I just posted this to the KYBIOGRAPHIES list - thought some of you might have interest if not on that list. Sandi NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 12327 CUMBERLAND CO JAMES BRYSON HARVEY Harvey, Wade, Alexander, Watson, Larrimore, Gruder, Shannon 12327 A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians. The Leaders and Representative Men in Commerce, Industry and Modern Activities. By E. Polk Johnson, Volume III, Illustrated. The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago-New York, 1912. JAMES B. HARVEY. Great men are only great in their methods. They simply draw their plans on a larger scale think is in bigger units trudge to further horizons climb longer hills contest in greater arenas and accept no compromise from opportunity. It is the size of the game as well as the size of the man that spells success. Persistency and a fixed determination to forge ahead has characterized the business career of James B. Harvey, and those qualities have enabled him to make of success not an accident but a logical result. He is now extensively engaged in the lumber, milling and real-estate business at Marrowbone, in Cumberland county, Kentucky, and it was he who organized the Cumberland River Lumber Company, in which he is a heavy stockholder and the present treasurer. James Bryson Harvey was born near Summershade[sic, Summer Shade], Metcalfe county, Kentucky, on the 5th of October, 1853, and he is a son of Calvin Clinton Harvey, who was born and reared in Barren county, Kentucky. The father was identified with agricultural operations during the major portion of his active career and he twice represented Metcalfe county, Kentucky, in the state legislature. He married Miss Nancy Jane Wade, of Barren county, and they became the parents of three children, - Prentice W., who is now deceased; James B., who is the immediate subject of this review; and Sanford S., who is identified with the mercantile business at Willow Shade, Kentucky. Calvin C. Harvey was summoned to the life eternal on the 3d of March, 1909, and his cherished and devoted wife is now living at Marrowbone, Kentucky. The paternal grandfather of him to whom this sketch is dedicated was a native of Virginia, whence he immigrated to Kentucky about the year 1820. Under the sturdy and invigorating influences of the old homestead farm James B. Harvey was reared to maturity and his practical education was gained in the common schools of Metcalfe county. He remained at home and assisted his father in the work and management of the old farm until he had reached his twenty-fifth year and he then became interested in the active affairs of life as a lumberman. For a number of years past he has been in the lumber, milling and real-estate business at Marrowbone, Cumberland county, Kentucky, in which prosperous little city he has maintained his home since 1899. He was largely instrumental in the organization of the Cumberland River Lumber Company, which was incorporated under the laws of the state in 1909, with a capital stock of twenty thousand dollars. Of this flourishing concern E. G. Alexander is president; C. C. Harvey, vice-president; and Mr. Harvey, secretary and treasurer. He is a business man of keen perceptions and extraordinary executive ability and in view of the fact that he is strictly self-made his fine success in life is the more gratifying to contemplate. On the 8th of March, 1877, was recorded the marriage of Mr. Harvey to Miss Elizabeth Taylor Watson, who is a daughter of Dr. Lindsay Watson, a prominent practicing physician and surgeon of Metcalfe county. Mrs. Harveys mother was Parthenia Larrimore in her girlhood days. Concerning the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Harvey the following brief date are here incorporated, - Parthenia Watts is the wife of rev. R. B. Gruder, a Methodist minister at Elkton, Kentucky; Flora Jane, who is now Mrs. Charles H. Shannon, of Marrowbone, and Curtis Clinton, who manages his fathers lumber yard at Glasgow, Kentucky. In his political convictions, Mr. Harvey has ever recorded a stalwart allegiance to the principles and policies for which the Republican party stands sponsor, and, while he has often been requested to run for public office, including that of senator, he has never shown aught of desire for political preferment of any description. At one time he gave efficient service as surveyor of Metcalfe county, to which office he was appointed in 1887. He is very prominent in financial and business circles and is everywhere admired and respected for his fair and honorable methods. In his religious faith he is a consistent member of the Presbyterian church, to whose charities and benevolences he is a most liberal contributor. Colonel Sandi Gorin President, South Central KY Historical & Genealogical Society Sandi's website: http://www.gensoup.org/gorin/index.html Sandi's puzzlers: http://www.gensoup.org/gorinpuzzles/index.php --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com