NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11289 NELSON CO HUGH D. RODMAN, M.D. Rodman, Hogan, McClain, Drury, Overton, Fowler 12289 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume V, Battle Perrin Kniffin, 4th ed. Nelson Co. HUGH D. RODMAN, M. D., a prominent physician, was born May 22, 1842, and is the fourth of nine sons and two daughters born to John H. and Mary A. (Hogan) Rodman. John H. Rodman was born October 1, 1809, in Shelby County, Ky., and when a lad of about twelve years his parents moved to Dubois County, Ind., where they lived for a short time, when they moved to Washington County, Ind. At the age of eighteen years he returned to Louisville, and learned the carpenter trade; thence he went to Washington County, Ky., where he lived for some years and met and marries Miss Mary A. Hogan. He then moved to Indiana, and engaged in the construction of turnpike roads for a time, then returned to Louisville, thence to Marion County, Ky., and finally in 1844 located near Knottsville, in Daviess County, Ky. After living there seven years, he moved to the southwest portion of the county, near Curdsville, where he is now living at the age of seventy-seven years, and where he has been extensively engaged in farming. John H. was the eldest son of Hugh Rodman, who was born, where Louisville, Ky., now stands, in 1788 in a tent, and within four days after his birth his parents moved to Shelby County, Ky., into a fort for protection from the Indians, where he met and married Elizabeth McClain. In 1816 he moved to Indiana, where he engaged in farming until his death a good old age. His parents came from Pennsylvania, and settled in Shelby County, Ky., where they were among the first settlers, and engaged in carpentering and farming. Mrs. Mary A. Rodman is a daughter of Capt. William and Mary E. (Drury) Hogan, both of whom came from Maryland, about 1810, and settled in Nelson County, Ky., where they were married January 4, 1814. They then moved to Washington County, Ky., where Capt. Hogan kept a hotel in Fredericksburg up to the time of his death. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. His parents came from Ireland. The Rodman family were Whigs in politics, and the Hogans Democrats. Dr. Rodman was born near St. Marys College in Marion County, Ky., was reared on a farm in Daviess County, received his early education in the common schools, then attended Notre Dame University, Indiana, two years, after which he spent five months in teaching school. When he reached maturity he commenced life for himself on a farm, which he followed four years, then clerked in a store and taught alternately for three years, at the same time reading medicine. He attended his first course of lectures in 1868-69, graduating from the medical department of the University of Louisville in 1871. He immediately located at High Grove, Nelson Co. Ky., where he remained until February, 1878, when he moved to New Haven, where he now lives, and is successfully engaged in the practice of his profession. The Doctor is a member of the State Medical Society and District Medical Society, is a member of an State president of, the C. K. of A., is also a member of the C. T. A. U. of A. He was united in marriage January 16, 1877, to Miss Mary Josephine Fowler, of Louisville, daughter of Samuel O. Fowler and Susan (Overton) Fowler, both natives of Washington County, Ky. Samuel O. Fowler was a son of John and Mary Overton Fowler. He followed various occupations, and was a soldier in the war with Mexico. The Doctor and wife are the happy possessors of five children: Mary Frances, Paul Edward, Joseph Hugh, John Samuel and James Sylvester. The Doctor has attained a good reputation as a physician and citizen. He has been secretary of the County Board of Health ever since its creation. In politics he is a Democrat, and with his wife, a member of the Roman Catholic Church. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx