Name: Joel S. BERRY
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Birth: 24 Feb 1830 Bourbon County, Kentucky
Father: Benjamin BERRY (1772-1847)
Mother: Elizabeth GAULT

Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County, Chicago, 1882, p. 537

JOEL S. BERRY, farmer and breeder of Short-horns, etc.; P. O. North Middletown; is a, native of Bourbon County, and was born Feb. 24, 1830. His great-grand parents were of English birth. His grandfather Bazil Berry, and his son Benjarnin, migrated from Maryland, their native state, about the year 1790, and settled in Bourbon County, Ky. Benjamin was born at Hagerstown, Maryland, in 1772, and was first married, shortly after his arrival in Kentucky, to Miss Bowen, a sister of Benjamin Bowen who is well known in the northern part of this County. By this marriage there were ten children. He next married Elizabeth Gault, of Chambersburg, Penn.; the result of this union was two children, one daughter Amanda, who is now the wife of Dr. N. Cannon, of Scott County, Ky., and one son, Joel S. who is the subject of our sketch. He remained at the homestead and assisted his father in the duties of the farm until his father's death, which occurred on the 3rd of April, 1847. Joel was educated at the country schools in his immediate neighborhood, and on the 6th of January 1853, was married to S. Kate, daughter of John Butler, a native of Virginia. This union was blessed with nine children, two dying in infancy. There are living two sons, Walter G., and James Patterson, and five daughters, Alice M., who is now the wife of C. W. Cannon or Missouri, L. Florence, Carrie W., Sallie K., and Annie L. On Sept. 10, 1878, Mr. Berry lost his wife, and on Feb, 1, 1881, was again married, to Miss Mary K. Ware, who was born in South Carolina, but raised in Atlanta, Ga., by an uncle. She was one of the ladies that were sent from that city by Gen. Sherman in 1864, under his general order, that all the women and children should leave the city, that were able to do so. Mr. Berry has been speculating in short-horns for twenty-five years, and for the past few years has been a successful breeder of the same.. He has also been a breeder of trotting and saddle horses and Cotswold sheep for the past twenty-eight years. Mr. Berry owns 380 acres of land, is one of the representative farmers of his county; has always been a very active and energetic man and ever alive to the progress and advancement of his end of the county. He was instrumental in building the North Middletown and Winchester, and North Middletown and Owingsville Pikes; was for fifteen years, President of the first named road, and for two years President of the other. Mr. Berry was also one of the principal laborers in getting up the stock, and effecting the organization of the North Middletown Deposit Bank, in 1869 ; he has been a director of the same since its first organization, and in January, 1881, was elected President of that institution, a position he still occupies. He has been a prominent member of the I.O.O.F., and was one of the charter members of Williams Lodge, No. 113, at North Middletown, and was the first member to pass through all its chairs. Mr. and Mrs. Berry and his five eldest children, are all members of the Christian Church, in which he has filled the, office of Deacon for many years. Politically he belongs to the dominant party of his State, and is ever ready, at State or national elections to cast his ballot with the Democratic party.

Spouses
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1: Sarah Catherine BUTLER
Birth: Virginia
Death: 10 Sep 1878
Father: John BUTLER
Marriage: 6 Jan 1853
Children: Walter G.
James Patterson
Alice
L. Florence
Carri W.
Annie L.

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2: Mary K. WARE
Birth: South Carolina

Name: George T. BRADLEY
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Birth: 29 Aug 1845
Father: William BRADLEY (1793-1861)
Mother: Mahala KIRKPATRICK (-1875)

Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County, Chicago, 1882, pp. 537-538

GEORGE T. BRADLEY, farmer; P. O. North Middletown; son of William and Mahala (Kirkpatrick) Bradley, and was born Aug. 29, 1845; his grandfather, Thomas Bradley, was a native of Virginia, and was born March 5, 1761; when quite young he emigrated to Kentucky, and was married in Lexington, March 5, 1788, to Philadelphia Ficklin; she was born Dec. 15, 1768. By this marriage there were seven sons, viz: Robert, William, Henry, James, John, Jephtha, and Joseph, and two daughters, Margaret and Mary. The second son, William Bradley, was born Feb. 24,1793, and died Aug. 8, 1861. He was first married in 1818, to Sallie Jenkins; she died May 25, 1819, leaving one son, Robert. William was next married on the 18th of Feb., 1826, to Mahala Kirkpatrick. They had born to them two sons, James W., and George T. (subject), and seven daughters, viz: Sarah M., Eliza J., Amanda F., Mary A., Nancy K., Miranda K., and Mahala. F. The mother, Mahala Bradley, died Oct. 28, 1875. The subject of this sketch enlisted in the Confederate army, in June, 1862, under General Morgan. He was in several warm engagements; was wounded three times, once pretty severely; the evidences of which he carries to this day; he served till the close of hostilities, and then returned to Bourbon County, Ky., where he was married on the 25th day of June, 1867 to Susie T., daughter of George L. Redmon. This union has been blessed with two daughters, viz : Mary M., born April 28, 1868, and Lutie T., born Sept. 19, 1870. In 1866, George T. engaged in the grocery business at Dover, Mason County, Ky., and continued there successfully for two and a half years. He next went to Paris, Ky., and again engaging in the mercantile business. After remaining there about three years, he concluded to remove to the country and engage in agricultural pursuits, a vocation he still adheres to. Mr. Bradley and wife are members of the Christian Church, and he is a Democrat in politics. 

Spouses
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1: Susan "Susie" T. REDMON
Birth: abt 1847
Father: George L. REDMON (1809-1863)
Mother: Mary A. TALBOTT

Misc. Notes
The True Kentuckian
June 25, 1867

On the 23rd inst. at the Christian Church in this place by Rev. Harding, George T. Bradley of Dover, Kentucky to Miss Susan Redmon, daughter of the late George L. Redmon of this county. Marriage: 23 Jun 1867, Christian Church, Paris, Kentucky. Children: Mary M. (1868-); Lutie T. (1870-).

Name: S. Westberry COLLINS
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Birth: 12 Feb 1817 Bourbon County, Kentucky
Father: Foster COLLINS (-1847)
Mother: Elizabeth MATHENY (-1834)

Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County, Chicago, 1882, p. 538

S. WESTBERRY COLLINS, farmer; P. O. North Middletown; son of Foster and Elizabeth (Matheney) Collins, and was born in Bourbon County, Feb. 12th, 1817. Foster Collins emigrated from Orange County, Va., in the year 1797, and settled temporarily on the Maysville road in Bourbon County, between Paris and Millersburg; he afterward bought a farm on Cane Ridge, at a point about equidistant from the two towns above mentioned, where he located permanently; he married Elizabeth Matheney, a native of Maryland, who emigrated with her father to this State, during the pioneer period of its history; the result of this marriage was ten children reared to maturity, five sons and five daughters; The third son, S. Westberry who is the subject of our sketch, was married on the 12th of Sept., 1839, to Elizabeth H., daughter of Wm. Hansford, of Bourbon; this union was blessed with one child, Mary E., who is now the wife of Robt. W. Owen, near North Middletown; on Sept. 12th, 1840, just one year from the date of his marriage, Mr. Collins buried his wife, and from that time to the present, a space of forty-one years, he has lived a single life, centering his heart and affections upon his only child, with whom he now lives in his old days; he has retired from an active life and is enjoying some of the fruits of his past labors. He is a Democrat in politics.

Spouses
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1: Elizabeth H. HANSFORD
Birth: Bourbon County, Kentucky
Death: 12 Sep 1840
Father: William HANSFORD
Marriage: 12 Sep 1839
Children: Mary E. (1840-)

Name: William A. CLINKINBEARD
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Birth: 24 Jun 1820
Father: John CLINKINBEARD (~1795-)
Mother: Sally STRODE (1798-)

Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County, Chicago, 1882, p. 538

WILLIAM A. CLINKINBEARD, farmer; P. O. North Middletown; was born June 24,1820, and is a son of John and Sallie (Strode) Clinkinbeard; his grandfather, William Clinkinbeard, emigrated from Maryland, and was one of the first settlers of Strode's Station, in Clark County. He raised two sons and three daughters. The second son, John Clinkinbenrd, was born about the year 1795, and was married in 1819 to Sallie, daughter of John Strode, whose father was the first settler of Strode's Station. By this marriage there were only seventeen children, and fifteen of them were raised to maturity. The oldest son, William A., who is the subject of our sketch; was married Sept. 2, 1847, to Harriet B., daughter of James W. Rice, spoken of elsewhere in this work. Our subject and Harvey W. Rice were the first importers or Cotswold sheep to this State; they purchased them of Col. Ware, near Winchester, Va., and was the first stock ever shipped over the Baltimore, & Ohio railroad. The a sheep cost them an average of $75 per head. Mr. Clinkinbeard and wife are members of the Christian Church. 

Spouses
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1: Harriet B. RICE
Father: James W. RICE (1804-1847)
Mother: Patsy BOYLE
Marriage: 2 Sep 1847

Name: Henson DAVIS
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Birth: 24 Jan 1817 Montgomery County, Kentucky
Father: James DAVIS (-1821)
Mother: Margaret MOORE

Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County, Chicago, 1882, p. 538

HENSON DAVIS, farmer; P. O. North Middletown; a native of Montgomery County, and was born Jan. 24, 1817; his grandfather, John Davis, was of Virginia birth, where he married and raised a family of ten children, two sons and eight daughters. He subsequently emigrated to Ohio, and still later to Missouri, where he died. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary army, on account of which he was drawing a pension at the time of his death. The oldest son, James Davis, came to Kentucky about the year 1800, and in 1806 was married to Margaret Moore, of Bourbon County. After living at various places in this State and Ohio, he finally settled permanently on Aaron's Run, in Montgomery County, Ky., where he spent the remainder of his life. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, where he served with credit to himself and his friends. He raised a family of seven children, three sons and four daughters. He came to a premature death by being thrown from a young horse, in Houston Creek, near Paris, about the year 1821, and was drowned. The third son, Henson Davis, who is the subject of this sketch, was married Sept. 15, 1839, to Catharine, daughter of John Laughlin, of Bourbon County. By this marriage there were five children, two sons, viz : John Lucky, who married Ella Staten, of Illinois, where he now resides, and Thomas I., who married Pauline Campbell, of Nicholas County, near Carlisle. Thomas still lives at the homestead with his father. There were three daughters, Margaret A., wife of George W. Sparks; Martha F., wife of Daniel W. Bayless, and Mary Alice, who married Tilford Caywood. She died in 1877, leaving one son, Henry Stanton. Mr. Davis inherited by his wife 100 acres of land in Bourbon County, where he settled, and by industry and economy he has added to it from time to time, till he now owns 576 acres, three miles east of North Middletown; notwithstanding he has had his residence with nearly all of its contents twice destroyed by fire, during his married life, and each time caught him without any insurance. He is not a man that forfeits much of his valuable time on account of politics, yet he always votes with the Democratic party.

Spouses
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1: Catharine LAUGHLIN
Father: John LAUGHLIN
Marriage: 15 Sep 1839
Children: John Lucky
Thomas I.
Margaret A.
Martha E.
Mary Alice (-1877)

Name: Watson M. GAY
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Birth: 2 Jan 1836 Clark County, Kentucky
Father: John D. GAY (1802-)
Mother: Catharine GARDNER

Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County, Chicago, 1882, pp. 538-539:

WATSON M. GAY, farmer and horse dealer; P. O., North Middletown; son of John D. and Catharine (Gardner) Gay, of Clark County, and was born on the 2nd of January, 1836; his grandfather, James Gay, was a native of Virginia, and was among the early emigrants to Kentucky, and settled on the waters of Stoner Creek, in Clark County, near Sydner's Mill; he raised six sons and one daughter. John D. Gay, the youngest son, was born in 1802, and in 1825 was married to Catharine, daughter of John Gardner, also of Clark Cumity; by this marriage there were four sons and three daughters. Watson M., the youngest son, who is the subject of this sketch, remained with his father on the homestead and assisted in the duties of the farm until January the 22nd, 1857, on which day he was united in matrimony with Nancy, daughter of Johnathan Owen, of Bourbon County; soon after his marriage he moved on a farm five miles north of Paris, near Ewalt's X roads; after remaining here for six years, he purchased a nice firm of 440 acres lying two miles south of North Middletown on Winchester Pike, where, he immediately moved and still resides. Mr. Gay has six children, one son, James Hodge, and five daughters, viz: Mary, wife of Jephtha Haggard, of Clark; Bettie, wife of John Sudduth, of Clark; Cinnie, Katie Hood, and Callie. Mary and Bettie are both graduates of Sayre Female Institute at Lexington, Ky. Mr. Gay is one of the representative farmers of the county; makes a specialty of fine horses, both single and matched teams; is a prominent exhibitor at most of the fairs throughout the State, and those that have been his rivals in many of these exhibitions pronounce him quite a formidable competitor; he well merits the enviable reputation he bears of being one of the best and most successful horsemen in central Kentucky; be is a man of very firm convictions, and is a descendant of a family long noted for their remarkable unanimity in religious beliefs; himself and every member of his family, that is old enough, are members of the Methodist Church, and as far back as their ancestry can be traced, without a single exception, they were all members of this religious denomination. Politically, he is an avowed Democrat. 

Spouses
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1: Nancy OWEN
Father: Jonathan OWEN (1811-1884)
Mother: Cynthia SCOTT (-1868)
Marriage: 22 Jan 1857
Children: James Hodge
Mary
Bettie
Cinnie
Kate Hood
Callie

Name: Thomas J. GOFF
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Birth: 9 May 1821
Father: Elisha GOFF (1795-1831)
Mother: Nancy HEDGES (1799-)

Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County, Chicago, 1882, p. 539:

THOMAS J. GOFF, farmer and breeder of short horns; P. O. North Middletown; is the son of Elisha and Nancy (Hedges) Goff, and was born May 9, 1821; his grandfather, Thomas J. Goff, was a native of Virginia and emigrated to this State in 1790, and settled on Strodes' Creek, in Clark County; his grandfather on his mother's side was John Hedges, a native of Maryland, and came to Kentucky in 1792, and settled in Bourbon County. Elisha Goff, father of our subject, was born in Clark in 1795, and was married Dec. 25, 1817, to Nancy Hedges; she was born Nov. 17, 1790. The result of this union was two sons: John H. and Thomas J., and three daughters, viz: Margaret P., Mary Ann and Catharine T. Thomas J. remained with his father until his (father's) death, which occurred March 22, 1831. After this, our subject, in connection with his brother, continued farming in Clark County till [sic] 1857, at which time he came to Bourbon and brought his grandfather Hedges' farm, where he followed his favorite pursuit of farming, stock raising, etc., until 1861. About this time, becoming a little restless and desiring a change of business, he removed to New York City and engaged in the cattle broker business, where he remained till [sic] 1870. At this period he again returned to Kentucky and settled on a farm near North Middletown, where he still resides. Mr. Goff was married Jan. 28, 1859 to Mary E. Stone, of Bourbon; this union was blessed with three children; two sons, viz: John S. and May, and one daughter, Allie. In June 1881, May Goff graduated at the K.C. & B. College, being then only seventeen years of age. His sister Allie is now a student of the same institution. Mr. and Mrs. Goff now own a nice little home of 140 acres and he rents and controls about 1250 acres more. He is a non-partisan in politics. 

Spouses
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1: Mary E. SUDDUTH [1]
Marriage: 28 Jan 1859
Children: John S.
May
Allie 

Sources
1. Surname of Mary is listed in Perrin as "Stone." However, "The Stoddard-Sudduth Papers" by Mary Sudduth Stoddard lists her as "Sudduth." From e-mail message by Gloria Studdard (GlowyJ49@aol.com), dated 18 AUG 2000

The Houston Family

History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County, Chicago, 1882, pp. 539-541

THE HOUSTON FAMILY.-Peter and James Houston were early settlers in Bourbon County. Their father, Samuel Houston, was Scotch-Irish, and was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1731; he emigrated to America in 1751, and located in Shenandoah County, Va., where he married a Miss Hamilton. In 1763 he emigrated to Iredell County, N. C., arid when war was declared against the mother country, he enlisted as a soldier, and served to the end, receiving many wounds, but was never a prisoner. He lived to be ninety-nine years old, and died leaving four sons and three daughters, viz: Peter, James, Robert, Samuel, Prudence, Sarah and Jane. The two last named daughters, married Clarks, and lived and died in their native State, leaving children. The other, Prodeuce, married a Brown, had two sons and died in her native county, but her sons, Franklin and Houston Brown, emigrated to Ohio, where they still live. Samuel married an Alexander, and remained and died at his father's homestead, aged eighty-eight years; he left two sons, Franklin and Samuel, who emigrated to Georgia, in 1852, and located in Hickory Flat, in Cherokee County. The latter was a Colonel in the Confederate army, and after the close of the war, was a delegate to the convention that framed the new constitution of the State. Robert emigrated to Missouri and was a farmer; he was killed by the fall of a tree, leaving several children; some of his sons have distinguished themselves as breeders of Durham cattle, in that State and Illinois. The two remaining brothers of the old family, Peter and James, emigrated to Bourbon County, Ky., in the spring of l786, and located on Cane Ridge in the North Middletown Precinct; here they battled against canebrakes, forests and the privations if life, which distinguished the lives of all the pioneers in this famous part of nature's wilderness, and were identified with all the hardships and privations to which the pioneers of new countries are always subjected. Peter married Mary Lucky, whose parents, and her two brothers, Joseph and Robert, and a sister who married And. Ireland, from Virginia, had come from Shenandoah County, Va. The same year, the Houstons came from "the old North State" and bought land adjoining them. James returned to his native state and married Nancy Alexander, and brought her on horseback, through the howling wilderness, to his adopted home. They raised four sons, viz.: James, Levy, Abner and Samuel. The first married Rachel Alexander, moved to Lawrence County, Ind., lived a successful farmer until he was eighty-five years of age, and died, leaving a large family of children in his adopted county. The second son married Abbie Kenney, sister of the late Victor Kenney of Bourbon; he was for many years a Magistrate of Bourbon, lived a successful farmer and merchant, at Ruddel's Mills, and died at eighty years of age, leaving no children. The third married Sallie Horton, of Bourbon, emigrated to Cass County, Mo.; was a well-to-do farmer, died in his eighty-fifth year, leaving two living children; Arbell and James. The fourth and last, married Mary Foster, lived on Cane Ridge, until his sixty-sixth year, a prosperous farmer, and died childless. Peter Houston, the other pioneer, was a remarkable man. He was born Nov. 15, 1765; and although yet in his teens, he joined his father in the, Revolutionary war, and did good service during the two last years of that fearful conflict. He was tall and commanding in person, was highly endowed and liberally educated. And after his location in Bourbon, he devoted all his spare time to reading and research, especially in matters of religion, being as was his brother James a devoted Presbyterian. And so close was his application, and so vast was his memory, that at forty years of age he could repeat from memory almost the entire Bible. And in 1801, when the Reformer, Barton Warren Stone, began his great revival at Cane Ridge he was one of the first to accept the new doctrine; he renounced Presbyterianism, and was immersed by Stone, as was his brother James. Thence, from house to house, he visited and exhorted his fellowmen to join in the reformation, and thus greatly swelled the ranks of the reformers; he was also instrumental in building the meeting-house, still standing, and called "Old Cane Ridge," on the spot where the Reformer held his great revival meeting. He helped to cut, hew, haul and build the logs used in that far-famed edifice. In politics he was a Whig, and an uncompromising emancipationist, freeing his own servants, and refusing, to receive several that came to him by inheritance. And when Kentucky declared in favor of her second constitution, he canvassed tthe county urging the citizens to instruct their delegates to abolish slavery in their new constitution, and made hundreds of converts to his policy. But it failed in the convention. After a long and useful life, he and his wife died in their ninety-first year; he never wore spectacles, and, at his death had lost but one tooth, and that was kicked out when a boy, by firing a musket at a wild turkey. At his death he left six children, all sons, viz: John, Carey, Richard, Harvey, Alford, and Samuel. John emigrated to Tennessee, married, was a prosperous farmer, and died in his eightieth year, leaving several children; Carey married Jane Campbell, emigrated to Monroe County, Ind., lived the life of a farmer, died at seventy-five and left several children; Richard married Rachel Smith, located in Bloomington, Ind., was a mechanic, and died at seventy-four, leaving children; Harvey married lbba Hamilton, located in Monroe County, Ind., was a successful farmer, and died at seventy-two years of age, leaving three children; Alford married Jane Smith, was a farmer in Monroe County, Ind., died at seventy-two, leaving several children; Samuel alone, of the six brothers, remained in Bourbon. He was at remarkable man and widely known. He was born in 1781, March 5; he was tall and dignified, was talented and well-educated, and had a wonderful memory, he could read a page or hear a speech and repeat either from memory almost verbatim. His father educated him for the ministry, and then placed him under the care and tutorage of the Reformer Barton Stone. But one year of application convinced him, as well as his tutor, that his tact was not theological. He possessed wonderful pantomime and mimic qualities, and his descriptive powers were grand. These qualities inclined him to the stage, and he was prevented from adopting the dramatic, profession with that greatest difficulty by his father. He then married Morning Adams, daughter of John Adams; who was in immigrant from Maryland, and claimed to be a near relative of John Adams, the president, for whom he was named. After his marriage, his father placed him on a small farm, that he might try his hand in agriculture. At this he labored during cropping seasons, and devoted the remainder of his time in executing any and all jobs he could engage from his neighbors; and so apt was be in architecture that he learned to complete a house in all its parts, stone work, carpentering, plastering and painting, and did so complete many; he helped to build the old Paris jail, and the bridge there across the Stoner. Like his father, he was a Whig and emancipationist, and member of the Christian Church. When the war of 1812 came on, he volunteered his services, but the day before his company was to march, a messenger came informing hint that his oldest child was very ill, when he was permitted to substitute Jerry Terry in his place, and reached home just in time to see his child die. In 1827, he sold his farm, with the view of going West, but having ruptured a blood vessel in his lungs, he remained on rented land, hoping to recover, but finally died at the age of forty-seven, leaving nine children; five sons and four daughters, viz : Joanna, Irena, Pattie, Mary, Washington , John Q. A., Jefferson P., Clinton M., and Franklin W. The two first died single, the third marriedd Delany Yourk, of Indana, who is a wealthy farmer in Monroe County in that State; Mary married Harrison Parks of Indiana, who is a farmer in Lasalle County. Ills.; Washington, married Nancy Parker, of Bourbon and John Q. A., married Rachel Taylor, of Indiana and both these brothers died ministers of the Christian Church in Illinois; Jefferson P. married Sarah A. Holtzman, of Bloomington, Ind., and is now a farmer and breeder of short-horn cattle, in Livingston County, Ills.; Franklin W. married Fannie L. Simpson, whose father, Levi Simpson, and whose mother, Nancy Priest, that was come to Bourbon from Shenandoah County, Va., in 1780. He still remains the only Houston in Bourbon of the old families. Franklin W. was born in 1818, Sept. 22; completed his education at Indiana State University, in 1840, and studied law with a view to its practice, but his health having failed, he was advised by his physician to abandon the law and engage in agriculture, which advice he heeded. And by cultivating the soil and trading largely in mules and cattle, he succeeded in securing a comfortable home upon which he now lives, near the homestead of his grandfather, the old pioneer. And still, at the age of sixty-three years, he is devoted to his farm, and is a breeder of Durham cattle and Cotswold sheep. He has always been, and still is, with all his family, a member of the Christian Church, and was for many years, previous to the war, a regular lecturer to the congregation of North Middletown. He was eight years one of the magistrates of the county, and has ever been a devoted friend of common schools and colleges, and has done much, and given much, to advance educational interests. He is also an advocate of internal improvement, and was chiefly instrumental in having inaugurated the Bourbon plan of macadamizing public roads, and contributed liberally for that purpose; he has also written considerably for the press, both political and religious, and on a variety of topics, and in all respects has ever been identified with the interests of his county and State. Thrice was he nominated by the Republican party as a candidate for the State Legislature, and twice made the race, but the Democratic party being largely in the majority he was defeated. Mr. H. has eight children, viz.: Nannie M., who married Daniel Boone, a farmer of Bedford, Ind., and a near relative of the renowned pioneer; French W., who married Fannie Wofford, of Tennessee, and now lives in Lonoke, Ark., trading in cattle and hogs to Little Rock; Laura E., who married Dr. Albert G. Craig, of Ghent, Ky., now a physician in Vevay, Ind.; Fannie L., who married Henry C. Stone, of Bourbon, a farmer in the Flat Rock Precinct; Richard M., who married Ella Young, of Platte City, Mo., and is a merchant in Humboldt, Kns.; Jefferson who is single and is with his father; Quene, who married Joseph Rion, of Paris, Ky., and lives with her parents; and last is Joseph Daniel, who is single, and is practicing law in Winfield, Kan. This is a promising young man; he was educated at Kentucky University and the Law College of Cincinnati; he is talented and educated, , commanding in person and impressive in manner, and his friends predict for him a brght future. Already, though but twenty-three years of age, he has won a wide notoriety by his eloquent, pointed and successful advocacy in several important cases at the bar. All of W, H.'s children are educated, and members or the Christian Church. In conclusion, Peter Houston is authority for saying that the name Houston was originally spelled House-son, and later Houseton, and still later Houston, and that some branches of the family had, in his day, still further abridged it to Huston; that other names had been similarly changed, resulting in some instances in forfeiture of estates, legatees being unable to reconcile the spelling of their names with that of the legators. Such changes should not be made without acts of legislation, to which posterity can appeal.

Name: John W. JEWELL
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Birth: 12 Aug 1830
Father: Ewell JEWELL
Mother: Lucinda BOGGS

Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County, Chicago, 1882, pp. 541-542.

JOHN W. JEWELL, farmer; P. O. North Middletown; is a native of Bourbon County, and was born on the 12th of August, 1830. His father, Ewell Jewell, was born on Bull Run Creek, in Virginia, on the 1st day of March 1790, and died the 22nd of February, 1862. He came to Kentucky in the fall of 1805 and settled at Winchester. He was a soldier in the war of 1812 and served eighteen months. Was married first to Elizabeth Couchman, by whom he raised four children, three sons: Leslie, Frederick, and Benjamin, and one daughter, Cassie. About the year 1822 he lost his wife, and again married, August the 1st, 1829, to Lucinda Boggs, whose father and mother were natives of Ireland. By this marriage there were seven children, four sons: John W., Wm. Allen, Peter Mason and Ewell, and three daughters, Mary E., Sarah M. and Armilda. John W., the eldest son by the last wife who is the subject of this sketch, was married, August the 12th, 1852, to Amanda White, of Clark County. This union resulted in nine children, four sons: Peter L., James W., David E. and Sherman, arid five daughters, Lucinda, Jane, Frances C., Armilda arid Amanda. Mr. Jewell enlisted, Oct. 2, 1862, in the Federal Army, 213th Kentuckv Reg., Co. A., and served till June the, 30th, 1865, at which time he was mustered out at Salisbury, N. C. He then returned to Kentucky and took his wife arid family and moved to Powell County. From there he removed to Bourbon County, where he still resides. Mr. and Mrs. Jewell and one daughter, Frances C., are members of the Missionary Baptist Church. He is a Democrat in politics. 

Spouses
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1: Amanda WHITE
Marriage: 12 Aug 1852
Children: Peter L.
James W.
David E.
Sherman
Lucinda
Jane
Frances C.
Armilda
Amanda

Name: Josiah A. JONES
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Birth: 16 Mar 1826 Bourbon County, Kentucky
Father: William Schooler JONES (1784-1846)
Mother: Nancy ASHURST (~1788-)

Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County, Chicago, 1882, p. 542

JOSIAH A. JONES, farmer; P. O. North Middletown; is a native of Bourbon County, and was born March the 16th, 1826. His grandfather, James Jones, was a native of Virginia, and emigrated at an early day to Kentucky, and settled near Clintonville. William S., his second son, was born in 1784 and died in 1844. Was married about the year 1818 to Nancy Ashurst, of Bourbon County, by whom he raised four children, one daughter, Nancy R., who is now the widow of Charles Howerton, and three sons : John W., Benjamin and Josiah A., the latter of whom is th subject of this sketch. He was married April the 13th, 1847, to Leoma Talbott, of Bourbon, who was born August the 7th, 1830. This union was blessed with four children, two sons : Wm. Mason and Allen Gano, and two daughters, Susan A., wife, of Alex. K. Young, and Mary L., wife of John G. Redmon. Mr. Jones owns 210 acres of land northwest of North Middletown, Ky. He and wife, also his two daughters, are members of the Christian Church. He is a Democrat in politics.

Spouses
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1: Leoma TALBOTT
Birth: 7 Aug 1830
Marriage: 15 Apr 1847
Children: William Mason (1854-)
Allen Gano
Susan A.
Mary L.

Name: William H. KERR
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Birth: 18 Feb 1853 Bourbon County, Kentucky
Father: John W. KERR
Mother: Elizabeth SEAMANDS (1831-)

Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County, Chicago, 1882, pp. 542-543

WILLIAM H. KERR, farmer and breeder of fancy horses; P. O. North Middletown; was born Feb. 18, 1853, and is the son of John W. and Elizibeth A. (Seamands) Kerr, who were married on the 23d of July, 1846. The result of this marriage was two sons, viz.: John A., who died when eight years of age, and William H. (the subject of this sketch), born at his grandfather's, Preston J. Seamands, who is mentioned elsewhere in this work. His (subject's) father died when he was but eight months old, and he lived with his mother at her father's until the age of six years, when, on May 16, 1839, his mother was again married to J. C. Long, a merchant of New York City. Four years afterwards, subject, with his mother and her husband, to whom he was greatly attached settled in Brooklyn, where he (subject) was a student at the Polytechnic Institute for about three years; he then returned to his native State and entered the Kentucky University at Lexington, living in the family of Prof. Robert Graham for about one year; he then returned and finished his education at Brooklyn, after which he was connected with the Brooklyn Gas Company for about one year; then in the Tribune office for a short time. But his natural love for the farm, and his interest in fine horses, brought him back to the home of his childhood, and in 1870 he came back to Kentucky, bringing with him a half-brother, E. C. Long, then only ten years of age, and his mother, who was again a widow, followed in a few months, and has made her home here ever since. With that natural love for the horse characteristic of the true Kentuckian, Mr. Kerr at once embarked in the business of breeding and rearing fine horses; his first venture was the purchase of "Blue Bird," a roan mare by Kerr's Black Hawk, and out of a mare by Kerr's Copper Bottom; he paid $200 for this mare at a three-year old, and when six years old he could have sold her for $2,500. This noted mare competed at the Paris Fair, in 1874, with eight other speed mares-the best in the State-for the prize (silver pitcher and goblets) offered by the Kentucky Live Stock Record, and was the honored victor, bearing off the palm in the hotly contested ring. Mr. Kerr next bought the noted trotting stallion "Driftwood," for which he paid $1,000; he raised and, sold a large number of his colts, besides buying and handling all his colts raised by other parties that he could get hold of. In 1880 Mr. Kerr took in his brother, E. C. Long, as his partner, the style of the firm being W. H. Kerr & Bro.; the firm now has a fine stable, 47x100 feet, finished off in the most approved style, with all modern conveniences, and own seventy head off horses, one of the most noted of which is " Ed. Clark," a black stallion, by "Driftwood;"dam by "Mambrino Medley;"this horse took the premium at the Sharpsburg and Paris Fairs, when only four years old, against more aged horses; "Woodbridge Girl" and "Woodbridge Boy" are both promising young trotters; either of them can allow better records than 2.30. Mr. Kerr owns 315 acres of fine blue grass land, and controls 750 acres more. Upon his own farm he has a handsome residence, built at his a special orders, and after his own plans and designs, and which is furnished and fitted up with most excellent taste. He was married, Jan. 12, 1875 , to Miss Fannie L., daughter of William Skinner, of this county. She was educated at the schools of the ocighborhood, and at Hocker Female College, Lexington. They have three children, viz.: Clarence, born Dec. 25, 1875, and Fred S., and William G. (twins), born Aug. 1, 1877. Mr. Kerr is an enterprising young man; liberal in every movement for the good and progress of his neighborhood, and a Republican in politics. 

Spouses
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1: Fannie L. SKINNER
Father: William SKINNER (1813-)
Mother: Lucy EALES
Marriage: 12 Jan 1875
Children: Clarence (1875-)
Fred S. (Twin) (1877-)
William G. (Twin) (1877-)

Name: Ed C. LONG
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Birth: 7 Oct 1861 Bourbon County, Kentucky
Father: James C. LONG
Mother: Elizabeth SEAMANDS (1831-)

Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County, Chicago, 1882, p. 543

ED. C. LONG, farmer and horse dealer; P. O. North Middletown; son of James C. and Elizabeth (Seamands) Long, and was born Oct. 7, 1861. His father was a Virginian by birth, and came to Kentucky when quite yomig with his parents, and settled near Danville, Boyle Comity, where he remained till he was eighteen years of age; he was educated at Center College, Danville, and was a classmate of Gen. John C. Breckinridge. Shortly after Mr. Long finished his education, we find him in Baltimore, engaged as salesman in the mercanthe business with his cousin, Ellis B. Long, who was at that time one of the most prominent and successful merchants of that city. After he had become. thoroughly conversant with that branch of business upon which he had embarked, and being fall of ambition, we next find him in the great city of New York, as junior partner with Lee, Case & Co., merchants of that city. James C. was married on the 16th of May, 1859, to Elizabeth A., widow of John W. Kerr, of Bourbon County, Ky.; the result of this marriage was four children, three daughters, viz: Mary Bell, who died in infancy; Fannie L., who died at the age of eleven years, and Bessie A., born Sept. 2, 1870, and is now a student at the K. C. and B. College at North Middletown; and one son, Ed. C., who is the subject of this sketch. Our subject was born at his grandfather Seamond's, in Bourbon County, Ky., and at the age of two years was taken by his parents to New York City, where he remained about ten years, and then returned to Kentucky, accompanied by his half-brother, William H. Kerr, with whom he has since associated himself as partner, the style of the firm now being William H. Kerr & Bro., horse dealers. For a more extended notice of this firm, see biography of William H. Kerr in this work. Our subject, Ed. C., who is yet quite young, being only twenty years of age, has been a student of the K. C. & B. College for a year, after which, through the influence of Prof. L. M. Sniff, ex-Professor of the above school, he was induced to enter Northwestern Ohio Normal School, in which institution Prof. Sniff is very prominently connected, and Ed. C. at this time one of his favorite pupils. Being a young man of more than ordinary intelligence, excellent moral character, of indomitable energy and the importance of business indelibly stamped in him, from his earhest recollections up to the presont time, we can but predict for him a bright and successful future.

Name: Preston J. LINDSAY
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Birth: 5 Jul 1817
Father: Reuben LINDSAY
Mother: Nancy WELLS

Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County, Chicago, 1882, p. 543

PRESTON J. LINDSAY, farmer; P. O. North Middletown; son of Reuben Lindsay, who was born in Virginia, and emigrated to this State at an early day and married Nancy Wells; by this marriage there were three children: William H., who married Lucy Lockland in the year 1839; Greenberry, who died at the age of thirty-three; and Preston J., who is the subject of this sketch and was born July the 5th, 1817; when only three years of age he was left an orphan and was taken by his grandmother Wells, by whom he was reared and educated; he received a very liberal education in the old pioneer school houses of his neighborhood; his favorite study was mathematics, and in this valuable branch of education he had but few equals. After he arrived at the age of maturity and was thrown upon his own resources for a livelihood, he turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, and to the present time is a tiller of the soil and enjoying single blessedness. Mr. Lindsay has been prominently connected with the Masonic order since 1839. For three years he enjoyed the enviable position of High Priest of Washington Chapter, No. 26, and has been a Knight Templar and member of Lex. Commandery, No. 2, since 1870; he is also a straight Democrat in politics.

Name: Leah WELLS
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Birth: 10 Dec 1797
Father: James WELLS
Mother: Katie OWENS

Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County, Chicago, 1882, p. 543

LEAH LAMME, farmer; P. O. North Middletown; Airs. Lainme is a daughter of James Wells, a native of Maryland who emigrated to Kentucky at a very early day and married Katie Owens, a Virginian by birth. and whose father first settled and named the town of Owingsville, in Bath Co., Ky. Mr. Wells died at the age of 82 years, and his wife at the age of 89. Mrs. Wells was the mother of twelve children, five of whom are now living. Leah, the oldest daughter now alive, and who is the subject of this sketch, was born on the 10th of December, 1797, and was married in 1833 to James Lamme, who was killed with a knife on the 7th of July, 1839, by Peter Hedges. Mr. Lamme left a farm of 298 acres, where his widow still lives. She is now 84 years old, and is a member of the Dunkard Church.

Spouses
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1: James LAMME
Death: 7 Jul 1839
Marriage: 1833

Name: James S. MOORE
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Birth: 20 Sep 1820
Father: Elisha MOORE
Mother: Elizabeth MONEY

Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County, Chicago, 1882, pp. 543-544

JAMES S. MOORE, farmer; P. O. North Midd'etown; son of Elisha aud Elizabeth (Money) Moore, and was born Sept. 20th, 1820, in Montgomery Co. His grandfather was a native of Scotland, and emigrated to Virginia prior to the struggle for independence. He was killed in the revolutionary army under General Washington. His (subject) grandmother was of English birth. His father, Elisha Moore, was born in Virginia and came to Kentucky about 1809. He married Elizabeth Money, of Fairfax County, Va., by whom he had seven sons and three daughters. The fourth son, James S., who is the subject of our sketch, was married Feb. 10, 1842, to Martha A. Bibb of Montgomery. By this marriage there are six living children. Three sons, viz,: George A., who is graduate of the Kentucky University at Lexington, and was honored with the valedictory addreess on that orcasion. He is now a popular teacher at Clintonville. James M., the second son, was obliged to leave the above University, before graduating, on account of failing health. He subsequeudy regained his health and married Maggie Frazier, and is now one of the enterprising farmers of Clark County. The third son, W. L., married Annie King, of Clark, where he has also engaged in agricultural pursuits. There were also three daughters, viz: Matilda F.. wife of J. G. Salmons ; Mary E., wife of Thomas Hall, and Martha A., wife of Wm.. Rion, of Paris. Martha A. Moore died Aug. 24, 1854. Mr. Moore was next married to Martha A. Crouch of Bath County, the 28th of Aug., 1855. This union is blessed with five living children, two daughters, viz : Minnie J., who is a graduate ot the K. C. & B. College, at North Middletown, and now controls one of the best disciplined schools in Montgomery County, and Rosa E. who is a student at her sister's school. The eldest son, Sherman B., is now in the Bible Department of Kentucky University, where he will probably graduate this year; after which, he expects to make a preacher of the Gospel. Allie R. and Clarence E., the two youngest sons, are now students of the K. C. & B. College. Mr. Moore, through the whole course of his life, has been a very active and industrious man, and always placed a very high estimate on education as the above record will testify. He began life in moderate circumstances, reared and educated a large family, has contributed liberally to all charitable institutions that were presented to him, and now owns a nice little farm of 166 acres. He and his entire family are members of the Christian Church, and he is a Democrat in politics. 

Spouses
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1: Martha A. BIBB
Birth: Montgomery County, Kentucky
Death: 24 Aug 1854
Marriage: 10 Feb 1842
Children: George
James
W. L.
Matilda
Mary E.
Martha A.

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2: Martha A. CROUCH
Birth: Bath County, Kentucky
Marriage: 28 Aug 1855
Children: Minnie J.
Rosa E.
Sherman B.
Allie R.
Clarence E.

Name: John V. MOORE
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Birth: 14 Feb 1822 Bourbon County, Kentucky
Father: John MOORE
Mother: Mollie RACE

Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County, Chicago, 1882, p. 544

JOHN V. MOORE, farmer and trader ; P. O. North Middletown; was born in Plum Lick, near the Bourbon and Montgomery line, on the 14th of February, 1822. His grandfather was a native of Ireland and emigrated to the United States about the year 1770 and settled in Virginia, where he remained about eighteen years. He next came to Kentucky and settled near North Middletown, in Bourbon County, where he spent the greater portion of his after life. He was a prominent member of the Masonic Order in his day, and organized the first Masonic Lodge at the above town. He raised three sons and two daughters, and died at the age of eighty-four years. His second son, Joint Moore, was married about 1808 to Mrs. Mollie (Rice) Fulton. The result of this union was seven childien-two sons and five daughters. John Moore was a volunteer in the war of 1812, in Capt. Combs' Company, Col. Dick Johnson's regiment. Participated in the memorable battle of the Thames. Saw and examined the body of Tecumseh after he was killed. Immediately after the war he returned to his Kentucky home, where he passed the remainder of his life with his family. He was a man, being born in an honest period of our country's history, was scrupulously exact in all his dealings and assiduous in the discharge of every duty devolving upon him. He attached himself to the Christian Church when about the age of forty-five years, under the preaching of John T. Johnson. He was a man of firm convictions, an avowed Democrat through life, and died at the age of eighty-four. His second son, John V., who is the subject of this sketch, was married January 2, 1844, to Phebe A. Combs, by whom he raised three sons: Richard F, who was killed in the Morgan charge at Lebanon, Ky., on the 5th of August, 1863; Fulton R., who died at Camden, Mississippi, in 1870, and Kelly P., who married Mattie E., daughter of Elder John B. McGinn on the December 22d, 1880, and who still resides with his father at the homestead. Mr. Moore and family are all members of the Christian Church, and are Democrats in politics.

Spouses
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1: Phebe A. COMBS
Marriage: 2 Jan 1844
Children: Richard F.
Fulton P.
Kelly P.

Name: Kelly MOORE
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Birth: 13 Jan 1827 Bourbon County, Kentucky
Father: John MOORE
Mother: Mrs. SHRYROCK

Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County, Chicago, 1882, pp. 546-547

KELLY MOORE, farmer; P. O. North Middletown; is the son of John Moore, and was born in Bourbon County, Jan. 13, 1827. His father was of Irsh descent, but was born, raised and educated in Kentucky, and was first married in 1808 to Mrs. Mollie (Race) Fulton, by whom he raised seven children; his second marriage was to the widow Shryrock; by this marriage there were three children-two sons and one daughter. The youngest son, Kelly Moore, who is the subject of this sketch, enlisted in the Confederate Army, in September, 1861, in the Eighth Kentucky Cavalry, under Col. Cluke; he was captured on the Ohio raid with Gen. John Morgan, July 26, 1863, taken to Camp Chase, where he was kept for a month, then removed to Camp Douglas, and was confined in prison till February, 1865; he was then released and permitted to return to his Kentucky home, where he again resumed his argricultural pursuits, and to this day he adheres to this, his favorite vocation. On June 5, 1865, Mr. Moore was united in marriage to Fannie, daughter of Moses S. Thomas, of Scott county; this union has been blessed with one child: Richard F., born July 5, 1867; he is now a student of the K. C. & B. College. Mr. Moore and family are members of the Christian Church. He has a nice home of 170 acres called "Clover Dale."

Spouses
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1: Fannie THOMAS
Father: Moses S. THOMAS
Marriage: 5 Jun 1865
Children: Richard F. (1867-)

Name: John B. MITCHELL
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Birth: 11 Apr 1853 Bourbon County, Kentucky
Father: Thomas J. MITCHELL (-1862)
Mother: Malinda THOMAS

Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County, Chicago, 1882, p. 547

JOHN B. MITCHELL, farmer; P. O. North Middletown; is a native of Bourbon County, and was born April 11, 1853; his grandfather, William Mitchell was a native of Virginia, and moved to Kentucky at a very early day, and settled in Montgomery County, where he raised a family of seven children-six sons: William, Hawkins, Thomas J., Strother, James, and Frank, and one daughter, Margaret who married John J. Anderson; she and her mother were killed by a terrific storm that passed over that country about the year 1848; the house that was occupied by the family at the time of the catastrophe was completely demolished. It is remarkable that seven other members, who were also in the house, miraculously escaped without the slightest injury. Thomas J. Mitchell, the third son, above spoken of, was first married to Miss Gaitskill, of Montgomery County; she only lived about twelve months afer her marriage. He next married Malinda Thomas, of Bourbon County, about the year 1849, and moved immediately to that county; this union was blessed by two children: John B., who is the subject of this sketch, and Alice, who is now the wife of Thomas Gaitskill, of North Middletown. John B. remained at the homestead and assisted in the duties of the farm up to the time of his father's death, which occurred April 16, 1862. At the death of his father, John B. inherited all of the home place, containing 300 acres, except his mother's dower, which he subsequently purchased. His sister Alice inherited 187 acres of the Warren Rogers place, known as the "Castle," which was purchased by her guardian about one year after her father's death; the remainder of the Rogers farm containing 133 acres, was given to their mother, Mrs. Mitchell. John B. is now one of the representative farmers of his county, and is also engaged in breeding and raising short horn cattle and Cotswold sheep. He is a member of the Christian Church at North Middletown, and a Democrat politically.

Note: Relationship to grandfather William Mitchell is, at this juncture, an educated guess. The relationship is inferred by the biography. --REF Aug. 1999

Name: John W. McCLURE
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Birth: 17 Jan 1842

Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County, Chicago, 1882, p. 547

JOHN W. McCLURE, farmer and trader ; P. O. North Middletown; is a native of Montgomery County, son of John and Mahala (Stofer) McClure and was born January 17, 1842. His great grandfather was a native of Ireland, and emigrated at an early day to the United States and stopped for a while in Virginia, and afterward came to Kentucky, where he died. His grandfather, Andrew McClure, settled in Montgomery County where he reared six sons and six daughters. The second son, John McClure, married Mahala Stofer, and settled in his native County, where he, like his father, raised six sons and six daughters. The second son, John W., our subject, after remaining on the homestead till the age of maturity, began business for himself, and on the 27th of March, 1877, was married to Mary C. Mark, of Montgomery. This union is blessed with one child, John Mark. In March, 1880, Mr. McClure moved to Bourbon County, where he now resides. He is an enterprising young man, and owns 135 acres of land, where he farms and handles stock. Mr. McClure and wife are both members of the Christian Church. He is a Democrat in politics.

Spouses
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1: Mary C. MARK
Marriage: 27 Mar 1877

Name: Betty SCOTT
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Father: Robert SCOTT
Mother: Sallie HEDGES

Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County, Chicago, 1882, p. 547

MRS. BETTIE OWEN, farmer; P. O. North Middletown. Robert Owens was born in Maryland, and emigrated to Kentucky in 1784, and temporarily settled in Clark County; he married when twenty-two years of age and moved to Bourbon, where he reared a family of three sons and five daughters. Geo. W., the youngest son, was born on the 4th of April, 1813, and was married Feb. 13, 1839, to our subject, Miss Bettie, daughter of William Scott, of this county; by this marriage there were fourteen children, nine daughters, viz: Emma, wife of Dr. Joe Fithian, of Paris, Ky.; Nancy S., wife of Marcus Evans, of Clark County; Fannie, who married Wm. Boston, of this county, and died in April, 1881; Sallie, who died in 1867; Bettie, Cinnie, Mary Lou, Carrie and Dixie, and five sons: Joseph, who married Alice Scarce, of this county, and now resides in Ohio; Wm. R., who married the widow Peoples, of Bates County, Mo., where he now lives; Thomas, who is telegraphing in Chicago; George and John Ed, who are still at the old homestead with their widowed mother. Nancy S. graduated at Winchester Female College; Sallie graduated at Oxford, Ohio; Fannie at the Bourbon Female College; Carrie at the Millersburg Female College; Dixie and John Ed are now students of the K. C. & B. College. This family are nearly all Methodists; the sons are Democrats. Mrs. Owen has 260 acres of land. 

Spouses
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1: George W. OWEN
Birth: 4 Apr 1813
Father: Robert OWEN
Marriage: 13 Feb 1839
Children: Fannie Ralston (-1881)
Emily (-1897)
Nancy S.
Sallie (-1867)
Bettie
Cinnie
Mary Lou
Carrie
Dixie
Joseph
William R.
Thomas
George
John Ed

Name: John R. OWEN
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Birth: 14 Feb 1849 Rogersville, Tennessee

Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County, Chicago, 1882, pp. 547-548

JOHN R. OWEN, dealer in wines and liquors; P. O. North Middletown; is a native of Tennessee, and was born near Rogersville on the 14th of Feb., 1849; his father, W. A. Owen, was also of Tennessee birth, and was married in 1830 to Ellen Moore, by whom he raised ten children, three sons and seven daughters. The second son, who is the subject of our sketch, at the age of thirteen years, like many other boys of his age, became very patriotic, and enlisted in Co. D., Bradford's regiment, Vaughn's Brigade; his father was Captain of the above company; John R., after serving two years in the army, came to Kentucky and settled in Bourbon County, where he has since resided. He was married the 16th of June, 1877, to Nannie Walters, of this county; by this marriage there are two children, Jasper and Fannie E. Mr. Owen is now a resident of North Middletown; he is a Democrat in politics. 

Spouses
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1: Nannie WALTERS
Marriage: 16 Jun 1877

Name: J. W. PRESCOTT
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Birth: 1833 Louisiana

Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County, Chicago, 1882, p. 548

J. W. PRESCOTT, farmer and short-horn breeder; P. O. North Middletown. Subject is a native of Louisiana; was born in that State in 1833, where he spent the early part of his life. In 1875, he married Mrs. Mary E. (Bayless) Grimes, of Bourbon County, Ky., where he has since settled, and is engaged in agricultural pursuits. For the past two years he has been engaged, on a small scale, in the short-horn business. Has on hand at the present time, a small herd, selected with great care from the best families this country affords. Col. Prescott is a gentleman of rare judgment and good business ability, and is likely to become a prominent short-horn breeder in the near future. His wife is a daughter of Nathan Bayless, who emigrated from Virginia at an early day, and settled in Bourbon County, where he raised a family of five children, one son and four daughters. Mary, the second daughter of whom we are now writing, was born in 1831; was educated at North Middletown, Ky., and in 1846 was married to John S. Grimes, of Clintonville. He died in 1865. Mrs. Grimes, after remaining a widow about ten years, was next married to Col. Prescott. She now owns a nice farm, containing about 675 acres of choice land. Her father, Mr. Bayless, when he first came to North Middletown, was without any means whatever, and began in the tailoring business. After getting a little money ahead, he bought a small piece of land, and began dealing in mules. Being a good judge of stock and careful in his purchases, good feeder and an excellent salesman, he soon found himself possessed of sufficient means to own one of the best farms in his county. At the time of his death he owned 1000 acres of fine Bourbon land.

Spouses
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1: Mary E. BAYLESS
Father: Nathan BAYLESS
Marriage: 1875

Name: C. H. RICE
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Birth: 17 Jul 1843
Father: James W. RICE (1804-1847)
Mother: Patsy BOYLE

Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County, Chicago, 1882, p. 548

C. H. RICE, farmer and breeder of short-horns; P. O. North Middletown; was born in Bourbon County, July 17,1843, and is a son of James W. and Patsy (Boyle) Rice; his grandfather, John Rice, emigrated from Virginia to this State at an early day, and settled in Bourbon County, where he raised a family of seven children, three sons and four daughters. The second son, James W., was born Feb. 22, 1804, and was married Dec. 5, 1822, to Patsy C. Boyle, and died on the 11th of May, 1847. James W. ranked among the most prominent men in the county in his day, as was clearly demostrated by his being twice sent to represent same in the State Legislature. This important position he filled to the entire satisfaction of his constituency, and with honor and credit to himself and family. He raised a family of eleven children, ten of whom survived him, four sons and six daughters, the third son living, C. H., who is our subject, remained on the homestead till the war broke out between the sections, and in 1862 he enlisted in the Confederate Army, under Col. Cluke ; was captured with Gen. Morgan in Ohio on the 26th of July, 1863; was first taken to Camp Chase, and afterwards to Camp Douglass, where he remained a prisoner till the close of the war; in 1865 he returned to his Kentucky home, and on the 30th of April, 1867, he was married to Sarah E. Sydner, of Platte County, Mo.; by this marriage there were three sons, two of whom are living, James W., and John I. The youngest son, Henry S., was killed by lightning on the fifth of July, 1879. Mr.Rice owns a nice little farm of 65 acres, and rents 200 more, where he breeds and handles short- horns, of which he has now about thirty head. Mr. and Mrs. Rice and one son are members of the Christian Church; politically he is a Democrat. 

Spouses
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1: Sarah E. SYDNER
Birth: Platte County, Missouri
Marriage: 30 Apr 1867
Children: James W.
John I.
Harry S. (-1879)

Name: Richard M. RICE
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Birth: 18 Feb 1839 North Middletown, Bourbon County, Kentucky
Father: James W. RICE (1804-1847)
Mother: Patsy BOYLE

Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County, Chicago, 1882, p. 548

RICHARD M. RICE, farmer ; P.O. North Middletown; son of James W. Rice, and was born near North Middletown, Bourbon County, on the 18th of February, 1839. (For further notice of his purents, see sketch of C. H. Rice in this work.) He received a good English education at North Middletown, where he could have graduated in another term. He began life as a farmer, an occupation he has never had cause to abandon. On the 21st of October, 1858, he was married in Nicholas County, to Jennie E., daughter of Col. I. H. Piper. Jennie E. was born at Jackstown, Bourbon County, on the 29th of March, 1838. Her father, Colonel Piper, was a native, of Nicholas, born near Carlisle in 1810, and now lives in that beautiful little city, where he has retired from business. His wife, Parmelia J. Porter, was born in Fleming County, in 1812. Our subject, Mr. Rice, made the race in 1880 for the Domocratic nomination for Sheriff of Bourbon County, but was defeated by a small majority. Mr. and Mrs. Rice have four children, two sons, Charlton E. and William P., and two daughters, Ida May and Kate Pearl. Charlton graduates this term at the K. C. & B. College. Ida May was also educated at this school. Subject and wife, and their two eldest children, are members of the Christian Church. Mr. Rice has always lived a quiet life. He is a temperate man in all his habits, and endeavors to live a consistent Christian. He has the reputation of being sober and industrious, scrupulously exact in all his dealings, and commands the respect and confidence of the community in which he resides. 

Spouses
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1: Jane "Jennie" E. PIPER
Birth: 29 Mar 1838 Bourbon County, Kentucky
Father: Col. Israel Hyman PIPER (1810-1898)
Mother: Parmelia Jane PORTER (1812-1881)
Marriage: 21 Oct 1858 Nicholas County, Kentucky
Children: Charleton E.
William P.
Ida May
Kate Pearl

Name: F. C. RIDDELL
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Father: Nathan RIDDELL

Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County, Chicago, 1882, p. 549

F. C. RIDDELL, farmer and architect; P. O. North Middletown; is a son of Nathan Riddell, of Fayette County, and after remaining with his father till seventeen years of age, he went to New Orleans and engaged in stock trading, a business he followed for five years; he then returned to Kentucky and settled in Bourbon County, where he remained till the war broke out hetween the sections; he espoused the Southern cause and was among the first men who volunteered from this county in the Confederate Army; he was captured by the Federals on the 26th of July, 1863, with Gen. John Morgan on his Ohio raid; was taken to Camp Chase and confined for two months, thence to Johnson's Island on Lake Erie, where he remained a prisoner till the close of the, war. Mr. Riddell then returned to Kentucky and engaged in farming in connection with his trade, which pursuit he still follows. He was married on the 30th of June, 1839, to Miss Lavina W. Stewart, of this county; he has superintended the building of many of the handsome residences and fine stock barns in the vicinity where he lives. He is a member of the Christian Church, and a straight Democrat in politics. 

Spouses
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1: Lavina W. STEWART
Marriage: 30 Jun 1859

Name: Henry C. SMITH
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Birth: 16 Jun 1848
Father: Algernon Sidney SMITH (1809-1852)
Mother: Amanda F. THOMAS (-1852)

Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County, Chicago, 1882, p. 549

H. C. SMITH, farmer and short-horn breeder ; P. 0. North Middletown ; was born in Bourbon County on the 16th of June, 1848. His grandfather, Weathers Smith, emigrated from Fairfax C. H., Va., to this State about the beginning of the present century, and settled on what is now known as the Duncan Land, which is now owned by Cassius M. Clay. He married Lydia, sister of Geo. A. Smith. She died in 1818, leaving an only son, Algernon Sidney Smith, who was born May the 16th, 1809. Algernon S., after his father's death, which occurred in 1828, came into possession of 779 acres of land on Paris and Winchester Pike, near Thatcher's Mill. He was married Oct. 1, 1846, to Amanda F. Thomas. The result of this union was two sons. Mr. and Mrs. Smith both died with cholera in 1852, within a few days of each other. The younger son, Algernon Sidney, who was named for his father, died at tha age of twenty-two years, leaving a childless widow, who now lives with her father, John W. Thomas. The elder son, Henry C. Smith, who is the subject of our sketch, and also his younger brother above spoken of, were taken; after the sudden death of their parents, by their uncle, Owen B. Thomas, and raised to maturit ' v. Mr. Thomas now lives in Boons County, Missouri, having moved there in 1878. Our subjLct attended school at Stony Point till he was seventeen years of age. He then entered Kentucky University at Lexington, where he was a student for three years, but on account of his health failing, he was compelled to leave the University without graduating. He was married on the 21st of Octoher, 1869, to Nannie C., daughter of Harvey W. Rice, whose father was one of the first settlers here. This couple are blessed with two children, Alhe Dee, who was born Jan. 26, 1873, and Henry Stanley, born Sept. 14, 1878. Henry C. bought his first short horns in 1870, and continued in that business till Octoher, 1876, at which time he consolidated his herd of twenty-five head with a herd of seventy head owned by Ed. K. Thomas, which is spoken of in another part of this work. This consolidation, now known as the "Glenwood Herd," and owned by Thomas and Smith, numbers at present 120 head, and is considered one of the hest herds in the state. Mr. Smith is of the. representative farmers of his county, owns 250 acres of land three miles south of North Middletown, and for the past four years has been one of the board of directors of the Bourbon County Agricultural Society.

Spouses
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1: Nannie C. RICE
Father: Harvey W. RICE
Marriage: 21 Oct 1869
Children: Allie Dee (1873-)
Henry Stanley (1878-)

Name: Preston J. SEAMANDS
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Birth: 7 Aug 1809 Bourbon County, Kentucky
Father: Major Manson SEAMANDS (1781-1856)
Mother: Elizabeth NEWTON (-1822)

Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County, Chicago, 1882, pp. 549-550

PRESTON J. SEAMANDS, farmer; P. O. North Middletown; is a native of Bourbon County, and was born Aug. 7, 1809; his father, Major Seumands, was born in .Alhemarle County, Va., and emigrated to Kentucky about the year 1800, and settled in Bourbon County. Major Seamand's commanded a company in the war of 1812, and served with honor and credit to himself, and after the termination of the war he returned to Kentucky, and in a short time afterwards bought what is now known as Seamands' Mill, on Stoner Creek, with about 100 acres of land attached. He was married in Virginia in 1797 to Elizaheth Newton; she died at the old mill place in 1822. By this marriage there were seven children, five of whom were raised to maturity, and four of them are still living-three daughters: Malinda, widow of James Lindsay, of Bourbon County; Elizabeth, widow of Kinzea Stone, also of Bourbon, and Marilda, widow of John G. Sims, of Jessamine County, and one son, Preston J., who is the subject of this sketch. Major Seamands died July 7, 1856, leaving an estate of 650 acres of land, which he divided among his children by his last will and testament. Preston J. assisted his father about the homestead till about twenty years of age, at which time his father put him in charge of the mill and farm; he was married April 27, 1830, to Mary Ann Skinner, who was born in Virginia, but had moved to Kentucky with her father about the year 1816. This union was blessed with four children-two sons: William H., who died in infancy, and James M., who died when only five years old, and two daughters, Elizabeth A., who was born July 24, 1831, and was married July 23, 1846, to John W. Kerr, and Mary F., who was born April 6, 1843, and was married to Dr. W. R. Davis, April 6, 1868. Preston J., in 1861, at an expense of several thousand, put his mill in first-class repair, which rendered it in every way worthy of the reputation it had of being the best mill in the county. He has been very successful in farming also, and now owns 500 acres of land besides his mill, town residence, etc., he has recently moved to North Middletown, rented out his farm, and proposes to retire from active work, and enjoy some of the fruits of his labor. He and wife, and their two children, and also two grandchildren, are members of the Christian Church. He is a Republican in politics. 

Spouses
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1: Mary Ann SKINNER
Marriage: 27 Apr 1830
Children: William H. (Died as Infant)
James H.
Elizabeth (1831-)
Mary F. (1843-)

Name: William H. SETTLES
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Birth: 11 Jul 1829 Bourbon County, Kentucky
Father: John SETTLES (1806-1842)
Mother: Polly SHRADER (1807-)

Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County, Chicago, 1882, p. 550

WILLIAM H. SETTLES, farmer and carriage builder; P. O. North Middletown; was born on the 11th of July, 1829, in Bourbon County; his grandfather, Joseph Settles, was a native Virginian, and moved to Kentucky at an early day and settled in Bourbon, where he remained till about the year 1843, at which time he emigrated to the State of Missouri, where he spent the remainder of his days. He was a man of remarkable constitution, and lived almost an entire century, being ninety-eight years of age at the time of his death. He raised five sons and two daughters; his eldest son, John T., was born in Kentucky in 1806, and married, in 1827, Mary Shrader, who was a second cousin to the old Kentucky pioneer, Daniel Boone. This union was also blessed with five sons and two daughters: William H., the eldest son, is the subject of this sketch. When he was but twelve years of age his father died, leaving the responsibility of his mother and six younger children principally upon his hands. He succeeded, by the assistance of his mother, in giving the rest of the children a fair education, and to this day provides for his aged parent, who is now seventy-five years old. He was married on the 9th of May, 1854, to Lucinda Gardner, of Bourbon; the result of this marriage is seven children, five sons: Benjamin F., Edward P., Owen T., William H., and Robert, and two daughters, Elizabeth, who is the wife of Robert Wright, and Mary Lou. Mr. Settles owns a small farm of 150 acres, besides his town property, which consists of a carriage factory blacksmith shop, etc. He enjoys the reputation of being one of the best mechanics in the county. He is a member of the Good Templar order; he and wife and married daughter are members of the Christian Church; in politics he acts with the Democratic party. 

Spouses
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1: Lucinda GARDNER
Marriage: 9 May 1854
Children: Benjamin F.
Edward P.
Owen T.
William H.
Robert
Elizabeth
Mary Lou

Name: John B. STIVERS
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Father: Razelle P. STIVERS (1779-)
Mother: Nancy BARGER (1795-)

Sources
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County, Chicago, 1882, p. 550

Misc. Notes
JOHN B. STIVERS, Postmaster, P. O. North Middletown; is a native of Clay County and was born June 10, 1821; his great-great-grandfather was a native of Germany; his great-grandfather was also born Germany, and emigrated at an early day to the United States and settled in the city of New York; his grandfather was born in that city on the 5th of May, 1759, and at the early age of fourteen he engaged as drummer boy in the Revolutionary Army and served till [sic] the close of that war. He married and emigrated to Kentucky about the year 1784, and settled near Lexington, Fayette County, where R. P. Stivers was born on the 17th of March 1799. In the year 1819, R. P. was married to Nancy Barger, a native of Virginia. They raised to maturity nine children; the second son, John B., who is the subject of this sketch, was brought by his parents when only six months old, to Bourbon County, where he has ever since claimed as his home. He volunteered in the Mexican war in 1847, in the 3rd Reg't of the K.V.I.; he also participated in the late war between the sections of the Federal side; was a Lieutenant in the Seventh Regiment of the Kentucky Volunteers. Lieutenant Stivers was in several hot engagements, among them were Arkansas Post, Champion Hill, and the Siege at Vicksburg; was wounded eleven times; twice very severely. After the cessation of hostilities, he returned to his native State, where he was married on the 5th of September, 1866, to Miss Fannie Judy. This union resulted in one child, Maud Vernon, who was born on the 3rd of July, 1867; she is now a student of the K.C. and B. College, at North Middletown. Her mother died Aug. 23, 1868. Mr. Stivers was married again on the 17th of May, 1875, to Miss B. J. Peters. He has been a member of the Masonic order for more than thirty years, and is a Republican in politics. 

Spouses
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1: Fannie JUDY
Death: 23 Aug 1868
Marriage: Sep 1866
Children: Maud Vernon (1867-)

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2: B. J. PETERS
Marriage: 17 May 1875

Name: Rebecca L. LANDER
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Birth: 27 Jul 1827
Father: Henry LANDER
Mother: Margaret ALLEN

Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County, Chicago, 1882, pp. 550-551

MRS. REBECCA L. SCOTT, farmer and breeder of short-horns ; P. O. North Middletown, daughter of Henry and Margaret (Allen) Lander. Her grandfather, Charles Lander, was a native of Gerinally, and emigrated to the United States at an early day, and settled in Bourbon County, Ky., where he raised a family of seven children, three sons and four daughters. Mr. Lander was quite a prominent mail in his day, was a Methodist preacher and farmer, and was elected by a large majority to represent his county in the Legislature. He and his wife both died with cholera in 1833. His second son, Henry Lander, married Margaret Allen, a native of Virginia, by whom he raised a family consisting of eight children, four of whom are still living. One son, Franklin, who lives in Fleining County, and three daughters, viz : Lavinia, wife of Joseph P. Kenney ; Fannie, widow of Isaac Skinrier, of Clark County ; and Rebecca L., who is the subject of this sketch. She was born July 27, 1821, and on the 6th day of January, 1848, was married to William Scott, of Bourbon. He was born in 1827, and died on the 27th of April, 1878. By this marriage there are nine living children, five daughters, viz: Sarah M., Kate, Alice, Bettie, and Lutie, and four sons, Joseph F., who married Miss Thomas, of this county, and now lives in Missouri, Charles F., Robert Lee, and Isaac S. One daughter, Fannie, died when only eighteen months old. Mrs. Scott now owns 248 acres of land on Cane Ridge Pike, one and a quarter miles north of North Middletown. Her son, Charles, superintends the farm and short-horns, of which they have a nice herd at this time. The family are Democratic politically, and Mrs. S. and two daughters are members of the Methodist Church. 

Spouses
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1: William SCOTT
Birth: 1827 Bourbon County, Kentucky
Death: 27 Apr 1878 Age: 51
Marriage: 6 Jan 1848
Children: Sarah M.
Kate
Alice
Bettie
Lutie
Joseph F.
Charles F.
Robert Lee
Isaac S.

Name: Joseph C. SCOTT
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Birth: 22 Sep 1838
Father: William SCOTT
Mother: Eliza SPARR

Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County, Chicago, 1882, p. 551

JOSEPH C. SCOTT, farmer; P. O. North Middletown; son of Wm. and Eliza (Sparr) Scott, and was born Sept. 22, 1838; his grandfather, Wm. Scott, was a native of Virginia, but emigrated to Kentucky at an early day and settled near Clintonville, where he died with cholera in 1833. His second son, William, married Eliza Sparr, of Clark County; by this marriage there were four sons and three daughters. The third son, Joseph C., who is the subject of our sketch, enlisted, in 1862, in the Confederate Army under Col. Cluke; in the winter of 1862-3 he was captured and taken to Camp Butler in Illinois, where he was held a prisoner for two months and then exchanged; was again captured on the 26th of July, 1863, with Gen. Morgan on his Ohio raid, and taken to Camp Chase and confined for a month, then removed to Camp Douglas, where he remained a prisoner for seventeen months and was again exchanged; after the cessation of hostilities he returned from Virginia to his native State. Joseph C. was married Oct. 27, 1870, to Miss G. A. Yates; the result of this union is two children, Roy Cluke and Bernice Bell. Mr. Scott owns a small farm and is an enthusiastic Democrat.

Spouses
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1: G. A. YATES
Marriage: 27 Oct 1870

Name: James SCOTT
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Birth: 17 Dec 1802 Bourbon County, Kentucky
Father: Robert SCOTT (1769-1836)
Mother: Ann GALLOWAY (1769-)

Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County, Chicago, 1882, p. 531

JAMES SCOTT, farmer; P. O. North Middletown; is a native of Bourbon County, and was born Dec. 17, 1802, on the premises where he now resides; his grandfather and family, together with twelve other families, came down the Ohio River from Pennsylvania in the year 1778, and settled on what was afterward known as Corn Island, opposite Shippingsport, Ky., (now a part of Louisville); he built the third cabin in that place in the fall of that year (1778), but the families composing the little colony were all driven away by the Indians, and Mr. Scott and family found refuge in the fort at Harrodsburg; he afterward located 1,000 acres of land on Flat Creek, in what is now Bath County, but settled in Bourbon County; he raised four children, three sons and one daughter, and died about the year 1804. His eldest son, Robert Scott, settled on a part of his father's place in Bourbon County, built a cabin and afterward married Miss Ann Galloway, by whom he had eight children, five boys and three girls. His second son, James Scott, who is the subject of this sketch, lived upon the old homestead until 1853, when, on the 23d of September of that year, he was married to Emeline P. Offutt; this union was blessed with five children, three of whom are living: Nannie, Emma P., and William Robert. Mr. Scott has about 570 acres of land well improved; he is a Democrat. His mother-in-law, Mrs. Offutt, lives with him, is ninety-two years old and remarkably sprightly for one of her years. 

Spouses
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1: Emeline Payne OFFUTT
Marriage: 23 Sep 1853 Bourbon County, Kentucky
Children: Nancy Ann
William Robert
Emma Payne

Name: Edwin K. THOMAS
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Birth: 24 Aug 1840
Father: John W. THOMAS (1819-1912)
Mother: Eliza KERR (-1840)

Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County, Chicago, 1882, pp. 551-552

EDWIN K. THOMAS, farmer and breeder of short horn cattle, Cotswold sheep and saddle horses; P. O. North Middletown; a native of Bourbon County and son of John W. Thomas; whose sketch appears in another part of this work. Ed. K. was born August 24, 1840, and on September 13, following, he was left motherless. Was then taken to his grandfather, John Thomas, by whom he was raised. He was educated at the Patterson Institute at North Middletown. On Sept. 3, 1861, Ed. K. was married to Caroline S., daughter of Milton Jameson of Montgomery County. Caroline, after receiving a very liberal education in her native county, was, at the age of fifteen, sent to Daughter's College at Harrodsburg, where she finished her education. This union was blessed with three children, one daughter, Eliza Kerr, who died when only five years of age, and two sons, Claude M., who was born Feb. 5, 1863, and is now a student of Princeton College, New Jersey, and Edwin K., Jr., who was born Dec. 14, 1864, and is now at Central University, Richmond, Ky. Mr. Thomas owns 300 acres of land, upon which he has erected one of the most handsome residences in the county, of modern architecture, and named the place Glenwood. This is in the same yard where once stood the house in which it is said that the grandfather of President Lincoln lived. Mr. Thomas bought his first short horns in 1872, and from that time has been a successful breeder. Among the prominent animals bred by him was Airdrie Thorndale, 6100, and Ellen Challenger the Fourth, both of his Young Mary family. These two noted animals won the champion prizes for three years in succession at the great fairs at Paris and Lexington, Ky., an honor that has never been awarded to any other bull or cow in the United States. He also bred the celebrated saddle horse "Montrose," who was the recipient of like honors at the Paris fair. His short horn herd now numbers 120 head, and for the past five years it has won the aged herd prizes at Paris and Lexington, and four out of five of the young herd prizes at each of the above places. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas are both members of the Christian Church, and he is a Democrat in politics. 

Spouses
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1: Caroline S. JAMESON
Father: Milton JAMESON
Marriage: 3 Sep 1861
Children: Eliza Kerr
Claude M. (1863-)
Edwin K. (1864-)

Name: John W. THOMAS
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Birth: 29 Apr 1819 Bourbon County, Kentucky
Death: 14 Feb 1912 Age: 92
Father: John THOMAS (1786-1873)
Mother: Susannah THOMAS (1793-1863)

Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County, Chicago, 1882, p. 552

JOHN W. THOMAS, farmer; P. O. North Middletown; is a native of Bourbon County, and still resides on the old homestead, where he was born. His grandfather, William Thomas, was a native of Virginia, and emigrated to Kentucky in 1796, and settled in Bourbon County. His father, John Thomas, was born in Virginia in 1786, and came to Kentucky when only ten years old. John Thomas married Susan Thomas, a cousin of his, by whom he raised eight children; his eldest son, John W., who is the subject of this sketch, was married in 1839 to Eliza Jane, daughter of Harvey Kerr, of Bourbon; she died Sept. 13, 1840, leaving one son, Edwin K., who was then only about two weeks old. John W. was again married in 1842 to Margaret P. Kerr, a cousin of his first wife. The result of this union was seven children-two sons: Douglas and William, and five daughters: Mary E., Emma, Candace, Nannie, and Alma. They are all married except the youngest daughter. Mr. Thomas owns 350 acres of land, and is a successful farmer; he bred and raised the noted trotting horse Kentucky Prince, who showed the wonderful gait of 2.32 at a three-year old. As there was no colt of his age that had ever beaten that time in the State, he was tempted by the handsome offer of $10,800 for him, a proposition he very reluctantly accepted, Mr. Backman, of New York, being the fortunate purchaser. Mr. Backman has since refused $25,000 for him. Mr. Thomas' family are all members of the Christian Church. He is a Democrat in politics. 

Spouses
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1: Eliza KERR
Death: 13 Sep 1840
Marriage: 7 Sep 1838
Children: Edwin K. (1840-)

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2: Margaret P. KERR
Birth: 5 Sep 1824 Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky
Death: 11 Feb 1906 Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky Age: 81
Father: James H. KERR (~1791-1831)
Mother: Elizabeth STRODE
Marriage: 1842
Children: Nannie Breckenridge (1853-1909)

Name: Henry O. THOMAS
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Father: John THOMAS

Misc. Notes
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & County, Chicago, 1882, p. 552

HENRY O. THOMAS, farmer; P. O. North Middletown; is the son of John Thomas, who is spoken of in another part of this work. Henry O. is a native of this county, and was born March 22, 1829, and was married Jan. 20, 1852, to Annie F. Gaitskill; the result of this union was eight children, all daughters: Mary H., who was educated at Warrendale, Patterson Institute and Daughters' College; Emma S., who was educated at the first two schools mentioned above; Willie A., Addie E., Lillie B., L. G. F., Maggie G., and Allie R., who received their education at the K. C. & B. College, at North Middletown, an intistution in which Emma S. Thomas is now music teacher; Addie E. is also engaged in teaching near Hutchinson Station, in this county. Mr. Thomas owns a very nice farm of 190 acres three miles south of North Middletown, on the Thatcher's Mill Pike, with good comfortable improvements, variety of ornament trees, etc., and very appropriately named "Woodland." He is a member of the Masonic order, and a Democrat in politics.