NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information 11633 BALLARD CO - Z. M. BUGG – Bugg, Chappell, Marshall, Upshur, Jackson, Coffee 11633 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. (Ballard Co) Z. M. BUGG, attorney at law, Ballard County, was born January 16i, 1830, in Sumner County, Tenn. His grandfather, Zachariah Bugg, was a native of Halifax County, Va. He left that State in 1796, immigrating to Sumner County, Tenn., where he died in 1854, at an advanced age. Subject’s father was Richard F. Bugg, a native of Tennessee. He immigrated to Kentucky in 1839, settling in Trigg County, where he died one year later at the age of thirty-four or thirty-five years. The mother, P. M. (Chappell) Bugg, died in 1872, aged seventy-eight years. They were the parents of five children, whose names are as follows: Ann R., Mary C., Z. W., John W. and Richard D. Subject remained with his mother until twenty years of age, when he commenced teaching in the common schools of Christian County, reading law in the meantime under the instruction of Judge Marshall of Ballard County. He was admitted to the bar in Blandville in 1856, and since that time has been actively engaged in the practice of his profession in Ballard and adjoining counties. He was married, in 1856, to Mary A., daughter of William S. and Lucy (Upshur) Jackson. To this union have been born eight children, four of whom are living: Lucy P. (wife of Isaac N. Coffee), Richard L., Zachariah W. and Alice. Mr. Bugg is a member of the Masonic fraternity and the I. O. O. F., and he and his wife are members of the Christian Church.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information 11632 WARREN CO – DR. GRAY C. BRIGGS – Briggs, Stubbins, Gray, Holloran, Ingram 11632 Centennial History of Missouri. Dr. Gray C. Briggs, a well known Roentgenologist, was born in Burlington, Iowa. June 30, 1882, a son of Dr. Waldo Briggs, who became a noted surgeon of St. Louis. He was born at Bowling Green, Kentucky, July 3, 1856, his parents being William Thompson and Anna (Stubbins) Briggs. He won his professional degree on the completion of a course in the medical department of the University of Nashville, at Nashville, Tennessee, and in 1877 began practice in St. Louis. From 1895 until 1898 he was professor of surgery in Beaumont Medical College and in the latter year accepted the professorship of surgery in the St. Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons, since continuing in this position. He is also superintendent of Jefferson Hospital and is president and dean of the St. Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons. Fraternally he is connected with the Knights of Pythias. He wedded Nellie Gray, a native of Jamestown, New York, who passed away at the age of forty-five years. Dr. Gray C. Briggs, their only child, was educated in the public schools of St. Louis and the Central high school, after which he became a student in the University of Chicago and later attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons of St. Louis, from which he was graduated in 1909 with the M. D. degree. Following his graduation he spent the first year at clinical work in the college and then entered upon private practice, in which he continued until 1912. In that year he took up special X-ray work in which he has since engaged and is now widely known as an able Roentgenologist. He keeps in touch with professional thought and progress through his connection with the St. Louis and Missouri State Medical Societies, the American Radiological Society and the American Roentgen Ray Society. From October, 1918, until March 1, 1919, he served in the United States navy with the rank of senior lieutenant. On the 18th of June, 1919, Dr. Briggs was married in St. Charles, Missouri, to Miss Edith Ingram, a native of St. Louis and a daughter of William and Mary (Holloran) Ingram. Fraternally Dr. Briggs is connected with the Missouri Athletic Association, and Is a member of the Phi Chi fraternity. In politics he maintains an independent course, nor has he ever sought or desired office, preferring to concentrate his efforts and his energies upon his professional interests. He has become an authority in the line of his specialty and has contributed many articles to scientific magazines on X-ray work.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information 11630 TODD CO – PORTER McCAULEY – McCauley, Whitcomb, Winkle, Foster, Bird, Martin, 11630 History of the Pacific Northwest, Oregon and Washington, 1889. McCAULEY PORTER. - This gentleman, one of the oldest and best farmers in the Willamette valley, was born in Todd county, Kentucky, November 28, 1829. At the age of five he removed with his parents to Montgomery county, Illinois, and in 1845 made with them a new home in Missouri. In 1848, by the prevalent reports and fabulous stories of Oregon everywhere circulated, his attention was drawn to the land by the sunset sea; and with his two brothers, William G. and John E., he set out upon the journey across the plains and mountains. He had ox-teams and loose cattle, and a flock of sheep, yet was but a youth of nineteen. He finished the trip barefooted, with his clothing almost worn out, and without a dime in his pocket. At the establishment of Foster, - a settler who was sometimes humorously called "Picayune," - on the west side of the Cascade Mountains, he obtained work of the foreman at sixteen dollars per month, but shortly came on to the great prairies of the Willamette valley, taking his first look at Benton county. The winter of 1848 he obtained a situation with Joel Whitcomb at Milwaukee, receiving one dollar a day. He remembers seeing there the launching of one of the schooners built at that early time. The dullness and lonesomeness of the times were broken here by the same cry that startled all the Western world, - that of gold in California. With a party consisting of himself, Isaac Winkle, John and James Foster, B.F. Bird, Jacob Martin and others, Porter set out with ox-teams for the mines, arriving at Sacramento June 8th. He stayed in the land of gold until 1852. In the fall of that year he returned to Oregon in the steamship Columbia, and the following spring laid his Donation claim in the immensely rich central section of the Willamette valley, eight miles south of Corvallis, in Benton county, Oregon. There he has lived more than thirty-five years, developing one of the handsome old places, and has betimes swelled his land to more than double its original compass of a square mile, now owning fifteen hundred acres. During all these years he has given leading attention to general farming and stock-raising, a good representative of the honorable, independent and substantial landowner. He was married April 7, 1853, to Miss Martha Winkle, a native of Alabama, with whom he had made the journey across the plains in 1848. They have reared five children - Samuel H., John F., Jessie, Isaac and Mark M.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information 11629 – John W BUGG – Bugg, Chappell, Rollings, Penn, Brown, Tisdall 11629 – 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. JOHN W. BUGG was born May 31, 133, in Todd County, Ky., was removed in infancy by his parents to Christian County, and in 1850, with his mother, came to Ballard County, where he has since resided. His father, Richard C. Bugg, a native of Sumner County, Tenn., was born in 1810, and died about 1838. He was the son of Zachariah Bugg. Richard G. espoused Prudence M. Chappell, of Sumner County; she died in 1865, and their offspring are, Ann R. (Rollings), Zachariah, Mary C. (Penn), subject and Robert D. Our subject obtained a fair education and is a reading man. He was married February 6, 1862, to Miss Mary E., daughter of James and Nancy (Brown) Tisdall, of Ballard County, born in 1838, and to them have been born Annie M., Mary and Dick. Subject was formerly engaged in milling, but is now a farmer, owning 126 acres of fine lands in a high state of cultivation. He is a Royal Arch Mason, a member of the Christian Church, and in politics a Democrat.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information 11628 BREATHITT CO – EDWIN BURNETT CARDWELL – Cardwell, Bowman, Musick 11628 History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State. Volume III Illustrated. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago – Louisville, 1928 (Breathitt Co) Edwin Burnett Cardwell is making an excellent record as county clerk, and resides in Jackson, his native town. He was born September 13, 1885, and is a son of William Blackstone and Sallie (Bowman) Cardwell. His father served from 1911 until 1916 as clerk of the circuit court and is now engaged in farming in Breathitt county. Edwin B. Cardwell attended the grammar and high schools of Jackson and for three years was a teacher. He was next connected with mercantile affairs and from 1911 until 1916 was deputy circuit clerk under his father. During that period he studied law and in 1916 was admitted to the bar. He then formed a partnership with Ryland C. Musick, with whom he practiced for four years under the style of Musick & Cardwell. In 1920 Mr. Cardwell reentered commercial circles, becoming a member of the cope Hardware Company of Jackson, and was identified with its management until 1926, when the business was sold. Mr. Cardwell is a stanch democrat and since January, 1926, has been county clerk. His work is thoroughly systematized and efficiently performed. Along fraternal lines he is connected with the Masonic order and the Knights of Pythias. He loyally supports all worthy civic projects and holds a secure place in public esteem.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information 11627 BOURBON CO – THOMAS D. PATTON – Patton, Watts 11627 Pike County Missouri History, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883. (Bourbon Co). Thomas D. Patton (deceased), was born in Bourbon county, Kentucky, October 14, 1803, and immigrated to Pike county, Missouri, in the year 1824; after residing near Ramsey Creek for a time on a farm, he started a tannery near Gwyn’s Creek, where he remained about two years; then moved his tannery to Paynesville, this being the first manufacturing enterprise in that part of the county. About the year 1834 he purchased the farm one mile east of Paynesville which has for many years been known as the Patton homestead, and followed assiduously the avocation of a farmer until the year 1867, when he removed to the town of Paynesville, where he continued to reside until his death, which occurred on the 6th day of June, 1879. Mr. Patton was united in marriage to Julia A. Watts, daughter of Major John Watts, April 14, 1825, and from this union were born thirteen children, twelve of whom lived to be men and women, and seven of them still survive; viz., Elizabeth, Thomas W., James H., Francis W., Benjamin G., Jos. A., and Julia. Thomas Patton was, as has been noticed, one of the early settlers of Pike county, and as a pioneer contributed very largely to the development of the material interests of his adopted home. He was physically a man of great personal strength and courage, and intellectually, although not possessed of a finished or scholarly education, possessed great practical common sense and unusual native mental vigor. In his chosen avocation, that of a farmer, he was highly successful and used his accumulated wealth to the best advantage in surrounding himself and family with all the substantial comforts of life, and giving to his children the advantages of a good and thorough practical English education. Besides caring for those of his own household he was not unmindful of the wants of others, and his unostentatious generosity contributed to relieve the necessities of many. Upright in his dealings with his fellow men, charitable to the weakness of others, generous to the deserving poor, conscientious in the discharge of every duty, he received, as he deserved, the considerate respect and esteem of his fellow citizens. Since 1833 Mr. Patton was a consistent member of the Christian Church, and contributed largely, both by his personal influence and he generous donations of his liberal means, to the support of his church and the advancement of the Christian and moral influence of the community of which he was so long a member.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information 11626 FAYETTE CO – HUMPHREY MARSHALL – Marshall, Clay 11626 A History of Kentucky, William B. Allen, Louisville, KY., Bradley & Gilbert Publishers, 1872. (Fayette Co) Humphrey Marshall was one of the earliest pioneers to Kentucky, having come here in 1780. He soon assumed a conspicuous position among the public men of the State, and was what was called a Federalist, to the fullest extent, in all the principles of that party. He was an active participant in all the political contests agitated in Kentucky at that day. He had a commanding force of character and brilliant talents, still great prejudice was excited against him on account of his political opinions, which were offensive to the masses of Kentucky. He was a member of the Convention of 1787, which assembled at Danville preliminary to the formation of a Constitution for the State. He was for many years a member of great influence in the Legislature of Kentucky, and was a Senator in Congress from 1795 to 1801. The first history of Kentucky ever published was by Mr. Marshall. His personal prejudices are often interlarded in the work, which rendered it objectionable to many, but, taken altogether, it was a good and valuable work, and one which I read with great pleasure soon after its publication in 1824 or 1825, but have not been able to secure one since my present undertaking to write a similar work commenced. I could, doubtless, have derived great advantage from its re-perusal. It was in 1808 that the bloodless duel occurred between Mr. Marshall and Mr. Clay. Two of Mrs. Marshall’s sons became quite distinguished as jurists and lawyers – Thomas A. Marshall, late of the Court of Appeals, and the late John J. Marshall, of Louisville, late Judge of the Circuit Court. Mr. Marshall died in Lexington, some twenty five years ago, or more, at a very advanced age. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information 11625 – SIMPSON CO - SIDNEY A. HALCOMB – Halcomb, Hooper, Henderson, Jepson, Pearson 11625 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume IV – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. (Simpson Co) SIDNEY A. HALCOMB was born in Caswell County, N. C., September i6, 1837, and is the sixth in a family of eight children born to Warren G. and Elizabeth (Hooper) Halcomb, both of whom were natives of North Carolina, and of Scotch-Irish and English descent, respectively. Warren G. Halcomb received his early education in his native State, where he was also married and engaged in agricultural pursuits for many years. In addition to planting he was also engaged in negro trading for a number of years, in which he was quite successful. In 1851 he removed with his wife and family to Logan County, Ky., and in 1857 to Butler County, same State, where he resided until his death, which occurred in April, 1879, in his eighty-third year. He was a member of no church, but was nevertheless a devoted Christian. Mrs. Elizabeth Halcomb is yet living, and resides in Butler County, Ky. She has been from early life a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Our subject’s great-grandfather, Samuel Henderson, was one of the most noted and successful hunters of his day in North Carolina, having killed some 1,100 deer with one gun. He was also an extensive planter. Sidney A. Halcomb received a good common school education in youth, mainly in North Carolina. He was employed on his father’s farm until he was twenty-three years old, after which he farmed on rented lands for some eleven years. He then bought a partially improved farm of 102 acres, in Simpson County, Ky., on the waters of Spring Creek, upon which he still resides, and to which he has added from time to time, now owning a well improved farm of 230 acres. He makes the culture of tobacco a specialty. He married, September 27, 1864, Marthena Jepson, a native of Simpson County, Ky., born October 17, 1845. She is a daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Pearson) Jepson. Eight children – seven sons and one daughter – were the fruit of this union, viz.: Benjamin W. (deceased), Robert Lee, George W., Thomas A., Francis J., John E., Sarah E. and Samuel Henderson. Mr. Halcomb and wife have been for many years members of the Sulphur Springs Missionary Baptist Church. He is also a member of the K. of H. and of the Masonic fraternity. In politics he is a Democrat, and a prominent and successful farmer.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information 11624 KENTON CO – AUGUSTUS JOSEPH HINER – Hiner, Gorman, Grant, Hulbert, Grimm 11624 Centennial History of Missouri. Captain Augustus Joseph Hiner of St. Louis, captain and pilot of Mississippi river steamboats, was born in Covington, Kentucky, December 17, 1860, and was but seven years of age when brought to Missouri in 1867 by his parents, David Augustus and Desdemona Amanda (Gorman) Hiner, the former a native of Hamilton county, Ohio, while the latter was born in Selma, Alabama. Captain Hiner pursued a high school course at Mexico, Missouri, and when seventeen years of age started out to learn piloting on the Mississippi river between St. Louis and New Orleans. He received his license from the government in 1881 and has since followed the profession. During his active career he had occasion to pilot: The Battleship Mississippi in May, 1909, from New Orleans to Natchez, Mississippi, and return; in May, 1911, the Battleship Idaho from New Orleans to Vicksburg and return; and in May, 1912, the Battleship Nebraska from New Orleans to Vicksburg and return. These were some of the largest ships of the navy at that time. He also piloted the government lighthouse tender Oleander in 1910 between St. Louis and New Orleans, with President W. H. Taft on board, when he was making an inspection trip of the rivers through the Mississippi valley in connection with the deep waterway's passage. Captain Hiner was also pilot on the same vessel for seven years, but has recently confined his operations to general river business. During the Spanish-American war in 1898 he was engaged as a pilot in the government service. During the World war he took a fleet of sixteen barges loaded with railroad cars for General Pershing in France, conveying them down the river to New Orleans. He was also master on the first vessel, the steamer Nokomis of the Federal Barge Line, handling foodstuffs and supplies for the government between St. Louis and New Orleans for shipment overseas. Captain Hiner came naturally by his interest in navigation, for his father, David Augustus Hiner, was for fifty years a pilot on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers and during the Civil war-acted as pilot on General Grant's flagship operating on those two rivers. His grandfather, David Hiner, was chief pilot of the Mississippi Squadron under Admiral David A. Porter. His great-grandfather, Jacob Hiner, was a resident of Pennsylvania and took part in the Revolutionary war. In the maternal line, too, Captain Hiner of this review comes of ancestry connected with navigation interests, for his great-grandfather on the mother's side was Nathan Hulbert, who was a pilot on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers before steam was used as a propelling power on river craft, as the vessels floated down the. river and the trip back was made by the men the best way they could, mostly by walking. Captain Hiner was married in North Carolina to Miss Isabella Grimm and they make their home at No. 4244 Westminster place in St. Louis. Captain Hiner gives his political allegiance to the democratic party, which he has always supported since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. He belongs to the American Association of Masters, Mates and Pilots. The experiences of his life which have come to him through his work as pilot and steamboat captain have been varied and interesting, bringing him into contact with many prominent people and through his efficiency in his chosen field of labor he has rendered signal service to the interests he has represented.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information 11623 PIKE CO – THOMAS REYNOLDS – Reynolds, Johnson, Howell 11623 A HISTORY OF KENTUCKY BAPTISTS from 1769 to 1885 by J. H. Spencer, Vol. II, 1886, (Pike Co). THOMAS REYNOLDS was born in South Carolina, in 1875. When he grew up, he became very dissipated, and continued in the paths of sin, till he was past middle life. In 1825, he moved to Pike county, Kentucky. Here he was converted from his evil ways, in 1836, and was baptized by Ezekiel Stone, for the fellowship of Union church, in what is now Johnson county. Two years after this, he moved to what is now Boyd county, and united with Union church, which was gathered, about that time, by the pious and zealous John Howell. Soon after this, he began to exercise in public exhortation, and was ordained to the ministry, about 1840, being then 55 years of age. He was called to the care of Union and Bethel churches, in Kentucky, and South Point, in Ohio. Having experienced the great evil of drunkenness, he became an earnest and intelligent advocate of temperance, in his gospel ministrations. But in this region, where the principal occupation of the people was making iron, dissipation abounded, even among the comparatively few professors of religion among them. Mr. Reynolds became disheartened in his attempt to work a reform in the iron district, and in 1846, moved back to Pike county. Here he raised up three or four churches, to which he ministered till the Lord called him home, June 28, 1851. After his death, the churches he had served fraternized, under the style of “Friendship Association.”

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information 11622 JEFFERSON CO – RICHARD CLOUGH ANDERSON, JR. – Anderson, Clark, Tucker, Monroe, Adams, Sergeant, Harrison, Lowndes 11622 Historical Sketches of Kentucky published by Lewis Collins, Maysville, Ky.; and J. A. & U. P. James, Cincinnati, 1847. (Jefferson Co) RICHARD CLOUGH ANDERSON, JR., (in honor of whom the county of Anderson was named), was born at Louisville, in the then district of Kentucky, on the 4th day of August, 1788. His father was Richard C. Anderson, Sr., who served with great gallantry, as an officer, throughout the revolutionary war, at the conclusion of which he was a lieutenant colonel. His mother was Elizabeth Clark, a sister of the celebrated General George Rogers Clark. Mr. Anderson was sent at an early age to Virginia for his education; and after being graduated at William and Mary college, studied law under Judge Tucker. Upon his return to Kentucky he commenced the practice of his profession; and, possessing all the qualities, intellectual, moral and social, necessary to insure success, soon took a high stand at the bar, as an able counselor, and as an eloquent advocate. His popular talents would not permit him long to devote himself to private pursuits. The solicitations of friends and a natural ambition, drew him, in a very short time, into the service of the public. He commenced his career, as a politician, in the popular branch of the State legislature, in which he served several years, with distinguished credit to himself, and with the marked approbation of his constituents. He was accordingly elected to congress, in 1817, by a handsome majority over his opponent – the old incumbent. In congress he continued four years, during which time he participated in the splendid debates of that most interesting period, with an ability and success, which reflected no slight honor on his character as an orator and a statesman. His reported speeches, during this period, are admirable for their terseness, beauty of arrangement, closeness of argument, and unambitious elegance of diction; but they now lack the charm of that distinct and melodious elocution – that graceful and manly and persuasive manner – which gave interest and attractiveness to their delivery. In 1822, declining a re-election to congress, under the belief that his services were more needed in the councils of his own State, than in those of the nation, he again entered the State legislature, and was chosen speaker of the house of representatives. The duties of this office he discharged, in that most excited period of our State history, with a courtesy, propriety, discretion and ability, that caused him to be regarded, by many of that day, as the perfect model of a presiding officer. This was the origin of the angry controversy existing between the old and new court parties, to the former of which Mr. Anderson belonged. In January, 1823, Mr. Anderson was appointed, by President Monroe, the first minister plenipotentiary to the Republic of Columbia. Upon his arrival at Bogota – the capital – with his family, he was received with every demonstration of honor and respect. He resided there but a very short time, before he came to be regarded, by the authorities of the republic, rather as a friend and counselor than as a stranger. His intercourse with the principal officers of state, was of the most agreeable and confidential character. In 1824 he negotiated the treaty between the two republics, which was ratified among the last acts of President Monroe’s administration. In 1825 he lost his wife – an admirable and estimable lady, to whom he was most tenderly attached. This loss induced him to return home for a short time, in order to place his children – two daughters and a son – with his friends in Kentucky. In October of that year, he revisited Bogota, accompanied by his brother, now Captain Robert Anderson of the U. S. Army, and remained until July, 1826, when he was instructed by President Adams to repair to Porto Bello, to join Mr. Sergeant, who had been appointed together with himself, an envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the congress to be assembled at Panama. On his way to Carthagena, his intended place of embarkation, he fell sick at Turbaco, a small village some twelve miles distant from that city, where, on the 24th day of July, his disease terminated in death. He was succeeded in his mission to Columbia, by the late ex-President of the United States, General William H. Harrison. Thus prematurely ended a brilliant career of usefulness and honor, and of still higher promise. The writer of this slight sketch heard one of the most distinguished men of our country declare, that Mr. Anderson’s death alone in all probability, prevented his reaching the highest office in the Union. A brief but discriminating notice by the editor, in the National Intelligencer, of August 29th, 1826, renders the following just tribute to his worth and memory. “The United States in general, and his native State of Kentucky in particular, have sustained a great loss in the death of this distinguished gentleman. On his former visit to Columbia he lost his excellent wife – which bereavement he did not long survive. “Mr. Anderson was one of the most amiable of men, and most discreet of politicians. A career of a few years in congress disclosed his valuable qualities. He possessed in an eminent degree, a clear discriminating mind, combined with the most conciliatory and persuasive address, the effect of which has often been seen on the floor of the house of representatives, and afterwards on that of the popular branch of the legislature of Kentucky, in the midst of the greatest contentions, like oil stilling the agitated waves of the ocean. In this point of his character, it is sufficient praise to say, he nearly resembled the late lamented William Lowndes. In brief, without offence be it said, the country could not boast a better man than Richard C. Anderson.” Mr Anderson was so actively engaged in professional and political pursuits, that he had but little leisure for literature. He was fondly addicted, however, to reading, and devoted most of his spare time to books – principally of biography and history. His writings are few, but those few are characterized by strong sense, sober reasoning and sagacious insight. He was the author of the article in the North American Review, for October, 1826, on the constitution of Columbia – an article well worthy of perusal for its general excellence, as well as for the statesman-like suggestions it contains, relative to our own constitution. He was also engaged on a larger work, upon the political institutions and history of Columbia, the completion of which was unfortunately frustrated by his untimely death. Besides these, a fragmentary journal, of the last few years of his life still exists, possessing great interest, from the judicious observations upon books, and the shrewd remarks upon men and events, with which it is interspersed. In making an estimate of the character of Mr. Anderson, in his public and private relations, it may be truly said of him, that while in private life he was without a vice, in his public career he was equally without a reproach. 