NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11498 BOYLE CO – GEORGE W. TARKINGTON – Tarkington, Spruel, Ezell, Oliver, Brown, Swanson, Wilsford, Morris, Raines, Durham, Stiles, Maxwell, Edelen, McMillen, Shuttleworth, Maxwell, Knox, Stiles, Maxwell 11498 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 4th ed., 1886. Boyle Co. GEORGE W. TARKINGTON was born October 9, 1845, in Boyle County, where he has always resided. His father, William L. Tarkington, was born in 1811, in Giles County, Tenn., where he was married, removed to Marion County, Ky., in 1835; located in Boyle County in 1844, where he now resides; is a farmer, and lost twenty slaves by the late war. He is the son of Joshua Tarkington, Jr., a native of North Carolina, a pioneer in Tennessee, where he traded a gun and a pony for 1,000 acres of land at Nashville; resided in Williamson and Giles Counties; was a solder in the battle of New Orleans in 1815, and died in 1859 at the age of seventy-three years. He was the son of Joshua Tarkington, Sr., a native of England, an American soldier, who was killed in battle in the Revolutionary war. His wife was Mary Spruel (died in 1846, aged one hundred and three years), and their offspring were Capt. Joseph (lost at sea), Joshua, Jr., Priscilla (Tarkington), Keziah (Ezell), Mary (Tarkington), mother of Rev. Joseph Tarkington, of Indiana, Nancy (Oliver), Esther (Brown), and Deborah (Swanson). Joshua, Jr., married Mary Barry, of Kentucky (died in 1822, aged forty-three years), and their children were Hugh B., Jefferson O., James W., William L., George W., Sr., Amelia (Wilsford), Mary P. (Morris), Frances (Raines), Julia H. (Raines) and Martha (Durham). William L. married Juletta, daughter of Joseph and Eunice (Stiles) Maxwell, of Marion County (born in 1822), and from their union sprang Joseph M., Mary (Edelen), eorge W., Julia H. (McMillen) and Martha (Shutlesworth). January 28, 1876, Geo. W. Tarkington was married to Miss Elizabeth E., daughter of David and Martha (Maxwell) Knox, of Boyle County (born January 26, 1857), and to them have been born David K. T., Hugh and George W., Jr. The subject of this sketch was favored with good educational advantages, and was thirteen years engaged as civil engineer on the Knoxville branch of the Louisville & Nashville; Erie & Pittsburgh; N. & S. A.; Houston & Great Northern, and Cincinnati Southern Railroads. He is now engaged in farming and stock trading, having 220 acres of land in a fine state of cultivation. He is turning especial attention to the breeding of jacks and jennets, having some of the best stock in Kentucky. David Knox, the son of Abner Knox, was born January 6, 1804. On May 6, 1856 he espoused in marriage Miss Martha, daughter of Joseph and Eunice (Stiles) Maxwell, of Marion County, Ky. (born December 31, 1828), and their union resulted in the birth of Elizabeth E. (Tarkington), Joseph A., Robert W., David S. (deceased) and Maria W. (For ancestors, see sketch of Mrs. Fannie Knox). KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx