NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10925 LINCOLN CO - FRANCIS M WARE - Ware, Thompson, VanHook, Hubble #10925: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume V, Battle - Perrin - Kniffin, 4th ed. FRANCIS M. WARE was born December 25, 1846, in Pulaski County, Ky., and is a son of Henry G. and Eliza J. (Thompson) Ware. Quite early in the settlement of Pulaski County Rice Ware, the grandfather of Francis M., came from Virginia, locating in that county, where he afterward became an extensive land owner and an influential citizen. He was a member of the church known as Regular Baptists, and one of the founders of that society in Pulaski County. He married Martha Van Hook about 1818 and reared a family, the second of whom was Henry G. Ware. He was born in Pulaski County, where he as reared to manhood, and in February, 1844, married Eliza J. Thompson, whose parents came from Virginia to Rockcastle County, Ky., where they acquired an extensive estate in lands. Francis M. Ware is the first son born to Henry G. and Eliza J. Ware. He was reared in his native county, and in January, 1863, he enlisted in the Thirty-second Kentucky Infantry as a private of Company H, from which he was honorably discharged at the expiration of his term of enlistment. He was married in December, 1876, to Miss Martha, daughter of Joel Hubble, of Pulaski County; and has been blessed with three children: Alma (deceased), Eugenia and Samantha. Francis M. is now the leading merchant of McKinney, Ky., carrying a large stock of general merchandise. He is also engaged in agriculture and general trading, owning one of the finest farms and residences in the county. 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. 10924 UNKNOWN CO - JOHN W YOUNG - Young #10924: A History of Kentucky Baptists From 1769 to 1885, J. H. Spencer, Volume II, 1886. JOHN W YOUNG, a blacksmith by trade, was a preacher in this fraternity, for a number of years. His preaching talent was very meager; but he was regarded a good, upright man, and had the respect of the people among whom he lived. He died, at a good old age, about 1860. 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. 10923 FLEMING CO - DAVID C. SCOTT - Scott, Perkins, Rugesal #10923: Biographical History of Montgomery and Adams Counties, Iowa. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1892. David C. Scott. This gentleman, who has long been identified with the interests of Adams county, was born in Fleming county, Kentucky, January 4, 1818. His father, John Scott, a native of Virginia, removed from the Old Dominion to Kentucky at an early day. Of his five daughters and five sons, David C. was the ninth-born and the youngest son. The latter went from Kentucky to Putnam county, Indiana, in 1843, and from there in 1849, to Monroe county, Iowa, where he lived until the spring of 1855, when he came to Adams county, settling in Carl township, when it and Colony township were embraced in one. In Putnam county, Indiana, March 1, 1843, Mr. Scott was married to Margaret Perkins, who was born in Fleming county, Kentucky, August 18, 1818, daughter of Thomas Perkins, of Kentucky. Only one child has been born to them, Rebecca J., who is now the wife of John Rugesal, a resident of Carl township. Mr. Scott owns 173 acres of land in Adams county, 160 acres of which are in section 12, Carl township, and the remainder joining to and in the town of Nevinville, all of which is well improved and in a good state of cultivation. He settled on his farm in Carl township at a date that entitles him to claim the distinction of being the oldest settler here. He and his estimable wife are now enjoying the rest and comfort to which they are entitled, in a cozy home with many pleasant surroundings, in Nevinville. Here he has a good orchard and plenty of small fruit. Mr. and Mrs. Scott are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and were members of the first class ever organized in the township and the second in the county. He has been called upon to serve the township in the capacity of Clerk two terms, Assessor one year and other minor township offices. Mr. Scott has lived to see Adams county changed from a wild waste to the beautiful and highly-cultivated county it now is; has seen the trees he planted with his own hands grow to a diameter of four feet; and has noted the passage of the Indian and deer to make room for the advance of civilization. During all these years he has done much to promote the best interests of the community, and now in his old age is surrounded by many friends and enjoys the respect of all who know him. 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. 10922 UNKNOWN CO - JOSEPH A CROSBY - Crosby, Barchus,Daniels, McKensie, Poorman #10922: HARDESTY, H.H., Historical Hand-Atlas (Paulding County) 1882. Joseph A. Crosby - a native of Kentucky, born November 24, 1816, died in 1867; and his wife, Mary Barchus, to whom he was married in Licking county, Ohio, June 3, 1841, was born in the same county, November 6, 1824, died 1872. Their parents were Alexander and Mary Ann (Daniels) Crosby, and Thomas and Margaret (McKensie) Barchus. Nine children had been added to their flock, four of whom were dead, leaving five orphans at the time of the parents' demise, namely: John William, born August 21, 1842, deceased; Elmira, February 15, 1844; Eli, August 28, 1845, deceased; Albert M., May 19, 1848; Julia A., November 7, 1849; David Alexander, deceased; Thomas Henry, March 13, 1854; Amanda, December 7, 1855, deceased; George Washington, November 21, 1856. Albert M. entered the army in 1864 and served 100 days; Eli enlisted in 1862, and died of measles, in the same year. George Washington Crosby and Eva Alice Poorman were married November 3, 1877, and live in this township; occupation, school-teaching; address, Pleasant Point. Their children are Arthur Wayne, born October 22, 1878, and Delbert Ray, September 1, 1880. George W. held the office of Township Clerk for one year, 1880. Joseph A. Crosby came to this county when it was a wilderness, and supported his family for many years by hunting, chiefly; no grist mills nearer than Ft. Wayne or Brunersburgh, Defiance county. He attended the first election held in Jackson township, and was, for several years, a Township Trustee. 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. 10921 FAYETTE CO - ORA EARL HURST - Hurst, Cowan, Letton #10921: History of Kentucky The Blue Grass State, Volume IV, S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago-Louisville, 1928. Fayette Co. Ora Earl Hurst, a loyal Kentuckian, occupies a position of leadership in business circles of Millersburg and his activities in the field of insurance have won for him national prominence. He was born June 3, 1884, in Lexington, this state, and his parents were Frank M. and Emma (Cowan) Hurst. His father was a minister of the Christian church but in later life turned his attention to business pursuits, selecting Millersburg as the scene of his labors. In 1891 he organized the Hurst Home Life Insurance Company and successfully conducted the business until his demise in February, 1903. His son, Ora E. Hurst, attended private schools of Millersburg and his higher education was received at Kentucky University, now known as Transylvania College, in which he completed a course in law. He was admitted to the bar in 1908 and in 1909 opened an office in Owensboro, Kentucky, where he practiced for three years. In 1912 he was called home by the death of his uncle, Fielding F. Hurst, who had become the executive head of the Hurst Home Insurance Company in 1903 and acted in that capacity for nine years. Since 1912 the subject of this sketch has been secretary and manager of the firm and through carefully formulated plans, close attention to detail and judicious administration he has made this one of the largest and most efficiently operated corporations of the kind in the country. Mr. Hurst was married February 6, 1913, to Miss Mabel L. Letton, a daughter of Brice Letton and a member of one of the pioneer families of Bourbon county. They have become the parents of a son, Frank F., who was born May 16, 1924. Mr. Hurst is an adherent of the democratic party and champions every movement for the growth and betterment of his community. He is identified with the Masonic order and his standing as a business man is indicated by the fact that he has been honored with the presidency of the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, an office which he is now filling. 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. 10920 HOPKINS CO - DR. J. P. CULLOM - Cullom, Hooper, Hughes #10920: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume IV, Battle - Perrin - Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Hopkins Co. DR. J. P. CULLOM, Hopkins County, was born March 10, 1848, in Robertson County, Tenn. He is a son of J. P. and Amanda (Hooper) Cullom, also natives of Tennessee. The father died in 1852; the mother now resided in Christian County. Our subject having received a good common school education in youth, at the age of seventeen commenced the study of medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. J. H. Hooper, of Davidson County, Tenn., and graduated in 1868 from the old University of Nashville, Tennessee, after which he came to Calloway County, Ky., where he practiced about five years. On account of ill health he returned to Tennessee, there remained two years; he then moved to Trigg County, Ky., where he practiced until 1880. He then moved to Hot Springs, Ark., and there practiced three years. May 1, 1884, he came to Dawson, where he has since been physician for the Arcadia Hotel. Guests from all parts of the United States are attracted to these wells; the water has a national reputation and is considered the finest combination in the world. The Doctor has fitted up, at a great expense, hot, cold vapor, iron, salt and electric baths - the electro-therapeutic bathing apparatus costing about $500; he has a patent heater that has a capacity of heating 250 gallons in thirty minutes; he has leased the salt well, and is about manufacturing salts water of the same medical properties as the Crab Orchard salts; the water produces one ounce to the gallon; the well produces about 100 pounds of salts per day, and the Doctor has under contemplation the establishment of a sanitarium at this point on an extended sale. He was married January 4, 1870, to Henrietta, daughter of the late R. D Hughes, of Highland, Ky., and niece of Gen. S. P. Hughes, now governor of Arkansas; their union has been blessed with one child, Willie, now attending the South Kentucky College, Hopkinsville. The Doctor is a member of the Masonic fraternity and I.O.O.F. 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. 10919 CHRISTIAN CO - THOMAS H. SHAW - Shaw, Fritz, Vaughan, Brown, Hoy, Clark #10919: County of Christian, Kentucky, Historical and Biographical, Edited by William Henry Perrin, F. A. Battey Publishing Co., Chicago and Louisville, 1884. Mount Vernon Precinct. THOMAS H. SHAW was born April 5, 1829, in Christian County and is one of a family of eleven children born to William and Sarah (Fritz) Shaw, viz: John J., Samuel E., William F. (deceased), Mary A., James S., Solomon W., Sarah J., Thomas H., Milton A., Malinda A. and George W. William, the father of our subject, was a son of William Shaw, who was of Scotch-Irish descent, and served, as did also several of his brothers , in the Revolutionary War. Thomas H. Shaw has during his life given his attention mostly to mercantile pursuits. He commenced in 1852 as a clerk in the store of Richard Vaughan, and a few years later purchased the interest of Mr. Vaughan's partner, A. J. Brown, and has since been a member of the firm of Vaughan & Shaw, doing business at Fairview, Ky. During their business life they have met with many misfortunes. A disastrous fire visited them in 1868, and their large and fine storehouse and contents were totally destroyed. A large mill, which was an ornament to the little village, was erected by Vaughan, Hoy & Shaw, in 1867-68, but was also reduced to ashes by the remorseless fire-fiend in 1873. Mr. Shaw has a farm of 255 acres, situated in Pembroke Precinct, which is devoted to general farming. He married Mary E. Clark, a daughter of Thomas J. Clark. This union has been blessed with four children, of whom there are three living: Jessie, Mary D. and Rosa L. Mr. Shaw is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and is the present Master of Blue Lodge, No. 214, and is a member also of Moore Chapter, No. 76. He was at one time Secretary of the State Lodge, I. O. G. T.; as identified with the Grange organization, and has filled the position of Police Judge for the village of Fairview. Politically, Mr. Shaw is a Democratic. He is a man most highly respected by the community, and with his partner, Mr. Vaughan, has been identified with many enterprises calculated to enhance the material interests of the people at large. 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. 10918 UNKNOWN CO - SAMUEL J. McGINNIS - McGinnis, Harbour, Andrew, Gaut, McKernon, Richeg #10918: Biographical History of Montgomery and Adams Counties, Iowa. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1892. Samuel J. McGinnis, one of Douglas township's well known citizens, was born in Champaign county, Ohio, August 4, 1833, son of Samuel H. and Exona (Harbour) McGinnis, both natives of Champaign county, Ohio. His father was a son of William McGinnis, of Scotch descent, a native of Kentucky, and a soldier of the war of 1812, and of Jenny McGinnis, his wife. The mother was a daughter of Elisha Harbour, a native of Virginia and a soldier in the war of 1812. The Harbours were among the first settlers of the Old Dominion. One member of the family was kidnapped in England and brought to America and sold. Samuel H. McGinnis died when the subject of this sketch was a boy, and his wife died in 1853. Samuel J. was reared of a farm in the county where he was born, receiving his education in the common schools there. In 1854 he came to Jefferson county, Iowa, and remained one season, after which he returned to Ohio. Two years later he came back to Jefferson county and was married. He then settled in Monroe county, Iowa. During the war he enlisted in Company K, Thirty-sixth Iowa Infantry. He received injury by a comrade's ax while they were at work in camp, his right thumb being cut off, and lost the use of his index finger. He also lost another finger from the same hand by erysipelas. For loss thus sustained he now receives a small pension from the Government. In August, 1865, he was honorably discharged at Davenport, Iowa, after which he returned to his home in Monroe county. In 1866 he moved to Lucas county, this State, where he lived seven years; thence to Texas; a year later to Jewell county, Kansas, where he took a homestead and lived two years; spent the next year in La Salle county, Illinois, and, returning to Jewell county, Kansas, lived there three years longer. At the end of that time he sold out and came to Adams county, Iowa, and purchased from Frank M. Davis the eighty-acre farm on which he now lives. Mr. McGinnis was married in Jefferson county, Iowa, November 19, 1857, to Miss Sarah D. Andrew, who was born in that county eight years before Iowa was brought into the Union, her birth occurring November 8, 1838. She is a daughter of William and Elizabeth (Gaut) Andrew. Her father was a native of North Carolina, settled in Iowa about 1836, and died in Lucas county, this State, at the age of eighty years. Her mother was a descendant of Irish ancestry, and she, too, lived to be an octogenarian, her death occurring in Texas. Mr. and Mrs. McGinnis have four children, namely: Elizabeth Alfie, wife of Charles McKernon, Douglas township, this county; Mary Alice, wife of John Richeg, also of Douglas township, and was before her marriage engaged in teaching; and Ora Matella and William H., at home. Politically Mr. McGinnis is an Independent. He is a member of Llewellyn Post, G. A. R., Corning, Iowa. He and his wife and daughter Ora M. are members of the United Brethren Church, of which he is a trustee. 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. 10917 HENRY CO - EIJAH N. PARKHURST - Parkhurst, Harrison, Jackson, Brocket, Sellars, Braddock, Long, May, Wood, Lidell, Rairdon, Dickenson, Andrews, Roberts, Davis, Rush, Joeppner, Bruner, Wyatt #10917: History of Fremont and Mills County, Iowa; Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1901. When the tocsin of war sounded and men from all parts of the country gathered for the defense of the nation, forming the volunteer army to which the Union owes her perpetuation, Mr. Parkhurst was numbered among the boys in blue whose loyalty was manifested in many a southern battlefield. He was born in Effingham county, Illinois, June 17, 1840, the year in which General W. H. Harrison was nominated for the presidency, and when the log cabin and hard cider campaign formed a new feature in politics. The family to which he belonged was one of prominence. His father, Rowland T. Parkhurst, was born in Henry county, Kentucky, and is now eighty-two years of age. His grandfather Elijah Parkhurst, was a native of North Carolina and a descendant of one of two brothers who founded the family on American soil prior to the war of the Revolution, coming to this country from England. They first landed at New York, and one of the brothers remained in the Empire state, but the other removed to North Carolina, and thus two distinct branches of the family were founded. Elijah Parkhurst, the grandfather, served his country as a soldier in the war of 1812 and participated in the battle of New Orleans, under General Jackson. He believed in the old Predestination Baptist faith and died in Lebanon, Boone county, Indiana, at the very advanced age of ninety-three years. His first wife was a Miss Brocket, a native of Tennessee, and unto them was born a son, Rowland T., and two daughters. By his second wife Elijah Parkhurst had four children. Rowland T. Parkhurst, the father of our subject, was reared in Kentucky, Tennessee and Indiana. He aided in the work of the home farm and also learned the carpenter's trade. In Johnson county, Indiana, he was united in marriage to Lucy Sellars, who was born in Kentucky and was a daughter of Samuel Sellars, who served as a soldier in the war of the Revolution and was present at the time of Braddock's defeat. His wife, Mrs. Sarah Sellars, was of Scotch lineage, and in their family were two sons and seven daughters. After his marriage Rowland T. Parkhurst engaged in carpentering and building. Leaving the Hoosier state, he removed to Effingham county, Illinois, but after a time returned to Indiana, where he remained until 1868, when he became a resident of Vernon county, Missouri. In 1871 he went to Merrick county, Nebraska, and in 1875 to Fremont county, Iowa, where he is now living. His wife died in Hamburg in 1878, at the age of sixty-two years, mourned by her family and many friends. They had twelve children, nine of whom reached years of maturity, namely: Cynthia May; Elijah N.; Mrs. Sarah Lampson; Rowland T., who died in Pulaski county, Indiana; Mrs. Emily Long, of Bartlett, Iowa; Reuben S., of Seattle, Washington; Mrs. Ellen May, of St. Joseph, Missouri; Mrs. Lucy C. Wood, of Kansas; and Mrs. Adeline F. Lidell, of Denver, Colorado. William H., who was a well-known physician of Dunbar, Nebraska, died leaving a widow and two children, who are now living in Hamburg. Elijah N. Parkhurst was reared in Johnson county, Indiana, whither his family returned during his early boyhood and there in the public schools he obtained his education. He learned the carpenter's trade and in early life completed his preparation for a home of his own by his marriage, on the 29th of November, 1859 in Brown county, Indiana, when nineteen years of age, to Elizabeth Grant Rairdon, who was born in Bullitt county, Kentucky, on the 13th of May 1841, a daughter of William and Sarah (Dickenson) Rairdon, both natives of Kentucky. The father was of Irish lineage, and at the time of the Civil war he responded to the country's call for aid and fought for the preservation of the Union with the Ninth Indiana Cavalry. By his marriage to Miss Dickenson he had seventeen children, including two pair of twins. Eleven of the number reached mature years. We list the following: Margaret; Thomas, a soldier who died at Otterville, Missouri, during the Civil war; Mrs. Parkhurst, the next in order; James, who died at the age of nine years; William, of Danville, Illinois, who was a member of the Eighty-second Illinois Infantry; Henry, who lost his life while defending his country; Franklin L., who likewise was numbered among the "boys in blue" and is now living in Franklin, Indiana; John, who resides in Indianapolis, that state; Jefferson, who also makes his home in Franklin, Indiana; George, of Brown county, Indiana; Mrs. Sarah A. Andrews, now deceased, whose husband was a soldier; Charles, a twin of John, deceased; Joseph and Anna, twins, the former now in Texas while the latter is the wife of Jesse Roberts, of Brown county, Indiana; and three who died unnamed. The father died at the age of fifty-four, as the result of an injury received by a fall from a horse. He was a cooper and farmer by occupation. His wife passed away in Franklin, Indiana, at the age of seventy-four years, dying in the faith of the Christian church, in which body she held her religious membership. After the inauguration of hostilities between the north and the south, Mr. Parkhurst of this review put aside all personal considerations and prompted by a patriotic spirit, on the 16th of July, 1861, he joined the Twenty-second Illinois Infantry, under Colonel Jefferson C. Davis. He participated in the battles of Glasgow, Missouri, the Wilson raid, and marched all over the state of Missouri. In 1862 he received an honorable discharge and in October, 1863, he re-enlisted, becoming a member of the Ninth Indiana Cavalry, under Colonel Jackson. During his second term of service he was in the south, and at Lynnville, Tennessee, was badly wounded in the left ankle, after which he was left for four days and nights on the battlefield without food or water. He covered his feet and legs with earth, for his other leg had been badly sprained by a fall and thus he was somewhat protected. At length he was taken to a hospital and for several months was incapacitated for duty, during which time he was in a number of hospitals in the south. On the 25th of May, 1865, he received an honorable discharge and returned home, but he never recovered from his injuries and in 1871 his left leg had to be amputated. Subsequently the veins in the other leg became diseased, blood poisoning set it and that also had to be amputated in 1891. Mr. Parkhurst certainly made a great sacrifice for his country, and the debt of gratitude which it ownes him can never be repaid. In 1868 our subject removed with his family to Missouri and in 1871 secured a claim in Merrick county, that state, but in 1874 returned to Indiana, where he remained until 1878. That was the year of his arrival in Hamburg, Fremont county, where he has since resided. For twelve years he had had the contract for carrying the mail between Hamburg and Sidney, Iowa. He is a man of very determined spirit and has manifested resolute will and firm courage where other men would have been utterly disheartened. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Parkhurst was blessed with seven children, four of whom reached mature years, namely: W. R., a resident of Hamburg, who married Louisa Rush, and has one daughter, Fay; Emily G., wife of C. Joeppner, of St. Louis, Missouri, and they have three children, Edgar P., Clifford A. and Marion; J.C., who married Ella Bruner and is living in Hamburg, having one child, Harry; and Alvah T., who married Volda Wyatt and is living in Van Buren, Arkansas. In his political views the father of this family is a Republican. His religious belief is indicated by his membership in the Christian church, and by his brethren of the church and all who know him in other walks of life he is held in the highest esteem. 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/