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NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information 11621 NELSON CO - MICHAEL L. TROUTMAN – Troutman, Shawler, Beard, Howlett, Lee, Mobley, Lockhart, Shewhan 11621 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 4th ed., 1886. (Nelson Co) MICHAEL L. TROUTMAN was born January 9, 1842, and is the third of three sons and five daughters born to Peter and Elizabeth (Shawler) Troutman. Peter Troutman was born in Laurens District, South Carolina, in 1807. When he arrived at maturity he immigrated to Bullitt County, Ky., was a tanner by trade and a farmer; served several terms as constable and died March 10, 1861. He was a son of Michael L. Troutman, of German origin, who married a Miss Beard – both natives of Pennsylvania. In an early day he came to where Louisville now stands and entered 160 acres of land. It at that time being a sickly place, he abandoned the land and moved to South Carolina, where he remained till his death. Some of his children still hold lands at Louisville. Mrs. Elizabeth Troutman was born in Bullitt County, Ky., and was a daughter of Jacob Shawler and Mary Beard, both natives of Maryland, and among the early pioneers of Bullitt County, Ky. Michael L. Troutman was born and raised on a farm in Bullitt County and received a common education. After his father’s death he remained with his mother till he was twenty-eight years old. April i6, 1871, he was united in marriage to Sarah A Howlett, of Bullitt County, a daughter of Luke and Elizabeth (Lee) Howlett. After marriage he located on a farm of his own. His wife died in 1872. His second wife was Mrs. Mary E. Mobley, of Bullitt County, a native of Washington County, and a daughter of Thomas and Katie (Lockhart) Shehan. The issue from this second marriage was one child, Ora Kate. He and wife are respectively members of the Baptist and Methodist Episcopal Churches. In the spring of 1882 he located at Nelsonville and entered the mercantile business; he also served as county assessor of Bullitt County one term. Since August, 1885, he has been agent for the Louisville & Nashville Railroad at Nelsonville. He is the owner of 800 acres of land in Bullitt County, where he has started a large orchard, with the intention of turning his attention to its cultivation. In politics he is a Democrat. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information 11620 WARREN CO - SHADRACH W. STANLEY – Stanley, Walker, Christian 11620 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume II – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. (Warren Co). SHADRACH W. STANLEY, Warren County, was born in 1880, in this county, and is a son of Anderson and Elizabeth (Walker) Stanley, Virginians, who came to Kentucky in an early day. He was reared on a farm and educated in country schools and in the Sunday school. He is a farmer, contractor and carpenter. He married, in 1840, Jane A. Christian, of this county. They have had eight children: Anderson, William C., Eugene W., Nancy E. ___ T., Shadrach P., Heater J. and Mary L. They have four great-grandchildren, and are still vigorous in mind and body, and reside with their youngest son. Mr. Stanley has been a Mason for over forty years, and he and his wife are members of the Methodist Church.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information 11619 LEWIS CO – ABRAHAM HARVEY PARKER, Jr. – Parker, Halbert, Boone, Kenton, Perry, Krouse, Strother 11619 - History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State. Volume IV Illustrated. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago – Louisville, 1928. (Lewis Co). ABRAHAM HARVEY PARKER, Jr., a successful lawyer, is practicing in Vanceburg and ably discharges the duties of county attorney. He was born August 1, 1893, in Maysville, Kentucky, and is a son of Abraham Harvey and Lilly (Halbert) Parker. His mother was born in Lewis county, this state, and is a sister of Judge William C. Halbert, of Vanceburg, who presides over the circuit court of the twentieth judicial district. He has filled this office since 1910 and was formerly a member of the state legislature. Mrs. Parker’s father, William C. Halbert, was an able lawyer who practiced for many years in Vanceburg. He served for four years in the state senate and owing to his efforts in the county seat was removed from Clarksburg to Vanceburg. He gave the site for the courthouse and jail to the county and was the father of the turnpike road system and the bridge law of Lewis county. His grandfather, Isaac Halbert, was a native of Scotland and became one of the colonial settlers of Virginia. He served in the Revolutionary war and in 1785 migrated to Kentucky. He was a friend of Daniel Boone and Simon Kenton and bore his part in the struggle to wrest the new country of his adoption from the Indians and to make it a state. In 1799 he purchased four thousand, nine hundred acres of land on Salt Lick creek and in 1800 he built the third house erected in Lewis county. Six of his sons were volunteer soldiers in the War of 1812 and three of them participated in the battle of the Thames, while another was with Perry’s fleet during the memorable naval engagement on Lake Erie. Abraham H. Parker, Sr., was born in Virginia and located in Lewis county, Kentucky, in 1895. He became one of its leading attorneys and practiced in Vanceburg until 1924, when he retired from the profession. His son, Abraham H. Parker, Jr., attended the public schools of Vanceburg and Riverside Seminary. Natural predilection and inherited tendency inclined him toward the law and his studies were directed by his father and Judge Halbert, his maternal uncle. He was admitted to the bar in 1914 and for ten years he was associated with his father as junior member of the firm of Parker & Parker. Since 1924 he has practiced alone and his clientele is large and important. He is well versed in the minutiae of the law and his arguments are lucid, cogent and always to the point. Mr. Parker was married on Christmas day of 1921 to Miss Grace Krouse, a daughter of William and Mary Krouse, of Green Bay, Wisconsin. Grace Laurel, the only child of this union, was born May 28, 1923. In response to the call to the colors Mr. Parker enlisted May 28, 1917, in the United States army and was sent to Camp Taylor near Louisville, Kentucky. He was afterward stationed at Camp Gordon near Atlanta, Georgia, and on December 13, 1917, was honorably discharged, at which time he was a first sergeant in the United States Infantry. He is an adherent of the republican party and in September, 1923, was appointed to complete the unexpired term of J. P. Strother, county attorney. Mr. Parker was elected to the office in the fall of 1925 for the full term of four years and is making an excellent record as a public prosecutor, proving fearless, conscientious and efficient in the discharge of his duties. He belongs to the American Legion and is a member of the Lewis County and Kentucky State Bar Association. He has a high conception of the dignity and responsibility of his profession and ably sustains the tradition of the family.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information 11618 UNKNOWN CO – MRS. NANCY J. PITZER – Pitzer, Mackey 11618 Pike County Missouri History, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883 (Unknown KY county). Mrs. Nancy J. Pitzer, Clarksville. This lady is a native of Pike county, born December 23, 1821, and was the daughter of John W. Griffith, who was originally from Kentucky, moving to Missouri in 1816. Her father was married in March, 1818, to Anna Mackey, daughter of Thomas J. Mackey, who was of Scotch ancestry. This lady, our subject, was married in 1841 to Alfred Pitzer, Esq., he was a Virginian by birth. Mr. P. Died September 2, 1879. They had two children, one deceased in infancy, and Wm. H., born in August 1842, and died April 27i, 1878. He was a Royal Arch Mason. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information 11616 SIMPSON CO – BENJAMIN W. HAIL – Hail, Wilkins, Houston, Clay, Herndon, Graham, Solomon, Whitesides, Collier, Washburn, West, Clay 11616 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume IV – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. (Simpson Co). BENJAMIN W. HAIL was born December 1, 1821, four miles west of Franklin, and is the only son of six children reared by John and Elizabeth (Wilkins) Hail, natives of Halifax County, N. C. and Simpson County, Ky. John Hail came to Simpson County about 1810 with his mother; was an extensive farmer; owned about 1,000 acres of good land in Simpson County; at his death also owned a large number of slaves; was a soldier in the war of 1812, fought the Indians on Wabash and Raisin Rivers. He was a magistrate for over forty years; also sheriff one or two terms; was appointed county judge for one term, and was one of the representative and influential men of the county. He was a man highly respected by all who knew him; was born December 24, 1792, and died January 7, 1808. He was a devoted member of the Baptist Church for over fifty years; was foreman of the grand jury that indicted Gen. Sam Houston for fighting a duel; was a Henry Clay Whig and a Union man during the war. The paternal great-grandparents came from Wales. Our subject’s maternal grandparents, Richard Wilkins and Mary Herndon, were born and reared in North Carolina; shortly after the Revolution, about 1795, moved to and located on a large tract of land southwest of Franklin. Richard Wilkins was an extensive farmer and a heavy dealer in stock; reared a family of five children, from whom are descended some of the leading families of southern Kentucky. He was of Welsh descent. Benjamin W. Hail was reared on a farm and received a common school education. At the age of seventeen years he entered a store in Franklin, Ky., where he was a salesman twenty-five years and was considered at the time one of the best in the county. He was a Union man in his judgment and bitterly opposed secession. In 1866 he was elected county clerk of Simpson County; previously had been school commissioner; also was master commissioner, appointed by Judge Graham. In 1882 he was elected magistrate, which position he still fills. He married, in May, 1846, Mary E. Solomon, of Franklin, Ky., daughter of Elisha D. and Nancy (Hail) Solomon. One child, Mary Whitesides, was born to this union. In less than three years Mrs. Hail died, a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Hail’s second wife, Angeline Collier, of Logan County, was a daughter of Albert and Elizabeth (Washburn) Collier, and died in 1853. His third wife, Emily M. West, of Simpson County, whom he married in September, 1855, is a daughter of Fielding B. West. Six children were born to bless their union: William M., Volney B., John, Fielding W., Robert M. and Lola M. Mrs. Hail is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church; Mr. Hail is a member of the Masonic fraternity and has been for thirty-five years. He is always willing to lend a helping hand to any measure that is of a progressive nature and always feels an interest for the people. Before the war he was a Whig and cast his first presidential vote for Henry Clay; since the war has been a Democrat. With Mr. Hail the Union and good government are always foremost. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information 11615 BELL COUNTY – EDWARD WILSON, M. D. – Wilson, Eager, Tyree, Adams 11615 History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State. Volume III Illustrated. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago – Louisville, 1928 (Bell Co). EDWARD WILSON, M. D.. Dr. Edward Wilson is known throughout Bell county as a physician and surgeon by broad experience and pronounced ability, and for many years Pineville has been the scene of his professional activities. He was born July 14, 18i79, at Kettle Island, Kentucky, and his parents were William Francis Marion and Jane (Eager) Wilson, the latter a native of Virginia. Mrs. Wilson was born in 1839 and was reared in Harlan, Kentucky. Her husband was born in Tennessee in 1836 and when a young man migrated to Kentucky. He was one of the pioneer school teachers of Bell and Harlan counties and was also a blacksmith. He followed his trade at Lock for several years and likewise engaged in farming in that locality. He was an adherent of the republican party and a Baptist in religious faith. Death summoned him in 1887, his wife having passed away in the previous year. Their family numbered four children: Annie, who makes her home with the subject of this sketch; Columbus, who was the owner of a valuable farm in Bell county and died at Pineville in 1916; Edward; and George who died in infancy. At the early age of eight years, Dr. Wilson was deprived of both of his parents, who had, however, made provisions for the welfare of their children, and his rudimentary instruction was obtained in rural schools of Bell county. He attended the public schools of Pineville and the Baptist Institute in Williamsburg, Whitley county, and next entered the Hospital College of Medicine in Louisville, from which he received the M. D. degree in 1903, standing second in his class. He was an interne in the Gray Street Presbyterian Hospital of Louisville for a year and in the autumn of 1904, opened an office in Pineville. In 1907 he moved to Whitesburg, Letcher county, Kentucky, and in 1910 returned to Pineville, where he has since resided. In 1917 he erected the Wilson Hospital, which is completely equipped and efficiently operated. He maintains his office in the hospital and draws his patients from Bell, Harlan, Laurel and Knox counties in Kentucky and also from Virginia and Tennessee. Dr. Wilson is a skillful surgeon and his ability has been enhanced by special courses in the Chicago and New York Post-Graduate Medical Schools. He is a stockholder in the Bell National Bank and has wisely invested his capital in local realty. On July 4, 1898, following the outbreak of the Spanish-American war, Dr. Wilson enlisted in the United States army and was sent to a training camp in Alabama. He remained in the service until February, 1899, when he was honorably discharged; and during the World war he worked untiringly to promote the success of the Liberty Loan and Red Cross drives in Bell county. He is affiliated with the Baptist church and his political allegiance is given to the republican party. Dr. Wilson was mayor of Pineville for one term, and during his tenure of office much constructive work was accomplished. He is a member of the Kiwanis Club and of Bell Lodge, No. 691, of the Masonic order. He belongs to the Bell County and Kentucky State Medical Societies and the Southern and American Medical Associations. Throughout life he has been a student, constantly striving to enlarge the field of usefulness, and no resident of the community enjoys a higher place in public esteem. Dr. Wilson was married at Whitesburg, Kentucky, in 1907, to Miss Ella Tyree, a daughter of the Rev. S. C. and Martha J. (Adams) Tyree, who are now living in London, Laurel county. The father is a Baptist minister and an able lawyer as well. Dr. and Mrs. Wilson have a family of six children: Gypsy Vera, whose birth occurred in 1908; Edward, Jr., born in 1910; Tyree Francis, whose natal y ear was 1913; Marion, born in 1915; Florence Roe, who was born in 1918; and Ella Rae, born in 1920. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information 11614 LINCOLN CO – JAMES D. GIDEON – Gideon, Evans, Smith, Horn, Keithley, Stanfield, Carpenter, Berry, Galloway, Wolf, Woods, Day, Thomas, Barnett 11614 Reminiscent History Of The Ozark Region, pub. The following data is extracted from HON. JAMES D. GIDEON. No better citizens have come to Christian County, Missouri, than those who crossed the Mississippi River from Tennessee, and who brought as their inheritance the traits of character and life which has ever distinguished them. Hon. James D. Gideon, who is one of the foremost farmers and stockraisers of Union Township, Stone County, first saw the light in Hawkins County, Tennessee, in 1833. His parents, John and Polly (Evans) Gideon, were also natives of that State, the father born in Hawkins and the mother in Jefferson County. Both were fairly well educated for those days, and made their home in Tennessee until 1843, when they removed to Lincoln County, Kentucky Six years later, or in 1849, Mr. Gideon came on foot to what is now Christian County, and being a clock tinker he made the trip to work at his trade. He remained in this State until 1853, having in the meantime taken up a claim in what is now the southeastern part of Christian County (then Taney County), and then returned to Kentucky to get his family. He then settled on his claim, improved a good farm, but during the war he sold this and moved to Greene County. After the war, in 1866, he returned to this county and located on Bear Creek, where his death occurred in 1870, when sixty-six years of age. For many years he was a Baptist in his religions views. In connection with his trade he also carried on farming, and was fairly successful. A Democrat in early life, he later advocated the principles of the Republican party, with which he remained until close of life. During the war he was a Union man. Physically he was large and muscular, weighing 318 pounds, but he was very quick and active. He was possessed of great strength, and never found his equal in a wrestling match. His father, James Gideon, was a farmer and died in Hawkins County, Tennessee Our subject's maternal grand-father, Jacob Evans, died in Jefferson County, Tennessee, prior to 1843. He also tilled the soil. The mother of our subject, who was a member of the Baptist church, died on Bear Creek about 1872. Thirteen children were born to her marriage: Preston, was in the Home Guards during the war and died in Springfield in 1861 ; William, deceased, was a farmer of Dallas County, and was all through the war, enlisting in the Twenty-fourth Missouri Infantry; James D., subject; Andrew J. and George Washington, twins, the former residing in McDonald County and the latter in Christian County. During the war Andrew J. was in the Sixteenth Missouri Cavalry, and George W. was in the Twenty-fourth Missouri Infantry; Adeline, was the wife of E. Smith and died in Taney County; Mary, was the wife of Jacob Horn, and died in Stone County; Fannie, the wife of Jasper Keithley, died in McDonald County; Martha, resides in Taney County; Eliza, married, resided in Christian County; Nancy, wife of Samuel Stanfield, died in Carroll County, Arkansas; John enlisted in the Twenty-fourth Missouri Infantry, but was transferred to the Sixteenth Missouri Cavalry, and died while in service, and Daniel, died in Christian County when a young man. When called upon to select his occupation in life, our subject decided to follow in the footsteps of his ancestors and till the soil. At an early age he became familar with all the duties of farm life, but, as his parents were poor and he had to assist on the farm, he secured but a limited education. He was married first in 1856, to Miss Minerva, daughter of William and Elizabeth Carpenter, and a native of Stone County. She died in 1857, and in 1859 Mr. Gideon wedded Miss Mary Ann Berry, daughter of Patrick and Nancy Berry, and a native of Stone County, Missouri Mr. and Mrs. Berry were natives of Illinois and Tennessee, respectively. Grandfather Berry was killed in one of the early wars. Mr. and Mrs. Berry came to Stone County, Missouri, after marriage, and here passed the remainder of their days, the mother dying in 1863, during the war, and the father in 1886. He was a farmer, and in his religious views a Baptist. To Mr. and Mrs. Gideon have been born ten children: Cordelia Josephine, wife of Nathanel Galloway of Stone County; Franklin, of Stone County; John, died when young; Nancy; Minerva Adline Jane, wife of Charles Wolf, of Christian County; William; George, died in infancy; Julia; Mollie Lillis and an infant died unnamed. Mr. Gideon lived in Stone County until after the death of his first wife, when he moved to this county. In 1877 he came to his present farm, consisting of 293 acres, eighteen miles north of Galena, and now has 200 acres under cultivation. In connection with farming, he is also engaged in stockraising, and everything about his place indicates to the beholder that an experienced hand is at the helm. In the fall of 1863 Mr. Gideon enlisted in Company C, Sixteenth Missouri Cavalry, as bugler of the company and served in that capacity until the close of hostilities, principally in southwestern Missouri and northwestern Arkansas. He was in many severe skirmishes, but was never captured nor wounded. He was mustered out at Springfield. Early in the war Mr. Gideon joined the Home Guards and served until enlisting in the regular army. He was justice of the peace for two years, and in 1884 was elected county judge for the North District of Stone County, serving two years. Since then he has directed all of his attention to his farm. Socially he is a member of Marionville Post, G. A. R. His wife is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church. Her maternal grand-father, William Gideon, was born in Wilkes County, N. C., June 4, 1791, and the latter's wife, Mahala (Woods) Gideon, was also a native of that State, born in 1792. They were married in 1812, and about 1816 removed to Hawkins County, Tennessee, where they made their home until 1836, when they came to what is now Christian County. There they passed the closing scenes of their lives, he dying in 1871 and she the following year. He was a hatter by trade, and one of the first settlers of the county. Patrick Berry, Mrs. Gideon's father, had three brothers, David, Joseph and Alex., all of whom came with their mother to Stone County, and all died here. Their mother, whose name was Hettie Day, was a native of Illinois, but one of the early settlers of what is now Stone County, where she died. Patrick Berry was married three times. His second wife was Rebecca Thomas, who bore him several children. His third wife's maiden name was Mary Barnett. The children born to his first union were named as follows: Sophia (Mrs. Gideon), Perlina, William, Jane, Green (deceased), Mahala, and Emeline, (deceased). KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information 11613 BOYD CO – JOHN HOWELL – Howell, Young, Kelley 11613 A HISTORY OF KENTUCKY BAPTISTS from 1769 to 1885 by J. H. Spencer, Vol. II, 1886. (Boyd Co). JOHN HOWELL, one of the pioneer preachers in Greenup Association, was born in Bedford county, Va., about 1783. He was baptized into the fellowship of Meadowfield church, and licensed to preach, at Stone Road meetinghouse, in his native county. In 1834, he moved to Lawrence county, Ohio, and, a year later, settled in what is now Boyd county, Kentucky, near the present site of Ashland. Here he labored with much zeal in the Master’s vineyard, and was instrumental in gathering Union (now Unity) church, about 1838. This was the second organization of the kind, formed within the present limits of Greenup Association. In this church, he was ordained to the full work of the ministry, by John Young and John Kelley. He, however, took charge of no church, but devoted himself to laboring among the destitute, with great zeal, for about twenty years. In 1854, he moved to Illinois, whence the Lord called him to his final reward, the following year. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information 11612 MERCER CO – GENERAL JOHN ADAIR – Adair, Madison, Hall, Madison, Taylor, Wells, Burr, Shelby, Jackson, Desha, Butler, Logan 11612 Historical Sketches of Kentucky, Published by Lewis Collins, Maysville, Ky., and J. A. &I U. P. James, Cincinnati, 1847. GENERAL JOHN ADAIR, in honor of this county [Adair] received its name, was born in South Carolina, in the year 1757. His character was formed in the trying times and admidst the thrilling incidents of the Revolution. At an early age, he entered the army as a volunteer, was made prisoner by the British, and as usual, treated with savage cruelty, having been thrown into prison and subjected to every species of insult and hardship that the ingenuity of his captors could devise. In 1786 he emigrated to Kentucky, and settled in Mercer county. In the border war which raged with so much fury on the north-western frontier, General (the Major), Adair was an active and efficient officer, and frequently engaged with the Indians. One incident of this nature merits a relation. On the sixth of November 1792, Major Adair, at the head of a detachment of mounted volunteers, from Kentucky, while encamped in the immediate vicinity of Ft. St. Clair, twenty-six miles south of Greenville, near where Eaton, the county seat of Preble county Ohio, now stands, was suddenly and violently attacked by a large party of Indians, who rushed on the encampment with great fury. A bloody conflict ensued, during which Major Adair ordered Lieutenant Madison, with a small party to gain the right flank of the enemy, if possible, and at the same time gave an order for Lieutenant Hall to attack to their left, but learning that that officer had been slain, the Major with about twenty-five of his men made the attack in person, with a view of sustaining Lieutenant Madison. The pressure of this movement caused the enemy to retire. They were driven about six hundred yards, through and beyond the American camp, where they made a stand, and again fought desperately. At this junction about sixty of the Indians made an effort to turn the right flank of the whites. Major Adair forseeing the consequences of this maneuver, found it necessary to order a retreat. That movement was effected with regularity, and as was expected, the Indians pursued them to their camp, where a halt was made, and another severe battle was fought, in which the Indians suffered severely, and were driven from the ground. In this affair six of the whites were killed, five wounded and four missing. Among the wounded were Lieutenant (afterwards Governor) George Madison and Colonel Richard Taylor, the father of the present Major General Zachary Taylor, the hero of Palo Alto, Monterey, Buena Vista &c. The Indians on this occasion, were commanded by the celebrated Little Turtle. Some years afterwards, in 1805-6, when General Adair was Register of the land office in Frankfort, Captain William Wells, Indian agent, passed through that place, on his way to Washington city, attended by some Indians, among whom was the chief, Little Turtle. General Adair called on his old antagonist, and in the course of the conversation, the incident above related, being alluded to, Gen. Adair attributed his defeat to his having been taken by surprise. The little Turtle immediately remarked with great pleasantness, “a good general is never taken by surprise.” In 1807, Major Adair’s popularity underwent a temporary obscuration from his supposed connection with the treasonable enterprise of Burr. His conduct and opinions became the subject of much speculation, and the public got to regard him with an eye of some suspicion. But it is now generally believed that General Adair’s course in that affair was predicated upon an opinion that Colonel Bur’s plans were approved by the government, which at that time contemplated a war with Spain. General Adair’s opinions and associations at that day, placed him with the federal party, among whom he stood deservedly high. In the campaign of 1813 he accompanied Governor Shelby into Canada, as an aid, and was present in that capacity at the battle of the Thames. His conduct during this campaign was such as to draw from his superior officers an expression of their approbation, and his name was honorably mentioned in the report to the war department. Governor Shelby afterwards conferred upon him the appointment of adjutant general of the Kentucky troops, with the brevet rank of brigadier general, in which character he commanded the Kentuckians in the glorious battle of New Orleans. The acrimonious controversy between him and General Jackson, growing out of the imputations cast by the latter on the conduct of the Kentucky troops on that eventful day, is fresh in the recollection of all. In 1820, he was elected governor of Kentucky, in opposition to Judge Logan, Governor Desha, and Colonel Butler. He was often a member of the State legislature, and on several occasions was speaker of that body. In 1805 he was elected to the senate of the United States, from Kentucky, for the term of one year. In 1831 he was elected to congress, and served in the house of representatives from 1831 to 1833, inclusive. General Adair, in all the situations, military and civil, to which he was elevated by his countrymen, discharged his duties in such a manner as to command the respect and confidence of his fellow citizens. He was a brave soldier, an active, vigilant and efficient officer – a politician of sound principles and enlarged views, and an ardent patriot. Among the early pioneers of Kentucky, he deservedly occupies a prominent place and a high rank. He died on the 195h of May, 1849, at the advanced age of 83 years. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx