NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. Have a great weekend! Sandi 10866 GARRARD CO - JOHN D. PARKES - Parkes, Wilmore, Smith, Watts, Embry, Herndon, Wallace #10866: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Vol. V, Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 4th ed.. JOHN D. PARKES is the sixth in a family of ten children born to John W. Parkes, who was a native of Madison County, was born December 17, 1802, died July 3,1879, and whose children were as follows: Samuel S., Margaret J. (Wilmore), Elizabeth (Smith), Jefferson W., Fannie (Smith), John B., James B., Mary (Watts), Nancy (Embry), Emma (Herndon). John B. Parkes was born January 18, 1844, in Madison County, where he lived until 1880, when he removed to Garrard County. He married, February 18, 1869, Miss Maggie Wallace, a daughter of Salem Wallace, who represented Madison County in the Legislature. Mr. and Mrs. Parkes have two children: Fannie B. and Jennie W. Mrs. Maggie Parkes died August 20, 1886, and was a Presbyterian. Mr. Parkes is a member of the same church. He owns 350 acres of land, 240 acres of it lying on the Kentucky Central Railroad. He is a Democrat in politics. SCKY Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=south-central-kentucky Barren Co Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybarren GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10865 UNKNOWN CO - MAJOR GEORGE W. KENNARD - Kennard, Blake, Gaur #10865: "History of Champaign County, Illinois with Illustrations," 1878. Major GEORGE W. KENNARD - Was born in Sidney, Shelby county, Ohio, July 24th, 1835. The Major's father, Col. A. D. KENNARD, is one of the old pioneers of that State, having moved to it, with his father, from the State of Kentucky, as early as the year 1812, and settled in the above county. In 1830, Mr. Kennard married Miss Rebecca BLAKE, by whom he had seven children, four of whom are still living. Mrs. Kennard was a native of England. Her parents emigrated to this country when she was about eleven years of age, and settled in Miami county, Ohio, but subsequently settled in Shelby county. The mother departed this life in the year 1848. The father still survives. The son, Geo. W., worked on the farm and attended school until he had reached his eighteenth year, when he joined the great living stream of humanity moving West to seek their fortunes, and drew up at Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he was for two years engaged in the mercantile business. From Fort Wayne he continued his course west until he reached Lafayette, and from thence came to Champaign in March, 1859, and opened up in the dry goods trade, in which he remained until the year that witnessed the great Rebellion. Scarcely had the report of the rebel gun that fired the first shot at our country's flag died away until a nation of freemen had started to their feet to resent the insult, and among that number was Major Kennard. On the day following the one that witnessed the firing upon Fort Sumter, the Major and two others imbued with the spirit of '76, organized a company in Champaign, which, with their services, they tendered to the Governor of the State, and were by him accepted. In May, 1861, the company was ordered to Joliet, where it remained until the 13th of June, when they were sworn into the service as Company A, 20th Regt. Illinois Infantry, Col. C. Marsh commanding. The regiment was ordered to Cape Girardeau, Mo., and shortly after brigated with Col. U. S. Grant, of the 21st Illinois Volunteers, as commander of brigade. The regiment won its first laurels in the fight at Frederickstown, Mo., where the rebel General Jeff. Thompson's army was defeated with a loss of four hundred men and three field pieces. The regiment went into winter quarters at Bird's Point, Mo., but during the winter took steamers for Paducah, where they entered the Tennessee River, and assisted in the capture of fort Henry, Tenn., and from thence to Fort Donaldson. The brigade to which the 20th was attached was in the division commanded by Gen. McClernand, and subsequently was attached to the 17th army corps, Army of the Tennessee, commanded by McPherson Logan, and Howard. After the battle of Shiloh, and while the regiment was moving towards Vicksburg, Col. Marsh resigned, and Lieut. Col. Irwin having been killed at the battle of Fort Donaldson, Major Richards, who was then promoted to Lieut. Colonel, took command, and was killed May 12th, 183, in the battle of Raymond, Miss. The 20th is one of the historic regiments of the war, having participated in all the principal battles fought by the Army of the Tennessee under Grant and Sherman, and held the post of honor on entering Vicksburg, July 4th, 1863. At the end of the three years, for which time it had enlisted, the regiment veteranized, and was sworn into the service for three years, or during the war. Major Kennard entered the service as 2nd lieutenant, and was regularly promoted through the different grades up to major of the regiment. At the battle of Fort Donaldson he was wounded, and sent to Paducah hospital, but inside of three weeks was again with his regiment, and in time to take part in the battle of Shiloh. The Regiment accompanied Gen. Sherman on his famous march to the sea. The siege of Vicksburg and running of the blockade will now engage our attention for a few moments. The river between Vicksburg and Port Hudson was effectually blockaded. Its banks bristled with cannon that seemed to frown defiance upon the foe. One hundred and fifty pieces of artillery massed in batteries at short intervals covered the river, ready to dispute its passage. One hundred and fifty begrimed, lynx-eyed gunners stood, match in hand, by their pieces. It had been determined to run this blockade at all hazards. When General Grant started in his campaign for the capture of Vicksburg, he planned to run the batteries of that doomed city with a fleet of wooden transports, laden with supplies for the army at New Carthage, on the west bank of the Mississippi River. The night of the 22d of April, 1863, was fixed upon for this perilous feat. As owners of boats and men employed on the river as captains, pilots, engineers, &c., could not be had nor trusted with the enterprise, volunteers from the army were called for. Who among the brave men will volunteer for this service, this forlorn hope, in which ten chances to one their boats will prove their coffins, and the waters of the Mississippi their winding-sheet? Volunteers step to the front, and among the first is G. W. KENNARD. He, with seventy-five men, is placed in command of one of the boats, the "Horizon." At dark on the evening above mentioned, the blockade runners left Millikin's Bend for their rendezvous at Young's Point. There were six boats. The programme was arranged to start at half-past eleven o'clock at night. Orders were issued for the Tigress, flag-ship of the expedition, in command of Col. Lagow, of Gen. Grant's staff, to go in advance, the others to follow one another at intervals of fifteen minutes. These instructions were promptly obeyed. At the appointed time the Tigress left Young's Point, under full head of steam. The batteries opened a terrific fire on her as soon as she got in range, and kept it up. She received a number of shots in hull and stern; was literally shot away. She was run to the Louisiana shore, where she sank in sight of the rebel batteries at Warrenton. The rebel pickets occupied the point opposite Vicksburg, on the Louisiana shore, and as soon as they noticed the flag-ship, they set fire to a large frame building which they had previously filled with combustible material, for the purpose of illuminating the river. The effect was, a bright glare was thrown across the river by which the rebels must have been able even to read the names of our boats and sink them. The firing lasted about two hours and a half. They fired few shells, relying on their solid shot to strike our boats and sink them. They used no guns of smaller calibre than sixty-four pounders, a majority of which were rifled pieces. They would frequently shout when they imagined they had struck one of our boats. Well, the firing ordeal is passed, the gauntlet of shot and shell run, and four out of the six boats have accomplished the feat, and among that number the Horizon. General Grant used those blockade runners for transporting his army across the river, and on the morning of May 1st, moved north fighting his way to the rear of Vicksburg, which place he had fully invested by the 19th instant. On the 27th day of October, 1865, Major Kennard, who had been nearly four years in the service, was mustered out. On the 22d day of October, 1868, he was married to Miss Laura, daughter of Dr. GAUR, of Boon, Iowa. They have four children. Mr. Kennard cast his first vote for J. C. Fremont, in 1856, and has ever since voted that ticket. He was elected, in 1865, County Treasurer of Champaign county, and re-elected to the same office in 1867. At present the Major is engaged in milling and manufacture of flour. The foregoing is a brief biographical sketch of one of Champaign's leading business men, who is well-known throughout the county, having been called by his fellow-citizens to fill important offices of public trust. His record as a patriot and soldier is too well known to need any further notice at our hands. History will accord him his proper place among the heroes who went from Champaign county and served so well the country during the late war. 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NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10864 CHRISTIAN CO - GEORGE W. LACKEY, M.D. - Lackey, Stuart, Brine, Hollins #10864: County of Christian, Kentucky, Historical and Biographical, Edited by William Henry Perrin, F. A. Battey Publishing Co., Chicago and Louisville, 1884. Mount Vernon Precinct. GEORGE W. LACKEY, M. D., was born October 16, 1843, in Christian County. His parents, William and Nannie (Stuart) Lackey, were from Virginia. The father was a local preacher in the Methodist Church South, and also gave some attention to farming industries. He located in Christian County in 1832. He was a son of John Lackey, also of Virginia, and a soldier in the war of 1812. The parents of our subject had twelve children: Edward A. W., Tirzah E., Lillie, deceased; Mary, deceased; Thomas S., Elizabeth, S. B., L. C. (deceased); John W., deceased; Samuel V., deceased; G. W. and H. B. Our subject moved to Smithland, Ky., with his parents, when he was about eight years of age, and there received his early schooling, and also commenced the study of medicine which he prosecuted still further during his residence in Logan County, Ky., where he had moved after residing in Marshall County, Ky., for several years. He studied under the direction of his two brothers, Drs. Thomas S. and John W. Lackey, and during his residence in the two latter named counties, engaged also in the mercantile business for several years. He returned to Christian County in 1873, and has since been engaged in the practice of his profession, and has met with large and deserving success. He first married Josephine Brine, a daughter of Dr. James Brine, now deceased. One child of this marriage is living - William E. His second wife was Annie E. Hollins, a daughter of John E. Hollins, of Logan County, Ky. This union has been blessed with one child - Walter A. The Doctor is a member of the I. O. O. F., and politically 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 GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10863 TAYLOR CO - JAMES S. HOAGLAND - Hoagland, Ship, Woods #10863: Biographical and Genealogical History of Appanoose and Monroe Counties, Iowa. New York: Lewis Pub. Co., 1903. James S. Hoagland. This gentleman was born near Campbellsville , Kentucky , the son of John and Nancy ( Ship ) Hoagland. The former was also a native of Kentucky and a farmer and breeder of fine horses. His wife was a native Kentuckian. In 1837 they moved to Indiana and settled eighteen miles south of Indianapolis in Johnson county, where they remained till their deaths, he passing away in 1889 at the age of eighty-eight, and his wife was also eighty-eight years old at the time of her death. Their children were Malinda Jane, deceased; James S.; Eliza Ann; John, Isaac, deceased; George; and Nancy. The sons, with the exception of James S., are living in Johnson county, Indiana, and Marian and Nancy also live there, while Eliza Ann is a resident of Iowa. James S. Hoagland remained in Kentucky until he was fourteen years old, where he received a common school education. After going to Indiana he attended Franklin College , where he was graduated in 1846 and was then chosen assistant surveyor on the Miami reserve having taken a civil engineering course in college. He was next resident engineer on the Franklin and Martinsville Railroad, and in 1885 was connected with the management of the construction of the line from Jeffersonville to Indianapolis , and also sketched the topography of the Peru and Indianapolis line. On November 23, 1848 , Mr. Hoagland was married to Miss Mary Ann Woods, of Morgantown , Indiana , the daughter of William and Elizabeth Woods, natives of Tennessee . On account of his wife's ill health he moved to Iowa and settled on a quarter-section of land which he had entered in 1848 in Monroe county. On this be began the raising of live stock and general farming, and he also acquired land in Wayne township. He has made several moves since coming to the county, but now resides on his farm in Cedar township, where he held the office of supervisor for twelve years shortly after coming here, and was also a justice of the peace. He was nominated three times for the legislature, but refused till the last time, when he was elected, and served during the session of 1884. His wife died December 31, 1887 , and was buried at Eden Chapel cemetery. Her children were Elvirely R.; Fremont, deceased; Hernon; Jerome, deceased; John, deceased; Peter; Marius; Laura, deceased; and Mary Ann. Mr. Hoagland was an ardent Democrat till the formation of the Greenback party, when he joined its ranks, and it was on that ticket that he was elected a member of the twentieth assembly, which was the first session held in the new capitol building. He is a member of the United Brethren church, as was his wife, and her brother, the Rev. Woods, is a prominent minister in the Methodist church, being a presiding elder, with his residence at Indianapolis , Indiana . SCKY Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=south-central-kentucky Barren Co Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybarren GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10862 HARRISON CO - Z. M. DUNN - Dunn, Brownfield, Mapes #10862: "History of Champaign County, Illinois with Illustrations," 1878. Z. M. DUNN - Mr. Z. M. Dunn, one of the oldest settlers of the county, is a native of Kentucky, and was born in Horison [sic] county, of that State, April (?), 1831. His father was Zephaniah DUNN, and his mother's maiden name was Lovina BROWNFIELD. The subject of this sketch was the sixth of a family of fourteen children. In 1833 his father moved from Kentucky to Illinois, and settled in the Big Grove, in Urbana township, two miles and a half northeast of Urbana. He had there bought forty acres of land, and in 1834 built a new log house with a mud chimney, and Mr. Dunn plainly remembers when the family moved into this new building. His father, in 1835, rented prairie land two miles east of Urbana and four years afterward entered land in sections 25 and 36 of Somers township, which was his home till the time of his death, which occurred in the year 1877, while on a visit to Missouri. Mr. Dunn first went to school in Urbana township, attending three terms (three months in a term), three miles east of Urbana. When the family moved to Somers township he did not go to school for three years, from the fact that there were no schools in the neighborhood. But he afterward had the advantage of three additional terms, making all together, eighteen months of schooling. The last two months he went to school in Urbana, and to pay for it, fed fifty head of cattle for Col. Matthew Busey. November 13th, 1851, he married Elizabeth MAPES, a native of Ohio. Her father, Samuel MAPES, settled at Hickory Grove (section 13, township 19, range 10), where Mr. Dunn now lives. He came to the county in 1835.After his marriage, Mr. Dunn went to farming on section 10, township 19, range 10, and in 1853 moved on a rented farm in Somers township, near his father. In 1855 he moved to Ogden township, and made his first purchase of land---55 acres. In 1859 he moved back on his father's farm, in Somer's township, and in 1861 came to the farm he now occupies on section 13 of township 19, range 10, where he owns one hundred and twenty acres of land. Mr. and Mrs. Dunn have two children, Joseph and Madison F. He has always been a Democrat in politics, and never voted any other ticket. He cast his first vote for President for Franklin Pierce, in 1852. He bears the reputation of being a good neighbor and citizen, and an enterprising and intelligent farmer. Since his father's death he has been appointed executor of the estate, and is now employed in settling up his father's affairs. His residence and surroundings are among the prettiest in St. Joseph township. SCKY Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=south-central-kentucky Barren Co Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybarren GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10861 SIMPSON CO - JAMES W. BRADSHAW - Bradshaw, Clark, Harrison, Gates, Hatfield, Smith #10861: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume IV, Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Simpson Co. JAMES W. BRADSHAW was born in Christian County, Ky., January 7, 1834, and is the fourth of seven children born to William and Nancy (Clark) Bradshaw, the former of whom was a native of Kentucky, and the latter a native of Virginia. Both were of English descent, born in 1789 and 1798, respectively. William Bradshaw received his early education in his native county, where also, in early life, he learned the brickmason's trade. While yet a single man, in 1814, he removed to Russellville, Logan Co., Ky., then only a small village. Here he was married in 1816, and followed his trade for many years, having built most of the first brick buildings in this place. In about 1824 he removed to Christian County, Ky., where he bought a farm, and was engaged in agricultural pursuits in connection with his trade until in 1837, when he sold out and bought a farm one mile west of Franklin, in Simpson County, Ky., where he resided until his death, which occurred August 5, 1853. He was a veteran of the war of 1812, having served under Gen. Harrison, in that officer's campaign against the Indians of the Northwest Territory, and participated in the battle of Tippecanoe. He and wife were from early life members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. His father, Benjamin Bradshaw, and his uncle, William Bradshaw, were among the early pioneers of the blue-grass country, having settled on the banks of the Kentucky River in a very early day. Mrs. Nancy Bradshaw departed this life February 22,1879. Her father, Charles Clark, was a Revolutionary veteran, having served through the entire struggle of seven years, and was in Gen. Gates' command when that officer was so signally defeated. He was a native of Virginia, and removed to Logan County, Ky., in about 1815. James W. Bradshaw received a good common school and academic education in youth, and attended Bethel College, of Logan County, Ky., for one year. He is also a man of wide and varied general information, having been a careful reader all his life. At the age of fifteen he commenced to learn the saddler's trade, but after three years he abandoned the trade and went to school for one year. He then engaged in the grocery trade at Franklin, and continued the same for about two years, when he embarked in the dry goods business at same place, continuing in that line until the breaking out of the late civil war. During the last three years of this time he held the office of postmaster of Franklin. He was then engaged in trading for about three years. He then removed to 'The Hermitage," in Davidson County, Tenn., five hundred (500) acres of which his father-in-law owned, where he engaged in cotton planting for three years. He then engaged in the orchard or fruit business on the banks of the Cumberland River, near Nashville, for two years; after which he was employed at the saw-mill or lumber business, near the same place, for about one year. He was then engaged in the auction and commission business at Nashville for another year. In 1877 he removed to Palmyra, Simpson Co., Ky., where he was engaged in general merchandising for two years, and then served as constable of the district for four years. In 1878 he bought the farm of two hundred and sixty-nine (269) acres in the northwest part of Simpson County, Ky., upon which he now resides, and where he is successfully engaged in farming and stock raising. He married, December 28, 1858, Sallie H. Hatfield, a native of Simpson County, Ky., born June 17, 1837. She is a daughter of the Hon. Samuel and Rebecca G. (Smith) Hatfield. This union has been blessed with five sons and four daughters, viz.: Samuel H., William L. (deceased), Erasmus, Sarah J., Nancy R., Beulah, Pauline, Thomas B. and Jack. Mrs. Bradshaw and family are members of the Catholic Church. In politics Mr. Bradshaw 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 GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10860 PENDLETON CO - REV. CARISTIAN TOMLIN - Tomlin #10860: A History of Kentucky Baptists from 1769 to 1885, J. H. Spencer, Vol. II, 1886. CARISTIAN TOMLIN, was born of German parents, in Culpepper county, Va., in 1781. He was converted through reading the Scriptures, there being no church or preacher near where he lived. After his conversion, he began to collect his neighbors together and read the Scriptures to them. He would also pray for them, and exhort them to repent and turn to Christ. This was about 1799. He continued to exhort and pray among his neighbors, some two or three years, and a number was converted. Some ministers hearing of this work, came into the neighborhood, and a church of about thirty members was raised up. Mr. Tomlin was ordained to the pastoral care of this church. The first person he baptized was his mother. In 1814 he moved to Brown county, Ohio. Here he gathered a church to which he ministered, till 1817, when he moved to Pendleton county, Kentucky. Here he was an active and useful laborer in the Master's vineyard, about thirty four years. He was pastor of Grassy Creek church, about thirty years; of Dry Ridge thirty-two years; of Short Creek, twenty-two years; of Unity, from its constitution till his death, and of Fork Lick, several years. Most or all of these churches, he is believed to have gathered. He was a good man, and a very useful preacher, and was noted as a peace-maker among his neighbors and brethren. He died of Cholera, Aug. 5, 1851, his wife having died of the same disease, the 31st of July of the same year. SCKY Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=south-central-kentucky Barren Co Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybarren GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10859 FRANKLIN CO - DR JOHN GRACEN KEENON - Keenon, Clark, Fox, Blair, Crittenden, Hurlbut, Hamilton, Blackburn, Knight, Harrison #10859: Source: Album of Genealogy and Biography, Cook County, Illinois with Portraits 3rd ed. revised and extended (Chicago: Calumet Book & Engraving Co., 1895), pp. 29-30 DR. JOHN GRACEN KEENON, one of the most loyal Kentuckians, who was for many years a resident of Chicago, was born at Frankfort, Kentucky, in 1827, and died while in the service of his country at Memphis, Tennessee, on the 12th of August, 1864. He was at that time Medical Director of the Sixteenth United States Army Corps, and Post Surgeon in charge of hospitals at Memphis. The Keenon family was early planted in Virginia. His father, Adam C. Keenon, was born at Paris, Kentucky, and his mother, Elizabeth Clark, was a native of Frankfort, in the same state. The latter was a relative of Governor Clark, of Kentucky, of a very old and prominent family in that state. Adam C. Keenon was a very pure-minded and upright gentleman, who never drank liquor or handled cards, something exceptional in his day and locality. He was a large planter and slave-holder, and was for many years State Binder of the state. He was thoroughly loyal, though nearly all his friends espoused the cause of the southern confederacy in the Civil War. He said he would rather lose all his slaves than be disloyal to his whole country. John G. Keenon was educated at Center College, Danville, Kentucky, attended medical lectures at Louisville, and was graduated from the celebrated Meigs Medical College of Philadelphia. At the age of twenty-two he began practice at St. Joseph, Missouri, in partnership with his cousin, Dr. Joseph Fox, who was