NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11429 WARREN CO – REV. J. F. REDFORD – Redford, Bent, Calvert, Wilson, Briggs 11429 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume II – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 3rd e., 1886. Warren Co. REV. J. F. REDFORD, a member of the Louisville Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, was born at Shelbyville, Ky., February 26, 1827, is a son of Woodson and Elizabeth (Bent) Redford, and is of English origin. His father was born near Richmond, Va., and his mother in Albemarle County, of the same State. The Redford family came to Kentucky about 1819, and settled in Shelbyville; there Woodson Redford died in 1838; his widow in 1861, in Union County, Ky. Rev. J. F. Redford was educated by private teachers and at Shelby College, at Shelbyville, Ky. In 1849 he began the study of theology under an elder brother, Dr. A. H. Redford. Dr. Redford was one of the distinguished theologians and eminent ministers of this State, and died in 1884, at Nashville, Tenn. In September, 1849, Rev. Redford was licensed to preach at Henderson, Ky., and the same month was received into the traveling connection of the Louisville Conference. His first charge was that of Princeton and the Empire Iron Works. From there he was sent to Wayne Circuit. In 1853 he was transferred in the Kentucky Conference to the Pikesville Circuit I Pike County, but the same year returned to Louisville Conference and was given the pastorate of Mount Washington and Shepardsville charges. For thirty-five years Rev. Redford has been employed in the ministry and is one of the untiring workers of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. He now has Green Hill Circuit near this city. In 1868 he was appointed agent of the board of education and the Louisville Conference, and held the position for six years; during that time he raised for the cause of education $50,000. He raised, in Warren County, $10,000 to purchase the Calvert property for what was then known as Warren College. He was instrumental in bringing Dr. John G. Wilson to Bowling Green, who was president of Warren College and pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. The marriage of Rev. Mr. Redford was solemnized in 1855, with Hettie J. Briggs, daughter of Col. James T. Briggs. Mrs. Redford is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and a representative of one of the early families of this county. Rev. Redford was made a Mason in 1854. He is one of the most extensively known and truly esteemed clergymen in Kentucky; though he has spent thirty-five years in the ministry and preached continuously, he is a well preserved man physically. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx