Bourbon County, Kentucky, Biographies

Millersburg Precinct

Name: Julian G. ALLEN
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Birth: September 21, 1843, Bourbon County, Kentucky
Father: Sanford ALLEN
Mother: Susan SCHUMATE

Spouses
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1: Mary "Mattie" MILLER
Birth: February 20, 1849
Father: Mitchell MILLER
Mother: Mary McCLELLAND
Marriage: February 4, 1868
Children: Mary (1869-); Iva Dee (1872-); Sanford M. (1875-); Susie Lee (1877-)

JULIAN G. ALLEN,1 merchant; P. O. Millersburg; was born Sept. 21, 1843, to Sanford and Susan (Schumate) Allen, she a daughter of Payton and Mary (Adair) Schumate; Sanford Allen, a native of Bourbon, was a son of Granville and Jane Brannum, also natives of Bourbon; the former was a brother to Julian Grosjean, who died Oct. 17, 1881, having lived a widow since the year 1879; she was the wife of Dr. John C. Grosjean, who died at twenty-seven years of age, after one year of married life; he was young, but a man of great promise and prominence. Sterling Allen, Esq,, was a brother; also Francis J. Allen, Esq., a very wealthy man of Cape Girardeau, Mo., noted for his eccentricities and travel in livery ; and Tandy Allen, a statesman, a leader and a man of prominence in the State of Illinois. The father of Granville Allen was the first Judge of Bourbon County; he had 12 children. The subject of this sketch is the oldest of seven sons now living. Three daughters are also living. Three sons and a daughter, deceased. The family are: Mary, now Mrs. Dr. Richart, of Sharpsburg, Bath County, Ky.; Mrs. Chesterfield Cracraft, a merchant at Bethel, Bath County; John Waller, married a Miss Uze Alexander, he a merchant of Sharpsburg; Eliza D., a Mrs. Rev. J. K, Nunnelley, a Baptist minister at Sharpsburg; Frank S., married Miss Imogene Stoner, he cashier of the Exchange Bank at Sharpsburg; Charles P. married Miss Bradshaw, daughter of Capt. Bradshaw, of Paris, Ky., he a merchant at Sharpsburg; Sanford C., with our subject, Henry T., a cadet at West Point; Thomas J., in the dry goods business with J. W. Allen, at Sharpsburg. The father of these was a very prominent man at Sharpsburg, where he carried on the dry-goods business for 39 years, and for 15 years before his death he owned and carried on the Exchange Bank of that place. He started a poor boy, working at 25¢ per day, finally, accumulating $500, he engaged in the mercantile business with a Mr. Payne; this they carried on a few years, then started a branch store at Sharpsburg, which, in a subsequent dissolution of the partnership, fell to Mr, Allen; he was enterprising and energetic, and soon proved himself powerful in business circles. He was an extensive slave-holder, an ardent advocate of the Democratic party, and a member of the Baptist Church. Our subject received a business education, beginning in 1853 with his father, and there remaining until in 1865, when he began business at his present place, continuing until the death of his father, when he sold out and returned to Sharpsburg, where he acted as President of the Bank until in September, 1879, when he again located at Millersburg, where he is doing an extensive business. He was married Feb. 4, 1868, to Miss Mattie E. Miller, who was born Feb, 20, 1849, to Mitchell and Mary (McClelland) Miller; both of whom were related to the first settlers of Millersburg. By this marriage there are four children: Mary, born March 3, 1869; I. D. Aug. 12, 1872; Sanford M., Sept. 22, 1875; Susie Lee, Sept. 19, 1877. He and his brother, J. W, were executors of his father's estate; he is a man of fine business qualifications and diligence in all matters of duty; he is a member of the Masonic Order, and with his family hold a membership in the Baptist Church.

Sources
1. Perrin, p. 501

Name: William ARDERY
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Birth: March 26, 1841, Bourbon County, Kentucky
Father: James Harvey ARDERY (1809-1883)
Mother: Jane McCLURE

Spouses
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1: Emma DAVIS
Birth: September 28, 1854, Harrison County, Kentucky
Father: William DAVIS
Mother: Mary LEEPER
Children: Mary A.

WILLIAM ARDERY,1 farmer; P. O. Millersburg; son of James H. and Jane (McClure) Ardery, she a daughter of John McClure and Betsey (McDaniel) McClure, James H., son of Alexander and Sarah Moore Ardery, she a daughter of John Moore and Mary (Black) Moore, natives of Virginia, but came to Kentucky, where they purchased a large tract of land at two dollars per acre, in sight of the, home of the subject of this sketch, and endured great privation and suffering, among the Indians; having at one time made the offer of a pound of silver for a pound of bread or corn. Alexander Ardery was a son of John Ardery, who, with his brother, were linen drapers. in "Auld Ireland;" emigrated to this country at an early day and were among the first to settle in Bourbon County. James H. was born in Harrison County, in Sept. 8, 1809, where he resided until seven years of age, when his father settled upon the farm where subject now lives. His father was born March 21, 1782, his mother in 1785 or 6; the father died in 1838, the mother in 1848. He was the second of a family of ten children, two sons only now living. James H. received about two months schooling in his life, but with the Irish tact and aptness he has acquired an education, business and social position equal to that of many who had greatly superior advantages. He has followed a life of agriculture and stock raising; has been twice married; first, in 1837, to Jane McClure, by whom he had two children: James D., born Oct. 27, 1838; enlisted in July, 1861, under Captain Hope, Second Regiment, commanded by Colonel Roger Hanson, in which he served gallantly until his sickness and death at Columbus, Miss., in July, 1862. William, the second son, born March 26, 1841, lived with his father, receiving a common school education, and assisting with the farm work and trading in mules through the South after the war. He was married Feb. 22, 1881, to Emma Davis; born Sept. 28,1854, to Mrs. Mary (Leeper) Davis, of Harrison County; her father, William Davis, a son of James Davis and Lizzie Matthews; she was kidnapped and brought from London, Eng., to this country when fourteen years of age and sold for five pounds sterling; she was subsequently married in Stafford County, Va.

Sources
1. Perrin, p. 501

Name: George W. BRYAN Jr.
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Birth: July 19, 1848
Father: George W. BRYAN Sr. (1815-1849)
Mother: Elizabeth A. W. MILLER

Spouses
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1: Mary E. OWENS
Father: Charles OWENS
Mother: Eliza J.
Marriage: October 13, 1868

GEORGE W. BRYAN,1 lawyer and Police Judge of Millersburg; P. O. Millersburg. The Bryan family, as settlers of Bryan's Station, and from their close connection by marriage with Daniel Boone, bore no unimportant part in the early history of Kentucky. Daniel Boone, in 1755, when about twenty years of age, married Rebecca Bryan, whose family, as well as Boone's, were living at that time near Wilkesboro, N. C. On Sept. 25, 1774, Boone with his family emigrated to the country which he had previously (in 1769) explored as far as the Kentucky River, and thither Morgan, James, William and Joseph Bryan, brothers of Boone's wife, shortly followed with their famihes. They shared with the other adventurous spirits all the dangers and hardships to which they were subject. In 1779, with emigrants principally from North Carolina, these four brothers settled the Bryan Station neighborhood, and built the fort that is now historic. It would require much space to recount the narrow escapes of these famihes from the murderous tomahawks of the lurking, skulking savages, or the personal deeds of prowess and heroism and the struggles and privations of these brave men and women. From Joseph Bryan are descended the family now residing in Fayette County. This branch spell their name with a "t," and in this way Bryan's Station has been and is improperly called Bryant's Station. From Morgan Bryan are the Bourbon County family; he was born May 20, 1729, and married MaryForbes. From this marriage sprang George Bryan, sr., who fought in the Revolutionary war, and at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. He emigrated with his father from North Carolina, and was married in the fort at Bryan's Station to Elizabeth Neal Rogers, in May, 1780, being the first marriage solemnized in the State of Kentucky. Roasted corn was handed around to the wedding guests in lieu of cake, and mush and milk took the place of ices on this and similar occasions. He was married a second time fifty years later, to Mrs. Cassandra Miller, and died upon the 22d day of November, 1845, in Springfield, Ill. A singular incident concerning Mr. Bryan's life is the fact that he suffered from a severe attack of whooping cough when over eighty years of age. To his wife, Mary, was born William S., March 17, 1785, at Bryan's Station. He was one of the first settlers of the City of Paris, where he spent the greater part of his life. He was by occupation a saddler and harness-maker, and amassed quite a fortune by strict attention to business. "Uncle Billy," as he was familiarly called by his acquaintances, was always ready to assist a friend in need, and at his death the majority of his estate had gone to pay surety debts. He married Judith Field, Jan. 25, 1811, and to them were born three sons: William H, Geo. W. and Robt. T., and a daughter, Eliza; Wm. H., the eldest son, married a Miss Bartlett, of Louisville, Ky.; by her he had two daughters-Blanche and Florence. He was a merchant in New York, Millersburg, Louisville, and Chicago, where he now resides with his family; Eliza became the wife of Frank Tucker, of Bourbon County, and died without issue shortly after marriage; Robt. T., the youngest son, graduated in the classical department of Bethany College, Va., in 1844, and in the medical department of the University of New York in 1848. He married a Miss Kenney, of Bourbon County, in 1849; by her he had one son, Robt. K., a dentist by profession, in Georgetown; he married a second time in 1853, to a Miss Mary E. Offutt, of Fayette County; by her he had three children: Frank, who is associated with his father in the practice of medicine at Georgetown, Ky.; George and Ella, who married Wm. S. Rogers, of Fayette County; George W. Bryan, the second son of Wm. S. Bryan, was born Aug. 23, 1815, and married Elizabeth A. W. Miller, Jan. 15, 1839; he was a merchant in New York and Millersburg, principally in the latter place; he identified himself and his interests with the house of his adoption, and after a useful and an honorable career, died of Asiatic cholera on the 8th of Aug., 1849. He had three children; the two older died young; Geo. W., the youngest, was born July 19, 1848: he graduated in the classical department of the Kentucky Wesleyan College, in 1869, and the law department of Columbia College, New York, in 1872; he is a lawyer by profession; has been elected Police Judge of his native town (Millersburg) three consecutive terms. He has twice traveled over the European countries. He and family are the only representatives of their branch of the Bryan family in Bourbon County. He was married to Miss Mary E. Owens, daughter of Charles and Eliza J. Owens, on the 13th day of October, 1868.

Sources
1. Perrin, p. 502

Name: Jesse H. BOULDEN
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Birth: August 2, 1825
Father: Ephraim BOULDEN
Mother: Nancy TALBOTT (1807-ca1833)

Spouses
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1: Varille MOORE
Father: Abram/Abraham MOORE (1789-)
Mother: Betsy JAMESON
Marriage: August 13, 1846
Children: Henry M.; Nannie; Lizzie (-1892); Fannie; Carrie; Charlie; Samuel M.; Richard Gano

JESSE H. BOULDEN,1 farmer and trader; P. O. Millersburg ; one of the best financiers and business men of Bourbon County; was born, Aug. 2, 1825, to Ephraim Boulden. Our subject, the only child by his first wife, who was a Miss Talbott (for Boulden history see sketch of Rezin Boulden). Jesse H. resided with his grandfather, his mother having died when he was about eight years of age, and at fourteen years of age was placed by him in the dry goods store of Whaley & McClure, where he remained for about seven years. Upon Aug. 13, 1846, he was married to Virrilla Moore, daughter of Abraham Moore (see F. J. Barbee's hist.); by her he had nine children, seven are now living, one died in infancy, and Henry M. was killed at eighteen years of age; those living are: Lizzie, now the wife of J. G. Smedley, whose history appears in this work ; Nannie, wife of a Mr. Wolfolk, a fruit grower, near Welaka, S. Fa.; Fannie, wife of Dr. Hurst, whose history also appears in this work ; Carrie, wife of John C. Crutchfield, of the firm of Myers & Crutchfield, prominent dry goods merchants, of Lexington; Charlie M. married a Miss Poor, from near Camp Nelson, where he now resides, engaged in farming and trading; Samuel M. and Dick Gano, residing with their parents. During the first two years of married life Mr. Boulden was engaged in the dry goods business with Dr. Noah S. Moore, at the expiration of which time he sold his interest in the business to his partner, and engaged in farming and trading, in which he has since been engaged. During the late rebellion he espoused the Union cause, and rendered valuable service to the Federal Government, in large purchases of horses and mules for their armies. He was a general favorite with the armies of both Governments, on account of his uprightness and truthfulness, and many times was called upon to render service to both sides; the many kindnesses to the "Gray Coats," being reciprocated in raiding upon him, and entailing upon him heavy losses. The courage of his noble wife during those trying times was also remarkable, remaining at home alone and unprotected with a large fainily of small children; she faced danger unflinchingly, and in numerous instances averted devastation by her fortitude and unwavering determination. Mr. Boulden is a man of great energy and business qualificatious, having by his diligence and industry accumulated a large fortune, notwithstanding numerous reverses. He, without security, at one time in business transactions, overdiew his account at the Northern Bank of Paris to the extent of $96,000, which was certainly a display of confidence in his honor. He and family are members of the Christian Church, in which he has found a home for more than forty years, and since 1854 has been a member of the I. 0. 0. F's.

Sources
1. Perrin, p. 503

Name: John W. BOULDEN
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Birth: August 21, 1841
Father: Ephraim BOULDEN
Mother: Mary BAKER

Spouses
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1: Mattie EVANS
Father: A. T. EVANS
Marriage: March 28, 1872

JOHN W. BOULDEN,1 grocer; P.O. Millersburg; of the firm of Boulden & Bedford. Thomas Boulden visited Kentucky early in the present century, returned to the State of Delaware, removed his family to Kentucky, and settled in Bourbon County, south of Paris; he subsequently died, as did his wife, in Millersburg. His wife, Sally Boulden, was his cousin and native of Pennsylvania; their children were John, Jesse, Ephriam, James, George, Nathan, Sally, Polly and Cassandra; Sally, eldest daughter married John West, and died of cholera in 1832, at the residence of James Nicholas, below Cynthiana, as she was returning on horseback from Cincinnati; Polly died young ; Cassandra married P. Hagan, whose brother, Dr. Hagan, an editor of a paper, at Natchez, was killed in a duel, resulting from some article published in his paper. Hagan removed to St. Charles, Mo., and was drowned from a steamboat while on a trip with horses to Kentucky. His widow returned to Kentucky and afterward married John K. Ashurst, of Bourbon. Three of Thomas Boulden's sons were in the war of 1812: John, Jesse and Ephraim; after their return home, John went to Indiana, married, raised a family and there died; Jesse had two children, a son and daughter; James died a bachelor; George married Julia Lee, and had one son who lived to the age of 22 years; Nathan married Betsey Young, by whom he had two children, William. T. and Mattie A. William, commonly called Bill, was a prominent union man during the rebellion, and was several times the Republican candidate for Sheriff of Bourbon County, and polled next to Grant, the heaviest Republican vote ever cast in the county. The Bouldens are related to many of the most prominent families of Bourbon County, and are also descendants of Powhatan as Thomas Boulden, came to this country with John Smith, settled at Jamestown, and married a sister to Pocahontas, (see Emma Willard's history of U. S.) The father of our subject was apprenticed to Boone Ingels, of Paris, where he learned the hatter's trade, and engaged in business for himself at Millersburg; he was twice married, fiirst to Nancy, daughter of Reason Talbott, of Bourbon; by her he had one son, Jesse (see history); the mother died of cholera in 1833, and in 1837 he married Mary, daughter of Maj. John Baker, of Mason County, Ky., by whom he had four children, viz: Rezin B., John W., Nannie J., and Holman T. Our subject was born in the house in which he now lives, on Ang. 21, 1841; he attended school until his fourteenth year, when he began clerking in the dry goods store of J. L. Taylor ; in the, capacity of clerk he continued until Sept. 10, 1861, when he enlisted under Capt. Lawson, Col. W. C. P. Breckinridge, and afterward the 9th Ky. Cavalry, with which he served faithfully for three years; was taken prisoner near Bowling Green, Ky., in October; and exchanged in November, 1862, in time to take part in the "Christmas Raid," he afterward continued with the Army of the West; was paroled at Washington, Ga., and returned home broken down in health, on account of which he was unable to engage in business for a few months; he lived at Catlettsburg and Maysville about a year and a half, when he returned to Millersburg, and engaged in mercantile business, where he has since resided. He was married March 28, 1872, to Mattie, daughter of A. T. Evans (deceased) a business man of Millersburg. He and wife are members of the M. E. Church South. He is running the insurance business in connection with his mercantile porsuits, is Deputy Clerk of the County, and a member of the Royal Arch Masons.

Sources
1. Perrin, 503-504

Name: Israel L. BECRAFT
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Birth: September 1, 1818
Father: Aquilla BECRAFT (1797-)
Mother: Ann Maria LETTON (-1822)

Spouses
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1: Priscilla PARKER
Birth: Maryland
Death: May 25, 1869
Father: Samuel PARKER
Mother: Lovina HILL
Marriage: February 16, 1843
Children: Mary; James; William; Maria; Charles; Walker

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2: Mahala HEATHMAN
Father: Eli HEATHMAN

I. L. BECRAFT,1 farmer; P. O. Millersburg; proprietor of Cedar Hill farm; is a son of Aquilla Becraft, who is a native of Montgomery County, Md., July 22, 1797, to Peter Becraft, born Nov. 5, 1740; his mother, Mary Nixon, born May 25, 1750, in Staffordshire, England; she a daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Bently) Nixon, natives of Yorkshire; emigrated to America at a very early date, settling in the State of Maryland, near Washington City; Peter Becraft died in Maryland, upon his birthday, in 1806, having held a high position as a physician in that county; he is a son of Benjamin, a native of Maryland, where he died; Aquilla came to Milllersburg Precinct in 1817, where, on the 4th of September of the same year, he was married to Ann Maria Letton, and returned to his native county, where he remained until 1821, when he again came to Millersburg, bringing his mother and sister, Mary, who afterwards married Samuel Hitt, of Bourbon County. Mr. Becraft lived a prominent life in Bourbon County, adding to his possessions, until in 1833, when he removed to Diamond Grove farm, Morgan County, Ill., where he has since resided, and held a high social and official position among the citizens of that State. He was elected as County Judge for a term of four years, and was appointed by the Legislature, a Trustee of the State Insane Asylum. His first wife died in 1822, leaving two daughters and a son; Mary, the eldest daughter, now deceased, married John Goltra; left three children in Jacksonville, Ill.: Israel L., born Sept. 1, 1818, the only one now living, and subject of this sketch, returned to the old homestead, where he now resides, in 1841, from Illinois, whither he had gone with his parents; he was married Feb. 16, 1843. Priscilla Parker, daughter of Samuel and Lovina (Hill) Parker, who came from the Eastern Shore of Maryland to Bourbon County, in 1805; by this marriage, there were seven children: Mary, the eldest, now deceased, became the wife of Nicholas Wood, left a family; a son died in young manhood. Those living are: James, married Prudence Letton, daughter of John W. Letton, now residing in Millersburg Precinct; William, married Sarah, a daughter of Ralph Reynolds, of Jacksonville, he now residing in Champaign County, Ill.; Maria, wife of William B. Smith, a lumber merchant of Paris; Charles and Walker, at home. The mother of this family died May 25, 1869. The father was re-married Oct. 17, 1877, to Mahala R. Heathman, a daughter of Eli Heathman. Mr. Becraft is one of the substantial men of Bourbon County, was Magistrate for it term of four years, and with his family are members of church. His father's second marriage was to Nancy Hitt, daughter of Jackey Hitt; she died March 31, 1880, after a married life of fifty-six years. Their children reside in Minnesota, Missouri and Illinois. Mr. Becraft is still a vigorous, bright and very intelligent old gentleman of eighty-five years, and a general favorite with all who come within the sphere of his acquaintance.

Sources
1. Perrin, p. 504

Name: Fielding BARBEE
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Birth: September 4, 1832, Scott County, Kentucky
Father: Nathaniel BARBEE
Mother: Catharine BRADFORD

Spouses
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1: Susan E. MOORE
Father: Abram/Abraham MOORE (1789-)
Mother: Betsy JAMESON
Marriage: April 25, 1861
Children: John Fielding

FIELDING JOSEPH BARBEE,1 farmer and stock raiser; P. 0. Paris; proprietor of Glon Echo farm, was born in Scott County, Sept. 4, 1832, to Nathaniel and Catharine (Bradford) Barbee; she a daughter of Judge Fielding Bradford, who was Judge of the Court of that county, and one of the first settlers of the same; from Virginia; the family is also prominent in the history of Kentucky. Nathaniel was a son of Joseph Barbee, who came from Virginia; among the first settlers of Scott County; he was an industrious and thorough agriculturist; he arose to a considerable degree of prominence in the early history, and at one time represented the county in the State Legislature. The subject of this sketch received a liberal education, attending for a while the Western Military Institute, which was under the supervision of Thornton F. Johnson as President, with a corps of assistants, such as Profs. Forbes, Nevins, Burchard, Johnson, James G. Blaine and others. The children of Nathaniel were: Charles M., engaged in farming in Missouri; Julius, engaged in farming near Nashville, Tenn.; Emma, now deceased, became the wife of Dr. Barbee; Geo. L., farming in Fayette County; Sophia C., married Joshua Arnold, farming near Eminence, Henry County, Ky.; Alexander died in young manhood of yellow fever in New Orleans while on a visit; Sidney B., residing in Fulton County, Mo., farming; F. J.; Wm. H., farming at Georgetown, Ky. Our subject was married, April 25, 1861, to Miss Susan E. Moore, daughter of Abraham and Mrs. Elizabeth (Jameson) (Allen) Moore. Abraham Moore was a prominent man as a large land-holder, and well known throughout the South as a trader. The fruits of the marriage was one child, John Fielding, born Jan. 29, 1862; attending college at Millersburg. M. Barbee is extensively engaged in breeding fancy stock of all kinds; one fancy team of horses he sold to the Japanese Minister, Jiro Ogura, to go to Japan; Cotswold sheep, descendants of imported stock; registered Jersey cattle, and the most popular strains of short-horns, such as the Flora, Branch of Rose of Sharon, Craggs, Young Phyllis, Young Mary's, Imp. Jessamine, London Duchess 15, for which he paid $4,000; Imp. Josephine, Imp. Amelia, and other popular families. Mr. Barbee is one of the most important breeders of the "Region;" his sales, both public and private, have been very large in numbers, and have aggregated very many thousand dollars. He was at one time one of the Directors of the Bourbon County Agricultural Society; from 1855 to 1860 was engaged in the the goods business in Lexington with Elliott & Co., and during the war was extensively engaged in shipping mules to the South.

Sources
1. Perrin, pp. 506-507

Name: Joshua BARTON
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Birth: March 4, 1835
Father: Abraham BARTON
Mother: Catharine CUMBERS

Spouses
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1: Jessie V. PAUL
Birth: Bourbon County, Kentucky
Father: Daniel PAUL
Mother: Adeline MORGAN
Marriage: November 4, 1862
Children: William F. (1863-); Albert S. (1865-); Ora F. (1867-); Ida B. (1872-); Virgil L. (1873-)

JOSHUA BARTON,1 farmer and distiller; P. O. Millersburg; was born at Black's Cross Roads, March 4, 1835, to Abraham and Catharine, (Cumbers) Barton, both of whom are still living, and were born in 1804. Abraham is a son of Joshua; a Marylander; Abraham's family consisted of nine children, four of whom died in infancy. Nancy C. (deceased) was the wife of William P. Knight, by whom she left one child, Mollie H., who resides with the subject of this sketch. Those living are: Mary, the eldest, widow of John W. Bowen, a resident of Nicholas County; Joshua; Emerine, wife of Thomas Fisher, of Bourbon County, and Sue, the wife of Esquire Amos Jameson, near Millersburg. Mr. Barton assisted his father in farming and the manufacture of whisky until his twenty-ninth year, having in the meantime received a common school education. In 1862, Nov. 4, he was married to Miss Jessie V. Paul, of Bourbon County, and daughter of Daniel and Adeline (Morgan) Paul, of Mason County; the ancestry of the former from Virginia; the latter from Maryland. By this marriage there are five children: William F., born Aug. 23, 1863; Albert S., Sept. 5, 1865; Ora F., Dec. 22, 1867; Ida B., Jan. 12, 1872, and Virgil L., Sept. 1, 1873. Mr. Barton is now extensively engaged in agriculture, distilling and thoroughbred stock-raising. His horses of the Bambletonian family, principally colts, having been engaged in that branch of stock culture but a short time. He has a short-horn herd of about sixty head, at the present time, having sold in the year 1881, about forty head of the most popular strains, among them the 5th Lord of Oxford. The principal families making up his present herd, are of the Barringtons, Wattertons, Hilpas, Knightlys, Peris, Princesses, and many others of the most popular blooded stock. Mr. Barton has long been one of the foremost short-horn breeders of the Blue Grass region. He is a member of the Masonic order, and a prominent business man.

Sources
1. Perrin, p. 507

Name: John William BEDFORD
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Birth: June 30, 1827, Clintonville, Bourbon County, Kentucky
Death: August 14, 1906, Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky Age: 79
Burial: Millersburg Cemetery, Millersburg, Kentucky
Residence: Millersburg, Kentucky
Occupation: Farmer
Father: John "Long John" BEDFORD (1800-1871)
Mother: Sally KING (1803-1872)

Spouses
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1: Victoria Emeline SHIER
Birth: November 12, 1838
Death: April 10, 1887 Age: 48
Father: Charles Paul SHIER
Mother: Mary Surlena WIGGINS
Marriage: 1853
Children: Harry (1854-); Charles Washington (1855-1936); Mary Emma (1856-1910); Susan Ann (1858-); John Moran (1860-1939); William Thomas (1862-1933); Sallie Lee (1864-); George Whitney (1866-1869); Mattie Bell (1868-); Littleberry Mosby (1871-1927); Edward (Edwin) Wesley (1874-)

JOHN W. BEDFORD,1 farmer; P. O. Millersburg; born near Clintonville, Bourbon County, July 30 , 1827, to John and Sally. G. (King) Bedford, she a daughter of William King and Nancy (Reamy) King, who after his death married Redmon Thomas, the latter's ancestors, natives of Nelson County; John, the father of our subject, was son of old uncle Barry Bedford, who came from Virginia, settling in Paris Precinct at a very early date; built the house where Mrs. Patsey Clay now lives; he going to Lexington to have the nails wrought for use in the building. John W. received a good education for the early times, and rendered his father assistance in the business transactions and labor of the farm. There were Ann (deceased), became the wife of Mr. Fish Scruggs; six children were the ftuits of this marriage; have settled throughout the country. L. B. Mosby, living in Paris Precinct; J. W.; Washington K., who died in young manhood; Susan R., now a Mrs. Young W. Moran, also in Paris Precinct, and Mattie, who died in young womanhood. Mr. Bedford was married Oct. 20,1853, to Victoria Emeline (Shier), daughter of Charles P. and Mary S. (Wiggins) Shier, natives of South Carolina, he a leading business man of Charleston. The fruits of this union are ten children: Charles, now one of the leading business men of Millersburg, of the firm of Bedford & Hedges, Clothiers. Mary, Susan, John, also engaged in business in Millersburg, of the firm of Boulden & Bedford; William, Sally, Mattie,George (deceased), Barry and Edwin. Mr. Bedford, after marriage, engaged in business for a time with his father-in-law in Charleston, then went to Florida, locating on a large cotton plantation, near the famous "Silver Springs," where he was very successful; disposed of his plantation and returned to Charleston again, engaging in business. In 1859 he came to Fayette County, where he resided until in 1871, when he purchased the beautiful home, where he now resides. He has lived a varied life., meeting with success in each branch. Upon his farm, is the location of the William Miller Fort, where lived one of the first settlers of the Blue Grass region.

Sources
1. Perrin, pp. 507-508

Name: Alexander BUTLER
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Birth: January 26, 1832
Father: Thomas BUTLER
Mother: Catharine CATLETT

Spouses
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1: America J. MILLER
Father: Alexander MILLER (1796-1870)
Mother: Martha HARRIS (1801-1854)
Marriage: April 12, 1859
Children: James A. (1860-); William Ernst (1861-); Mattie H. (1863-)

ALEXANDER BUTLER,1 farmer; P.O. Millersburg; one of the prominent farmers and stock raisers of Millersburg Precinct; is a native of Jessamine County, and the youngest of five sons and four daughters; was doubly orphaned at about two years of age by the death of both parents. Those of the family now living are: James, the eldest, in his seventy-first year; for many years a prominent merchant at Lexington, where he now resides. William married a Miss Sarah Hubbard (deceased); is now engaged in farming in Randolph County, Mo.; Eva, wife of W. R. Hervey, who is in the Government employ at Louisville; Sarah, wife of William Ernst, Prest. of the National Bank of Kentucky, at Covington; William, the second son, died in 1870; was a farmer in Jessamine County; his wife, Mary A. Settle; Elizabeth, Catharine and Thomas died young; their parents were Thomas and Catharine (Catlett) Butler, who came from Virginia to Kentucky about 1820. The subject of this sketch received a common school education until about fifteen years of age, when he left his native county and went to Lexington, where he engaged with J. C. Butler & Co., afterward Parish & Butler, hardware merchants, with whom he continued twelve years. He was born Jan. 26, 1832, and after having passed his twenty-seventh year, he was united in marriage upon the 12th of April, 1859, to Miss A. J. Miller, youngest child of Alexander Miller; by this union there have been three children born: James A., Feb. 12, 1860; William Ernst, Nov. 17, 1861, and Mattie H., May 31, 1863. Mr. Butler is engaged in general agriculture, and a man of good business qualifications. In 1875, he was elected to the office of magistrate, the duties of which he performed two terms, receiving the hearty support of the people of his community for his honor and integrity. He and family are members of the Presbyterian Church, in which he is an Elder and energetic member, giving liberally of his means to the support of churches and missionary work.

Sources
1. Perrin, p. 508

Name: Isaac BEST
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Birth: January 15, 1840
Father: Abner O. BEST
Mother: Louisa REYNOLDS

Spouses
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1: Sallie BARBEE
Father: Thomas BARBEE
Mother: Nancy FRY
Children: Thomas R.; Arthur S.; Spencer B.; Isaac D.; Harry M.; Sally M.

ISAAC R. BEST,1 physician; P. O. Millersburg ; son of Abner O. and Louisa (Reynolds) Best; she, a daughter of Isaac Reynolds, who was born Jan. 1, 1792, and at an early day one of the most prominent shippers by flat boat from Augusta, Ky., to New Orleans, the return trip being made on foot. Abner O. was a son of James and Sally (Overfield) Best, who were among the earliest and most prominent families of Mason County; they had five sons and one daughter, who is the wife of Joseph A. Miller (see sketch); the sons were Thomas L., a farmer and tobacco merchant, of Mason County, the subject of this sketch ; Benj. Desha, a merchant, resides at Covington; George R. and William H., farmers, in Mason County. Dr. Best was born Jan. 15, 1840; received a classical education, graduating from Center College, with high honors, in 1860; was, while there, a member of Epsilon Chapter, Beta Theta Phi fraternity. Soon after receiving his literary education, he entered the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania, graduating therefrom in 1865, when he immediately engaged in the practice of his profession, at Augusta, Ky., thence to Washington, where he remained until July, 1870, when he sought his present location, where he has built up a large and lucrative practice by his diligence and ability in the profession. He was married to Sally Barbee, daughter of Thomas and Nancy (Fry) Barbee; she a native of Danville, Ky., and sister to Gen. Fry, who was prominent in military circles during the late war. Thomas Barbee, Sr., was an officer in the Revolutionary war. By this marriage there were five sons-Thomas R., Arthur S., Spencer B., Isaac D., and Harry M. The Doctor is a member of the Masonic Order, and, with his wife, connected with the Church.

Sources
1. Perrin, p. 508

Name: Rezin B. BOULDEN
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Birth: May 7, 1838
Father: Ephraim BOULDEN
Mother: Mary BAKER

Spouses
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1: Carrie CONWAY
Father: James W. CONWAY
Mother: Lovina JOHNSON
Marriage: November 20, 1878

R. B. BOULDEN,1 P.M. and Jeweler; P. O. Millersburg; eldest son of Ephraim and his second wife Mary, daughter of Major John Baker, of Mason County, was born May 7, 1838. He began life as a teacher in Dist. No. 1, in his native county,and afterwards in Bourbon County, for several years. He went upon the river as clerk of a steamboat, where he remained for several years, the principal part of the time during the war; he was in the Government employ, in the transportation of troops and munitions of war, having for a considerable time charge of his boat. After the war he engaged for several years as clerk in a general store in the country; was for five months U. S. storekeeper at Clay and Pierce's Distillery, No. 80, and afterward traveled for that firm in the State of Mo. He returned to Ky. and engaged in mercantile business at Cynthiana and Claysville, Harrison Co.; failing in that business he returned to the river life, and acted as clerk on a boat plying from Memphis, Tenn., to Jacksonport, Ark., where he remained until he received his license as Captain of a boat plying in the Western rivers; he subsequently returned to Ky, and engaged as traveling salesman for the wholesale firm of H. C. Clay & Co.; this position he held until receiving the appointment of P. M. of Millersburg, Ky., Oct, 24, 1876; by a series of blunders he did not receive his commission until Jan. 25, 1877. He was married Nov. 20, 1878, to Carrie, eldest daughter of James W. and Lovina Conway, of Bourbon Courty; she a granddaughter of James H. Johnson, of Nicholas County. Mr. Boulden is a cripple, but a man of fine personal, social and business habits, and a man commanding the highest respect of the citizens of his community.

Sources
1. Perrin, p. 508

Name: Charles CLARKE
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Birth: April 27, 1840
Father: Charles CLARKE (1808-)
Mother: Eliza HORD

Spouses
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1: America J. NUNN
Birth: March 23, 1844
Father: Judge William NUNN
Mother: Frances MILLER
Marriage: November 20, 1861
Children: Fannie (1864-); William N. (1869-); Lida (1871-); Charles (1873-)

CHARLES CLARKE,1 farmer ; P. O. Millersburg proprietor of Forest Grove; was born April 27, 1840. His father was Charles Clarke, born Oct. 9, 1808, in Mason County, where he was a prominent farmer, and held the office of Sheriff for eight years. He was a son of Septimus D. Clarke, a native of Northumberland County, Va.; born Sept. 10, 1781, and died Dec. 29, 1833; his wife was born in 1783, and died in the fifty-sixth year of her age. They had seven children : Charles, Oliver P., Hiram, Leroy and James; two daughters died unmarried. All the sons left families in Mason County, except Leroy, whose posterity are in Missouri. Dr. Hiram Clarke, formerly of Cincinnati, left an only child; he is now in Chicago. Charles Clarke, Sr., was married in 1834, to Miss Eliza Hord. They had six children: John, born in 1836, a prominent farmer in Mason County; Anna J. became the wife of E. E. Pearce, a banker in Flemingsburg; she died Oct. 4, 1878, leaving four children: Charles, the subject of this sketch; Helen died at eleven years; Septimus at two years; Septimus, the youngest child, born in 1846, engaged in mercantile business at Mayslick. The first four were born in April, two years elapsing between each birth; they are respectively, the 17th, 7th, 27th and 11th. Mr. Clark received an academical education, and engaged in farming. He was married Nov. 20, 1861, to America J. Nunn, whose birth occurred March 23, 1844, a daughter of Judge William Nunn (deceased), who was born in Millersburg on the 22d of February, 1808; was a son of Ilai Nunn, born Oct. 1, 1758; was twice married: first, to Jennie Scott, May 27, 1779; second, to Mrs. Jemima Watson, in 1805. Ilai Nunn came from the State of Georgia at a very early date, settling on Cane Ridge. It was at his cabin that the great camp-meeting of that day was held. Mr. Clarke, by this marriage, had six children, two of whom died in infancy; those living are: Fannie, born July 15, 1864; William N., Oct. 11, 1869; Lida, March 27, 1871; Charles, April 19, 1873. Mr. Clarke has traded extensively through the South, and has built up a reputation as being one of the best farmers in Bourbon County. He and family are members of church. William Nunn was a man of prominence in the early history of Millersburg. He was four times married; all his children died young, except the wife of our subject, who was the only child by his third wife, who was Frances, a daughter of William Miller, he of Major John Miller. Mr. Nunn was a mail of great liberality, eminent in the support of Methodism, and took an active interest in education. His house was lavishly furnished, and before the advent of railroads, was the resting place of the great Henry Clay, on his way to and from Maysville to Lexington, and numerous others of the most highly educated and prominent men of the day. A number of people who have gone out into the world and held positions of prominence, were educated by Mr. Nunn, who, as an officer and Christian gentleman, held the highest position in the hearts of his fellow citizens. He sought out opportunities to help others, and did good in whatever channel an opportunity was made manifest. Howard Henderson, late Superintendent of Public Instruction, received a highly finished education through him, graduating from the Cincinnati Law School, and from the O. W. U., at Delaware, O.; he entered the ministry, and traveled through the South with Bishop Cavanaugh, preaching, and became one of the most prominent divines in the Conference; he is now located at Hannibal, Mo.

Sources
1. Perrin, p. 509

Name: Lizzie M. GOODMAN
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Father: Willis C. GOODMAN (1799-)
Mother: Sarah A. GARTH

Spouses
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1: Green CLAY
Birth: December 14, 1833
Death: May 24, 1860 Age: 26
Father: Sidney Payne CLAY (1800-)
Mother: Isabella REED
Marriage: June 1, 1857
Children: Sidney D. (1858-); Green (1860-)

MRS. LIZZIE M. CLAY,1 farmer; P. O. Millersburg; widow of Greene Clay, who was a son of Sidney P. Clay, he of General Greene Clay, (see hist.) Deceased went to Texas very early in life, where he run a large plantation, raising cotton and stock on the San Antonio river. lie returned to Bourbon County, in 1857, where he was married, June 1, of that year to Miss Lizzie Goodman, daughter of W. C. Goodman (see hist). After marriage they returned to their Texan home, where their two sons were born: Sidney P., on the 11th of June, 1858; Greene, upon the 20th of May, 1860, the father dying upon 24th of same month. The widow returned to her father's house, where she resided for eighteen years, when she purchased a part of the old Dick Taylor farm, where she now resides. Mr. Clay was a man of superior excellence, scrupulously exact in all his business relations, honorable in all his impulses, kind in all his feelings--he was the embodiment of every excellence in man; devoted to his family, he was in return the recipient of their undivided affections ; brave and chivalrous as a Bayard, loyal to his attachments, benevolent in his actions, regardful of the opinions of those whose opinions were entitled to respect, and indulgent to the failings of his fellow men, he endeared himself to all who came intimately within the sphere of his influence. As a good citizen, he upheld and vindicated the laws-an honest man, he ever "rendered unto Caesar the things that were Caesar's;" a firm friend, he would serve to the death all who had won and who deserved his esteem and confidence; young, wealthy, intelligent and brave, with hopes high, and the prospect of a bright future all before him; thus ended the life of a great and good man, and one of the brightest alumni of Center College.

Sources
1. Perrin, pp. 509-510

Name: Willis F. COLLINS
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Birth: July 17, 1852
Father: Benjamin F. COLLINS (1814-1867)
Mother: Sarah TURNEY (1822-1898)

Misc. Notes
WILL. F. COLLINS,1 farmer; P. O. Cynthiana; son of B. F. and Sally (Turney) Collins, who were married Dec. 12, 1844; they had eight children, viz Peter T., born Feb. 8, 1841; Lucinda J., July 7, 1847, Crittenden T., May 18, 1849; Willis. F., July 17, 1852; Judith A., Oct. 17, 1854; George F., April 11, 1858; Lucretia E., Feb. 8, 1860; Fannie L., Jan. 6, 1863. Deaths: Peter T., Sept. 2, 1862; B. F., the father, March 13, 1867; Lucretia E., May 26, 1879. Marriages: Lucinda J. to J. T. Talbott, May 17, 1866; Judith A. to Willis Boston, Dec. 5, 1877; Lucretia E. to Sidney Dills, Aug. 21, 1878; C. T. to Frankie Hamilton, Oct. 24, 1878. The parents of Mrs. Sally Collins were Peter Turney, born July 7, 1781, to Daniel and Susan Turney. Peter was married Jan, 7, 1808, to Judith, born Jan. 16, 1781, to Williain and Martha Collins; their children were William, born Sept. 25, 1808; Whitfield, May 4, 1810; Felix G., March 23, 1812; B. Franklin, July 1, 1814; Susan, Dec. 19, 1815; Lucretia, Nov. 30, 1817; Julia Ann, May 5, 1820; Sarah, the mother of our subject, May 10, 1822; and Daniel, March 3, 1825. The parents died--he, June 4, 1835, she, Nov. 8, 1853.

Sources
1. Perrin, p. 510

Name: Joseph A. GRIMES
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JOSEPH A. GRIMES,1 farmer and distiller; P. O. Millersburg; a native of Stewart County, Ga., about forty miles from Columbus, where he was born, Nov. 15, 1844, to John and Eliza (Grimes) Grimes; she died in 1860, aged about fifty years; he in 1862, aged fifty-four years; they were natives of North Carolina, settled in Georgia at an early date; they had three sons and one daughter--John W., who was assassinated in his own dooryard, in 1865, cause supposed to have grown out of war troubles; Julia A., wife of Henry G. Feagin, a member of one of the wealthy and prominent families of Alabama, near Midway; he has held the office of Sheriff of Stewart County two terms, and is extensively engaged in metcantile and agricultural pursuits; Robert J. Grimes, engaged largely in agriculture and milling interests in his native county; served during the war in the Virginia Army, under Gen. Longstreet; Joseph A. received a liberal education, and assisted his father, who was one of the foremost planters in the county; he enlisted in 1862, in Captain Ball's Company, 55th Georgia Regiment, under Colonel Haskill, commanded by General Kirby Sinith, with whom he served until the capture of the command at Cumberland Gap., when they were sent to Camp Douglas, at Chicago, where they were held as prisoners until the close of the war; he then returned to his native county, where he engaged in agriculture until his removal to Bourbon County, in 1867. He was clerk and proprietor of the Bourbon House at Paris for a time, before removing to his present home; since which time he has been engaged in agriculture and stock raising, also the manufacture of whisky, upon the old copper distilled plan. He was married May 30, 1871, to Sue C. Mackey, daughter of John A. and Lucinda (Conner) Mackey, the latter a native of Nelson County, the former a native of Louisiana, came to Nelson county when a young man, and engaged in agriculture and trading; they now reside in Warren County, Ky. Mr. Grimes has by this marriage five children, viz.: John R., born April 26, 1872; Emma L., March 22, 1874; Mary T., June 28, 1876; William C., July 29, 1878; Joseph A., April 13, 1880.

Sources
1. Perrin, pp. 510-511

Name: Dr. Silas W. HURST
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Birth: October 28, 1849
Father: William HURST
Mother: Susan J. EVANS

Spouses
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1: Fannie BOULDEN
Father: Jesse H. BOULDEN (1825-)
Mother: Varille MOORE
Marriage: October 30, 1873
Children: Edgar; Jesse Henry

SILAS W. HURST,1 physician; P. O. Millersburg; is a son of William and Susan J. (Evans) Hurst, both of whom are now living; she a daughter of Jesse and Hannah (Pitts) Evans; she of William B. Pitts, and his wife a Miss Goddard, who was a native of England, emigrated to Virginia. The Pitts family settled near Poplar Plains, Fleming County, about fifty years ago. William Hurst was a son of Fielding J. Hurst, who died with cholera in 1833, in Fleming County, his wife was a Miss Hickerson; both were natives of Virginia; settled in Fleming County at an early date. The subject of this sketch was born Oct. 28, 1849, received from his parents a liberal education, attended the University of Louisville, from which he graduated in March, 1872, subsequently locating in Charleston, Miss., where he remained a few months, then came to Millersburg, where he has since resided and built up a remunerative practice in his profession. He possesses natural business tact, which he utilizes in speculations, which return him a considerable emolument. He was married Oct. 30, 1873, to Miss Fannie G. Boulden (see Jesse Boulden hist.), by which marriage two sons have been born: Edgar, May 1, 1876, Jesse Henry, Aug. 5, 1877. Dr. Hurst has been honored by the people in the various village offices, a Democrat politically, a highly respected and esteemed citizen, a member of both the Odd Fellows and Masonic Orders, and with his family connected with the Baptist Church, in which he holds the office of Deacon.

Sources
1. Perrin, p. 511.

Name: Hervey W. LETTON
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Birth: May 6, 1809
Father: Caleb LETTON (1768-)
Mother: Mary WILCOXON (1772-)

Spouses
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1: Nancy J. PARKER
Death: March 28, 1870
Father: Lemuel PARKER
Children: Samuel (1829-); Caleb E. (1831-1852); Sarah A. M. (1835-1856); Mary E. (1837-1879); John William (1839-); Lovina P. (1841-); Brice (1842-); Henry S. (1846-); James H. (1848-); Reuben S. (1850-1871); Julian; Nancy J.

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2: Mary J. KINCART
Marriage: March 3, 1874

HERVEY W. LETTON,1 farmer; P. O. Millersburg; a resident of Pine Grove farm, was born in the house in which he now lives, May 6, 1809; a son of Caleb, born Dec. 5, 1768, in Montgomery County, Md., he of Michael Letton, and a Miss Willett, both of whom died in Maryland. Caleb was married to Mary Wilcoxon, Nov. 30, 1790, she was born to John Wilcoxon, May 24, 1772. They came to Bourbon County in 1795, with the two oldest children of the family: Martha, born in 1792, Fielder, 1794; the others were born at the home where Mr. Letton now lives; they were Caleb, born in 1796; Anna M., 1798; Verlinder, 1800; Michael, 1802; John W., 1804; James E., 1807; our subject; Mary N., 1811; Melicent C. A., 1814; all lived to maturity, but died in the prime of life; the second of the family living to be the oldest, died at sixty-two years of age; Mr. Letton was married Feb. 28, 1828, to Nancy J. Parker, daughter of Lemuel Parker; she died March 28, 1870; second marriage, March 3, 1874, to Mrs. Mary J. (Kincart) Reed, widow of Dr. George Reed, of Nicholas County; by his first wife, he had twelve children: Samuel P., born Feb. 23, 1829, married and farming in Bates County, Mo.; Caleb E., Oct. 11, 1831, died in his twenty-first year; Julian, died in infancy; Sarah A. M., born June 13, 1835, married a Mr. Hall and died in 1856; Mary E., born Oct. 13, 1837, married Dick Robinson, and died in 1879; John William, born Sept. 26, 1839, living at home; Brice, born June 10, 1842, married to Sarah J. Owen, residing in Millersburg Precinct; Lovina P., born Feb. 5, 1841, wife of Jeff M. Vincent; Henry S., born Sept. 4, 1846; James H., Nov. 20, 1848, married Lucy Daniels, of Texas, farming in this precinct; Reuben S., born Dec. 8, 1850, died in 1871; Nancy J., wife of Benjamin Patton, of Paris. Mr. Letton has devoted his life to agricultural pursuits and stock trading in the South; has been a member of the Masonic Order for more than forty years, was a Whig during Clay's time, afterward a Democrat, espousing the cause of the Confederacy and giving three sons to service in the cause; Brice, under General Marshall, who after about two years service, returned home on account of ill health; John, under General Morgan, was captured and imprisoned at Camp Chase, but through the influence of a friend--a Confederate General, was released; Henry S., enlisted at sixteen years of age, in Company C., 4th Ky. Cavalry, under General Morgan, was in the advance guard in their raid to the North, and was captured with a few others, was finally landed in prison at Fort Delaware, where he was confined until the close of the war.

Sources
1. Perrin, pp. 511-512

Name: John Will LETTON
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Birth: May 22, 1821, Montgomery County, Maryland
Father: Brice LETTON (1780-)
Mother: Harrietta E. MOORE

Spouses
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1: Mary B. SANDUSKY
Father: Jacob SANDUSKY
Mother: Monau BOWLER
Marriage: February 6, 1847
Children: Ann M. (1848-); Prudence H. (1849-); Harriet E. "Bettie"; Mary D. (1853-); Jacob B. (1855-); Sandusky (1857-1875); Laura S. (1860-); Martha (1862-); John W. (1864-); Sally C. (1867-); Reuben E. (1869-)

JOHN WILL LETTON,1 farmer; P.O. Millersburg; proprietor of Pleasant Hill farm, was born in Montgomery County, Md., May 22, 1821, to Brice Letton, who was born in 1780, and the youngest son of Michael Montgomery (see history). His mother was Harrietta E. Moore, also a native of Montgomery County, Md., and sister to "Old Zed Moore," who is supposed to have built the first brick house in Paris, where he kept hotel, afterward built the Bourbon House, later he went to the Blue Licks, where he kept the noted summer resort, and died after many years of service. The children born to Brice Letton were eleven, seven sons and four daughters, two sons and two daughters deceased. Those living are: Michael H. in Paris Precinct; Ning W. at Lexington, Mo.; Reuben P. in Silver City, Col.; John Will, Brice S., at Paris, Ky.; Harrietta, widow of Dr. James McClannahan, of Anderson, Ind.; Ann Maria, wife of J. W. Dooley, of Montgomery County, Md. The father of this family was a captain at an early date in the terrible contest at Bladensburg. He received an injury in Washington, D. C., when on his way to Kentucky in his old age, from which he never recovered. Our subject lived with his father until he was twenty-one years of age, when he came to Bourbon County, where, in Feb. 6, 1847, he was married to Mary B. Sandusky, daughter of Jacob and Monau (Bowler) Sandusky. (For further knowledge of Sandusky ancestry see Turner history.) The issue of this union was eleven children, ten of whom are living, viz : Ann M., born Jan. 28, 1848, wife of Louis Gooch, of Jessamine County; Prudence H., born April 17, 1849, now wife of .James Becraft ; Harriet E., born April 8, 1851, wife of Thomas Redmon; Mary D., born Sept. 27, 1853; Jacob B., July 2, 1855; Sandusky, Aug. 22, 1851, died at seventeen years of age; Laura S., Feb. 8, 1860, wife of Charles Geffinger, at Millersburg; Martha, born Feb. 19, 1862; John W., May 3, 1864; Sally C., Jan. 11, 1867; Rueben E., Jan. 24, 1869. Mr. Letton, after about a year of married life, removed with his family to Decatur County, Ind., where he engaged in stock-raising until in 1862, when he returned to Kentucky and purchased the house, which he now occupies, engaging in a general agriculture and stock, shipping to the different parts of the country. He is a Member of the Masonic Order at Millersburg.

Sources
1. Perrin, p. 512

Name: William M. LAYSON
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Birth: May 6, 1844
Father: Zedekiah M. LAYSON (1811-1903)
Mother: Margaret H. MILLER (-1851)

Spouses
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1: Maggie ORR
Father: Benjamin Grayson ORR
Marriage: January 25, 1870
Children: Charles B. (1871-); Zed Clark (1875-)

WILLIAM. LAYSON, Jr.,1 farmer; P. O. Millersburg; son of Zed M., born May 11, 1811, in Bourbon County, to Isaac and Mary (Moore) Layson; she of John Moore and a Miss Black, natives, the former of Delaware, the latter of Maryland; came to Fayette County about 1788. Isaac Layson, son of John and Margaret (Martin) Layson, located near where Paris now stands, before the first house was built at that place. Isaac had eight children: Wm., Zed M., Margaret A. Moore, John M., Robert W., America (Moore) Ardery and Isaac Z.; the four oldest are still living. The grandparents of our subject were natives of Bourbon County. The father of our subject was twice married; first to Margaret H. Miller, daughter of William Miller, he a son of Major John; by this marriage there were two sons; one of them, Wm. M., born May 6, 1844; his first wife died Dec. 18, 1851. In 1854, he married Sarah W. Varnon, daughter of Benjamin and Sally Varnon; by this marriage there were five children, all living: Margaret H., Edward V., Laura R., Martha M. and Eugenia B.; second wife deceased in 1871. On the 27th day of April, the subject of this sketch left home for the Confederacy, determined to join the Southern army; afterward joined a party of twenty men, camped on the night of the 5th near Hazel Green; on the following morning, his eighteenth birthday, they were attacked by a party of home guards; finally reached Marshall's command in Virginia, where all of the company enlisted except William and two companions who went to Corinth, Miss., intending to enlist there, but by the advice of friends went to Chattanooga, Tenn., where they joined Morgan's Command, serving two years, engaging in many hard-fought battles, some of which were: Gallatin, Snowhill, Woodbury, Greasy Creek, Green River Bridge, and Augusta; was taken prisoner by the Federals, sent to Louisville, where he remained until Nov. 8, 1863, when, taking the oath was released and returned home, engaging in farming and stock trading in the South. Jan. 25, 1870, was married to Mrs. Maggie (Orr) Morehead, daughter of B. G. Orr, a prominent officer of Nicholas County, where he died; she a granddaughter of John Orr, who served in the war of 1812 under Col. Johnson. They have had four children, two of whom died in one night of scarlet fever; those living are Charles B., born March 31, 1871; Zed Clark, Dec. 29, 1875. They are members of the Presbyterian Church.

Sources
1. Perrin, pp. 512-513

Name: Robert Miller McCLELLAND
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Birth: September 6, 1822 Millersburg Precinct, Bourbon County, Kentucky
Father: William McCLELLAND (1800-1864)

Spouses
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1: Frances SUGGETT
Birth: Scott County, Kentucky
Death: June 9, 1859 Missouri
Father: Louis SUGGETT
Mother: Frances CASON
Marriage: May 22, 1849

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2: Fannie TAYLOR
Father: Stark TAYLOR
Mother: Elizabeth McCLANE
Marriage: November 5, 1861
Children: Fatie (1862-); Claude (1864-); Alice (1866-); Julia (1867-); Elisha (1868-); Fannie (1871-); Robert (1872-1874); Beautie (1875-)

ROBERT MILLER McCLELLAND,1 farmer; P. O. Millersburg; proprietor of Silver Spring Farm; was born Sept. 6, 1822. His father was William McClelland, born .Jan. 1, 1800; died June 26, 1864; was the eldest son of Robert McClelland, who was a son of William McClelland, one of the original settlers of Millersburg. Robert was brought when a child to Kentucky ; married his cousin, Louisa Miller, daughter of Robert Miller, the eldest child of John Miller, the founder of of Millersburg. Robert Miller, born in 1780, is said to be the first male child born in the State. Mr. McClelland is the eldest of a large family; his father also, the first of a large family, by Robert McClelland. He received a very limited education, being started out by his father at thirteen years of age in the business of trading, which he followed for eighteen years, driving stock of all kinds to South Carolina and Georgia. May 22, 1849, he was married to Miss Frances Suggett, a native of Scott County, and daughter of Louis and Frances (Cason) Suggett, who were from Virginia, but among the earliest and most prominent families of Scott County. By this marriage he had two children, both of whom died in infancy; the mother died June 9, 1859, in Missouri, where he had moved in the fall of 1858. In August after the death of his wife, he returned to Kentucky, and November 5, 1861, was married to Fanny Taylor, daughter of Stark and Elizabeth (McClane) Taylor, the parents of whom were among the early settlers of Fayette County, from Virginia. Mr. McClelland, by this marriage, had nine children, eight of whom are living; they are: Fatie, born Sept. 18, 1862; Claude, Jan. 28, 1864; Alice, Feb. 8, 1866; Julia, Dec. 22, 1867; Elisha, Dec. 20, 1868; Fannie, Feb. 11, 1871; Robert, Sept. 1, 1872, died March 10, 1874; Beautie, June 5, 1875; infant, July 15, 1880. Mr. McClelland is engaged in a general agriculture and stock raising; is a member of the Baptist Church, in which he has hold the office of Church Clerk for twenty years; is a liberal giver of his means to the support of schools and churches, meriting the respect which he has of the people of his community.

Sources
1. Perrin, p. 513

Name: Joseph W. MILLER
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Birth: December 26, 1835
Father: Joseph MILLER (1788-)
Mother: Patsey O. E. McCLELLAND (1792-)

JOSEPH W. MILLER,1 magistrate in Millersburg; P. O. Millersburg; was born Dec. 26, 1835, to Joseph Miller; who was born Jan. 17, 1788, and was the third son of Major John Miller, the founder of Millersburg; he born Sep. 21, 1752, died Sept. 5, 1815; he was born in Carlisle, Pa., and emigrated to Kentucky and located the land on which Millersburg now stands; soon after he returned to Cumberland County, Pa., and married Ann McClintock, and returned with his wife to Kentucky. Beneath the monument in the beautiful cemetery at Millersburg, repose the remains of both. Joseph Miller was married Dec. 28, 1809, to Polly McKee ; she a daughter of Paddy McKee, one of the first merchants of Millersburg, and died Dec. 18, 1810, without issue. His second marriage was upon May 22, 1814, to Patsey O. E. McClelland, who was born Nov. 17, 1792 ; she a daughter of Col. James McClelland (born in 1775, died July 7, 1833 ; was six times married, and died a Judge upon the bench, in Boone County, Mo.); son of William McClelland, who was a native probably of Virginia, and came, to Kentucky in 1776, landing at Limestone, now Maysville, soon after coming down the "Old Buffalo Trace" to the Irish Station. He had eight children, viz: Elizabeth (see Bryan hist.), James A., Martha Jane, John M., Mary, Hunt, and Joseph Woodson, who died in infancy, and Joseph W., the subject of this sketch. Only the oldest and youngest are now living, and with John M., who has two daughters residing at Caanan, O., are the only ones who have heirs. Joseph W. in his earlier life engaged in merchantile business with his father, who was one of the most energetic and prominent men of the Blue Grass region at that date, and spent about thirty-two years of his life in active business; he died in 1853, at the age of sixty-six years; his sons, John M. and Joseph W. took the stock and continued the business until the year 1860, when the latter disposed of his interest in the concern, and the death of his brother James, who was a bachelor and owner of what is now the White Distillery, at Paris, occurring about that time, he was made administrator of the estate, and was compelled to make numerous trips through the South in the interest of his brother's estate, during the hottest times of the Rebellion. He subsequently engaged in farming, and later in merchandising, until the year 1870, since which time he has kept a hotel at Maysville, and acted as agent for the Maysville and Lexington Rail Road, before the sale of the same to the Kentucky Central Company. He has been twice elected to a magistracy, which position he now holds. He is a member of the Masonic Order. He had five children ; three died in infancy; they are William, James A., Lizzie B., Mattie, and Elisha.

Sources
1. Perrin, pp. 513-514

Name: R. P. MILAM
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Birth: December 2, 1844
Father: William MILAM
Mother: Charlotte COTHRAN (-1864)

Spouses
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1: Sally E. McCLINTOCK
Death: July 1868
Marriage: November 29, 1867

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2: Mattie E. MILLER
Father: James McClure MILLER (1823-1881)
Mother: Rachel A. J. HITT (1825-1904)
Marriage: February 16, 1875
Children: Lucille (1876-); John McClintock (1881-)

R. P. MILAM,1 farmer; Millersburg; son of W. P. and Charlotte (Cothran) Milam, both natives of South Carolina, now residents of Cartersville, Ga.; was an extensive cotton planter, and trader in the north before the war; he was a son of William Milam, an extensive planter in South Carolina at an early date; both the Milam and Cothran ancestry were from Ireland. W. P. by his marriage with Charlotte Cothran, had two children, Rosa, born Aug. 19, 1840, now the wife of Dr. W. L. Kirkpatrick, of Cartersville, Ga.; and R. P., born Dec. 2, 1844; the mother died in the fall of 1864, after which the father was married to Miss Sally Newel, of Harrison County, Ky., in 1866, having by her the following children : Hugh N., Willie G., Ruby and Pearl twin daughters. The subject of this sketch entered the State Univeritity at Athena, Ga., in 1859, where he remained until in the. fall of 1860, when he enlisted in Company K, 14th Ga. Reg. of Infantry, under Capt. T. F. Jones, Col. C. V. Brunby commanding; here he served for a considerable time. In the spring of 1864 was transferred to the 16th Ga. Reg. Cavalry, Col. S. J. Winn, of Lawrenceville, Ga., under Gens. Lee and Jackson, engaging in numerous contests in Virginia; was wounded at Malvern Hill, after the recovery of which he was transferred; engaging in active duty as Quartermaster of his regiment. At the close of the war he began publishing the Cartersville Express at that place, adopting the name of the paper published there before the war by S. H. Smith, who became the. partner of Mr. Milam. In 1867, Mr. Milam disposed of his interest in the paper to his partner and came to Bourbon County, where he married, Nov. 29, of that year, to Sally E. McClintock, who died the following July. Was married Feb. 16, 1875. to Mattie A. Miller, daughter of James McClure Miller. They have two children, Lucille, born March 12, 1876; John McClintock, Jan. 27, 1881. They are members ofthe M. E. Church, South.

Sources
1. Perrin, p. 514

Name: Robert A. MILLER
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Father: Alexander MILLER (1796-1870)
Mother: Martha HARRIS (1801-1854)

Spouses
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1: Adela Malone RAYMOND
Birth: May 7, 1837, Liverpool, England
Father: Malone RAYMOND
Mother: Catharine HOLDAWAY
Marriage: September 2, 1856
Children: Catharine R. (1864-); Martha H. (1867-); Clarence A. (1868-); Robert W. (1869-)

ROBERT A. MILLER,1 farmer; P, 0. -Millersburg; was born Oct. 27, 1827, and is the fifth child of Alexander Miller, (see history of Joseph A. Miller). He was married Sept. 2, 1856, to Adela Malone Raymond, born May 7 1837, in Liverpool, England, to Malone and Catharine (Holdaway) Raymond; she, the only child of Edward and Ano (Arnold) Holdaway; Malone Raymond was a Solicitor, taking upon himself that honor, at the death of his father, being the oldest son. The Raymond family were of the nobility of Ireland. Malone (Raymond), the latter name, taken by the father of our subject's wife, properly Richard Malone, was a cousin to Lord Sunderland, also a cousin to Edwin Malone, a noted writer, Shakespearian critic, and English publisher of Shakespeare's works. Richard Malone was a nephew of the Right Honorable Anthony Malone, Chancellor of Ireland. Elliott Warberton, the noted writer, was a cousin to Richard Malone; Admiral Hamilton, of the English Navy, a cousin also, and his niece married a great-grandson of the celebrated Earl of Rodney, who was raised to the peerage in 1782, on account of his distinguished feats as an Admiral. Malone Raymond and Catharine (Holdaway) had a family of five daughters, the wife of our subject being the youngest; all are married and reside in this county. The mother-in-law of Mr. Miller, from whom this sketch was obtained, came with her husband to this country in 1849; she is a lady of the highest culture, and remarkably bright for one of her extreme age. Mr. Miller has had by this marriage six children; two died in infancy. Those living are Catharine R., born March 24, 1864; Martha H., Jan. 6, 1867; Clarence A., March 24, 1868; Robert W., July 22, 1869. He and family are members ofthe Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Miller is instructress in the Art Department at the K. F. C. at Millersburg, and is a lady of very high social as well as artistic culture.

Sources
1. Perrin, p. 514

Name: Joseph A. MILLER
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Father: Alexander MILLER (1796-1870)
Mother: Martha HARRIS (1801-1854)

Spouses
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1: Sally M. BEST
Father: Isaac BEST (1840-)
Mother: Sallie BARBEE
Marriage: December 14, 1871

JOSEPH A. MILLER,1 grocer; P. O. Millersburg; was born Feb. 19, 1831; he is the youngest son of Alexander Miller, who was the youngest child of Major John Miller, the founder of Millersburg; Alexander was the father of the following children: John, died in the South in his young manhood; Wm. McClelland, James McClure, Mary McClure, died in young womanhood; Robert A., Joseph A., Ann, also died in young womanhood; Martha Harris, now a Mrs. Judge Wm. H. Savage, residing at Shackelford, Texas;.and America J., now a Mrs. Alexander Butler. Onr subject, in his youth, received all the advantages of education of his day, attending the Transylvania University two years, and one year at the Kentucky Military Institute. In the Fall of 1861 he enlisted in the 9th Ky. Cavalry, under Gen. Morgan, serving until the surrender. He was very enthusiastic in the Southern cause, and took upon himself the perilous duty of furnishing supplies and clothing for their troops, until a reward of $500 was offered for his body dead or alive; at the time they made the search for him he enlisted in the service, and for a feat of bravery upon the field, in rescuing a fallen comrade, he received a furlough home. He was married Dec. 14, 1871, to Miss Sally M. Best, of Mason County (see hist. of Dr. Best). They have no children, are members, of the M. E. Church South, and he one of the town trustees, and a prominent merchant of the village, and a highly esteemed gentleman. His father was born in 1796, and died at 74 years of age; he was twice married, the second time to Ann C. Pelham, an aunt of Major Pelham's, who was distinguished in military circles.

