NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11145 HOPKINS CO – WYATT L. FOARD – Foard, Howell #11145: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume IV, Battle – Perrin – Kniffen, 3rd ed., 1886. Hopkins Co. WYATT L. FOARD, Hopkins County, was born in Halifax County, Va., July 13, 1833, and is the eldest of seven children born to Robert and Jane W. (Howell) Foard, both of whom were natives of the “Old Dominion,” and of English and Welsh decent, respectively. Robert Foard was married in his native State, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1836. He then moved to Trigg County, Ky., and the following year to Christian County, Ky., where he purchased a farm and was engaged in farming until his death in March, 1870, in his sixty-eighth year. Both he and wife were from early life devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was also a member of the Masonic fraternity. Wyatt L. received a good common school education, and was employed on his father’s farm until he attained his majority. In 1860 he removed to McCracken County, Ky., where he engaged in agricultural pursuits for some thirteen years. In 1873 he came to Hopkins County, Ky., and assisted in the organization of the Hecla Coal & Mining Company, of which he is one of the principal stockholders. He also assisted in opening the mine and is now, and has been from the start, weighmaster of the same. He is a member of the A. O. U. W. In politics is a Democrat. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH Archives:http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kyresearch