NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11476 WARREN CO – WILLIAM A. RONALD – Ronald, Jones, Burr, Wigginton, Wilder, Page, Marshall, Conwell, Webb, Clay 11476 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume II – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Warren Co. WILLIAM A. RONALD is the third in a family of seven boys and six girls, and was born December 23, 1813, in Bedford County, Va., to George W. and Emily R. (Jones) Ronald. George W. Ronald was an attorney and a native of Richmond, Va.; he emigrated from Culpeper County, Va., to Rutherford County, Tenn., in 1827; one year later he settled seven miles south of Bowling Green, Ky., and engaged in farming; he was a slave holder, and died in May, 1865, aged seventy-nine years. His father, Andrew Ronald, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and immigrated with his brother to Richmond, Va.; he was an attorney, and was counsel for Aaron Burr, when the latter was tried for treason; he was five times married. Mrs. Emily R. Ronald was born in Bedford County, a daughter of Capt. Gabriel Jones, also a native of that county; he was a captain in the Revolution, a slave owner, and a son of Gabriel Jones, of Virginia; he died in Culpeper County, in 1835, aged sixty-five years. That year his widow, Jane (Wigginton) Jones, emigrated from Culpeper County, Va., to Warren County, Ky., where she died at the age of eighty-eight years. William A. Ronald was reared on the farm, and at the age of eighteen went to Louisville, where he served as deputy marshal two years; in 1850 he was elected city marshal; re-elected in 1852, and the next year resigned and was elected railroad tax collector; two years later he was re-elected, and after the expiration of his term took a position of J. B. Wilder & Co. In 1863 he was elected sheriff of Jefferson County, Ky., and re-elected in 1865. In 1868 he was appointed by the Government weigher of tobacco, and was engaged one year in the tobacco house of Page, Ronald & Co. In 1873 he was appointed claim agent of the Louisville & Nashville Railway Company, which position he has since filled. In 1876 he located in Bowling Green; two years later on fifty acres three miles east of the city; he now owns seventy-five acres, improved with good buildings, etc. He married, April 16, 1839, Mary J. Marshall of Brooke County, W. Va., a daughter of Dr. Samuel Marshall. Dr. Marshall was born and reared in Virginia; served in the war of 1812, and married Mary Conwell. To Mr. and Mrs. Ronald six children were born, four of whom lived to be grown: Catharine M. (deceased), Rosalie M. (deceased), Alicia C. (Webb) and Susan M. Mrs. Ronald died June 3, 1872, a member of the Episcopal Church. Mr. Ronald is a Democrat, but cast his first presidential vote for Henry Clay. He is a strong advocate of the temperance cause. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx