Bullitt County Biographies A-F
Biographical information about people who resided in Bullitt County (or had strong connections to those who did)
JOHN W. APPLEGATE is a son of Stacy and Rebecca (Brown) Applegate. The father was born in Louisville, Ky., in 1810, and was the son of Joseph Applegate. He was reared to manhood in Jefferson County. At an early age he commenced business for himself, engaging in various pursuits. For some time he was engaged in flat-boating on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to New Orleans. He was also for some time engaged in merchandising in Louisville. His education was limited, having only attended school six weeks in his life. But being energetic he acquired a good practical education. About 1832 he came to West Point, Ky., and commenced business as a general merchant, dealing largely in produce, wood, etc., and before the late war he had accumulated a considerable fortune, but lost much of it during that conflict. About 1860 he removed to Jefferson County, where he engaged in farming, and there he resided until his death, which occurred in June, 1884. He was married, about 1833, to Miss Detrick, of Indiana, who died soon after, leaving one child, James Applegate. Mr. Applegate was next married, about 1835, to Miss Rebecca Brown, daughter of David Brown, of Indiana. To them were born the following children: David T., Elizabeth (deceased), George (deceased), John W., Venna P. (deceased), Henry C., Dr. Abel B. and William C. Mrs. Applegate died in 1882. John W. Applegate was born November 30, 1842 in West Point, Ky., and was reared to manhood in this and Jefferson Counties. He was engaged in farming with his father until he was about thirty years of age. He then purchased a farm near West Point and remained on it one year, when he sold the farm and removed to Louisville and engaged in merchandising, running a feed store on the corner of Twelfth and Market Streets. He remained in Louisville about two years, when he removed to River View and bought out his father, who was engaged in a general store. He continued there for five years, when he sold out and came to West Point, and opened his store where he is now doing a successful business in the dry goods and grocery line. Mr. Applegate was first married, in 1874, to Miss Mary E. Miles, daughter of Dr. George B. and Minerva (Croomes) Miles. Mrs. Applegate died in 1879, the mother of the following children: Lelie, Willie, Elma and Pinkey (deceased). Mr. Applegate was next married, in 1881, to Miss Annie E. Withers, daughter of Alfonso and Jane (Sheets) Withers, of West Point, and to them have been born four children, as follows: Earnest, Elizabeth, and Della and Stella, twins, born January 3, 1886. Mr. Applegate has been a successful businessman, and through his energy and perseverance has accumulated a very handsome estate. He is a member of Barker Lodge, No. 129, A.F. & A.M., and also a member of the K. of H. Mrs. Applegate is a Methodist.
Applegate Brown Detrick Miles Croomes Withers Sheets = Hardin-KY Jefferson-KY
Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1885, Hardin Co.
CHARLES D. ASHBY was born February 11, 1843, in Jefferson County, Ky. His father, Presley Ashby, was a native of Oldham County, Ky., born May 5, 1814, and was married to Miss Allishia McDaniel, and had born to him six children. Charles D., the eldest born, was educated in the country schools, and at eighteen years of age, volunteered in the Union army, enlisting in Company H, Thirty-fourth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war, when he returned to Kentucky, located in Bullitt County, and engaged in farming. In 1870 he was married to Miss Rolaner Froman, daughter of Jeremiah and Amanda Froman.
Ashby McDaniel Froman = Oldham-KY Bullitt-KY
Kentucky: A History Of The State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 8th ed., 1888, Jefferson Co.
JAMES B. ATHERTON was born October 23, 1825, in Hardin, now LaRue County, the first of four sons and one daughter born to John S. and Maria (Beeler) Atherton. John S. Atherton was born in 1804 in LaRue County, was a farmer and slave-holder, and died in 1840. He was the son of Peter and Elizabeth (Whitehead) Atherton, who came to Kentucky from Virginia as early as 1790 or 1795, bringing twenty-five or thirty slaves. Peter Atherton was of English descent, was a Whig, was under Wayne in the Indian wars, served as magistrate, and died about 1844, aged seventy-two years. Mrs Maria Atherton was born in Nelson County and was a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Weaver) Beeler. John was a son of Christopher Beeler, who was of German origin, was a farmer, and came to Kentucky from Maryland. James B. Atherton was reared a farmer and at twenty-one years of age began business for himself. For three years he ran a carding machine, then resumed farming, and in 1865, entered in mercantile business, which he followed twelve years, and then went back to farming. During the late war he was three months in the Government employ watching bridges. He now lives retired at Nelsonville.
Atherton Beeler Whitehead Wayne Weaver = Hardin-KY Larue-KY VA MD
KENTUCKY: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 4th ed., 1887, Nelson Co.
JOHN M. BARRALL was born in Bullitt County, October 4, 1829, and is a son of Christian and Elizabeth (Harshfield) Barrall, the former a native of Lancaster County, Pa. His parents immigrated to this country from France in an early day and settled in Pennsylvania, where Christian grew up a useful citizen. He (Christian) served three years in the army (under Gen. St. Clair) and participated in a number of skirmishes with the Indians. After leaving the army he came to Kentucky and settled in Bullitt County, where he died in 1863, aged 93 years. His wife, Elizabeth Harshfield, was a daughter of Martin and Mary Harshfield, early settlers in this county. The subject of this sketch was brought up on the farm, and educated in the common schools. He married Mildred Ann Miller in 1856, a daughter of Peter and Martha Miller. They have had three children--two dying in infancy and one living: Martha Elizabeth, born May 3, 1866, and married, in 1882, to Henry K. Abel. Mr. Barrall is a thrifty and enterprising farmer, and a good citizen.
Barrall Harshfield Miller Abel = Bullitt-KY Lancaster-PA France
Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 8th ed., 1888, Jefferson Co.
Ex-Judge Horatio N. BASKETT, father of William H. BASKETT, was born in Shelby County, Ky., in 1809 and is the son of Job and Sarah (MITCHELL) BASKETT, both of whom were natives of Virginia. They were married in Kentucky in 1808, and the father spent the remainder of his days in Shelby County. He was a farmer and died in 1833. His wife moved to Missouri early in the fifties and died in Clark County in 1878, at the age of ninety years. The mother's father, Charles MITCHELL, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Horatio N. is the eldest of eleven children, and was educated in the subscription schools. He was married in 1838 to Almeda GRIFFITH, and their union resulted in the birth of eleven children, seven of whom are living. In 1841 they came to Lincoln County, Mo., and located on a farm near New Hope, where he lived until 1886, and since that time has resided in New Hope. In 1846 he was elected justice of the peace and served eight years. In 1854 he was elected associate county judge, serving four years, and was again elected in 1874 for six years. He has been an earnest worker for the cause of education, and has substantially aided all enterprises for the public weal. He was formerly a Whig in politics, but is now a Democrat. He and wife have been members of the Missionary Baptist Church for many years.
Biography of Horatio N. Baskett (1809- ); History of Lincoln County, Missouri (Chicago: Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1888) page 505.
JAMES H. BAUGHN was born February 22, 1834, and is the third son of Joseph and Martha (Overstreet) Baughn. Joseph Baughn was born in Virginia in 1796, came to Kentucky when a child, and was reared in Bullitt County; he was a farmer, and died in Jessamine County in 1852. Mrs. Martha Baughn was born in Jessamine County, four miles southwest of Nicholasville, and died in the same house in which she was reared and married. She was the only daughter of Henry Overstreet, was born in 1798, and died in 1864. Henry Overstreet, the maternal grandfather of James H. Baughn, was born in Hanover County, Va., in 1763. He was in the Revolutionary war, was at Braddock's defeat, and while barefooted, pulled some of his toe-nails off running through the brush. He died in 1847, a member of the Methodist Church. Joseph Baughn was in the war of 1812. James H. Baughn was born four and one-half miles southwest of Nicholasville, Ky., was reared on a farm until he was eighteen years old, and then went to learn the carpenter trade under Daniel Ford. For the last few years he has turned his whole attention to his trade, formerly combining it with farming. He married, November 20, 1857, Elizabeth, daughter of Matthew and Mary (Bruner) Walker. Matthew Walker was born in Virginia, and Mary Bruner in Pennsylvania; both are deceased. Eight children have blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Baughn, four living: William D., Sallie (married to Henry Funk), George W. and Harry O. Mr. and Mrs. Baughn are member of the Christian Church, and Mr. Baughn belongs to the Odd Fellows. He owns nine acres of land, three and one-half miles south of Nicholasville, on the Lexington and Danville Turnpike.
Baughn Overstreet Ford Bruner Walker Funk = Bullitt-KY Hanover-VA PA
Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 5th ed., 1887, Jessamine Co.
MRS. SARAH E. BEALMEAR was born October 1, 1812, in Bullitt County, Ky., where she was reared to womanhood, and on the twentieth anniversary of her birth was espoused in holy matrimony by the late and lamented Samuel C. Bealmear. Mrs. Bealmear's father was Benjamin Summers, a native of Pennsylvania, who removed to Kentucky in 1798; having married Verlinda Beckwith, their union was favored by the birth of John B., George W., Susan W. (Sanders), Rufus K., Martha, Theresa (Wilson), Beverly B., Benjamin F., Sarah E., Patsey A. (Fry) and Mary V. (Williams). In 1833 Mrs. Bealmear removed with her husband, and settled on Cox's Creek, Nelson County, where she has since resided. Mr. Bealmear was born March 6, 1811, and died September 19, 1883. He was an active member of the Presbyterian Church, and was greatly esteemed for his many noble qualities. He was candid, frank and sincere, and in his manly character shed a light around him, the effects of which will be as enduring as time. It has been remarked by one competent to judge correctly that his life was a reflection of the better qualities of our nature, and that his acts, unostentatious in character, were more for the approbation of his Creator than of man. By industry and a long line of frugality he amassed a handsome competency. In politics he was an old line Whig, and when his country was assailed he clung to the Union with unswerving fidelity. He left a fine farm of 500 acres of well improved and productive land.
Bealmear Summers Beckwith Sanders Wilson Fry Williams = Bullitt-KY PA
KENTUCKY: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin & Kniffin, 4th ed., 1887 Nelson Co.
Elder Francis M. BIRKHEAD was born in Lincoln County, Mo. in 1832, and is the son of Abraham B. and Joannah (NIXON) BIRKHEAD, who were born in Loudoun County, Va. but were married in Nelson County, Ky., where they lived until 1830, when they Came to Lincoln County, Mo., where they cleared a farm, and spent the remainder of their days. The father died in Kentucky in 1849, aged about sixty-seven years. The mother died in 1873, aged nearly eighty years. The father was married twice, the first wife being a Miss FOREMAN, by whom he had four children. By his last wife he was the father of ten children, seven of whom are living. His son, Francis M., was educated in the primitive log school-houses of early times, only attending about three months during the year. He began farming for himself at the age of twenty, and was married in 1850 to Susan A., a daughter of William and Elizabeth OVERALL, natives of Nelson and Bullitt Counties, Ky., respectively the former being of English and the latter of Dutch-Irish descent. Mrs. BIRKHEAD was born in Bullitt County, Ky., in 1830, and made her home with her grandparents until eleven years of age, when she was brought to Lincoln County, Mo. She,, became the mother of eleven children, nine of whom are living William N. (married to Eliza, E. Nichols, September 21. 1879), John D., Joseph B., Euphemia J. (wife of John W. Crune), Albert H., Joel E., Eliza C, Emma L.. and Joan M. Mr BIRKHEAD is residing on the old homestead. which consists of 260 acres, and has been a minister of the ‘Missionary Baptist Church for fifteen years, and now fills four regular appointments. He was licensed in 1872, and ordained a year later. He has assisted in organizing a number of churches, and has done much to further the cause of Christianity. He is a Democrat in politics, and is a member of the Masonic fraternity.
Biography of Elder Francis M. Birkhead (1832- ); History of Lincoln County, Missouri (Chicago: Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1888), p. 507.
LEVI BOGARD, farmer, Youngstown, was one in a family of sixteen children. His father was a soldier in the revolution and in the Indian wars. The subject of this sketch was born in Nelson, Kentucky, October 17, 1796. At the age of twenty-four he left his parents and moved to Lawrence county, Indiana, where he was married to Susan HOOPENGARNER, by whom he had twelve children, of whom six are living: Cornelius, John, Elizabeth, Daniel, E.W. and Febra. In 1830 he came with his family to Honey creek, where he bought eighty acres and afterward forty acres more in Sec. 34. He moved into a little cabin on the place in 1831, but since then has made considerable improvement and now has a comfortable home. His son John was in the Mexican war, under Col. GORMAN, and two of his sons were in the 31st Ind. in the war for the Union. He also had two grandsons in the Union army. Mr. BOGARD had no advantages in the way of education. His father taught him to read and to cipher as far as the rule of three. The remainder of his education he has obtained in the rough school of experience. He and his wife are members of the Baptist church. He formerly was a Dunkard and he still thinks they are as near to the right way as any. He was an ardent admirer of Henry CLAY, and since the dissolution of the whig party he has been a republican.
HISTORY OF VIGO AND PARKE COUNTIES, Together With Historic Notes on the Wabash Valley H.W. Beckwith - 1880 Honey Creek Twp. - pp. 486-487
JESSE M. BOSTON, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Lewis, is of English and Irish extraction. He was born in 1817 in Worcester County, Md., on the Pokomoke River. At the age of six years, his father removed to Spencer County, Ky., where Jesse was reared to manhood, but with limited educational advantages; his educaion he really acquired after leaving school, as he pursued a course of self-culture for many years. He began teaching school at the age of nineteen, and taught unitl his marriage, when he opened a small store. In 1842, he was united to M. J. Stout, daughter of Rev. William and Mary (Vandyke) Stout, natives of Virginia, and of English and German extraction. Eight years after his marriage, he moved to Sullivan County, Ind., and bought 140 acres of land in Jackson Township. He owned at one time 400 acres, which he divided between his two sons, John W. and James M. Mr. Boston was a poor boy, his parents having died when he was young. His father Jesse Boston, was born in 1772, and died in 1830; his mother was born in 1778, and died in 1831. Their remains repose in Spencer County, Ky. They reared four children--Eleanor H., James W., Edward and Jesse M. The grandparents of our subject were Jacob and Eleanor Boston. Mr. Boston is an Independent in politics.
"History of Greene and Sullivan Counties, State of Indiana, From the Earliest Time to the Present; Together With Interesting Biographical Sketches, Reminiscences, Notes, Etc." Chicago: Goodspeed Bros. & Co., Publishers. 1884.Sullivan Co., in Jackson Twp. Page 820
RICHARD L. BRASHEAR was born June 2, 1851, near Bowling Green. His father, Walter C. Brashear, was born near Bardstown, lost his parents when a child, and was reared by his uncle, Alexander Masey, of Russellville. He served an apprenticeship in the office of the Green River Gazette; afterward purchased and edited the paper. In 1847 he maried Martha Crutchfield, a native of Danville, Boyle County, who bore him four sons, of whom Richard L. is the second, and five daughters. In 1859 he located on Big Bend on the river, on a farm of 100 acres, where he still lives. His parents, Levi and Camilla (Lansdale) Brashear, were natives of Maryland and Virginia, respectively, and immigrated to Nelson County, Ky., about 1807. Levi Brashear was a trader between Louisville and New Orleans, and died in 1828, aged fifty-seven years. He was a son of Ignatius Brashear, of Virginia, who entered lands and settled in Bullitt County, Ky., in an early day, was of Huguenot descent, and reared a family of twelve children. Mrs. Martha Brashear was a daughter of Richard and Ann (Wheeler) Crutchfield, who were born at Richmond, Va., and Ft. Cumberland, Md., respectively, and settled in Boyle County, Ky., in an early day. Richard L. Brashear worked on the farm for his father until his marriage, which occurred September 25, 1884, with Eliza Baker, a daughter of Larkin F. and Mary E. (Lucas) Baker, who were natives of Tennessee and Warren County, Ky., respectively. In September, 1884, Mr. Brashear located one mile north of Bowling Green, on forty-one acres of fine land, which he cultivates principally for gardening, he also has a fine cottage and orchard. Politically he is a Democrat, and cast his first vote for Horace Greeley.
Brashear Masey Crutchfield Lansdale Wheeler Baker Lucas Greeley = Bardstown-Nelson-KY Russellville-Logan-KY Boyle-KY MD VA Louisville-Jefferson-Ky LA Bullitt-KY TN
Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Warren County.
HAYDEN BRIDWELL is a native of Nelson County, Ky., born September 13, 1825, one of thirteen children born to Noah and Nancy (Cuppy) Bridwell, he having been one of the substantial farmers of Lawrence County, and a stockholder in the first bank organized here; he died November 19, 1876. Subject attended the State University in addition to the common schools, followed farming in early life, and in 1865 began doing a grist-milling business at Avoca and has continued this business since. October 17, 1850, he married Elizabeth Potter and to this union have been born six children, five living: Mary E., Pratt H., John B., Emery H. and Herschel. Mrs. Bridwell is a native of North Carolina, and came to Indiana when quite young with her parents. Mr. Bridwell is one of the successful farmers, now owning over 400 acres of good land. He is a stanch Democrat, and always votes for the man and not the party, believing that his party has as good men as any other. The mother of Mr. B. is still living with her son at the ripe age of eighty-four years.
Bridwell Cuppy Potter = Avoca-Lawrence-IN NC
History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Counties, Indiana From the Earliest Time to the Present; Together with Interesting Biographical Sketches, Reminiscences, Notes, Etc. Chicago, Goodspeed Bros., & Co., Publishers, 1884. Weston A. Goodspeed, Leroy C. Goodspeed, Charles L. Goodspeed. Nelson County.
ENOCH CAIN was born in Spencer County, Ky., December 5, 1831, the fifth of eight children born to Nathan and Mary (Froman) Cain. Nathan was born in Spencer County, Ky., was a cooper by trade and also owned a boat that ran on the Mississippi, Ohio and Wabash Rivers. He was in the war of 1812 and was a son of Matthew Cain, who was born in Ireland. He died at the age of eighty-six. Mrs. Mary (Froman) Cain was born in Spencer County, a daughter of John Froman, who was born in Maryland and was engaged in farming. Mrs. Mary Cain died at the age of eighty-three years. Our subject married, August 26, 1858, Arthusia Wells, of Nelson County Ky., daughter of E. Wells. Three children blessed this union: John, who married a Miss Reed; Mary J., who married a Mr. Downs and had one child, George Gris Emma; Annie, who married a Mr. Cain and had one child, Arthusia. Mr. Cain and family are members of the Baptist Church. He is also a Master Mason in good standing. He owns 240 acres of good land. Coleman Cain, our subject's brother, was born in Taylorsville, Ky., September 6, 1828. He married, December 15, 1864, Fannie Davis, of Jefferson County, Ky., daughter of Thomas and Mary (Dale) Davis. Six children have blessed this union, four living: Davis L., Ida C., Reuben D. and Louis T. Mr. Cain owns 160 acres of land, and has always been engaged in farming and stock raising.
Cain Froman Wells Reed Downs Davis Dale = Ireland Nelson Jefferson
Kentucky: A History of the State. Perrin, Battle & Kniffin, 6th ed.,1887, Spencer Co.
CHRISTOPHER C. CAMBRON was born January 23, 1824, and is the third of a family of eight children born to Charles and Margaret Cambron. In 1788 Harry Cambron, the grandfather of Christopher C., came from St. Mary's County, Md., and settled on Cartwright's Creek, near Springfield. He was accompanied by his father, whose name was Baptist Cambron. Harry Cambron had married a Miss Harberson in Maryland and reared a large family, Charles, the father of our subject, being the third child, born on the 5th of November, 1791. He married Margaret Montgomery, daughter of Basil Montgomery, and died January 10, 1881; his wife died on the 27th of June 1863. They reared a family of eight children, seniority as follows: Stephen H., William C., Christopher C., Martha A. (McGill), Margaret I. (died in early womanhood), James R., Nicholas L., besides one who died in infancy. Christopher C. is the only surviving member of the family. He was born, reared and educated in Washington County, now Marion, and had devoted his life successfully to the pursuits of the farm, but removed to his city residence in Lebanon in 1882. He was married in Washington County, Ky., March 1, 1859, to Miss Marry C. Wrinn, daughter of Patrick and Julia A. Wrinn. The Cambron family were characterized for their adherence and devotion to the Roman Catholic Church.
Cambron Harberson Montgomery McGill Wrinn = Washington-KY St._Mary-MD
Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 4th ed., 1887, Marion County.
ANTHONY JOSEPH CARROLL, legislator and lawyer, has had an unprecedented record as the chosen representative of his district in the general assembly, and the record is one that reflects the highest credit and honor upon him. He is one of Kentucky's native sons whose lives add luster to their good name. Born in Oldham county, September 2, 1864, he is a son of Anthony Joseph Carroll, Sr., who was born in Ireland and came to this state in 1845. He married Eliza Collins, who was born on the Emerald Isle, a daughter of James Collins, a capitalist of Dublin, who had extensive land holdings in America, especially in the vicinity of Louisville. In the family of Anthony C. Carroll Sr., are three sons who have entered the legal profession, namely: John D. Carroll, of New Castle, Kentucky, author of the code and statutes of the state; Charles Carroll, an attorney of Shepherdsville, Kentucky; and Anthony Joseph Carroll; while Thomas, the fourth brother, resides on the old homestead in Oldham county. Mr. Carroll, whose name introduces this review, was educated in early life by his mother, a highly cultured and intellectual lady. Later he attended Funk Seminary, at La Grange, where he was graduated in 1881, after which he came to Louisville and accepted a position as reporter on the force of the Courier-Journal. He was connected with that journal as reporter and city editor until 1888, when he was transferred to the staff of the Times, the afternoon edition of the Courier-Journal. In 1891 Mr. Carroll was elected to the house of representatives from the sixth and seventh wards of Louisville, one of the smallest but the wealthiest legislative districts in the state. He served during that session and drew up the act regulating elections, thereby enforcing the Australian ballot system, and incorporating into the same the provisions regulating primary elections, which has been very efficient in purifying the ballot. In 1893 he was re-elected without opposition from the same district, and was nominated by the Democratic caucus by acclamation for speaker of the house,--first time in the history of the house that the office was so filled, while Mr. Carroll was the youngest man ever so elected. He served as speaker in the session of 1894 and again made a record that is without precedent in the history of Kentucky legislation,--no appeal from his decision having ever been taken. In 1895 he was once more elected to represent his district in the general assembly. In the campaign he was opposed by a Republican nominee, who, however, withdrew before the election, and in view of this fact and the dissatisfaction expressed by the Republican press, as there was no opposing candidate at the election, Mr. Carroll refused to accept the office and resigned. His vote at the election in November was largely in excess of the vote given his party, and he was the only Democratic candidate elected in Louisville. His resignation left the legislature on joint ballot sixty-seven Democratic, sixty-eight Republican and two Populists, one of whom voted with the Democratic and the other with the Republican members. Mr. Carroll, such was his high sense of honor, would not hold office about which there could be the slightest tincture of doubt as to the fairness and legality of his election. A special election was ordered by the governor to take place in December, 1895. At this election Mr. Carroll, again the nominee of his party, was opposed by Charles A. Blatz, a Republican of wealth and excellent reputation and a prominent business man. On the election in this district depended the election of the United States senator for Kentucky, for if carried by the Republican party they would have had a majority on joint ballot. A mighty effort was therefore put forth and a vast amount of money expended by his opponents. The contest attracted the attention of the entire state. Mr. Carroll was again elected, by a majority of four hundred and fifty-two, although a larger vote, by over two hundred, was then polled than at the general election in November, showing the universal interest manifested by the people. Again the party made him their nominee for speaker of the house and also for the position of chairman of the "Democratic steering committee," having charge of all party and political questions in the legislature. It is not flattery to say that Mr. Carroll is one of the best parliamentarians in the entire country; his record as speaker shows this. His political record is free from all the questionable practices which have sometimes marred the fair fame of able party leaders. With him principle is ever above party and devotion to duty above personal aggrandizement. He was one of five Democrats who refused to vote for Senator Blackburn, and one of the eighteen who declined to enter the Democratic caucus which nominated that gentleman. He voted continuously for Mr. Carlisle in all the joint sessions held for the purpose of electing a senator from Kentucky. One other action of Mr. Carroll's showed the steadfast honesty of the man in no uncertain way. During the canvass for office he was opposed by the organization known as the American Protective Association, on account of his refusal to grant them a private interview. The influence of this organization was felt in many districts of the state, and especially in Louisville, where the society was very strong. Mr. Carroll's was the only open denunciation of the order made by any candidate for office. The leaders of the society had proposed an interview, which should be entirely private, and in reply Mr. Carroll wrote: "Inasmuch as your proposed conference with me would necessarily relate to my public record and my views on public questions, I could never give my consent to 'a strictly confidential' interview. It is my idea that public and political questions should be discussed and considered openly; that they are not the proper subjects for secret conclave or 'strictly confidential' interviews, and that no man's opinion should be formed or influenced by conditions or considerations which cannot bear the light of publicity and the careful scrutiny of all men. "In this connection you will pardon me for saying that another consideration prompts my action in this matter, namely: That it offends my convictions and my judgment to engage in a secret conference with a committee of an organization which I believe to be a menace to our form of government, a blow at the very foundation of our political institutions, a slap in the face of civil and religious liberty, and a direct and flagrant violation of the constitution of the United States, which we should all defend, venerate and respect, and which I, as a public officer, have taken an oath to uphold and obey." While engaged in newspaper work, and during his first term in the legislature, Mr. Carroll studied law under the direction of Hon. Frank Hagan, and in the spring of 1894 was admitted to the bar and entered into partnership with Francis J. Hagan, a son of his preceptor, thus establishing the firm of Carroll & Hagan. Mr. Carroll has a civil practice which has assumed extensive proportions. He has represented the state in a large number of cases, and is the attorney for the Courier-Journal Job Printing Company, the Louisville Times and other extensive business concerns. Socially he is connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He was married June 6, 1894, to Miss Sarah F. Holt, a daughter of Chief Justice W. H. Holt, of Frankfort, Kentucky. Mr. Carroll is a member of the Presbyterian church, and shares the esteem which is so universally accorded her husband.
Carroll Collins Hagan Holt Blatz = Oldham-KY Henry-KY Bullitt-KY Ireland
Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky, by H. Levin, editor, 1897. Published by Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago. Reprinted by Southern Historical Press. p. 221. Jefferson County.
THOMAS RODMAN CARTMELL--Among the able practitioners at the Louisville bar is numbered Thomas Rodman Cartmell, who was born on the old Rodman homestead, the home of his maternal grandfather, on May 10, 1869, at a time when his parents were residents of Union county, Kentucky. The father of our subject was the late John Van Cartmell, who was born in Bullitt county, Kentucky, in 1830, the son of Henry Christ Cartmell, a native of Bullitt county, living about twenty miles from Shepherdsville, Kentucky, where he was a justice of the peace and a leading man, but he died early in life. His father was Nathaniel Cartmell, a native of Winchester, in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Henry Christ Cartmell married Mary Aud, a Kentuckian by birth, who people came to Kentucky from Maryland. The mother of our subject was Annah Rodman, who was born in Oldham county, Kentucky, in 1838, the daughter of the late Judge Thomas A. Rodman, who for thirty years served as county judge of Oldham county. Judge Rodman was a native of Oldham county, Kentucky, and was descended from the old Quaker family of Rodmans, who settled originally in Pennsylvania. In 1849 John Van Cartmell, then a young man under twenty, came to Louisville, but subsequently removed to Caseyville, Kentucky, where he resided for a period of ten years, removing thence into Union county, Kentucky, where for many years he was a prominent man, serving two terms as deputy sheriff and one full term as sheriff of that county. He became a capitalist, and returning to Louisville in the spring of 1883, engaged in the wholesale tobacco business and so continued for a number of years, but retired from active business before his death, which occurred in Louisville July 31, 1889, his widow surviving him until June 11, 1899. Thomas Rodman Cartmell was reared in Union county, Kentucky, and attended the public schools in Union county. Upon coming to Louisville with his parents in 1885, he attended the Cincinnati schools for three years, following this with a course at Rugby school in Louisville, then the Louisville Law School, where he received his degree of B.L. and finally supplemented this with a course in the law department of the University of Virginia. Mr. Cartmell, having thus equipped himself with a thorough grounding in the requirements of his professional education, began the practice of law in Louisville, in March, 1896, and so continued until 1906, when he became connected with the legal department of the Kentucky Title Company of Louisville. Mr. Cartmell's social tendencies find allegiance with the Masonic fraternity, in which he is a past member of Daylight Lodge, No. 760, F. & A. M. He married Mrs. Nellie E. Melton, daughter of John Wagner, of Harrison county, Indiana.
Cartmell Aud Rodman Melton Wagner = Shepherdsville-Bullitt-KY Caseyville-Union-KY Harrison-IN OH VA PA
HISTORY OF KENTUCKY AND KENTUCKIANS, E. Polk Johnson, three volumes, Lewis Publishing Co., New York & Chicago, 1912. Common version, Vol. III, pp. 1177-78. [Full page photograph of Mr. Cartmell included with this bio.] [Jefferson County]
THOMAS CASHION (deceased) was born in Bullitt County, Ky., in May, 1858, and died December 3, 1888, in Crittenden County, Ark. When a boy he went from his birthplace to the State of Texas, where he was married to Miss Nannie E. Rives, January 11, 1880. She was born April 27, 1860, in this county, and is the daughter of Samuel D. Rives, who was born in Kentucky and died here on April 16, 1865. He came from the Blue Grass State, with his parents, when he was a boy. Mrs. Cashion's father was a well-to-do farmer; her mother was born and raised in this county, where she died December 31, 1879, having had four children of whom two are still living: Nannie E. and Edna (who resides in Galveston, Tex.). Mrs. Cashion, the second child, moved from Crittenden County to Texas with her mother, and received her education in the district schools of Collin County, afterward attending the high school in McKinney. She has borne three children: John P. (born October 12, 1880), Mary J. (born April 3, 1882), and Thomas E. (born October 4, 1884). Thomas Cashion, Sr., was an employe of the Houston & Texas Railroad, while in Texas, and remained in that position for nine years. Discontinuing railroading in 1884 he farmed in Texas one year, when he came to this county and located on the farm now owned by his widow, formerly the property of Mr, Rives. This contains 800 acres, with 375 acres in cultivation, and is located on the Mississippi River bottoms. The farm now belongs to Nannie and her sister and never has been divided. Mr. Cashion was a member of the Masonic and Knights of Honor fraternities, and was a good citizen and highly respected. His widow rents all her land, but lives on her farm. Her grandfather, Peter G. Rives, was one of the first settlers of this county, having come here before Pierce was president. He was a large land owner, and cleared most of the land south of West Memphis, and was a prominent and useful citizen.
