NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11233 JEFFERSON CO PHILIP SCHEIK POGUE Pogue, Scheik, Tyler, Debler, William, Trow, Doherty, Hart 11233 History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State. Volume IV Illustrated. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago Louisville, 1928. PHILIP SCHEIK POGUE. Like most men of prominence in the business world of today, Philip S. Pogue has risen through hard work and devotion to duty, coupled with the ability to meet and master situations, and his activities in connection with the control of public utilities have been of direct benefit to Louisville as well as a source of individual prosperity. He was born September 23, 1871, in Madison, Indiana, and his parents, Thomas A. and Ellen V. (Scheik) Pogue, were lifelong residents of the Hoosier state. The father was a well known banker of Madison and a financier of high standing. To Mr. and Mrs. Pogue were born five children, three of whom survive: Mrs. B. V. Tyler, a resident of Lexington, Kentucky, Mrs. Charles Debler, of Madison, Indiana; and Philip S. The last name attended the public schools of his native town and also took a course in a commercial college. For four years he was a clerk and stenographer for the William-Trow Company, owners of a flour mill at Madison, and was afterward employed in similar capacities by the First National Bank of that place. He remained with the institution for four years and in 1900 came to Louisville. He accepted the position of superintendent, tendered him by the Louisville Home Telephone Company, and since 1919 has been its president. He maintains a high standard of efficiency in the operation of the business, which has been merged with the Bell interests, and is also president of the Louisville Heating Company, likewise a large and rapidly expanding corporation. It is a subsidiary of the Louisville Gas & Electric Company, of which Mr. Pogue is a director. He combines a capacity for detail with broad vision and executive ability of a high order and his labors have been manifestly resultant. Mr. Pogue was married February 24, 1897, in Trimble county, Kentucky, to Miss Genevieve Doherty, a daughter of Daniel E. Doherty, of Madison, Indiana, and they have become the parents of five children. The oldest daughter, Genevieve, was born March 28, 1898 in Madison, Indiana, and is a graduate of Georgetown College at Washington, D. C. She is the wife of H. M. Hart, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and the mother of two daughters, Mary M. and Genevieve. Philip S. Jr. was born at Madison, November 27, 1900, and completed a course in the Louisville male high school, afterward attending Carter College. Daniel E. was born August 8, 1904, and is a native of Louisville. He was graduated from the male high school in this city and is engaged in the insurance business. Martha Louise was born in Louisville and after the completion of her high school course graduated from St. Marys Convent at Terre Haute, Indiana, while she is now attending Georgian Court, New Jersey. Jeanie, born in this city, is a student at a collegiate school. Mr. Pogue is a member of the Pendennis, Country and Boat Clubs of Louisville. He enjoys the social side of life and he champions every project for civic betterment. He has taken cognizance of his opportunities, utilizing them to the best advantage, and his constantly expanding powers have carried him into important relations. His residence is at Longest road and Cherokee parkway. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx