NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking further information. 11769 HICKMAN CO – T. W. ASHLEY – Ashley, Wooldridge, White, Bradley 11769 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume 8B – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 1886, p.244. T. W. ASHLEY was born in Hickman County, October 30, 1839. He is the son of Dr. C. M. Ashley, who was a native of Virginia and who about 1828 came to this county, engaged in farming and also followed his profession and merchandising; he died in September, 1883, aged seventy-nine. Our subject was reared on his father’s farm; at the age of eighteen he entered the store of W. F. Wooldridge as clerk; there he remained until 1866, at which time he commenced business for himself and has since continued. In 1880 he, with Jacob White, built the Opera House block. Mr. Ashley now owns the store he occupies in this block, also one-half interest in the opera house. He held the office of post master from 1866 to August, 1882. He was married in December, 1869, to Miss M. C. Bradley, of Clinton. This union has been blessed with five children – two sons and three daughters. Both parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking further information. 11768 BOURBON CO – JAMES D. BROWN – Brown, Davis, Cairn, Merritt 11768 Pike County Missouri History, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883, p. 1008. James D. Brown. Among the old pioneers of Pike county, who are well known, is the subject of this sketch, who was born October 7, 1807, in Bourbon county, Kentucky, the son of John and Nancy A. (Davis) Brown. They reared a family of fourteen children. In October, 1818, his parents arrived in Pike county while Missouri was yet a territory. His youth was spent working on his father’s farm and attending the log-cabin schools of those pioneer days. In 1826 he went to Galena, Illinois, where he was engaged in lead mining for six years. In the spring of 1822, in company with Sam Cairn, a trader, they started from this county with whisky and bacon for the lead mine trade. When on Rock River, Illinois, within a day’s drive of Galena, Black Hawk’s Indians murdered a family near to where they were camped. They, themselves, and team were pressed into the service. Our subject remained at Galena during the summer, and in August returned to this county. In the fall of 1833 he started for Charleston, South Carolina, alone on horseback, and rode there and back; he was some sixty-four days on the journey. In 1867 he went to Troy, Missouri, where he resided until 1874, engaged in the brick business; then he went to California, but after a short time returned to this county. In 1877 he went to California, where he lived some two years, and in 1879 returned again to this county. Mr. Brown was married to Miss Elmira B. Merritt; she died in November, 1873. Mr. Brown has six children living; four that reside in California. The names of his children are: Sarepta J., Hiram S., George B., James H., Orpha V., and John A. Mr. Brown has been a member of the Masonic order for the last thirty years, and is also a prominent member of the Christian Church.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking further information. 11767 SIMPSON CO – WILLIAM R HOBDY – Hobdy, Harrell, Horn, Pearson 11767 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume IV – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 2nd ed., 1885. WILLIAM R. HOBDY was born in Allen County, Ky., August 5, 1845, and is the second of five children, four of whom are living, born to Moore C. and Matilda J. (Harrell) Hobdy. William R. Hobdy received an excellent common school and academic education in youth, and was employed on the old homestead in Allen County until he was twenty-two years old. In January, 1868, he and elder brother moved to a farm near Pilot Knob, in Simpson County, Ky., which they had bought the year before. Here they farmed together until the fall of 1882, when William R. sold his interest in the place and bought the farm of 260 acres, four miles south of his former place, upon which he now resides, and where he is extensively and successfully engaged in farming and stock raising. He married, November 18, 1869, Amanda B. Horn, also a native of Allen County, Ky., she was born October 3, 1851, and is a daughter of William D. and Martha S. (Pearson) Horn, natives of Allen and Warren Counties, Ky., respectively, and of English descent. Three sons have blessed this union, viz.: William C., Edgar J. and Charles Lester. Mr. Hobdy and wife have been from early life members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, in which he has been a ruling elder for the past eight years. Mr. Hobdy, however, was formerly a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is also an earnest advocate of the temperance cause. In politics he is a Democrat, and is one of the prominent and successful farmers and stock raisers of the county.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11766 LEWIS CO - JOHN ARMSTRONG – Armstrong, Cunningham, Matthews, Grimes 11766 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume 8B – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 1886, p. 743. JOHN ARMSTRONG is a native of County Tyrone, Ireland, was born in January, 1821 and when eight years old was taken to Canada by his parents, William and Sarah (Cunninghm) Armstrong. In that country he remained until sixteen years of age, when he went to Pittsburgh; in 1858 he removed to Lewis County, Ky., and in 1854 bought a farm. He served as captain of a militia company several years, and for seven or eight years was engaged in mercantile business at Vanceburg, which he has since successfully conducted. His first marriage was in Pittsburgh to Miss Mary J. Matthews, who die din 1858, and his second marriage as to Miss Martha Grimes, a native of Lewis County, Ky., who has borne him one child, Frank. Mr. Armstrong is a Knight Templar, and belongs to Maysville Commandery No. 10.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11765 McCRACKEN CO - HENRY M. ADCOCK – Adcock, Morton, Williams 11765 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume I – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 1885, p. 280. HENRY M. ADCOCK, McCracken County, was born in Rockingham County, N. C., September 12, 1827, and came with his parents to Montgomery County, Tenn., in 1837, and is the eldest son of Absalom Adcock, of Virginia. His father was a farmer; his mother was Miss M. E. Morton, a native of Virginia, and is still living. She was the mother of a large family of children, of whom eight are now living, viz.: H. M., J. W., J. R., M. W., L. V., Cordelia L., Zorada G. and William B. Henry M. Adcock (our subject) resided near Clarksville, Tenn., until upward of twenty years of age, and was then married to Miss Mildred W., eldest daughter of John B. Williams, then a resident of that county, but since of Todd County, Ky., this union was blessed with the following children: H. May, Eugenie A., Morton W., Fannie B., John A. and Susie F. Mr. Adcock removed to Missouri from Todd County, Ky., where he engaged in farming, and served as deputy sheriff of Barry County until the beginning of the late war. He then returned to Kentucky and located in McCracken County, where he has since resided, devoting his time principally to farming, and to various agencies. His farm, about five miles from Paducah, comprises 121 acres. Mr. Adcock is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, of the Masonic order, and is a zealous supporter of the temperance union.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11764 SHELBY CO – ROBERT WASSON – Wasson, Thornburgh 11764 History of Guthrie and Adair Counties, Iowa; Springfield, Ill: Continental Hist. Co., 1884. Cass Township Robert Wasson, one of the prominent farmers of Guthrie county, although now nearly eighty years of age, is a native of Shelby county, Kentucky, having been born there in December, 1804. He moved from Shelby county to Montgomery county, Indiana, where he remained until 1854, when he came to Guthrie county, settling on section 34, Cass township. He was married in Indiana to Jane Thornburgh, a native of Pennsylvania. They have had four children, two of whom are living--Samuel A. and James T. Mary Louisa died in 1856, aged two years; June died in 1881, aged twenty-five years.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11763 BOYD CO – ALEXANDER JOSSELSON – Josselson, Meyers, Kessel 11763 History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State. Volume IV Illustrated. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago – Louisville, 1928, p. 210-211. Ashland has materially benefited by the constructive efforts of Alexander Josselson, one of its foremost merchants and also a successful financier. A native of Russia, he as born April 18, 1877, and was but eight years old when his parents came to the United States. They established their home in Baltimore, Maryland, and later settled in Morehead, Kentucky, where the father embarked in merchandising. The public schools of Baltimore afforded Alexander Josselson his educational advantages, and for a few years he worked for his father. In 1894, at the age of seventeen, he joined his brother Frank in the produce business in Morehead, and for five years they devoted their attention to that line of activity. In 1899 they opened a liquor store in Morehead and in 1901 allied their interests with those of Ashland, where they engaged in the same business. The brother passed away in 1914, and the subject of this sketch conducted the business alone until 1919. He then became owner of the Alexander & Clay Furniture Store, one of the old and reliable establishments of Ashland, and now operates the business under the style of Josselson Brothers, a portion of the stock being held by the Frank Josselson estate. The business is now housed in a modern seven-story building which was erected in 1925 and is located at No. 1409 Winchester street. The firm carries an extensive stock and has one of the finest furniture stores in the state. The establishment is a great asset to the city and in its conduct Mr. Josselson displays rare judgment and executive ability of a high order. He is an honest merchant, and his patronage has assumed large proportions. He is active in the management of the Southern Security Company and the Ashland Finance Company, of which he is vice president and a director, and serves the Rowan Lumber Company and the Third National Bank of Ashland in similar capacities. Mr. Josselson was married February 24, 1907, to Miss Sarah G. Meyers, a daughter of Jonas and Esther (Kessel) Meyers, of Baltimore. Mr. and Mrs. Josselson have a family of four children: Erma, who was born May 14, 193; Fern, whose natal day as September 19, 1815; Julius, whose birth occurred on the 25th of February, 1919; and Annis, born July 7, 1920. Mr. Josselson is identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, and his political views are in accord with the platform and principles of the republican party. Enterprising, resourceful and farsighted, he has reaped the full harvest of his labors and at the same time has stimulated the progress of Ashland, which numbers him among the most loyal and valuable citizens.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11762 WARREN CO – W. H. WAND – Wand, Sublett, Maxwell, Carnefix 11762 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume II – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886., p223-4. W. H. WAND was born in Simpson County, Ky., December 5, 1837, and is a son of Benjamin and Adaline R. (Sublett) Wand. His father was a farmer and died July 16, 1878; his mother is still living and resides on the old homestead. Soon after attaining his majority he entered the Federal Army (Twenty-sixth Infantry) under Col. Maxwell, and served faithfully for four years, and until peace was declared. Soon after the war he married Miss R. J. E., a daughter of W. W. Carnefix, of this county. They had three children, all of whom died in early childhood, his wife died in 1870. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. W. is a member of the Masonic order, and of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is a Prohibitionist in politics.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11761 BALLARD CO – ISAAC T. DEAN – Dean, Nave, Shelbourne, Goad, Coon, Kelley, Gill, Womble, Brumfield, Trice 11761 Histories and Biographies of Ballard, Calloway, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, McCracken and Marshall Counties, Kentucky; A Reprint of Part II of Battle, J. H. W. Perrin and G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State, First Edition, Louisville, Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1885, Reprint 1972. Kentucky Reprint Company, P.O. Box 1072, University Station, Murray, Kentucky 42071. Pg. 119 ISAAC T. DEAN, was born April 23, 1835, in Jessamine County, Ky., and in 1836 was brought by his parents to Ballard County, where he now resides. His father, Jefferson H. Dean, was also a native of Jes­samine County, born in 1810, and died in 1860. Jefferson H. married Catherine, daughter of Peter Nave, of Jessamine County (born in 1814, and died in 1848), and from this union sprang Marietta (Shelbourne), Martha J. (Goad), subject, William D., Sarah K. (Coon), George A. (Kelley), Eliza A. (Gill),and Mahala N. (Womble). By the second marriage were born John J., James H., George F. and Ida M. On May 11, 1859, subject was married to Miss Eudora T. A., daughter of Lee and Salley (Brumfield) Trice, of Ballard County, (born August 9, 1840), and to them have been born Lee Bell, William D. (deceased), and Jeff T. After arriving at man's estate, our subject followed for ten years the vocation of carpen­ter and builder, in which he was successful. He is now engaged in farming, having 160 acres of good land in a fine state of cultiva­tion. He is a member in good standing of the I. O. O. F., and also of the K. of H. In politics he is a Democrat.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11760 MARSHALL CO – THOMAS E. BARNES – Barnes, Foster, Stephens 11760 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume 8B – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 1886, p. 322. THOMAS E. BARNES was born April 19, 1839, in Davidson County, Tenn. His father, Andrew J. Barnes, removed from Virginia, his native State, to Tennessee, when a young man, and was a farmer by occupation, principally. He died in September, 1883. His wife was Martha Foster. Our subject was reared on a farm, and started out for himself as a farm hand; for many years he was thus engaged, together with managing several farms, which he rented in Marshall County. In 1869 he went into business at Benton, Ky., with his father-in-law, and continued operating a farm until 1878, when he disposed of his interest in the store, and exchanging his farming interest for property in Paducah, he removed in 1879 to that place and engaged in the grocery business. After a few months he returned to Benton, and there became interested in a saw and grist-mill. He has since been engaged in the grocery and dry goods trade, carrying a large and well-assorted stock, neatly displayed. He also carries on the only undertaking establishment in Benton. Despite the complete destruction by fire of his property in 1870, Mr. Barnes has regained his losses and placed himself among the solid men of Marshall County. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M., and K. of H., and with his wife a member of the Baptist Church. He was married May 10, 1860, to Missouri J. Stephens, of Benton; there are three children living of this union, Mary E., Anna E. and Benjamin B.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11759 CHRISTIAN CO – WILLIAM B. RADFORD – Radford, Killebrew, McGuire, Steger, McElroy 11759 County of Christian, Kentucky; Historical and Biographical. Edited by William Henry Perrin. F. A. Battey Publishing Co., Chicago and Louisville, 1884. Longview Precinct, pp. 502-3. WILLIAM B. RADFORD. The father of this gentleman, William Radford, was born in Buckingham County, Va., in 1799, where he lived to the age of fifteen years, and then (1814) came with his parents to Christian County, Ky., where he died in 1875. His father, William Radford, and grandfather of our subject, died in 1837, aged seventy-five years. The mother of our subject was Mary, daughter of Buckner and Mary Killebrew. She was born in Montgomery County, Tenn., and died in this county in 1872, aged seventy-two years. She was the mother of the following children: Mrs. Sarah E. McGuire, William B., Mrs. Eliza J. Steger and James M., now deceased. William B. Radford was born at his present residence, “Long View,” on the 7th of March, 1824. He received a good business education; is now engaged in agricultural pursuits, and is the owner of 900 acres of land. He was married on the 13th of December, 1853, to Miss Sicily A., daughter of Abraham and Mary McElroy, of this county, who has borne him the following children: Annie, Henry, McElroy, Dr. William, Mollie and Edna. Mr. Radford is an active member of the order A. F. & A. M.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11758 MERCER CO – H. T. YOUNG – Young, Springer, Wheeler, Linney 11758 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 4th ed., 1886. H. T. YOUNG was born December 5, 1846, and devoted the first part of his business life for several years to tanning, but at present is farming with success. His father, Franklin Young, was born in Mercer County about 1807, received a classical education in the county, and devoted the principal part of his life in merchandising in Harrodsburg and Cornishville. His first marriage was to Miss Jane Springer, who bore two children: David and William. His second marriage was to Miss Amanda Wheeler, who became the mother of H. T. Young, who was born in Cornishville, Mercer County, and who was married in 1872 to Miss Jennie E. Linney, a daughter of Hon. G. W. Linney. To this union were born five children: Flora A., George (deceased), Emma (deceased), Cecil, Charlie, Annie. Mr. Young is a member of the Presbyterian Church, a Democrat, and an honorary member of the I.O.O.F.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11757 - Lincoln Co - Nancy Scott - Scott, Ray, Lang 11757 The History of Appanoose County..., Iowa; Chicago: Western Hist. Co., 1878. Walnut Township Scott, Nancy , farmer, Sec. 6; P. O. Walnut City ; born in Lincoln Co., Ky. , in 1819. Her father, Joseph Ray, was from Virginia ; her mother, Grace Ray (nee Lang), was born in Pennsylvania , both near the division line of the two States. Soon after marriage, moved to Kentucky; engaged in farming; in 1826, moved to Ripley Co., thence to Morgan Co.; cleared a farm and remained until their deaths, in 1848. After teaching school for some time, at the age of 22, Miss Ray married David Scott; he was born in Indiana, in 1817; was a farmer of Morgan Co., Ind.; in 1853, came to this county and settled in Walnut Tp.; purchased land of the Government; engaged in farming and stock dealing until 1862; while on business in Kansas, he died, leaving seven children - Noah M., now Clerk of the Court of this county; C. R., who died of the disease contracted in the army; B. M., died at Davenport, Iowa, of disease contracted in the army; Dayton O., Thomas, Clayton and Milton. Owned over 700 acres of land, valued at $25 per acre; well stocked and improved. Members of the Christian Church.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11756 HICKMAN CO – S. G. ARNOLD – Arnold, Bartley, Perry 11756 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume 8B – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 1886, p. 244. S. G. ARNOLD, Clinton, Hickman County, was born in Wythe County, Va., March 29, 1854. He is a son of A. S. and L. H. (Bartley) Arnold, both natives of the same county and State. In the fall of 1862 the family came to Clinton. Here A. S. Arnold held the office of deputy sheriff from 1862 to 1867, after which he was elected sheriff and served in this capacity until 1871; he was elected a member of the legislature in 1871, and served one term. Soon after coming to Clinton he engaged in merchandising, and was also extensively engaged in handling cotton until 1868. He died April 27, 1880, aged fifty-one. Our subject owns a farm where he now lives, which joins Clinton on the west. It consists of seventy acres well improved. He was married in February, 1879, to Miss Kittie Perry, of Clinton. This union is blessed with two children – one son and one daughter.

I think I might have left out a dash in the address to subscribe to KY Memories. If so, I'm sorry!! KENTUCKY-MEMORIES-request@rootsweb.com Sandi

No obligation friends - just wanted you to know! I would like to announce a new Kentucky list which I hope you will find most interesting. As you know, I manage the KYRESEARCH list where I attempt to help people researching in Kentucky by showing names and events – sort of a how to, where is, who is list. I occasionally intermix these purely research tips with a look back at some of our past … with stories about events, appliances, farming, military memories, entertainment of the past, etc. I have long been wanting to split this list so those who want purely researching tips and information rather than memories wouldn’t have to wade through tales of life in the past. I petitioned rootsweb.com for a new list and they informed me that there was already a list entitled “Kentucky Memories” to which I could post these. In reading through the archives of this list, there had been no posts since the year 2006 and many of the posts were more of a chit-chat nature and a few queries. Rootsweb contacted the current list owner and she granted me permission to take over as administrator of this list. I'm grateful!! This list is not for genealogical queries. There are abundant lists available for this. But it is open for contributions that deal with a subject I or someone else has posted on theme. And, stories that you would like to share from your memories such as growing up on a farm, having a specific appliance or car, war time memories, how something was done … I will normally post once a week to the list; I’ll decide upon the day soon. I have some neat topics already prepared which I think you will enjoy. To subscribe to the list, send an e-mail to: <mailto:KENTUCKYMEMORIES-request@rootsweb.com>KENTUCKY-MEMORIES-request@rootsweb.com I believe the former list administrator has it set up so you will receive an e-mail asking if you want to subscribe to the list - then you click on the link and it confirms your desire to subscribe. Then .... another new list named KENTUCKY-LEGENDS. The same former list owner of KENTUCKY-MEMORIES also managed a list called KENTUCKY-LEGENDS. I accepted her offer of taking over the list and the is will be a different kind of list I'm sure. In scanning through the archives, this should be a fun list for many of you! It consists of legends, ghost stories, lost gold ... anything of interest in this theme that has been recorded, heard of or seen in Kentucky. Now many of you know that I come originally from a state that has very few ghost stories, haints, buried gold, etc. But, after 21 years, it's grown on me though I take it all with a grain of salt! Is is good to preserve these tales for future generations; they were told on stormy nights, with a straight face and around campfires. I will likely post a story once a week. I want it to stay on theme and not just be a chit-chat list. It is not a query list; it's a list to maybe send a shiver down your spine. (you know my Halloween stories). If you would like to join in with us, send an email to: KENTUCKY-LEGENDS-request@rootsweb.com and put the word subscribe in the subject line and in the body of the e-mail as usual. I'll post to the list sometime next week. Now, back to your weekend ... Thanks! Sandi

"INDICTMENT. The Commonwealth of Barren Equity and Criminal Court, The Commonwealth of Kentucky, Against James M. Martin. The Grand Jury of Barren County, in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, accuse James M. Martin of the crime of Murder. The said James M. Martin heretofore, towit, on the 30th day of April 1860, in the County aforesaid, did willfully and feloniously, and with malice aforethought, Kill and murder, one Boone Jeff, by stabbing him the said Jeff, with a Knife or some other edged & deadly weapon from the effect of which he the said Jeff died, against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Information of Marian Stephens, Robt. Jeff, Charles M. Sartain. /s/ Wm. B. Jones, Attorney for the Commonwealth." Outside: No. 1 Comth. Indictment for Murder - James Martin. A true bill. T. M. Watkins, foreman of the Grand Jury. Filed June 8, 1860. In looking at the 1850 Barren Co census, I can find only one James M. Martin - and am not sure this is the correct one. This James M. is shown as 19 years old (would have been 29 by the time of this indictment, a son of John J and Patsey Martin; Division 2, house 1176-1200. I cannot find any Boone Jeff on this census nor any of the witnesses shown. T. M. Watkins was a resident of District 2 - Thomas M, who would have been 38 years old, house 79-83. If anyone has any information, please let me know. Sandi Sandi's Website: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/ Sandi's Puzzlers: http://www.gensoup.org/gorinpuzzles/index.php

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11755 UNKNOWN CO – G. W. BROWN – Brown, Merrit 11755 Pike County Missouri History, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883, pp. 1007-8 G. W. BROWN. Among the old pioneers of Peno township who have long been identified with the growth and prosperity of the county, is the subject of this sketch, who was born in Kentucky. His parents were John and Agnes Brown, his father of Irish descent and his mother of Welsh descent. Our subject with the ninth child of fourteen children. His parents came to this county in 1818, with a six-horse team, bringing with them cattle, sheep, and swine. They were on the road some seven weeks. They first settled on Mud Lick prairie, where they remained some three months, when they came to Peno township. Our subject’s early life was spent in working on the farm and attending school. Mr. B. was united in marriage, September 1, 1832, to Miss Irene Merrit, who was a native of South Carolina. This union was blessed with two daughters and four sons, of whom five are living. Mr. B. and all of his family are worthy members of the Christian Church.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11754 CALLOWAY CO – ANDREW J. BARNETT – Barnett, Hardison, McElrath, Curd 11754 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume I – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 1885, pp 170-71. ANDREW J. BARNETT, assistant cashier and manager of the interests of the Parris (Tenn.) Commercial Bank in Murray, was born in this county September 22, 1844, to James L. and Hannah D. (Hardison). The father was a farmer, born in Christian County, this State, but resided principally in Calloway County, where he died in March, 1853. Our subject is the fourth of nine children, seven of whom are yet living. He was reared on a farm and received his early schooling in the common district schools, which was followed by a course in the Evansville (Ind.) Commercial College, from which institution he graduated in 1867. Returning to Murray he was variously engaged four years, when a partnership was formed with T. McElrath, and a general hardware and grocery business was carried on for fifteen month, when Mr. McElrath died. Mr. Barnett purchased the entire stock and carried on the business until 1880. He was interested also in a blacksmith and wagon factory, and in the Murray Mills. In 1880 he became interested in the Paris (Tenn.) Bank, and in dealing also in real estate. He has large farming interests, makes a specialty of short-horn cattle raising, and has invested heavily of late in the cattle business in Texas. Mr. Barnett is one of the most energetic, successful business men of the State, and has accumulated his large property by close attention to business and keen sagacity in financial matters. He is the present treasurer of the school board. May 12, 1878, he married Mrs. Laura A. (Curd) McElrath, widow of his former partner. She has two sons: Felix B. and John P. McElrath.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11753 MONTGOMERY CO – THOMAS CORWIN ANDERSON – Anderson, Mitchell, Nelson, Wadsworth, English 11753 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume 8B – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 1886, pp 741-2 THOMAS CORWIN ANDERSON, one of the most noted short-horn cattle breeders of the United States, was born August 24, 1845, in Montgomery County, Ky., at “Side View” farm, where he now lives, on the turnpike between Paris and Mt. Sterling, and which is one of the most beautiful tracts of land in the Blue Grass region. He is the only child of John Jay and Margaret (Mitchell) Anderson, both of pioneer families of Kentucky. His grandfathers were Captains in the war of 1812, and his great-grandfather Anderson a conspicuous officer in the war of the revolution. Between fourteen and fifteen years of age, the subject of our sketch enlisted in the Federal army, where, by his youthful acts of bravery, quick intelligence, and manly deportment, he soon won the admiration and esteem of officers and men. He attracted the attention of General Nelson, who suggested that he should receive a military education. This meeting the approval of his family, he was recommended to the U. S. Naval Academy, and received the appointment through Colonel William H. Wadsworth, Representative in Congress from his district. He remained at the academy some three years, but, preferring an independent life on a farm to that on the ocean wave, he gave it up, and finished his education at Yale College. October 12, 1870, he was married to Miss Annie English, of Louisville, Kentucky, daughter of Colonel Sam. S. English, a prominent lawyer of that city. He has two children, handsome, intelligent boys: English and Jay; the fifth generation who have occupied this farm. From early childhood Mr. Anderson has been a sufferer from weak lungs, yet he is a man of great energy and nerve. He is thoroughly informed in regard to his business, and having a library well supplied with herd books, Short-horn histories, etc., no one is better posted in knowledge of pedigrees. He is very fond of reading, and is a man of varied information. He is pleasing in manner, exceedingly hospitable, and has many friends. Mr. Anderson owns the largest individual herd of Short-horn cattle in the United States.