NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information 11572 MERCER CO – G. M. SLAUGHTER – Slaughter, Adams, Derr 11572 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume IV – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. (Mercer Co) G. M. SLAUGHTER was born in Mercer County, July 13, 1839, and is a most enterprising business man. He is a member of the firm of Adams & Slaughter, commission merchants of the town of Oregon, who do a large and lucrative business; they handle coal, salt and grain. Mr. Slaughter was married March 7, 1867, to Miss Lizzie Derr; they have the following children: Lena, Sarah M., Thomas E., DeWitt, Henry T. and G. M. Slaughter, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Slaughter are both members of the Presbyterian Church. He is a member of the Democratic party. 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 11571 SIMPSON CO – BEVERLY FLEMING – Fleming, Ross, Stuart, Bibb, Sloss, Butler, Jackson 11571 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume IV – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. (Simpson Co). BEVERLY FLEMING was born in Sumner County, Tenn., October 22, 1818, and is the third in a family of nine children, born to James and Mary (Ross) Fleming, the former of whom was a native of North Carolina and the latter a native of Tennessee. Both were of English descent, and were born in 1792 and 1797, respectively. James Fleming received his early education in his native State. At the age of fifteen or sixteen re removed with his parents to Sumner County, Tenn., where he afterward married and engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death, which occurred in 1857. For several years he also followed the carpenter’s trade in connection with farming. He was a veteran of the war of 1812, and was for several years constable and also deputy sheriff of Sumner County, Tenn. Mrs. Mary Fleming departed this life in about 1830. For many years she was a zealous and devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. One of her brothers, Ezekiel Ross, was a veteran of the war of 1812. Beverly Fleming received his education at the subscription schools of his native county, and is a man of good general information, having been quite an extensive reader all his life. He was employed at the old homestead in Tennessee until he attained his majority, after which he started on horseback for Arkansas, where he was employed at teaming for some six months. He then returned, in September, 1840, to Sumner County, Tenn., engaged in teaming and farming the home place on shares with his father for one year, after which he farmed on rented lands for some three years. He then bought a farm in Sumner County, upon which he remained five years. In 1849 he sold out and came to Simpson County, Ky., where he bought the farm of 163 acres, near Pilot Knob, upon which he now resides, and where he is successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits. For several years he was lieutenant and afterward captain in the Tennessee State Militia. After coming to Kentucky he also served in the militia of that State. In 1855 he was elected magistrate for Knob District and served for twelve consecutive years. He has twice made the race for representative of Simpson County in the Lower House of the Legislature on the Republican ticket, running far ahead of his party ticket. He first married, July 29, 1841, Sarah Ann Stuart, a native of Sumner County, Tenn.; she was born in April, 1822, and was a daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Bibb) Stark, natives of North Carolina and Virginia, respectively, and of English descent. To this union were born three sons, viz.: James A., Robert S. and John C. The death of Mrs. Sarah Ann Fleming occurred October 10, 1878. Mr. Fleming next married, January 29, 1880, Mrs. Sarah V. D. (Sloss) Beard, a native of Simpson County, Ky.; she was born in 1831. She is a daughter of James and Deborah D. (Butler and Jackson) Sloss. Mr. Fleming and wife have been from early life members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he officiated for many years as class leader, steward and superintendent of Sabbath schools. He is also an earnest advocate of the temperance cause and a member of the I. O. G. T., in which order he has been W. C. T. and Lodge Deputy. He is also a member of the Masonic fraternity. In politics he is a stanch Republican. 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 11570 LINCOLN CO – P. B. BELL – Bell, Lockey, Mace, Robinson, Bryant, Blanton 11570 Pike County Missouri History, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883. p. 840-841. (Lincoln Co KY) P. B. BELL, the son of John T. and Grace (Lockey) Bell, is a native of Lincoln county, Kentucky, where he was born October 12, 1812. Mr. Bell was reared in Stanford county [sic] and received by a limited school education, though he became, when but a young man, well acquainted with men and things. When but fourteen years old he entered the store of J. B. and M. Camden, where he worked some four years and acquired that knowledge of business which has proven of such large advantage in his subsequent life. On the 12th day of October, 1830, he came to Pike county and settled near the town of Ashley, but in the spring of 1832 he enlisted in Captain Mace’s company as a soldier in the Black Hawk War. In the spring of 1833 he engaged in selling goods in the town of Bowling Green, in which place there were then but three stores, including his own. He continued to merchandise here until 1839, when he began to handle produce and to buy and sell stock, in which avocation he continued for some time. Mr. Bell was married May 1, 1842, to Miss Martha Robinson, of this county, but formerly of Wythe county, Virginia, and soon thereafter again settled near the town of Ashley. In 1850 he bought the first thorough-bred Durham cattle ever owned in Pike county, paying seven hundred dollars for three head, and being frequently told by his friends that his investments were ruinous and must soon succeed in bankrupting him. His stock, however, soon became very popular, as they took all the premiums in their class wherever shown – his Duke of Indiana receiving no less than five first premiums at the St. Louis fairs, and hence a demand was made for his cattle, which was alike profitable to him and largely advantageous to the people of the county. From this beginning may be traced the very excellent cattle for which Pike county is now so justly noted. At this time Mr. Bell resides in Ashley, where he has a splendid residence, furnished with much taste, and surrounded by all the comforts and luxuries calculated to make his life pleasant and happy. He has two children, Rebecca, now Mrs. J. W. Bryant, and Anna, now Mrs. J. P. Blanton, whose husband is at this time superintendent of the normal school at Kirksville. Mr. Bell has a large farm of about six hundred acres near Ashley, where can be seen some of the best cattle in Pike county. Mr. Bell is a member of the O.S. Presbyterian Church, an elder in the same, a liberal contributor to it, and also a zealous friend and supporter of the cause of education and of all those moral influences whose tendencies are the upbuilding of society and the true elevation of the individual members of his race. 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 11569 CHRISTIAN CO – JAMES W. MOORE – Moore, Harrison, Montgomery, Radford, Jones, Gordon, Summers, Buckner 11569 County of Christian, Kentucky; Historical and Biographical. Edited by William Henry Perrin. F. A. Battey Publishing Co., Chicago and Louisville, 1884. Longview Precinct. JAMES W. MOORE was born in Buckingham County, Va., in 1806, and in 1816 came to Kentucky with his parents, who settled in Christian County on the farm “The Cedars”, where he has since resided, and followed the occupation of a farmer. Besides having divided a large tract of land among his children, he is now the owner of 300 acres. In 1832 he married Mary Harrison, of Montgomery County, Tenn., who died leaving the following children, viz.: Benjamin D., James C., Mrs. Mary Montgomery and William H. On the 6th of June, 1850, he married Sarah F. (daughter of Reuben Radford, of this county), who has borne him the following children: Robert L., born in 1854; Mrs. Elizabeth W. Montgomery, born in 1862, and Frank R., born in 1864. Captain Benjamin Moore, the father of our subject, was born in Virginia, and died in this county in 1831, aged seventy-two years; he served in the Revolutionary war; his wife, the mother of our subject, was Sarah (Jones) Moore; she died in this county, and was the mother of William, Mrs. Nancy Jones, Robert, Mrs. Martha Gordon, John, Henry, Thomas, Benjamin, David, Jefferson, James W., Mrs. Lucy Summers and Mrs. Mary P. Buckner.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information 11568 WARREN CO – REV. MADISON M. SMITH – Smith, Clark, Mauck, Knowls, Mansfield, Reeves 11568 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume II – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. (Warren Co) REV. MADISON M. SMITH was born December 23, 1828, in Adair County, Ky., about four miles south of Columbia. At the age of seven years, he removed to Gibson County, Ind. In 1852 he returned to Kentucky, and entered college at Princeton, Caldwell County, where he remained three years, after which he lived for eighteen months in Henderson County, one year in Union County, and for more than ten years in Christian County. In the spring of 1868 he removed to Warren County, where he now resides. His father, David Smith, was born near Lexington, Ky., in July, 1801, but removed in his infancy with his parents to Adair County, where he lived until 1836, when he removed to Indiana, remaining there until his death, which occurred March 16, 1882. He was a son of James Smith, who lived in Virginia. He was born about 1754, was of Irish descent, and was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. David Smith was married, October 24, 1826, to Eliza, daughter of David and Isabella Clark. From this union sprang John M., Madison M., Benjamin F., James, Mary A., (Mauck), David W. and Eliza J. (Knowls). Rev. Mr. Smith’s marriage took place October 29, 1855, with Jeannette C., daughter of Otway and Mary M. (Mansfield) Reeves. To them one daughter – Mary Eliza – has been born. Mr. Smith is a possessor of a fine English education, and has made considerable progress in the study of the higher branches, having finished his junior year in Cumberland College. He is the owner of 100 acres of well improved and highly cultivated land. He has since 1848 been a consistent member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. April 5, 1851, he was received as a candidate for the ministry; in April, 1853, was licensed to preach, and in July, 1854, was ordained, since which time he has been preaching the gospel. He has, however, taught for two years during that time, and since 1878 has carried on his farm, as well as acting as a minister of the gospel. Under his ministry probably 500 persons have professed religion, and about 300 have united with the church. In politics he is an independent Democrat, who votes for men rather than parties. 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 11567 SIMPSON CO – CAPT. RICHARD P. FINN – Finn, Bigger, Smith, Evans, Harris 11567 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume IV – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. (Simpson Co). CAPT. RICHARD P. FINN was born in Franklin, Simpson Co., Ky., November 9, 1840, and is the youngest of nine children born to John and Frances W. (Bigger) Finn, the former of whom was a native of Cork, Ireland, and the latter of Simpson County, Ky., and of English descent. John Finn received a good English and commercial education in his native land. Soon after attaining his majority he, in company with his sister, immigrated to the United States, first stopping in Philadelphia, where he located his sister, remaining himself, however, only short time. From Philadelphia he came directly to Franklin, Simpson co., Ky., then only a small village, where he engaged in general merchandising. This he continued until about 1825, when his store was destroyed by fire. He then engaged in the dry goods trade at [the] same place in company with his brother, Lawrence Finn, continuing the same until his death, which occurred in 1841. Mr. Finn twice represented Simpson County in the lower house of the State Legislature, first in 1836 and again in 1838. He married soon after he came to Simpson County. He was a devout member of the Catholic Church, and his wife of the Cumberland Presbyterian. The death of Mrs. Frances W. Finn occurred on the 3d of January, 1873. Capt. Richard P. Finn received a thorough English and classical education in early life, graduating with high honors from St. Joseph’s College, of Bardstown, Ky., in 1861. He then commenced the study of law with Smith & Finn, of Franklin, Ky., but remained only a few months. In September, 1861, he enrolled as a private in Company I, Sixth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (Confederate); at the organization of the company he was commissioned first lieutenant, and after the battle of Shiloh, at the reorganization of the company and regiment, at Corinth, he was promoted to captain, holding that rank until the close of the war, but for the last seven months of his service, viz.: after the battle of Jonesboro, Ga., he commanded the regiment. He participated in the battles of Jackson, Miss., Stone River, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Atlanta and many others. After his return from the army, he was employed as a salesman in a grocery store at Franklin, and after a few months he bought an interest in the store and continued the business for two years. He then engaged in the manufacture of brick at [the] same place which he continued for another two years. Since that time he has been engaged in teaching and farming. He owns a well improved farm of seventy-one acres near Middleton, which is in a high state of cultivation. The Captain was superintendent of the county schools for two years, 1881 and 1882, and represented Simpson County in the lower house of the State Legislature from 1873 to 1875. He first married, May 28, 1866, Bettie Evans, a native of what is now Simpson, formerly a part of Logan County, Ky., born May 3, 1840. She was a daughter of Walter W. and Susan C. (Harris) Evans. To this union was born one son, Walter T. Mrs. Bettie Finn departed this life May 1, 1869. Capt. Finn next married, September 5, 1874, Sallie Evans, a sister of his first wife, also a native of Simpson County, born March 24, 1854. One daughter has blessed this union, Bettie E. The Captain is a member of the Catholic Church and Mrs. Finn of the Missionary Baptist Church. 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 11566 ALLEN CO – ISAAC McMURRAY – McMurray, Witherspoon 11566 A HISTORY OF KENTUCKY BAPTISTS from 1769 to 1885 by J. H. Spencer, Vol. II, 1886. (Allen Co) ISAAC McMURRY, son of James McMurry, a prominent Baptist of Allen county, was several years a minister in Bays Fork Association. He was fairly educated, acquired a good knowledge of books, and was esteemed for his piety and upright life. What church he first joined, does not appear, but, about 1842, he gave his membership to Rocky Spring church in Warren county. Here an attempt was made to ordain him to the ministry. But the presbytery called for that purpose, deem him unsound in doctrine, and refused to lay hands on him. However, he continued to labor as a licensed preacher, and, with the aid of his pastor, Younger Witherspoon, raised up Big Spring church, in Allen county. To this congregation he gave his membership, and was soon afterwards ordained to its pastoral care. He was also called to the care of some other churches in that vicinity. About the beginning of the War, he moved farther west, and settled within the bounds of Little River Association Here he labored in the ministry, about ten years. In 1875, he moved to Texas, where he still resides. 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 11565 PIKE CO – JOHN WILBURN PRUITT – Pruitt, Buckley, Justice, Smith 11565 History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State. Volume III Illustrated. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago – Louisville, 1928. (Pike Co.) JOHN WILBURN PRUITT is making a fine record as county judge and also occupies an enviable position in the business circles of Pikeville. He was born January 7, 1889, in Coal Run, Pike county, Kentucky, and is a son of William Franklin and Sarah (Buckley) Pruitt. His boyhood was spent on his father’s farm and his education was acquired in the public schools of his native county. He followed agricultural pursuits for a number of years and in 1922 opened an insurance office in Pikeville. His business has grown steadily in the intervening period, and in its conduct he displays keen sagacity. He is well informed on matters pertaining thereto and therefore capable of assisting his clients in securing the policies best suited to their needs. Judge Pruitt was married October 30, 1907, to Miss Victoria Smith, who was a daughter of Marvin U. and Lucinda (Justice) Smith, of Buchanan county, Virginia, and who died November 14, 1918. She had become the mother of eight children: Maudie, who was born November 25, 1908; Marvin, born December 23, 1909; Claudie, born March 3, 1911; Andrew, born in June, 1912; Fran, born October 2, 1913; Trimble, born June 15, 1914; Irvin, born September 1, 1915; and Paul, born November 6, 1917. Judge Pruitt is a Mason and also belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was a magistrate of Pike county from 1922 until 1926 and in the fall of 1925 was elected county judge. He entered upon his new duties on the 4th of January, 1926 and has demonstrated that he is the right man for the office. His rulings are just and equitable and his course has received unqualified approval. He is a young man of strong character, actuated by high ideas of public service, and a large and ever widening circle of steadfast friends is indicative of his personal popularity. 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 11564 BOYLE CO – JOHN MILTON VAN METER – Van Meter, Morgan, Harness, Cunningham, Lovell, Yerkes, Morton, Clay, Webster 11564 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume IV – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. JOHN MILTON VAN METER was born June 21, 1842, in Clark County, Ky., and in 1862 enlisted in Company E, Eighty Kentucky Confederate Regiment, Morgan’s command; was captured on the Ohio raid, and remained a prisoner of war at Camps Chase and Douglas until the close of the war. His father, Isaac Van Meter, a native of Hardy County, Va., removed to Clark County, Ky., when a young man, where he engaged in farming and stock breeding, and was among the first to introduce shorthorn cattle into the State. He was for many years a deacon in the Presbyterian Church, an old line Whig, and died about 1855, at the age of sixty-four years. He married Rebecca, daughter of Capt. Isaac and Sarah (Harness) Cunningham of Clerk County (bourn 1800, died n 1864) and their union resulted in the birth of Solomon, Isaac C., Jacob, Susan (Allen), Sarah A. (Hall), Rebecca (deceased), Eliza C. (deceased), Amanda E. (deceased), Benjamin F., Thomas C., William (deceased), Abram, Lewis M. and John M. On March 20, 1866, John M. Van Meter was married to Miss Alice, daughter of Rev. Stephen and Amanda (Lovell) Yerkes, of Boyle County (born in Maryland, August 19, 1843), and to them have been born Ama Y., Susan A., Adie L. (deceased), John M. (deceased), Lizzie S. and Alice Y. In 1802 Mr. Van Meter graduated at Centre College, Danville, and in 1868 in the law department of the Kentucky University at Lexington, and practiced law two years in partnership with Judge Morton of Lexington. In 1870 he located on a farm in Woodford County, where he remained until 1883, when he sold the farm for $120 per acre, and purchased 437 acres of land in Boyle County, three miles south of Danville, where he now resides. His farm is in good condition, well improved, and in a fine state of cultivation. He has a nice herd of shorthorn cattle on the place; considerable space has been devoted to fruit culture, and he has one of the most extensive and thrifty vineyard in the vicinity. For sixteen years Mr. Van Meter has been an elder in the Southern Presbyterian Church. In politics he is a Democrat. His grandfather, Capt. Isaac Cunningham, was a soldier in the war of 1812, and represented Clark County in the Legislature. Isaac Cunningham has entertained Henry Clay and Daniel Webster at his house. 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 11563 JESSAMINE CO – WILLIAM ALEXANDER McQUIE – McQuie, Morrison, Burnett, Rule, Duke, Lingenfelter, Ruder, Wiseman 11563 Pike County Missouri History, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883. William Alexander McQuie is the second son of William L. and Martha (Morrison) McQuie, and was born near Hickman, Jessamine county, Kentucky, November 13, 1827. He came with his parents to Missouri when he was nine months old, they settling in Pike county, in the vicinity of Louisiana where he was raised. He was educated by attending the common subscription schools in his boyhood and the Wood’s Academy at Louisiana. After becoming of age, in 1849, he went overland to California, his associates and camp-mates being John Burnett, now Governor of Oregon, E. B. Rule, deceased, late of Louisiana city, and Charles Duke, a revenue collector of California. They left Louisiana city, April 9, with a train of nine wagons, and were en route some six months when they reached Sacramento, where they equipped themselves for mining. After mining on the American and Yuba rivers some eighteen months, he, with T. Ford and J. Burnett, engaged in butchering and dealing in mining supplies, which business he followed until the fill of 1851, when he returned to Pike county. He then purchased the farm on which he now lives, and has engaged in farming ever since. March 29, 1855, he married Fanny Lingenfelter, of Fayette county, Kentucky, who died near Louisiana, August 24, 1871. October 15, 1878, he married for his second wife Mrs. Rebecca Ruder, relict of Capt. Alhambra Ruder, an old and highly esteemed Missouri River steamboat pilot and captain, and daughter of Frederick J. Wiseman, Esq. In 1871, he with others, established the Bank of Pike County, he being a stockholder and one of the directors, which unfortunately was obliged to suspend in 1875 on account of the misappropriation of money in private speculation by the cashier, by which transaction he with others lost heavily. He enjoys one of the most pleasant homes in Pike county. Its surroundings show thrift and taste, and its interior, though unostentatious, indicates culture and refinement, and the presence of a skillful housewife. Himself and wife re members of the M. E. Church South, of Louisiana city, of which he has held the office of trustee and steward for a number of years. 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 11562 CHRISTIAN CO – JAMES M. MONTGOMERY – Montgomery, Stites, Radford, Moore 11562 County of Christian, Kentucky; Historical and Biographical. Edited by William Henry Perrin. F. A. Battey Publishing Co., Chicago and Louisville, 1884. Longview Precinct. JAMES M. MONTGOMERY. The grandfather of this gentleman as Dr. Francis G. Montgomery, a graduate of the Transylvania University, an early settler of Christian County, a physician of prominence, and at one time Superintendent of the Hospital for the Insane near Hopkinsville; he died in 1865; his son, the father of our subject, was Abraham Montgomery, a native of Hopkinsville, who was assistant at the asylum with his father; he died in Hopkinsville in 1870, aged thirty-nine years. James M. Montgomery was born in Hopkinsville, Ky., March 26, 1860, and here he was reared until he was fifteen years of age, and then moved to Louisville and lived with his uncle, Judge Henry J. Stites, and then attended the high schools. On the 14th of January, 1883, he married Miss Lizzie W., daughter of James W. and Sarah F. (Radford) Moore; he is the owner of a farm of 164 acres of good land, upon which he resides, engaged in agricultural pursuits. 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 11561 WARREN CO – J. J. SMITH – Smith, Hess, Covington, Sensibaugh, Johnson, Polk 11561 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume II – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. J. J. SMITH was born near Bowling Green, September 1, 1827, to Elijah C. and Sallie (Hess) Smith. His parents were, respectively, natives of Rockingham County, N. C. and Augusta County, Va., and reared a family four sons and six daughters. Elijah C. Smith was brought to Warren County, Ky., in 1806, where he grew up, became one of the leading farmers and slave holders, and died in 1868, aged sixty-five years. He was a son of Joseph H. and Sarah (Covington) Smith, of Rockingham County, N. C., who immigrated to Warren County, in 1806, and settled on 400 acres four miles southeast of Bowling Green. This land Joseph H. purchased for one horse; he was of Scotch-Irish origin; served as magistrate for many years and also as sheriff. Mrs. Sallie Smith was a daughter of John and Mary (Sensibaugh) Hess, of Augusta County, Va. John Hess was born in 1775, and died at the age of sixty-five. J. J. Smith at the age of twenty-one commenced business for himself, trading and speculating; in August, 1808, he was elected sheriff of Warren County, and re-elected in 1870. At the breaking out of the way we turned his attention to furnishing cattle for Johnson’s army, stationed at Bowling Green. December 22, 1881, he married Mrs. Fannie Covington, of Warren County, who has one son, J. W. Covington, by her former husband, B. H. Covington; she is one of the active influential members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and owns two farms of 300 acres. Mr. Smith now resides seven miles south of Bowling Green on 221 acres of fine land; he owned eight slaves before the war. In politics he is a Democrat, and cast his first presidential vote for Polk in 1844. 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 11560 SIMPSON CO – WALTER W. EVANS – Evans, Warder, Roberts, Hail, Harris, Finn, Morrow 11560 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume IV – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. (Simpson Co). WALTER W. EVANS, deceased was born on the 25th of January, 1815, in Barren County, KY., and was the eighth of nine children born to Alexander and Nancy (Warder) Evans, the former of whom was a native of Culpeper County, Va., and the latter a native of Maryland. Both were of English descent. Alexander Evans was educated and married in his native State, where in early life, he learned the carriage and wagon-making’s trade and followed the same in Virginia until about 1800, when he removed with his wife and two children to Barren County, Ky., then an almost unbroken wilderness. There his father-in-law, Joseph Warder, bought a large military grant, which he divided among his children. Mr. Evans settled on the portion falling to his wife’s share, and subsequently improved a farm upon which he resided for many years, and was engaged in farming in connection with his trade. In 1840 he sold his place in Barren and removed to Logan County, Ky., where he resided with his two sons, Walter and John, until his death. He was a veteran of the Revolutionary war, and served through the entire struggle of seven years. Mrs. Nancy Evans’ death occurred in 1`870, in her eighty-first year. From her girlhood she was a devoted member of the Baptist Church. Her father, Joseph Warder, was one of the most wealthy and extensive planters in the colony of Virginia. In about 1800 he came to Kentucky, where he located a military grant of several thousand acres in Barren County, upon which he located all his children. Walter W. Evans received a good common school education in his youth, for that early day, and was employed on his father’s farm until he attained his majority, after which he engaged as a traveling dry goods salesman for William Roberts, of Nashville, Tenn., continuing that business for five years. He and his brother, John Evans, then engaged in the same business on their own account, and continued traveling for three years. They then bought a partially improved farm in the eastern part of Logan County, Ky., where they farmed together for about three years; Walter W. then left the farm and was engaged in collecting for Case, Willard & Co., of New York, for two years. He then dissolved partnership with his brother, sold his interest in their farm and bought another partially improved place of 150 acres in what is known as the “Cut-off” in Simpson County, Ky., to which he continued to add from time to time, until owner of well improved farms amounting to some 800 acres. Here he resided and was extensively engaged in farming and stock raising until his death, which occurred August 6i, 1880. He belonged to no church, but was a member of the I. O. O. F. He married, November 28, 1844, Susan Catherine, daughter of Nathan R. and Elizabeth (Hail) Harris, a native of Franklin, Simpson Co. Ky., and born March 5, 1828. Her parents were natives of Louisa Court House, Va., and Simpson County, Ky., respectively, and were of English descent. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Evans was blessed by five sons and four daughters, viz.: Bettie (deceased), Mary (deceased), Robert A., Walter A. (deceased), Sallie (wife of Capt. R. P. Finn), Joseph H., James William, John Elmore and Ida May. Mrs. Susan C. Evans is yet living and resides in the old homestead; her four youngest children are yet unmarried and reside with her. She has been from early life a devoted member of the Missionary Baptist Church, and was baptized and married by Rev. O. H. Morrow. Joseph H. Evans, the eldest of the sons remaining at home, is now constable of Middleton District. All the sons are energetic and successful farmers, and are among the most respected citizens of the county and district. All are Democrats in politics. 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 11559 ALLEN CO – JOHN G. DURHAM - Durham 11559 A HISTORY OF KENTUCKY BAPTISTS from 1769 to 1885 by J. H. Spencer, Vol. II, 1886. (Allen Co). JOHN G. DURHAM, a native of Allen County, was among the early laborers in the Bays Fork Association. He was ordained by Trammels Fork church, about 1848, and was a very zealous and active laborer, for a number of years, within the bounds of Bays Fork and Barren River Association. He was well adapted to the work of a missionary, and was very useful as a laborer among the destitute. He was also an acceptable pastor of several churches, at different periods. After the close of the War, he moved to Bowling Green, and engaged in merchandising, since which time he has not been so useful in the ministry. He still continues to preach occasionally. SCKY Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=south-central-kentucky Barren Co Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybarren 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 11558 BARREN CO – EDWARD HUGGINS SMITH – Smith, Huggins, White, Trigg, Parker, McVay, Atwood 11558 History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State. Volume III Illustrated. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago – Louisville, 1928. (Barren Co). EDWARD HUGGINS SMITH. In the field of professional service Edward Huggins Smith has made continuous progress, establishing an enviable reputation as a corporation lawyer, and for fifteen years he has engaged in practice at Glasgow. He was born November 27, 1881, in Caldwell County, Texas, and is the oldest of the six children of William Basil and Annie L. (Huggins) Smith, prominent residents of Glasgow. A detailed account of the family is published elsewhere in this volume. E. H. Smith attended Richmond College of Virginia and in 1901 received the A. B. degree from the Kentucky Military Institute at Lyndon. He was next a law student at the University of Michigan and in 1905 won the degree of L.L. B. from Yale University. He was admitted to the bar in 1903 and practiced in Oklahoma for seven years. He located in Glasgow, Kentucky, in 1911, and formed a partnership with J. R. White, with whom he has since been associated with the exception of the period from 1918 until 1923. The name of White & Smith has been accorded an important clientele and acts as counsel for the Trigg National Bank, the First National Bank, the Consolidated Coach Company, the Service Bus Company, the Paragon Pipe Line Company, the Wood Oil Company, and all of the local automobile firms. The partners are lawyers of broad experience and display keen sagacity in the solution of intricate legal problems. Mr. Smith was married December 15, 1906, in Carthage, Missouri, to Miss Cora McVay, a daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Parker) McVay, of Paris, Arkansas. Her father was an agriculturist and gives his political support to the democratic party. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have four sons. Basil H., the oldest, born October 9, 1907, is a member of the senior class of the Glasgow high school and a star football player. The others are: Thomas Parker, who was born June 6, 1909, and is a sophomore in the local high school; Edmund McVay, who was born June 15, 1912; and Robert H., born January 17, 1917. Mrs. Smith was born in Paris, Arkansas, and was educated in that state. She attended the University of Arkansas and previous to her marriage was a successful teacher. She is a zealous member of the Baptist church and president of the Missionary Circle. She is identified with the Music Club of Glasgow and is also eligible to membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution, being a descendant of Mr. Atwood, who participated in the battle of Lexington. Mr. Smith is also a Baptist in religious faith and teaches a class in the Sunday school. He is a stanch adherent of the republican party and for two terms was United States commissioner. He was president of the local school board for a term and is every ready to serve his community when needed. During the World war he was attorney for the National Council of Defense, was also active in the Red Cross and Liberty Loan campaigns and he is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, which is one of the most important factors in the development of Glasgow. Mr. Smith is skilled in feats of legerdemain, to which he turns for diversion. He belongs to Allen Lodge, No. 24, F. & A. M., and is identified with the Royal Arch Masons. His professional connections are with the Kentucky and American Bar Associations and he views life from a broad standpoint and exemplifies in his conduct the lofty ideas of an ancient and noble calling. 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 11557 MERCER CO – JEFFERSON ROBARDS, JR. – Robards, Lewis, Allen, Corn, Baker, Piper, Anderson 11557 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. (Mercer Co). JEFFERSON ROBARDS, Jr. , was born October 6, 1848, near Bergen; Mercer Co., Ky., and in 1854, with his parents, located three miles south of Harrodsburg, where he has since resided. His father, Jefferson Robards, Sr., was born January 28, 1806, in Garrard County, where he was reared, was a farmer and slave-holder, a Whig; provost-marshal during the late war, and died September 3, 1882. He was the son of Jesse Robards, a native Virginian, an early settler in Kentucky and a soldier in the war of 1812. He married a Miss Lewis, and from their union sprang Robert, Joseph, Thomas, John, Jefferson, Sr., Ellen (Allen), Polly (Corn), Betsy (Baker), Nancy (Piper) and Frances (Anderson). Jefferson, Sr. [sic] married, October, 16, 1883, Miss Kate, daughter of Abram and Cynthia (Young) Terhune, of Mercer County, born in January 1863. Mr. Robards is a farmer, having 210 acres of land in a high state of cultivation. He is a member of the Southern Presbyterian Church, and in politics a Democrat.

NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information 11556 HARRISON CO – REV. JAMES WASHINGTON CAMPBELL – Campbell, Gooch, Henry, Exison, Ewing, Morris, Jump, McCune, Crane, Watts 11556 Pike County Missouri History, Des Moines, Iowa, Mills and Company, 1883. (Harrison Co KY) Rev. James Washington Campbell, was born near Cynthiana, Harrison county, Kentucky, January 13, 1801. He lived with his parents, William and Jane (Gooch) Campbell, at his birthplace, until he was ten years of age, and near Versailles, Woodford county, Kentucky, until he was twelve, and then near Franklin, Williams county, Tennessee, until he was seventeen, when he came with them to Missouri in 1818, they settling in the vicinity of Bowling Green, Pike county. He had obtained a fair education before coming to Missouri by attending school at the various places where his parents have lived, and by private study and reading. He continued to make his home with his parents until his marriage in 1827, with Sophia A. Henry, of Lincoln, Missouri. In 1822 he professed religion and united with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at New Lebanon, Cooper county, Missouri, and was licensed to preach at Bethel, Boone county, in the fall of 1824, and began to officiate as a missionary for the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. His district was St. Charles, Lincoln, Montgomery, Callaway, and Boone counties, and was called the St. Charles district. Soon after he began his labors, Marion, Ralls, and Pike counties were added to his district. He is the pioneer minister of those counties. His ride through unbroken forests and over prairies without roads kept him constantly in the saddle. His hearers met either in the primitive dwellings or the rude log schoolhouses of the day. His sermons averaged yearly 365. In the spring of 1826 he was regularly ordained at the house of Perry Exison in Lincoln county. Rev. Finis Ewing, presiding, gave the charge and Rev. Robert D. Morris preached the ordination sermon. During that year he was placed in charge of the Antioch church, the first Cumberland Presbyterian Church organized in northeastern Missouri, being organized in 1819. In 1827 he settled on land in Calumet township, Pike county, which is now on the gravel road between Louisiana and Clarksville, and is now owned by J. M. Jump, and the house he then built of hewn logs is still standing. He removed from there to the Antioch settlement in 1828 where he purchased a farm on which he lived until 1836 when he removed to Bowling Green. Soon after being placed in charge of the Antioch church, several more churches were added. Among them were Ashley, Frankford, and Buffalo, he preaching monthly at each place. After his removal to Bowling Green in 183i6, with his pastoral duties he also engaged in the mercantile business, having at different times been associated with Harvey T. McCune, G. B. Crane, William Watts, and his brother J. G. Campbell. The goods sold were bought at Philadelphia and Baltimore, and to replenish his stock he made long tedious trips to these places twice a year. He retired from the mercantile business in 1853, when he removed to another farm that he owned near Louisiana, where his wife died in 1872, at the age of sixty-six. By her he has five children living: William H., justice of the peace at Bowling Green; Robert A., an attorney at law at St. Louis, and now lieutenant governor of the state; John T., an attorney at law at Santa Rosa, California, and a member of the legislature of that state; Robert B., a lumber merchant at Clarksville; and Benjamin M., a farmer of Buffalo township, who owns his father’s homestead, with whom his father has lived since 1873, and with whom he expects to spend the remainder of his days. Mr. Campbell retired from the active duties of the ministry in 1879, after spending nearly sixty years of his life in preaching the gospel. His name in Pike and adjoining counties is as familiar as household words. At the alter he has joined hundreds in the holy bonds of matrimony, by the ordinance of baptism he has consecrated unknown numbers to a life of holiness, and to the bereaved he has spoken words of consolation, and as the sands of his life have nearly run he, with Christian resignation and fortitude, awaits the summons that will call him home. 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 11555 CHRISTIAN CO – JAMES MEDLEY – Medley, Cook, Edwards, Dennis, Coleman, Rumsey, Green 11555 County of Christian, Kentucky; Historical and Biographical. Edited by William Henry Perrin. F. A. Battey Publishing Co., Chicago and Louisville, 1884. Longview Precinct. JAMES MEDLEY. The Medley family, as represented by the one of this name in Christian County, Ky., is an old Virginia family, of English and French organization. They are among the old Colonial settlers of Virginia; shared in the struggle for independence, and filled positions of honor in the councils of State. It is recorded of Isaac Medley, one of the founders of the family in Virginia, that “he was a man of extraordinary mental endowments; patriotic and public-spirited; a member of the House of Burgesses, and a commissioned officer in the old war.” This family has descended, for the last four or five generations, in an unbroken succession from three ancestral families, viz.: Medley, Edwards and Cook. The Medley and Edwards forefathers emigrated from England at the same time. The Cooks came from France, and all three families were among the old Colonial settlers. Isaac Medley, the head of the family in Kentucky, was a son of Isaac and Nancy (Cook) Medley, and inherited all the sterling characteristics of his ancestors. He was born in Halifax County, Va., October 7, 1805, and died in Hardcastle, Christian County, Ky., May 29, 1879. His wife, A. Caroline (Edwards) Medley, was a daughter of Stephen and Sarah (Cook) Edwards. She was born in Halifax County, Va., January 14, 1819, and died at Hardcastle, Christian County, May 22, 1870. Their children are: Sallie M. (Dennis), Elizabeth C., Charles E., Virginia C., James and Granville E. James Medley, the subject of this sketch, was born in Stewart County, Tenn., August 21, 1852. His father, Isaac Medley, moved from Virginia in the year 1851, and settled in 1855 at Hardcastle, Christian County, the present residence of James Medley. This was one of the first settled, and is also one of the finest tracts of land in south Christian. Among the pioneer settlers of the place was an old bachelor named Coleman, who, it is thought from the hardness of his own character, as well as that of his associates, gave the place its name of Hardcastle. It was afterward owned by Dr. Edward Rumsey; then by Mr. Edward Green; and from him it was purchased by Isaac Medley. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx

11554 CLAY COUNTY – BEN ROBINSON – Robinson, Sherman, Hensley, Collins, Hudson, Baker 11554 History of Kentucky, Edited by Judge Charles Kerr; Written by William Elsey Connelley, author of "Easter Kentucky Papers"; and E. M. Coulter, Ph.D, Dept of History, Univ of GA, Vol 111; pub: The American Historical Society, Chicago and New York, 1922 Ben Robinson, father of Doctor Robinson, has lived all his life in Clay County, where he was born in 1848, and for many years directed his energies to the management of a large farm. He is now retired. He was one of the youthful soldiers of the Union army during the Civil war, being in service during the last two years and participating in the great campaign of Sherman through Georgia. He is a democrat in politics and a very ardent member of the Baptist church. Ben Robinson married Susan Hensley, who was born in Clay County in 1848. They are the parents of a large family of children, namely: Lizzie, who became the wife of E. W. Collins, a stone mason, and both died at Berea; J. B., a farmer at SIdell, Illinois; Nancy who died in Clay County at the age of thirty, wife of A. C. Hudson, a farmer in Canada; John, a farmer at Bond, Kentucky; Thena, wife of Gardner Baker, a farmer in Clay County; Alford, a Clay County Farmer on Laurel Creek; William M., likewise identified with farming in the Laurel Creek community; Benjamin F.; Martha, who died at the age of fifteen; M. M. Robinson, a physician and surgeon at Enid, Oklahoma; Daisy, wife of Frank Hornsby, a farmer, merchant and flour miller at Laurel Creek; and Charles, who died at the age of seven years. 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 11553 WARREN CO – WILLIAM SMITH – Smith, Brazelton, Taylor 11553 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume II – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. (Warren Co). WILLIAM SMITH was born in Ohio County in 1823, and is a son of Joseph and Annie (Brazelton) Smith. His father was a native of Maryland and immigrated to Kentucky with his parents when but thirteen years old. William lived with his father on the farm until grown, and received a good common school education. He studied dentistry and went to Alabama with the intention of practicing his chosen profession, but owing to a lack of means was forced to relinquish the idea. He returned to Kentucky and engaged in teaching, which he followed for fifteen years and practiced dentistry at intervals, and during the summer months; also formed several years. In 1863 he formed a partnership with H. H. Cox at Hadley, Ky., and engaged in merchandising; several years later bought Cox out, owning the entire business since. He was appointed postmaster at Hadley in 1865, which he holds yet. He married, in 1884, Hester Ann, daughter of William and Emily C. Taylor, of Warren County. To them have been born three children: Caroline, Josephine and Thomas J. He was made a Mason in 1853; a Knight Templar in 1881, and in 1883 visited the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar of the United States at San Francisco, being the only representative from Bowling Green Commandery, No. 23. He is a Democrat, and he and his wife are Methodists. He has held public office for twenty-seven years in succession, seven years of it as justice of the peace. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx