NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11714 MEADE CO – BENJAMIN ALLEN – Allen, Holland, Hudson, Appleby 11714 History of Edgar Co. IL, William H. Perrin, Chicago, 1879, p. 648. BENJAMIN ALLEN, farmer; P. O. Vermilion; was born in Meade Co., Ky., June 14, 1814, and is the son of Benjamin and Mary Allen; his father was a native of Penn., having moved to Kentucky with his parents at an early day; Mr. Allen, in December, 1825, with his parents, moved to Illinois and settled in Stratton Tp., Edgar Co.; they purchased 160 acres of land and set out in farming, and also engaged in loading flatboats with produce which was floated down the Wabash River into the Ohio; then the Mississippi to New Orleans, and sold; Mr. Allen was very successful in flatboating; he had made $700; he entered the sawmill business but lost the $700; but, with hard labor and good management, he owns one of the best improved farms of Edgar Co.; 307 acres, with forty-five acres in a fine fruit orchard. Mr. Allen has held several offices of trust, and in every instance he has made it his duty to try and give entire satisfaction; he has proven himself a gentleman of acknowledged ability; was Justice of the Peace eleven years; School Treasurer, ten years, and is now Supervisor of Stratton Tp.; was elected on the Greenback ticket. Mr. Allen has been married twice; first wife in 1850, Nancy Holland Hudson, of Tennessee; she died in 1864; married second time to Mary Appleby, of Indiana; have twelve children; ten children living.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11713 MASON CO – NATHANIEL SHOTWELL – Shotwell, Burris, Geery, Guthrie, Donnovan, Fisher 11713 Pike County Missouri History, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883. Nathaniel Shotwell, farmer and stock-raiser, post office Frankford. Prominent among the pioneers of Peno township, none are more worthy of notice in the history of Pike county than the subject of this sketch; he is a native of Mason county, Kentucky, son of John and Sarah (Burris) Shotwell. Our subject was the fifth child of the family of seven children; his early life was passed on the farm, and he received ä limited education in the subscription schools of those early times. In November, 1831, in company with his brother Albert, he came to Pike county, Missouri; he resided here during the winter, and in the spring of 1832 went to Monroe county and bought a tract of wild land, where he lived some six months; then as there were Indian troubles in the northwest, he returned to this county and remained here two years, and then returned to his land in Monroe county, where he lived two years; and then sold and returned to Pike county; and then located on his present farm where he has since resided. He was married May 22, 1834, to Miss Catharine Geery, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Guthrie) Geery of Ralls county. This union was blessed with nine children: Margaret Ann, Emily J., John W., Andrew M., Hiram, David, Mary, Sarah and Perry. Mrs. Catharine G. Shotwell died June 20, 1870; and Mr. S. was again married February 9, 1871, to Margaret Geery, sister of his first wife. She died May 28, 1880, and he was again married March 2, 1882, to Mrs. Donnavon, whose maiden name was Fisher, daughter of William Fisher, one of the pioneers of Peno township, who came to this county in 1820. Mr. Shotwell is the owner of one of the best farms in the county, containing 375 acres of good land under a high state of cultivation, and well improved. He has a good residence which is furnished in good taste; where he has all the comforts of a good home for his declining years. He has been a member of the Christian Church since 1837, and is a liberal supporter of Christianity. No man in the township has the respect of his neighbors more than he has.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11712 WARREN CO - JOSEPH NICHOLAS TAYLOR – Taylor, Runner, Penner, Hinton, Elrod, Brown 11712 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume II – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. JOSEPH NICHOLAS TAYLOR was born in Warren County, March 5, 1857. His father, Thomas Bascom Taylor, was born in 1822, also in Warren County. He married Miss Elizabeth Runner, and to them were born two sons, Joseph N. and William L., the latter of whom graduated in literature from DePauw University and afterward entered into the ministry in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is at the present time (1885) engaged in ministerial work at Chicago, Ill. Elizabeth (Runner) Taylor was born in March, 1828. She is yet living. Her parents, William and Margaret (Penner) Runner were Virginians, came early to the State of Kentucky and located in Warren County. Thomas B. Taylor was for a short time a member of Company B, Thirty-eighth Kentucky Infantry. On account of wounds received accidentally he was placed in a military hospital at Evansville, Ind., where he died. He had been before the war a farmer, in which vocation he was successful and left a competency to his sons. His father, Joseph Taylor, was a farmer and a native of North Carolina; he came to Kentucky with his parents, who also located in Warren County. He died in 1864. He was a son of Joseph Taylor, Sr. Joseph N. Taylor remained on the farm where he was born. He had, on attaining the age of eighteen, received a fair common school education, which he supplemented with a course in Prof. J. H. Hinton’s academy, in Simpson County, Ky. At the age of twenty he left school and took charge of his father’s farm of 240 acres, in which he now owns a large interest; he has for eight years managed his farming interests successfully. His attention is given principally to stock breeding. He has also lately invested some capital in Florida lands with a view of engaging in orange culture. November 30, 1882, Mr. Taylor was united in marriage with Miss Lou Elrod, a daughter of Thomas and Mary (Brown) Elrod, of Warren County. Mr. Taylor’s religious views are based on the tenets of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he holds the office of steward. Mrs. Taylor is a consistent member of the same faith. Mr. Taylor is a Republican, and lends his influence to his party and friends, but is no aspirant for political honors or office for himself.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11711 BALLARD CO – FREDERICK W. CRICE – Crice, McCrary, Swearingen, Coleman, Buchanan 11711 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. FREDERICK W. CRICE was born March 25, 1835, in Ballard County. He is the tenth of twelve children, born to John and Nellie (McCrary) Crice, natives of Pennsylvania and North Carolina. He was reared on a farm and remained with his parents, who were among the first settlers of the Purchase, till he became of age; then he engaged in farming for himself, at which he has continued ever since. He moved to where he now lives, in December, 1855, on 189 acres of land. He was married Novem­ber 8, 1855, to Mary S. Swearingen, of Ballard County, a native of Shelby County, Ky., and daughter of Harmon and Ann (Coleman) Swearingen, natives of Pennsylvania and Virginia, and of Dutch and French descent respectively. To Mr. and Mrs. Crice were born fifteen children: John H., Van A., Benjamin F. (deceased), Nellie A., Mary F., Willie U., Sarah J., Robert F., Joseph P. (deceased), Charles S., Susan B., Thomas B., Mike, George W. and Clifton. Mr. Crice cast his first presidential vote for James Buchanan. He was appointed postmaster of Oscar Post Office in October, 1881. Pg. 117-118

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11710 SIMPSON CO - SQUIRE JOHN M. HENRY – Henry, Carmack, Woodard, Jones, Sullivan, Pope, Pepper, Johnson, Booker, McGoodwin 11710 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume IV – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. SQUIRE JOHN M. HENRY was born September 20, 1819, in Montgomery County, Tenn., where he grew to manhood; in 1837 he removed with his mother to Robertson County, Tenn., and in 1851 located on Red River, in the southwestern portion of Simpson County, Ky., where he has since resided. His father, James Henry, a native of Virginia, removed in childhood with his parents to east Tennessee, where he was reared and married; located in Montgomery County as early as 1800; was long a Methodist class leader; engaged in planting there, and died in 1825, at the age of sixty years. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and his gun is now in the possession of our subject. His father was John Henry, a native of Virginia, who died on his way to Tennessee in pioneer times. John’s brothers, David and Hugh, located in Robertson County, and David plowed the first furrow in that section. James Henry espoused in marriage Elizabeth Carmack, of east Tennessee (born 1770; died 1864), and their offspring are Susanna (Woodard), Catharine (Jones), Nancy (Henry), Mary (Sullivan), Daniel, Elizabeth (Woodard) and John M. October 12, 1841, John M. married Harriet V., daughter of James and Margaret (Pope) Woodard, of Robertson County, Tenn. (born October 11, 1824), and to them have been born Mary D. (Pepper and Woodard), Gustavus A., Ella (married Dr. G. W. Johnson), John (deceased), Neely (Booker) and Jemmie. In his business career, Squire Henry by industry, economy and fair dealing has acquired a fair competency. He was president of the First National Bank of Franklin during the latter part of its existence, and is now partner in the bank of J. A. McGoodwin & Co., of Franklin. He represented Simpson County in the Legislature during the stormy period of 1801-02-03, and was magistrate and member of the court of claims both in Robertson and Simpson Counties. Squire Henry is a successful farmer, owning nearly 1,000 acres of well-improved and productive land in good condition. He has nearly 2,000 growing fruit trees, and raises a fair amount of farm stock. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M. In politics was formerly an old line Whig, but is now a Republican.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11709 JESSAMINE CO – JAMES MELVIN LOWRY – Lowry, Hill, Hawkins, Dodd, Dorman, Wilson, Cox, Leavell 11709 History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State. Volume IV Illustrated. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago – Louisville, 1928 JAMES MELVIN LOWRY, an influential citizen of Wilmore, is at the head of a well organized, efficiently conducted bank and also owns a valuable farm in Jessamine county. He was born March 17, 1867, near Wilmore, and his parents, James H. and Jane B. (Hill) Lowry, were members of pioneer families of this section of the state. He attended the district school near the homestead and the public schools of Nicholasville. After completing his course he entered the employ of Hawkins & Dodd, the proprietors of a general store in Wilmore and local agents for the Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railroad, now the Southern line. The store, depot and office were located in the same building and Mr. Lowry was obliged to attend to all of the work, performing his varied duties with thoroughness and fidelity. He was associated with the Wilmore Mercantile Company for a quarter of a century and since 1921 his time has been devoted to agricultural affairs and financial interests. He has a productive, well improved farm of two hundred acres, located on the outskirts of the town, and in the operation of the place utilizes the most advanced methods, keeping in close touch with all new developments along agricultural lines. As president of the Wilmore Deposit Bank he has adopted a policy which promotes the growth of the institution, at the same time protecting the interests of its depositors and stockholders, and he is also a director of the Glass Milling Company, likewise a local corporation. Mr. Lowry was married May 19, 1887, to Miss Fannie E. Dorman, who was a daughter of James M. Dorman, of High Bridge, Kentucky, and passed away August 23, 1919. She had become the mother of two children: Thomas D., born October 5, 1888, was married May 10, 1913, to Miss Ivy Wilson, and died November 1, 1918, leaving two children; Roy Thomas, born August 30, 1914, and James M., Jr., April 21, 1916. The daughter, Nellie E. Lowry, was born March 3, 1891, and is the wife of Joseph E. Cox, a prosperous farmer of Jessamine county. They have three children: James L., whose natal day was October 3, 1910; William E., who was born January 21, 1916 and Grace D., born May 22, 1922. Mr. Lowry’s second union was with Mrs. Ruby A. Leavell, whom he married March 25, 1921, in Wilmore, and they have one child, Lyle L., born November 17, 1925. Mr. Lowry is a stanch adherent of the democratic party and for forty years has filled the position of deputy county clerk, establishing a notable record of long, faithful and efficient public service. He has always manifested a deed interest in community affairs and has a wide acquaintance and many steadfast friends in this locality, in which his life has been spent.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11708 CLARK CO – JAMES M. SLUSS – Sluss, Moore 11708 History of Edgar Co. IL, William H. Perrin, Chicago, 1879, p. 644 JAMES M. SLUSS, farmer; P. O. Grand View; is an old settler of Edgar Co., and a native of Clark Co., Ky.; was born Feb. 21, 1809; lived at his native place until he was about 22 years old; leaving home at this age, he went South, engaged in buying and selling horses; in 1834, he engaged in mercantile business in Bloomington, Ind., with a younger brother; this he followed until 1842; then engaged in farming, a few years, in Clark Co., and in 1850, came to Edgar Co. During his early life, he had but little opportunity of getting an education, though by his own efforts he succeeded in becoming a fair scholar. Was married in February, 1840, to Miss Martha J. Moore, a native of Clark Co., Ill.; she passed away in December, 1856, leaving five children (four still living) – three girls and one boy. He began business for himself at the age of 18; after many misfortunes and losses, he still owns a nice little farm of seventy-four acres of good land; he is a man that has earned a good name and reputation by having been honorable I his business affairs, and is known as one of the straightforward, honest men of Grand View Tp.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11707 MERCER CO – WILLIAM BUSH VIVIAN – Vivian, Taylor, Campbell, Gholson, Bush, Pemberton, Crosswait, Davis, Combs, Keas, Buckner, Emmerson, Sparrow, Spencer, Lowe 11707 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume IV – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. WILLIAM BUSH VIVIAN was born August 1, 1801, three miles from Boonesborough, in Clark County, Ky., where he remained until 1836, when he located on the Samuel Taylor place, two miles south of Pleasant Hill, Mercer County, where he has since resided. His father, Thomas Vivian, a native of Culpeper County, Va., was born in 1776, removed with his parents in 1787 to Clark County, Ky., furnished a substitute in the war of 1812; was a farmer and slave-holder a Whig, at first a Baptist but went with Alexander Campbell in his reformation, was a conscientious, upright man, and died in 1800. He was the son of John Vivian, of Virginia, who died in Kentucky about 1790. John married Martha Gholson, and their offspring were John, Frankie (Bush), Smith, Milton, Lucy (Pemberton), Sally (Crosswait), Thomas, Harvey and Flavel. Thomas first married Nancy, daughter of Francis and Lucy (Davis) Bush of Clark County (born December 5, 1781, died in 1816) and from this union sprang Miranda (Combs), William B., Lucy (Keas), Martin, Sarah A. (Buckner), Thomas J., Albert G. His second wife was Ann Davis, and their children were Mary A. (Emmerson), Willis D., Lucinda A. (Sparrow), Dr. John E., Benjamin T., Martha F. (Spencer) and James H. September 23, 1823, William B. Vivian married Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Ambrose and Mary (Bush) Christy, of Clark County (Born July 4, 1805, died August 19,1860) and to them were born Newton (deceased), Thomas, Lucy M. (Lowe), John W., Simeon C., Augustus M., James H., Ann E. and Benjamin R. Mrs. Lucy M. Lowe was born December 20, 1829, and July 29, 1857, was united in marriage with Mr. James Ralph Lowe, of Clark County (born August 22, 1822, died April 10, 1863), and to them were born two children: William B., August 1, 1858, and Elizabeth C., July 25, 1860 (deceased August 18, 1881). William Vivian is a farmer having 328 acres of land in a good state of cultivation. He has given about 300 acres to his children. He was many years an elder in Cane Run Christian Church, was a Union man and lost twelve slaves by the late war. His stone mansion was built in 1790 by Samuel Taylor, whose motto “Look to your laws rather than your progenitors, for inheritance,” remains intact on a circular stone in the wall.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11706 NELSON CO – THOMAS DOWNS - Downs 11706 A HISTORY OF KENTUCKY BAPTISTS from 1769 to 1885 by J. H. Spencer, Vol. II, 1886. Daviess Association. THOMAS DOWNS was among the fathers in Daviess county Association. He was born, perhaps, in Nelson county, not long before the year 1780. He spent his childhood and youth, with his parents, among the wilds of the lower Green River country. His father was killed by the Indians, near the present location of Calhoun, in McLean county. In early life, he united with Hazel Creek church, in Muhlenburg county, and was early set apart to the ministry. Of this church, he remained a member, till about 1815, when he moved his membership to Panther Creek (now Yelvington in Daviess county?) In 1824, he, with his wife, four daughters, his son and his son’s wife, united with Green Brier church in Daviess county. Of this church, Rock Spring, Buck Creek and Oioa (Ia.,) he was pastor many years. He was also pastor of various other churches, for briefer periods. But his work was not so much that of a pastor, as of an indefatigable pioneer missionary. He bore the standard of the cross among the early settlers on both sides of the Ohio river, from the mouth of Green river, 100 miles up the Ohio, and over a belt of country, about 100 miles wide. In this region he gathered many of the early churches, and supplied them with occasional preaching, till they could procure pastors. He raised a large family of children, all girls but one, and was so extremely poor that he had to do much of his traveling on foot, and often barefoot. “Many a time,” writes his successor in the pastorate, “has he ploughed hard five days in a week, and then walked from Green Brier to Rock Spring, a distance of 25 miles, and preached two hours, shoeless and coatless; sometimes to but few hearers, and once, to only three sisters.” Such was the labor and lot of his consecrated servant of Christ, during a ministry of nearly 50 years. He endured many severe domestic trials. In early life, he lost his father, who was murdered by the Indians, while hunting in the forests for his horses. After he had raised a large family, his only son went to hunt horses in the forest, and was found hung by a bridle, already dead. About the same time, several of his children died of an epidemic, within a short period. When Mr. Downs commenced preaching, not far from the year 1800, there were but two small churches in the broad field of his subsequent labors; when he closed his work, the same field was occupied by six flourishing and populous associations – four in Kentucky, and two in Indiana. In the closing years of his life, he became very corpulent and helpless. But such was the attachment of his brethren to their aged pastor, that they would convey him to Green Brier meeting house, and place him in a chair, where he, like the Apostle John, would talk to them about the love of God, and exhort them to love one another. Not far from 1850, the aged servant of God was called to his reward. Mr. Downs was not regarded a great preacher, even at the time in which he lived. He was uneducated in the scholastic sense of the term; but he was a close, prayerful reader of the Bible, and few men of his times were better acquainted with the sacred oracles. He possessed only medium talents, but he had an easy flow of common English words, his heart was thoroughly educated and deeply imbued with the grace of God, and he was an indefatigable laborer in the gospel of Christ.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11705 BOURBON CO – SAMUEL THOMAS – Thomas, Oden, Tinsley, Myers 11705 Pike County Missouri History, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883 Samuel Thomas. This gentleman was born in Bourbon county, Kentucky, July 4, 1826. He is the son of Joseph Thomas, a native of the same county and state, and of Sally (Oden) Thomas, who was born in London [sic] county, Virginia. His parents moved to Pike county I the fall of 1827, where they resided until his father’s death in November, 1834. The subject of this sketch was raised on a farm, attending to its general duties, and receiving only such advantages of an education as the common district schools could furnish. About the time that he reached his majority, Mr. Thomas worked for several years at the carpenter’s and cabinet maker’s trades. From the time he was twelve years old until he grew to manhood his life was spent with his uncle, Alfred Oden. He bought his present farm in 1857, which he has taken much pains to make better year after year. He was married July 11, 1855 to Miss Lucy Tinsley, a lady born and partially raised in Virginia. Two children were born to them, only one of whom, Bettie Chelton, is now living. Mrs. Thomas died in September, 1865, and Mr. Thomas was married again in January, 1867, to Miss Ann M. Myers, of this county. They have but one child, Edward S. Thomas. Mr. Thompson’s farm embraces 260 acres of land, which is well improved and adapted to farming and stock-raising. He is a member of the Masonic order, and a genial, affable, and hospitable gentleman.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11704 WARREN CO – JOHN LA RUE TAYLOR – Taylor, Hobbs, Roup, Higgins 11704 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume II – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. JOHN LA RUE TAYLOR, M. D., was born in Warren County, November 29, 1851. He is a son of Alfred Taylor, a sketch of whom will be found in connection with the biography of Allen J. Taylor, to be found above. John La Rue is the third in a family of four sons. His early life was passed upon the farm; his early education was such as could be obtained in the common schools until the age of seventeen, when he entered the Caverna Institute, where he studied the higher mathematics and collateral sciences. He afterward finished a course in the Ogden College, and the Southern Commercial School at Bowling Green, Ky., then, after spending a few months in the Bowling Green Woolen-mills in the capacity of clerk and book-keeper, he chose the profession of medicine and read for one year with Dr. T. L. Hobbs, of Richardsville. In 1873 he became a student in the University of Louisville, from which institution he graduated with honors in medicine and surgery in 1875, and since that time has been engaged in an extensive and lucrative practice in his native county, more notably in that of surgery, which branch he has made a special study. In connection with his medical practice the Doctor superintends the working of a farm of 240 acres, which he owns. January 27, 1876, he was married to Miss Allie D. Roup, of Warren County, and to their union have been born one son, Harry H., and one daughter, Mary W. Mrs. Allie (Roup) Taylor is of German-Irish lineage, her father, Thomas T. Roup, being an Ohioan by birth and of German descent, while her mother, Eliza J. (Higgins) Roup, was a native of Pennsylvania and of Irish descent. The Doctor and wife are members of the Christian Church, in which he has for many years been ruling elder; he is also a Master Mason in Elijah Upton Lodge, No. 370. Politically the Doctor is a Republican, but being wedded to his profession takes no active part in politics.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11703 BARREN CO – S. H. P. WHITE – White, Bowles, Clark 11703 History of Edgar Co. IL, William H. Perrin, Chicago, 1879, p. 608. S. H. P. WHITE, farmer; P. O. Paris; was born in Barren Co., Ky., March 5, 1826; is a pioneer of Edgar Co., settled in Paris Tp., 1830, with his parents, at which time the country was but a wild, desolate-looking prairie, and the trials and hardships of a pioneer life were but common; the subject of this sketch began to do for himself on his own account at the age of 21; he located where he now resides in 1865, and has since remained. He was married twice, first to Miss Rhoda BOWLES, of his native county, February, 1849; she passed away April 14, 1850, leaving one child – John M.; and his second wife was Mrs. Caroline Clark, of Metcalfe Co., Ky., married January 1857, she having three children by her first husband – Melissa D., Sarah E. and Cordelia A., all of whom are married and living in this State; he has four children by his present wife – Lucinda C., Mary C., Fannie and Minnie; they own eighty acres of fine land, valued at $60 per acre.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11702 MERCER CO – JOHN WESLEY VANARDSDALL – Vanarsdall, Harris, Boice, Adkins, Smock, Brown, McGrath, Mitchell, Rupard, Miller, Hedges, Berry 11702 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 4th ed., 1886. JOHN WESLEY VANARSDALL was born October 4, 1829. In 1867 he located on the Danville pike, three miles southeast of Harrodsburg, where he has since resided. His father, Cornelius B. Vanarsdall, a native of New Jersey, removed in childhood with his parents to Mercer County, Ky., and located on the waters of the Salt River; he was a farmer, a Methodist, a Union man, and died in 1862 at the age of sixty-nine years. He was the son of Cornelius O. Vanarsdall, a farmer, a Methodist, a Democrat, who died about 1839, aged over eighty years. He married Betsey Vanarsdall, and their offspring were John, Cornelius B., Abram, Jacob, Polly (Harris), Jane (Boice), Peter, Alexander, Lucy (Adkins) and Isaac. Cornelius B. espoused in marriage Polly B., daughter of Jacob Smock, of Mercer County (died in 1805, aged sixty-seven years), and their union was favored by the birth of Ann (Brown), Elizabeth (McGrath), James M., Harriett (Mitchell), George W., John W., Nannie (deceased) and Edward M. November 1, 1860, John W. married Miss Anna M., daughter of Isaac S. and Eudocia (Rupard) Miller, of Mercer County, born January 10, 1842, and to them have been born Mary Cornelia, Joseph Atwood, George Boone, Katie Clifford, Stanley Miller and Wesley Willard. Mr. Vanarsdall is a native of Mercer County, and engaged in the business of carpenter and builder for fifteen years, constructing many of the best buildings in Mercer County. He is now a farmer, owning 230 acres of well improved land. He is a member of the Christian Church, and in politics is identified with the Democratic party. Isaac S. Miller was born in Clark County November 12, 1813. His father, Joseph Miller, a Virginian by birth, died about 1831. Eudocia (Rupard) Miller was born November 18, 1822, was married to Isaac S. Miller November 19, 1840, and their children are Anna M. (Vanarsdall), Joseph W., Isaac S., George W., Sue R. (Hedges), Mattie H. (Berry) and Katie (Berry).

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11701 SIMPSON CO – WILLIAM P HENDRICK – Hendrick, Copeland, Haley, Copeland, Hudspeth, Myers, Greer, Fitzpatrick 11701 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume IV – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. WILLIAM P. HENDRICK was born March 9, 1832, in Bowling Green, Ky., and is the fourth of six sons and three daughters born to Gustavus and Sarah Jane (Copeland Hendrick. Gustavus Hendrick was born in 1801, in Barren County, and in 1830 located in Bowling Green; about six years later located four miles southwest of Franklin, where he was engaged in the manufacture of brick; was also a brick-mason. He died in 1873. He was a son of Benjamin Hendrick, who was born and reared in Virginia, and came with his family to Kentucky in 1801, and settled in Barren County, where he entered and improved lands. He married a Miss Haley, and died in 1848, aged eighty-two years. He was a son of Duke Hendrick, of England. Mrs. Sarah Jane Hendrick was born in Logan County in 1799, a daughter of John Copeland, who was born in Ireland, and immigrated to the United States about 1790, and settled in Logan County, where he entered and improved a farm of 1,300 acres; he owned about seventy slaves, and reared a family of five sons and four daughters. William P. Hendrick was reared in Bowling Green. His father being poor he was obliged to assist in the brick-yard. At the age of fourteen he left home and worked by the month on a wharf at Evansville, Ind. In the spring of 1847 he and his brother, Monroe, enlisted. After peace was declared he returned to his father’s and commenced to work at brick-making, which he has since followed; also farms some. In March, 1852, he married Elizabeth Hudspeth, of Simpson County, a native of Louisiana, and a daughter of Sterling and Elizabeth (Myers) Hudspeth, natives of Kentucky, and of Scotch-Irish origin. Three children were born to this union: Elizabeth (deceased), James Robert and Sterling Gustavus. Mrs. Hendrick died April 9, 1860, a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. March 22, 1861, Mr. Hendrick married Sarah Jane Greer, of Simpson County, a daughter of John S. and Alphiah (Fitzpatrick) Greer, respectively of Dutch and Irish origin. Eight children were born to this union, four now living: William P., Affie Jane, George Thomas and Virgil. Mr. Hendrick and wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. In the spring of 1862 he went to Greensburg to secure the discharge of his brother, who had partially lost his health. Not succeeding, he took his brother’s place in the Thirteenth Kentucky. Mr. Hendrick is now serving his third term as city councilman, and has the reputation of being a good and careful man for the place. He located in Franklin in 1854, and has a pleasant and comfortable home.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11700 SCOTT CO – JOHN T. DOUGLASS – Douglass, Henry 11700 Pike County Missouri History, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883, John T.Douglass, farmer and stock-raiser, post-office Frankford, one of the old settlers of Peno township, is the worthy subject of this sketch. He was born March 13, 1818, in Scott county, Kentucky, and was the eldest child of Jerry and Susan Douglass. When he was three years old, his parents came to Pike county. Mr. Douglass’ early life was spent in working on his father’s farm and attending school in the log cabin school-houses of those pioneer times. Game was plenty in those days, and Mr. D. has seen in his youth, twenty deer in a drove; wild turkeys were plenty. When he was twenty-one years old he returned to Scott county, Kentucky, where he lived two years, and then came back to this county. Mr. Douglass is the owner of as good a farm as there is in Peno township, consisting of 200 acres, well improved and under a high state of cultivation, with a good two-story residence, furnished in keeping with the refinement of the family. He has good facilities for stock-raising, in which he is largely engaged. He was married February 22, 1849, to Miss Margaret Henry, of this county, daughter of Malcomb and Catharine Henry, who were natives of South Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. Douglass were the parents of nine children, seven of whom are living: Joseph, Catharine, James, Jarvis, Belle, Jerry, and Anna, all of whom received the advantages of a good education, so they are well fitted to take a prominent position in society.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11699 CUMBERLAND CO – ALFORD KING – King, Fisher 11699 A HISTORY OF KENTUCKY BAPTISTS from 1769 to 1885 by J. H. Spencer, Vol. II, 1886. ALFORD KING was for a short time, a minister of some prominence in the Freedom Association. He was born in Cumberland Co., Ky., March 31, 1806. He was fairly educated, and bred to the legal profession, which he entered in 1842. In early life, he joined the Campbellites, and remained in that connection, till 1856, when under the ministry of T. J. Fisher, he professed to be “born again,” and united with the Baptist church at Burkesville. He at once abandoned the practice of law, and was ordained to the ministry. He was a good speaker, and a fair logician. His favorite subject was the “new birth.” After preaching about four years in Kentucky, he moved to Texas, and located at Victoria. Here he distinguished himself as an able and devoted minister. He was called to his reward, in 1872.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11698 CLARK CO – G. LEE WAINSCOTT – Wainscott, Hancock, Lindsay, Rogers 11698 History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State. Volume II Illustrated. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago – Louisville, 1928 G. Lee Wainscott, a man of varied talents and broad experience, is a recognized leader of business activity in Winchester and widely known as a manufacturer of soft drinks. A son of G. W. and Mary E. (Hancock) Wainscott, he was born May 6, 1867, and is a native of Owenton, Kentucky. He attended the public schools of Lexington and afterward enrolled as a student at Transylvania College, then known as the University of Kentucky, from which he was graduated in 1887 with a degree of Civil Engineer. He followed the profession for three years and during that period was in the employ of the Lexington & Eastern and the Cincinnati Southern Railroads. In 1890 he located in Georgetown, Kentucky, and for four years was proprietor of the Lancaster Hotel. In 1894 he sold the business and went to Texas. He spent two years in the Lone Star state and in 1896 returned to Kentucky. He purchased the old Reese House in Winchester and conducted the hotel for two years. In 1898 he embarked in the lumber and coal business in association with Joseph S. Lindsay, the present sheriff of Clark county, and the partnership was continued until 1902, when Mr. Wainscott withdrew from the firm. He has since devoted his energies to making soft drinks and carbonated beverages and is the originator of Roxa-Kola, one of the most popular beverages on the market. Through good management and close attention to detail he has developed a large industry and occupies a position of leadership in the lines in which he specializes. He is also a director of the Winchester Bank and the Clark County Warehouse Company. On April 22, 1906, Mr. Wainscott was united in marriage to Miss Jane Rogers, a daughter of Harvey and Jonetta Rogers, of Clark county. Mr. Wainscott is an earnest member of the First Baptist church and teaches a class in the Sunday school. He casts his ballot for the candidates of the democratic party and is an active factor in every movement looking toward the accomplishment of real and practical good. During the World war he was a dollar-a-year man, being chairman of the fuel board for Clark county. He is a director of the Winchester Health and Welfare Board and is now president of the Clark County Hospital. He was the first man to work for the erection of a hospital in Clark county, beginning with a county hospital fair in 1912 as its secretary. In 1910 he organized the State Bottlers Association and was its president for nine years. He is now chairman of the executive board and also belongs to the Association of American Bottlers of Carbonated Beverages, of which he has been vice president. He is likewise a member of the Speakers Club and the Winchester Country Club, is a business man of high standing and a citizen of worth to the community.

Happy New Year! NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11697 WARREN CO – ALLEN J. TAYLOR – Taylor, Davenport, Cherry, Wellington, Wesley, Alexander 11697 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume II – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. ALLEN J. TAYLOR was born in Warren County, in which he now resides, December 25, 1846. His father, Alfred Taylor, is also a native of Warren County; was born in January, 1818, and is yet living on the farm, where he has passed the last forty-five years of his life. He was married, in 1843, to Miss Caroline M., daughter of F. P. and Martha Davenport of Warren County. She was born December 25, 1825, and yet survives. She is the mother of four sons: Elihu G., Allen J., John LaR. And Aaron H. Alfred Taylor began life with limited means. He has always been noted for his energy and will force and the activity with which he pursued his vocation, which was that of a farmer. At the age of twenty-eight he purchased 370 acres of land and began farming, and from that time has made his way steadily and surely toward the competence which he now enjoys in his advanced years. For about twenty-five years of his life he has been very much engaged in the business of administration of estates. He has been a life-long member, and for many years a ruling elder in the Christian Church. He is of English descent. His father, Allen Taylor, was born in Edgecombe County, N. C., in 1789, and came to Kentucky when a boy; subsequently he married Miss Levina Cherry, and reared a family of thirteen children. He departed this life in 1878, in the faith of the Christian Church, of which he was a member. Joseph Taylor, the great-grandfather of Allen J., was a native of North Carolina and was related to Lord Wellington and Rev. Charles Wesley. He removed from North Carolina to Kentucky in 1800, and located in Warren County, where he engaged in farming and died in 1814. Allen J. Taylor was born and reared on a farm. He received a desultory education, but early in life developed a reading habit, became conversant with books and authors, and stored his mind with a large fund of diversified knowledge. His life has been one of uncommon activity. At the age of twenty-eight he purchased 230 acres of land and turned his attention to agriculture. His farm, with its excellent soil and improvements, is among the best in the county and produces abundant crops of grain and tobacco. Of late years Mr. Taylor has given much attention to stock raising, and owns some of the best breeds and improved grates in his county. He was married, September 17, 1874, to Miss Nannie Alexander, who has borne one son, Charles A., born June 27, 1875. Politically Mr. Taylor is a Republican and takes a lively interest in the political contests of the day, and lends a willing and influential support to his party and friends. He is much interested in the cause of education, and is known to be a public-spirited citizen.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11696 BARREN TO – JOHN W. STAPLES – Staples, Thacker, Ball 11696 History of Edgar Co. IL, William H. Perrin, Chicago, 1879 JOHN W. STAPLES, merchant, Nevins; was born in Barren Co., Ky., Jan. 26, 1832, and is the son of William and Elizabeth (Thacker) Staples; his father was a farmer here; Mr. S. was brought up on the farm with his grandfather Thacker, and remained with him until 1841; he then went to Oldham Co., Ky., and remained there until 1847; thence to Clarke Co., Ind.; here he learned the cooper trade, and followed this until 1850; he then went to Missouri; while there, he was working at his trade and in the mercantile business; in 1864, he moved to Illinois, and settled in Hunter Tp., Edgar Co.; here he was engaged at his trade and farming; in 1867, in the huckster business; in 1869 to 1874, he was engaged in the mercantile business at Clay’s Prairie, in Hunter Tp.; in 1874, he moved to Nevina; here he is engaged in the mercantile business; keeps a full line of staple and fancy groceries, notions, dry goods, etc. Mr. S. Married Miss Eliza Jane Ball, of Illinois.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11695 ESTILL CO – WILLIAM D. DARNALL – Darnall, Metcalf 11695 History of Edgar Co. IL, William H. Perrin, Chicago, 1879, p. 570. WILLIAM D. DARNALL, farmer; P. O. Paris; was born in Estill Co. Ky., where the sun never shines till near noon, Sept. 13, 1812, where he lived till 1816, when his parents removed to Bourbon Co., and in 1822, removed to what is now Edgar Co. Ill. During his early life, his opportunities for a school education were very limited, as at the time of settling in Edgar Co., it was only inhabited by roving bands of Indians with now and then an adventurous pioneer; his people settled on the headwaters of Big Creek, in what is now Grand View Tp.; they were a large family, W. D. being the sixth son, remained at home until 1830. In 1832, he enlisted and served in the Black Hawk war; after which, he was elected Captain of a militia company, and served seven years. He has served in official capacity a number of years, among which are the offices of Constable, County Commissioner, Justice of the Peace and School Treasurer; his official career has not only been with honor and credit to himself, but those he represented, and is much respected by all who know him. In 1838, he married Mrs. Eliza Metcalf, of Edgar Co.; they are parents of six children – Prudy J. (deceased), John W., George D., James J., Jacob N. and Sarah Ann.