NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11694 MERCER CO – J. B. VAN CLEAVE – Van Cleave, Beam, Beall, Knott, Parrott, Payne 11694 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 4th ed., 1886. J. B. VAN CLEAVE was born November 24, 1836, and is a son of C. A. Van Cleave, who was twice married, first to Sarah Beam, who born five sons and three daughters, and next to Paulina Beall, who bore seven sons and one daughter. C. A> Van Cleave was born and reared near Loretto, Marion County, and was a leading and substantial farmer and slave owner; served several terms as magistrate, and died in 1863, aged sixty-three years. His father, Aaron Van Cleave, was one of the earliest and most substantial pioneer farmers in Marion County. Mrs. Paulina Van Cleave was born in Nelson County, and was a daughter of Jacob Beall, who was one of the pioneer farmers of that part of Kentucky, and who was a Democrat in politics. J. B. Van Cleave, born ten miles west of Lebanon, received a liberal education, and September 14, 1858, was married to Lucy Knott. To this union seven children were born, five living: Fannie, Hattie (Parrott), Thomas W., Benjamin L. and Mary M. Mrs. Hattie Parrott has one child, Edward M. Parrott. After marriage, Mr. Van Cleave migrated to Lewis County, Mo., and after a residence of fourteen months, returned to Marion County, Ky. In 1870 he located where he now resides, on Prather’s Creek, on a farm of 300 acres, which he has improved with substantial buildings and a fine young orchard. About 240 acres of this farm are cleared and in a good state of cultivation, all of which he has accumulated by his own industry and perseverance. Mr. Van Cleave is well informed in current literature of the day, and takes great interest in educating his children. He and wife and all his children, except the youngest, are devoted and active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His wife is a daughter of Thomas P. and Fannie (Payne) Knott, who were born in Virginia and Maryland, respectively. Thomas P. Knott was a farmer and surveyor, and an uncle of Gov. Knott. Mr. Van Cleave is an active member of the Masonic fraternity, and in politics is a Democrat.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11693 GREENUP CO – JAMES STEWART CARMAN – Carman, Stewart, Gohlson, Lyons 11693 History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State. Volume IV Illustrated. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago – Louisville, 1928 JAMES STEWART CARMAN. Stable in purpose, keen in perception and prompt and decisive in action, James Stewart Carman has progressed steadily toward the goal fixed by his ambition and is well known in business circles of Greenup as a funeral director of broad experience and pronounced ability. A native of Ironton, Ohio, he was born December 17, 1879, his parents being Andrew and Amelia (Stewart) Carman. He attended the grammar and high schools of Ironton and there gained his first knowledge of the undertaking business, working for the Gohlson Sons. His scientific training was acquired in the Cincinnati College of Embalming, from which he was graduated in 1913, and in the same year he located in Russell, where he has since made his home. He is a member of the firm of Carman Brothers and theirs is one of the finest undertaking establishments in this part of the state. Their prices are reasonable and the service is adapted to every need. Howard Carman is connected with the firm only in a financial capacity and his brother, James S. Carman, has entire charge of the business, of which he has a highly specialized knowledge. He is also a director of the Peoples Bank of Russell and an influential factor in its affairs. Mr. Carman was married June 25, 1906, to Miss Blanche Lyons, a daughter of Jonathan and Laura Lyons, of Ironton, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Carman have a family of seven children: Dorothy, Alice, Juanita, Mildred, Wilma Jeanne, Betty and Donald. M r. Carman is connected with the York Rite in Masonry and also with the Order of the Eastern Star, the Knights of Pythias and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a republican in his political convictions and lends the weight of his support to all projects of Russell’s growth and prosperity. He has won success through concentrated effort and honest dealing and stands deservedly high in the esteem of his fellow citizens.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11692 MONTGOMERY CO – JUDGE WILLIAM PENIX – Penix, Walker, Yeater, Thompson, Tapley 11692 Pike County Missouri History, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883 Judge William Penix, Frandford. Prominent among the pioneers of Pike county, who have long been identified with the county, is the subject of this sketch. He was born in Montgomery county, Kentucky, on February 18, 1801, and is the son of John and Patsy (Walker) Penix, who were natives of Virginia, and went to Kentucky in 1787. Our subject is now the only one of his father’s family living. His youth was spent in assisting on his father’s farm and attending school. In the spring of 1820, in company with his brother John, they started for Missouri with a drove of cattle, which they sold, and then he engaged in farming in Buffalo township and raised one crop. In 1823 he returned to Kentucky, where he lived one year, and then returned to Missouri in company with his father. They purchased the old homestead farm in Peno township, where the judge still resides. In the summer of 1826, in company with Joseph E. Yeater, they built a grist mill on Sugar Creek. After running the mill one year they sold it and removed to Louisiana [MO] and engaged in the wool-carding business. After one year our subject bought his partner’s interest and continued the business until 1834, when he returned to the farm. In 1838 he was appointed deputy sheriff, in which capacity he served for two years. In August, 1840, he was elected sheriff of the county; in 1842 he was re-elected for two years. Previous to this, in 1837, he took a drove of cattle to Dubuque, Iowa, for the lead mine trade. In 1846 he was awarded the government contract for furnishing cattle for the forts of St. Peters, Atchison, and Prairie Du Chien. In 1847 he was elected judge of the county court, which office he held for six years. In 1862 he was appointed judge by the governor; and in 1864 he was once more called by the people to the office of sheriff for two years. He has filled the positions he has been called to fill with great credit to himself, and to the satisfaction of his constituents. He was united in marriage on February 19, 1829, to Miss Nancy H. Thompson, of this county, daughter of Gilbert Thompson, who was formerly of Scott county, Kentucky. This union was blessed with three sons and a daughter: John G., Martha J Tapley, William H., and James J. The Judge has been a Mason since 1826, being one of the oldest in the state. He has been a member of the Baptist Church since 1845. Probably no man in the county has the confidence and respect of the people more than Judge Penix has.

Merry Christmas to all the people who are members of this list. You are special! NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11691 JEFFERSON CO – ALEXANDER SCOTT BULLITT – Bullitt, Christian. Sturgus, O’Bannon, Kelley 11691 Historical Sketches of Kentucky, Published by Lewis Collins, Maysville, Ky., and J. A. &I U. P. James, Cincinnati, 1847. ALEXANDER SCOTT BULLITT was born in Prince William county, Virginia, in the year 1761. His father, Cuthbert Bullitt, was a lawyer of some distinction, and practiced his profession with success until he was appointed a judge of the supreme court of Virginia, which office he held at the time of his death. In 1784, six years before his father’s death, the subject of this sketch emigrated to Kentucky, then a portion of Virginia, and settled on or near the stream called Bullskin, in what is now Shelby county. Here he resided but a few months, being compelled by the annoyances to which he was subjected by the Indians, to seek a less exposed situation. This he found in Jefferson county, in the neighborhood of Sturgus’ station, where he entered and settled upon the tract of land on which he continued to reside until his death. In the fall of 1785, he married the daughter of Col. W. Christian, who had removed from Virginia the preceding spring. In April, 178i6, Colonel Christian, with a party of eight or ten men, pursued a small body of Indians, who had been committing depredations on the property of the settlers in the neighborhood of Sturgus’ station. Two of the Indians were overtaken about a mile north of Jeffersonville, Indiana, and finding escape impossible, they turned upon their pursuers, and one of them fired at Colonel Christian, who was foremost in the pursuit, and mortally wounded him. Next to Colonel Christian, was the subject of this sketch and Colonel John O’Bannon, who fired simultaneously, bringing both Indians to the ground. Under the impression that the Indians were both dead, a man by the name of Kelly incautiously approached them, when one of them, who, though mortally wounded, still retained some strength and all his thirst for blood, raised himself to his knees, and fired with the rifle which had not been discharged, killed Kelly, fell back and expired. In the year 1792, Colonel Bullitt was elected by the people of Jefferson county a delegate to the convention, which met in Danville, and framed the constitution of Kentucky. After the adoption of the constitution, he represented the county in the legislature, and was president of the senate until 1799, when he was again chosen a delegate to the convention to amend the constitution, which met in Frankfort. Of this convention he was chosen president. The year following this convention, (1800), he was elected lieutenant governor of the state, in which capacity he served one term. After this, his county continued to send him to the legislature, of which body he served either as a representative or senator, until about 1808, when he retired from public life, and resided on his farm in Jefferson county until his death, which occurred on the 13th of April, 1816.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11690 SIMPSON CO – DAVID H. HATTER – Hatter, Biggerstaff, Jackson, Cuhenberry, Sears 11690 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume IV – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. DAVID H. HATTER was born in Madison County, Ky., November 1, 1859, and is the sixth in a family of ten children, born to John and Minerva (Biggerstaffe) Hatter, the former of whom was a native of Clark, and the latter a native of Madison County, Ky. They were of English and Irish descent, respectively. John Hatter was educated in his native county; was married in Madison County, but immediately returned to Clark County, where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits until the spring of 1858, when he removed to Jackson County, Mo., and remained about two years. In 1860 he removed to Madison County Ky., and in June of the following year enlisted in one of the Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiments (Federal service) and served in all its marches and engagements until the close of the war. After the war, in 1865, he settled in the northwest part of Simpson County, Ky., where he is successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits. He has also followed both the carpenter and blacksmith trades to some extent, in connection with farming, and is a natural mechanic, being able to turn his hand to almost any branch of mechanism. He belongs to no Church, but holds to the religious faith of the Spiritualists. His father, James Hatter, the paternal grandfather of our subject, was veteran of the war of 1812, having served under Gen. Jackson at New Orleans, where he was severely wounded in the right thigh. David H. Hatter received a good common school education in youth, and was employed on his father’s farm until he obtained his majority, after which he bought a farm on the waters of Spring Creek, in the southwestern part of Simpson County, Ky. He has lived most of the time, however, since his marriage, with his mother-in-law, on her farm adjoining, where he is successfully engaged in farming, making the culture of tobacco a specialty. He married, November 8, 1880, Eller N. Cushenberry, a native of Simpson County, Ky., born August 31, 1861. She is a daughter of Thomas V. and Mary F. (Sears) Cushenberry, both natives of Allen County, Ky., and of English and German descent, respectively. One son has blessed their union, viz.: David Ewing. Mr. Hatter and wife are members of the Missionary Baptist Church. In politics he is a Democrat, and is one of the enterprising and successful young farmers.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11689 WARREN CO – TIMOTHY J. SULLIVAN – Sullivan, Callahan, Getty, Allen, Wilcox 11689 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume II – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. TIMOTHY J. SULLIVAN is a native of Auglaize County, Ohio, born in 1850. He is the youngest of nine children born to Patrick and Hanorah (Callahan) Sullivan, and is of Irish extraction. The parents of Mr. Sullivan were both born in the Emerald Isle, but emigrated from their native country in 1840, and landed at St. John, N. B. In 1849 the family came to northwestern Ohio, having resided in different States until that year. The mother of our subject died in 1865, and his father in 1871. Mr. Sullivan was reared on the farm. He received a common school education. At seventeen years of age he began making his own way in life, and for two years worked by the month on the farm. In the latter part of 1869 he began working in a stave factory at Delphos, Ohio. In 1871 he came to Louisville, Ky., and there continued in the same business. In 18976 he came to Bowling Green and for one year was in the employ of the old Bowling Green Stave & Heading Company. In 1878 he began the manufacture of staves and heading in partnership with John Getty and C. S. Allen. Since 1883 he has been alone in the business. He employs fifty men and is doing a thriving trade. His marriage took place September 5, 1872, with Maggie Wilcox, of Hardin County, Ky. To this union have been born six children, viz.: Nora E., Reuel L., Jessie C., Tim J., Rowena E. and Robert G. Mr. Sullivan is a Democrat, though disposed to be liberal in his views, and is an honorable and enterprising citizen.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11688 CUMBERLAND CO – THOMAS E. BRAMLETTE - Bramlette 11688 A HISTORY OF KENTUCKY BAPTISTS from 1769 to 1885 by J. H. Spencer, Vol. II, 1886. THOMAS E. BRAMLETTE was also an early member of the Freedom Association, and, for a time, acted as Clerk of that body, as well as a member of its first missionary board. He was born in Cumberland Co., Ky., Jan. 3, 1817. Receiving a fair English education, he was bred to the law, and was admitted to the bar, in 1837. He rose rapidly in his profession and in popular favor. In 1841, he was elected to the State legislature. From that period, he was almost constantly in public office. In 1849, he was elected Commonwealth’s Attorney, and filled the position two years. In 1852, he moved from Albany to Columbia, where he was soon afterwards elected Judge of the Circuit Court, a position which he filled during six years. At the breaking out of the civil War, he raised a regiment of troops for the Federal Army, and received a colonel’s commission. He resigned his command, in 1862, and was appointed attorney for the United States Court for the district of Kentucky, and moved to the city of Louisville. In 1863, he was commissioned a Major General, and again entered the Army. But, while organizing his division, he was nominated for Governor of Kentucky. To this office he was elected, and filled the position four years. After the expiration of his term, he resumed the practice of law in Louisville, where he departed this life, Jan. 13, 1875. Governor Bramlette remained a member of a Baptist church till his death, and was a man of warm charitable impulses, as well as an honorable and moral citizen. But his great popularity turned his heart too much to the things of this world, and his religious zeal was much abated. His last public office was that of Manager of the Kentucky Public Library Lottery, a position he was filling at the time of his death. How manifest is the sacred teaching: “If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.”

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11687 MERCER CO – GEORGE W. VANARSDALL – Vanarsdall, Harris, Boice, Adkins, Smock, Brown, McGrath, Mitchell, Sharp, Adams 11687 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 4th ed., 1886. GEORGE W. VANARSDALL was born April 20, 1827. His father, Cornelius B. Vanarsdall, a native of New Jersey, removed in early childhood with his parents to Mercer County, Ky., and located on Salt River. He was a farmer, a Methodist, a Union man, and died in 1862, at the age of sixty-six years. He was the son of Cornelius O. Vanarsdall of New Jersey, a farmer, and carpenter, great framer, church and barn builder, Methodist and Democrat, who died about 1839, aged over eighty years. He married Betsey Vanarsdall, and their off-spring were John, Cornelius B., Abram, Jacob, Polly (Harris), Jane (Boice), Peter, Alexander, Lucy (Adkins) and Isaac. Cornelius B. married Polly, daughter of Jacob Smock, of Mercer County (died in 1865, aged over sixty years), and from their union sprang Ann (Brown), Elizabeth (McGrath), James M. and Harriet (Mitchell), George W., John W., Nannie (deceased) and Edward M. George W. Vanarsdall married, December 18, 1849, Miss Elizabeth, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Sharp) Adams of Mercer County (born in 1830), and to them have been born Charles, Emma C., Willia A. T., J. Wesley, U. S. Grant, Mary N. and Benjamin F. In youth Mr. Vanarsdall, a native of Mercer County, learned the carpenter trade, which he followed with fair success for thirty years. Being cast upon his own resources he struggled against adverse circumstances until by industry and frugality his labors have been crowned with an ample competency. He is now engaged in farming and stock raising, having 245 acres of land in a high state of cultivation. He is a member of the Christian Church, and in politics is a Republican.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11686 JEFFERSON CO – EVERETT LEE AUGUSTUS – Augustus, Foreman, Zorn, Willingham 11686 History of Kentucky by Judge Charles Kerr, Editor, By William Elsey Connelley and E. M. Coulter, Ph. D., Department of History, University of Georgia. In Five Volumes, Volume IV, The American Historical Society, Chicago and New York, 1922 EVERETT LEE AUGUSTUS. There is always room at the top for the man of energy, ambition and ability and although young in years, Everett L. Augustus has outdistanced many who started in life far in advance of him. He has achieved notable success in the field of finance and is successfully managing the Louisville branch of the Equitable Bond & Mortgage Company. He was born December 22, 1890, in South Park, Jefferson county, Kentucky, and his parents, David S. and Mary E (Foreman) Augustus, were life-long residents of the Blue Grass State. His father was an able jurist who died in 1909, when fifty-five years of age. The mother long survived him, passing away in 1926, when seventy-three years of age. To their union were born five children: James D., secretary-treasurer of the Louisville Axe & Tool Company, and also of the Cheatham Electric Switching Device Company; William K., who is connected with the Gulf Refining Company and makes his home in Louisville; Clarence, deceased; Mrs. Anna M. Zorn, also a resident of this city; and Everett L. The last named completed his studies in the Louisville Commercial high school and was graduated at the age of sixteen years. In 1906 he became a clerk in the Union National Bank of Louisville. A year later, Mr. Augustus resigned his position to become the first state bank examiner of Kentucky under the new banking act and held the office for two years, when he tendered his resignation. He went to Evansville, Indiana, as assistant cashier of the Citizens National Bank, which he served in that capacity for three years, and was next appointed assistant cashier of the Great Lakes Trust Company of Chicago. At the end of three years he severed his connection with that corporation to become vice-president of the Equitable Bond & Mortgage Company and for five years was active in the conduct of the Chicago institution. In 1923 he came to Louisville as resident manager and the progress made by the firm during the intervening period is eloquent of his capacity for such service. He continues as vice president of the company, which is regarded as one of the strongest and must reliable financial houses in the city, and has secured for it a large and desirable clientele. Mr. Augustus was married August 18, 1914, to Miss Lula Willingham, a daughter of W. H. Willingham, of Henderson, Kentucky, and they now have one child, Martha Louise, who was born March 14, 1924, in Louisville. Mr. Augustus is affiliated with the Walnut Street Baptist church of this city and is one of the trustees of Wheaton College of Illinois. He is a young man of engaging personality, esteemed and respected by all with whom he has been associated, and his achievements as a financier prove that he has chosen the vocation for which nature intended him. Residence, 1708 Harvard drive.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. NOTE: Several biographies show the individual born in Adams Co. KY. Since there is no such county, if anyone can provide the actual county, it would be appreciated! 11685 UNKNOWN COUNTY – M. T. GRIGGS – Griggs, McCarty, Orr, Smith 11685 Pike County Missouri History, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883 M. T. GRIGGS. This gentleman was born in Adams county, Kentucky, August 16, 1832. He is the son of Samuel N. Griggs, a native of North Carolina and Rachel (McCarty) Griggs, a lady born and reared in Kentucky. He came with his father to Missouri when a mere child and about the year 1833 or 1834. His life has been passed in Pike county. He followed the avocation of a blacksmith for a period of fifteen years, when, in 1869, he engaged in mercantile pursuits having for a partner Mr. W. D. Orr, of Ashley. At the present time he is conducting the business alone, and has a large and lucrative trade. Mr. Griggs was married September 16, 1856, to Miss Amanthus E. Smith, daughter of Jesse R. and Eliza Ann Smith, of Ashley. The subject of our sketch has been constable of the township in which he resides, and for twelve years treasurer of Watson Seminary, the duties of which position he has discharged with great satisfaction to all the parties concerned. Mr. Griggs is a member of the Masonic order, and belongs to Chapter No. 15. He is also a Knight of Honor, and takes great interest in the welfare and prosperity of the orders of which he is a member. He is also a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and is specially attentive to the discharge of his religious duties. Mr. Griggs has long been identified with the business interests of Ashley, and has done much to advance its material prosperity. He has the confidence and respect of the people of the community where he resides, and can always be relied upon to lend a helping hand to any worthy cause or an enterprise looking to the improvement of the community.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11684 LOGAN CO – JOHN BREATHITT – Breathitt, Wallace, Jackson, Whitaker, Harris 11684 Historical Sketches of Kentucky published by Lewis Collins, Maysville, Ky.; and J. A. & U. P. James, Cincinnati, 1847. JOHN BREATHITT, late governor of Kentucky, (for whom this county was named), was a native of the state of Virginia. He was the eldest child of William Breathitt, and was born on the ninth day of September, 1786, about two miles from New London, near the road leading to Lynchburg. His father removed from Virginia, and settled in Logan county, Kentucky, in the year 1800, where he possessed of a few servants and a tract of land, but not sufficiently wealthy to give his children collegiate educations. The schools of his neighborhood (for it should be remembered that the Green river county was a wilderness in 1800), afforded but few opportunities for the advancement of pupils. John, the subject of this notice, made the best use of the means for improvement placed within his reach, and by diligent attention to his books, made himself a good surveyor, Before he arrived at age, he received an appointment as deputy surveyor of the public lands, and in that capacity, surveyed many townships in the state of Illinois, then a territory of the United States. John Breathitt taught a country school in early life, and by h is industry and economy, as teacher and surveyor, he acquired property rapidly, consisting mostly in lands, which were easily obtained under the acts of the assembly appropriating the public domain. After his earnings had secured a capital capable of sustaining him a few years, he resolved to read law, which he did under the direction of the late Judge Wallace. He was admitted to the bar as a qualified attorney, in February, 1810. His industry and capacity for business, soon secured him a lucrative practice; and from this time he rapidly advanced in public estimation. In 1810 or ’11, he was elected to represent the county of Logan in the house of representatives of the general assembly, and filled the same office for several years in succession. In 1828, he was elected lieutenant governor of the commonwealth, the duties of which station he filled with great dignity and propriety. In 1832, he was elected governor, but did not live to the end of his official term. He died in the governor’s house, in Frankfort, on the 21st of February, 1834. It is not the design of the writer to notice the political principles, official acts, and measures of policy recommended or executed by Governor Breathitt. These may be found among the archives and records of the country, and their consideration here would swell this article to the magnitude of a lengthy work. It may not, however, be improper to say, that Governor Breathitt acted with the democratic party, and espoused with warmth the election of General Jackson to the presidency in 1828 and 1832. Governor Breathitt had two wives, both of whom he survived. The first was Miss Whitaker, daughter of William Whitaker of Logan county; and the second was Miss Susan M. Harris, daughter of Richard Harris, of Chesterfield county, Virginia. By his first wife he left a son and daughter, and by his last a daughter. Governor Breathitt, in all his transactions, was considerate and cautious. Rashness was no part of his character. He was nevertheless, firm, and pursued his objects with great assiduity, after resolving upon the course he intended to pursue. He did not commit himself in favor of any measure, without beforehand weighing the consequences with much deliberation. As a husband, father, friend and neighbor, it is not too much to say that Governor Breathitt had no superior. In all the relations of life, he was actuated by a spirit of indulgence and benevolence. The comfort and happiness of others, with him were objects of pre-eminent solicitude. His affection and kindness to his relations, manifested itself in an eminent degree, by the assistance he gave his father, and the liberal expenditures he made in educating his brothers and sisters. To associates of his profession, he was uniformly courteous, and ever ready to give the younger members of the bar aid and instruction.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11683 SIMPSON CO – JOSEPH B. HARRIS – Harris, Vineyard, King, Bell, Everett 11683 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume IV – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. JOSEPH B. HARRIS was born March 18, 1839, six miles northwest of Franklin. He is the fourth of six boys and six girls born to Hensley G. and Malinda J. (Vineyard) Harris. (See H. G. Harris’ biography). Joseph B. was reared on a farm, received a good English education, and at twenty-one commenced teaching at Bethel Grove. When the war broke out he enlisted, September 1, 1861, in Company D, Twenty-sixth Kentucky Infantry; was in all engagements in which the regiment participated during its service. In the winter of 1861 he was promoted to sergeant-major; after battle of Shiloh was commissioned second lieutenant, commanded the company in every engagement in which it took any part after the battle of Shiloh, and had the reputation of being a brave and good soldier. He was discharged March 5, 1865, at Wilmington, N. C. After his return from the army he engaged in the mercantile business in Franklin, Ky., for ten years. In 1875 he exchanged his goods for a farm in Fort Bend County, Tex. After a residence of eight months in Texas he lost two children by sickness; finding the climate too unhealthy he returned to Kentucky, and taught school one year. In 1870 he was appointed revenue marshal, which office he filled two years. In 1880 he was appointed postmaster of Franklin, Ky., which place he held until July, 1885. He married in September 1866, Ellen T. Harris, of Bardstown, Ky., a daughter of Josiah and Sallie W. (King) Harris, born, respectively, in Virginia and Cumberland County, Ky., of Welsh and French descent, respectively. Six children have been born to bless this union: Sallie W. (not eighteen, who had just graduated from college), Cora Linda (dead), Lizzie, Joe (dead), and Bessie Lee. Mr. Harris and wife are members of the Old School Presbyterians. He is a member of the K. of P., is a stanch advocate of Republican principles, and cast his first presidential vote for Bell and Everett.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11682 WARREN CO – J. R. STUBBINS – Stubbins, Garrison, Barclay, Gaines 11682 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume II – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. J. R. STUBBINS, freight and ticket agent for the Louisville & Nashville Railway at Bowling Green, was born in that city, November 7, 1850. He is the yhoungest in a family of eight children, and is of Scotch-Irish origin. The Stubbins family is traced to Samuel Stubbins, a native of North Carolina, born August 28, 1790, who came to Kentucky at about eight years of age with his parents, settled at Shelbyville, and there remained some time, and then came to Bowling Green. Mr. Stubbins was a carpenter and contractor, and was one of the prominent and enterprising men of this portion of the State, in his day. The marriage of Samuel Stubbins took place, in 1825, with Hattie A. Garrison. To their union were born four children, as follows: Zerilda W., Samuel A., E. Y. and Annie E. Mr. Stubbin’s second marriage took place in 1833, with Mary Barclay, a native of this county. The following children were born to this marriage: Martha J., Samuel B., Philander W., Virginia A., Hugh A., Asher R., Cecil G. and Joseph B. The death of Mr. Stubbins occurred December 2, 1860. He was a man of unquestioned integrity, and came as near carrying out the full letter of the “golden rule” as any man in Kentucky; was just and honorable in all of his dealings. The mother of Joseph Stubbins is a representative of one of the pioneer families of Warren County, and is the daughter of Hugh Barclay. Although she is passing into the “sear and yellow leaf,” her years sit lightly upon her. J. B. Stubbins was reared in Bowling Green, and educated at the public schools of this city. During the earlier years of his life he clerked in a store. In 1871 and 1872 he was deputy circuit court clerk of this county. In 1875 he was employed by the Adams and Southern Express Companies as messenger. This position he occupied about one year and a half, and then took a clerkship in the express office of this city. He was made express agent in 1879, and that position he retained until 1881, when he accepted his present situation. He married, in 1873, Mollie G. Gaines, a native of Mississippi. They have four children, as follows: Nellie, Samuel, Theo and Hugh. Mr. Stubbins is a Democrat and with his wife a member of the Presbyterian Church.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11681 NELSON CO – MORGAN R. YEWELL – Yewell, Shirley, Foreman, Nall, Brown, McGeehee, Bell, Beam 11681 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 4th ed., 1886. MORGAN R. YEWELL, farmer and stock raiser, was born September 26, 1825. James Yewell, his paternal grandfather, was a native of Culpeper County, Va., from whence he immigrated to Kentucky in an early day; his wife was a Miss Shirley. Martin Yewell, their son and father of Morgan R. Yewell, was born in the Old Dominion in 1787, and was quite young when his parents came to the wilds of Kentucky. In 1809 Martin married Miss Nancy Foreman, daughter of Joseph Foreman, who was a native of Maryland, and came to Kentucky in an early time. To the union of Mr. Martin Yewell and Mrs. Yewell ten children were born: Lavina (widow of Edward Nall), Harrison (deceased), Nancy (wife of Rev. James H. Brown), Elizabeth (now Mrs. James F. McGeehee), Joseph (deceased), Rebecca (deceased), Morgan R., Vardaman, Bemis and Isabel (deceased). Mr. Yewell died at the advanced age of seventy-three years, in February, 1860, a true and devout Christian, a believer in the Baptist faith. Morgan R. Yewell was born on the farm where he yet lives in Botland Precinct, Nelson County, and assisted his parents until he attained the age of twenty-three years, receiving a common education in the common schools of the vicinity. January 11, 1849, his marriage with Susan C. Bell, daughter of John M. Bell, was solemnized, and to their union nine children have been born, of whom six are now living: A. Judson, John M., Belle, Margaret (Mrs. George Beam), Eliza and Morgan. Mr. Yewell has always made farming his occupation, devoting especial attention to the breeding of fine horses of Hambletonian and Lexington stock; he also raises the variety of jacks known as the Mammoths, and is the proprietor of 540 acres of improved land. In politics he is an ardent Democrat. Sandi's Website: http://ggpublishing.tripod.com/ Sandi's Puzzlers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/gorin/puz.html

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11680 MONROE CO – RICE MAXEY and Sam Bell MAXEY – Maxey, 11680 A HISTORY OF KENTUCKY BAPTISTS from 1769 to 1885 by J. H. Spencer, Vol. II, 1886. RICE MAXEY was of a large and respectable family of his name, which early settled on Cumberland river, in what is now Monroe county. This numerous family has been distinguished for brilliant native talent, active energy, and practical piety. The subject of this notice established himself in the practice of law, in Albany, Clinton county, Kentucky, where he speedily rose to the head of the bar. He was a leading member of the Baptist church, at that place, was the first clerk of Freedom Association, wrote its first circular letter, and acted as its moderator, from 1846, till his removal to Texas, not far from 1856. He avoided politics, and confined himself strictly to his profession. After his removal to Texas, he was made judge of the Circuit Court in his judicial district, and rose to distinction in that office. He died at a good old age, a few years past. SAM. BELL MAXEY is a son of the above, and is a native of Clinton county, Ky. He moved to Texas with his father in early life, entered the arena of politics, and rapidly rose to distinction. He is, at present, United States Senator from his adopted state.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11679 MASON CO – THEODORE CARROLL POWER – Power, McIntyre, Reynolds, Wilson, Cahill 11679 History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State. Volume III Illustrated. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago – Louisville, 1928 THEODORE CARROLL POWER. The well directed labors of Theodore Carroll Power stimulated the pulse of trade in Maysville, and his success was commensurate with his industry and ability. He was a broad-minded man of progressive spirit and time demonstrated his worth as a citizen. He was born November 12, 1862, in Flemingsburg, Kentucky, and was a son of William and Elizabeth (McIntyre) Power. His father was a Methodist minister and filled many pastorates in eastern Kentucky. He was a zealous worker in behalf of the church, and his religious instruction proved a tangible force for good in the various communities in which he made his home. Theodore C. Power attended the public schools of Flemingsburg, and his higher education was received at the University of Cincinnati, in which he completed a pharmaceutical course. On his return to his native town he opened a drug store in partnership with Dr. Reynolds, and about the year 1885 they transferred their activities to Maysville. They were associated until the death of Mr. Power in August, 1900, and enjoyed a large share of the local drug trade. Mr. Power was an expert pharmacist as well as a capable business man and owned his prosperity to honest dealing, wise management, untiring effort and a natural aptitude for the work in which he was engaged. He had the welfare of the city deeply at heart and was ever ready to further plans for its improvement. He was genial, frank and unassuming, and his genuine worth was appreciated by his fellow citizens, who entertained for him high regard. Mr. Power was married May 21, 1886, to Miss Elizabeth Wilson, who survives him, and they became the parents of a daughter, Mary Wilson, who attended Miss Main’s select school, Brantwood Hall, at Lawrence Park, New York, and shortly after her graduation was fatally injured in an accident which occurred in the Empire state. Mrs. Power’s parents, John H. and Mary C. (Cahill) Wilson, were of Scotch, Irish and English descent and members of old families of Mason county. On coming to the new world the Cahills first proceeded to Virginia, whence they made their way to Kentucky, and through this branch of the family, Mrs. Power traces her lineage to Lord Chamberlain, a noted English peer. John W. Wilson lost his father when about two years old and at the early age of eight began to work on the homestead in order to support his four sisters. When a boy of ten he started to haul brick in addition to his other duties, and through arduous effort managed to acquire a meager education. The spur of necessity developed his latent powers, bringing out the strongest and best qualities in his nature, and when a young man he embarked in the livery business. He was the proprietor of a large carriage shop and prospered in all of his undertakings. He was a scientific agriculturist and his first farm, comprising two hundred and seventeen acres, is owned by his daughter, Mrs. T. C. Power. He constructed the first extension of Second street, and after it was destroyed by the flood he rebuilt the road at the point where the Second street bridge now stands. He was a self-made man in the fullest sense of the term and one of the most valuable and highly respected citizens of Maysville.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11678 BOURBON CO – JASON TILLITT – Tillitt, Wiginton, Ohio, Phillis 11678 Pike County Missouri History, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883. Jason Tillitt, farmer, post-office Calumet, was born in Bourbon county, Kentucky, in 1814. His father, Jiles Tillitt, who was also a native of Kentucky, immigrated to Missouri in the fall of 1818, and settled four miles south of Bowling Green, where he continued to reside until his death in 1821. His wife’s maiden name was Mary Wiginton; she died in 1857. Our subject, Jason T., was raised on the farm. His father dying when he was quite young he continued to live with his mother until her death in 1857, following the occupation of a farmer. He was married in 1863 to Miss Caroline, daughter of William and Ellen Browning, who were originally from Ohio. They have five children living: Mary M. (now Mrs. Phillis), Katie May, William J., Mirtie B., and Etta L. Mr. Tillitt’s present farm contains two hundred and forty acres of choice land, the most of which is in cultivation. Mr. T. was, and is in principle, an old line Whig, but in later years has voted with the Democrats. Mrs. T. and Mary M. are members of the Baptist Church.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11677 BOYLE CO – WALKER DANIEL – Daniel, Greenup 11677 Historical Sketches of Kentucky published by Lewis Collins, Maysville, Ky.; and J. A. & U. P. James, Cincinnati, 1847. WALKER DANIEL, a young lawyer from Virginia, came to Boyle, then Lincoln, in 1781, and entered upon the practice of his profession. His only competitor in that period, was Christopher Greenup, afterwards governor of the State. Mr. Daniel was the original proprietor of the town of Danville, and succeeded in laying the foundation of an extensive fortune. He was killed by the Indians in August, 1784, after the short residence of three years. From an old pioneer of Mercer, we learn that Mr. Daniel was a young gentlemen of rare talents, and gave promise of great distinction.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11676 BALLARD CO – FREDERICK CRICE – Crice, Boren, Kimbel, McCrary, Keen, Garner, Taylor, Buchanan 11676 Histories and Biographies of Ballard, Calloway, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, McCracken and Marshall Counties, Kentucky; A Reprint of Part II of Battle, J. H. W. Perrin and G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State, First Edition, Louisville, Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1885, Reprint 1972. Kentucky Reprint Company, P.O. Box 1072, University Station, Murray, Kentucky 42071. Pg. 117 FREDERICK CRICE, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Union County, March 29, 1827, and is the first of seven children, four (boys) born to William and Nancy (Boren) Crice, natives of Kentucky and Tennessee respectively, and of Dutch descent. The father was a son of Frederick and Cather­ine (Kimbel) Crice, who were reared in Pennsylvania. He was a farmer and fine horse dealer. The mother of Frederick is still living and is seventy-eight years old. The parents came to the Purchase in 1830, and settled within a mile of where Frederick now lives, in North Ballard. About 1833, the father moved his family to Arkansas, where he died in 1837, when the family returned to Ballard County, where they have lived ever since. August 5, 1850, Frederick Crice married Mary Ann Crice of Ballard County, a daughter of John and Nellie (McCrary) Crice, natives of Pennsylvania and North Carolina, and respectively of German and Scotch-Irish origin. He had born to him by this marriage four children. Two lived to be grown: Nancy E. (who married Jacob Keen and who died), and J. W., also deceased. Mrs. Crice died May 14, 1863, and on July 17, 1864, Mr. Crice married Melissa J. Garner, of Ballard County, daugh­ter of Ephraim and Eunice (Crice) Garner, natives of Illinois and Kentucky respectively. To this union were born nine children, seven now living: Benjamin, Thomas L., James H., Frederick G., Sarah C., Charles D. and But­ler P. After the family returned from Arkan­sas, in 1837, they purchased 200 acres of land (where Mr. Moore now lives) and added till they owned about 400 acres. Mr. Crice is now a possessor of 800 acres of land in good condition, earned by his own industry and perseverance, and was the owner of five negroes before the war. He cast his first presidential vote for Gen. Taylor; in 1856 he voted for James Buchanan and has voted as a Democrat ever since. Mrs. Crice is a Baptist.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11675 SIMPSON CO – HON. HENSLEY G. HARRIS – Harris, Grubbs, Hern, Boone, Vineyard, Stanley, Duncan, Morton, Lauck, Dickey, McQuidy, Clay 11675 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume IV – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. HON. HENSLEY G. HARRIS was born November 26, 1804, in Madison County, Ky.; is the youngest of six boys and six girls born to Christian and Elizabeth (Grubbs) Harris, who were born in Albemarle County, Va. Christopher Harris was of Irish and Welsh extraction; he was a farmer and Baptist minister, and was born in 1753, and died at the age of eighty-six years. His wife was born in 1755, and died at the age of ninety-three years. She had five sisters and one brother, all of whom lived to be ninety-three years of age and upward, and their mother lived to be one hundred and three years old; her maiden name was Hern. Hon. Mr. Harris had a brother who reached the age of ninety-six years. Christopher Harris and wife immigrated to Kentucky about three or four years after Col. Boone’s first appearance in the State, and settled in Madison County, Ky., where he entered land and improved a farm. Hon. Mr. Harris was reared on a farm, moved with his parents to Logan (now Simpson) County in 1816, where a farm of 137 acres was purchased. He was elected to represent the county in the Legislature in 1805, was a warm advocate of the Union, and when the Southern States seceded stood as firm as a rock in favor of the Union, and bitterly opposed secession. During those trying days he had much to contend with, public opinion being against him. He was one night attacked by a band of rebel guerillas an shot while sitting in his own residence surrounded by his family; the wound he received was very severe; another shot killed his thirteen year old son, who was in bed asleep. Mr. Harris married, March 10, 1831, Malinda J. Vineyard, of Simpson County; she was born in Logan County, a daughter of William and Elizabeth (Stanley) Vineyard, who were born, respectively, in North Carolina and Virginia, emigrated from North Carolina to Tennessee, and about 1813 settled in Logan County, Ky., where they spent the remainder of their lives. William Vineyard was a saddler by trade, and during his latter days was a farmer. The following children were born to the union of Mr. and Mrs Harris: Elizabeth Frances Duncan, Mourning T. Morton, Mary E. Lauck, Joseph B., Hattie H. Dickey (deceased), William C. (deceased), John G., Hensley G. (killed by guerrillas), Amanda E. McQuidy, Jesse V. and Katie K. Mr. Harris and wife are members of the Baptist Church. Until 1881 he lived six miles north of Franklin on 357 acres of valuable land, which he improved. He then purchased a fine brick residence in Franklin, where he now resides retired from active life, and is highly honored and respected by all. He case his first presidential vote for Henry Clay, in 1828; voted for every Whig candidate until 1864, when he commenced voting Republican.