NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11134 GARRARD CO – S. D. ROTHWELL – Rothwell, Roberts, Fitch, Rose, Washington, Nickelson, Henry #11134: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume 5 Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 4th ed Garrard Co. S. D. ROTHWELL was born October 17, 1841, at Paint Lick, Garrard County, and is the seventh in a family of six sons and two daughters, born to Fontaine and Jennie (Roberts) Rothwell, natives of Albemarle County, Va., and born in 1799 and 1802 respectively. Fontaine Rothwell, at the age of twenty, was apprenticed to Gideon Fitch, a Government surveyor; came to Kentucky at the age of twenty-two, located in Madison County, and was there married, and one year later moved to Paint Lick, became a prosperous farmer and slave owner, and died March 4, 1883, a member of the Baptist Church; his wife died in April, 1874. Fontaine was a son of Thomas Rothwell, who married Elizabeth Fitch; Thomas Rothwell was a son of Claiborn Rothwell, who came from England. Mrs. Jennie (Roberts) Rothwell was a daughter of Namon Roberts, who married Mary Rose, both of North Carolina. Namon Roberts was a soldier under Washington, lost an eye in the Revolutionary war, and was one of the first settlers in Madison County, Ky. He was of French descent and died in 1848. Samuel D. Rothwell was reared a farmer. In 1861 he entered the Federal Army as wagon-master. August 4, 1862, he enlisted in Company H, Seventh Kentucky Federal Cavalry, and served until discharged as second sergeant, at Nashville, Tenn., July 19, 1865. On his return to Kentucky he engaged in farming until August, 1882, when he was elected jailer of Garrard County on the Democratic ticket, and re-elected in 1886. He was married, January 7, 1868, to Miss Eliza, daughter of James and Martha (Nickelson) Henry, and to this union two children have been born: Martha A. (deceased), and James M. Mr. Rothwell is a Free Mason, and a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Rothwell is also a Presbyterian. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH Archives:http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kyresearch