Just a note on a Friday morning. Many of you might not realize that all the biographies I've transcribed over the past 10-11 years are archived - 10,915 of them! If you'd like to check back and see if I've done a bio that might help you, go to: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.bios/mb.ashx You can search for specific names and set the search just for the biographies board. Have a great weekend! Sandi NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10916 PULASKI CO - SILAS F. WHITE - White, Anderson, Turner #10916: "History of Champaign County, Illinois with Illustrations," 1878. SILAS F. WHITE was born in Decatur county, Indiana, February 27th, 1829. His father, Wesley WHITE, who was of Irish descent, was a native of Pulaski county, Kentucky, but at an early date removed to Indiana, where he married Miss Nancy ANDERSON, who was a native of Henry county, Ky., about the year 1825, and by whom he had eight children, three of whom died in infancy; the others are still living. The father died in 1841, the mother a year later. The father was a strong Jackson Democrat. The mother was a member of the M. E. Church. The son, S. F. White, spent the first seven years of his life on a farm. From that date until he reached his twelfth year he attended a common school, of which for a portion of the time Gov. Hendricks was teacher. He was then bound as an apprentice to the tanning and currying trade for five years and a half. At the age of eighteen he left home and travelled to Iowa, Kentucky and Illinois, working at his trade for four years. At the end of that period he was employed by the Wabash and Western R. R. Co., as section foreman, which position he held for four years. During this time and previously he had studied the elementary principles of law, and was so far advanced that in the spring of 1858 he passed the usual examination, and was admitted to practice in all the Courts of this State. On June 5th, 1858, he married Miss Harriet TURNER of Cattauragus county, New York, who was on a visit to Sidney. On the 15th of March he started for Pike's Peak, California, [? Pike's Peak is in Colorado!] but at the end of four months returned from his trip disgusted, avowing that if Champaign county could not afford a man a living it could not be found on the continent. He settled down again to his profession in Sidney, until the fall of 1873, when he located in Urbana, his present home. In politics Mr. White is a Democrat of the old Jeffersonian school, and cast his maiden vote for Franklin Pierce in 1852. He is in full communion and sympathy with his party, most soundly indoctrinated in its political creed, and has steadily followed the varied fortunes of its glorious old battle-scarred banner, through all the stirring campaigns it has passed, as well through the dark hour of defeat as when borne proudly aloft at the head of the conquering legions of that historic old party, as it was, amidst the shouts of victory, triumphantly has planted over the embattled ramparts of the defeated foe. He has been frequently called by his political friends in local politics, whose confidence he has, to fill important offices of trust. Under James Buchanan's administration he was postmaster at Sidney. In his religious views Mr. White is a liberal Christian. His creed, though brief, is yet comprehensive, embracing within its scope the whole human family. It is this, "As ye would that others do unto you, do ye even so unto them." Thus we have given but a brief outline of the history of one who at a very tender age was cast adrift upon the wide ocean of life, to either sink beneath its quicksands, or by the inherent power of native talent and an indomitable will rise superior to his surroundings, and become the architect of his own fortune. The sequel of his own history tells the story. Success in life is the standard by which the world measures a man; it is the measure of Mr. White's ability as a lawyer, and admirably illustrates the wisdom of the old saw, where there is a will there is also a way. 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. 10915 GREEN CO - WILLIAM N VAUGHAN - Vaughan, Edrington, Lee, Board, Williams, Washington, Major, Ferguson, Morehead, Moore, Hilliard, Lucas, Clay #10915: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V, Battle - Perrin - Kniffin, 4th ed Green Co. WILLIAM N. VAUGHAN was born April 18, 1823, and is the third of three sons and seven daughters born to John and Margaret (Edrington) Vaughan. John Vaughan was born in Amelia County, Va., in 1794, near the place where Lee surrendered, and was the youngest of thirteen children. After his parents' death he as brought to Kentucky by Stephen Board, who settled in Breckinridge County, from which he moved to Green County. He had raised two crops in Green County, when he enlisted in the war of 1812; was at the battle of Thames, in Canada; was captain of a light-horse company of militia; was a good farmer and died in 1837. He was a son of Nicholas Vaughan, of Welsh extraction, who married Elizabeth Williams and who was a large owner of slaves in Amelia County, Va. Mrs. Margaret Vaughan was born in South Carolina and was a daughter of William Edrington, who was born in the same county (Westmoreland, Va.) that Gen. Washington was. He was at the siege of Yorktown. He was married to Sallie Major; moved to Green County, Ky., in 1802, and died in 1852, aged about eighty years. He was of a long-lived race and had an uncle who lived to be over one hundred years old - of Welsh descent. William N. Vaughan was born three miles south of Campbellsville, Green Co., Ky.; was reared on a farm and received but three months' schooling, which was after he was grown. In 1844 he moved to Greensburg and worked by the month at carpentering; also flatboated to New Orleans. In 1847 he borrowed $500, giving ten per cent interest; paid r4300 of a debt and invested $200 in groceries and continued to sell groceries till 1861, when he worked into dry goods exclusively; has had the best of success; has always been able to pay 100 cents on the dollar, but made one bad venture and lost about $7,000 in oil speculation. During the war he was an uncompromising Union man and lost all his goods by guerrillas led by Champ Ferguson. Mr. Vaughan was appointed magistrate by Gov. Morehead, and was one of the directors in the Bank of Kentucky; was united in marriage April 18, 1850, to Miss Amanda S. Moore, a daughter of Richard L. and Eleanor (Hilliard) Moore, natives of Georgetown, Ky. Richard Moore was one of the soldiers of 1812, and was at the battle of Thames. He was the eldest of seventeen children: moved to Logan County, Ky., where he farmed for a short period, when he learned the tailor's trade in Russellville, and afterward located in Greensburg, where he passed the rest of his days; he was a magistrate for many years, became quite wealthy and was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was a son of James Moore, who was a soldier of the Revolution, and who married a Miss Lucas. Both were of Virginia, and early settlers of Green County, Ky. Mr. and Mrs. Vaughan had born to them nine children: Margaret (deceased), Margaret Elizabeth, Elenor F., John R., Sallie C., William N., Charles B. (deceased), James Thomas and Clarence Edward. Mr. and Mrs. Vaughan are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian and Methodist Episcopal Churches respectively. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. He cast his first presidential vote for Henry Clay, but since the war has been a Republican. 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. 10914 UNKNOWN CO - WILLIAM BUCKLEY - Buckley #10914: A History of Kentucky Baptists From 1769 to 1885, J. H. Spencer, Volume II, 1886. WILLIAM BUCKLEY, of whom something has been said elsewhere, was in the organization of this fraternity, and was its moderator, the first three years of its existence. He was a man of experience, and fine preaching ability; but he fell into the habit of drinking to excess, and was deposed from the ministry. 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. 10913 SHELBY CO - JAMES T ROE - Roe, Busey 10913: "Early History and Pioneers of Champaign County, Illinois," by Milton W. Mathews and Lewis A. McLean, editors of the Champaign County Herald, published by the Champaign County Herald, 1886. JAMES T. ROE is remembered as a somewhat eccentric man who would not swap his opinion for that of any man. He was born in Orange county, New York, August 4, 1793, and settled in Shelby county, Kentucky, before coming to Illinois. He was married to Lillis BUSEY, daughter of Isaac BUSEY, the pioneer of Urbana, June 19th, 1831, in Kentucky. The same year the young couple came to Illinois and purchasing the land and improvement of Runnel FIEDLER, who was the pioneer and first settler of this county, settled on section 12, Urbana, now owned by Bate SMITH. Mr. Roe laid off four additions to Urbana, built several houses, and took a great interest, while he lived, in its prosperity. Although he began life here with eighty acres he rapidly accumulated and when he closed his business preparatory to his anticipated death, he had near nine hundred acres of the finest land in the county. Mrs. Roe, after being an invalid for many years, confined to her bed for five years, died in November 1860. He died August 23, 1866. They left two sons surviving them, five other children having preceded them to the silent land. 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. 10912 LEWIS CO - WM M BELL - Bell, Cretcher #10912: 1875 Historical Atlas of Allen County, Ohio by H H Hardesty & Co. Publishers, Chicago, Ottawa Twp. WM. M BELL is a son of George and Elizabeth Bell, both deceased. Mr. Bell was born at Urbana on the 9th of March, 1824, and came to Allen County in 1864. His wife was born in Lewis County, Ky., whence her parents, Matthew and Lutresy Cretcher, removed to Champaign County, Ohio. Mr. Bell's children are Frank, Harry C., William, Caddie and Kittie. 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. #10911 FLOYD CO - MARY A. CRESS - Cress, Lehman, Baitz, Baetz, Birkhold, Schone, Gensel, Pease, Anderson, Moyer 10911: History of Payne and Vicinity Florence N McLaughlin, The Payne Reflector Newspaper, January 31, 1918. Mary Cress. Mary A, the eldest child of Jacob and Mary Lehman, was born and came to Paulding county with her parents in 1851. On Sept 11, 1856 she was united in marriage to William Teller Cress, son of George and Sylvilla (Baitz) Cress who was born in Miami county Ohio, Nov 29, 1833. George M Cress was born in Floyde [sic] county Kentucky in 1806, was married to Sylvilla Baetz, March 19, 1829, who was born in Ohio. The Cress family came to Benton township in 1852 and settled on the farm four miles north of McGill, southwest corner in which is located the school house. The children of these estimable people were Cynthiana, William T, John, Jackson and James. Mary A, the eldest child of Jacob and Mary Lehman, was born and came to Paulding county with her parents in 1851. On Sept 11, 1856 she was united in marriage to William Teller Cress, son of George and Sylvilla (Baitz) Cress who was born in Miami county Ohio, Nov 29, 1833. George M Cress was born in Floyde [sic] county Kentucky in 1806, was married to Sylvilla Baetz, March 19, 1829, who was born in Ohio. The Cress family came to Benton township in 1852 and settled on the farm four miles north of McGill, southwest corner in which is located the school house. The children of these estimable people were Cynthiana, William T, John, Jackson and James. William T, who was usually called Teller, learned the carpenter trade, and was one of the builders of the Theodore Merchant house northeast of Payne. He enlisted in 1861, but was injured on the march from Virginia to Green River Ky, and was discharged after a service of six months, when he returned to the home farm. Teller and Mary Cress had four children, Emmett, Chester, George and Nettie who died in her girlhood. Emmett Cress married Lena Birkhold, daughter of John M and Barbara (Schone) Birkhold. He was in business in Payne a number of years but is now in the grocery business in Van Wert O. To them were born three sons, Orlando, who married Laura Gensel, daughter of George W Gensel and Lucinda (Pease) Gensel and is now a medical student in Cincinnati, also his younger brother Forest. The second son, Lloyd is a dentist, is married and lives in Cincinnati. Chester Cress, the second son of Teller and Mary Cress married Lucinda Anderson and lives in Grand Rapids. George Cress, third son of Teller and Mary Cress married Belle Moyer. He is an engineer on the Pennsylvania road and resides in Ft Wayne, they have two daughters. 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. 10910 MASON CO - DAVID B STAYTON - Stayton, Cazzrad, Youndt, Peters, Cox, Bartley, McElwee #10910: "History of Champaign County, Illinois with Illustrations," 1878. DAVID B. STAYTON. Mr. Stayton is now the oldest settler in St. Joseph township. He was born in Mason county, Kentucky, June 3d, 1818. Almost all the schooling he ever received was in Kentucky, there being no schools after he came to Illinois, except at short periods through the winter. His father emigrated with the family to Illinois in the fall of 1830, and settled in St. Joseph township, Champaign county, on section 26. He there bought of Jonathan Cazzad for one hundred dollars forty acres of land and an improvement consisting of a small house built of peeled poles and covered with clap-boards, and ten acres of ground broken for cultivation. With the exception of Cazzad, only one other family, that of his father-in-law, Nicholas YOUNDT, had settled previously to the coming of the Staytons in St. Joseph township. Mr. Stayton lived there till he became of age. The first school he attended was established about three years after he came, and was held in the kitchen of William Peters' house. His father continued breaking up land on the prairie every year. He had a farm of 320 acres, one hundred of which were timber and the rest extended out on the prairie. His father died in 1854, and was buried in an old grave-yard on his own land---the first ever started in the township. As Mr. Stayton remembers the country in his boyhood days, it was a complete wilderness. He was thirteen (13) years old when he came to the county, and his first play-mates were Indians. It was the custom for about five hundred Indians to come the last of October or the beginning of November, and camp on the east bank of the Salt Fork a little below where that stream is now crossed by the state road. One spring these Indians belted the sugar maples, which made the white settlers determine to drive them from the country. Accordingly three men and five boys proceeded to the Indian camp, and gave the red skins orders to leave for other parts, which were obeyed without a word, so completely had the white settlers control over them. Mr. Stayton left home after he was twenty-one, and worked by the month for a man named David Cox in the Big Grove three miles north of Urbana. He returned home after six months, and, worked his father's farm on shares till 1848. December 28th, 1847, he married Sarah BARTLEY, daughter of Joseph BARTLEY, who settled in Vermilion county, Illinois, in the fall of 1830, and in the spring of 1832 in St. Joseph township, Champaign county. Mrs. Stayton was born April 2d, 1826. The spring of 1848 he moved to the place where he now lives, section 16 of St. Joseph township. He first bought 160 acres of school land at $2.00 an acre for the eighty on which his house stands, and $1.50 for the eighty west. He has since been farming and trading in stock, and now owns 6021/2 acres of land, lying in one body in sections 9, 16 and 21, and 60 acres of timber in sections 23 and 26. Mr. and Mrs. Stayton have four children living. Elizabeth, the only daughter, is the wife of John S. McELWEE; the others are Joseph H., David and William J. STAYTON. His oldest son, Amos G. STAYTON, died from injuries resulting from a fall from a horse in October, 1876. He was twenty-three years old at the time of his death. Mr. Stayton was elected Supervisor of St. Joseph township in the spring of 1874, and discharged the duties of that position in a business-like and satisfactory manner. He has been Collector of St. Joseph township for twelve years, and for three years has been Assessor. He was first a Democrat in politics, and in 1844 voted for James K. Polk. He voted the Democratic ticket till 1860, when he cast his vote for Abraham Lincoln, and has since been a Republican. Mr. Stayton is a man who during his long residence in St. Joseph township has borne the reputation of a good citizen He has interested himself in public affairs, and the people of the township think that few men could discharge the duties of the office of Collector with so much general satisfaction. No man is better known in his part of the county, and no man better deserves the name of being a reliable citizen and an honest man. 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. 10909 HOPKINS CO - J. J. CROWDER - Crowder, Hudson, Crow, Cates #10888: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume IV, Battle - Perrin - Kniffin - 3rd ed., 1886. J. J. CROWDER, Hopkins County, was born October 16, 1850, in Dinwiddie County, Va., and is a son of John N. and Minerva J. (Hudson) Crowder. The father was born in the same county and State, and still resides there on his farm. The mother was born in Lunenburgh County, Va., and died in Dinwiddie County, June 14, 1865, aged about thirty-four years. J. J. was reared on his father's farm, and received a good common school education. In 1872 he came to Hopkins County and worked seven years for John S. Crow, after which he rented a farm two years. In August, 1880, he bought his present farm of eighty-seven acres, mostly improved, on which he has recently completed a very comfortable residence. Mr. Crowder was married June 15, 1878, to Nancy S. Cates, of Hopkins County; they are members of the Methodist Episcopal 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. 10908 PERRY CO - MITCHELL C NAPIER - Napier, Wootton, Campbell #10908: History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State, Volume IV Illustrated, S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago-Louisville, 1928.pp 87-88. MITCHELL C NAPIER. Holding to high standards of professional service, Mitchell C. Napier has established an enviable record as superintendent of the public schools of Perry county, and his success indicates that he has chosen the vocation for which nature intended him. His life has been devote to the acquirement and dissemination of knowledge, and for more than a quarter of a century he has been engaged in educational work in this section of the state. Mr. Napier was born September 16, 1880, in Leslie county, Kentucky, and was reared on the farm of his parents, Macager and Elizabeth (Napier) Napier, both of whom were natives of Perry county, this state. Macager Napier, who was named for his father, was born in 1832. He chose the career of an agriculturist and at one time owned the land on which the Blue Jay coal mine is situated, subsequently developing a farm near Yerkes. At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted in the Fourteenth Regiment of Kentucky Volunteer Infantry and participated in many important battles, gallantly defending the Union cause. In later life he was elected county judge of Perry county, of which he served as assessor when this was still a part of Leslie county. He was a man of honor and faithfully discharged every trust reposed in him. He was a stalwart republican and an earnest member of the Primitive Baptist church. When a young man he was inducted into the Masonic order at Whitesburg, afterward becoming a member of Hazard Lodge, No. 676, F.&.A.M., and at the time of his death was the oldest representative of the organization in Perry county. He attained the ripe old age of eighty-two years, passing away in 1914, and his wife's demise occurred in 1919. Their family numbered nine children, four of whom survive, namely: Sallie, who is the wife of Charles Wootton, of Typo; Rebecca, who married John Campbell, a farmer residing near Yerkes; Eliza, whose husband is Dr. G. W. Campbell of Viper, Kentucky; and Mitchell C. The last named was a pupil in one of the rural schools of Perry county, and n the Hazard school his instructor was Bailey P Wootton, now one of the foremost lawyers of this part of the state and president of the Hazard Bank & Trust Company. Mr. Napier was a student at Berea College for a year, and for sixteen years thereafter he was a teacher in the country schools of Perry county. His efforts won public recognition in 1917, when he was elected county superintendent of schools and his continued retention in this important office is the best testimonial to his efficiency and devotion to duty. He has the requisite tact and executive force, and broad experience enables him readily to solve the difficult problems which are constantly arising in connection with his work. He has instituted many needed improvements and keeps in close touch with the most advanced ideas along educational lines, bringing the schools of the county up to a high standard. In 1916 Mr. Napier married Miss Mahala Campbell, who was born in the vicinity of Yerkes and is a daughter of Elhanan Campbell. To this union were born five children: Ora, Sherill, Opal, Mary Lena and Arliss Mitchell. Mr. and Mrs. Napier are earnest members of the Campbell's Bend Missionary Baptist church, of which he was formerly a deacon, and his political support is given to the republican party. He was chosen maser of the Yerkes lodge of Masons and attended four sessions of the grand lodge. He was made councilor commander of the Knights of Pythias and on six occasions was a representative of the local organization in the grand lodge. Mr. Napier has rendered effective public service and is one of the best known and most progressive educators of southeastern Kentucky. 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 early this morning, but apparently it disappeared into the wild blue yonder! Sandi NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10907 CLARK CO - B. W. TINCHER - Tincher, Clampitt, Gough,Knott #10907: History of Warren County, Iowa, Des Moines: Union Historical Company, 1879. TINCHER, B. W., farmer, Sec. 18; P. O. St. Charles; born in Clark county, Kentucky, March 7, 1823; when twelve years of age he removed with his parents to Hendricks county, Indiana, and was married in that county July 13, 1845, to Miss Phebe L. Clampitt, a native of that county; they have six children living: Rebecca J., Cynthia A. (now Mrs. A. Gough, of Madison county), Olive O., Francis M., William A. and Rosetta O., having lost four: Mary C., Elizabeth P., John W. and Ida May. Mr. Tincher removed to this county in 1855 and engaged in farming, following that occupation until January, 1865, when he enlisted in the Twenty-third Iowa Infantry, participated in the siege of Spanish Fort, was discharged with his regiment at Davenport September, 1865. Mrs. Tincher died April 21, 1866. He took for himself for second wife Miss Mahala Knott, a native of Kentucky; Mr. Tincher is a genial, hospitable gentleman, respected by all his neighbors. 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. 10906 UNKNOWN CO - ARMSTRONG B SMITH - Smith, Beattie, Fitch "Portrait and Biographical Album of Champaign County, Illinois," Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1887. ARMSTRONG B. SMITH, is one of the successful and progressive farmers and stock-growers of Urbana Township. He is the third son of Jacob and Margaret (BEATTIE) SMITH and was born in Urbana Township, March 7, 1848. His parents were both natives of Kentucky, but removed to Champaign County in about 1840, and located on a farm near Urbana, where their son Armstrong was born and reared. When seven years of age, Armstrong was orphaned by the death of his father and consequently started out early in life to care for himself. He attended the district school, and later continued his education at the College of St. Joseph in Missouri. Returning home he engaged in farming for himself and in 1877 was married to Miss Mary E. FITCH, the daughter of Theodore FITCH, residing in this county, but formerly of Indiana, where Mrs. Smith was born. After his marriage Mr. Smith settled on the Jane F. Roe farm, which he conducted successfully. Remaining there until 1883, he removed to his present farm, located on section 11, Urbana Township. This place contains 106 acres which, together with another purchase, makes in all 300 acres of choice land. He raises the finest breeds of cattle, horses and hogs. Every year he sells some fifty head of cattle. He keeps most of his stock on the Roe farm, which is well watered and in every respect adapted for the purpose. He devotes about sixty acres to raising wheat. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have two children living, Ralph and Charlie, and one died in infancy. Mr. Smith is active and energetic, and interested in all the public affairs of the county. 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/