This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Waddill, Bradley, Pratt, Nunn, Ray Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hBB.2ACE/1017 Message Board Post: OTWAY WADDILL Was born in Trigg county, his father being a respected farmer. He was educated at Cumberland College, Princeton, Ky., and after completing his literary education, decided upon the law as his profession and in 1845 began to read law in the office of Judge Collin D. BRADLEY, and in 1846 was admitted to practice. Shortly afterward he moved to Madisonville, where he opened an office and has since been engaged in the active practice of law. He soon worked his way to prominence at the bar and in 1851 was elected County Attorney for four years and was again elected in 1863. Mr. WADDILL is a man of pronounced political views and identified himself with the Republican party at its formation and is still an ardent member of that party. As a lawyer, he ranks deservedly high. He has always been an indefatigable worker and his researches into the various branches of the law have been as extensive perhaps as those of any lawyer in this end of the State. For the past twenty years, he has b! een senior member of the firm of WADDILL & PRATT, which stood high and commanded a lucrative practice. Mr. PRATT's election to the Circuit judgeship made a dissolution necessary, whereupon a partnership was formed between Mr. WADDILL and Hon. T.J. NUNN, late of Marion, under the firm name of WADDILL & NUNN. Mr. WADDILL is a leading member of the Christian church, having been a deacon since 1851 and commands the respect of all for his upright, christian walk of life. Mr. WADDILL has been twice married, first to Miss Sarah E. RAY in 1851, and second to Miss Maria PRATT, in 1865. He has three children, one daughter, now Mrs. C.J. PRATT, by his first wife, and two sons, Otway and Clifton, by his second wife. The former is cashier of the Hopkins County Bank and the latter is County Attorney of Hopkins county. (Source: Madisonville Hustler, Fri., Feb. 14, 1893) note: An etched portrait accompanys this article. prb