton, a native of Missouri, who became the mother of two children, both of whom are deceased. Dr. Farra is a stanch upholder of the Democratic party, but has never worked for or desired official positions. However, he has been a member of the city council, and has served as county physician. He was for several terms a member of the pension board. He is fraternally connected with the Ancient Order of United Workmen, of which he was examining physician for many years; the Woodmen of the World, of which he is a charter member and the examining physician. .He is also a member of the Blue Lodge of Masons. 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. 10942 FLEMING CO - ALFRED M BELT - Belt, Ward #10942: Lang, H. O., ed. "The History of the Willamette Valley, Being A Description of the Valley and its Resources, with an account of its Discovery and Settlement by White Men, and its Subsequent History; Together with Personal Reminiscences of its Early Pioneers." Portland, OR, Geo. H. Himes, Book and Job Printer, 1885. p. 709. ALFRED M. BELT. Born in Flemingsburg, Kentucky, July, 1804. His father, Major Joseph Belt, was a native of Maryland, and a soldier of the war of 1812. In 1840, Alfred Belt moved to Platte County, Missouri, and ten years later crossed the plains to Oregon. He settled in Salem, resided there until 1880, then removed to Independence, and died there, August 18, 1881. Was a physician by profession, educated by a private tutor, and belonged to the State Medical Society of Oregon. Held the office of Surgeon General during the Indian war of 1855-56, and for several years was physician to the State Penitentiary. Was a prominent Mason, and the first Grand Master of the State. In 1835 he was married to Miss Nancy Ward, daughter of General Thompson Ward, of Kentucky. Their children were ten in number. 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. 10941 FLEMING CO - JOEL FENTON - Fenton, March, Shelton #10941: History of Davis County, Iowa; Des Moines: Iowa Historical Company, 1882. FENTON, JOEL, one among the pioneers of Davis county, was born April 4, 1810 , in Fleming county, Kentucky . When ten years old, his father, Caleb Fenton, removed to Missouri, in Boone county, where they lived for twenty years; he was raised a farmer, and educated in the subscription schools. In the spring of 1840 he came to Davis county, settling on his present farm. In 1850 he went to California, overland; was there some two months, and on account of sickness had to return home, coming by way of the city of Mexico, Vera Cruz, New Orleans and St. Louis, arriving home in February 1851. He was married November 23, 1830 , to Miss Lucy March, of Boone county, Missouri , formerly of Kentucky . Their union has been blessed with eight children, five living, Francis M., Mary E., James F., Caleb E., Allie Jane, now Mrs. Dr. Shelton , and three deceased, Columbus, Joel and William H., who was killed at the battle of Shiloh . Mr. Fenton is located on a fine farm of 300 acres, well improved. He is a worthy member of the Baptist Church , and a greenbacker in politics. He has lived to see his boys become successful business men, and his daughters respected by all who know them. The writer of this is under many obligations to him for valuable information, and for his kind hospitality. His post office is Bloomfield. 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. 10940 SIMPSON CO - WILLIAM BRIANT - Briant, Mise, Jackson, Swearingen, Cushenberry, Maclemore #10940: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume IV, Battle - Perrin - Kniffin, 3r ed., 1886. Simpson Co. WILLIAM BRIANT, farmer, was born in what is now Simpson County, Ky., December 29, 1826, and is the seventh of eleven children, three of whom are living, born to Eli and Martha (Mise) Briant; the former was a native of North Carolina and the latter of eastern Kentucky; both were of Irish descent, born March 9, 1789, and September 30, 1791, respectively. When only three years old, in 1792, Eli Briant removed with his parents from North Carolina to Logan County, Ky., then almost an unbroken wilderness. Here he received such an education in youth as could be obtained at the early schools of Kentucky. After attaining his majority he bought wild land in the vicinity of his father's homestead and subsequently improved the farm upon which he resided until his death, which occurred November 1, 1864. He continued to add to his original purchase from time to time, until he was the owner of well improved farms amounting to some 500 acres. He served under Gen. Jackson during the war of 1812, and for many years was colonel of one of the regiments of the State militia of Kentucky. For the last thirty-four years of his life he was a regularly ordained minister of the Old School Baptist Church. One of his brothers, William Briant, Sr., served under Gen. Jackson at the battle of New Orleans, and during the late civil war he raised a company, of which he was captain, for one of the Missouri regiments (Confederate) and served with the same until his death, having been killed at his own home by a party of home guards in the early part of the year. His father, Absalom Briant, was a Revolutionary veteran. Mrs. Martha Briant's death occurred January 27, 1875. William Briant, Jr., now lives and has always resided on the old homestead where he was born, 300 acres of which he owns. Here he is extensively and successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits. He married, December 22, 1848, Sarah F. Swearingen, also a native of Logan County, Ky., born April 18, 1826. She was a daughter of Benona and Nancy (Cushenberry) Swearingen. To this union were born five sons and three daughters, viz.: Nancy C., Lemuel P. (deceased), Robert E., Presley V., Winsey S (wife of Robert Maclemore), Elijah S., William A. and Mollie N. Mrs. Sarah F. Briant's death occurred May 14, 1876. From early life she was a member of the Old School Baptist Church. Mr. Briant has been for many years a members of the same church. He is also a member of the I.O.O.F In politics he was an old line Whig but at present votes with the Democrats. He is an enterprising and respected citizen. 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. 10939 MASON CO - DR. JAMES FREDERIC CLARKE - Clarke, Wadsworth, Grimes, Greeley, Sampson, Clapp #10939: History of Jefferson County, Iowa; by Charles J. Fulton. 2 vols. Chicago: S. J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1912. DR. JAMES FREDERIC CLARKE is one of Fairfield 's native sons, born February 23, 1864 . His parents were Dr. Charles Shipman and Sarah Louisa (Wadsworth ) Clarke. The father was born in Marietta, Ohio , December 15, 1814 , and the mother's birth occurred in Pittsfield , Vermont , November 28, 1815 . They were married in Frederickstown , Ohio, October 7, 1834 , and subsequently became residents of Maysville , Kentucky, where they remained four years. They then came to Mt. Pleasant, Iowa , in 1843. Dr. Charles Clarke was a graduate of the medical school of Cincinnati, Ohio. He was a careful student, a diagnostician of unusual ability, generous to a fault, and he had the respect and esteem of all who knew him. While in Mt. Pleasant he was appointed by Governor Grimes as a member of a commission to study the insane hospitals of the country and to establish Iowa 's first institution of that character. The horseback-riding and hard night-and-day professional work of a large practice in a sparsely settled country, undermined the Doctor's health. He was compelled to give up active practice and this was only possible by leaving the community. For this reason he moved to Fairfield, in 1852, where he and his wife spent their remaining days. Dr. Charles Clarke's life's labors were ended in death, March 4, 1882. Mrs. Clarke survived him until November 29, 1905, when she also passed away in Fairfield. They were both actively interested in the welfare and progress of the community. Although Dr. Clarke was too old to enter the army at the time of the Civil war, he gave freely of his means and Mrs. Clarke gave all her time and labors, to aid in the equipment of the soldiers. Both were active workers in the public library - the first of such institutions in Iowa - and for all other public institutions. Both were members of the Universalist church, thoroughly believing in universal salvation. Dr. Clarke left the republican party at the time of the Greeley independent movement and thereafter usually voted with the democracy. The democratic party made him, on one occasion, its candidate for the state legislature. Unto Dr. Clarke and his wife were born five children: Emma Wadsworth, now living in Fairfield; Charles Ansyl, who after serving thirty years in the United States navy, is now a retired lieutenant commander, living in California; George Danforth, who succeeded his father in the drug business, in Fairfield, where he died in 1902; Mary the wife of J. W. Sampson of Weldon, Iowa; and James Frederic. James Frederic Clarke has always made Fairfield his home, save during the periods spent in acquiring his education. After attending the public schools he was for three years a student in Parsons College . During this time he was one of the founders of the first Agassiz Society in Iowa - a scientific organization which flourished for years and had branches all over the state. These Agassiz clubs finally united in a state organization and Mr. Clarke was elected the first president of this "Iowa Assembly of Agassiz Association." From Parsons College Dr. Clarke went to the Iowa State University, where he graduated on the honor roll in the class of 1886 with the degree B. S., his graduating thesis being a study of Indian corn. He next entered the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and was there given the degree of M. D., after a three years' course of study and again was on the honor roll for scholarship in 1889. The same year he received his Master's Degree from the University of Iowa for work in physiology. After graduating in medicine, Dr. Clarke entered the competitive examination for the position of resident physician in the Philadelphia Hospital. Being successful in this, he served two years in this venerable institution of seventeen hundred beds, acquiring a broad practical experience in medicine and surgery. For a time he was chief resident physician and while here, he published a study of the mercurial tremors of felt-hat makers. Returning to Fairfield Dr. Clarke began the practice of his profession and after a few years work, he spent one further year in post-graduate study in Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, and in the University of Goettingen , Germany. Dr. Clarke has always taken an active interest in medical and scientific societies. He has been a member of the American Society of Microscopists, the American Public Health Association, the Philadelphia Pathological Society and aside from all the local medical societies he belongs to the American Medical Association, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and is a fellow of the Iowa Academy of Sciences. He has sometime served as president of the Des Moines Valley Medical Association and of the Southeastern Iowa Medical Association and as first vice president of the Iowa State Medical Society. In 1900 Dr. Clarke was appointed "lecturer on hygiene" in the medical and dental departments of the State University of Iowa. For the past eight years he has been lecturer on bacteriology in Parsons College, in Fairfield. He has made a special study of defective children, having discovered and relieved many cases of sporadic cretinism and, through addresses in various parts of the state, he has called wide attention to this often misunderstood condition. In 1891 Dr. Clarke was united in marriage to Miss Melinda E. Clapp, a native of Ohio , then living in Lee Center, Illinois, a daughter of Sylvester Clapp. In 1906 Dr. Clarke was elected to represent Jefferson county in the Iowa state legislature. Though a democrat he had a majority of six hundred votes in a county which has a normal republican majority of one thousand. Jefferson county had not before sent a democrat to the legislature for forty years. Dr. Clarke was for one term mayor of Fairfield, during which time he labored for the construction of a sewer system and other city improvements. Failing to carry his cherished plans through a factional city council, he resigned for the purpose of focusing public attention on the situation. The letter of resignation, widely published, helped in the accomplishment of the city's advancement. He is connected with the blue lodge, chapter and Knights Templar of Masons and is a member of the Congregational church. At the beginning of the Spanish war, Dr. Clarke, who had long been connected with the Iowa National Guard, was commissioned major and surgeon of the Forty-ninth Iowa Volunteer Infantry and he served in this rank throughout the war, in Florida and Cuba. Most of this time he was on detached duty, in charge of the medical wards of the second division hospital of the Seventh Army Corps. Here, with at times thirteen assistants, he cared for the sick in a hospital of seven hundred beds. Knowing from experience the value of trained women nurses, Dr. Clarke, early in the war, asked that they be employed to care for the sick soldiers in these semi-field hospitals. This attempted innovation for army hospitals met with the emphatic disapproval of the regular army corps surgeon. Disregarding army traditions, in the cause of dying soldiers, Dr. Clarke went over the heads of his superiors and appealed through the governor of Iowa to the secretary of war. For this insubordination he was sent back to his regiment by the corps surgeon, but his object was accomplished. The governor of Iowa was allowed to send graduate women nurses to care for Iowa soldiers, the precedent was established, and soon female nurses were employed throughout the army hospitals in the field. The cause of Dr. Clarke's dismissal being brought to the attention of General Fitzhugh Lee, the corps commander, he was soon reinstated to his position as chief physician in the division hospital. Dr. Clarke later established and had charge of the Convalescent Hospital at Pablo Beach, Florida. At the present time Dr. Clarke is witnessing the completion of a project for which he has worked for twenty years, the establishment of a hospital in Fairfield. For all these years he has agitated this subject and finally, when the Munger law made the voting of a hospital-tax possible, he as a committee of one, appointed by the physicians of the county, had sole charge of the campaign which carried at the polls, by a five-hundred-majority vote, a tax to build a hospital. Though some time president of the local Old Settlers Association, a director in the Chautauqua Association and active generally in the public life of Fairfield , the following three things, Dr. Clarke feels, are his only important contributions to the welfare of his fellowmen: The introduction of trained women nurses in army hospitals. - The development of many imbecile cretin-children into normal individuals. - The building of a hospital in Fairfield. Dr. Clarke's principal writings, other than those already mentioned are: "Huber." A Hospital Story. Midland Magazine. "What Iowa People Eat." New York Medical News, 1898. "The Plasmodia of Malaria." Studies in the Philadelphia Hospital . Reports of cases of Sporadic Cretinism in the Medical Fortnightly and the Journal of the American Medical Association at various times. "A Medical History of the Forty-Nine Iowa Volunteer Infantry." Iowa Medical Journal. "The Water Supply of Fairfield." Fairfield Tribune. "Who are the Doctors of Medicine." President's Address." 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. 10938 MADISON CO - CORNELIUS McKEAN - McKean, Riley, Leavenworth, Atkinson, McGlothlin MacLachlan, Harmon, McCulley, Roberts, Burns, McCarrell, Waldron, Morgan, Palmer, Mine, Mowrer #10938: Past and Present of Dallas County, Iowa; Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1907. Cornelius McKean. The subject of this biography was born July 18, 1834. His parents at that time were living in Washington county, Missouri. His father's name was Nathaniel McKean. He was born about the year 1797, in Belfast, Maine, came west and enlisted in the United States Regular Army in 1820, and was assigned to Captain Riley's Company of Colonel Leavenworth's regiment of infantry of General Atkinson's command. Soon after they were ordered to Council Bluffs (Nebraska side of the river) and built a fort and called it Fort Atkinson; this was on the grounds where Fort Omaha now stands. This was in the year 1820-1 and was the most western post of the government at that time. He served five years and was honorably discharged. He married Miss Mary Ann McGlothlin (originally MacLachlan), who was born in Madison county, Kentucky. Her father, Cornelius McGlothlin, was a Revolutionary soldier and pensioner, having served under General Harmon of South Carolina. Cornelius McKean came to Dallas county with his father and family in the spring of 1848, his mother having died before they came. At that time the land had not been surveyed in this part of the state, and therefore was not subject to private entry, but each settler blazed and staked out his or her claim of timber and prairie and settled down, building cabins, breaking prairie and other work. The following winter of 1848-9 will always be remembered by the old settlers as "the winter of the deep snow." It commenced to snow the 7th of November and reached a depth of three feet on a level and much deeper in some places. The family settled on the west side of Panther creek, in what is now Adams township. Cornelius McKean married Miss Nancy Ann McCulley, May 8, 1852. She was a daughter of Samuel and Catherine McCulley, of Highland county, Ohio. Her great grandmother was an early settler of Kentucky and is the person mentioned in the history of the early settlement of the state that carried her pewter dish with her when she fled to the neighborhood fort a few minutes before it was attacked by Indians. The dish was moulded into balls by the woman when the lead had all been used up, and the pewter bullets were what saved the garrison. They removed to Greene county, bought land near the grounds of the Old Settlers' Picnic Society, sold out and entered one hundred and twenty acres of land in section 5, township No. 81, R. 28, now Spring Valley township, built a cabin and moved on the farm in 1853. At that time it was a part of Buena Vista precinct, later that of Dallas township precinct until 1858, when Spring Valley township was organized. The first step taken in connection with the organization was an impromptu meeting intended to be held at the residence of John H. Roberts, a leading and influential settler, but when the neighbors assembled there, his estimable wife informed them Mr. Roberts was at work in the timber and indicated the direction where he could be found, so to the woods they went, and easily found him by the sound of his maul, at work making rails in regular pioneer style. After making known their business in few words, the meeting was organized by the election of Mr. Roberts as chairman and Cornelius McKean as secretary, after which the worthy chairman laid aside his maul and called the meeting to order, when the following proceedings were had and taken: 1st, that congressional township No. 81, R. 28 now attached to and forming part of the precinct of Dallas, be organized into a separate precinct to be known as Spring Valley township; 2nd, that we petition the proper authorities of the county, in accordance with the above resolution, and requesting early attention be given the matter before the regular fall election. Whereupon Secretary McKean made out the necessary papers in harmony with the foregoing resolutions, which were signed by all present, and in due time presented to county Judge Lloyd D. Burns at Adel. The request was granted in accord with the wishes of the settlers and the first election for township officers was held at the residence of Jonathan Chiles in November, 1858. The officers elected were: justices of the peace, Justus McCarrell and E. J. Waldron; clerk, Cornelius McKean; trustees, Anson D. Morgan and Sylvenus Palmer. Mr. Nelson Miner, one of the early settlers, suggested the name of Spring Valley, as appropriate on account of the many springs along the banks of the Coon, south of Dr. P. A. Mowrer's farm; at that time the main traveled road passed near these springs and afforded fine camping grounds for emigrants. Mr. McKean was also the first secretary of the township school board, and served continuously for several consecutive terms. He was also elected to the office of justice of the peace and served several terms, was postmaster of Alton, Iowa, school director and captain in the Iowa Militia. He is the compiler of a work entitled McKean Genealogies, being a genealogy of the family from the settlement in America in 1718 up to 1902. The family is descended from the Island Kings and Lords of the Isles of Scotland. The children of Cornelius and Nancy Ann McKean are: Sedora; Mary Jane; Eva; John, who was captain of Company B, Fifty-second Iowa Infantry, Spanish war; Albert; Jasper W.; Anna; Evan; and Roscoe. Mrs. McKean died in Perry, March 2, 1903, and is buried on the family lot in Violet Hill cemetery. Mr. McKean is a member of the Christian church, also of the Grand Army of the Republic and Ladies of the G. A. R. of Perry, by reason of service in Company E, Fourth Iowa Infantry. 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/

I sent this out about 7 this morning and it bounced back to some failure. I'm sending again. It's possible tht the first post will come through too and you'll get two copies. If so - I'm sorry! Sandi NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10937 HOPKINS CO - DR. A. G. DARBY - Darby, Wyatt #10937: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume IV, Battle - Perrin - Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Hopkins Co. DR. A. G. DARBY, Hopkins County, was born August 25, 1839, in Caldwell County, Ky. He is a son of F. W. and Mary (Wyatt) Darby. The father was born in North Carolina, and when young came to Caldwell County and soon after engaged in teaching school; he later engaged in agricultural pursuits, and at the time of his death in 1858, was one of the most extensive and prosperous farmers in the county, leaving an estate valued at about $90,000. The mother was born in Caldwell County, and is now living at Princeton, at the advanced age of seventy-eight. Our subject was reared on his father's farm and received a good literary education. At the age of twenty-two he was employed as overseer, later he opened a grocery store at Fredonia, Ky.; this he continued one year, and then opened a drug store, which he carried on about five years; his health became poor and he took up the study of medicine; in 1870 he attended the Louisville Medical College; the following year he came to Dawson, where he has since been engaged in the practice of his profession. 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. 10936 WASHINGTON CO - T M LEWIS, M.D. - Lewis, Patton, Alcorn, Walker #10936: Kentucky Genealogy an Biography Vol. 5 - Battle - Perrin - Kniffin, 4th ed. Washington Co. T. M. LEWIS, M.D., is the son of Robert and Maria (Patton) Lewis, of Virginia and Kentucky, respectively. The Doctor's paternal ancestors were natives of England, his grandfather, John F. P. Lewis, emigrating from that country to America in colonial times, and settling in Virginia, where he lived until 1790. In that year he came to Lincoln County, Ky., and settled on Hanging Fork, where he engaged in the practice of medicine, and was the first medical man in that county, and one of the earliest in the State. He was quite a successful man, and during his residence in Lincoln, accumulated a large estate. He was a surgeon in the American Army during the war of independence, and died in Kentucky many years ago. Robert T. Lewis was born in Virginia in 1784, and was but six years of age when brought to Kentucky. He grew to manhood in Lincoln County, was a soldier in the war of 1812, a farmer and a man of considerable prominence. He died in October, 1866. Maria Lewis, wife of Robert Lewis, was the daughter of Thomas Patton, one of the early residents of Green County. She was born near Danville, Boyle County, in 1801, and died in Lincoln County in 1870. The following are the names of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis: Sarah A., T. M. (subject), W. P., Thomas P., Robert T., Mahala, Maria D., Jaqueline A. and Lucy J., the first named and last three and subject being the only members of the family now living. Dr. Lewis was born near the town of Stanford, Lincoln County, January 2, 1831, and remained with his parents until his fourteenth year, when he began life for himself as a clerk in a mercantile house at the village of Hustonville, in which he served for two years; he then began the study of medicine with Dr. D. J. Alcorn, with whom he remained seven years, practicing with his preceptor at intervals. In 1853 he entered the Louisville University and attended several sessions, graduating in the year 1856. He located first at the village of Liberty, Casey County, where he practiced his profession for eighteen months, and then moved to Mill Springs, Wayne County, where he resided for six years, obtaining large practice. In 1866 he located near Danville Boyle County, where he practiced until January, 1886, when he removed to Beechland, Washington County, his present location. Dr. Lewis has been a very successful physician. In addition to his profession, he has given a great deal of attention to scientific studies and general literature, and is an ardent supporter of education. He is a member of the Christian Church, with which he has been identified since 1856, and is also a member of the Masonic fraternity and of the A.F.M. The Doctor was married February 9, 1858, in Lincoln County, to Miss Lizzie Alcorn, daughter of Alfred and Polly A. (Walker) Alcorn, of the same county. Seven children have been born to this marriage: Alfred Lewis, editor of the Somerset Republican; Robert T., Georgia M., Maggie, John L. and Lucian M., living, and Nancy E., deceased. Mrs. Lewis is a member of the Christian Church and she and three children are members of the Danville congregation. 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. 10936 WASHINGTON CO - T M LEWIS, M.D. - Lewis, Patton, Alcorn, Walker #10936: Kentucky Genealogy an Biography Vol. 5 - Battle - Perrin - Kniffin, 4th ed. Washington Co. T. M. LEWIS, M.D., is the son of Robert and Maria (Patton) Lewis, of Virginia and Kentucky, respectively. The Doctor's paternal ancestors were natives of England, his grandfather, John F. P. Lewis, emigrating from that country to America in colonial times, and settling in Virginia, where he lived until 1790. In that year he came to Lincoln County, Ky., and settled on Hanging Fork, where he engaged in the practice of medicine, and was the first medical man in that county, and one of the earliest in the State. He was quite a successful man, and during his residence in Lincoln, accumulated a large estate. He was a surgeon in the American Army during the war of independence, and died in Kentucky many years ago. Robert T. Lewis was born in Virginia in 1784, and was but six years of age when brought to Kentucky. He grew to manhood in Lincoln County, was a soldier in the war of 1812, a farmer and a man of considerable prominence. He died in October, 1866. Maria Lewis, wife of Robert Lewis, was the daughter of Thomas Patton, one of the early residents of Green County. She was born near Danville, Boyle County, in 1801, and died in Lincoln County in 1870. The following are the names of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis: Sarah A., T. M. (subject), W. P., Thomas P., Robert T., Mahala, Maria D., Jaqueline A. and Lucy J., the first named and last three and subject being the only members of the family now living. Dr. Lewis was born near the town of Stanford, Lincoln County, January 2, 1831, and remained with his parents until his fourteenth year, when he began life for himself as a clerk in a mercantile house at the village of Hustonville, in which he served for two years; he then began the study of medicine with Dr. D. J. Alcorn, with whom he remained seven years, practicing with his preceptor at intervals. In 1853 he entered the Louisville University and attended several sessions, graduating in the year 1856. He located first at the village of Liberty, Casey County, where he practiced his profession for eighteen months, and then moved to Mill Springs, Wayne County, where he resided for six years, obtaining large practice. In 1866 he located near Danville Boyle County, where he practiced until January, 1886, when he removed to Beechland, Washington County, his present location. Dr. Lewis has been a very successful physician. In addition to his profession, he has given a great deal of attention to scientific studies and general literature, and is an ardent supporter of education. He is a member of the Christian Church, with which he has been identified since 1856, and is also a member of the Masonic fraternity and of the A.F.M. The Doctor was married February 9, 1858, in Lincoln County, to Miss Lizzie Alcorn, daughter of Alfred and Polly A. (Walker) Alcorn, of the same county. Seven children have been born to this marriage: Alfred Lewis, editor of the Somerset Republican; Robert T., Georgia M., Maggie, John L. and Lucian M., living, and Nancy E., deceased. Mrs. Lewis is a member of the Christian Church and she and three children are members of the Danville congregation. 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. 10935 UNKNOWN CO - B F WADSWORTH - Wadsworth, Thompson, Beck #10935: History of Warren County, Iowa; Des Moines: Union Historical Company, 1879. WADSWORTH, B. F., farmer, Sec. 19; P. O. Summerset; born in Hartford county, Maryland, March 19, 1829, and went with his parents to Morgan county, Ohio, when about ten years old, and was raised there; he came to this county and located where he now lives in 1854; owns a farm of 450 acres, and is largely engaged in the stock business; he married Miss Bettie Thompson, Sept. 30, 1856, a native of Kentucky; they have three sons and two daughters: Robt. B., Maggie Mc., Thomas T., Nancy B. and Bettie S.; Mrs. Wadsworth died January 10, 1866, and on March 16, 1871, he was married to Mrs. Mary Beck, whose maiden name was Elliott, a native of Indiana. 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. 10934 FAYETTE CO - THOMAS J BENTLEY - Bentley, Barnes #10934: History of Fremont County, Iowa; Des Moines: Iowa Hist. Co., 1881. Franklin Township. BENTLEY, THOMAS J., farmer and merchant, P. O. Hamburg; born in Fayette county, Kentucky, July 21, 1829. In 1840 he became a resident of Boone county, Missouri, where he learned the carpenter's trade. In 1849 he was in the employ of M. U. Payne, and resided in New Orleans. In 1861 he came to Fremont county, having the previous years lost heavily - some $18,000.00 - as a result of the impending war. From 1861 to 1869 he followed farming. >From 1869 to 1871 was engaged in the mercantile business at Sidney; from 1871 to 1875 was in Polk county, Missouri, when he again came to Fremont county. He was married April 27, 1866, to Miss Mary A. Barnes by whom he had eight children, five of whom are living: Thomas, Mary E., Nancy A., Lillian L. and James R. Has been intimately connected with the history of religion in this county as a member of the Baptist 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. 10933 NELSON CO - DR JAMES R HUGHES - Hughes, Nantz, Reed, Marshall, Birney, Linton, Polin, Davidson, McElroy, Gale, Ray #10933: Kentucky Genealogy an Biography Vol. 5 - Battle - Perrin - Kniffin, 4th ed. Nelson Co. DR. JAMES R. HUGHES, one of the extensive farmers of Nelson County, was born in Washington County, Ky., July 8, 1821, of a family of seven children born to John Hughes, Jr., and Maratha H. (Nantz) Hughes; he was next to the eldest. His paternal grandfather, Edward Hughes, was a native of Ireland, where he grew to manhood. He, in company with two brothers, came to the United States a short time subsequent to the Revolutionary war, coming immediately to Kentucky and settling near Danville, where he was united in marriage with Miss Letitia Reed, who was a sister of Thomas Reed (United States senator of Mississippi), grandaunt of Humphrey Marshall and aunt of James Birney. By her he was the father of fifteen children, fourteen of whom they reared to manhood and womanhood. By occupation he was a farmer, in which vocation he was very successful; but later in life he removed to Washington County. His parents educated him with a view of his entering the priesthood, but he digressed from the Catholic and united with the Presbyterian Church, of which he died an elder in 1833, a victim of the cholera, which was so prevalent that year. Frederick Nantz, material grandfather of J. R. Hughes, was born in Virginia, and served from the incipiency to the close of the Revoluionary war; he was a participant in the riots when the indignant colonists threw the tea overboard in Boston harbor. Before leaving his native State for Kentucky he settled in Washington County, where he continued to reside until his death. John Hughes, Jr., our subject's father, was born in March, 1797, and was, perhaps, during his short life, one of Washington County's most popular young men. At the age of fourteen he entered the county clerk's office as deputy under his uncle, John Reed. At nineteen years he was elected clerk pro tem. of both county and circuit, and upon attaining his majority, that election was confirmed without opposition, the county then embracing what are now Washington and Marion Counties. He died while an incumbent, in 1833, of cholera, and in his death the county lost an efficient, honest and obliging official. James R. Hughes remained at home with his mother until he was nineteen years old; he received a good common education, attending Marion College for one year. In 1840 he commenced reading medicine with Dr. Linton & Polin; in 1842 and 1843 he took two respective courses of lectures at St. Louis, graduating in the latter year. He immediately located and began the practice at Springfield, where he continued until 1848, when he retired from the medical profession and began farming, in which vocation he has since continued and has been very successful, owning a farm of 1,043 acres well improved. In 1858 he removed to Missouri and remained there three years. June 10, 1843, he married Miss Susanna Davidson, who died March 25, 1846, leaving one son, Davidson Hughes. June 1, 1847, he married Mary R McElroy, by whom he is the father of six living children: Susanna, now widow of Dr. R. H. Gale; Sallie, wife of Dr. William Ray; James R.; Mamie; John L. and Bessie. Dr. Hughes and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. In politics he is a Democrat. 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. 10932 OLDHAM CO - BENJAMIN M DAWKINS - Dawkins, Ransdell, Pollard #10932: History of Boone County, Iowa, N. E. Goldthwait, supervising editor. Chicago: Pioneer Publishing Company, 1914. 2v. Benjamin M. Dawkins, now in his eightieth year, is living retired in Boone, residing in the home of L. W. Johnson on Twenty-second street. Always a resident of the middle west, he has lived to witness remarkable changes, for in the period of his boyhood Indians were not far from his home and there were great stretches of uncut forests and unbroken prairies throughout the middle Mississippi valley. Mr. Dawkins was born in Oldham county, Kentucky, January 26, 1835, a son of Johnson and Mary (Ransdell) Dawkins. The grandfather, William Dawkins, was from Virginia and removed to Henry county, Kentucky, where Johnson Dawkins spent the period of his youth. In 1854 he removed to Tippecanoe county, Indiana, and in the fall of 1856 arrived in Boonesboro, Iowa. At that time there was only one building in what is now the city of Boone. He had purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land near Ridgeport in Dodge township and upon that place established his family in 1856. His wife had died in Kentucky, but he brought with him his two sons and two daughters, these being Mrs. Felicia Dorcas Pollard, Mary J., Thomas and Benjamin M. The last named is the only one now living. Other sons and daughters of the family were: John R., who died in early manhood; Lucy; and Elizabeth. The father afterward spent some time in Madison county, Iowa, and died in Boone county in August, 1879, his funeral services being held on the 6th of that month. He was a farmer and stockman who successfully conducted business. He also improved land in Madison county and was a well known and highly respected citizen. Benjamin M. Dawkins was reared in Kentucky and in Indiana, to which state the family removed during his early boyhood. He attended school in both Indiana and Iowa. Reared upon the frontier, he also had the experiences of pioneer life in this state. He assisted in the arduous task of developing a new farm and continued to engage in general agricultural pursuits until about 1875. He then established a drug store at Ridgeport, which he conducted with growing success for twenty- eight years, or until 1903, when he sold out and has since lived practically retired. His was a well appointed store and his honorable dealing won for him a liberal patronage that made his income a gratifying one. He now has some coal interests in Colorado and at different times has owned small farms in this section of the state. In his political views Mr. Dawkins is a democrat, giving stalwart support to that party since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. He served for four years, from 1868 until 1872, as supervisor of Boone and has also been township trustee. He belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church of Ridgeport and is well known in the county where he has so long made his home. There have been no spectacular events in his life history, but faithful performance of duty and diligence in business have gained him a comfortable competency and he is now able to live retired, enjoying the fruits of his former toil. 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/

SPECIAL NOTE: I will not be posting tomorrow (Friday) so am sending 2 bios your way today. Sandi NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10931 BARREN CO - MOSES ELLIOTT - Elliott, Paden, Peden, Frances, Britt, Underwood, Roff #10931: Portrait and Biographical Records of Jasper, Marshall and Grundy Counties, Iowa; Chicago: Biographical Pub. Co., 1894. MOSES ELLIOTT, one of the representative citizens of Jasper County, owns a valuable estate on section 7, Washington Township. This location became his home in 1878, at which time the land was in an unimproved state, its present splendid condition in every respect being a standing monument to the industry and perseverance of the owner. The acreage amounts to one hundred and fifty-nine and one-half, from the rental of which Mr. Elliott receives a fair income. It is a model farm, both from an artistic point of view as well as for the products raised thereon, and forms one of the finest rural homes in the county. The subject of this biographical notice was born twelve miles south of Glasgow, in Barren County, Ky, December 13, 1819. His father, William Elliott, a native of Virginia, was reared in Kentucky, where he continued to make his home until his death, at the age of ninety-six years. The paternal grandfather, Thomas Elliott, was probably of English descent. He was born in Richmond, Va., and served throughout the entire period of the Revolutionary War, where he rendered valiant service on behalf of the Colonies. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Ellen Paden [sic - Peden], and was born and reared in Kentucky, where she died when our subject was a child of eight years. Her father was a native of North Carolina. William Elliott was married three times, his first wife being our subject's mother. Four daughters and three sons were born of that union. Of his second marriage, which united him with Jane Frances, there were seven children born, six sons and one daughter. The third marriage, which united him with Betsy Britt, was childless. Moses Elliott is the third child of his father's first marriage. At the age of eighteen he left the parental home, and going to Keokuk, Iowa , worked for a time on a farm near that city. After three years thus spent he returned to Kentucky, and resided thirteen years in the Blue Grass state, coming once more to Iowa in 1854. He resided in Marion County until 1878, when he came to Jasper County and located upon his present farm. The lady who in 1840 became the wife of Moses Elliott was formerly Miss Clarissa Underwood, and was born within ten miles of our subject's native place. They were the parents of twelve children, two of whom died in infancy. Eight are now living: William A., who was born in Kentucky in 1841, is now a resident of Colorado; James A. was born in Kentucky in 1843; Nancy E., whose birth occurred in Kentucky in 1845, is the wife of John Roff, of Missouri; Thomas E. was born in Kentucky in 1847, and now makes his home in Polk County, Iowa; Mary S. was born in Kentucky in 1850, and is now deceased; John A., whose birth occurred in the Blue Grass State in 1852, is now a resident of Polk County, Iowa, his home being situated eight miles from Des Moines; Eliza Jane was born in Kentucky in 1854, and is now deceased; Joseph, who was born in Marion County, Iowa, in 1856, is now a resident of Washington Township, Jasper County, Iowa; Moses E. was born in Marion County in 1861, and lives in Nebraska; and Henry F., whose birth took place in Colorado in 1864, now lives in Mitchellville, Polk County, Iowa. The fine property which Mr. Elliott owns, and the comforts which surround his family, are a creditable showing for one who began in early youth penniless and without influence, and indicate the sturdy nature of the man to whose determination and unflagging industry they are due. He mauled rails at the rate of fifty cents per hundred, receiving in payment for his work the first horse that he ever owned. He also farmed fifteen acres of land in further payment therefor. His experiences have been diverse, his struggles hard and obstacles many; but undeterred by misfortunes or hardships, he has worked steadily onward, until he is now in independent circumstances. In his enterprises he has been assisted by his industrious wife, to whom he owes no small share of his success. The record of the life of Mr. Elliott shows that he has ever been kind, generous and whole-souled in word and deed, and his neighbors feel that they can call upon him for sympathy and help in hours of need. In his labors as a tiller of the soil he has displayed practical common sense, discrimination and an ability to work to a good advantage, and the success that has followed his efforts proves that he was fortunate in the selection of an occupation. His forefathers for generations were Democrats, and he is equally stanch in his allegiance to that party. 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. 10930 MERCER CO - SQUIRE BRYANT OWSLEY JONES - Jones, Robinson, Lillard, Shy, Horine, Owsley, Farris, Morgan #10930: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume V, Battle - Perrin - Kniffin, 4th ed. Mercer Co. SQUIRE BRYANT OWSLEY JONES was born December 4, 1839. His father, William C. Jones, a native of Mercer County, was born in 1808, was always a resident of the county, a farmer and slave-holder, and died in 1858. He was the son of David Jones, a native of North Carolina, who removed to Kentucky in an early day, where he was a magistrate and high sheriff, a farmer and slave owner, a member of the Christian Church, a Whig, and died in 1854. He was the son of Robert Jones, whose offspring were Samuel, Robert, John, David and Mrs. Robinson. David married Susan, daughter of Capt. John Lillard, of Mercery County (died 1858, aged eighty-four years), and their children were Christopher L., Beriah, Samuel M., William C. Patsey (Shy) and Polly (Horine). William C married Mary, daughter of William Owsley, of Lincoln County (born in 1817), and from their union sprang Welch, David M., Bryant O., William C., Elizabeth C. (Jones), Beriah M. and Samuel H. Bryant O. married, February 15, 1876, Miss Mary E., daughter of Wilkes and Martha (Farris) Morgan, of Anderson County (born April 29, 1852), and to them have been born Wilkes M., Mary E., Bryant R., Welch H. and Nannie B. Bryant O. Jones was elected magistrate and member of the court of claims, of Mercer County, in August 1866, which honorable position he now retains. He is a native of Mercer County, is a farmer, and owns 130 acres of productive land in McAfee Precinct. He is a member of the Christian Church, also a member of the Masonic fraternity, and in politics is a Democrat. 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. 10926 MADISON CO - HON. JAMES BENNETT McCREARY - McCreary, Bennett, Harrison, Barr, Crawford, Brag, Morgan, Breckinridge, Hughes, Harlin #10926: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume V, Battle - Perrin - Kniffin, 4th ed. Madison Co. HON. JAMES BENNETT McCREARY was born July 8, 1838, in Madison County, Ky., and is a son of Dr. E. R. and Sabrina (Bennett) McCreary, also born in Madison County. Dr. E. R. McCreary was born in 1803; received his education in the best schools of Kentucky and his medical education at Jefferson College, Philadelphia. He entered practice at Richmond, Ky., where he had a large and lucrative practice. He accumulated a large fortune, but in his latter years turned his attention to agricultural pursuits in his native county. He was a Democrat, earnest and active all of his life. He died in 1874, a respected and honored citizen. He was a son of James McCreary, who came from Virginia as early as 1785, and settled in Madison County. He was one of the patriots of 1812, and participated in Gen. Harrison's campaign. He married Mary Barr and the issue by this marriage was one son and one daughter. Dr. Charles McCreary, a brother of James McCreary, represented Ohio County in the Kentucky Legislature as early as 1809. From that time to the present the family has been one of the most active and prominent families of the State and its members have filled nearly all its offices from county clerk to that of governor, reflecting honor and credit upon their constituents. John McCreary, the great-grandfather of Gov. McCreary, was born in Ireland, where he met Nancy Crawford, a daughter of the distinguished gentleman of Dublin. Their marriage being opposed they were married in the presence of a few friends and fled to America, landing in Baltimore in 1767, where five sons and four daughters were born. One son settled in Virginia, one in Pennsylvania, one in Indiana, and the other two south. From these spring many leading and influential families. At the age of eighteen James B. M cCreary graduated with high honors from Centre College, Danville, Ky. He chose the law for his profession, and, after a full course of reading, graduated from the law college of the University of Tennessee, at Lebanon, and was the valedictorian of the class of 1847. He at once opened an office in Richmond and entered upon practice, rose rapidly and became one of the ablest advocates at the bar. Although engaged in the practice of law, he has been more or less engaged in agricultural pursuits. He is the owner of large landed estates in Madison and Fayette Counties, Ky., and a large cotton plantation near Selma, Ala. At the beginning of the war, although deeply regretting the circumstances which brought about that unhappy conflict between the North and South, when forced to take sides he chose the South and assisted in raising a regiment for the Confederate service, of which he was elected Major. Subsequently he became lieutenant-colonel of the Eleventh Kentucky Cavalry and continued in this position until the close of the war, serving with distinction under Gens. Bragg and Morgan in the West and toward the close of the war under Gen. Breckinridge, in Virginia. When the surrender came he accepted the result in good faith, returned to his home and resumed his former occupation. He married, June 12, 1867, Miss Katie Hughes, daughter of Thomas Hughes, of Fayette County, a prominent and leading agriculturist and owner of thoroughbred cattle and horses. The issue of this marriage was one son, Robert H. McCreary. Prior to 1869, James B. McCreary had acted as delegate to the Democratic National Convention and was elected presidential elector and in the same year, although not aspiring to political position, he was elected without opposition to represent Madison County in the lower branch of the Kentucky Legislature and was twice re-elected. From the time of taking his seat in the Legislature, he developed a remarkable talent as a presiding officer, being often called during his first term to the speaker's chair pro tem. After serving his first term he was elected speaker in 1871, also in 1873, and during the entire four years no appeal was taken from his decisions. Such was his familiarity with all points and bearings of parliamentary law, and such his skill in the management of the legislative body over which he presided, that he received ecomiums from old legislators and prominent men. Having served six years with distinction, gaining an enviable popularity over the State, he designed returning to the practice of his profession; but the Democratic Convention in May, 1875, nominated him as their candidate for governor and he made the race against a very popular Republican, Gen. John M. Harlin, and, after an active canvass, was elected by a large majority and received the largest vote ever cast for any candidate for any office in the State. He performed the duties of governor of Kentucky with ability and conscientious devotion to the best interests of the commonwealth, unsurpassed by any of his predecessors, and was clear headed, comprehensive, just, conservative, yet liberal and far-sighted in all his views of public policy, constantly siding with the demands of genuine progress; blessed with a robust constitution and an iron will he was enabled to accomplish an amount of official work and could stand more mental and physical labor than any of his predecessors in office. Although an ex-Confederate and the first who had ever been elected governor of a State which remained in the Union during the war, he has always favored restoration of fraternal feeling between the sections. In his inaugural address and his first biennial message to the General Assembly, he recommended the hearty participation of Kentucky in the centennial celebration and exposition at Philadelphia, not only as a means of bringing the vast resources of the State before the world, but also as a fitting occasion for the development of fraternal feeling between people of all sections. In his inaugural he said: "I wish to see the records of secession, coercion and reconstruction filed away forever and the people of the whole country earnestly advocating peace and reconciliation and all looking to the Constitution as a guarantee of our liberties and the safeguard of every citizen." Gov. McCreary's administration was one of the most popular of any the State has had. His people put him forward as their candidate for Congress in 1884, and he was elected by a large majority and re-elected in 1886. The fact that he was elected in 1884 by 1,836 majority and in 1888 by 3,346 majority is an excellent indication of his popularity. 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/