NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11335 NELSON CO – DR. RICHARD A. SHADBURNE – Shadburne, Morgan, Foreman, Birkhead, Montgomery, Allen, Straus, Beam 11335 Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume V – Battle – Perrin – Kniffin, 4th ed., 1886. Nelson Co. DR. RICHARD A. SHADBURNE was born April 4, 1819. In 1861 he entered the Confederate Army as lieutenant of Company B, Morgan’s Cavalry, and remained in that service two years, voluntarily acting as surgeon of his own company, and assisting other surgeons in times of emergency. He was for a time a prisoner of war at both Camp Chase and Johnson’s Island. His father, Thomas Shadburne, a native of Jefferson County, engaged in the manufacture of hand-made nails, and subsequently merchandising in Bardstown, where he died, about 1828. His wife was Rebecca Foreman, and their offspring are Matilda (Birkhead), Richard A., Joseph and Thomas. The grandfather of Dr. Shadburne was Amos Shadburne, an Englishman. Dr. Shadburne, who was born in Bardstown, Ky., was married October 28, 1856, to Miss Catherine, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Montgomery) Foreman, and to them have been born Elizabeth K. (Allen), Issa G. (Straus), Rebecca L. Beam and Matilda A. In youth the Doctor obtained a fair English education at Bardstown College, and other literary institutions, and by a course of careful reading has kept pace with the progress of the age, and the current literature of the day. In 1844 he commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Foreman of Nelson County, and afterward graduated at the Kentucky School of Medicine, of the Louisville University. He first practiced at Shepherdsville, afterward in Lincoln County, Mo., and in 1855 located in Spencer County, Ky., where he remained until 1861. Subsequently he practiced in Spencer and Bullitt Counties, and in 1866 established a drug store in Louisville, engaged in practice and acted as coroner by appointment. He practiced in Spencer County from 1871 to 1882, when he located in Nelson County, where he has since engaged in farming, and to a limited extent dispensing the benefits of his knowledge of the healing art among his old friends, free of charge. He owns and is cultivating a valuable farm of 654 acres. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity 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