NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11733 DAVIESS CO – ISHAM R. ALLEN – Allen, Burrows, Head, Howard 11733 A HISTORY OF KENTUCKY BAPTISTS from 1769 to 1885 by J. H. Spencer, Vol. II, NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11733 DAVIESS CO – ISHAM R. ALLEN – Allen, Burrows, Head, Howard 11733 A HISTORY OF KENTUCKY BAPTISTS from 1769 to 1885 by J. H. Spencer, Vol. II, 1886. ISHAM R. ALLEN was a wicked, profane youth; but on professing faith in Christ, about 1837, he united with the church at Owensboro, and was probably baptized by John L. Burrows. He was licensed to preach, at Pleasant Grove church in Daviess county, about 1841, and, about two years later, was ordained to the ministry. For a number of years he preached with great zeal, in connection with William Head and John G. Howard; and, by his fervent exhortations, gave much aid to gathering a number of churches, on both sides of the Ohio river. He was a very impulsive man, and somewhat eccentric, and his gift consisted principally in exhortation. During the latter years of his life, he preached but little. He died at his home in Owensboro, a little past middle life, not far from 1864.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11732 SIMPSON CO – ISAAC W. HINTON - Hinton, Billingsby, Maxwell, Goodrum, Eggnew, Tilden, Allcock 11732 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume IV – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. ISAAC W. HINTON, one of the progressive and influential young farmers of Simpson County, was born December 14, 1852, in the southwestern part of Warren County, Ky. He is the third of five boys and one girl born to Joseph and Mary Valeria Cansada (Billingsby) Hinton, who were born and reared in Warren County. Joseph Hinton was drafted during the late war, but furnished a substitute. He owns one of the finest farms in Warren County. His wife was a daughter of John Billingsby, who was a soldier of 1812 and a farmer. Isaac W. was reared on a farm, and received a good common education. He resided with his parents until his marriage, December 14, 1875, with Rosa Maxwell, of Maury County, Tenn.; she was attending Cedar Bluff College when he formed her acquaintance; she is a daughter of Robert and Mary (Goodrum) Maxwell, who were born in Maury, Tenn. Her father was a farmer; had enlisted in a Tennessee Confederate regiment, and in March, 1862, after a service of six months, died in [a] hospital at Terre Haute, Ind., while a prisoner. He was a son of Solomon P. Maxwell, an extensive farmer, who married Elenor Eggnew, of Tennessee. Mr. H. has had born to him two children: Henry C. and Roy Maxwell. He and wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He located where he now resides, in 1876, on ninety-three acres of fine land, which he has improved with excellent buildings. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and cast his first presidential vote for Tilden. Our subject lost his mother when but twelve years old, when his father married Frances G. Allcock, of Simpson County, by whom one boy and were born.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11731 MERCER CO – HERSCHELL P. WILLIS – Willis, Garnett, Wetheral, Badger, Bowmar, Jeffries, Kertley, Dohany, Squires, Weatherhead, Nelson 11731 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 4th ed., 1886. HERSCHELL P. WILLIS, Farmer, was born January 17, 1840, in Adair County. His father, Edmund T. Willis, also a native of Adair and a farmer, was born March 24, 1808. He owned in all about 400 acres of land, and lost twenty-two slaves by the war. He was married, first, before he was of age, to Miss Ellen, daughter of Oliver Garnett, who had married a Miss Wetheral, of Cumberland County, and who was, himself, a native of Cumberland. By his first marriage Mr. Willis became the father of two children: Adeline (who died in infancy) and Sarah B. (wife of Stephen Badger). Mrs. Willis, a member of the Baptist Church, died young – May 29, 1834, and Edmund T. Willis, about 1835, was married to Miss Nancy B., daughter of Anthony G. and Harriet (Bowmar) Willis, both natives of Adair County. Anthony B. Willis was a farmer, who died in the prime of life, leaving a family of five young children, two of whom died in youth, and two of whom, Nancy B. and Benjamin R., are still living. By his second marriage Edmund T. Willis became the father of ten children: Anthony G., Harriet F., Herschel P., Joseph P., Mary V. J. (wife of William Garnett), Martha Caroline (wife of William F. Jeffries), William T. (died September 17, 1885), Nancy J. (wife of William Kertley), Benjamin F., and an infant who died unnamed. Edmund T. Willis before the war was worth about $30,000. He was a Democrat in politics, was magistrate of his precinct eight years, and judge of Adair County Court three terms. He was a member of the Baptist Church, and died November 5, 1866, in the fifty-eighth year of his age, leaving an estate of $5,000. His widow, also a member of the Baptist Church, is in the seventy-fourth year of her age. Edmund Willis, grandfather of Herschel P. Willis, was a native of old Virginia. He owned a large plantation near Columbia, which he cultivated with slave labor. By his marriage to Miss Frances Towles he became the father of the following children: Virginia (Spencer), Polly (Kertley), Sally (Squires), Nancy (Dohany), William T. (killed at Buena Vista, in the Mexican war), Joseph, Bird, Merry, America (Weatherhead) and Edmund T. The Willis family are of English origin. Herschel P. Willis remained at home working on his father’s farm until twenty-seven years of age. November 28, 1866, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary A. (Nelson) Jeffries, the former of Washington County, and the latter of Russell. A small estate of about $300 was given him as a start in life, and this was immediately invested in a farm, which he cultivated about six years, living in the meantime on a rented farm. In 171 he purchased 110 acres, seven miles from Columbia, fifty acres of which were open, and on which was a two-room log building, where he lived eleven years. He has since increased his tract to 167 acres, 100 of which are in cultivation. He has also erected a neat frame cottage residence. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Willis has been gladdened by four children: Charles Elmer, Ethel, Estelle and Elrie – all living. The parents are both members of Zion Baptist Church, and Mr. Willis has been a life-long Democrat in politics.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11730 MADISON CO – BURTON ROBERTS – Roberts, Blackman, Oldham, Burton, White, Fife 11730 History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State. Volume III Illustrated. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago – Louisville, 1928 One of the most highly respected citizens and successful business men of Richmond, Madison county, is Burton Roberts, a member of the well known undertaking firm of Blackman, Roberts & Oldham and acting postmasters of Richmond. His has been an active and busy career and his actions have been so ordered as to earn for him the sincere respect of his fellowmen. Mr. Roberts was born in Madison county on the 9th of October, 1888, and is a son of Irvine S. and Sallie (Burton) Roberts. The father, whose life was devoted to agricultural pursuits, was born in Madison county in March, 1832, and died August 1, 1910, while the mother was born in Garrard county, Kentucky, February 2, 1840, and died September 4, 1912. Burton Roberts attended the public schools and Elliott Institute, at Kirksville, near Richmond. When but eighteen years old he engaged in contracting on his own account and constructed the Bogies Mill pike, in Madison county. Later he moved to Kirksville, where he engaged in the undertaking business, remaining there until 1911. He then came to Richmond and was in the livery business until 1914, when he turned his attention to the automobile business, organizing the Richmond Buick Company, which he operated successfully until 1926, when he sold his interest in the concern. In October, 1923, Mr. Roberts had organized the firm of Blackman, Roberts & Oldham, undertakers, becoming secretary and treasurer of the company, and since he disposed of the automobile business he has devoted himself closely to this enterprise. In 1926 Mr. Roberts was appointed acting postmaster of Richmond and still retains that position, administering the affairs of the office in a businesslike and satisfactory manner. On January 14, 1916, Mr. Roberts was united in marriage to Miss Margaret White, daughter of Brutus J. and Mollie (Fife) White, of Richmond. Mr. Roberts is a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Improved Order of Red Men and the Richmond Exchange Club. Because of his splendid life and character, he enjoys to a marked degree the confidence and good will of all who know him. [Photo]

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11729 GALLATIN CO – D. I. LILLARD – Lillard, Burns 11729 History of Edgar Co. IL, William H. Perrin, Chicago, 1879, pp. 583-4. D. I. LILLARD, Deputy Co. Sheriff, Paris; son of J. S. Lillard, of Gallard Co., Ky., who was an officer and a prominent man in the records of the Mexican war. He passed away in July, 1861, leaving a family of three sons. During his life, was an active worker in all public matters pertaining to the good of the community in which he lived; was upright and industrious; had accumulated a good property. The subject of this sketch was born in Gallatin Co., Ky., March 22, 1849. During his early life he obtained a good business education, laying the foundation of future usefulness. He came to Paris in 1864; his first business experience was in the grocery business, in which he continued three years, after which he engaged with G. J. Burns in the grain business. He is a young man of good business ability, and on the full tide of success. He married Miss Emma, daughter of Dr. P. Huston, of Paris, Sept. 27, 1876; they are the parents of one child – George A.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11728 MASON CO – ALBERT SHOTWELL – Shotwell, Burris, Gerry, Rice, Hutchinson 11728 Pike County Missouri History, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883 Albert Shotwell, farmer, post-office Frankford. Among the pioneers of Peno township none are perhaps better known that the subject of this sketch. He was born in Mason county, Kentucky, December 8, 1811, son of John and Sarah (Burris) Shotwell. His father was a native of New Jersey and his mother of Maryland. Our subject was the fourth child in a family of seven, and spent his youth working on a farm, receiving but a limited education in the subscription schools. At the age of twenty he started for Missouri, coming by team and arriving here in November, 1831. He remained in Pike county during the winter, and in the spring he went to Monroe county [MO.] where he remained four months, then returned to Pike county and bought land, where he lived until 1859, when he came on his present farm. He was married February 15, 1836, to Miss Catharine Gerry of Madison county, Kentucky, daughter of James and Sally (Rice) Gerry of Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Shotwell are the parents of two children: Louisa, now Mrs. William A. Hutchinson, and James Luther, who resides in Audrain county, being a prominent stock-raiser and dealer in that county. Mr. Shotwell is the owner of one of the best farms in Peno township, consisting of 354 acres of land which is under a fine state of cultivation, and well-improved, with a good residence, well furnished, where he has all the comforts of a true home. Mr. Shotwell has long been a member of the Christian Church and one of its most liberal supporters, always ready to aid any enterprise that has for its object the interest of education and religion. During the many years that he has lived in Peno township he has made many friends. He is a man given to hospitality, and is a genial, whole-souled gentleman.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11727 WARREN CO – DAVID W. THOMAS – Thomas, Garrison, Young, Dillingham, Wright, Grant 11727 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume II – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. DAVID W. THOMAS, an active and progressive citizen and farmer, was born October 18, 1837, in Warren County, Ky., and is the sixth of five sons and five daughters (nine of whom lived to be grown), born to Jonathan and Ellen (Garrison) Thomas. Jonathan Thomas was born in December, 1800, in Botetourt County, Va., and was brought to Barren County, Ky., when a lad of eight years. He was actively engaged in farming, and was a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. He died in March, 1880. His father, Zachariah Thomas, who married Mary Young, is supposed to have been born in Ireland; he was a farmer, lived to be very old, and was an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The mother of our subject was a daughter of Shadrach Garrison. D. W. Thomas received a good common school education, and having been reared on a farm commenced life for himself, at the age of twenty-one. Being a strong supporter of the Union, he enlisted in July, 1862, in Company A, Thirty-third Kentucky Infantry. He was elected second lieutenant, and for meritorious service was promoted to first lieutenant. He was a brave soldier; was always ready for duty and was in all engagements of note in which his regiment participated. He was discharged in July, 1865, at Louisville, and returned to his home and resumed farming in the east part of Warren County, where he located on 120 acres of fine land. He married, November 28, 18656, Susan E. Dillingham, of Warren County; she is a daughter of James and Eliza (Wright) Dillingham. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas have had born by this union six children, five living: Charles, Anna, May, J. Waller and D. Walton (twins), and James Proctor. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a member of the G. A. R., and politically is an active Republican. He cast his first presidential vote for Grant in 1868.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11726 SIMPSON CO – DR. JOHN H. HERRINGTON – Herrington, Kerbey, Bryan, Thompson, Mahin, MacClellan 11726 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 4th ed., 1886. DR. JOHN H. HERRINGTON is classed among the prominent, influential and active citizens of Simpson County, Ky. He was born June 26, 1842, in Gum Precinct. He is the eighth of ten children, all of whom lived to be grown, and is the son of James W. and Mary (Kerbey) Herrington (see sketch of B. J. Herrington). Dr. Herrington received his early training on a farm; he received a good English education at the public schools. At the age of twenty-four he commenced speculating in leaf tobacco; two years later commenced the study of medicine with Dr. W. R. Bryan, of Franklin; graduated from the University Medical College of Louisville in 1869, and formed a partnership with Dr. Thompson of Gum Precinct. In 1870 he located in Auburn, Logan County; one year later he located where he now resides, eight miles east of Franklin, Ky., where he has since been successfully engaged in his profession. He is the possessor of 100 acres of fine land, improved with a fine residence and good out-buildings. He married, June 14, 1870, Ella H. Mahin, of Franklin, natives of Woodford County, Ky., and Virginia respectively. Thomas S. Mahin was a silversmith by trade, and later a merchant of Franklin. He was born in 1797; came to Kentucky when a young man; after marriage he located in Franklin, where he lived until his death. Dr. and Mrs. Herrington have one child, Pauline Mahin. He and wife are members of the Primitive Baptist and Christian Churches, respectively. He is also a member of the Masonic fraternity; in politics is a Democrat, and cast his first presidential vote for Gen. MacClellan.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11725 BALLARD CO – J. F. CRICE – Crice, Boren, Kimel, Latham, , Bugg, Sprouse, Stovall, Kimbrough, Brown, Penn, Scott 11725 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. 18 J. F. CRICE was born January 24, 1829, in Ballard County, Ky., and is the second of seven children (four boys) born to William and Nancy (Boren) Crice, natives of Penn­sylvania. His grandparents were Frederick and Catherine (Kimel) Crice, natives of Penn­sylvania, and Stephen and Rebecca (Latham) Boren, German and English descent respect­ively. William Crice came to the Purchase about 1828; his widow is still living, aged seventy-seven years. The early advantages of J. F. Crice for an education were poor. His teachers for a while were his mother and Z.W. Bugg. At the age of twenty-two years, he engaged in farming on his own responsibilities and has been very successful. He turned his attention mostly to stock-rais­ing, and now owns 500 acres of land in good condition. He was married August 15, 1850, to Sarah J. Stovall, of Ballard County, daughter of John and Patience (Sprouse) Stovall, of Irish and German descent. There have been born to this marriage five children: Ellen R. (now Kimbrough), Mary P. (now Brown), John C. B., Margaret J. and Bell. Mrs. Crice died January 7, 1873, a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Crice was next married in July, 1874, to Sarah L. Stovall, of Ballard County, Ky., born in Todd County, and daughter of George W. and Ruth (Penn) Stovall, natives of Virginia. To this marriage were born four children: William G., Anna Lee, Lucy P. and Thomas K. Mrs. Crice is a member of the Baptist Church and Mr. Crice is a Mason. He cast his first presidential vote for Gen. Scott, but now votes the Democratic ticket. Mr. Crice was the owner of three negroes and was dealing in horses and mules considerably, when the war broke out. He lost, by the army, fifteen head of horses and sold the Federals three.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11724 DAVIESS CO – JAMES E. HAYDEN – Hayden, Powell, Clark, Ballard, Burns, Haley, Pettinger, Hagan, McCallister, Cooper, Van Rensaler, Gilmour. Owen, Brannon, Peck, Scherm 11724 History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State. Volume IV Illustrated. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago – Louisville, 1928 James E. Hayden has been for so many years connected with the Owensboro post office that the people of this community have come to regard him as an indispensable part of the institution, and his faithful and efficient service has long been recognized and appreciated by the patrons of the office. His connection therewith began forty-four years ago, and he has the unusual record of having served under twelve postmasters, acting as assistant postmaster under ten of them. Mr. Hayden is a native of Daviess county, born near West Louisville on the 28th of November, 1867, and is a son of Joseph and Mary E. (Powell) Hayden. The father was born near Springfield, Kentucky, in 1838, and died in Owensboro in 1880, at the age of forty-two years. He was ä farmer by vocation, voted the democratic ticket and was a member of St. Stephen’s Roman Catholic church in Owensboro. He was ä son of John and Hettie (Clark) Hayden, the former of whom was a native of this state, followed the occupation of farming, and died near Hayden Bridge, Daviess county. He owned one thousand acres of land and one hundred slaves at the time of the Emancipation, the freeing of the slaves being a heavy loss to him. He was a democrat and a member of the Catholic church. His wife was a native of Daviess county and died near St. Raphael’s church. John Hayden was a son of Ben Hayden, who came from Maryland to Washington county, Kentucky, where he engaged in farming, and where his death occurred. He was a democrat in politics, while his religious faith was that of the Methodist Episcopal church. Our subject’s mother was born near Bardstown, Nelson county, Kentucky, August 26, 1844 and died in Owensboro, November 17, 1925. She was a daughter of James and Julia (Ballard) Powell, the former of whom was a native of Tennessee, and died in Owensboro, March 15, 1890, at the age of sixty-seven years. By trade he was a millwright, was a democrat in politics and his religious faith was that of the Catholic church. His wife was born near Lebanon, Kentucky, and died in West Louisville, Daviess county. James E. Hayden attended the district schools of Daviess county and then became a grocery clerk for Burns & Haley, with whom he remained about six months, after which he clerked in R. B. Pettinger’s grocery for a year. On January 10, 1883, he entered the Owensboro post office as a general delivery and stamp clerk, and three years later was made mailing clerk, which position he held two years, when he became assistant postmaster and money order clerk. On June 30, 1898, he retired from the post office due to a change of administration, and became teller in the old Owensboro National Bank, where he remained six months. He then went into the real estate business in partnership with R. A. Hagan, under the firm name of Hagan & Hayden, and a year later organized the Owensboro Real Estate Company. He remained with that concern for three years, when it was dissolved, and on January 20, 1903, he bought the Stanley (Kentucky) flour mill in partnership with John A. McCallister, under the firm name of McCallister & Hayden. They conducted the business for four years, when Mr. Hayden sold his interest in it and he and Mert Cooper bought a mill at Cecelia, Kentucky, which they ran under the firm name of Cooper & Hayden for one year. Mr. Hayden then sold his interest to his partner, and on May 18, 1910, he returned to the Owensboro post office as assistant postmaster under Fred A. Van Rensaler, under whom he had worked before. He is still filling that position, being now under Mrs. Mary F. Gilmour. He is a director in the Central Trust Company, of Owensboro. On October 1, 1889, in Owensboro, Mr. Hayden was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Owen, who was born in this city October 10, 1872, a daughter of Patrick and Emily N. (Brannon) Owen. Her father was born in Roscommon, Ireland, and died in Owensboro, September 15, 1906, at the age of seventy-three years. He had served as street commissioner of Owensboro for thirty-three years prior to his retirement. His wife, who was born in Pennsylvania, came to Kentucky with her parents when a child, and died in Owensboro. She was a daughter of Resa and Margaret (Peck) Brannon, both of whom lived in Owensboro during the Civil war. The father had a contract for carrying the mail by stage coach from Louisville, Kentucky, to Shawneetown, Illinois. Mrs. Hayden was educated in St. Francis’ Academy and the public schools of Owensboro. She is an active member of St. Stephen’s Roman Catholic church, the Queen’s Daughters and the Altar Society. She votes the republican ticket. To Mr. and Mrs. Hayden were born three children: E. Owen was born August 10, 1892, and died May 21, 1910. He was a telegraph operator in the employ of the Western Union Telegraph Company. One child died in infancy. Joseph Bernard, born February 15, 1897, is special delivery messenger in the Owensboro post office. He was married to Miss Lucy Scherm, of this city, and they have two children, Mary Margaret and Owen Michael. Politically Mr. Hayden has been a lifelong supporter of the republican party, and while a resident of Stanley he served as a member of the board of school trustees. He is affiliated with Owensboro Lodge, No. 144, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and Owensboro Council, No. 817, Knights of Columbus. He belongs to the Owensboro Chamber of Commerce and is a communicant of St. Stephen’s Roman Catholic church. Because of his faithful and efficient service through ä long period of years and his genial and accommodating manner, Mr. Hayden has well merited the confidence reposed in him, and the good name he enjoys.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11723 MERCER CO – JOHN AUGUSTUS WILLIAMS – Williams, Dodge, Shannon, Hathaway 11723 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 4th ed., 1886. JOHN AUGUSTUS WILLIAMS, A. M., LL. D., president of the Daughters College Harrodsburg, Ky., was born September 21, 1824, in Bourbon County, Ky. His father was Dr. Charles E. Williams, a native of Montgomery County, a physician of high standing, a man of scholarly attainments, who for many years was associated with his son in the management of the affairs of Daughters College, and who finally passed away in 1881 to the enjoyment of still higher scenes and associations. The mother of Prof. Williams was Arabella Dodge, daughter of one of the early merchants and manufacturers of Lexington, Ky. The Williams family is of Welsh extraction. Raleigh Williams, grandfather of Prof. Williams, immigrated to Kentucky from Virginia with the early settlers of the former State. Prof. Williams passed the opening years of his life at Paris, Bourbon County, where his earliest instruction was received, and at the age of fifteen, entered Bacon College, then located at Georgetown as a student. While in attendance at that institution it was removed to Harrodsburg, and subsequently became known as the Kentucky University, from which our subject graduated in 1843, under the presidency of Dr. James Shannon. He subsequently received the degree of A. M. from his alma mater, and later, that of LL.D., from the Masonic University at La Grange, Ky. After leaving college he entered on the study of law with a view of adopting that profession, but was prevented from accomplishing that purpose by the development of a very decided taste for teaching and the discovery of serious needs in the educational system of the State. In 1848 he took charge of what was called Prospect Hill Seminary, a boarding school for young ladies and gentlemen near Mount Sterling, an institution which became very prosperous under his management, and in which he obtained considerable distinction from his original methods and superior talents as a teacher. He soon after established a female college at North Middleton, in Bourbon County, known as Bourbon Institute, in which he aimed to carry into full effect his advanced plans of education. In 1851 he was urged to and did establish his institution at Columbia, Mo., the seat of Missouri University. A liberal charter was granted by the State, and under the designation of Christian College it was formally organized in the spring of that year. His conduct of the school brought it into popular notice and universal popularity, filling it to overflowing with young ladies of the best families in the State. He presided over that institution until 1856, when ill health and a desire to return and labor in his native State, induced him to resign. In that year he purchased, in connection with his father, the property at Harrodsburg, upon which is situated the celebrated Greenville Magnesian Springs, and established the Daughters College, now one of the most successful institution of its kind in the State. The name was given to ideas of its educational system – that it was both a school that should be collegiate in its curriculum and methods, combined with a home that should meet the social and domestic wants of girls away from their parents. The success that attended the opening of the school in 1856 has been almost uninterrupted to the present time – a period of nearly thirty-one years. The war of the States cut off for a while some of its most distant patronage; but pupils continued to come even during that period, sometimes with military passes in their hands. Not a day was lost during the four years of strife, though the sound of distant artillery sometimes mingled with the voices of the faithful teachers in the class-rooms. In 1865 President Williams was appointed to the chair of moral and mental philosophy in Kentucky University, and afterward to the presidency of the State College, and then to that of the College of Arts at Lexington. The two former positions he accepted and filled, but declined the latter; yet during his temporary absence Daughters College, though limited in the number of its students, continued to prosper under the skillful management of able assistants. In 1868 Prof. Williams resigned his position in the university at Lexington, and returned to his beloved pupils at Harrodsburg. Soon its halls were filled. Student again flocked in from Kentucky and the surrounding States. Since that time it has gone on quietly in its career of usefulness; and, without any special effort to obtain patronage, it has always been full. In now has 150 students enrolled, representing fifteen States. It is assumed, in the system of education at this college, that every student is to become a teacher and trainer of youth, either in the capacity of mother, or in that of a professional teacher. The effect of this policy is to give to the school a decidedly normal character, evinced by the fact that so large a number of good teachers are annually graduated therefrom. From time to time, departures from the usual routine and customs of schools have been made as the experience of the faculty suggested. It has consequently been recognized as the pioneer in many of the reforms that now characterize our best female schools. The abolition of the rote methods of study and recitation, and the discontinuance of all public parades, rostrum performances and exhibitions of young lady students, were early insisted on; and papers adverse to these and other customs have been kept for years before the people in the annual catalogues of the college. Public sentiment, especially in Kentucky, has at last begun to array itself against many of these things; and other institutions are beginning to modify or to discontinue them altogether. The life of Dr. John Aug. Williams has been a busy one, yet the wear and tear that attend the ofttimes routine labor of ä popular educator, has made no strong impression upon his physical resources. He is still well preserved, ardently in love with his responsible and high calling, and actively engaged in solving the great problem of higher education in Kentucky. He as one of the original movers in the organization of the State Teachers’ Association, has contributed extensively to various literary and religious periodicals, and delivered many addresses. His life of “Elder John Smith” is ä well-known and standard volume. His most important work, however, will be the one on ‘Christian Ethics,” now in course of preparation. He has also occasionally been induced to occupy the pulpit of various churches, both in and out of his own denomination. He is a man of fine tastes, has a great fondness for poetry, literature and art; of genial and attractive presence, kindly nature and greatly esteemed and respected by his associates and pupils, as well as by the community at large. He was married in 1848 to Miss Mary L. Hathaway, daughter of Philip Hathaway of Montgomery County, Ky., a representative of one of the early pioneer families from Virginia, and a lady of great excellence of heart and mind. Three sons born of the union are now living, viz.: Aug. E. Williams, professor of music in the college; Bowman Guy Williams, bookkeeper in same, and Lee Price Williams, a young student of medicine.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11722 DAVIESS CO – WILLIAM J. OWEN - Owen 11722 A HISTORY OF KENTUCKY BAPTISTS from 1769 to 1885 by J. H. Spencer, Vol. II, 1886. WILLIAM J. OWEN. This excellent and zealous young man was ordained to the ministry by Green Brier church, in Daviess county, near to which he was born and raised, Jan. 20, 1850. After serving this church with some others in the neighborhood, a short time, he moved to Jacksons Purchase, about 1856. Here he zealously devoted himself to the work of the ministry. In February, 1859, he located in Troy, Obion county, Tennessee, where he accomplished the principal work of his brief ministry. During the same month in which he moved to Troy, he gathered a church of eight members. Under the faithful labors of the young pastor, the little church steadily grew, till it numbered thirty-three, Mr. Owen was also pastor of Palestine and Concord churches, where his labors were also successful. But his work was soon brought to a close. Early in December, 1863, he became too feeble to leave his room, and, on the 14th of the following June, was called to receive his crown. Note by Sandi: I believe the date of birth is a typographical error. He would have died at age 14.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11721 MORGAN CO – J. G. LYCAN – Lycan, Downs 11721 History of Edgar Co. IL, William H. Perrin, Chicago, 1879 J. G. LYCAN, farmer and stock raiser; Sec. 19; P. O. Paris; is ä native of Morgan Co. Ky.; his father being a native of North Carolina; Mr. L. was born April 4, 1827; lived at his birthplace until about four years old; his parents then moving to Edgar Co.; during his boyhood, he had but little chance of getting an education, but by home study and close observation he succeeded in gaining a good common-school education; began business for himself at the age of 22, at farming; has always followed this business. Was married Dec. 14, 1849, to Miss Angelina Downs, of Culpepper Co., Va.; they have a family of six children – Susan F., Riley S., Serena C., Anderson A., William H. and Albert E. At the time of beginning business for himself, Mr. L. had but little assistance, but by hard work, economy and good management he now has 160 acres of well-improved land in Crawford Co., Ill., 2,500 acres in Texas and his home farm of 131 acres, which is well improved with good buildings and all modern conveniences. Mr. Lycan is one of the old pioneers, is well known and respected by many friends.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11720 UNKNOWN CO – H. H. WISDOM – Wisdom. Turner 11720 Pike County Missouri History, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883. H. H. WISDOM. The subject of this sketch is a native of Kentucky, born June 24, 1813. His father was born in Virginia and his mother in North Carolina. Mr. Wisdom was raised on a farm and early acquired that knowledge of agricultural pursuits which has since been of incalenlable [sic] advantage to him. He came to Pike county in 1837, but removed to Kentucky where he resided some eighteen months, when he again returned to this county, where he has ever since continued to live. He first settled upon the farm upon which he at this time resides, although he has not lived there uninterruptedly during all these years. The land was wild then, but he has greatly improved it and opened up one of the best farms in that neighborhood. His house is beautifully located upon a very pretty little bluff; about 100 feet higher than the lands lying south or west of it. Mr. Wisdom was married to Miss Virginia Turner, and their union was blessed with eight children, six of whom are still living. Mrs. Wisdom died June 16, 1880, and he has never married again. Mr. Wisdom is a member of the Masonic order and also of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He is a genial and hospitable gentleman, and has the confidence and respect of all who know him.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11719 WARREN CO – WILLIAM M. TEMPLE – Temple, Harvey, Ennis 11719 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume II – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. WILLIAM M. TEMPLE, merchant and resident of Richardsville, Warren County, was born in Todd County, Ky., July 19, 1829. His father, Robert W. Temple, was born in Prince George County, Va., January 23, 1780. He married, in Logan County, Ky., March 3, 1808, Miss Gwillielmus Harvey. Her parents were natives of Harford County, Md., from which place they moved to Kentucky and settled in Logan County about 1800. Mrs. Gwillielmus Temple was born June 6, 1787, and died October 16, 1858. She was the mother of ten children, three of whom are living: Caroline, Richard and William M. Robert W. Temple, a carpenter and builder in his day, was considered among the best of his craft. He acquired considerable property, but reverses in business ventures led to his dying poor. He was an uncompromising Democrat, and up to the day of his death was well posted on political questions. He was a son of Stephen Temple, of Virginia, who married a Miss Haines, and in 1780 moved to Kentucky and settled in Logan County, where he spent the remainder of his life in agricultural pursuits. William M. Temple was reared on a farm. He received a good common school education, and finished with a two-year course in Elkton Academy, where he made rapid advancement in the higher branches of English and mathematics, but he was compelled to give up study on account of impaired health. He then engaged in the tanner’s business, which he followed for two years; then taught school for a time, after which he returned to his home and cared for his father and mother during the remainder of their lives. In 1859 he married Mary E. Ennis, daughter of William Ennis, of Todd County. To this marriage have been born ten children, nine of whom re living: Adalaska, Gertrude, Robert W., Minnie C., Harry C., Edward K., Gwillielmus, Bessie M. and Rebecca L. In 1867 Mr. Temple discontinued farming, and for the next eight years was in the grocery trade in Bowling Green, Ky. He afterward engaged in milling, but met with reverses and lost all, after which he returned to and for some years followed farming, by which he acquired some property, which he sold and again engaged in a general merchandise trade in Richardsville, Warren County, where he carries a stock of about $3,000, and does a flourishing trade. Mr. Temple is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and also of the Presbyterian Church, with which he united in 1854; his wife is also a member of the same church, which she joined in 1868. He is strictly temperate in habits, and brings all his influence to bear against the liquor traffic. His political views are Democratic.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11718 SIMPSON CO – BENJAMIN J. HERRINGTON – Herrington, Kirbey, Maheney, Anderson, Choice, Lambert, Wiet, Clark, Harrington 11718 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume IV – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. BENJAMIN J. HERRINGTON was born February 3, 1825, in the south part of Warren County, Ky., and is the first of five sons and five daughters born to James W. and Mary (Kirbey) Herrington. His father was born in North Carolina, and at the age of two years, in 1804, was brought to Allen County by his parents. He died in 1883, and was the son of Merrick Herrington, who was born in 1771 in Maryland, and was of English descent, and who married Mary Mahaney, who was born in 1773, of Irish descent. Our subject’s grandfather spent his last days in Gum Precinct, Simpson County, and died in 1840. His widow died one year later; had lived about fifty years in Simpson County. Our subject’s great-grandfather was Gideon Herrington, of Maryland, and he was the son of John Herrington, who was born in England and was one of thirty taken from school who are supposed to have been kidnaped [sic] or enticed on board of a ship which set sail for America. Our subject’s mother was born in Warren County, Ky., in December, 1808, and is still living; she was the daughter of William Kirbey, who married Lavina Anderson, and both were born and reared in Warren County, Ky. He was a soldier of 1812, and fought in the battle of New Orleans. By occupation he was a farmer and distiller, and died in March, 1846, aged about sixty-five years or more; had reared two sons and four daughters, and was a son of Jesse Kirbey, who married Sophia Choice; they were born and reared in North Carolina, came to Warren County before the Revolution, and was one of the very first in the county. He was a soldier in the war for independence; was an extensive farmer; owned a large number of slaves. He died about 1850 at the age of ninety-eight years. Benjamin J. remained with his parents until his marriage in March, 1846, with Sarah J. Lambert, of Simpson County, a daughter of Josiah and Elizabeth (Wiet) Lambert, natives of Virginia and Warren County, Ky., respectively, and of English and Irish origin. Mrs. Herrington died in September, 1854, aged thirty-one years. He married his second wife, May F. Clark, of Simpson County, March 13, 1856. She is ä native of Warren County, and a daughter of Abner D. and Sophia (Kirbey) Clark, who were born and reared in Warren County, Ky. Her father was a farmer and merchant. Mr. and Mrs. Harrington [sic] have one daughter, Rufinia F.; two others were born but are deceased, Almyra J. and Mary S. Mr. H. after his first marriage located in the south part of Warren County, as superintendent of a farm; two years later purchased 118 acres. In 1865 sold out and located where he now resides on 150 acres; he now owns 133 acres in a fair state of cultivation. Mr. H. is a member of the Masonic fraternity; in politics is a Democrat, and cast his first presidential vote for Cass in 1848; has not missed a presidential election since. He is a good neighbor and is highly respected by all.

My main computer is in the shop getting cleaned up and speeded up. All my bio information is on it. So while I'm working on a laptop with not much on it, I'm giving you a break. I'll be back soon! Sandi ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at glasgow-ky.com

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11717 HENDERSON CO – BEN THOMAS WHITE – White, Hicks, Overby, Junor, Mann, Johnson, Evans 11717 History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State. Volume IV Illustrated. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago – Louisville, 1928 Among the leading firms engaged in the automobile business in Henderson, Kentucky, stands Ben. T. White & Son, who are agents for the Dodge Brothers cars in this locality. The senior member of the firm has long been numbered among the progressive and enterprising business men of the city and, under his efficient management, the business in which he is now engaged is enjoying a splendid measure of prosperity. Mr. White was born on his father’s farm near Zion, Kentucky, on the 18th of June, 1873, and is ä son of Larkin and Lucy (Hicks) White. His father was born in the old White homestead near Zion, September 26, 1820, and died January 23, 1898. He was a farmer and tobacco grower, a democrat in his political faith and an adherent of the Baptist church. He was the son of Larkin and Lockie (Overby) White, who were natives of Mecklenberg county, Virginia, whence they came to Kentucky, being the original settlers on the White homestead, where their deaths occurred. Larkin White, Sr., followed farming. Our subject’s mother was born at Hebbardsville, Kentucky, March 12, 1839, and died at the White homestead, January 24, 1882. She was daughter of Ben T. and Sallie (Junor), Hicks, both of whom were natives of Virginia and died at Hebbardsville, Kentucky, where the father was engaged in farming. They were members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, the father having been one of the founders and a deacon of the church at Hebbardsville. He owned much land and was a large slave holder. He fought in the Confederate army during the Civil war and became a supporter of the republican party. Ben Thomas White secured his education in the public school at Zion, the high school at Henderson and Georgetown College. He then returned to the home farm, where he assisted his father until twenty-eight years of age, when he embarked in the wholesale grocery business, under the firm name of the White-Mann Grocery Company, of which he became secretary and treasurer. He lived in Henderson and conducted his farm for five years. In connection with the other gentlemen from Henderson and Cleveland, he then bought sixteen thousand acres of land in the vicinity of Randolph, Alabama, under the name of the Randolph Land Company, of which Mr. White was president and manager. He remained in Randolph five years and then returned to Henderson, again giving his attention to the operation of his farm. He became associated with his brother, Larkin White in the automobile business under the name of the White Motor Company, continuing that relation until 1920, when he formed ä partnership with his son, Ben Thomas White, Jr., under the style of Ben T. White & Son, and they became local dealers for the Dodge Brothers automobiles, in the handling of which they have met with well deserved success. On April 5, 1899, in Henderson, Mr. White was married to Miss Etta Johnson, who was born December 5, 1876, a daughter of Campbell Housman and Fannie (Evans) Johnson. Her father was born in Henderson, February 9, 1844, and died here June 19, 1896. Under the firm name of W. S. Johnson & Brother, he and his brother, W. S. Johnson, conducted a drug store and a book store in Henderson. He was a member of the Masonic order, in which he had attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite, and was a democrat in his political views. A veteran of the Civil war, he enlisted at the age of seventeen years and became a second lieutenant in the Seventeenth Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, with which he took part in the battles of Fort Donelson and Shiloh. He was a son of Dr. Thomas J. and Julia (Spencer) Johnson, the former of whom was born in Frankfort, Kentucky, and practiced medicine in Henderson. Mrs. White’s mother was born in Henderson, January 7, 1850, and died in this city, November 29, 1899. She was a daughter of Thomas and Harriet Evans, of Henderson, where he father was identified with the tobacco business. Mrs. White is a graduate of the Louisville high school and is an active member of the Presbyterian church. To Mr. and Mrs. White have been born three children, namely: Ben Thomas, Jr., born January 15, 1900; Frances Evans, born June 29, 1903, who was graduated from the Henderson high school in 1921 and is associated with her father and brother in the automobile business; James Larkin, born April 19, 1911, who is now attending the Junior high school. Ben Thomas White, Jr., was graduated from the Henderson high school in 1918 and then attended the Massachusetts School of Technology, at Boston. He is now in partnership with his father in the automobile business, under the firm name of Ben T. White & Son. He is a veteran of the World war, having enlisted May 10, 1918, and was at the Great Lakes training station three months and at the Bay Ridge barracks two weeks. He was then assigned to the United States steamship “Ice King” and sent to St. Nazaire, France, where he remained three months. Returning to New York, he was honorably discharged at Cape May, New Jersey, May 11, 1919, as second-class machinist. He is active in the American Legion, belonging to Worsham Post, Henderson, and is second lieutenant on the state staff. Ben T. White, Sr., gives his political support to the democratic party and has served two years as a member of the Henderson city council. He is a deacon of the First Presbyterian church and during the World War he took an active part in the advancement of all local war measures. He is a member of Henderson Lodge, No. 206, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, and belongs to the Chamber of Commerce and the Kiwanis Club of Henderson. He is a man of cordial and friendly manner, is well liked by all who come in contact with him and is regarded as one of the representative men of his community.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11716 MERCER CO – ATTERSON LEWIS WALDEN – Walden, Pitts, Douglas, Simpson, Samson, Adams, McGinnis, Lander, Thompkins, Prather, Garnett, Meglone, Sebree, Hutchinson 11716 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 4th ed., 1886. ATTERSON LEWIS WALDEN was born September 26, 1803, in Caroline County, Va.; removed with his parents in 1850 to Lincoln County, Ky.; in 1808 to Garrard County, and in 1833 to Mercer County, locating on Cane Run pike, two and one-half miles east of Harrods burg, where he has since resided. His father, John Walden, a native of Virginia, enlisted at the age of eighteen years in the Continental Army, and remained until the close of the war. He was a farmer and slave-holder, and died aged eighty-five years. He was the son of Lewis Walden, and married Elizabeth Pitts, of Virginia (died in 1854, aged seventy-six years), and from their union sprang Sophia (Douglas), Atterson L., Willis, Melinda (Simpson), Permelia, Payton, John, Elizabeth (Samson) and Angelina (Adams). Atterson Lewis Walden was first married in 1825, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas McGinnis, of Mercer County (born in 1802, died in 1877), and to them were born Elizabeth (Lander), Mary (Thompkins), Frances (Prather), Angeline (Garnett) and Theresa I. In 1859 he was married to Ms. Maria S. Meglone, daughter of William W. and Frances (Sebree) Sharp, of Lexington (born May 15, 1820). Montgomery and Maria S. Meglone’s children are Whitney and Mary (Hutchinson). A. L. Walden has been president of the Mercer County Agricultural Association for twenty years. He is a farmer, having 220 acres of productive land, but lost forty-two slaves as a result of the late war. Thomas McGinnis, from the fort at Harrodsburg, pre-empted and settled this place. There is now living, but on the decline, on this farm, a seedling apple tree of his planting, fully one hundred years old, nearly twelve feet in circumference, which has never failed to bear an annual crop since it came into bearing. In politics Mr. Walden is a Democrat.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11715 SHELBY CO – REUBEN COTTRELL – Cottrell, Waller, Carpenter, Holland, Stout, Anderson 11715 A HISTORY OF KENTUCKY BAPTISTS from 1769 to 1885 by J. H. Spencer, Vol. II, 1886. REUBEN COTTRELL was born in Henrico county, Va., in 1k792. Here he grew to manhood, receiving a fair English education. After his marriage, he emigrated to Kentucky, and settled in Shelby county, in the fall of 1815. In the following February, he united with Buck Creek church, in that county, and was baptized by George Waller. He was ordained to the ministry by George Waller, Zacheus Carpenter, John Holland and Wm. Stout, the same year in which he was baptized. Soon afterwards, he was invited to preach once a month to Buck Creek church. About this period the subject of missions was agitated in Long Run Association, and Mr. Cottrell was engaged to labor as missionary, within the bounds of that fraternity, Louisville and Jeffersonville were points at which he preached. During these labors, he became deeply imbued with the spirit of missions, which led him to visit many points of destitution, on both sides of the Ohio river. In 1821, he made a tour down the Ohio river as far as the “Yellow Banks.” Next year he moved to Daviess county, and settled on a farm. He accepted a call to Bethabara church. A revival followed almost immediately, and 80 were added to the church. In 1834, he was called to Bells Run, Blackford and Union churches. About this time, he was invited to deliver a sermon at a barbecue, to be given on the 4th of July, at Owensboro. He accepted the invitation, and afterwards continued to preach there, until he raised up a church, to which he ministered till it could procure a pastor. In 1837, Little Bethel Association sent a letter and messengers to Goshen Association, asking correspondence. The corresponding messengers from Highland Association opposed the petition, on the ground that Little Bethel believed in missions. Mr. Cottrell, with others, warmly advocated the reception of the correspondence, and it was finally granted. The missionary spirit became very active in the lower part of Goshen Association. A convention of messengers from 13 churches was held, in 1838, and it was resolved to employ two missionaries to labor in the region around Owensboro. Mr. Cottrell and Samuel Anderson were appointed, and a great revival prevailed under their labors. From this period, the work of missions was prosecuted in this region, Mr. Cottrell always being a prominent actor, both in the council and in the field, until his strength failed. For several years before his death, he was too feeble to leave his home, and was constantly anticipating his departure. On the 29th of May, 1863, the summons came, and he went to his reward, after a very successful ministry of 47 years.