NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11752 JEFFERSON CO - JOHN ARTERBURN, SR – Arterburn, Watkins, Boyer 11752 History of Edgar Co. IL, William H. Perrin, Chicago, 1879, p. 610 JOHN ARTERBURN, Sr., retired farmer and prominent pioneer of Edgar Co.; P. O. Kansas; was born in Jefferson County, Ky., Feb. 28, 1804; where he lived until 1830, when he came to this county and began (with limited means) to prepare a home, at which time there were but few white settlers in this locality, but being possessed of a firm will and a determined mind, and putting forth every effort for the general good and development of the county, he soon became a prominent citizen, and financial success followed. He married Miss Huldah Watkins, of Henry Co., Ky., Sept. 22, 1826; she was born Jan. 22, 1806, and passed away July 17, 1875, leaving a family of six children, of whom are living in this vicinity – James, John, Allen, Greer, Ann (who is now Mrs. William Boyer), and Norben. Mr. A. is one who can look back over his past life with satisfaction; always tried to do his duty both as a citizen and a Christian, having been identified with the Christian Church for upward of twenty-eight years, and now, in his ripe old age, lives to see the prosperity of his childen.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11751 MAGOFFIN CO – WILLIAM ADAMS – Adams, Williams, Fuller, Cyphus, Prater 11751 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume 8B – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 1886. WILLIAM ADAMS, a native of Wilkes County, N. C. , was born September 16, 1802, and came to Kentucky in 1810 and settled in Letcher County, where he remained ten years and then moved to Magoffin County. His father was Stephen Adams, of North Carolina, a farmer. William Adams was reared on a farm and his educational advantages were those of the common schools only; he also learned the blacksmith’s trade. He was the founder of Magoffin County, where he engaged in blacksmithing and merchandising. He owns about 2,500 acres of land, and donated the land for the church and public school building of Salyersville, Johnson County. He first married a Miss Williams, of Magoffin County, who died, leaving three children, viz., Cynthia, Lucinda and W. S. Mr. Adams next married Nancy A. Fuller, a native of Virginia, but a resident of Morgan County, Ky., a daughter of Hosea and Darcis (Cyphus) Fuller of Virginia. They had four children, viz., H. N., who married Amanda Prater; Green F., Jennie, wife of W. C. Kendall, of Morgan County, and George B. H. N. Williams has three children: Richard M., G. W. and C. B. Jennie has one child, William. William Adams, the subject of this sketch, died July 22, 1881; he was a Republican politically.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11750 – FULTON CO – MADISON ADAMS – Adams, Shelton, Calhoun, Jackson, Kimberlin, Knight, Wilson, Tyler 11750 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume I – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 1885. Fulton Co. MADISON ADAMS was born March 21, 1812, in Henry County, Ky., and is a son of David and Nancy (Shelton) Adams, natives of South Carolina and Tennessee respectively. The paternal grandfather was a native of Ireland, and settled in this county prior to the war of Independence. David Adams was a soldier in the war of 1812, and held the commission of captain in Gen. Jackson’s army; he died in August, 1856, at the age of seventy-one years. He was married four times; his first wife’s maiden name was Margaret Calhoun, by whom he had two children, both deceased; by his second marriage he had four children, subject being the eldest. Mrs. Adams died in the year 1817; his third wife’s maiden name was Nancy Kimberlin. To this last union was born one child, Betsey Ann, deceased. Madison Adams was reared on a farm, and at the age of twenty-two purchased a tract of land in Henry County, Ky., on which he resided for a period of four or five years. He came to Fulton County, in March, 1841, and settled where he now lives, purchasing 160 acres of land, to which he has added other tracts at different times, until he now owns 320 acres, the greater part of which is in a high state of cultivation. In November, 1835, he was married to Patsey, daughter of Jeremiah and Frances Knight, of Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Adams have had eight children: Nancy, wife of Joel Wilson; Frances, wife of John Tyler; William Henry, deceased; Jeremiah, deceased; Madison, Jr., Atchison, Elizabeth, wife of Alonzo Clark, and Alice. Mr. Adams is an active member of the Missionary Baptist Church, of which his wife and the greater part of his family are also members. Madison Adams, Jr., son of the preceding, was born in Fulton County, September 27, 1842, and is one of the active farmers of Hickman Precinct. He has followed various occupations, making farming and stock-raising his principal business,, in both of which he has been very successful. In 1874 he served as deputy sheriff under J. F. Tyler, and discharged the duties of his position satisfactorily to his superior and all with whom he transacted business. Upon leaving the office he took charge of the home farm, which he has since managed, looking after the interests of his parents, who are becoming old. Mr. Adams was never married. He votes the Democratic ticket.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11749 CALLOWAY CO – FELIX C ALLEN – Allen, Alexander, Sledd 11749 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume I – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 1885. FELIX C. ALLEN, of Murray, was born in Calloway County, July 10, 1848, the second of nine children born to Matthew and Elizabeth J. (Alexander) Allen, natives respectively of Kentucky and Tennessee. The father has devoted his time to mercantile and agricultural pursuits, and has served a term of four years as jailer of Calloway County. Our subject was able to secure a good education in the schools of his time, which was augmented by home study. He worked on the farm and in his father’s store, and at twenty years of age engaged in the tobacco business as wholesale salesman, continuing in this capacity for a period of six years. Coming to Murray he opened a grocery and hardware store on a small scale; his business rapidly grew, till now he is a partner in the dry goods firm of Allen & Ryan, aside from his own extensive grocery establishment. He is a live business man, and by personal industry and business talent, has made his own property. January 24, 1877, he married Miss Mary S. Sledd, of Murray. They have one child – Lura. Mr. Allen favors temperance, and is a member of the K. of H. 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. 11748 BALLARD CO – L. M. DAVIS – Davis, Moore, Andrews, Wright, Gannaway, Robertson, Magruder, Burkhead, Scott 11748 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. p. 119. L. M. DAVIS, farmer, was born June 1, 1830, in Rutherford County, Tenn., and is the third of eight children (three boys and five girls) born to Eaton and Deborah (Moore) Davis, natives of Grandville County, N. C., and Rutherford County, Tenn., re­spectively. His grandparents were Abel and Mary (Andrews) Davis, of Irish descent, and George and Sarah (Wright) Moore, of English descent. L. M. Davis was principally reared on a farm. He taught school one term and was married January 28, 1854, to Miss Sarah E. Gannaway, of Bedford County, Tenn., a daughter of John and Mary (Robertson) Gannaway, natives of Virginia. He had born to him by this union nine children: Robert A., Lucy E., Emerson E., Archi bald S., Herbert R., Levander C., Christopher P., Sarah D. and Thomas E. He takes an interest in giving his children a good edu­cation. His wife died September 6, 1879, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Davis was next married on March 16, 1880, to Martha B. Magruder, of Ballard County, Ky., a daughter of Barrett D. and Emily (Burkhead) Magruder, of Scotch descent and a native of Kentucky. Mr. Davis, with his family, settled near Ar­lington in 1863; in 1878, he came to where he now resides on 140 acres of land in good condition, and is now engaged in raising blooded stock. He is a Mason, was a Gran­ger and cast his first presidential vote for Gen. Scott. He is now a Republican.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11747 CHRISTIAN CO – JAMES S. PARRISH – Parrish, West, Ragsdale, Poindexter, Ward, Hunt, Donaldson, Gilmore, Clarke, Roberts, Whitlock, McKenzie 11747 County of Christian, Kentucky; Historical and Biographical. Edited by William Henry Perrin. F. A. Battey Publishing Co., Chicago and Louisville, 1884. Longview Precinct. JAMES S. PARRISH was born near Gallatin, Sumner County, Tenn., February 2, 1827, and came to Christian County with his parents in 1833. They settled on his present farm where he has since resided. He is one of the practical farmers of the precinct, and his farm, “Aspen Plains,” which contains 462 acres, is one of the best in the county. He was married in December, 1848, to Miss Zerilda, daughter of Drury West. She died in November, 1854, leaving the following children: Henry W., Charles B. and Mrs. Mary P. Ragsdale. In 1856 he married Miss Margaret Poindexter, who died I 1870. In 1871 he married Miss Jane D. Ward, of Montgomery County, Tenn., who died February 9, 1884. The father of our subject, David W. Parrish, was a native of North Carolina, and was reared in Wilson County, Tenn.; he died in this county, in 1877, aged eighty-six. He was a soldier of the war of 1812; his wife, and mother of our subject, was Luhlda Hunt, a native of Sumner County, Tenn., who died in this county, and was the mother of the following children: Mrs. Eliza Donaldson, Mrs. Elizabeth Gilmore, Mrs. Martha Clarke, Mrs. Mary Roberts, James S., Fannie, Mrs. Lucretia Whitlock and Mrs. Amelia C. McKenzie. Mr. Parrish is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and of the Baptist Church.

SPECIAL NOTE: As you know, the majority of the biographies of Kentucky came from the series of books done by Battle-Perrin-Kniffin. I have been hunting for a copy of Volume 1 (also known as Edition 1) of the state which encompassed the Jackson Purchase area (western) part of the state. Some biographies had already been typed for this area which includes Ballard, Calloway, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Marshall and McCracken Counties. There was a limited printing of this volume as the area was not heavily populated. I have ordered a copy of this book in CD format and will soon be transcribing biographies from these counties, blending them in with the other biographies from which I am publishing. I trust this will help those researching this area of the state. NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11746 WARREN CO – JOHN W. VALENTINE – Valentine, McGehee, Crenshaw, Snoddy, Cook, Jackson, Price, Carson, Chowning, Holman, Harrison 11746 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume II – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. JOHN W. VALENTINE, son of Joseph C. and Judith (McGehee) Valentine, was born in Louisa County, Va., March 8, 1816, and is the second in a family of three sons and one daughter. His parents were natives, respectively, of King William and Louisa Counties, Va. In 1820 his father moved to South Carolina and engaged in farming; three years later he returned to Virginia, to Spottsylvania County, where he died in 1825, at the age of thirty-two. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and a son of John Valentine, of King William County. John Valentine was a farmer, a soldier of the Revolution and married Susan E. Crenshaw, of King William County, Va., who bore him twelve sons; he and wife were of English descent. The maternal grandfather of John W, Valentine was William McGehee, who married Elizabeth Snoddy, of Virginia; he was a soldier in the war for Independence; an extensive planter and slave-holder, and resided at the mouth of Elk Creek, in which he was drowned in 1823. John W. Valentine was but nine years old at the time of his father’s death; he then lived with his mother and grandparents, and in 1829 moved with his mother to Warren County, Ky. At the age of sixteen he began to learn the tailor’s trade, which he followed for twenty-four years. In 1801 he enlisted in the First Kentucky Confederate Cavalry; was commissioned captain and put in charge of commissary. In June, 1863, he resigned, but remained South until the close of the war, when he returned home. In 1867 he purchased, just east of Bowling Green, forty-four acres of land, which he has since improved with a fine residence, and engaged in raising vegetables for the market. In 1870 he was elected jailer of Warren County; and discharged the duties of that office with good credit. He married Anthaline, daughter of John and Mary (Cook) Jackson, and their union was blessed by four children: Mary V. Price, who resides in Mississippi, John F. (deceased), Martha J. (deceased) and Ella D. Mrs. Valentine died January 30, 1850, a devoted member of the Baptist Church. Her parents were born in Amelia County, Va., where her father engaged in farming, but in early life moved to Warren County, Ky. Mr. Valentine next married Mrs. Mary A. Carson, of Louisa County, Va. She is a daughter of Christopher and Malinda (Chowning) Valentine, natives of Virginia, and had two children by her former husband: Alice M. Holman (deceased) and Valentine Carson. Mr. Valentine is a Democrat, but cast his first presidential vote for Gen. Harrison, in 1840. He and wife are members of the Baptist Church.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11745 BOURBON CO – MAXEMELIA FISHER MASE – Mase, Petty 11745 Pike County Missouri History, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883. Maxemelia Fisher Mase, daughter of Solomon Fisher and Mary A. (Petty) Fisher, who were natives of Virginia, of German descent. Our subject was born in Bourbon county, Kentucky, July 6i, 1801, and was the fourth child of eleven children, five girls and six boys. In the spring of 1818 her parents came to this county by keel boat down the Ohio and up the Mississippi to Salt River, then up that stream. Mrs. Mase was married to Adam Mase, a native of Kentucky. He was born in June, 1798. After coming to Pike county he spent a large portion of his life in the tanning business. He raised a company of men for the Black Hawk War and was elected captain of home militia, afterwards promoted to colonel. He represented the county in the legislature in 1834. He came to Pike county in 1819, and died June 15, 1965. They were the parents of nine children, two now living: James M. and Elizabeth.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11744 JOHNSON CO – FRED GRANT ATKINSON – Atkinson, Hager, Franklin, Mayo, Leslie 11744 History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State. Volume III Illustrated. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago – Louisville, 1928 No public official of Paintsville enjoys a higher reputation than does Fred Grant Atkinson, who is serving as police judge and is also a successful agriculturist. A native of Kentucky, he was born in Salyersville, Magoffin county, February 13, 1876, and his parents were John Milton and Mary (Hager) Atkinson. His father was born September 21, 1826, in Gallia county, Ohio, and during the Civil war was captain of Company I, Fourteenth Kentucky Infantry. He gallantly defended the Union cause and after the restoration of peace settled in Magoffin county, becoming a dealer in timber. He engaged in merchandising and also operated a mill at Salyersville, where he passed away September 30, 1901. The mother was a daughter of Henry P. and Caroline (Franklin) Hager, of Johnson county, Kentucky. She was born March 18, 1836, and her demise occurred on the 22nd of March, 1923. The grammar and high schools of Salyersville afforded Fred G. Atkinson his educational advantages, and he afterward worked in his father’s store and mill. For two years he was connected with the United States internal revenue service as a storekeeper and gauger in Magoffin, Floyd and Knot counties, Kentucky, and from 1902 until 1906 was a land buyer for the Northern Coke & Coal Company, and other corporations of a similar nature. In 1906 Mr. Atkinson entered the Paintsville National Bank, of which he was teller for nine years, and since 1915 has followed agricultural pursuits. He is the owner of two valuable farms, one of which is located in Johnson county and the other in Fleming county. He believes in scientific methods, and his land yields bountiful harvests in return for the care and labor bestowed upon it. On September 16, 1905, Judge Atkinson married Miss Fannie E. Mayo, a daughter of Thomas J. and Mary E. (Leslie) Mayo, of Johnson county, and a sister of the late John C. C. Mayo, a distinguished Kentuckian. Judge and Mrs. Atkinson have a family of five children: Marvin Milton, who was born January 22, 1909; Eloise Mayo, born May 5, 1916; Elizabeth Leslie, born May 29, 1918; Josephine Frances, born October 1, 1920; and Alice Calhoun, born July 7, 1926. Mr. Atkinson is identified with the Masonic order and his political views are in accord with the platform and principles of the republican party. He was elected police judge of Paintsville in November, 1925, and took office January 4, 1926. He has made a determined stand for the rigid enforcement of the law, doing everything in his power to eliminate corruption in local government. He has thoroughly justified the confidence reposed in his ability and his course has been uniformly commended. He has a high conception of duty and honor and is a man whom to know is to admire and respect.

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NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11743 DAVIESS CO – JAMES M. DAWSON – Dawson, Farnham 11743 A HISTORY OF KENTUCKY BAPTISTS from 1769 to 1885 by J. H. Spencer, Vol. II, 1886. JAMES M. DAWSON was one of the ablest preachers that have lived in the Green River country. It is much regretted that more particulars of his life and labors have not been received. He was a native of Daviess county, Ky., and was born in 1835. His opportunities for acquiring an education were very poor. However, he possessed a strong intellect, and devoted himself to close study, from his boyhood to the close of his life. Without the aid of a teacher, he not only acquired a good English education, but made considerable attainments in the Greek language. He declined the proffered aid of Daviess County Association, to enable him to attend Georgetown College, preferring the slower, but more independent course of acquiring an education by his own energies. He professed religion in his seventeenth year, and united with South Hampton church, in his native county. At the age of about twenty, he was licensed to preach, and was ordained, about 1857. At first, his efforts to preach were dull and prosy; but he improved steadily, and it was only a few years before he exhibited a massive strength, and an acuteness of logic, unequaled in his Association. He preferred to serve the country churches around his birth place, to occupying a city or village pastorate, and hence gave his entire ministry to those of Daviess County Association. He was successful in his pastoral labors, and was esteemed and honored by his brethren, throughout the State. But before he reached the prime of manhood, he was suddenly called to give an account of his stewardship. He died of pneumonia, at his home in Daviess county, April 20, 1873. Mr. Dawson distinguished himself as a clear and logical writer, and an able controversialist. He published a pamphlet in defense of “the final perseverance of the saints,” and was engaged in various controversies, both oral and written, in defense of the doctrine and polity of his denomination. Among his last writing was a somewhat lengthy controversy with the learned Prof. J. E. Farnham, through the columns of the Western Recorder.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11742 SIMPSON CO – JAMES W. HOBDY – Hobdy, Harrell 11742 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume IV – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 4th ed., 1886. JAMES W. HOBDY was born in Summit County, Tenn., August 28, 1843, and is the eldest of five children born to Moore C. and Matilda J. (Harrell) Hobdy. James W. received a good English and commercial education in youth at the common and select schools of Allen and Warren Counties, Ky. In early life he learned the surveyor’s art, and has practiced the same in connection with agricultural pursuits ever since. When only some three or four years old he moved with his parents to Allen County, Ky., and was employed on the old homestead until he was twenty four, but farmed for himself during the last three years. In 1867 he and his brother, W. R. Hobdy, bought the farm of 320 acres in the north part of Simpson County, upon which he now resides, and where he is extensively and successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits. In the fall of 1882 his brother, W. R., traded his interest in the place to his father, who with James W. now lives on the same farm. Mr. Hodby is yet unmarried. He is a devoted member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and also belongs to the Masonic fraternity. In politics he is a Democrat, and is one of the enterprising, respected citizens of the county.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11741 MERCER CO – JAMES WOOD – Wood, Harris, Coovert, Norris, White 11741 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 4th ed., 1886. JAMES WOOD is a son of James and Elizabeth (Harris) Wood, was born February 14, 1823. The father was born in Culpeper County, Va., and at the age of eight years came to Kentucky with his parents, who settled on a farm in Mercer County. The mother was born in Maryland, and was brought by her parents to Mercer County, Ky., in 1808. They were married in 1813, and had born to them three boys and seven girls, all of whom lived to be married. James Wood, the subject of this sketch, is a native of Mercer County. At the age of seventeen he left his parents and hired out as a farm hand, and has worked his way up to the ownership of 112 acres of well improved land. He married Miss Martha Coovert, who died in 1871, leaving the following named children: Elizabeth (Norris), Thomas, Nannie (deceased), Garrett, Clara (White), Mattie (deceased), William and Eliza. Mr. Wood is an Odd Fellow and a Prohibitionist.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11740 HENRY CO – JAMES H. JENKINS – Jenkins, Redman 11740 History of Edgar Co. IL, William H. Perrin, Chicago, 1879, p. 670 JAMES H. JENKINS, farmer, Sec. 20; P.O. Paris; is a native of Henry Co., Ky.; lived at his native place until the age of 16; went to Madison, Ind., where he remained twenty years; then came to Edgar Co.; this was in 1856. Was married at the age of 25 to Miss Chloe A. Redman, of Kentucky; they have a family of twelve children – nine boys and three girls; he has a farm of 171 acres, well improved, which he has accumulated by his own hard work. Mr. Jenkins is an old settler, who is known as one of the honest, straightforward men of Sims Tp.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11739 Warren and Barren Co – William B. Wooten – Wooten, Brawner, Lee, Wilson, Price, Bagby, Evans, Taylor, Hendle, Cooksey, Paisley, Hill, Haskell, Turner, Townsend, Elkin, Moore, Buchanan, Munday, Battle, Head 11739 A History of Tennessee and Tennesseans, By Will T. Hale and Dixon L. Merritt, Volume VI, The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago and New York, 1913, pp. 1549-52. WILLIAM B. WOOTEN. The son of a famous old Kentucky Family, William B. Wooten, himself a native of the Bluegrass state, has lived well up to the traditions of the family name and shown himself a true son of the south. He was born in Warren county, Kentucky, on the 3d day of August, 1861, and is the son of Joe W. and Annie (Brawner) Wooten, both native Kentuckians. The father was born in 1822 and the mother in 1828, the former dying in 1901, while the mother is still living and a resident of Owensboro, Kentucky. Joe Wilson Wooten was a planter and merchant all his life. He was successful in all his business ventures and prior to the Civil war period was accounted a man of large means. The ravages of war, however, robbed him of practically all his worldly goods, and when normal conditions were resumed, he set about restoring his fortunes as best he might. Success again attended his efforts and the mercantile business yielded him again an independent fortune, and in a large measure he regained his old place in the possession of material wealth that hade characterized him previous to the Civil war. He was engaged in business at numerous places, among them being Woodburn, Rich Pond and Bowling Green at the same time and later in Russellville, all in Kentucky. He was the son of Joseph Wooten, a Virginian by birth, who came to Kentucky in his young manhood, and purchased three thousand acres of land in Barren county, Kentucky, and there experienced worthy success in his business activities. He as born September 9, 1775, the son of Samuel Wooten of Virginia, and Mollie Lee, also of that state. Joseph Wooten, it may be said at this point, married Sarah Wilson, born in Barren county, December 19, 1790, the daughter of John and Elizabeth Wilson of Kentucky, and they became the parents of Joseph Wilson Wooten, the father of the subject; William, familiarly known in the south as “Billy” Wooten, and one of the most prominent men of the state of Kentucky; Dr. J. D. Wooten, of Austin, Texas, who had charge of all physicians in the western army under Price in Missouri; Anderson Wooten, Glasgow, Kentucky; Judge P. G. Wooten, Russellville, Kentucky; Sylvester Wooten, Franklin, Kentucky; and the daughters: Mattie, married Albert Bagby, Glasgow, Kentucky; Kittie, married Hewlet Wilson, Cortage, Tennessee; Sallie, married Tom Evans, Russellville, Kentucky – all successful in business and splendid people. All are dead, Judge P. G. Wooten dying at Louisville, Kentucky, aged 90. The maternal grandfather of William Brawner Wooten of this review was William Taylor Brawner of Charles county, Maryland. William Taylor Brawner was the son of Isaac Brawner and Nancy (Taylor) Brawner of Maryland, who moved to Kentucky from Maryland in 1812. William Taylor Brawner was an educated gentleman, yet worked from Amos Hendle, a noted newspaper editor, Frankfort, Kentucky. Later he moved to Barren county, Kentucky, and then became instructor of the young. He married Mary Mills Cooksey from near Petersburg, Virginia, and in Barren county raised his family, comprising two daughters and one son. A magnificent builder of all things undertaken, he was very prominent in the state in business, as well as in political circles. Joseph Wooten, the father of William B. Wooten of this review, was a member of the Christian church, a man of honor, charitable and kindly, and performing well his part in all the relations of life. He was a Democrat and a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Concerning the children of him and his wife, the following brief data are here incorporated: Judge Given Wooten is a graduate of the University of Virginia and of Bethel College, Kentucky, and is now engaged as the superintendent of schools at Paris, Texas, where he is one of the prominent men of the place. He married Annie Paisley of Kentucky in 1887 and born to them were three children, two girls, one boy, all still at school. Sallie L. Wooten married W. B. Hill of Bowling Green, Kentucky. She is a graduate of Logan Female College and has gained distinction in literary circles as an interesting and pleasing writer. She and her family make their home in Oklahoma City; she has two children: Prentice Hill married Lucy Haskell, the daughter of Governor Haskell of Oklahoma, and Allyene Hill married Guy Turner, a banker of Oklahoma City. Bettie V. Wooten married Dr. T. J. Townsend, a prominent and successful physician at Owensboro, Kentucky. He is a graduate of the University of New York and is one of the most prominent doctors in the state. They have two sons; one, Wooten Townsend, is receiving teller in the Fourth National Bank of Atlanta, Georgia, and Robert Townsend is a student in the University at Lexington, Kentucky. William B. Wooten was educated at Bethel College in Russellville, Kentucky, and he began life in the mercantile business in 1875 near Russellville. He prospered in his business activities until 1882, when he sold out and went to Texas, there remaining for four years. While there he was occupied as a traveling salesman for a well-known clothing house, and in 1887 he returned to Kentucky and went on the road for a Philadelphia firm. He remained in that work for four years, then moved to Gallatin, Tennessee and since that time has been representing B. Stern & Son, Broadway, New York City, in Gallatin and the south. On January 29, 1889, Mr. Wooten was united in marriage with Miss Lucy Elkin, the daughter of the late Major M. S. Elkin, veteran of the Civil war an well known citizen of Tennessee. He was born in Kentucky and came to Gallatin, Tennessee, when in his young boyhood in company with his parents, and here he was educated. He entered the legal profession and was one of the prominent and successful attorneys of the state in his time. He served in the Twentieth Tennessee Regiment throughout the entire war period, after which he practiced law in Gallatin up until the time of his death. He was prominent in politics and was a famed orator in the south. In young manhood he married Miss Mattie Conn Moore, and a son and three daughters were born to them. Miss Willia Conn Elkin is the wife of Prof. I. W. P. Buchanan, head of the Castle high school in Lebanon, Tennessee. Lucy, the second daughter, married Mr. Wooten. Mai Elkin became the wife of H. S. Taylor of Gallatin, a prominent merchant and farmer who is now deceased; and M. S. Elkin Jr., is a merchant in business at Lebanon. Major Elkin was born in 1838 and died on the 27th day of December, 1884. Concerning him the Gallatin American had this to say at the time of his passing: “Hon. M. S. Elkin, a prominent lawyer of the law firm of Munday & Elkin, died this morning at his residence on North Water street, in the forty-fifth year of his life. Major Elkin was born in Kentucky near Winchester, in Clark county, and was graduated from Jefferson College, Pennsylvania, with the highest honors. At the breaking out of the Civil war he enlisted in Battle’s regiment, the Twentieth Tennessee, and served with marked distinction throughout. He was wounded at Shiloh, but never left the field of engagement until its close. After the war he read law with Colonel John W. Head and in 1876 procured a license and began the practice of law at the Gallatin bar where he won an enviable reputation as a prominent and gifted practitioner. In the late political campaign he was elector for the Fourth Congressional District and was so enthused with the work of canvassing the state, speaking for hours at a time, that the mental strain broke him down physically, from the effects of which he died. He was, at the time of his death, Master of the Masonic lodge of this place, and was a prominent member of the Knights of Pythias. He will be buried on Monday with appropriate services at the grave by King Solomon Masonic Lodge. Thus passes away a noble and pure man.” To the union of William B. and Lucy (Elkin) Wooten were born three children: Mattie L., who is living at home; Brawner E., engaged as a drug clerk in Gallatin; and Joe. W., who is in school as yet. The family are members of the Baptist church, and Mr. Wooten is a Jeffersonian Democrat in his political propensities. He has been successful and prosperous in his business life, and demands only from his fellow man that which he is willing to render.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11738 CHRISTIAN CO – CHARLES O’NEAL AND LEVETTE L. O’NEAL – O’Neal, Brantley, Radford, Smith 11738 County of Christian, Kentucky; Historical and Biographical. Edited by William Henry Perrin. F. A. Battey Publishing Co., Chicago and Louisville, 1884. Longview Precinct. CHARLES O’NEAL is a native of Montgomery County, Tenn., born September 10, 1814. His father, Thomas H. O’Neal, was a native of Rockingham County, N. C., born in 1784. He came to Tennessee in his youth, served in the home guards against the Indians; was a pilot from Clarksville on the river to New Orleans, La., and walked from New Orleans to Tennessee fourteen times. He died near Clarksville in 1875; he was a son of Peter O’Neal, of Irish descent, who died in Rockingham County before 1800. The mother of our subject was Priscilla (Brantley) O’Neal, a native of Montgomery County, Tenn. She died in 1871, aged seventy-eight years, leaving the following children: Peter, Charles, William, Mary and John. Charles O’Neal was educated in the common schools, and is a farmer by occupation, having accumulated 827 acres of land, which he divided among his children. He was married on the 15th of October, 1844, to Miss A. E. Radford, daughter of Reuben and Sarah F. Radford, who died on the 1st of October, 1833, leaving the following children: Levette L., Laura, Charles and Walter. Mr. O’Neal was reared in Montgomery County, Tenn., and has been a resident of Christian County since 1844. LEVETTE L. O’NEAL is a son of Charles O’Neal, a sketch of whom appears above, and was born in Christian County, Ky., October 1, 1850. He was reared on the farm of his father, and was educated in the common schools; he is now engaged in farming and is the owner of 168 acres of good land, which is under a high state of cultivation. In 1878 he married Miss Mary E., daughter of Grant Smith, and has been blessed with two children: Edna and Levette J.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11737 BALLARD CO – DR. HUGH T. CROUCH – Crouch, Massie, Wray, Peck, Willingham, Juett 11737 Kentucky: A History of the State, 1st Edition, Histories and Biographies of Ballard, Calloway, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, McCracken and Marshall Counties Kentucky; Part II, Reprint; Battle, J. H. W. H. Perrin & G. C. Kniffin; Chicago, F A Battey Publishing Co, 1885, p. 118. DR. HUGH T. CROUCH, a rising young physician with a bright future before him, was born September 10, 1856, in Ballard County, Ky., where he has always resided. His father, Richard J. Crouch, a native of Christian County, Ky., came to Ballard County in 1842 and died in 1870, aged about forty-eight years. Richard J. es­poused Martha, daughter of Hugh Massie, of Christian County, Ky., and to them were born Martha E. (Wray), subject, Richard B., Mary E., Susie F. and William H. Subject was favored in youth with a good En­glish education. He was married May 27, 1884, to Miss Mollie U., daughter of George W. and Esther A. (Peck) Willingham, of Ballard County, Ky. She was born October 17, 1864. In 1879 subject commenced the study of medicine with Dr. D.P. Juett, of Blandville, Ky., and in 1880 attended lec­tures at the Missouri Medical College, St. Louis, where he graduated in 1882. He is now successfully engaged in the practice of his chosen profession in his native county.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11736 PERRY CO – WILLIAM CORNETT – Cornett, Wells, Brashear, Pratt 11736 History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State. Volume III Illustrated. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago – Louisville, 1928 William Cornett is a scion of one of the old and prominent families of south-eastern Kentucky and is the popular and efficient sheriff of Perry county. He was born December 21, 1888, in Whitesburg, this state, and is a son of Joseph E. and Polly Ann (Wells) Cornett. He was reared on the homestead in Letcher county and received his early instruction in the rural schools of that locality. When fifteen years of age he accompanied his parents on their journey to Perry county, and his studies included the high school at Hazard. Mr. Cornett was engaged in teaching in Perry county for five years and in 1912 entered the employ of Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company. He was a freight clerk at Hazard for a year and in 1913 was made agent for the road in Viper, Perry county. He acted in that capacity until 1925, when he was elected sheriff of Perry county for a term of four years, and took office January 1, 1926. He discharges his duties with characteristic thoroughness and fidelity, and his courage, honesty and ability have made his work highly satisfactory. Mr. Cornett was married August 15, 1910, to Miss Lucinda Brashear, a daughter of James and Elizabeth (Pratt) Brashear, of Viper. To Mr. and Mrs. Cornett were born eight children, but their son, William, Jr., is deceased. The others are: Anna, Elizabeth, Daisy, Elma, Joseph, J. Sampson and Wallace E. Mr. Cornett belongs to the Rotary Club and is also a Mason. He gives his political allegiance to the republican party and during 1924-25 was a member of the Hazard board of education. His loyalty and public spirit have been demonstrated by actual achievements for the general good, and his worth as a citizen is uniformly conceded.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11735 BOURBON CO – JOHN HUMPHREYS – Humphreys, Whitledge, Mills, Macklewee, Smith 11735 Pike County Missouri History, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883 John Humphreys, post-office Curryville. Among those who have long been identified with the pioneer life of Pike county, is the subject of this sketch. He was born in Bourbon county, Kentucky, May 6, 1808, the son of John and Susannah (Whitledge) Humphreys, who were formerly of Virginia. Our subject was the seventh child of a family of fourteen children; his youth was passed in the labors of farm life. At the age of sixteen his father died. When he was seventeen his mother with her children came to Pike county, Missouri, coming by team, arriving in Pike county November 9, 1825. They rented a farm the first year in Peno township, and in 1826 his mother bought some wild land on Noix Creek, in Culvre township, which the family improved, and where our subject resided until he arrived at the age of thirty-two, when he bought a farm in Buffalo township, where he lived until 1864, when he came on his present farm in Indian township, where he now lives. At the age of thirty-three he was married to Mrs. Ebbie Mills Macklewee, of this county, formerly of South Carolina. This union brought to them four children: Elsie, William L., Nancy and J. S. (twins). Mr. Humphreys is the owner of a good farm of 102 acres, under a good state of cultivation and well improved, with comfortable house and out-buildings for stock. Mrs. Humphreys died in 1859. In politics he is independent. He has long been identified with the growth and prosperity of Pike county, coming here at an early day, and has seen the advance of civilization in this county fifty-seven years. J. S. Humphreys, son of John, was born November 6, 1856, in Buffalo township, where he was reared and education. He was married April 17, 1870, to Miss Levina E. Smith of this county. They are the parents are three children: Nancy E., H. M. E., and J. W. A. Mr. Humphreys is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church. Mrs. Humphreys is a member of the Christian Church.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11734 WARREN CO – ABSALOM UPTON – Upton, Ford, Cherry, Smith 11734 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume II – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. ABSALOM UPTON was born in Warren County, Ky., April 19, 1826. Elijah Upton, father of Absalom, was born in Wythe County, Va., August 30, 1783. He came to Kentucky with his parents, who resided afterward in Warren County, and here he married his first wife, Miss Elizabeth Ford, who died in 1826, leaving three sons, Thomas, James and Absalom, and three daughters, Rachel, Heritage and Frances. Mr. Upton’s second marriage was with Miss Mary A. Cherry, in 1827; she died in 1850, leaving no children. Elijah Upton’s occupation in life was that of a farmer; he was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was distinguished for his intrepidity in the battle of the Thames. He died in Warren County, Ky., in 1863. His father, Joseph Upton, was of Irish extraction. His mother, Frances Upton, was Highland Scotch; she was a woman of remarkable strength and vigor. Her height was six feet one inch, and she died at upward of eighty years of age. Absalom Upton was employed on his father’s farm until he was seventeen years of age. He attended the common schools of his native county, where he learned the rudiments of English and mathematics. He managed his business in a practical way and with success. In 1843, when only seventeen years of age, he made his first flat-boat trip to New Orleans. He was afterward the owner of several boats and continued in the river trade for some twelve years, after which he purchased land and engaged in farming. He is now the proprietor of a plantation of 1,000 acres, 700 of which are under cultivation. Grain and stock are the principal products of his farm, though he, having about forty acres of orchard on his land, gives some attention to horticulture. January 3, 1856, he married Miss Susan A. Smith, daughter of Henry H. Smith, of Butler County. To them have been born nine children, seven of whom are living: Elijah, Thomas, Eli, James, John, Janie and Hettie. Mr. Upton is a Democrat, but takes very little interest in politics. He patronizes churches, and in educational enterprises he takes a leading and prominent part.