NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11674 NELSON CO – JOHN W. WILKINSON – Wilkinson, Palmore, Bland, Froman, Dotson, Hobbs, Hall, Briggs, Nichols, Robertson 11674 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 4th ed., 1886. JOHN W. WILKINSON was born April 2, 1827. His father, Samuel F. Wilkinson, Sr., was of English descent. His father, in turn, was George Wilkinson, who was reared by Lord Palmore, of England, and came to this country some time prior to the Revolutionary war; settled in Fauquier County, Va., where he lived till 1792, when he immigrated to Kentucky; when en route Samuel F. was born at Morgantown, Va., October 20, 1792. They settled for a short time near Louisville, later removed to Bourbon County, and then permanently located on the head waters of Simpson’s Creek, in Nelson County, near the site of the present village of Fairfield, where he lived until his death, about the year 1833, at the advanced age of ninety-five years. Samuel F. Wilkinson, Sr., grew to manhood in his native county, where, January 1, 1824, he married Miss Nancy, daughter of William and Sallie Bland, who were also natives of Virginia, and among the early settlers of Nelson County. To Samuel and Nancy Wilkinson were born ten children, eight of whom grew to manhood and womanhood: John W., William B., Christopher C., Samuel F., Jane (Froman), Mary C. (Dotson), Nancy J. (Hobbs) and Emma (Hall). Mrs. Wilkinson died in 1858, aged fifty-four years. Samuel Wilkinson, during early life, followed the profession of teaching; from the date of his marriage he made farming his occupation, dying August 4, 1883, the proprietor of 1,400 acres of good land. He was an active member of and leader in the Methodist Episcopal Church for nearly sixty years. John W. Wilkinson, also a native of Nelson County, remained with his parents until twenty-five years of age, when, March 18, 1852, he was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Briggs; four sons and four daughters have blessed this union: Nannie (deceased), Beatrice (deceased), Thomas C., Andrew F., Wiley S., Katie M. (wife of Dr. Nichols), Willie, Myrtle and John W. Elizabeth (Briggs) Wilkinson was born May 31, 1834; she is a daughter of Andrew and Nancy (Robertson) Briggs, the former a Scot by birth, and the latter of English descent. Mr. Wilkinson has always made farming his vocation, and now owns about 400 acres of well improved land. Mrs. Wilkinson belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics he is a Democrat.

This biography is one of the most detailed I've seen in print. One of the family members was a family historian - the family tree is handed to the reader on a "silver platter." NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11673 WARREN CO – ROBERT F. STRANGE – Strange, McDaniel, Burrus, Early, Rochester, Bowden, McDowell, Jourdan, McClannahan, South, Thrift, McKinney, Madison, Strother, Taylor, Jones, Grider, McGinnis, Caldwell, Ogden, Dawson, Rucker, Campbell, Mitchell, McCook, Tonchin, Duchman 11673 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume II – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886 ROBERT F. STRANGE a representative man of Warren County, was born August 14, 1824 in Amherst County, Va., near Lynchburg, Campbell County. He was the first of two sons and two daughters, all of whom lived to be grown, born to Thomas and Sophia Burrus (McDaniel) Strange, who were both born and reared near Lynchburg, Va. Sophia Burrus (McDaniel) Strange was born August 10, 1798, and died May 3, 1854. Thomas Strange was an attorney and was born in Bedford County, Va., April 25, 1800; he died March 25, 1884. He had moved to Kentucky in 1829, and located at Marrowbone, Cumberland County, where he engaged in farming and in the mercantile business, and where he built the first store house and established a post office. He was very prosperous in all his undertakings; later on he moved to and located at Oakland Station, Warren County. In October, 1846, he lost his wife, after which he moved to Louisville and entered law and politics, and wrote for the Louisville Journal. He served in the Mexican war, and was a man of energy and a leading politician in Kentucky. He was a believer in the doctrines of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was a son of Robert and Elizabeth (Early) Strange, both of Virginia. Robert was born in 1748 and died November 15, 1817; his widow, born in 1760, died May 12, 1846. Robert F. Strange was reared on a farm, and received a fair English education, and came with his parents to Kentucky; in 1850, he, with the Rochester brothers, went by water to California, where for two years he was successful in his mining operations. He returned to Kentucky, and April 21, 1853, married Agatha Jane Rochester, of Bowling Green, Rev. John Bowden officiating, in the house in which they now reside, on the estate called “Waveland”. Ten children were born to this marriage: Nat Rochester, David Birney, Georgiana Preston, Robert Covington (deceased), Carrie Madison, Frank Landon, Robert McDowell (deceased), Marie Sophie, Lizzie Sharp and Florence Conway. Mr. Strange is a Methodist in belief, his wife is a Presbyterian. After marriage they remained at “Waveland,” near Bowling Green, which estate consists of 220 acres. Mrs. Strange was born March 1, 1832, and is a daughter of William H. and Georgia P. (McDowell) Rochester, who were married at Waveland May 23, 1822. William H. Rochester was born in Maryland, May 20, 1794, and died at Waveland in 1834. He was a Royal Arch Mason; was a stock trader and farmer at the time of his death, but had been a merchant and owner of a cotton factory in Bowling Green. He came to Kentucky as early as 1795, with his eldest brother, who was made guardian, and settled near Danville; from then to Warren County, about 1820, where he engaged first in the mercantile business. He was a son of John Rochester (second). His first wife was Nancy Jourdan; his second was Mrs. Ann McClannahan, whose maiden name was Ann South, whose mother was born in Westmoreland County, Va., in 1746. Mrs. Rochester died in 1843. John Rochester (second) was a substantial farmer; he had been a captain of militia and served as sheriff, and was a son of John Rochester (first), who was born in 1708, and who married Esther Thrift. John Rochester (first) was a son of William Rochester (first), who was born in 1680 and married Frances McKinney. William Rochester (first) was a son of Nicholas Rochester, who was born in Kent County, England, in 1640. He immigrated to America in 1680, and settled in Westmoreland County, Va. His brick residence, which he built in Virginia, is still standing, in an excellent state of preservation. George Preston (McDowell) Rochester, the mother of Mrs. Strange, was born February 27, 1808, and died September 24, 1839, and was the seventh child of Gen. William McDowell, who married Margaret Madison, who sprang from one of the first families of Virginia. Gen. William McDowell was born March 19, 1792; his wife June 30, 1765; they were married September 26, 1796; he died September 19, 1821; his widow October 24, 1821, at Waveland. Margaret (Madison) McvDowell was a daughter of James Madison (first), who married Agatha Strother, both of Virginia. President James Madison was named in honor of James Madison (first). Agatha (Strother) Madison was a daughter of Col. Gabriel Strother, of Botetourt County, Va. Agatha (Strother) Madison reared thirteen daughters; she had a sister who married Richard Taylor, father of President Taylor. Mrs. Strange, the wife of subject, was educated at Poplar Hill, near Frankfort, Ky.; in 1846-47 she attended Columbia Female Institute, Tennessee, from which she graduated in 1849. She is one of the most intelligent and entertaining ladies in Kentucky. She has kept a history of the family since she was a girl of fourteen years, and has reared a bright and intelligent family. Mr. and Mrs. Strange and family are very popular, and are highly respected and honored by all who know them. Nat Rochester Strange married Mrs. Julia Jones, nee Grider, December 13, 1882; they have one son, Robert McDowell Strange, born August 29, 1883. Mrs. Strange is a fine musician and a good French scholar, and what is more remarkable often carries on a conversation while playing. She has a fine memory, is a ready writer and a fine scribe. Carrie M. Strange and Mr. A. A. McGinnis were married April 21, 1886, Rev. J. L. Caldwell officiating. Mrs. G. P. Rochester married a second time, Robert W. Ogden, December 30, 1836. R. W. Ogden died November 10, 1873. He reared the Rochester children; three children lived to be grown of William H. and Georgiana Preston Rochester. William H. Rochester, born January 26, 1826; James Nathaniel Rochester, March 15, 1830, and Agatha Jane Rochester, March 1, 1832. William and James were a pair of noble brothers to Agatha. Nat Rochester died November 16, 1854, on the pacific Ocean (of typhoid fever) latitude 9 degrees. He had a fine native mind, and, had he lived, would have made a brilliant man. His disposition was affectionate and tender as a woman. “The bravest are the tenderest, The loving are the darling.” The maternal grandparents of Robert F. Strange were John McDaniel, born in 1775, died January 23, 1841; Widow Dawson, nee Lucy Rucker, of Murfreesboro, Tenn., died 1808. With his marriage is connected an interesting romance, McDaniel and Miss Rucker had been sweethearts when young. After Dawson died McDaniel heard of it and moved from Virginia, and bought a farm adjoining the Widow Dawson. Before many months they were married. Two children were born to them, viz.: Gideon McDaniel and Sophia Burrus McDaniel Strange. Waveland was the camping ground of both armies during the late war, being close to wood and water. The evacuation of Bowling Green by the Confederate troops, and the entering of Federal troops occurred February 14, 1862. Barren River was out of its banks. Mrs. Agatha Strange, standing with the rebel pickets, saw the advance Federal guard go first to the railroad bridge, then the foot bridge – both burned down – and follow the river around until they found the horses of the Confederate pickets, which they had to leave, being so closely pursued. One of the Confederate pickets, a Texas ranger, was shot through the hand, and one of the Federal pickets, James Campbell, of the Seventy-third Pennsylvania, was killed and buried on Waveland soil. The first troops that entered Bowling Green were Mitchell’s army, McCook’s division, Nineteenth Illinois, Col. Touchen; Seventy-third Pennsylvania, Lieut. Col Duchman; the Michigan Engineer Corps, etc.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11672 RUSSELL CO – MORGAN BLAIR – Blair 11672 A HISTORY OF KENTUCKY BAPTISTS from 1769 to 1885 by J. H. Spencer, Vol. II, 1886. South Cumberland River Association. MORGAN BLAIR was also a useful and zealous preacher in this Association. He was born in Cumberland county, Kentucky, December 25, 1814. At two years old, he was taken by his parents to Russell county, where he lived the remainder of his days. At the age of 16 years, he joined Union church, and was ordained to the ministry, January 6, 1849. For nearly 20 years, he labored successfully in the Master’s vineyard. He was called to his reward, December, 21, 1868. 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. 11671 CARTER CO – JOHN PRESTON HUFF, M.D. – Huff, Wooten, York, Simmons, Lemmons, Garvin 11671 History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State. Volume III Illustrated. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago – Louisville, 1928 Dr. John Preston Huff, one of the pioneer physicians of northeastern Kentucky, has the knowledge and skill resulting from comprehensive collegiate training and more than a half century of practical experience. He is one of the venerable citizens of Olive Hill, a veteran of the Civil War, and has been state senator. He was born June 27, 1847, in Glasgow, Missouri, and his parents, Caleb and Jane (Wooten) Huff, were natives of Kentucky. Both were representatives of old families of the Blue Grass state and their forbearers were agriculturists. The father was born in Harlan county and followed the occupation of farming, while he also taught school in Carter county in the early days. The mother was a native of Carter county and was temporarily residing in Missouri when the subject of this sketch was born. Dr. Huff acquired his rudimentary education in the country schools of Carter county and studied medicine under Dr. William R. York, a well known physician of that district. He entered upon the work of his profession in 1872 in Elliottville, Rowan county, and in 1874 located at Plummers Landing, in Fleming county, where he resided for forty-four years, building up an extensive practice. After moving to that place he matriculated in the Eclectic Medical College of Cincinnati and was graduated with the class of 1884. Dr. Huff opened an office in Olive Hill in 1918 but is now living practically retired, having reached the ripe age of seventy-nine years. Conscientious, efficient and well poised, he inspired confidence in his patients and kept thoroughly abreast of his profession, employing the most modern and effective remedial agents. In the days when this region was largely unsettled he endured many hardships in the exercise of his beneficient calling but never failed to respond to the call of duty, doing all in his power to alleviate suffering and check the progress of disease. Dr. Huff was married August 28, 1866, to Miss Ruth E. Simmons, who was a native of Carter county and who died April 8, 1902. She was the mother of ten children, but Mary Jane, Dora Ann and Rosie Eunice are deceased. Those who survive are: Nevada Ellen, Caleb, Lillie Estelle, Amanda Louise, William Lee, Robert Bailey and Alice Blanche. On November 29, 1902, Dr. Huff wedded Miss Edna Lemmons, who was born in Fleming county and who passed away October 14, 1918. They were the parents of four children, but Enid is deceased. The others are: John Preston, Jr., Doris Garr and Ronald Leon. The Doctor’s third union was with Miss Lillie M. Garvin, to whom he was married, August 12, 1920, in Carter county. Dr. Huff enlisted July 20, 1863, in the Fortieth Kentucky Mounted Infantry and remained in the service until January 1, 1865, when he was mustered out as a private. He is a stanch republican and in 1887 was chosen to represent the thirty-fifth district in the state senate. He was a member of that law-making body until 1893 and in 1889 was returned to the office, serving for two years. He exerted his influence to secure the passage of legislation of benefit to the commonwealth and discharged his duties in a manner that reflected credit upon himself and his constituents. He is connected with the Junior Order of United American Mechanics and the Masonic fraternity. He belongs to Olive Hill Lodge, No. 628, F. & A. M.; Fleming Chapter, R. A. M.; and John C. Breckinridge Commandery, No. 20, K. T., of Flemingsburg. His life has been long, upright and useful, and a genial, frank and unselfish nature has won for him the high and enduring regard of all with whom he has been associated.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11670 DAVIESS CO – JOHN JOHNSON SMITH – Smith, Johnson, Yeater, Caverly, Reading, McLeod, Love 11670 Pike County Missouri History, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883. John Johnson Smith, a pioneer mill-wright and carpenter of Pike county, was born near Owensburgh [sic], Kentucky, October 28, 1812. He came with his parents to Missouri in 1817, settling in the following year on Grassy Creek, then St. Charles county. His father dying when he was fourteen years of age, he continued to make his home with his mother on the home farm, but learned millwrighting with his uncle, John Johnson, which trade he followed until 1837, when he began to work at the carpenter’s trade, and has followed it ever since. October 19, 1837, he married Martha W. Yeater, of Pike county, who died on Grassy Creek, in Buffalo township, December 19, 1878. By her he had seven children: William, B.; Mary E., wife of William L. Caverly; Medora Ann, wife of Lafayette Reading; Martha J., wife of Horace McLeod; Lena, wife of William Love; Zachary T., and Joseph H., all residing in Pike county. He is a member of the Grassy Creek Baptist Church. He is a member of Perseverance Lodge No. 92, A. F. & A. M., of Louisiana city. 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. 11669 BOURBON – JOHN ALLEN – Allen, Davis, Tandy, Nicholas, Sebastian, Garrard 11669 Historical Sketches of Kentucky published by Lewis Collins, Maysville, Ky.; and J. A. & U. P. James, Cincinnati, 1847. JOHN ALLEN was born in James City county, Va., in 1749. When the revolutionary war broke out, he joined the American army, and devoted all his energies to the service of his country. He rose to the rank of major, and acted for some times as commissary of subsistence. At a tea party in Charleston, South Carolina, which was attended by British and American officers, the conduct of the former towards the latter became very insulting; and an officer named Davis repeated the insult so frequently as to provoke Major Allen to strike him with his sword, which instantly broke up the party. In the course of the war, Major Allen was taken prisoner by the same officer, (Davis), and what was most remarkable in the history of the times, was treated by him with special kindness. In 1781, Major Allen married Miss Jane Tandy, of Albermarle county, Virginia, and engaged in the practice of the law, having studied his profession with Colonel George Nicholas, then of Charlottesville. He emigrated to Kentucky in 1786, in company with Judge Sebastian, and located in Fayette county. In 1788, he removed to Bourbon, and settled in Paris, then containing but a few log cabins – the ground upon which the town is now reared being then a marsh, springs of water bursting from the earth in great profusion. After the organization of the State government, Major Allen was elected one of the commissioners to select a site for a permanent seat of government. During the first term of Gov. Garrard, under the old constitution, Major Allen was appointed judge of the Paris district court, the duties of which he discharged with general acceptance. In 1802, after the adoption of the present constitution, and during the second term of Gov. Garrard, he was appointed judge of the circuit court, including in his district the county of Bourbon. Judge Allen died in the year 1816, having devoted a large portion of his long life to the services of his country, and leaving behind him a name which will be held in grateful remembrance by his posterity. He had born to him twelve children – nine sons and three daughters. His widow still survives, and resides in Paris, being now four score years of age, and enjoying a degree of health which rarely falls to the lot of one of her years.

There is a problem between rootsweb and AOL and list by list, most, if not all, of the subscribers are being kicked off the various lists. I have lost over 110 or so from the other two lists I manage and I'm sure it's going to hit KYBIOS and KYRESEARCH also. There is nothing I can do other than wait until the problem is resolved; every post I make will cause the unsubscribing of others. I'll be back when the problem is solved! Thanks, Sandi

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11668 MERCER CO – SAMUEL TAYLOR – Taylor, Vivian, Hughs, Wilson, Bledsoe, Glover 11668 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 4th ed., 1886. SAMUEL TAYLOR, a Virginian, removed to Mercer County, Ky., about 1780, erected the stone mansion in 1790 now occupied by Mr. W. B. Vivian, on which he placed his motto: “Look to your laws rather than your progenitors for your inheritance.” He was a member of several constitutional conventions of Kentucky, a representative in the Legislature, a farmer and slave owner, and died about 1812. His wife was Elizabeth Hughs, and their offspring were John, Samuel, William H., Mary (Wilson), Sophia (Bledsoe) and Fanny Glover, the mother of Hon. Samuel Glover of Missouri. 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. 11667 SIMPSON CO – WILLIAM R. HAMMOND – Hammond, Peden, Snider 11667 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume IV – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. WILLIAM R. HAMMOND was born September 18, 1847, in the southern portion of Simpson County, Ky., where he was reared, and still resides (for ancestors see sketch of V. M. Hammond). He was favored with good educational advantages , and in addition to the common schools of the vicinity in which he was reared, he attended the high school at Franklin for two years. He married, on the 27th of December, 1875, Martha V., daughter of Charles and Pamelia A. J. (Peden) Snider, of Simpson County, Ky. (born February 15, 1853), and to them have been born Fannie, Bertha, Edna Reed and Charles Vincent. Mr. Hammond taught several terms of school, and served for a time as deputy circuit clerk. He is now engaged in farming, owning 106 acres of productive land in a fine state of cultivation. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, also of the Missionary Baptist Church, and in politics is identified with the Democratic party.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11666 BALLARD CO – ISAAC E. CONLEY – Conley, Lambert, French, Hutzel, Thurman, McKinney, Hancock, English 11666 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. ISAAC E. CONLEY, an enterprising young man of Ballard County, was born March 13, 1853, in Giles County, Va., and is the fourth of five children born to Russell F. and Charlotte T. (Lambert) Conley, natives of Giles County, Va., and of Irish and English origin, respectively. The father was a son of John and Cloa (French) Conley, of Irish and English descent, respectively; the mother was a daughter of Joseph G. and Susanna (Hutzel) Lambert, of English and German descent. Isaac E. Conley was reared on n farm and lived with his parents till seventeen years of age; his mother died in 1871, his father in 1875. Our subject at­tended Newbern Academy, taught school about ten years in Virginia and Kentucky, and locat­ed in Ballard County, Hinkleville, in 1872, where he taught four terms of school, his last school being at Milburn. In 1880 he com­menced the study of law and was admitted to the bar in July, 1882, by Judges Bullitt and Thomas C. Marshall. He located in Wickliffe, in March, 1883; about six months edited the Wickliffe Tribune, established by T. H. Thurman in 1881; sold out in the fall of 1883, and was defeated for county clerk by one or two votes. He was married January 2, 1884, to Emma A. McKinney, of Milburn. Ky., daughter of Candour and Martha (McKinney) McKinney. Mr. Conley is a member of the Christian Church and of the K. of H. He cast his first presiden­tial vote for Hancock and English in 1880, and still votes the Democratic ticket. 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. 11664 WARREN CO – JOHN L. STOUT – Stout, Carlisle, Herdman, Lewis 11664 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume II – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Warren Co. JOHN L. STOUT was born March 22, 1844, in King William County, Va. His father, Samuel H. Stout, was born at Stephensburg, Culpeper Co., Va., in 1790; came to Kentucky in 1847, settled at Covington, and there remained until 1868; thence he came to Bowling Green, where he died in 1879. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. The Stout family is noted for longevity; Penelope Stout lived to be one hundred and ten years of age, and saw 502 of her descendants; the mother of John L. Stout was born in King William County, Va., in 1801, and died in Covington, Ky., in 1866. The Stout family came from England to America in 1620, and was one of the first families to settle in the State of New York. The paternal grandfather of John L. was Abel Stout, a native of New Jersey, who settled in Virginia in 1706; was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and died in Virginia in 1810. John L. Stout was educated at Covington, Ky.; was a student of Hon. John G. Carlisle, who is now speaker of the House. In 1861 he enlisted in Company E, Sixth Kentucky Regiment, Confederate States Army, under Joseph H. Lewis. He was made orderly-sergeant at Vicksburg in 1862; was captured at Jonesborough, Ga., but was shortly after exchanged at Nashville. In 1867 he came to Bowling Green and engaged in the marble and stone business, and this he has since continued. He is a practical and shrewd business man, and has been very successful in life. He married, October 27, 1868, Maggie Herdman, of this city. They have three children: Samuel H., Edward B. and John L., Jr. Mr. Stout is a Democrat and Past Master of the Bowling Green Masonic Lodge, No. 73. He is also a member of the I. O. O. F., and of the Baptist Church, of which Mrs. Stout is also a member.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11663 UNKNOWN CO – A. J. SWEET – Sweet, Robinson, Shaw, Maxwell, Nigh 11663 Pike County Missouri History, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883. (Not enough information to determine county). A. J. Sweet, farmer and stock-raiser, post-office Vandalia. Prominent among the successful farmers of Indian township, who deserves notice, is the subject of this sketch. He was born in Kentucky, December 28, 1834, the son of Allen D. and Mary Robinson Sweet. His father was a native of Kentucky, and his mother of Virginia. Our subject was reared a farmer and received his education in the common schools. At the age of eighteen he went to Clark county and commenced to work at the carpenter’s trade, and worked at that trade until 1859, working some four years in St. Louis. In 1859 he came to Pike county, settling in Cuivre township, where he lived seven years. In 1866 he came on his present farm, and has one of the best residences in the township, a two-story frame, 16x40, built in modern style and of superior workmanship, doing most of it himself, and his house is furnished with taste and comfort. His farm contains 300 acres of as good land as can be found in the county, which he has under a high state of cultivation, and well stocked with cattle and swine. He ranks among the best farmers in the township. He was married November 11, 1860, to Fanny Shaw, daughter of John R. Shaw, this county. By this union they have two children: Lizzie and Fanny. Mrs. Sweet died October 22, 1865. Mr. S. was again married to Mrs. Mandy Maxwell, daughter of John F. Nigh, October 10, 1866, and this union has brought to them three children: Thomas, Rowence Iona and Jefferson. Mr. and Mrs. Sweet are worthy members of the Methodist church.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11662 CLARK CO – MARCUS CARLISLE REDWINE – Redwine, Waters 11662 History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State. Volume III Illustrated. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago – Louisville, 1928 MARCUS CARLISLE REDWINE. Natural predilection and inherited tendency inclined Marcus Carlisle Redwine toward the legal profession and although young in years, he has already established his position among the leading attorneys of Winchester. He was born December 10, 1893, in Sandy Hook, Elliott county, Kentucky, and his parents were Albert T. and Stella (Waters) Redwine. His father was allied with the democratic party and served for three terms in succession as county attorney of Elliott county. He was a talented lawyer and made a fine record as a public prosecutor. He was born October 2, 1860, and passed away at Sandy Hook, October 30, 1925. Marcus C. Redwine received his early instruction in the public schools of his native town and in 1914 was graduated from the Eastern Kentucky State Normal School at Richmond. He was principal of the high school at Bridgeport for two years and then enlisted in the United States army, becoming a private in the Ordnance and Chemical Warfare service in April, 1918. He was stationed at Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland, and at Camp Hancock, Georgia. He was honorably discharged in November, 1918, and then enrolled again as a student in the University of Kentucky, from which he was graduated in June, 1919, with the degree of LL. B. He was admitted to the bar soon afterward and came to Winchester. During 1919 and 1920 he taught political science and economics at Kentucky Wesleyan College and in the latter year began his career as a lawyer. He formed a partnership with his first cousin, Leonidas Young Redwine, with whom he was associated from May, 1921, until May, 1923, and has since practiced under his own name. He has won a liberal and desirable clientele and is general counsel for and a director of the Home Building and Savings Association of Winchester. He is a wise counselor and a formidable adversary in legal combat, presenting his case in the strong, clear light of reason. Mr. Redwine is a democrat and has been city attorney since January 1, 1926. He is a member of the local Kiwanis Club, the Clark County and Kentucky State Bar Associations, and along fraternal lines is connected with the Masonic order. His advancement has resulted from hard work, perseverance and keen analytical powers and his industry and ability insure his continuous progress.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11661 RUSSELL CO – WILLIAM REXROAT – Rexroat, Smith 11661 A HISTORY OF KENTUCKY BAPTISTS from 1769 to 1885 by J. H. Spencer, Vol. II, 1886. (South Cumberland River Association). WILLIAM REXROAT was one of the most active and useful ministers of this fraternity. He was born in what is now Russell county, November 17, 1817. At the age of 17, he was baptized by Wm. SMITH for the fellowship of Welfare church. In 1847, he was ordained to the ministry, and, from that time till his death, devoted himself with great zeal to the duties of his holy calling. He was a fair preacher, a fervent exhorter, and an excellent singer. His time was devoted principally to the work of a missionary and an evangelist. He rode nine years as missionary, under the appointment of South Cumberland River Association. As a revivalist, he was never excelled I his field of labor. During his ministry, he baptized over 2,300 people. He died on the field of labor, twenty miles from his home, December 30, 1875, leaving a wife and five children, all of whom were members of a Baptist church.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11660 FAYETTE CO – JESSE BLEDSOE – Bledsoe, Miller, Scott, Adair, Gist 11660 Historical Sketches of Kentucky, Published by Lewis Collins, Maysville, Ky., and J. A. & I U. P. James, Cincinnati, 1847. JESSE BLEDSOE was born on the 6th of April, 1776, in Culpepper county, Virginia. His father, Joseph Bledsoe, was a Baptist preacher. His mother’s maiden name was Elizabeth Miller. In early life, Judge Bledsoe’s health was delicate, and from weakness in his eyes, could not be sent regularly to school. When his health and sight was restored, which was not until he had become quite a large boy, (having emigrated with an elder brother to the neighborhood of Lexington, Kentucky), he went to Transylvania seminary, and by the force of talent and assiduous industry, became a fine scholar; and to the day of his death, it was his pleasure and delight to read the Grecian orators and poets in their original tongue. After finishing his collegiate course, he studied law, and commenced to practice with success and reputation. Judge Bledsoe was repeatedly elected to the house of representatives of the Kentucky legislature, from the counties of Fayette and Bourbon; and was also a senator from the latter county. He was secretary of state, of Kentucky, under Gov. Charles Scott; and during the war with Great Britain, was elected a senator in the congress of the United States from the state of Kentucky, for an unexpired term, serving in that capacity for two or three years. In 1822, he was appointed by Gov. Adair, a circuit judge in the Lexington district, and removed to Lexington, where he received the appointment of professor of law in the Transylvania University. He held the offices of judge and professor for five or six years, when he resigned both, and again commenced the practice of law. In 1833, he removed to Mississippi, and in the fall of 1835 or spring of 1836, he emigrated to Texas, and commenced gathering materials for a history of the new republic. In May, 1836, he was taken sick in that portion of Texas near the line of the United States, and not far from Nacogdoches, where he died. At an early age, he married the eldest daughter of Colonel Nathaniel Gist, and his widow is still living in Frankfort. Judge Bledsoe possessed a strong and powerful intellect, and was surpassed in popular and forensic eloquence by but few men of his day.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11659 BOYLE CO – SAMUEL ALLEN VAN SICKLE – Van Sickle, Pritchett, Swan, Adams, Askren, Means, Paddocks, Thomure, Kimble, Sutton, Root, Aldrich, Lobb, Clemmons, Hardin, Harlan 11659 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 4th ed., 1886. SAMUEL ALLEN VAN SICKLE was born December 23, 1842, in Marion County, Ky., and in 1866 located on Salt River, six miles west of Danville, Boyle County, where he has since retained his residence. His father, Samuel Van Sickle, a native of Pennsylvania, was born August 28, 1794, removed to Kentucky in youth, was a farmer and slave-holder, and died November 12, 1863. He was the son of Anthony Van Sickle, an immigrant to Pennsylvania, whose offspring beside Samuel were Jesse, Eli, Joseph, Patsey (Pritchett), and a son who went west whose name is not remembered. Samuel married Rachael Swan, of Pennsylvania, and from their union sprang Elizabeth (Adams), Martha (Askren and Means), Rebecca (Paddocks), Sarah (Thomure), Mary (deceased), Maria J. (Kimble) and Samuel A. His second marriage was to Mrs. Elnora Sutton (nee Root), and their children were Jesse G. and Mary L. (Aldrich). January 1, 1868, Samuel A. Van Sickle was united in marriage with Miss Maria O., daughter of Osborn and Eliza (Lobb) Clemmons, of Boyle County (born December 2, 1846), and to them have been born Minnie and Emma C. Osborn Clemmons was born near St. Mary’s, Marion Co., Ky., was a merchant at Perryville, and died in 1847. His children are Mary E. (Hardin) and Maria O. (Van Sickle). After the death of her husband Mrs. Clemmons married Jehu Harlan, and their one child was Minerva (deceased). Mr. Van Sickle was educated at the common schools of the country, and has improved his opportunities by reading standard works and current literature. He is a successful farmer, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, also a member of the Masonic fraternity, and is a Democrat.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11658 BALLARD CO - STOKELEY B. CULVER – Culver, Stinson, Hancock, Choate, Livingston, Brame, Cary 11658 Kentucky: A History of the State, 1st Edition, Histories and Biographies of Ballard, Calloway, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, McCracken and Marshall Counties Kentucky; Part II, Reprint; Battle, J. H. W. H. Perrin & G. C. Kniffin; Chicago, F A Battey Publishing Co, 1885, p. 118. STOKELEY B. CULVER, Esq., was born September 10, 1840, in Fentress County, Tenn., and in 1866 came to Ballard County, Ky., where he at present resides. His father, John Culver, a native of Bedford County, Tenn., was a volunteer in the war of 1812, served for many years as magistrate, and died in 1878 at the age of eighty-two years. He was twice married, and the off­spring of his first union are Carroll, Salley (Stinson), Nancy (Hancock), John and Jesse. His second wife was Nancy, daughter of Christopher Choate, of Tennessee (born about 1806, now living), and from this union sprang subject, Sarah J. (Livingston), L. D., Thomas P. (killed in battle) and Ja­cob P. In youth subject received a common school education, and is a reading man. He was married October 31, 1867, to Miss Sarah E., daughter of John and Nancy (Brame) Cary. of McCracken County, and to them have been born Edna G., Albert S., John S., Joseph D., Kittie B. and Nannie J. Sub­ject served eight years as magistrate. He is a farmer, owning 160 acres of good land in a fine state of cultivation. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, a Baptist and a Democrat.