Page 409; Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Eastern Arkansas
BEN CHAPEZE, of Bardstown, was born in Trenton, New Jersey, March 27, 1787, and died in Elizabethtown, September 26, 1839. His father was Dr. Henry Chapeze, a native of France, who, imbued with the spirit and love of liberty, came to America with the Marquis de La Fayette and offered his sword and his talents to the colonies in their struggle for independence; he served as a surgeon in the American army. On the termination of the war he married Sarah Kenny, a native of Ireland, and soon thereafter removed to Kentucky, settling at Bardstown, where he remained in the practice of his profession to the date of his death, which occurred in 1810. Ben Chapeze was educated in the private schools at Bardstown, then the most celebrated in central Kentucky, and although he was endowed by nature with more than ordinary ability he had little love for books and no thought of entering one of the learned professions. In early manhood he betook himself to the calling of wagoner, and it was not until after his marriage to Elizabeth Shepherd, daughter of Adam Shepherd, the founder of Shepherdsville in Bullitt county, which took place May 7, 1812, that he commenced the study of law. After his marriage he settled in Bullitt county, on a small farm, which he cultivated with no great success. His wife was a woman of great native intelligence and ambitious for the success of her husband, in whom she recognized latent ability. With the aid of Wilford Lee, a justice of the peace before whom Chapeze had made a defense of an action brought against himself, he secured books and set diligently to work, morning, noon and night, at the hours not required by his farm duties, and at the end of three years he secured his admission to the bar. Judge John Rowan was his preceptor and friend and directed his study. He entered on the practice at Shepherdsville in 1815, removing later to Elizabethtown and in 1820 to Bardstown, where for nearly twenty years he was one of the leading lawyers of the state, following the circuit and practicing in Nelson, Meade, Hardin, Bullitt, Breckinridge, Spencer, Washington and Marion counties, as well as looking to a large and lucrative business in the court of appeals. The reported decisions of that court not only show his numerous retainers, but the interested reader will find evidence of his superior skill and learning in the petitions for rehearing filed by him and published with the decisions. He was employed in many important and celebrated cases. His argument in the noted case of De Parcq versus Rice, was said by those who heard the arguments of Ben Hardin, J. J. Crittenden, C. A. Wickliffe and John Rowan to fully equal the efforts of those celebrated and able advocates. He was a painstaking, hard-working and thorough student of his profession, of great originality, strong natural ability and sterling integrity. His voice was deep and sonorous; style of oratory ornate, with a tendency to use words of Latin origin. He abounded in candor, charity and magnanimity; was known to many by the sobriquet of "the honest lawyer," while his personal appearance gained for him amongst his brother lawyers the appellation given him by Ben Hardin of "the Black Prince.: His dark complexion, long raven hair and lustrous black eyes, his fine physique and presence, his neatness of person and garb and his courteous manner making it an appropriate appellation. He had little taste for politics, but was twice a representative for Nelson county in the legislature in the interest of the anti-relief for Old Court party during the heated contest of that era, being a colleague, during his last session, of Ben Hardin. On the close of the Old and New Court contest he joined the Jacksonian party, which was mostly composed of those previously allied with the New Court party. He was an elector and cast his vote for Jackson for president in 1828. He was the associate and intimate of many of the great lawyers of the state and the equal of all. His wife was a devout Catholic and reared her children in that faith, and he died a recipient of its consolations, after an exhaustive trial at Elizabethtown, at the end of which he fell in the court-room, and, being removed to the hotel, was bled by the attending physician in the face of his protest and that of his friend Ben Hardin, who said: "Don't let them bleed you, Ben; you'll die if they bleed you. If you submit to it I advise you first to have your will written." Mr. Chapeze replied that his will was already written, but that he would resist the bleeding. This promise he did not keep and he was bled, as the practice then was, and at the end of nine days he was dead.
Chapeze La_Fayette Kenny Hardin Lee Shepherd = Bardstown-Nelson-KY Bullitt-KY NJ Ireland France
Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky, by H. Levin, editor, 1897. Published by Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago. Reprinted by Southern Historical Press. p. 198. Hardin County.
ISAAC T. COLLIER was born September 9, 1840, in Spencer County, Ky., a son of Jacob T. and Mary G. (Norman) Collier, natives of Spencer County. His mother died in 1878, but his father, who has been a miller all his life, is still living, and is a member of the Baptist Church. Isaac T. was reared on a farm, but educated in the schools of Taylorsville. In 1865 he began in the drug business, which he has since followed with the exception of four years when he was engaged in the lumber trade, and now is the owner of a fine drug store, in which he does a good trade. He also has property in Taylorsville, and twenty acres of land near the town. The names of his brothers and sisters are Susan F. (Everhart), Sarah (Cheatham), Florence E. (Heady), Isaac T., Abner L. and Sol. N. April 14, 1864, our subject married Miss Emily J. Cheatham, daughter of Leonard Cheatham, a native of Washington County, Ky, a wheelwright by trade, but latterly a farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Collier have three children: George L., Lizzie M. and Tommie. Mr. Collier has been a member of the Baptist Church for twenty-seven years; is also a member of the Masonic fraternity, having attained the R.A. degree.
Collier Norman Everhart Cheatham Heady = Washington-KY
Kentucky: A History of the State. Perrin, Battle & Kniffin, 6th ed.,1887, Spencer Co.
JAMES O. COLLINGS is a native of Spencer County, Ky., and was born in 1836. His father, Reuben Collings, was also born in Spencer County, was of Irish origin, and married Mary Johnson. James O. Collings has always been a farmer, and at present resides on his farm of 265 acres in Elk Creek District, in his native county. In 1861 he entered the Confederate Army under Gen. John H. Morgan, was captured, but made his escape after several months' confinement, and then resided in Indiana and Illinois until the close of the war, when he returned to his native county. February 29, 1876, he married Miss Sarah A., daughter of Coleman and Sarah (King) Wells, early settlers of the southern part of Spencer County, and who died respectively in 1860 and February 18, 1887, the latter in her seventy-fourth year. To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Collings three children has been born: William O., Mary A. and Roy Johnson. For over thirteen years Mr. Collings has been a member of the Masonic order, and he is also a consistent member of the Baptist Church.
Collings Johnson King Wells = IN IL
Kentucky: A History of the State. Perrin, Battle & Kniffin, 6th ed.,1887, Spencer Co.
LINDSAY A. COOPER, deceased, was a native of Shelby County, born November 10, 1801, the fourth of the twelve children of Samuel and Esther (Lindsay) Cooper, the former a native of Maryland. Our subject was reared on a farm, and received a common school education. He engaged in farming and stock raising all his life, at which he was successful, owning at the time of his death 175 acres of well improved land on the Ohio River. He married, on June 27, 1839, Miss Matilda A. Luckett, daughter of William G. and Martha S. (Steel) Luckett, and to their union twelve children were born, ten of whom are living: Martha E., William L., Ruhama B., Adam R., Mary M., Nolia A. Samuel L., Graham B., Sallie E., Lindsay B., Laura M. and Gibson L. Mr. Cooper died on February 24, 1886. He was a member of the Christian Church, and at all times ready to help the poor and needy. He was a Worthy Master of the I.O.O.F. Politically he was a Democrat.
Cooper Lindsay Luckett Steel = MD
Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 6th ed., 1887, Shelby Co.
EDWARD CORNWELL, Recorder of Orange County, Indiana, and one of its few remaining old pioneers, was born in Jefferson County, KY., in 1809, and is the seventh in a large family of children born to William and Mary F. (Swan) Cornwell, who were natives respectively of Virginia and Maryland. His mother's father was a native of the Old Dominion, and her grandfather was born in France. When about twelve years old, Edward Cornwell removed from his native State to Orange County, Ind. In October, 1831, Miss Nancy Johnson, a native of Shelby County, KY., became his wife, and after bearing a family of seven children, all living but one, Mrs. Cornwell died in 1880. Mr. Cornwell, following the example set by his father, who cast his first Presidential ballot for Jefferson in 1800, is a Democrat, voting first for Jackson as his choice for the Presidency. In 1876 he was elected Recorder of the County, and in 1880 re-elected, serving in this capacity with credit to himself and satisfaction to the public. In 1848 he and wife joined the Regular Baptist Church, of which Mr. Cornwell is yet a member. Mr. Cornwell is remarkably well-preserved for his age, being yet robust and vigorous.
Cornwell Swan Jefferson Jackson = Orange-IN VA MD France Shelby-KY
History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Counties, Indiana From the Earliest Time to the Present; Together with Interesting Biographical Sketches, Reminiscences, Notes, Etc. Chicago, Goodspeed Bros., & Co., Publishers, 1884. Weston A. Goodspeed, Leroy C. Goodspeed, Charles L. Goodspeed. Jefferson County.
FORTUNATUS COSBY, JR., was a native of Kentucky, born near Louisville, May 2, 1802, and died in that city June 16, 1871, aged 69. His father, after whom he was named, was a prominent lawyer, member of the Ky. legislature, and circuit judge; died in 1846, aged 81. The son was a student at Transylvania University; but graduated at Yale College; studied law, but did not follow it steadily; was a clerk in the U. S. treasury department at Washington city, and for several years U. S. consul at Geneva, Switzerland. Betwen 1840 and 1850, Mr. Cosby was a frequent contributor of charming poems and prose to several Louisville newspapers. [Note: Poem shown was: "Fireside Fancies".]
Cosby = Lexington-Fayette-KY Switzerland
Historical Sketches of Kentucky by Lewis Collins, Maysville, KY. and J. A. & U. P. James, Cincinnati, 1847. Volume 1. Reprinted 1968. Jefferson County. The Poets and Poetry of Kentucky, page 559.
A. K. COX, M.D., was born September 6, 1827. His father, Gabriel E. Cox, was a son of the renowned Indian fighter, Gen. James Cox, who was one of the first settlers of what is now Nelson County. He located on a small stream in the northern part of the county, which has since been known as Cox's Creek. He served with distinction in the war of 1812. He was a very extensive land owner, and was unable by reason of its plentifulness to appreciate its value, frequently bartering away quite large tracts of what is today the best of land for merely a nominal price. He died at the advanced age of seventy-seven years, October 5, 1845. He represented Nelson County in the Legislature in the years of 1802 and 1803. Gabriel E. Cox, father of Dr. A. K. Cox, was born October 27, 1793, at the home farm on Cox's Creek, where he grew to manhood. By profession he was a physician acquiring his education at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. Very soon after reaching home he married Miss Delia M. Tingle, and located and commenced the practice at Bardstown, where he continued until he was compelled to retire from active work on account of enfeebled health. He had a very large practice, in which he was highly successful. A member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with which he was connected a great many years, he died a devout believer in that faith, February 27, 1853. Politically a Whig, he represented the county in the Legislature twice. Dr. A. K. Cox was born in Bardstown and remained at home until he attained his majority, when he commenced reading medicine with his father. In the winters of 1858-59-60 he attended two courses of lectures at the Kentucky School of Medicine, of Louisville, graduating from that institution in the latter year. August 10, 1840, his marriage with Ellen E. Bowman was celebrated, and to their union one child was born, Mary D., now Mrs. H. Clay Brown, of Georgia. Mrs. Cox is a daughter of Wilson and Mary Bowman. Her father, Wilson Bowman, was born in Virginia, June 16, 1787. He grew to manhood in his native State, immigrated to Kentucky at an early day, locating in Cumberland County, whence he removed to Nelson County about 1827. His vocation was that of farming and speculating in lands, and was regarded by those who had an opportunity of seeing his operations on the farm as a most systematic and enterprising farmer, being highly successful. He was the first importer of thorough-bred horses to the county, and handled them with great pleasure and success. In politics a Whig, he always manifested a great interest in political affairs, but sought no personal preferment. He died July 10, 1858. Dr. Cox has practiced his profession about twenty-five years, meeting with most flattering success. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and the Doctor occasionally fills the pulpit. In politics he is a Democrat.
Cox Tingle Bowman Brown = Cumberland-KY Jefferson-KY PA GA VA
Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 4th ed., 1887, Nelson County.
DR. WILLIAM L. CRANDELL, McLean County, was born August 16, 1844, in Bullitt County, Ky., and is the son of Dr. Samuel W. and Margaret (Goff) Crandell, natives of Brandenburg and Nelson Counties, Ky., respectively. Dr. Samuel W. Crandell (subject's father) was first lieutenant in the Eight[h] Kentucky Federal Cavalry for eighteen months, after which he became assistant surgeon of the regiment; he resigned in 1864, and returned home. The mother of subject was a daughter of Edwin Goff, who married Elizabeth Thurman, both natives of Virginia. Subject received a common school education, and in June, 1862, enlisted in Company I, Sixth Kentucky Cavalry, under Capt. Ed. Penn. He participated in the battles of Chickamauga, Resaca and Nashville and was in numerous skirmishes with Morgan's men; went with Sherman on his march to the sea, as far as Macon, Ga. He was discharged in June, 1865, at Nashville, as second sergeant, and returned to his home in Louisville, Ky., where he engaged as salesman in a general store for ten months. Then moved to Sacramento, McLean, County; engaged in saw-milling one year, and then returned to Louisville, and attended a course at the Kentucky School of Medicine in the winter of 1867-68; same spring he located in Ashbysburgh, Hopkins County, and commenced practice. In 1870, he moved to Hamilton County, Mo., and in 1872, to southern Illinois; in 1874, he located in Slaughterville, Webster County, and one year later located at Beach Grove, where he has been engaged in his profession ever since, except eighteen months at Lewisport, Hancock County. He was married December 21, 1870, to Mrs. Mary Saunders of Saline County, Mo., a daughter of Lemuel G. Tucker; she died in February, 1876. He afterward married May 21, 1878, Georgia E. Harper, of McLean County, a daughter of John H. and C. E. (Walters) Harper, who were born respectively in Pennsylvania in 1812, and Wheeling, W. Va., in 1822. Two children were born to this union, one of whom is still living. Dr. Crandell is a member of the Masonic order, and a Democrat. He gave his first vote for George B. McClellan, and his last for Grover Cleveland. He is at present chairman of the board of village trustees, and the board of education.
Crandell Goff Thurman Penn Saunders Tucker Harper Walters = Bullitt-KY Brandenburg-Meade-KY Nelson-KY VA Louisville-Jefferson-KY Hopkins-KY Hamilton-MO Webster-KY Hancock-KY PA WV
Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 2nd ed., 1885, McLean Co.
RICHARD CROUM, Bullitt County, was born in Green County in 1820. He is the fifth of ten children born to Henry and Nancy (Skaggs) Croum, the former a native of North Carolina, the latter a daughter of Moses Skaggs, of Green County. Henry C. was a gallant soldier in the war of 1812, and bore an honorable part in the memorable battle of New Orleans. The subject of this sketch was reared in Green County, and received but a limited education. He married Miss Frances Towns, and to them have been born two children, viz: Elam, born March 10, 1860, and Bert, born May 12, 1862. When the civil war broke out in 1861, Mr. Croum enlisted in the Thirteenth Kentucky (Federal) Infantry, and served to the close of the war, receiving an honorable discharge, in 1865, at Chattanooga.
Croum Skaggs Towns = Bullitt-KY Green-KY NC
Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 8th ed., 1888, Jefferson Co.
GEORGE W. CRUMBAUGH was born and reared in Russellville, Logan Co., Ky. His father, Conrad Crumbaugh, was a potter and brewer by occupation, and came to Kentucky from Hagerstown, Md. George W. was five years learning the tailor's trade, and at nineteen began the business for himself; first at Danville, Ky., and soon after at Louisville, where he carried on his business. He studied for the ministry and preached as a local minister. In 1840 he was admitted to the Conference on probation, and two years afterward to full membership, and was ordained elder of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the Louisville Conference. He was subject to appointment by the Conference for fifty years, but now is superannuated; was recently appointed chaplain of the penitentiary at Eddyville, to which place he moved in 1880, and three years later to Kuttawa. During his ministerial service he added to the various churches 3,000 members. He belongs to the Odd Fellows and Masonic fraternities, and was formerly a Good Templar. He has been twice married; his first wife was Zella Hall, of Bullitt County, Ky. There is but one child living to this union - Rev. G. C. Crumbaugh, of Paducah. His present wife is Emma S., nee Crandell, of Hardin County. They are blessed with three children: Dora E., wife of Press Wood; Mary C., wife of E. S. Menard, and Earnest W. The last named was born July 18, 1860 in Carrollton, Ky., and thoroughly educated at the Louisville High School. He came to Eddyville with his father and bought an interest in the Lyon County Democrat, of which he was editor. He has since been associated as editor of the Kuttawa Gazette which he started, and soon after consolidated with the Democrat. At the same time he owned and published the Dawson Ripplings, all in partnership with Scott Brothers. Upon dissolution they took the Dawson paper, and he the Kuttawa Gazette Democrat, which was suspended in June, 1884. December 6, 1884, he started his present paper the Saturday Evening Echo, of which he is sole editor and proprietor, and which is in a flourishing condition.
Crumbaugh Hall Crandell Wood Menard Brothers = Russellville-Logan-KY Hagerstown-Washington-MD Danville-Boyle-KY Louisville-Jefferson-KY Bullitt-KY Paducah-McCracken-KY Hardin-KY Carrollton-Carroll-KY
Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin & Kniffin, 3rd ed. 1886. Lyon Co.
JESSE S. CRUME, ex-Sheriff of Lincoln County is now making his home in township 60, range 2, and is engaged in cultivating six hundred acres of as fine land as can be found in Missouri. He has passed the principal portion of his life in Lincoln County and has always taken great interest in its upbuilding. He made an efficient and trustworthy public officer, and has been a life-long supporter of the Democracy. He has frequently served as a district-school Director, and was once a candidate for Collector, and though he did not make a strong canvass, came in second of four contestants for the office.
Jonathan W. CRUME, father of our subject, was born near Taylorsville, Nelson County, Ky., October 14, 1821, his parents being John and Jane (KIRKHAM) CRUME, natives of Virginia and Kentucky, respectively. John CRUME was born in 1781, and when thirteen years of age was taken by his father to Kentucky, where he was married. In 1830 he came to Lincoln County, bringing his family with him, and settled on a farm east of Troy, where. he lived until 1880. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, as a member of a Kentucky regiment. His wife, born in the Blue Grass State in 1783, died in 1856. Her father, Michael KIRKHAM, a native of Ireland, settled in Kentucky prior to the Revolution. John and Jane CRUME had eight children: John, Sallie, Philip, Elizabeth, Taylor, Jonathan W., Mary Jane and Jesse. Jonathan W. never attended school, its there were no educational facilities during his boyhood in Kentucky. Indians were still numerous, and whenever the citizens held court they assembled for muster. Mr. CRUME was one of the most expert hunters in the country, his shot being almost invariably true. Prior to the war he was a Whig, but later became a Democrat, and voted for his party nominees until shortly before his death, which occurred January 28,1891. He joined the Masonic order in Auburn at an early day, and was for a time a member of New Hope Lodge and a charter member of Solon Lodge, which was instituted about 1868.
In 1842 Jonathan W. CRUME married Leah Jane, daughter of Littleton and Ellen P. (JOHNSTON) DRYDEN. The former was born in Worcester County, Md., January 26, 1797, and died on the 16th of February, 1867; and the latter, born on the 18th of January, 1803, died February 14, 1867. For many years they had been members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and both were placed to rest in the same grave. Mr. DRYDEN removed from Maryland to Hannibal, Mo., in 1833, and worked at his trade as a hatter for three years, after which be settled in this county, buying a claim where the village of Snow Hill (now Brussells) stands and continuing to operate his homestead until his death. Leah J. CRUME was born in Maryland in 1828, and was about thirteen years old when her parents came to this county.
Jesse S. CRUME, who was born near Troy, this county, April 17, 1849, is one of eight children. Elizabeth married S. A. HARROLD, who lives on a portion of the old homestead. Littleton Thomas has resided in California for the past fifteen years. Ella is the widow of Dr. A. H. CHENOWITH, of Troy. John Wesley resides on a part of the old homestead. Julia is the wife of J. W. ALEXANDER, who is on the St. Louis police force; and Willie and James Alexander died in childhood, aged four and nine years, respectively.
The early education of our subject was obtained in the district log schoolhouse, near the home of his boyhood. He pursued his studies until his twenty-fourth year, but when only eighteen years of age actively engaged in farming. Going to Cap Au Gris, he bought a share in his brother's store and remained in business for about two years. He then married and returned to his native township, settling on an eighty-acre tract of timber-land near his father's home. He cleared the land and made many improvements on the place, which he sold in 1882. He then removed to the farm where his father had first located, and conducted the same for six years. His headquarters for the next four years were in Troy, on account of his duties as Sheriff of the county. When his term of office had expired he removed to a farm near Elsberry, and in the fall of 1894 finally located where he is at present.
April 13, 1873, Mr. CRUME married Hettie A., daughter of Charles MONROE and Susan (HINES) THOMASON, the former of whom was born in Virginia in 1821, being a son of John and Elizabeth (GARWOOD) THOMASON. His father, who was a soldier in the War of 1812, was born and reared in Botetourt County, Va., and moved to Missouri in 1830, the journey being made overland in wagons. The family settled near Auburn, where he died in 1836. In 1842 C. M. THOMASON married Susan HINES, and two years later settled on his mother's homestead, where he spent the ten ensuing years, then removing to a farm near the Cuivre River. Two years later he disposed of his property there and went to Nebraska, stopping in St. Joseph, where his mother died. He then took passage on a steamboat for Lincoln County, and, landing at Cap Au Gris, settled on the bluffs of the Mississippi, where he made his home for a time. When the town of Winfield was founded he removed thither, and continued to make his home there until his death, which occurred at the residence of J. S. CRUME in 1886. His body was interred in the cemetery at Winfield.
Susan HINES was the daughter of John and Hettie (GALLOWAY) HINES. Her father, who was reared in Virginia, moved to Missouri in 1823, his wife and child making the journey on horseback in company with a brother, who walked. After a year in Lincoln County, he moved to Ohio, the journey being made in a wagon of his own manufacture. Two years were spent in Ohio, after which he returned to Missouri and settled at Old Alexandria, which was the county seat at that time. Removing thence to Troy, he conducted a blacksmith shop. Later he settled on a tract of land lying on Sugar Creek, which he entered from the Government, and upon which he remained for about five years. A similar period was spent at New Hope, where he had a shop. Thence he went to his farm on Sugar Creek, where Mr. and Mrs. THOMASON were married. Mr. HINES finally became a member of the family of the latter, with whom he remained until his death in the year 1849. Mrs. HINES was born in Maryland and went to Virginia with her parents in childhood. In 1820 she became the wife of Mr. HINES, and three years later came to Lincoln County, Mo. After the demise of her husband, she made her home with the family of C. M. THOMASON until her death, at the age of eighty-four. There were eleven children in the family, two of whom died young.
Six children came to grace the union of Mr. and Mrs. CRUME, namely: Arthur L., born May 21, 1874; Mina M., February 15, 1876; Irene S., March 4, 1878; John L., September 19, 1879; Hubert J., July 17, 1881; and Ella G., December 25, 1887. The eldest is attending the Iowa Business College at Des Moines, while the younger children are students in the Elsberry schools. Mrs. CRUME is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, with which she has been connected since 1884.
Politically a Democrat, Mr. CRUME has always given his allegiance to that party. Though only a boy, he was an enthusiastic upholder of the Southern cause, and with one of his brothers intended to enlist, but was prevented by his father. His people were slave-owners, and one of the old negroes brought by his grandfather from Maryland to Missouri is still living and resides under the roof of Mr. CRUME. Among the relies and treasures of our subject is a powder-horn which his great-grandfather took from Virginia to Kentucky in 1794; and a sister has a gourd used for keeping the supply of powder, and which was brought out at the same time. It was formerly about two feet long, but has been broken and is now hardly half that length. John Wesley, a brother, owns a knife formerly the property of the same ancestor, and used in skinning deer; he also owns a small hand-sickle made over one hundred years ago. Our subject has the old rifle which belonged to his father, and which has brought down many a deer.
Fraternally Mr. CRUME has been a Mason since 1871, at which time he became a member of New Salem Lodge No. 270, but in the winter of 1894 he became identified with New Hope Lodge No. 199, at Elsberry. He is an Odd Fellow and a Knight of Honor, and in these various societies has held different official positions At one time he was identified with the Temperance Benevolent Association, and for a few years belonged to the Grange.
Biography of Jesse S. Crume (1849- ); Portrait and Biographical Record of St. Charles, Lincoln and Warren Counties (Chicago: Chapman Pub. Co., 1895), page 506.
JAMES M. CRUTCHER was born July 3, 1818, in Spencer County, Ky., and is a son of Sebert and Sallie (Gilbert) Crutcher, of Spencer County but natives of Virginia. The former was born in 1772, and died in 1839. The latter was born in 1780, and died in 1840. James is the twelfth of a family of thirteen children, and was reared on the farm, the pursuits of which he has always followed, with the exception of three years, when he was engaged in milling at Taylorsville. He owns 300 acres of land. He has been a member of the Baptist Church since he was sixteen years old, and has been clerk and trustee of his church for many years. In 1840 he was united in marriage with Miss Martha C. Norman, daughter of Abner Norman. She was born in 1821 in the house where Mr. Crutcher now resides, and died in 1884, a life-long member of the Baptist Church. Seven children were born to their union: Sarah F., Abner T., James W., Charles W., Mary Alice, William R. (deceased) and Morgan N. Mr. Crutcher resides on the old homestead with his son, James W., in Spencer County.
Crutcher Gilbert Norman = VA
Kentucky: A History of the State. Perrin, Battle & Kniffin, 6th ed.,1887, Spencer Co.
J.W. CRUTCHER was born in 1855 in Spencer County, Ky., the sixth of seven children born to John and Hannah (Brown) Crutcher. John was born December 11, 1804, and died in 1868. He was a son of Sebert Crutcher, who came to Kentucky from Virginia, and was a farmer. Mrs. Hannah Crutcher was born in 1816, a daughter of Raphael Brown, of Spencer County, who came from Nelson County. The Browns came to Kentucky from New Jersey. Our subject was educated in the schools of Taylorsville, and from the age of eighteen until 1880 was employed as a printer in the office of the _Spencer Journal_. In the meantime the name of the paper was changed to the _Spencer Courier_. >From 1880 to August, 1883, he was editor and business manager, and at the latter date became editor and proprietor. The paper is one of the best in the county, and has a large circulation. Mr. Crutcher is also deputy postmaster under his sister, Mrs. Ruth C. Burton, who was appointed postmistress in April, 1886. Mrs. Burton is the widow of W.T. Burton, who was editor and founder of the newspaper at Taylorsville, and was an able attorney. In 1887 Mr. Crutcher married Miss Myrtie Gibson, daughter of L.G. Gibson, a leading citizen of Shelby County.
Crutcher Brown Burton Gibson = VA Nelson NJ Shelby
Kentucky: A History of the State. Perrin, Battle & Kniffin, 6th ed.,1887, Spencer Co.
RICHARD CUMMINS was born in County Carlow, Ireland, May 8, 1830, and is a son of Arthur and Ellen (Whallen) Cummins, to whom four sons and seven daughters were born and reared. Richard Cummins came to the United States in 1848, and located in Rahway, N. J.; five years later he moved to Louisville and thence to Bullitt County, Ky., where he ran a distillery for two years; then moved to Decatur, Ill., where he again ran a distillery. In 1859 he returned to Kentucky and located at Raywick, where for five years he ran a distillery, after which he ran a sawmill four years. In 1868 he located in the western part of Marion County on 300 acres of fine land, which he has improved with good substantial buildings, built and ran a distillery near New Hope and called it Coon Hollow Distillery, which he afterward sold and built a distillery near his residence and named it Coon Hollow Distillery, from which the station takes its name. In 1881 he sold to the Nelson County Distilling Company, after which he purchased and ran a distillery at Loretto, in the name of R. Cummins & Co. Mr. Cummins also turns his attention to shorthorn cattle and fine saddle stock. He was married October 1, 1861, to Emily J., a daughter of John and Mary (Simpson) Brady, who are natives of Maryland and were brought to Washington County, Ky., when children. The issue from this marriage of our subject was ten children: M. A., born September 5, 1862; Mary A., August 22, 1864 (deceased); Mary E., July 30, 1865; John A., March 5, 1869 (deceased); James P., February 2, 1871; Catherine W., May 3, 1872; Richard D., August 29, 1874; Elizabeth J., November 27, 1877; John R., May 27, 1880 (deceased), and Anna M., May 27, 1880. Mr. Cummins' parents came to the United States in 1855 and located in New Jersey and later in Louisville, Ky., where they remained during the rest of their days. In politics he is a Democrat and his first presidential vote was for Buchanan in 1856, and he and wife are devoted members of the Catholic Church.
Cummins Whallen Simpson Brady = Bullitt-KY Washington-KY Jefferson-KY IL MD NJ Ireland
Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 4th ed., 1887, Marion County.
THOMAS F. CURTSINGER, who was one of the very prosperous and representative men of Graves county, was born in Washington county, Kentucky, March 12, 1816. He was reared and educated in his native county and became a farmer. Being a quite, retiring man, he had no eventful history, but simply did his duty as he saw it, brought up his children and was a consistent member of the Catholic church. While holding no office, he early espoused the principles of Democracy. In Washington county, Kentucky, he was married to Miss Sarah Toon, and three children were born to them, namely: Robert, Mary Ann and John. After the death of his first wife Mr. Curtsinger married, in Graves county, Elizabeth Reily, and nine children came to bless their home, namely: James T., Julia A., Victor, Martha J., Elisha F., Melvina, Allen G., Philip W., Laura E. His second wife passed away and he was married to Elizabeth (Willett) Hayden, a widow with two children, namely: James T., born November 9, 1867, and died July 10, 1886; Samuel L., born October 7, 1870; Mary G., born July 12, 1873; and Laura B., born February 3, 1876. The death of Mr. Curtsinger occurred February 21, 1903. He left a widow and large family to mourn the loss of a kind husband and father, while his death is felt in the neighborhood by those who understood and appreciated his many virtues. When his estate was examined it was discovered that he had left ten thousand acres to be divided among his heirs as a result of patient, uncomplaining labor throughout a blameless life.
Curtsinger Toon Reily Willett Hayden = Washington-KY
Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, Lewis Publishing Company, 1904, pp 699-700 [Graves]
JOHN DAWSON was born December 25, 1826, and is the fourth of three sons and three daughters born to Ignatius and Elizabeth (Ice) Dawson. Ignatius was born near Holy Cross Church, became a substantial farmer and slave-owner, was an active Whig, and died about 1863, a member of the Roman Catholic Church. His father came from Scotland and settled in Nelson County as early as 1790, and followed farming. Mrs. Elizabeth Dawson was born eight miles north of New Haven, and was a daughter of Jesse Ice, who married a Mrs. Lee, the mother of the Lees who were among the wealthy and leading citizens of Bullitt County, Ky. The issue by Mr. Ice was five children. Mr. Ice was an early settler and substantial farmer of Nelson County. John Dawson was born near Hew Haven, on a farm, and received a good English education. At the age of twenty-five he left his home, and was a superintendent of slaves for four years, when he commenced farming on his own account. He was united in marriage, in May, 1865, to Jennie Wilson, an adopted daughter of C. J. Wilson. She was born in Ireland, came with her father to the United States, and first located in New Orleans, where her parents died shortly after. She was then brought to Louisville by a Mrs. Hanes, and Maj. C. J. Wilson, of LaRue County, adopted her. Mr. and Mrs. Dawson are blessed with three bright children: Mary E. Russell, Nannie and James Lee. After his marriage Mr. Dawson located where he now resides, one-half mile east of New Haven, on 700 acres of fine land. He lost one of the finest houses in his community, but has rebuilt an elegant frame residence on the site of the former. Mr. Dawson started about even in life, and by his skill and excellent financial abilities has made life a success. He turns his attention principally to cattle trade. Mr. Dawson was a Whig in early life, but since the war has affiliated with the Democrats.
Dawson Ice Wilson Lee Hanes = Larue-KY Bullitt-KY LA Scotland Ireland
Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 4th ed., 1887, Nelson County.
DR. JOHN DEBO was born in Jefferson County, Ky., May 27, 1840; his parents, Horatio and Elizabeth (Porter) Debo, had seven children, of which he was the third born. Henry Debo, his paternal grandfather, was a native of Virginia, of French-German descent, a hatter by trade and an early settler in Kentucky, where he resided until he became advanced in years, when he removed to Johnson County, Ind., and lived the rest of his days with his son. Richard Porter, maternal grandfather of Dr. Debo, of English descent, was a native of Maryland, and one of the early settlers of Nelson County, he later removed to Jefferson County, of which he died a resident. Horatio Debo was born in Virginia and was but a child when his father brought him to Kentucky; he was reared a farmer but at about the age of eighteen was apprenticed to learn the carpenter's and joiner's trade at Louisville, and continued in that vocation until his death in 1854. Dr. John Debo received a good English academic education. In 1860 he commenced reading medicine with Dr. S. M. Hobbs, of Mount Washington, with whom he remained two years; he then served one year following as acting medical cadet at the Federal military hospital, Louisville. In 1863 he located and began practice at Texas. In the winter of 1867-68 he attended a course of lectures at the medical department of the University of Louisville, graduating from that institution in the spring of the latter year; he then resumed his practice at Texas, where he has since continued. In May, 1866, he was united in marriage with Miss Lucetta Barbour; they have one child--Bettie B. In politics he is an ardent Democrat, and he and wife are members of the Baptist Church.
Debo Porter Hobbs Barbour = Jefferson-KY Johnson-IN TX MD VA
Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 4th ed., 1887, Nelson County.
PHILIP DUNN was born June 10, 1830, at the head of Middle Creek, La Rue [sic] County, the elder of the son and daughter born to William and Julia (Arnold) Dunn. William Dunn was born on the head waters of Middle Creek in 1808, and was killed at the age of twenty-seven by a horse running away with him. He was a farmer, and a son of Robert Dunn, who came from Virginia as early as 1790 and settled on Middle Creek. Robert Dunn's father came from Ireland, settled in Virginia, and thence came to Kentucky. He was a weaver by trade. Philips's mother, after her husband's death, married Jeremiah La Folett, by whom six children were born. She was the daughter of John and Mary (Airheart) Arnold. They came from near Harrodsburg, Ind., and settled on Middle Creek about 1790. John Arnold was a large and substantial farmer and distiller, and also owner of a large slave property. He furnished a substitute in the war of 1812, and his wife's people were noted in the Indian wars, during which she had a sister captured by the savages and carried a prisoner to Indiana. Philip Dunn was reared on the farm; at the age of twelve years hired out by the month at $2.50 per month, and continued working in this way until married. He off- bore the brick that were put in the first court house of La Rue County, and worked at $4 per month. January 10, 1850, he married Lucinda J. Patterson, of La Rue County, a daughter of J. M. and Sarah C. (Gardner) Patterson, who came from Pittsylvania County, Va., and settled in La Rue County in 1837. They were farmers and owners of slave property, and of English origin. The issue by this union of Mr. and Mrs. Dunn was six children: James H., Tandy A., William P., Sarah A. (Coffer), Gracie F. and George P. Mrs. Dunn died July 3, 1873, at the age of forty-three years, a member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Dunn married Mrs. Mary F. Coffer, sister of his first wife. Four children have been born to this marriage: Arvin S., Herbert Lee, Minnie J. and Raymond Terry. Mrs. Dunn had two children by her former husband: William H. and Thomas R Coffer. Mr. Dunn, after his first marriage, located on the head waters of the Nolin, where he purchased 215 acres of land. In 1858 he located three miles west of Hodgensville, where he owns 420 acres of fine land in a high state of cultivation. Mr. Dunn was twice elected justice; was a member of the Grange. In politics he is a Democrat, but cast his first presidential vote for Gen. Scott, a Whig, and was a strong and pronounced advocate for the Union during "ante bellum" days. He and wife are members of the Baptist Church.
Dunn Arnold La_Folett Airheart Patterson Gardner Coffer = VA Ireland IN Pittsylvania-VA
Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1885, Larue Co.
GABRIEL DUVALL was born February 29, 1828, on the place where he now resides. In 1847 he enlisted in Company C (Captain Rowan Harding) Fourth Kentucky Infantry, and remained in the army until the close of the Mexican war. His father, Gabriel Duvall, Sr., was born in 1787, at Annapolis, Md., and in 1790 removed with his mother to Kentucky, where he died August 1, 1827. He was both a farmer and cooper. He was the son of Miles Duvall, a privateer in the Revolutionary war, and afterward a coast trader supposed to have been killed by pirates in 1787. He was the son of Hugh Duvall, a French Huguenot. The sons of Miles were: Thomas, Senate, Jacob, John and Gabriel Sr. Gabriel Sr., married Mary Grable (born on the farm where subject now lives, in 1792, and died here in 1869), and to them were born Cyrus G., Joseph, Thomas, Gabriel and Louisana (Overall). On January 7, 1851, Gabriel Duvall Jr., was married to Miss Rebecca, daughter of Andrew and Priscilla McCormick, of Nelson County, born October 14, 1833, and from this union there is no issue, but they have reared an adopted daughter, Sallie Duvall. Mr. Duvall has served as magistrate and member of the court of claims of Nelson County for four years. He is a farmer, having 240 acres of productive and well improved land in his native county of Nelson. He is an Ancient Odd Fellow, but is not connected by membership with any church. In politics he is independent.
Duvall Grable Overall McCormick = MD
Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 4th ed., 1887, Nelson County.
Eberts & Brother, proprietors of the Henryville tannery, consisting of J. and C. Eberts, are sons of Mr. C. Eberts, who came to America from Germany in the year 1853 and located at St. Louis, Missouri.
These brothers joined their interests in business from the first of the dealing with the public on their own responsibility, it being in Bullitt county, Kentucky, in the town of Shepherdsville, where they rented a tannery and controlled it very successfully for two years, when they changed their location to their present place of doing business. They purchased the tannery property of Mr. August Schlamm, and have since been doing a very satisfactory business, dressing as high as four thousand hides a year.
In the year 1877 Mr. J. Eberts and Miss Eliza Baumberger were united in marriage. They have one child - John.
Mr. C. Eberts and Miss Margaret Gernhart were married in October, 1875. They have three children - Olga C., Edward C., and Minnie A.
Clark County, Indiana Biographies
Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 4th ed., 1887, Nelson County. WALTER M. EVANS, Esq., was born July 22, 1828. His father, John Evans, was born in 1800, near Bloomfield, was a wagon-wright by vocation, and died of cholera in 1833. He was the son of James Evans, a Virginian, and a pioneer of Kentucky. John Evans espoused in marriage, Mary, daughter of Zach. Wilkinson, of Nelson County. She was born in 1802, and died of cholera at the time of her husband's death. From their union sprang Albert, John L., Melissa (Forman), Walter M., Redman and Rebecca (Blackmore). On May 10, 1853, Walter M. was united in the bonds of matrimony to Miss Sarah L., daughter of Andrew and Nancy (McCormick) Oliphant, of Nelson County (born in Washington County, Ohio, April 24, 1834), and to them have been born Dr. Andrew H., Willie P. (deceased), M. Fannie, Walter Lee, Ewing Oliphant, Edward Spencer and Nancy McCormick. In 1882 Walter M. Evans was elected magistrate and member of the court of claims of Nelson, his native county, and has always taken an active interest in public improvements, especially in thoroughly turnpiking the county roads. Having been left an orphan in early childhood, he had a hard time in youth; he was hard pressed and taxed for the profits of others, by severe labor and unremitting toil. By his own exertions he obtained a limited education, and, appreciating its advantages, is endeavoring to furnish better facilities for his children. Squire Evans is a farmer, owning 240 acres of productive and well improved land on Cox's Creek. In religion he is a Baptist and in politics a Democrat. Evans Wilkinson Forman Blackmore McCormick Oliphant = Washington-OH
EDWARD G. FERGUSSON, a young and active business man of Warren County, was born November 5, 1853, in La Rue [sic] Couunty, and is a son of Dr. Robert M. and Harriet (Duncan) Fergusson, by whom two sons and three daughters were born, and of whom our subject is the youngest. Dr. Robert M. Fergusson was born in Virginia, in April, 1812; when a lad of ten or twelve he was brought to Bullittt County, Ky., by his parents. At Louisville, he engaged in the mercantile business for several years, and was also engaged in farming. After his marriage he lived in various counties - from Bullitt to Hardin, then in Hart, and in 1858 moved to Butler County, where he died in April, 1863. He was a son of I. Fergusson, who was born in Scotland, and who with his wife immigrated to and settled in Virginia; thence they moved to Louisville, where he was engaged as a merchant; thence he moved to Bullitt, where he was engaged in farming. Mrs. Harriett Fergusson was born November 25, 1826, in La Rue County, Ky., and is a daughter of Matthew J. Duncan, who married a Miss Miller. He was of Scotch origin, and an early pioneer of La Rue County, and was one of its first surveyors. Edward G. Fegusson was reared on a farm, and received a good common English education; at nineteen he entered the University of Lexington, Ky., where he remained fourteen months; then spent one year at Harvard College, after which he commenced teaching in Bullitt, Butler and Warren Counties. At twenty-four he commenced farming in southwest Warren County; then engaged as salesman for a shot time at Oakland Station. In 1884 he opened a store and engaged in business for himself, five miles east of Smith's Grove. He has met with excellent success, and carries a stock of about $5,000, although he started in life without a dollar. In November, 1877, he married Miss Sallie Phelps, of Butler County, and a daughter of James M. and Polly A. (Reeves) Phelps, natives of Butler and Warren Counties, rspectively. Mr. Phelps was a justice nearly all his life, and is a substantial farmer; he owned slave property before the war, and is of Dutch descent. Mr. and Mrs. Fergusson have had born to them five children: Lulie, Dora B., Mary E., Stella and Beulah. Both parents are members of the Christian Church, and in politics he is a Democrat.
Fergusson Duncan Miller Phelps Reeves = Larue-KY VA Bullitt-KY Louisville-Jefferson-KY Hardin-KY Hart-KY Butler-KY Scotland Lexington-Fayette-KY
Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Warren County.
JESSE P. FIDLER was born in Marion County October 14, 1844. His father, Samuel Fidler, was born in Bullitt County in 1810. In 1838 he married Minerva, daughter of John and Mary (Forsythe) Lawrence, the former a Virginian, and the latter a native of Maryland. To Samuel Fidler and his wife Minerva were born eight children: James M., William H., Jesse P., Napoleon F., Nannie E. (Johnston), John F., Newton F. and Mollie F. Mrs. Fidler is living, aged sixty-six years. Samuel Fidler was during his lifetime engaged in farming, merchandise and lumber trade; he died in 1861. His father, Samuel Fidler, Sr., was a resident of Bullitt County, where he died in 1812; his wife was a Miss Susan Fidler. After the death of her husband, Samuel, she married William Richeson, of Boyle County. John Lawrence, the maternal grandfather of Jesse P., was a farmer and trader. He came from Virginia and settled near Stanford, Ky., at an early period of the State's history. Jesse P. Fidler was educated in the common schools of his native county, and at the age of seventeen entered the Federal Army, enlisting in Company K of the Sixth Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry. He rose and served as regimental commissary to the Sixth Cavalry until July 20, 1865. With his command he participated in many engagements most notably those of Big Harpeth, Brentwood, and the fight with Bragg's troops on Cumberland Mountain on the 4th of July 1863. He was also on the Wilson raid, fought Jackson at Tuscaloosa, and assisted in the capture of that town; afterward was in the engagement with Gen. Pillow at Sipsey Swamp on Blackwater River, and next at Chickamauga; was frequently engaged against Gen. Wheeler's forces in Broomtown Valley. James M., a brother of Jesse P., held the rank of first lieutenant in the Tenth Kentucky Infantry. He was promoted to a captaincy and was provost-marshal of the Fourth Congressional District of Kentucky. He was an active Republican, and died October 1875. William H., another brother, held the rank of major in the Sixth Kentucky Cavalry, for which regiment he recruited a company. He was captured near the Tombigbee River after being cut off from his command while fighting Gen. Pillow. He attempted to reach the Federal lines, but the enemy pursued and caught him with blood hounds. He remained a prisoner for a short time, when he was exchanged at Vicksburg. He was soon after put in command of a number of paroled prisoners, and with 1,800 others was drowned in the Sultana disaster on April 27, 1865. Jesse P. Fidler after the war engaged in farming in Marion County, which he has followed successfully up to the present time, with the exception of the years 1867-85, which he spent in the United States revenue department as storekeeper and gauger. He was married on the 11th of November, 1873, to Miss Lou Drye, of Marion County, daughter of Matthew and Kizzie (Batsell) Drye. To this marriage were born three children, all of whom died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Fidler are members of the church, she of the Christian, while the captain holds the Baptist faith. Politically he is a Republican, and takes a lively interest in the politics of the day.
Fidler Forsythe Lawrence Johnston Richeson Drye Batsell = Boyle-KY Bullitt-KY VA MD
Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 4th ed., 1887, Marion County.
JAMES FISHER, born in Washington County, Ind., January 30, 1822, is the eldest of the ten children of John and Elizabeth (Walker) Fisher, who were natives respectively of Shelby County, Ky., and Virginia. Four sons of these parents went to do battle for the right in the late war, all serving with distinction, two meeting soldiers' deaths at the battle of Champion Hills, and one dying in the hospital at Nashville. The only survivor of the four is a resident of the Lone Star State. James Fisher, subject of this sketch, began for himself at the age of eleven years by working around as a farm hand, which he continued until twenty-six, when Josephine Finley, daughter of Jefferson and Miriam (Brooks) Finley, on the 20th of January, 1848, became his wife. Six children blessed this union, named Miriam E., Amanda, John F., Lydia, Laura and Clara J. These children were left motherless March 16, 1868, and Mr. Fisher married for a second wife Mrs. Amanda (Tegarden) Bishop, daughter of Andrew Tegarden and widow of D. Bishop. Three children, Henry W., James M. and Orna D., were born to this union. Mr. Fisher by hard work has secured a fine farm of 286 acres [Northeast Township, Orange County, Indiana]. In politics he was formerly a Whig, casting his first vote for Henry Clay, but is now a Republican.
Fisher Walker Finley Brooks Tegarden Bishop = Washington-IN Nashville-Davidson-TN TX Orange-IN
History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Counties, Indiana From the Earliest Time to the Present; Together with Interesting Biographical Sketches, Reminiscences, Notes, Etc. Chicago, Goodspeed Bros., & Co., Publishers, 1884. Weston A. Goodspeed, Leroy C. Goodspeed, Charles L. Goodspeed. Shelby County.
DR. A.D. FOREMAN was born in Spencer County, Ky., January 18, 1853; the youngest of a family of six children born to A.D. and L.A. (Montgomery) Foreman. A.D. Foreman was born in Spencer County, Ky., April 12, 1812, was always engaged in farming and stock raising, and died October 2, 1883. He was a son of Thomas and Catherine (Frey) Foreman. Thomas was born in Virginia, immigrated to Kentucky, and was one of the first settlers in Spencer County. Mrs. L.A. Foreman was born in Nelson County, Ky., a daughter of John and Patsey (James) Montgomery. John was born in Nelson County, Ky., and was engaged in agricultural pursuits all his life. Our subject was reared on a farm, and educated at Lyndland Institute. In 1875 he commenced to study dentistry under Dr. Bucker [sic], and in 1877 attended a course of dental lectures at the Pennsylvania Dental College, Philadelphia, Penn., and in 1878 moved to Appleton City, Mo., and was successfully engaged in his profession until August, 1881. He then returned to Spencer County, and has since been engaged in agricultural pursuits. Dr. Foreman has two sisters living: Jannie Buckner, who has one child, Thomas, and Elizabeth Shelburn, who has ten children: Amanda, Jennie, Emmie, Tilley, Letitia, Decker, Susie, Euphrates, Mary and Spencer. Mr. Foreman is a member of the I.O.O.F. Politically he is a Democrat. He owns 130 acres of land.
Foreman Montgomery Frey James Buckner Shelburn = VA Nelson Bates-MO
Kentucky: A History of the State. Perrin, Battle & Kniffin, 6th ed.,1887, Spencer Co.
CAPT. JOHN L. FOSTER, a representative citizen of Bullitt County, was born in Jefferson County, January 13, 1837. His father was James Foster, a native of Nelson County, Ky., was born May 5, 1796, and was a member of one of the early and prominent families of the State. His wife, mother of this sketch, was Nancy Jones. Her parents were from Pennsylvania, and settled early in Kentucky. Her marriage to James Foster occurred October 26, 1822. To this marriage were born fifteen children. The subject of this sketch, John L., was the eleventh born, reared to manhood on the farm, and received a liberal education in the public schools of Bullitt County. The civil war coming on he took sides with the Union, and in 1861 joined the Fifteen Kentucky Infantry, as a private in Company D, but for his gallantry and meritorious conduct as a soldier, he was soon promoted to the captaincy of the company. This position he filled with honor to his county and himself till [sic] January, 1865, when he was mustered out by expiration of contract. At the battle of Perryville he was severely wounded, being shot through the lungs, and on four other occasions he received severe wounds from the enemy's gun. At the close of the war he returned to his native county, and was married April 4, 1865, to Miss Elizabeth Russell, of Indiana. He was soon after appointed to an important position in the Internal Revenue Service, which he held for eleven years, being forced to resign through the illness of his family. He now superintends his farm, owning a large tract of land in Bullitt County and another valuable farm in Jefferson County and tracts elsewhere. He has had nine children in his family: Barbara D., James K., born April 24, 1868, died April 16, 1885; Nancy., Bettie E. (deceased), Bessie May, Hattie Belle, Ruby Pearle, Sarah L. and Anna Victoria. Captain Foster resides about two and a half miles southwest of Brook's Station, and is an exemplary citizen who stands high among his fellows.
Foster Jones Russell = Bullitt-KY Nelson-KY PA IN
Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 8th ed., 1888, Jefferson Co.
PROF. J. C. FRIEND was born November 7, 1851, in Elizabethtown, and is the fourth of five boys and two girls (six of whom lived to be grown) born of Fielding and Elizabeth S. (Culley) Friend. Fielding Friend was born in Hardin County, Ky. In his early life he was a stage-driver; later became a merchant in Elizabethtown and Louisville, Ky., and also kept the Exchange Hotel in Louisville for three years. His last days were spent at West Point, where he was actively engaged in mercantile business, when he was taken sick with cholera and died in 1852. He was a very active man during his life; was an active worker for the Whig party, and a devoted member of the Christian Church. His father, Charles Friend, married Sarah Huss; both are natives of Pennsylvania, of German descent, and came to Hardin County as early as 1795. He was a farmer and owner of slave property. Mrs. Elizabeth Friend was born in Pennsylvania, and was a daughter of Capt. John S. Culley, who was an early pioneer of Hardin County, was a contractor for public and other works, conducted a hotel for many years in Elizabethtown, and located in Hardin County about 1825, where he soon became one of its leading and representative citizens, and was elected to the Legislature from Hardin County four terms. Prof. Friend was reared and educated in Elizabethtown, Louisville and West Point. At the age of fourteen years he went to Cloverport and entered the printing office of the "Cloverport Journal;" one year later he went to Rockport, Ind., as salesman in a grocery, and the next year to Elizabethtown, where he clerked in Hill's Hotel for a number of years. In 1867 he took charge of the school at Hodgensville, Ky., and has been actively engaged in the schools of La Rue [sic] County ever since, except two years as editor of the "Washington County Watchman." He has been officially connected with the board of examiners of La Rue County for a number of years, and has been a constant contributor to the metropolitan and local press since a boy. He takes an active interest in politics, was chairman of the Democratic County Committee for some time, and cast his first presidential vote for Horace Greeley.
Friend Culley Huss = Hardin-KY Jefferson-KY PA IN
Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1885, Larue Co.
JOHN G. FROMAN was born in Bullitt County, Ky., May 14, 1842. His father, Jeremiah Froman, was also born in Bullitt County, March 8, 1818, the Froman family being among the first who settled in Kentucky. The subject's mother was Amanda Graham, and was married to Jeremiah Froman in 1840, and they have born to them fourteen children, John G. being the second born. He was reared on the farm, receiving a common-school education. His father being both a farmer and blacksmith, he learned the trade of blacksmithing. October 7, 1861, he volunteered in Company B. Thirty-fourth Mounted Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A). July 4, 1864, he was married to Miss Sarah Snellen, a daughter of Zachariah and Charlotte Snellen.
Froman Graham Snellen = Bullitt-KY
Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 8th ed., 1888, Jefferson Co.
ROBERT B. FRY is a native Kentuckian, born in Shelby County October 29, 1854, the fifth of a family of six sons born to Isaac and Sarah (Froman) Fry. Isaac Fry was born in Virginia, in 1800, and when quite young was brought to Kentucky by his parents, who settled in Shelby County; he was a farmer, and died August 18, 1874. His widow, a native of Bullitt County, was born February 13, 1818, is still living, and is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church. Our subject's maternal grandfather was a native of Virginia, and came to Kentucky in pioneer times. Robert B. Fry was educated in the common schools. April 14, 1881, he married Mollie C. McClain, a native of Shelby County, and three children have blessed their union: Lillie S., born March 4, 1882; Ida B., November 12, 1883, and Lela B., November 14, 1885. Mr. Fry is an enterprising farmer, owning 277 acres of well cultivated land in Shelby County. He is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, and politically a Democrat.
Fry Froman McClain = Bullitt-KY VA
Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 6th ed., 1887, Shelby Co.
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