afterward prominent in the service of the Confederate army. After a year and a-half he was called to Frankfort, Kentucky, by the illness of his mother, and remained there, giving some time to practice. In 1852 he visited Chicago for the first time and made investments in real estate on Lake Street. He kept an office at the corner of Lake and La Salle Streets, then in the heart of the business district, and gave some of his time to the treatment of patients, though he was largely occupied with the investment of his means and the care of his property. When it became apparent that civil war was on, with all the horrors of such a struggle, he went to Washington and tendered his services to the Government. Through the influence of Hon. Frank Blair, he received the appointment of Brigade-Surgeon, and was attached to the Army of the Tennessee, under his old friend, Gen. Thomas Crittenden, afterward Governor of Kentucky. He was in active service at the capture of Fort Donelson and the battles of Shiloh, Corinth and Vicksburg, as well as others of that campaign. Before its close he was promoted to the position of Medical Director and was with Gen. Stephen A. Hurlbut, between whom and himself existed the warmest friendship. Mrs. Hurlbut is also remembered with the most kindly sentiments by Mrs. Keenon, who often visited her husband in the field. A handsome gold watch, which was presented to Dr. Keenon by General Hurlbut, is still preserved by the Doctor's descendants. Dr. Keenon adhered to the traditions of his fathers in his support of the Democratic party, but included among his most intimate and true friends many leaders of the Republican party. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church from the age of seventeen years. He also attained a high degree in Free Masonry. On the death of Dr. Keenon his remains were treated with the highest military and Masonic honors, being temporarily deposited in a vault at Winchester Cemetery at Memphis, with an escort of the Eighth Iowa Infantry, and the pall-bearers including, besides Generals Crittenden and Hurlbut, the principal medical officers of the post. The body was finally deposited near Kentucky's monument to her celebrated sons, at Frankfort, near the remains of Henry Clay and other distinguished civilians and soldiers of that state. November 1, 1854, Dr. Keenon married, in Chicago, Miss Eleanor Hamilton, daughter of Col. Richard J. Hamilton, another distinguished Kentuckian, of whom extended mention is made on other pages of this volume. At the same time and place, another daughter of Colonel Hamilton, Miss Diana, was married to Breckenridge Blackburn, a member of the celebrated Kentucky family of that name, and brother of the subsequent Gov. Luke Blackburn and United States Senator Joseph C. S. Blackburn, all of whom were among the most active and loyal supporters of the Southern Confederacy. Three children given to Dr. and Mrs. Keenon now occupy prominent business or social positions. Adam Hamilton, the eldest, and John Harold are residents of Chicago, the latter being connected with the city postoffice. The daughter, Florence Buckner, is the wife of Dr. Cyrus William Knight, a leading physician of New Orleans, Louisiana. The elder son is a practicing attorney, and was three years Special Assessment Attorney under Mayor Harrison's second and third terms. He is an active member of the Masonic order. Mrs. Keenon enjoys the distinction of being the oldest person of pure white blood born in Chicago. Her birth occurred while Colonel Hamilton was living with his family within Fort Dearborn, on St. Valentine's Day of the year 1832. She is a well-preserved lady, whose bright eye glistens while relating her many interesting reminiscences of early Chicago. She attended the first school in Chicago, which was temporarily located in Colonel Hamilton's barn, with boxes for seats and desks, and later in the basement of St. James' Episcopal Church. The first Methodist religious service was held in Colonel Hamilton's parlor, and Mrs. Hamilton made the pulpit cloth for the first Methodist Church in the city. The Old Settlers' Society of Chicago presented Mrs. Keenon, on a recent anniversary, with a beautiful gold medal, on which is engraved a picture of Fort Dearborn, in honor of her being the oldest woman living who was born in Chicago. The German Old Settlers' Society also presented her with a handsome medal, appropriately engraved. She is an honored member of the Sons of Chicago, an association devoted to the preservation of early memories. SCKY Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=south-central-kentucky Barren Co Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybarren GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10858 UNKNOWN CO - ANDREW JACKSON DEVORE - Devore, Hammer, Hardsock, Newton, Veatch #10858: SOURCE: "Portrait and Biographical Album of Champaign County, Illinois," Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1887. ANDREW JACKSON DEVORE, one of the earliest pioneers of East Bend Township, is the oldest one now living who came in at that time. In the storehouse of his memory are treasured up hundreds of interesting incidents of pioneer life and its peculiar experiences, which, if properly compiled, would make a most interesting volume. He came to this section when it was peopled principally by wild animals, and has seen as many as ninety-three deer in a herd at one time roaming over the then uncultivated prairie, but which is now smiling with fields of growing grain. Our subject during his young manhood was a great hunter and very lively on foot, being able to travel over the country at a rapid pace and possessed of great endurance. He has been a resident of East Bend Township for a period of over thirty years, and has noted with satisfaction the changes which have transpired since he arrived here after an overland journey of ten days, made with ox-teams. Mr. Devore was born in Owen County, Ind., April 18, 1826, and is the son of Nicholas DEVORE, a native of Kentucky. His grandfather, Jerry DEVORE, whom it is supposed was born in Pennsylvania, passed the early years of his life in Kentucky, whence he afterward removed to Indiana and died in Putnam County, that State. Nicholas Devore grew to manhood and was married in Kentucky, and after the removal to Indiana located in Owen County, where he became proprietor of a large tract of timber land. From this he cleared a farm, which he occupied with his family until 1840, and then set out for the Prairie State. He was accompanied by his family which, with the household goods, were transported by means of two wagons and four yoke of oxen. They carried their provisions and camped and cooked by the wayside. After reaching Champaign County Nicholas Devore made a claim of Government land on section 2, in what was then township 22, range 8, now known as East Bend Township. There was a small log cabin near by and in this the family lived temporarily while the father proceeded to construct a hewed-log house of larger dimensions. When the land came into market Mr. D. repaired to Danville, secured his title, and at once commenced the improvement and cultivation of his property. Chicago at that time was the nearest market and Bloomington the nearest trading point. Here the father lived and labored until one year before his death, when both parents removed to McLean County and died at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Joseph NEWTON, the father in 1853, and the mother in 1862. The mother of our subject, who in her girlhood was Miss Mary HARDSOCK, was born in either Kentucky or Maryland. The parental household included twelve children. Our subject was fourteen years old when the removal was made to this State, and attended all the athletic sports of that day in the surrounding towns after the country began to settle up. He became a champion foot racer of that section, which position of honor he retained until voluntarily withdrawing from the field. He remained with his parents until after his marriage and then, locating on a part of the homestead, remained until 1852, when he purchased the farm which he now owns and occupies. It was new land at the time he took possession, but after years of industrious labor it has been transformed into a fertile farm with a good set of frame buildings, neat and substantial fences, and all the requirements essential to the successful agriculturist. Mr. Devore was married, June 17, 1847, to Miss Susanna VEATCH. She was born in Fayette County, Ind., Oct. 10, 1826, and is the daughter of James VEATCH, who became a resident of Indiana in an early day, whence he removed to this State in 1837, and located two and one-half miles northeast of Mahomet, where his death occurred six years later. He had married in early life Miss Barbara HAMMER, who survived him twenty years, and died in Urbana, this county, in 1865. The wife of our subject was eleven years of age when her father's family came to this State, and she remained with her mother until her marriage, assisting in the duties of the farm and household, learning to spin and weave, and becoming an expert in this as in other employments common to the wives and daughters of the pioneers. She was naturally of industrious habits, and when not needed at home would often earn a little "pin money" by spinning or weaving for the neighbors at the munificent wages of seventy-five cents per week. Calico at that time was worth twenty cents per yard, and other "store goods" in proportion. Mr. Devore says that the first time he called upon his future wife she wore a dress of her own manufacture, having done the spinning, weaving, cutting, and sewing. Their wedding took place June 17, 1847, and they have been blest with four children-Sarah, David A., William Eldorado and Mary J. The parents and all the children are active members of the Protestant Methodist Church, and no family in the community is more highly respected than that of Andrew Devore. He is a thorough-bred Republican, and never expects to be anything else. SCKY Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=south-central-kentucky Barren Co Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybarren GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10857 HOPKINS CO - NOBLE A. CRAIG - Craig, Harralson, Cox, Winstead, 10857: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume V, Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 2nd ed., 1885. Hopkins Co. NOBLE A. CRAIG was born in Hopkins County, Ky., August 21, 1851, and is the youngest of nine children of Eden and Jane A. (Harralson) Craig, the former a native of Virginia, and the latter of North Carolina, and of Irish and English descent, respectively. At the age of twelve years, about 1816, Eden Craig removed to Kentucky with his parents, who settled near Lexington, where his father, Samuel Craig, bought a farm. After a few years the family moved to what is now Hopkins County, where Samuel Craig bought wild land near Madisonville and improved a farm, upon which he resided the remainder of his life. He erected one of the first grist-mills there, a horsepower mill. Eden Craig was married soon after attaining his majority and shortly bought a partially improved farm near Nebo, upon which he resided until his death, May 7, 1869, in his sixty-fifty year. He and his wife were members of the Christian Church. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity. Mrs. Jane A. Craig died July 21, 1884, in her seventy-seventh year. Noble A. remained on the home farm until he was twenty years old, then engaged in saw-milling and the lumber business for two years, after which he went to Kansas, where he remained six months. He then returned to Kentucky, and has since resided on the old homestead, which he now owns, and where he is extensively engaged in farming and stock raising. He was married September 2, 1875, to Miss Mollie E. Cox, a daughter of Charles W. Cox, a native of the same county. Two daughters have blessed their union, Grace L. and Janie B. Mrs. Craig is a member of the Christian Church. Mr. Craig is a member of the Masonic fraternity, in which he has held various official positions. He is a Democrat. Charles W. Cox was born in Hopkins County, Ky., April 20, 1831, and is one of the eight children born to Champion S. and Sallie (Winstead) Cox, the former a native of the "Old Dominion," and the latter of North Carolina, of Irish and English descent, respectively. Champion S. Cox, when twelve years old, about 1811, came with his parents to what is now Hopkins County, Ky. There his father, William Cox, bought military lands, erected a cabin and improved a farm. On attaining his majority, Champion S. Cox bought a partially improved farm near Nebo, upon which he resided for a number of years, then sold out and bought another farm in the same neighborhood, where he resided until his death in 1853, in his fifty-fourth year. He and his wife wee from youth devoted members of the Christian Church. Charles W. Cox remained on the home farm until he was twenty-two years of age, when he bought a farm near the old homestead, where he remained several years. He then sold out and bough wild land about five miles south of Nebo, resided for seven years, after which he sold he place and again bought wild land, northwest of Nebo, where he improved the farm upon which he now resides, and where he is extensively engaged in farming and stock raising. He was married October 7, 1852, to Miss Elizabeth B. Harralson, a native of what is now Webster County, Ky. thirteen children have blessed this union, ten of whom are living - six sons and four daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Cox are members of the Christian Church. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and 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 GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10856 FLEMING CO - OTHO E CULBERTSON - Cox, Culberson, Grace, Handy, Hartman, Matkin, Raney, Weaver #10856: "Portrait and Biographical Album of Champaign County, Illinois," Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1887. Fleming Co. OTHO E. CULBERTSON. One of the most genial and kindly natured men it has been the fortune of te biographer to meet, is a resident of Tolono, and State Agent and Adjuster for the Ætna Fire Insurance Company of Hartford, with which he has been connected for a period of over twenty years. He is a native of Flemingsburg, Ky., and was born in Dublin, Ireland, and emigrated to the United States when a young man, settling in Mason County, Ky. He departed this life in Rush County, Ind., in 1836, aged about sixty years. He was married early in life to Miss Sarah WEAVER, a native of Kentucky, and they became the parents of three children, who are all living, namely, William G., a farmer of Edgar County, this State; Otho E., of our sketch, and Amanda N., the wife of John U. GRACE, of Vermilion County. After the death of her first husband Mrs. Culbertson was married to William RANEY, with whom she located in Edgar County, Ill., and became the mother of three children, only one of whom is now living, Sarah, the wife of Theodore MATKIN, a resident of Vermilion County, where the mother died in 1852. She was a lad greatly beloved and respected, and left behind her a record f womanly virtues and kindly deeds. Our subject, when a small boy, went to Roseville, Parke Co., Ind., where he became employed as clerk in a store and remained until 1843. In that year he came over into Illinois, and thereafter lived in various places in the State for a couple of years. In 1846, the Mexican war being in progress, he enlisted as a soldier in the 4th Illinois Infantry, under Col. Baker, Brig. Gen. Shields and Maj. Gen. Taylor. Not long afterward he was discharged for disability. In 1847, setting out on horseback, he traveled over the States of Missouri, Iowa and Illinois. SCKY Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=south-central-kentucky Barren Co Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybarren GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10855 SHELBY CO - MATTHEW W. BUSEY - BUSEY, SEIGLER, BUSH, KIRKPATRICK, ROMINE, SIM, McCLAIN. #10855: "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. Shelby Co. Col. MATTHEW W. BUSEY - was born in Shelby county, Kentucky, May 15, 1798. He was the son of Samuel and Catherine (SEIGLER) BUSEY. At an early date the family moved to Washington county, Indiana. In the latter county young Busey learned the trade of brick mason, and followed the trade, working as a "jour." and subsequently as a contractor and builder from 1823 to 1847. In 1832 he was induced to visit this part of Illinois from hearing reports of the fertility and productiveness of the soil. His visit and subsequent investigations confirmed the reports and before returning he purchased land. He returned to Indiana and remained there until the spring, April 1836, when he brought his family here and erected a small frame house, which was in later years enlarged. Soon after his arrival here, he became prominent and influential in local affairs. He was commissioned as Colonel in the Indiana state militia, while a resident of that state, and in a few years after his arrival here was appointed to a similar position in the state militia of Illinois. In 1840 he was elected to represent the district in the state legislature, and in 1842, was his own successor. During the excitement attending the location of the county seat, Col. Busey was active and mainly instrumental in securing it for Urbana. He was for many years assessor for the county and township. He died in 1852, esteemed and respected by a large circle of friends and acquaintances. While yet a resident of Washington county, Indiana he was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth BUSH, who survived him twenty-eight years, and died in 1880, at the home of her son, Col. S. T. BUSEY. By that union there were eight children: Simeon H., John S., Mary C., wife of John C. KIRKPATRICK, Louisa J., widow of W. H. ROMINE, Col. Samuel T., Sarah, wife of Judge J. W. SIM, Elizabeth, wife of Allen MCLAIN, and Matthew D. SCKY Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=south-central-kentucky Barren Co Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybarren GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10854 UNKNOWN CO - WILLIAM WATKINS - Watkins, Hinchee, Gordley, Stephenson #10854: Illinois: History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1882. WILLIAM WATKINS, farmer; P. O. Berryton; was born in Wayne County, Ill., July 17, 1831; son of Elijah and Lydia A. (Montgomery) Watkins; residents of Richmond township, this county. Elijah Watkins, a farmer by occupation, was born in Kentucky, July 23, 1797; his wife, also a native of Kentucky, was born April 25, 1802; of their fifteen children William is the eighth child. Our subject, when about four years of age, was brought by his parents to this county, where he received his education in the subscription schools common in those days. When twenty-two years of age he left home and began farming on his own account, and has since followed that occupation. He married in this county Oct. 23, 1853, Margaret Hinchee; born Feb. 28, 1827. She died, leaving seven children, as follows: Charles W., William T., Elijah, Margaret, Lydia A., Albert, and Minnie B. His second marriage took place Sept. 1, 1881, when he married Belle Gordley, born in Adams County, Ill., May 5, 1850. She has taught school in this county about eleven years; and is a daughter of William and Sidney (Stephenson) Gordley, natives of Kentucky, he dying in June, 1856, she in September, 1859. Mr. Watkins is a member of the Methodist Church; 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 GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10853 McCRACKEN CO - JOHN W. POLK - Polk, Gassett,, Bonds, Jones, Lendler, Lydon, Rudy, Weille, Richardson, Anderson #10853: History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State, Volume IV, S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago-Louisville, 1928. John W. Polk [photo] is serving for the second term as county clerk of McCracken county, which numbers him among its native sons. He has taken cognizance of his opportunities, utilizing them to the best advantage, and for eighteen years has made his home in Paducah. He comes of distinguished ancestry, representing one of the first families of the south and was born October 25, 1886, about five miles from Paducah, on what is now known as the Old Mayfield road. His father, Leonidas Tennessee Polk, a native of Springfield, Tennessee, was born May 31, 1841, and served in the Civil war, espousing the southern cause. He was an adherent of the democratic party and his life was guided by the teachings of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he was one of its stewards for many years and also acted as superintendent of the Sunday School. He devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits and reached the age of sixty-eight years, passing away on his farm in McCracken county on the 31st of May, 1909. He was a second cousin of James K. Polk, the eleventh president of the United States, and his parents were William Thomas and Mary (Gassett) Polk. His father was a life-long resident of Tennessee and the owner of a fine plantation, while his political support was given to the democratic party. Mrs. Frances E. (Bonds) Polk, the mother of John W. Polk, was born February 21, 1856, in Graves county, Kentucky, and still resides in McCracken county. Her grandfather, the Rev. John Bonds, was a Presbyterian minister. Her father, John Wright Bonds, a native of Tennessee, was a prosperous agriculturist and also had large timber holdings. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and his political view3s were in accord with the platform and principles of the democratic party. He passed away in McCracken county, Kentucky, in 1878, and his wife, Lovina (Jones) Bonds, was a life-long resident of that county. John W. Polk was the seventh in order of birth in a family of ten children, six sons and four daughters, of whom eight are now living, four being residents of McCracken county. His rudimentary training was received in the Sunny Slope school in McCracken county and in 1906 he was graduated from the Lone Oak high school. He afterward spent two years as a student at the Cumberland City Academy, a preparatory school, and in 1908 became a shoe salesman for the Paducah firm of Lendler & Lydon, with which he remained for three years. He filled a similar position in the shoe store of J. A. Rudy & Sons and a year later became agent at Paducah for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, acting in that capacity for three years. He was next a salesman in the shoe department of the store of B. Weille & Sons, clothiers, and was made manager of that branch of the establishment, filling the position for six years. He tendered his resignation on November 3, 1921, when he was called to the office of county clerk of McCracken county. He thoroughly demonstrated his qualifications for the position, discharging his duties with customary fidelity and efficiency, and on November 3, 1925, was reelected for another term of four years. On January 12, 1914, Mr. Polk married Miss Martha Lula Anderson, a daughter of John T. and Vina (Richardson) Anderson, natives of Dixon county, Tennessee. Mr. Anderson is a blacksmith and resided in Paducah for many years but has been transferred to Bruceton, Tennessee, acting as foreman of the shops of the North Carolina & St. Louis Railroad Company. He vote the democratic ticket and is a Baptist in religious faith. Mrs. Polk was born January 12, 1893, in Paducah, and in 1911 was graduated from the local high school. She is a member of the Baptist church and belongs to the Mothers Club of Paducah, also to Esther Chapter, No. 5, of the Eastern Star. Mr. and Mrs. Polk have become the parents of three children: Martha Lorraine, who was born April 7, 1915; John Wright, Jr., born May 1, 1917; and Barbara Jean, born October 27, 1926. During the World war Mr. Polk was a member of the Home Guard, was active in Red Cross work and also promoted the sale of Liberty bonds. He is allied with the democratic party and conforms his life to the teachings of the Fountain Avenue Methodist Episcopal church, of which he is a lay leader and steward, also teaching a class in the Sunday School. He united with the church in childhood and does all in his power to further its influence. He is deeply interested in everything that makes for good citizenship and acts as treasurer of the local organization of girl Scouts, while he is also an officer of the Paducah Boy Scouts. He is a member of Maugrum Lodge, No. 21, I. O. O. F., at Paducah, and is also a Mason, belonging to Plain City Lodge, No. 449, F. & A. M.; Paducah Chapter, No. 30, R. A. M.; Paducah Commandery, No. l 11, K. T.; and Rizpah temple of the Mystic Shrine at Madisonville, Kentucky. He is likewise a member of the local Lions and Shrine Clubs, and his favorite sports are hunting and football. While in Tennessee he played halfback on the football team of Cumberland Academy and after his return to Paducah was a member of the Athletic Club and C. C. & W. teams, playing halfback on both. Mr. Polk is also endowed with vocal talent and belongs to a male quartette, whose members have delighted audiences throughout the county. He enjoys life, making the most of it day by day, and has never shirked a responsibility. The exercise of effort has developed his latent powers, while his strength of character, his public spirit and strict honesty have enabled him to win and retain a high place in the esteem of Paducah's citizens. SCKY Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=south-central-kentucky Barren Co Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybarren GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10852 CHRISTIAN CO - HENRY P. A. CORNELIUS - Cornelius, Proffitt, Quissenberry #10852: SOURCE: "Portrait and Biographical Album of Champaign County, Illinois," Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1887. HENRY P.A CORNELIUS. During the early settlement of Central Illinois there came from Kentucky a hardy band of pioneers. That State not only took the lead as to the time of sending its sturdy sons and devoted daughters to settle in the beautiful woodlands which skirted the broad prairies of this section, but in the number of its pioneers it excels all other States. It was the characteristic Kentucky hospitality that won for the pioneers such an enduring reputation in this respect, and made life on the frontier happy. We have as our subject one of these veteran Kentucky pioneers, who, although not an early settler of Champaign County, is a pioneer of this part of the State. He now lives in Brown Township, where he is the proprietor of a good homestead on section 16, and employs the greater part of his time superintending the cultivation of 160 acres of improved land. He took up his abode here in 1882, and although not classed among the pioneers of this township, has by his age, experience and most excellent personal qualities, secured the respect and esteem of all who know him. His head has been whitened by the frosts of eighty-one winters, yet he possesses in a marked degree the energy of character which distinguished him in his youth. Mr. Cornelius was born within seven miles of Hopkinsville, Christian Co., Ky., March 16, 1806, and is the son of John and Martha (PROFITT) CORNELIUS, the former a native of North Carolina, and the latter of Virginia. After marriage they commenced life together in Christian County, Ky., where they reared a family and spent the remainder of their days. The children of the parental family who grew up on the farm in the above county were eight, four of whom are now living. The subject of our sketch removed to Tazewell County, Ill., in 1836, and lived there over forty-five years. He first located in Hittle's Grove Township, where he lived until the spring of 1877, and from there removed to Minier, where he lived five years, and thence removed to Brown Township, this county, locating upon his present farm. Mr. Cornelius was first married, in his native county in Kentucky, July 17, 1828, to Miss Mary QUISSENBERRY, who was of Southern birth and parentage, her father and mother being natives of Virginia, of which she was also a native. Of this marriage there were born nine children, whom they named as follows: John H.; Edward, deceased; Nancy A.; Gustavus, deceased; Agnes, deceased; Lin; Jesse, deceased; Mary and Levi. The wife and mother, while the family were living in Hittle's Grove Township, folded her hands for her final reset in 1845. The second wife of our subject, to whom he was married in McLean County, Ill., in July, 1847, was Miss Catherine QUISSENBERRY, also a native of Christian County, Ky., born July 20, 1826. Mrs. Catherine Cornelius became the mother of eight children, all of whom are living, namely, Ann, James, Charles, Millard, Laura, George M., Ida and Julia. Mr. Cornelius is greatly opposed to the manufacture and sale of spirituous liquors, and in voting upholds the principles of the Republican party. SCKY Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=south-central-kentucky Barren Co Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybarren GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10851 BOYLE CO - JOSIAH ELLIS LEE - Lee, Shelton, Welsh, Montgomery, Kerr, Thompson, Dickson, Murrell, Miller, Bell, Helm, Bell #10851: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume V, Battle - Perrin - Kniffin, 4th Ed. JOSIAH ELLIS LEE was born March 31, 1825, four miles north of Hustonville, Lincoln Co., Ky. In 1837 he removed with his parents to, and located on Salt Run, in Boyle County, where he remained until 1845, when he returned to Lincoln County, but in 1854 settled in Boyle County, where he has since resided. His father, George Lee, Jr., native of Scott County, Ky., was reared in Lincoln County, was an extensive farmer and trader, and died in 1878, at the age of eighty-seven years. He was the son of George Lee, Sr., who was born in Amherst County, Va., removed to Kentucky about 1792, engaged in farming, and died in 1825. George Lee, Sr., married Elizabeth Shelton, of Virginia, and their union was favored by the birth of Ambrose, Richard Henry, William F., Abram, Francis Lightfoot, Emily (Welsh), and Parmelia (Montgomery). George Lee, Jr., married Lucy, daughter of Andrew and Emily (Kerr) Thompson, of Lincoln County, born in 1792, died in 1841, and from their union sprang Eliza (Dickson), Nelson T., Judge George F., Parmelia (deceased), Josiah E, Ambrose (deceased), Richard H., and James L. (deceased). Josiah E. was first married December 12, 1847, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Col. Robert and Sallie (Murrell) Miller, of Lincoln County, born in 1827, died in 1865, and to them were born Lucy (Bell), George M., James A., Josiah N., and Edmund S. On January 5, 1871, Mr. Lee married Miss Fannie, daughter of Hon. Joshua F., and Mary M. (Helm) Bell, of Danville, Ky., born July 31, 1840, and their union resulted in the birth of two sons, viz.: Joshua Bell and Thomas Helm. By vocation Mr. Lee is a farmer, having 600 acres of productive land, besides an interest in the family homestead of 340 acres. He lost $20,000 in slaves, as a result of the late war. He is a member of the Southern Presbyterian Church, and in politics was formerly an old line Whig, but is now identified with the Democratic party. SCKY Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=south-central-kentucky Barren Co Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybarren GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10850 FAYETTE CO - A. H. BRYAN - Bryan, Russell #10850: "History of Champaign County, Illinois with Illustrations," 1878. Fayette Co. A. H. BRYAN - The subject of the following sketch, was born in Indianapolis on the 8th day of Aug., 1845. In 1832 his father, Joseph M. BRYAN, who is of Danish descent, moved from Lexington, Ky., and settled in Indiana. In 1834 he married Martha A. RUSSELL, by whom he had four children. The subject of our sketch is the eldest. In 1860 his parents moved to Xenia, Clay county, Ill., and engaged in farming and milling business. They will are residents of the later named place. A. H., the subject of our sketch, at the age of twenty years, entered Wilbraham Academy, Mass., where he remained for three years, taking a classical course, preparatory to entering Yale College. He however changed his mind and went to Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he completed a course in the law department of the University, located at that place. After graduating, he traveled for some time, principally in Colorado, where for a while he was engaged in stock raising, mining, etc., until 1873. In May, 1874, he located in Champaign, and commenced the practice of law, and has continued in it up to the present time. In 1877 he was elected city Attorney, and in 1878 was re-elected. In the practice Mr. Bryan has given the subject of real estate titles his attention, and in this branch of the law he is very thorough and his knowledge extensive. He is a Republican in politics. He is also a member of the Baptist church. Mr. Bryan is yet a young man, and we predict for him long years of usefulness 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 GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10849 BOURBON CO - BUCKNER CLAY - Clay, Woodford, Green, Lewis, Lincoln, Field, Woodford, Buckner, Price, Smith, Spilman #10849: The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume III, pg. 238-239, Kanwaha County. BUCKNER CLAY. While he has been a successful member of the Charleston bar nearly twenty years, Buckner Clay has a name that suggests Kentucky lineage and history. He is in fact one of the younger members of the distinguished Clay family of Kentucky, and the early associations of his life and the beginning of his career as a lawyer were in old Bourbon County. He was born near Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky, December 31, 1877, son of Col. Ezekiel and Mary (Woodford) Clay. He is a descendant of John Clay, who came to America from England in the first years of the Virginia colony. In a later generation was another John Clay, whose son, Henry Clay, was the father of Charles Clay, born January 31, 1762. Charles Clay married Martha Green, and their son, Gen. Green Clay, was one of the most distinguished figures in pioneer Kentucky. He was born in Virginia, was a soldier of the Revolution, was the first deputy surveyor of Kentucky, for many years a member of the Legislatures of Virginia and Kentucky, and commanded the Kentucky militia in the War of 1812. He died in 1828. Gen. Green Clay was the great-grandfather of the Charleston attorney. He married Sallie Lewis, and their home was in Madison County, Kentucky, near Richmond. Their son, Gen. Cassius M. Clay, was a soldier, attaining the rank of major-general in the Civil war, was an editor and publisher, and served as minister to Russia by appointment from President Lincoln. Brutus J. Clay, grandfather of Buckner Clay, was born in 1808, was educated at Center College, and in 1827 settled in Bourbon County and for years was a leader in agriculture and the live stock industry of the Blue Grass section of Kentucky. In 1853 he was elected president of the State Agricultural Association. He entered the Thirty-eighth Congress in 1862 as representative from his kinsman Henry Clay's district. He died in 1878. He was twice married, his wives being Amelia Field and Ann M. Field, sisters. They were descendants of a distinguished family, and it is interesting to note that one of them, John Field, served as an officer in the British army in the western campaigns, beginning in 1754, and was a participant in the battle of Point Pleasant, West Virginia. The famous American, Cyrus W. Field, was a member of this branch of the Field family. Col. Ezekiel F. Clay, father of Buckner Clay, was a son of Brutus J. and Amelia Clay, and was born in Bourbon County, December 1, 1840. He left college to enter the Confederate army, became a colonel of cavalry, and was a gallant officer until taken prisoner in the spring of 1864. After the war he settled on his estate, known as Runny-mede, in Bourbon County, a place he made celebrated as the home of some of the finest Kentucky thoroughbreds. Col. Ezekiel Clay married in 1866 Mary L. Woodford, a daughter of John T. and Elizabeth (Buckner) Woodford, representing another noted family of Kentuckians. The fourth of their six children is Buckner Clay. Buckner Clay graduated from Kentucky University A. B. with the class of 1897, and received his degree in law from the University of Virginia in 1900. He was admitted to the bar at Paris, Kentucky, but in June, 1903, came to Charleston, where for a number of years he has been the junior member of the law firm of Price, Smith, Spilman & Clay. SCKY Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=south-central-kentucky Barren Co Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybarren GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10848 BOURBON CO - SAMUEL WORTMAN - Worthan, Wagoner, Taylor #10848: Illinois: History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1882. SAMUEL WORTMAN, blacksmith, Bluff Springs; was born in Rush County, Ind., May 16, 1829. His parents, Smith W. and Mary (Wagoner) Wortman, both died in 1859; his father was a native of North Carolina; his mother of Bourbon County, Ky.; they had six children, five boys and one girl. Samuel received but a limited education, attending school in Rush and Shelby Counties, Ind. He worked at the blacksmith's trade in Sangamon County, Ill., about a year, then came to this county, where he has since remained, and where he was married, Oct. 17, 1852, to Esther Taylor, a native of this county, born April 16, 1832, daughter of John and Mary Taylor; he, still living, she, deceased. By this union seven children have been born: Eliza J., Amos (deceased), Levy (deceased), Francis M., Ann E. (deceased), Marvin T. and Alice L. Mr. Wortman is a Democrat; his wife is a member of the M.E. Church. SCKY Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=south-central-kentucky Barren Co Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybarren GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10847 ADAIR CO - WILLIAM L. STOTTS - Stotts, Gilmore, Montgomery, Paxton, Taylor, Wilson, Young, Blair, Vaughan, Burns, Fletcher, Stone, Hovious, Moore, Traylor, Cox #10847: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume V, Battle - Perrin - Kniffin, 4th Ed.. WILLIAM L. STOTTS, the fifth of six sons and four daughters born to Benjamin S. and Martha (Stotts) Stotts, is a native of Adair County, and was born November 5, 1852. Benjamin Stotts, born July 17, 1815, was also a native of Adair County and during life following farming. He married, march 10, 1842, Miss Martha Stotts (a cousin) the ninth of fourteen children, eight of whom were daughters, born to Thomas and Patsy (Gilmore) Stotts, natives of Kentucky. The names of these fourteen children are Elizabeth (Montgomery), James, Pamelia (Paxton), Esther (Taylor), Ursula (Wilson), Mary J. (Young), Alexander, Oliver, Martha (Stotts), Pauline (Paxton), John, William C., Rebecca (Blair) and Thomas, of whom John, William, Alexander, Martha and Pauline are now living. Thomas Stotts was a farmer and the son of Solomon and Ursula (Vaughan) Stotts, natives of Virginia. William Stotts, grandfather of William L., was also a son of Solomon and Ursula Stotts, and during life followed agricultural pursuits, owning his farm. He married Miss Polly Burns, a Virginian, and they were the parents of eight children: John, Pauline (Fletcher), Benjamin S., William, Green C., Betsy (Stone), George W. and Mary (Hovious). Benjamin Stotts, father of William L. Stotts, settled the present place occupied by his son in 1874, but his whole life was spent in the neighborhood. He was a successful farmer, but never became wealthy, owning at the time of his death a farm of 345 acres. The names of the children born to Benjamin and Martha Stotts are Samuel B., who died in 1873; George Dallas, deceased; Thomas M., deceased; Robert M., deceased; Mollie E., deceased; William L., Suela (Moore), Andrew J., Hattie C. and Victoria, who is dead. Mr. Stotts was one of the respected citizens of Adair County, and departed this life in 1874, on the 14th of November. He was an industrious and energetic farmer and a life-long Democrat, who never held any office except that of coroner, and never sought one. Mrs. Stotts is a members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and is still living with her children, in the sixty-fourth year of her age. William L. Stotts in youth received a common-school education in the neighborhood schools. His occupation during life has been farming which he was trained to in boyhood's days by his father. He has traveled considerably in the West, but with this exception has always resided in Adair County. He and brother, Andrew J. Stotts, cultivate the farm originally owned by their father, 140 acres of rich, productive land, on which are erected a good residence and out-buildings. They have the farm in a high state of cultivation, and raise all the cereals common to this climate. Andrew J. Stotts was united in matrimony with Miss Mollie L. Traylor, a daughter of J. L. and Bettie H. (Cox) Traylor, natives of Adair County, and they have one child, Hattie Lee Stotts. The Stotts brothers are both among the highly respected citizens of Adair County, and have been life-long Democrats. A. J. Stotts is a member of the Christian Church. SCKY Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=south-central-kentucky Barren Co Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybarren GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/