NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11461 BOYLE CO – HON. ALBERT GALLATIN TALBOTT – Talbott, Wilson, LaFayette, Woodson, Tomlinson, Caldwell, Owsley, Cecil, Watson 11461 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 4th ed., 1886. Boyle Co. HON. ALBERT GALLATIN TALBOTT was born April 4, 1808, near Paris, Bourbon Co., Ky., but in 1812 removed with his parents to Clark County, and in 1818 to Jessamine County. He received a classical education at Forest Hill Academy under the tuition [sic] of Prof. Samuel Wilson, author of the Latin ode to Gen. LaFayette, and studied law with Hon. Samuel H. Woodson. In 1831 he commenced farming and general trading, directing his especial attention to dealing in real estate, and as the result of careful investments and judicious sales, within a few years he amassed quite a large fortune for that day. In 1838 he removed to Mercer County, where he successfully prosecuted his business as a real estate dealer until 1846, when he located in Boyle County, on the Harrodsburg pike, three miles from Danville, in which vicinity he has since resided. In 1849 he was chosen from Boyle County a member of the Constitutional Convention of Kentucky, and the following year as elected to the Legislature without opposition. In 1855 he was elected a representative to Congress in opposition to Know-nothingism, which had then assumed huge proportions, and in 1857 was returned to that honorable body. In 1859 he was elected State senator for a term of four years, and in 1883 was chosen a representative in the Legislature from Boyle County by about 800 majority. While a member of the Legislature in 1851, foreseeing and fully recognizing the inevitable consequences of the irrespressible conflict on slavery, Mr. Talbott introduced a resolution which was favored by about twenty-five members of the General Assembly, urging the surrender of the slaves of the South to the United States upon the basis of fair compensation by the General Government. This resolution, which attracted wide-spread attention at the time, was presented in order to avert war and preserve the Union intact. Col. Talbott lost about sixty slaves (in addition to other property) as a result of the late war. He is a son of Presley Talbott, who was born near Winchester, Va., removed to Kentucky at an early day, locating in Bourbon County, was an extensive farmer and slave-holder, and died in Jessamine County from the effects of cholera in 1835 at the age of fifty-seven years. His grandfather, Demoval Talbott, a native of Virginia, a wealthy farmer in Bourbon County, died at the age of ninety-seven years. Col. A. G. Talbott has been thrice married, first to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Capt. William Caldwell of Jessamine County; to this union were born Mary A. (Tomlinson), William P. and Albert Gallatin, Jr. His second wife was Mrs. Maria E. Talbott, daughter of Gov. William Owsley, and this union was favored by the birth of Mrs. Emma T. Cecil. On June 2, 1886, Col. Talbott was united in marriage with Miss Caroline, daughter of Mr. Peter Watson of Philadelphia. He has long been a member of the Masonic fraternity, also a member of the Christian Church, and in politics 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