NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 10846 UNKNOWN CO - SAMUEL R. ALLEN - Allen, Stanton, Thacker, Whitlow, Falls, McDaniel #10846: "History of Tennessee : From the Earliest Time to the Present; Together with an Historical and a Biographical Sketch of Henderson, Chester, McNairy, Decatur, and Hardin Counties." Nashville: Goodspeed Pub. Co., 1886. pp. 894-895. SAMUEL R. ALLEN, one of the best known and most respected residents of the Twelfth District, was born in Kentucky, August 16, 1830. His father was also a native of that State, a stone-mason by trade. Mr. Allen was raised by his grandmother, remaining with her until his sixth year, when he went home with Miss Banks traveling for about one year; met with Mr. Stanton of Tennessee, on the Chattahooche River in Georgia; the following year went to Kingston, Tenn., from there he went on a flatboat on the Tennessee River to Limestone Creek, Alabama, and there met Shep Thacker with whom he came to Hardin County in 1840 and remained with him for twelve years. He then began renting lands and farming. September, 1855, he was married to Miss Harriet Whitlow, of Hardin county who died January 27, 1884. This union resulted in the birth of eleven children, of whom are living Milton J., Sarah M., Granville S., Grant A., Ettie E., William R. and George H.; two died in infancy. Mr Allen married the second time to Mrs. Isabella (Falls) McDaniel of Hardin County. Mr. Allen is a zealous member of the Christian Church, belongs to the Agricultural Wheel of Tennessee, and is a stanch Republican. He is one of the most enterprising, cordial and esteemed men in the entire community. 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. . 10844 DAVIESS CO - ARTHUR M. BURKE- Burke, Innes, Douglas, Welch #10844: "The Biographical Record of Champaign County, Illinois," The S. J. Clarke Publishing company, Chicago, 1900. Daviess Co. ARTHUR M. BURKE is cashier of the Citizens Bank of Champaign, one of the leading financial institutions of the county, and is rapidly working his way to a foremost position among the prominent financiers of this section of the state. Genuine success is not likely to be the result of mere chance or fortune, but is something to be labored for and sought out with consecutive effort. Mr. Burke is a young man, but has already attained to a measure of prosperity that may a one who started out on life's journey before him might well envy. A native of Champaign county, he was born in Condit township, November 6, 1870, and is a son of P.E. and Isabella BURKE. The father was born in Davis county, Kentucky, and continued to reside there until about 1860, when he moved to Logan county, Illinois, where he purchased land and engaged in farming. In 1861, he joined the boys in blue as a member of Company F, Thirty-eighth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, as a private, and was mustered in at Camp Lincoln. Going immediately to the front, he participated in the battles of Stone River, Lookout Mountain, Chickamauga and other notable engagements, remaining in the service three years. After his return to civil life, he resumed farming in Logan county, but in 1867, he came to Champaign county, and took up his residence in Condit, where a few years later he purchased land and continued to engage in agricultural pursuits until his removal to Rantoul in 1877. He was interested in the grocery and meat business there for a few years, and subsequently engaged in the grain and coal business at the same place until 1882, when appointed deputy sheriff by J.C. Ware, then sheriff of the county. After filling that position for four years, he was elected sheriff and served in that office for the same length of time. In 1890 he bought an interest in the First National Bank of Urbana, but at the end of six months he sold out on account of ill health, and did not actively engage in any business thereafter. In 1893 he moved to Champaign, where he made his home until his death, which occurred February 14, 1896. He was widely and favorably known and was a man of considerable influence in his community. Fraternally he was a member of the Modern Woodmen of America; Urbana Lodge, F. & A.M.; and Black Eagle Post, No. 129, G.A.R.; while religiously he was a member of the Baptist church, to which is wife also belonged. She still continues to reside in Champaign. Five children were born to Mr. And Mrs. Burke, namely: Nellie, who died in 1878, at the age of thirteen years; Arthur M., our subject; William H., who is married and living Danville, Illinois; Eugene I., who is pursuing a literary course at the University of Illinois, and will graduate in the spring of 1900; and Benjamin J., who is employed as a clerk in the Citizens Bank of Champaign. Arthur M. Burke completed his education in the high schools of Urbana, and after laying aside his text books spent a year and a half in Colorado, being employed in a wholesale commission house of Denver. Returning to Champaign, he served as deputy sheriff under his father for one year. In 1890 he entered the employ of M. W. Mathews, of the Urbana Herald, as reporter and solicitor, and remained with him for about a year, after which he engaged in clerking in the clothing department of Ottheim's store until 1897. In February of that year he formed a partnership with J. W. Lawder in the tailoring business, which they carried on until the 1st of January, 1899, when Mr. Burke entered the Citizens Bank in a clerical capacity. The following August he and J. W. Orr purchased the interest of John Armstrong in the institution and have since conducted it under the name of the Citizens Bank. The business of the bank has increased materially since Messrs. Burke and Orr took charge of its affairs, and is now recognized as one of the solid financial institutions of the county. They do a general banking and loan business, and the safe, conservative policy which they follow commends itself to the judgment of all. On the 5th of September, 1892, Mr. Burke married Miss Stella INNES, of Urbana. Her father, John B. INNES, is a verteran of the Civil war, and has been for the last ten years foreman of the Besore lumberyard of Urbana. He has three children: Jennie, wife of George DOUGLAS, of Urbana; Stella, wife of our subject; and Grace, wife of Charles WELCH, of Urbana. Our subject and his wife have one child, John A., born September 6, 1898. Socially Mr. Burke is a member of Triumph Lodge, No. 73, K.P., of Urbana, andWestern Star Lodge, No. 140, F. & A.M., of Champaign; and religiously his wife is a member of the Baptist church of Urbana. In politics he is a stanch Republican, but he has never taken an active part in political affairs, preferring to give his undivided attention to his business interests. He is enterprising, progressive and public-spirited, and has become an important factor in the business circles of this county. 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. . 10843 UNKNOWN CO - J. B. STEVENSON - Stevenson, Berry, Vandemeter #10843: Illinois: History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1882. J.B. STEVENSON, grain and lumber merchant, Virginia, Cass Co.; was born July 11, 1847, at Little Indian, Princeton Precinct. He is the sixth of the family of William and Frances (Berry) Stevenson, of whom a sketch appears elsewhere in this work. Joseph B., after attending the schools of his district, took a course of study at the then Cumberland Presbyterian College at Virginia. He married, April 17, 1870, Miss Dora Vandemeter, daughter of Fentonville Vandemeter, then a farmer of Cass County, now a resident of Springfield. Mrs. Stevenson was born April 11, 1849, in Cass County. Mr. and Mrs. Vandemeter are both natives of Kentucky, and came to Illinois at an early date. They raised a family of ten children, and Mrs. S. was the seventh child. Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson have one child, Mary F. Mr. S. has been associated in business with Mr. C. W. Savage, since the fall of 1880, and is also a partner with his father in the grain trade, at Little Indian. 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. . 10842 JESSAMINE CO - WILLIAM B PAYNE - Payne, Hightower, Lowery, Page, Allender, Downing, Thompson, Crum, Black #10842: Illinois: History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1882. Jessamine Co. WILLIAM B. PAYNE, the leading dry-good merchant of Virginia, was born at Nicholasville, in Jessamine Co., Ky., August 24, 1824. His father, Flemming Payne, was a native of the same State, Todd County, Green River Country; was a tailor by trade, and made it the occupation of his life. He married Miss Susan Hightower, a daughter of Captain Richard Hightower, a native of Old Virginia, a farmer and a hotel-keeper. Flemming Payne's father was Charles Payne, who raised a family of eleven, the youngest of which lived to be thirty years of age, and the oldest ninety-three, and two are still living at an advanced age. They all settled in Kentucky, but the two now living are residents of Missouri. Flemming was the seventh of the family, and raised two sons and one daughter. Charles F. (deceased 1860) was a farmer of Cass Co., Mo.; Miranda H. is now widow of Charles F. Lowery, a merchant of Lexington, later Circuit Clerk of Fayette County. She still resides there at fifty-five years of age. William, our subject, attended school at Nicholasville, and left home at sixteen years of age. He clerked in a store for a time in his native town, and then went to Lexington and clerked about five years. At twenty-three years of age he entered the dry-goods business at Oxford, Scott County, Ky. In 1853 he went to Cass County, Mo., and followed farming successfully for about eight years. He came to Virginia, Cass Co., in 1864, and re-entered the mercantile business, and has since that time continued in trade. Mr. Page [sic]has spent about thirty years as a merchant, and eighteen years in Virginia. He was married February 24, 1848, to Miss Hannah E. Allender, daughter of Edward Allender, of Lexington, Ky. They have nine children living: Sue, now Mrs. Finis E. Downing, present Circuit Clerk of Cass County; Charles F., a merchant of Ashland, Cass Co., this State; Miranda H., wife of A. M. Thompson, farmer, Cass County; Henrietta, B., or Mrs. D. M. Crum, farmer of this county; Wm. G., who married Miss Eva L. Black, of Virginia; Richard H., James S., Eva L., and John S. are still at home. Mr. and Mrs. Payne are members of the Methodist Church, and Mr. Payne is a member of the I.O.O.F., of 36 years' standing. 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/

First - for those of you haven't been on the KYBIOGRAPHIES list since the beginning, here is the URL for the site where all the biographies are archived: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.bios/mb.ashx You might want to scan through those to see if I've already posted something on your family. NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. . 10841 CHRISTIAN CO - ISAAC HARNED - Harned, Meacham, Colvin, Rogers, Lindsey #10841: County of Christian, Kentucky, Historical and Biographical, Edited by William Henry Perrin, F. A. Battey Publishing Co., Chicago and Louisville, 1884. ISAAC HARNED is a native of this county, and was born on the 1st day of April, 1822. He was the eldest child born to William and Mary (Meacham) Harned, and the father was the eldest of a family of eleven children, born to Benjamin and Hannah (Colvin) Harned. William Harned was first married to Mary Meacham, who bore him three children, the subject of these line being the only one now living. His second marriage was with Lucinda Rogers, by which union he had five children, of whom there are two living - Enos and Ethy M: Our subject has resided in Christian County during his life, with the exception of about ten years, during which period he resided in Todd County, and he also lived in Indiana and Illinois a short time. He has given his attention to farming pursuits, and has a present farm of sixty-five acres. He was united in marriage to Nancy A. Lindsay, a daughter of Archibald and Jane (Meacham) Lindsey. This union has been blessed with eleven children, seven of whom are living: Birdett A., John M., Isaac N., Nannie E., Thomas M., Joab and Alexander H. Our subject is a Democrat politically, and has been identified with the Grange and Good Templar organizations. He and wife are members of the Methodist Church South. SCKY Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=south-central-kentucky Barren Co Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybarren GGP: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. . 10840 SIMPSON COUNTY - JAMES BOREN - Boren, Wimberly, Anthony, Butt, Moye, Thompson, Harrell, Lynch, Brown, Bracken #10840: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume IV, Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 3rd Ed., 1886. JAMES BOREN was born April 5, 18165, in Sumner County, Tenn., and in 1824 he removed with his parents and located in the southeast corner of Simpson County, Ky., where he has since resided. His father, Francis Boren, a native of South Carolina, settled in Sumner County in his nineteenth year, and died in 1875, aged about eighty-six years. He was the son of John Boren, of South Carolina, a soldier in the Revolution; died in 1821, at the age of ninety-five years. Francis Boren married Eady, daughter of Noah Wimberly, of Sumner County, Tenn. (died in 1851, aged sixty years), and their children were Nancy (Anthony), Tarlton, Millie (Butt), William, James, Matthew, Eliza (Moye) and Francis L. (dead). James Born had very limited facilities for obtaining an education in his youth, but by close application and hard study he has so far educated himself as to become a correct accountant, and has for many years transacted an extensive business that requires close calculation. Mr. Born married, September 27, 1837, Mahala, daughter of Joseph and Martha (Thompson) Anthony, of Allen County, born September 20, 1820, and to them have been born Granville F. (dead), George A., Gennettie (Harrell), Ellen (Lynch), James H., Albert C., Franklin P., Edie J. (Brown), Julia V., John C. (dead) and Florence (Bracken). In commencing his business career Mr. Boren had to "hoe his own row," and by industry, economy and a strict attention to business principles has accumulated a handsome property. He lost eleven slaves by the late war, one of whom cost him $1,514. In 1873 he had a fine residence burned. He has for forty years been an active dealer in leaf tobacco, in which he has been successful. He is also a farmer, having 230 acres of productive land in good condition. He has given his children over 400 acres. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and in politics 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. . 10839 HOPKINS CO -WILLIAM T. CRAFTON - Crafton, Rutlidge, Washington, Littlepage, Williams, Dobins #10839: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume IV, Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 3rd Ed., 1886. Hopkins Co. WILLIAM T. CRAFTON was born in Lunenburg County, Va., June 24, 1850, and is a son of Richard and Sallie (Rutlidge) Crafton, natives of the "Old Dominion", and of English descent. Richard Crafton was educated and married in his native State, and still lives on the farm where he was born. He is now in his eighty-seventh year, and has been all his life engaged in agricultural pursuits. His father, James Crafton, was a veteran of the Revolutionary war, having served under Washington throughout that struggle. Richard Crafton is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, and Mrs. Crafton is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. William T. Crafton was employed on his father's farm and in the stave business until he attained his majority, after which he continued the stave business on his own account in Virginia until July, 1872, when he came to Hopkins County, Ky., where he continued the same business for some six years. In 1878 he bought a farm near White Plains, Hopkins County, where he has since been engaged in agricultural pursuits and in stock raising, making breeding and raising a specialty. He was married in December, 1878, to Mrs. Cynthia C. (Littlepage) Williams, a native of Hopkins County, Ky., and a daughter of Epps and Nancy A. (Dobins) Littlepage, who were among the early settlers of Hopkins County, Ky. Mr. and Mrs. Crafton have no children; Mrs. Crafton, however, has one son by her former marriage. Mr. Crafton is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and in politics 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. . 10838 MONTGOMERY CO - CHARLES N. ANDERSON - Anderson, Baxter, Greenhalgh, Morris, Noble #10838: "Portrait and Biographical Album of Champaign County, Illinois," Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1887. Montgomery Co. CHARLES N. ANDERSON, formerly engaged in agricultural pursuits in this county, is now retired from active labor, and, surrounded by the comforts of life, is living in a pleasant home in Champaign City. He has been a resident of this county since 1857, in which year he purchased a farm of 200 acres in Champaign Township. This he operated until 1885, with the exception of a brief time spent in Kentucky, in the meantime having made of it a beautiful country estate, supplied with handsome and substantial buildings and all other modern improvements. In the year mentioned he purchased his present residence on Church street, where he has since lived. Mr. Anderson was born in Mt. Sterling, Ky., Dec. 18, 1823, and is the son of James and Lucinda ANDERSON, natives of Montgomery County, Ky., where the father followed blacksmithing all his life, and died on the 17th of June, 1829. The grandfather of our subject, Abihu ANDERSON, and his great-grandfather, Nicholas ANDERSON, were both natives of Virginia, and engaged in farming pursuits. The latter removed to Kentucky with his family, locating at Boonesbury, where he was among the earliest settlers, and became acquainted with Daniel Boone, the famous pioneer and Indian fighter. Abihu Anderson removed to Indiana in about 1825, where he spent the last years of his life. His son James, the father of our subject, after reaching manhood was married, and became the father of seven children, of whom only two are now living-Nancy N., Mrs. MORRIS, and C. N. of our sketch. The subject of this history remained on the farm of his father in his native town until about fifteen years old, and was then apprenticed to learn the trade of cabinet-maker, at which he served four years, and afterward worked three years as a journeyman. Then, wishing to still further perfect himself in his studies, he entered Franklin College, about five miles east of Nashville, Tenn., where for four years he thoroughly applied himself to the books, in the meantime defraying his expenses by working at his trade as opportunity afforded. He began college life with his books and $7 in cash, and graduated on the 18th of October, 1848, without any assistance from outside parties. After leaving school Mr. Anderson started on horseback for the purpose of securing employment as a teacher. He rode three days and could only secure an offer of $30 per month and board himself. He declined this and returned to Nashville, where he worked in a cabinet-shop for three months and then engaged to teach a subscription school near Lexington. After eighteen months' experience, during which time he gained the approv;al of the Trustees, he was elected Principal of a graded school in the same city, which position he held for the following five years, and until coming to this county. After purchasing his farm in Champaign Township he was re-elected Principal of the school at Lexington, which position he accepted. About this time, however, the war excitement became so great that the schools closed and Mr. Anderson returned to his farm. His subsequent course we have already indicated. The marriage of C. N. Anderson and Miss Ann J. NOBLE took place in Lexington, Ky., Feb. 1, 1849. Mrs. A. is a native of Harrodsburg, Ky., and the daughter of James and Mary (BAXTER) NOBLE, the former a native of Kentucky and the latter of Virginia. Of the seven children born to them, four are now living, namely: Lucy; Laura M., Mrs. GREENHALGH, of Champaign City; William N., a merchant of Chicago, and Ida V., at home. Those deceased are Mary F., and Charles E., both of whom died in infancy, Ella J. died when an interesting young lady of nineteen years old. She was a student at the University of Illinois, greatly admired and beloved by all her associates, and her death was a sore affliction to her fond parents and many friends. Mr. Anderson is Democratic in politics, and with his wife and daughters is a member and regular attendant of the Methodisst Episcopal Church. He has long been widely and favorably known in Champaign County as a representative man and useful citizen. 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. . 10837 JAMES B. DOWNS, UNKNOWN CO - Downs, Metcalfe #10873: The History of Edgar County, Illinois, Chicago: Wm. Le Baron, Jr. & Co., 186 Dearborn Street 1879. JAMES B. DOWNS, Embarrass Township, p.708. JAMES B. DOWNS, farmer and stockraiser; P.O. Isabel; one of the early and prominent settlers; was born in Virginia Aug. 24, 1813; came to this state with his mother's family in 1835, and settled in Edgar, where he has since resided; his farm consists of 580 acres, valued at $30,000. He was married to Miss B. A. Metcalfe, who was born in Kentucky; they have had three children, all of whom are living, viz., William H., James N. and Anna Mima. Since Mr. Downs' residence in the township, he has held offices of Treasurer, Constable, Assessor and Supervisor. 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. . 10836 GREEN CO - WILLIAM NISBET - Nisbet, Denny, Clark, Rice, Massey #10836: Illinois: History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1882. WILLIAM NISBET, farmer; P. O. Virginia, was born in Ohio, May 24, 1807; son of Thomas and Elizabeth, (Denny) Nisbet, natives of Pennsylvania; he, a merchant and farmer, born Dec. 25, 1772, died in Ohio, Aug. 28, 1819; she, born May 26, 1782, died May 9, 1864. Of their nine children but two are living. Subject received a fair education in Ohio, and engaged in farming, which pursuit he still follows. Mr. Nisbet has been married three times: first, in this county, Aug. 12, 1841, to Patience Clark, daughter of William and Margaret Clark. She was born April 27, 1818, and died June 23, 1842. His second wife, whom he married in McDonough Co., Ill., Sept. 18,1843, was Jane Rice, daughter of Benjamin Rice. She was born in Green Co., Ky., Nov. 11, 1817, and died Aug. 4, 1848. His third wife, whom he married in this county, Jan. 25, 1860, is Eliza Massey, born in Brown Co., Ill., Jan. 13, 1836, daughter of Henderson and Martha Massey. There were no children by the first two marriages, but by the third marriage eight children have been born, of whom seven are living, viz.: Chalmers, Walter, John, Newell, Bethune, George and Mary. Mr. Nisbet is a member of the Presbyterian 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. . 10825 UNKNOWN CO - JOHN M. MONTGOMERY - Montgomery, Bailey #10825: Illinois: History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1882. JOHN M. MONTGOMERY, farmer; P.O., Little Indian, was born in Lexington, Rockbridge County, Va., July 2, 1815; he is the oldest of a family of ten children. His educational privileges were limited to the common schools of Kentucky, where he lived with his parents thirteen years previous to their removal to Illinois, which occurred in 1829. He still remains upon the homestead farm, which has been his home for fifty-two years; he has never made a specialty on his farm, but grows all the usual farm crops. Religiously he has been connected with the Presbyterian Church for a period of forty-seven years. Politically, he is a Republican, and socially, enjoys the highest esteem of the entire community. His father, Samuel Montgomery, was also a native of Virginia; born Oct. 1, 1791; was a cabinet maker by trade; he died July 25, 1861; Mary Bailey, his wife, was also born in Virginia, March 20, 1791, and died Feb. 5, 1839. 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. 10824 HARRISON CO KY - JOHN CUMMINS - Cummins, Chapman #10824: The History of Edgar County, Illinois. Chicago: Wm. Le Baron, Jr. & Co., 186 Dearborn Street 1879. JOHN CUMMINS. Elbridge Township p.698. JOHN CUMMINS, farmer; P. O. Vermillion; made his home in Edgar Co. forty-eight years ago; he was born in Harrison Co., Ky., Dec. 25 (Christmas), 1807, and is the son of Joseph and Lydia Cummins; his father was a farmer, a native of Pennsylvania, having moved to Kentucky at an early day; Mr. Cummins was raised on the farm, engaged in farming. He married in Kentucky to Nancy Chapman, of Tennessee, daughter of Robert Chapman. In 1830, with wife and one child and his brother, James Cummins (who died in Edgar Co. 1846), started for Illinois in a wagon drawn by a span of horses; they arrived and settled in Eldridge Tp., Edgar Co. Mr. Cummins, when he first came here, was very poor, having a team of horses and $5.12 1/2 in money; the first four years, he rented a farm; in 1834, he purchased the first forty acres of land which lies between the present farm and Vermillion; he built a log cabin in 1834, and lived there until about 1850; with the trials that none but the old settlers have experienced, he has managed to accumulate 280 acres of land. Mr. Cummins was a soldier of the Black Hawk war, and did good service. His wife died February, 1874, at 63 years old; they had thirteen children, ten children living, all married; fifty-nine grandchildren. 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. 10823 UNKNOWN CO - WILLIAM I. MITCHELL - Mitchell, Crow, Skiles #10823: History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1882. WILLIAM I. MITCHELL, one of the most energetic and enterprising farmers of Ashland Precinct, is a native of Cass County, and was born in the above Precinct, March 6, 1948. His father, Washington A. Mitchell, of whom a sketch appears in this volume, is a native of Kentucky, and married Miss Rebecca W. Crow, daughter of William Crow, and early pioneer of Cass County, and they have five sons and two daughters; of these our subject is the second oldest. He received his schooling in the common schools of his native precinct, and later, attended the Wesleyan University, at Bloomington. He taught school in southern Cass County, and some in Morgan, for about seven years, doing farming between school terms. He purchased a farm in Ashland Precinct, but sold it in 1878. He married, on Oct. 21, 1879, to Miss Reasie A. Skiles, daughter of Ignatius Skiles, deceased, of whom a sketch and full page portrait appears in this volume. They have one daughter, Mabel S., born Aug. 1, 1880. Mr. Mitchell is extensively engaged in farming and stock raising, on a portion of the Skiles estate, comprising about 640 acres of valuable land, lying about two and one-half miles east of Virginia. 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. 10822 SIMPSON CO - HENRY J. BOOKER - Booker, Duke, Merriweather, Potter, McCartney, Colier, Taylor, Henry, Woodard, Seymour #10822: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume IV, Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 3rd ed, 1886. Simpson Co. HENRY J. BOOKER was born July 9, 1846 in Franklin. He is the fourth of three boys and four girls born to George W. and Frances D. (Duke) Bookers, natives of Hickman County Ky., and Montgomery County, Tenn. George W. was a carpenter and moved to Simpson County, Ky. about 1835. He was a son of Edward Booker, who married Sarah Merriweather. Sarah was a daughter of James Merriweather, who belonged to one of the leading and prominent families of Shelby County, Ky. Mrs. Frances D. Booker was a daughter of John Duke, who came from Maryland or Virginia. Henry J. Booker was reared in the city of Franklin. When a lad of eight years his father died, and he was obliged to assist in supporting the family. He sold hot cakes on the street for one year; after that worked in a tobacco stemmery for three seasons; the first week in the tobacco house he earned 35 cents, but becoming an expert was able to earn 40 cents per day. At the age of fifteen years he was engaged for one year at $100 as a salesman by Potter & McCartney, in their hardware store; proving to be good and valuable his salary was inceased from year to year, until he reached the sixth year, when he was able to command $600. At the end of that time he had succeeded in saving $26.50, all his earnings being required to support and educate the family. During his stay with Potter & McCartney he concluded he might be able to earn some money by selling the Louisville Journal. He borrowed $2 and started with ten subscribers, and continued to increase the list until at the end of eighteen months he had 100 subscribers, at the end of which time other interests requiring his attention he abandoned the sale. After he became of age he was employed by Colier, Taylor & Co., for one year, after which he engaged in business with James McCartney under the firm name of Booker & McCartney. In 1873 this partnership was dissolved and Mr. Booker engaged in business for himself; has been very successful, and now owns as large a stock of hardware as there is in Franklin. Few men have been more successful or more deserving of success socially, morally or financially than Mr. Booker. His mother died at the age of fifty-five years. Mr. Booker married, November 21, 1876, Neely Henry, of Simpson County, daughter of John and Harriet V. (Woodard) Henry, born in Montgomery and Robertson Counties, Tenn., respectively, and who emigrated and settled in Simpson County about 1851. Mr. Booker and wife are parents of two children - Harriet V. and Francis Duke - and are members of the Baptist Church. He is a member of the I.O.O.F. and Masonic fraternity, and cast his first presidental vote for Seymour. 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. 10821 HOPKINS CO - JOHN W COX - Cox, Winstead, Ramsey #10821: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume IV, Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 3rd ed, 1886. Hopkins Co. JOHN W. COX was born in Mecklenburgh County, Va., July 31, 1827, and is a son of Eli and Jane (Winstead) Cox; the former a native of the "Old Dominion", and the latter of North Carolina, of Irish and English descent respectively. Eli Cox was educated in his native State. He went to North Carolina, where he was married, but soon returned to Virginia, where in early life he engaged in merchandising and trading, and afterward in farming, which he continued until his death in 1846, in his fifty-second year. He was a veteran of the war of 1812. In 1848 the family removed to Hopkins County, Ky. John W. received but little schooling in his youth, but acquired a good, practical business education by his own exertions. In 1852 he went to California to seek his fortune, and was not entirely unsuccessful. He was engaged in mining there three years, after which he returned to Kentucky, and bought 330 acres of wild land near Nebo. He has since improved the farm upon which he now resides, and to which he has added from time to time, now owning well-improved farms amounting to some 1,500 acres. He is one of the most extensive and successful raisers in the county. For the past twelve years he has been extensively engaged in the tobacco trade, owning two large stemmeries in Nebo. He was married in 1856 to Miss Sarah A. Ramsey, a native of Hopkins County, Ky. Six children - two sons and four daughters - have blessed this union. Mr. Cox is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and in politics 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. Have a great weekend! Sandi 10820 LOGAN CO - JACOB FISHBACK - Fishback, Wykrick, Johnson, Pitman, Barr, Fletcher, Orndorff, Adams, Purcell, Barr #10820: History of Crawford Co IN, Perrin, 1883. Marshall Township. Farmer, P. O. Marshall, who has for many years been a resident of Wabash Township and is extensively and favorably known, was born in Virginia on the 29th of December, 1816. He is a son of Jacob T. Fishback and Sarah Wyrick. His father was a native of Virginia, and served in the Revolutionary war with commission of Captain, soon after which service he was married to Miss Sarah Wyrick, of Virginia. Their family consisted of but one son, the subject of these lines. In his childhood, Jacob was adopted by his grandfather Wyrick, and with him came to Clark County, Ill., in 1830. They settled on Section 9 of Wabash Township, where his grandparents died a few years later. Here Mr. Fishback grew to manhood, having obtained the elements of an English education before leaving Virginia. On the 18th of August, 1839, he was married to Miss Rachel W. Johnson, daughter of James W. Johnson, of Kentucky. She was born in Logan County, Ky., October 30, 1817, and came to Clark County in 1835, where she died, December 16, 1872, having raised a family of eight children. Mr. Fishback in early life learned the trade of stone-cutter and worked at this business rather extensively in the construction of the Cumberland road, and afterward on various public works. He settled where he now lives, in Section 26, in 1840. Mr. Fishback was formerly a Whig, and since their day has been a Democrat. He has served his township in the official capacity of Justice of the Peace for over twenty years, so long, in fact that few remember when the title of Squire did not apply. He has been for many years a member of the Masonic fraternity. His present wife is Martha E. Pitman, to whom he was married September 4, 1878. She is a daughter of Amos Pitman and Sarah Barr. She was born in Frederick County, Va., July 25, 1840, and came with her mother to this county in 1854, her father having died in Virginia. The mother died in Wabash Township. The record of this Fishback family is as follows: Sarah J., born October 19, 1840, and married to W. W. Wyrick; Joseph S., born October 30, 1842, married to Susan Fletcher; Jacob P., born January 1, 1845, married to Sarah C. Orndorff; James M., born April 10, 1847, married Orrel V. Adams; Elizabeth, born September 7, 1850, married to Thomas L. Orndorff; Eliza C., born January 28, 1853, married to Milton Orndorff; Mary L., born September 4, 1855, married W. W. Purcell; Alice R., born March 30, 1858, and died December 2, 1876. 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. 10819 JEFFERSON CO KY - ALLEN BRISCOE - Briscoe, Brooks, Corey, Archer, Dulaney #10819: History of Crawford Co IN, Perrin, 1883. Marshall Township. Allen Briscoe. Retired, Marshall, is a native of Jefferson County, Ky. He was born near Louisville on the 14th day of February, 1832. His father, Henry Briscoe, is a descendant of an English family, and he was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. He was born in Virginia and came from the State of Kentucky to Illinois in 1835. He settled near where Westfield is located, where he soon after died. Catharine Brooks, mother of A. B. Briscoe, was of German descent; she was a native of Virginia, and died soon after the death of her husband. Allen B. was thus early in life left an orphan, but was cared for by the older members of the family, who kept the children together. At this time, educational advantages were inferior, and Mr. Briscoe thinks that, when all told, he went to school about one year. He began life for himself by hauling lead ore from Galena to Milwaukee. After some time thus spent, he engaged in stock dealing for some six or seven years. In 1852, he was elected to the office of County Clerk of Clark County, and moved to Marshall in 1853, and has been a resident of the town ever since. He was continuously elected to the office of County Clerk for twenty-four years from fall of 1852. He married, in Marshall, on January 24, 1859, to Miss Mary J. Corey, daughter of Lova and Martha (Archer) Corey. She was born in Winnebago County, Ill., July 2, 1837. Her father was a native of New York, and came to Illinois about 1820, and is among the very first settlers of Walnut Prairie. Her mother was a daughter of Charles K. ARCHER, and was born in Knox County, Ind., in 1816, and came to Illinois with her parents when about one year old. She was married to Lova Corey in 1830; had a family of ten children, of whom Mrs. Briscoe is the third. Mr. and Mrs. Briscoe have a family of four children whose names and ages follow: Carroll Briscoe, born April 19, 1860; Cora Briscoe, born April 19, 1864; Walter L. Briscoe, born May 12, 1871; Jeanette Briscoe, born February 5, 1875. The oldest of these children, Carroll, is now a grocer merchant in Marshall, having embarked with H. B. Dulaney in that business in August of 1882. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. Mr. Briscoe owns a farm in York Township, and one adjoining the city of Marshall. 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. 10818 HANCOCK CO - JOSEPH L. ALLISON - Allison, Lewis, Easton, Dulaney, Swearenger #10818: History of Crawford Co IN, Perrin, 1883. Marshall Township. Joseph L. Allison. Pension Agent, Marshall, is a native of Hancock County, Ky., born October 7, 1823. The parents of Mr. Allison, William L. and Eliza B. (Lewis) Allison, were natives of Kentucky. His father was born November 23, 1794, and died in Coles County, Ill., August 21, 1854. His mother, Eliza B. Lewis, was born in Hancock County, Ky., Feburary 24, 1795, where his mother died November 26, 1831. His father was in early life a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Conference, but subsequently began the practice of medicine, which he continued until his death. In the spring of 1833, they removed to Illinois, and settled in Coles County, near where Mattoon now stands. Here our subject grew to manhood and received the elements of an English education in schools of his county. These were what were known as subscription schools, and were limited to three months each year. For some years previous to his marriage, he was engaged in farming and dealing in stock. He was married in Clark County, March 1, 1847, to Miss Harriet A. Easton, daughter of Charles and Sarah (Swearenger) Easton. Mrs. Allison was born in Lexington, Ky., March 23, 1828. Mr. Allison began life, as before mentioned, as a farmer, in Coles County about 1844, which he continued until 1855, when he removed to Marshall, in Clark County, and is still a resident of the place. The first three years of his residence here he was not actively engaged, owing to physical disability. In 1858, he was appointed City Marshal. Mr. Allison refers, with some degree of pride, to the fact that he carried a hod in the construction of Mr. Dulaney's dwelling house. In 1862, he formed a partnership with Uriah Manley in the Claim Agency business, which, in connection with a real estate agency, he continues still. He was admitted to practice law March 25, 1863. Politics, Republican. They have six children living: Anna E., born March 18., 1850; Joseph L., born October 7, 1851; Sarah M., born May 12, 1853; Charles E., born June 12, 1859; Edgar L., born April 15, 1862; Laura M., born August 8, 1867. Family residence on corner of Hudson and Handy streets. 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. 10817 FLEMING CO - JOHN J INLOW - Inlow, Bell, Payne, Trees, Mull, Richardson, Talbott, Kaufman #10817: History of Rush County Indiana 1888, Brant & Fuller Chicago. John J. Inlow, M. D., an able and scholarly physician of the flourishing little town of Manilla, was born in Fleming County, Ky., February 13, 1826; he was the oldest son of two children, born to Abraham and Sophia (Bell) Inlow, the former a native of Fleming County, Kentucky. born July 18, 1802, and was of Welsh descent, died January 25, 1872; the latter a native of Lewis County, Kentucky., and was of English descent. Died June 1828. Our subject's mother died when he was but quite small, and he with his brother and father went to live with James Inlow (his paternal grandfather) until his father was married to Mary Payne, then going with them, but only remained about three months; then his grandfather, James Inlow, took him to raise. This union was blessed with six children, as follows; Jane, Samuel S., Thomas, Joseph, Lucy, and Octave. Our subject grew up to manhood with his grandfather, in his native county, and helping and helping him on the farm during this time. In the winter season he attended the subscription schools, he also attended the Flemingburg Academy one year, and by so doing he received a good common school education. In the fall of 1846, he became tired of the vocation of a farmer and went to Flemingburg and began the study of medicine, under Dr. E. O. Bell, and continued this until the fall of 1849, successfully, then attending a course of lectures in the Ohio Medical College, at Cincinnati, until the spring of 1849, and from these lectures he returned to his native county, to a small town by the name of Martha Mills; and it was there he began his profession, and continued there from April 1849, until 1851. Becoming dissatisfied, as the county was rough, and thinking he could do much better in the North, he came through on horseback and located in Manilla, Rush County. He landed here in December of 1851, and bought Dr. J. W. Trees out, then began his profession January 1, 1852, and has ever since pursued the medical practice continually. He continued the alone for about two years, and then he and Dr. J. W. Trees formed a partnership, and pursued the practice of medicine together for some two years. During this time he was also connected in the mercantile business, after which he sold this to Dr. J. W. Trees, then buying him out in the profession, and has ever since practiced successfully, although he has had some bad luck. In 1856 he lost his office and dwelling by fire, then building a small office on this lot, he was compelled to rent property for some time. In 1861, he replaced on this lot a very fine dwelling. With the exception of this he has been successfully financially in all his undertakings. As he has a farm of 536 acres of good land, 138 acres of this is situated in Shelby County, and the balance in Walker Township, the most of which is all well improved land. In June 28, 1853, our subject was joined in the happy wedlock to Mary A. Mull, a native of Rush County, born April 28, 1831, daughter of Jacob, and Margaret (Richardson) Mull, the former a native of Loudoun County, Va., born July 12, 1803, and of German descent, died June 16, 1857; the latter a native of New Jersey, born January 3, 1805, and of Irish descent, died April 21, 1872. To this union there were born nine children, six daughters and three sons, as follows: Emma S; born July11, 1854; and two infant daughters, both unnamed; William E; born April 29, 1859; Kattie, born February 19, 1861; Kattie died September 7, 1862; Cyrus E; born February 18, 1863; Lulie J., born February 24, 1865, Charles, born August 3, 1867, Lucy J, born February 7, 1870; of these two daughters are married as follows: Emma S; to Nathan F. Talbott, January 22, 1878, and resides in Chattanooga, Tennessee; Lulie J; to Louis J. Kaufman, August 17, 1884, and resides in Columbus, Indiana. Mr. And Mrs. Inlow are both members of the Christian Church. He believes in upholding the principles of the Democratic Party, in politics. He and his family are good citizens and well respected by all. 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. 10816 - UNKNOWN CO - WILLIAM E MILSTEAD - Milstead, Hinchee, Stout, Struble #10816: Illinois: History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1882. WILLLAM E. MILSTEAD, farmer, deceased; was born in Kentucky, Feb. 25, 1829; son of Edward and Mary N. (Hinchee) Milstead, natives of Virginia; he, a shoemaker by trade, died about 1871 she died about 1870. Subject was the fifth child of a family of thirteen, and came to Morgan County, Ills., with his parents, when fourteen years old, and soon after to this county. He settled on the place where his widow now resides, in 1858, and, at his death, which occurred Sept. 6, 1872, had over 500 acres under cultivation, on which he had erected a fine farm residence, and made all the other improvements. He married in this county, Oct. 28, 1855, Ellen Struble; born Feb. 23, 1838, daughter of Andrew and Sarah (Stout) Struble, and from this union ten children have been born, eight of whom are living: Sarah L., James W., Philemon, Jacob D., Alfred S., George E., Laura, Florence, Ella, and Martha. Since his death his widow and children have managed the farm on which the usual farm crops are raised; and in addition they feed all kinds of stock, of which they handle a large amount. Mr. Milstead was a supporter of 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/