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11657 SIMPSON CO – VINCENT M. HAMMOND – Hammond, Durin, Hughes, Fowler, Dance, Jenkins, Webb, Lester, Newman, Bryant, Rieves 11657 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume IV – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. VINCENT M. HAMMOND was born August 1, 1820, near where he now resides, in the southern portion of Simpson County, Ky. His father, William Hammond, a native of Maryland, was born August 22, 1792; removed in childhood with his parents to Logan (now Simpson) County, Ky.; was a soldier in the battle of Taladega; served as captain of militia and died July 24, 1837. He was the son of Thomas Hammond, who died in Simpson County in 1847, aged eighty-four years. His father was William, Sr., an early Methodist. William (the father of our subject) married Celete, daughter of Churchwell and Elizabeth (Durin) Hughs of Sumner County, Tenn. (born October 17, 1794; died October 2, 1965), and from their union sprang Ruben W., John C., Granville L., Vincent M., Louise (Fowler and Dance), Minerva (Jenkins), Adeline (Dance), Olivia and Atlas. Vincent M. married, December 19, 1844, Sarah M., daughter of William and Nancy (Webb) Lester, of Williamson County, Tenn. (born September 21, 1820), and this union was favored by the birth of Mary V. (Newman), William R., John C., Amanda V. (Bryant), Olivia A. (Rieves), James M., Vincent M., Jr., and Robert L. In the commencement of his business career Mr. Hammond was dependent upon his own efforts, but by industry and frugality has accumulated a competency. He is a farmer and stock raiser, having 337 acres of well-improved and productive land. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and has advanced to the Royal Arch degree. In politics Mr. Hammond is a stanch Democrat. He lost one valuable male slave by the late war. Mrs. Hammond is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church. Her father, William Lester, was a soldier of the Revolution, and died at the age of eighty years and eight months; his descendants at his death numbered 126, included children, grand-children and great-grandchildren.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11656 GARRARD CO – HENRY GRIDER – Grider, Howe, Asher, Shelby 11656 . A History of Kentucky, William B. Allen, Louisville, KY., Bradley & Gilbert Publishers, 1872. Colonel Henry Grider was born in Garrard County, Kentucky, on the 16th of July, 1796. Having received a desultory education, he finished at Greensburg, Kentucky, under the instruction of Rev. John Howe, at New Athens Seminary, which was under the charge of Mr. Howe for a great number of years. Colonel Grider was about twenty-two years of age at the time he quit that school. Judge Asher W. Graham attended the same school at the same time, and was about the same age of Colonel Grider. They were both from Bowlinggreen [sic], Kentucky. Two more amiable and exemplary young men never lived. After leaving the school at Greensburg they both commenced the study of the law at Bowlinggreen, in which profession they both soon distinguished themselves. Graham was exalted to the judgeship of the Court of Appeals, and was afterward, for many years, a judge of the Circuit Court, which position he filled at the time of his death, which occurred a few years since. Colonel Grider rendered his first public service in the army as a private in the war of 1812, and served with Shelby in his campaign to Canada. In 1827 he was elected to the Legislature of Kentucky, as also in 1831; and in 1833 to the Senate of Kentucky, where he served four years. He was a Representative in Congress from 1843 to 1847, and was also re-elected to the Thirty-Seventh congress, serving on the committees of Revolutionary Claims and on Mileage. He was re-elected to the Thirty-eighth Congress, and was a member of the Committee on Territories. He died soon afterward, on his farm in Warren County, at the age of about seventy years.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11655 WARREN CO – ROBERT D. STONE – Stone, Lucas, Fox, Brence, Collett, MacClellan 11655 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume II – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. ROBERT D. STONE, son of William E. and Elizabeth A. (Lucas) Stone, was born August 16, 1840, in Warren County, Ky., and is the third in a family of six boys and three girls. William E. Stone was born and reared in Warren County; in early life was a farmer; later followed coopering, and died in July, 1854, aged forty-four years. He was the son of Daniel Stone, who immigrated in 1801 from Culpeper County, Va., to Warren County, Ky., where he farmed and owned a large number of slaves. He was of Scotch-Irish origin; served as magistrate for many years. He was twice married; his first wife, Sallie Fox, was the grandmother of our subject. Mrs. Elizabeth A. Stone was also born and reared in Warren County, daughter of Robert W. and Sallie (Brence) Lucas, natives, respectively, of Pennsylvania and Green County, Ky. Robert W. Lucas was a soldier in the war of 1812; later he engaged in farming and practiced law. He was a son of Nathaniel Lucas. Robert D. Stone was reared on a farm, and after arriving at maturity followed the cooper’s trade for seven years. In 1870 he engaged in the mercantile business at Phalen, Warren County, and has since followed that business with success; he also engaged in the tobacco trade. February 10, 1870, he was united in marriage with Victoria Lucas, of Warren County, a daughter of William H. and Harriet (Collett) Lucas, of the same county. Her father was a farmer and of German descent. To Mr. and Mrs. Stone five children were born: Eddie T., Robert W. (deceased), Flora D. (deceased), Harry M. and Herbert A. Mrs. Stone is a member of the Presbyterian Church; Mr. Stone is a member of the Masonic fraternity. In 1883 he established the postoffice at Phalen, of which he was appointed postmaster. Politically he is a Democrat, and cast his first presidential vote of Gen. MacClellan.