Sources
1. Perrin, pp. 514-515

Name: John Thomas MOORE
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Birth: March 15, 1844
Father: James Britton MOORE (1815-1855)
Mother: America LAYSON (1815-1881)

Spouses
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1: Jennie POLLOCK
Birth: May 26, 1846
Death: August 7, 1880 Age: 34
Father: Robert POLLOCK
Mother: Amanda BAILEY
Marriage: October 18, 1871, Midway, Kentucky
Children: William A. (1872-); Mary W. (1876-); America Layson (1878-1972); Edward; C. B.

JOHN I. MOORE,1 farmer; P. O. Millersburg; son of James B. and America (Layson) Moore, (sea Layson hist.); James B. a son of John and Polly (Wilmoth) Moore. John I. was the only child of this family ; he was born upon the farm where he now lives, March 15, 1844, and received a limited education; on account of the death of his father, in 1855, so that at a very early age he entered a practical business life, with the care and attention of large farming interests left by his father, devolving upon him. By close attention, and a practical application of business principles, he has become one of the prominent stock dealers and farmers of tile county. He was married Oct. 18, 1871, to Miss Jennie Pollock, born May 26, 1846, to Robert and Amanda (Bailey) Pollock; he is now residing near Jacksonville, Ill., engaged in farming. The wife of our subject was left an orphan at a tender age, by the death of her mother; she was then taken by her uncle, Squire W. A. Moore, of Woodford Co.; she is also a niece of Judge S. M. Moore, of Chicago. By this marriage there were five children: Wm. A., born Oct. 30, 1872; Mary W., May 22, 1876; America, Oct. 25, 1878; a son and daughter, on Aug. 7, 1880, when the wife died, the children living but a few months. The mother of our subject died March 22 1881, in her 66th year.

Sources
1. Perrin, p. 517

Name: John G. SMEDLEY
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Birth: February 20, 1836 Carlisle, Kentucky
Father: Aaron SMEDLEY Jr. (1794-1863)
Mother: Catherine HUGHES

Spouses
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1: Martha BOULDEN
Death: November 22, 1872
Father: Nathan BOULDEN
Marriage: October 28, 1862
Children: Maude S. (1867-)

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2: Lizzie BOULDEN
Death: 1892
Father: Jesse H. BOULDEN (1825-)
Mother: Varille MOORE
Marriage: March 14, 1877
Children: Mary (1877-); Graham (1879-)

JOHN G. SMEDLEY,1 merchant; P. O. Millersburg; was born Feb. 20, 1836, to Aaron and Catharine (Hughs) Smedley, she was a daughter of Jesse and Priscilla (Parker) Hughs, both of whom died in Carlisle, the former in 1863, the latter in 1856; Aaron Smedley was born in Paris, Ky., July 25, 1794, died Sept. 7, 1863; he was a son of Aaron, who was born in Pennsylvania, April 4, 1764; died June 31, 1836; his wife was Rebecca Leer; born Dec. 15, 1765, died July 16; 1828; he built the first shingle-roof house in Paris. The subject of this sketch is the oldest of Aaron Smedley, Jr.'s children, who were: John G., Wm., who was twice married; first to a Miss Howell, of New York City, afterward to a Miss Burns, of Leavenworth, Kan., now deceased; he resides in Salt Lake City, engaged in mining and the insurance business; Joseph (deceased), married a Miss Jamison, of Paris, and left two daughters: Broadus, residing with his mother, near Hutchinson Station; Elizabeth died in childhood; Aaron, Jr., engaged in mercantile business in St. Louis; Catharine was a Mrs. Harry Forrester, who is a merchant in Chicago; John G. remained upon the farm with his parents until fifteen years of age, when he entered the store of G. B. & A. Hale, of Lexington, where he continued until the years 1854-5, when he attended the Baptist College at Georgetown, during the years 1857-8; he was engaged in the mercantile business with Upstill, Pierson & Co., of St. Louis; in February, 1859, he came to Millersburg and entered into partnership in the mercantile business with Mr. J. M. Hughs, County Clerk of Bourbon; this firm still continues, doing the largest business in the village. Mr. Smedley was married Oct. 28, 1862, to Miss Mattie Boulden, daughter of Nathan Boulden; by this marriage there was a son, who died in infancy, and a daughter, Maud S., born Oct. 14, 1867; the mother of these died Nov. 22, 1872; he was remarried March 14, 1877, to Mrs. Lizzie Rains, widow of Dr. Rains, of Millersburg; this marriage took place at Jacksonville, Fla., and after traveling through the South, he returned to his business; by this marriage there are two children, viz : Mary, born Dec. 21, 1877; Graham, born Nov. 10, 1879; the mother is a daughter of Jesse Boulden (see history). He is a member of the Baptist Church, she of the Christian; he is a member of the Knights Templar, an enterprising, energetic, and prominent mail in business circles.

JOHN G. SMEDLEY.2 Numbered among the honored citizens and representative business men of Millersburg, Bourbon county, Mr. Smedley is entitled to definite recognition in this publication. He is junior member of the firm of Corrington & Smedley, who conduct a large and prosperous enterprise as dealers in general merchandise and whose well equipped establishment is one of the foremost in the thriving little city of Millersburg.

Mr. Smedley views with a due measure of satisfaction the fact that he claims Kentucky as the place of his nativity and that in both the agnatic and maternal lines he is a scion of honored pioneer families of this favored commonwealth. He was born at Carlisle, Nicholas county, on the 20th of February, 1836, and is a son of Aaron and Catherine (Hughes) Smedley, the former of whom was born in Bourbon county, this state, and the latter in Nicholas county. The father devoted the major part of his active career to merchandising and farming, and both he and his wife were residents of Bourbon county at the time of their death. They became the parents of six children, of whom five sons and one daughter are now living.

John G. Smedley gained his early educational discipline in the common schools of Bourbon county, where he was reared to maturity, and later he was afforded higher educational advantages through attendance at Georgetown College, at Georgetown, this state. Prior to entering this institution he had initiated his experience in connection with the practical affairs of life, as he began clerking in a general store in the city of Lexington when but fifteen years of age. After leaving college he went to the city of St. Louis, Missouri, where he held a clerical position in a mercantile establishment for some time. In 1859 he took up his residence in Millersburg, Kentucky, where he engaged in the general Merchandise business in partnership with his maternal uncle, James M. Hughes. This association was maintained for several years and Mr. Smedley then formed a partnership with James M. Batterton, with whom he continued to be associated in the same line of enterprise until the death of Mr. Batterton, about the year 1882. Shortly afterward he again entered into partnership with his uncle, Mr. Hughes, later he was associated for a time with Alexander Butler, and in 1897 the latter was succeeded by C. W. Corrington. Since that time the business has been successfully continued under the firm name of Corrington & Smedley. Mr. Smedley has the distinction of being the oldest merchant engaged in active business in Millersburg, so far as years of active identification with local business affairs is concerned, and during more than half a century of dealing with the people of this community he has maintained an inviolable reputation for fair and honorable business methods and sterling integrity of character, the gracious result of which has been that no citizen commands a greater measure of popular confidence and respect.

Mr. Smedley has always done his part in the support of measures and enterprises projected for the general good of the community, and while he has never sought or desired political preferment he has accorded a staunch allegiance to the cause of the Democratic party. He is affiliated with Amity Lodge, No. 40, Free & Accepted Masons, of which he is past master, and for the past half century he has been a zealous member of the Baptist church in Millersburg.

At Millersburg, in the year 1861, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Smedley to Miss Martha Boulden, who was summoned to the life eternal in 1872. Of this union were born two children--Claude, who died at the age of two years, and Maude S., who is the wife of Dr. C. Bruce Smith, of Millersburg, of whom specific mention is made on other pages of this work. In 1877 Mr. Smedley contracted a second marriage, having then been united to Mrs. Elizabeth (Boulden) Raines, widow of Dr. Henry Raines, who was one of the representative physicians and surgeons of Bourbon county at the time of his demise, Mrs. Smedley passed away in the year 1892 and is survived by two children born of her marriage to Mr. Smedley--Mary H., who is the wife of Dr. Ernest Boston, of San Antonio, Texas, and Graham B., who is engaged in the practice of law at Midland, Texas, and who is serving as prosecuting attorney of Midland county at the time of this writing, in 1910. The honored subject of this review now resides in the home of his son-in-law, Dr. C. Bruce Smith, and though venerable in years he is alert and vigorous, while he finds pleasure in being surrounded by leal and loyal friends in the community that has been his home and the scene of his well directed efforts during the long period of more than half a century.

Sources
1. Perrin, p. 517
2. E. Polk Johnson, The History of Kentucky and Kentuckians, Vol. III, Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1912, p. 1283.

HAMLET C. SHARP,1 gauger; P. O. Millersburg; was born in Nicholas County, Ky., Dec. to Job. W. and Charity C. (Baskett) Sharp, (see hist.) Hamlet began his education in the common schools of Nicholas County, and completed with a three-year's course in the Wesleyan College at Millersburg. He was appointed Government storekeeper Jan. 1, 1879, Rod gauger in March, 1881, which position he still retains. He was married in Bourbon County, April 20,1881, to Miss Belle G. Greene, who was born June 6, 1862, to Robt. P. and Molly E. (Current) Greene, both natives of Bourbon County, the former born in 1837, the latter in 1847. On Dec. 1, 1881, Mr. Sharp entered into partnership with Jas. M. Collier, at Millersburg, and in addition to attending to the duties of gauger, is now engaged in selling lumber, coal, salt and lime. Owing to his abilities as a business man he has assisted in building up a large and steadily increasing business. He is a very energetic and enterprising business man, and well worthy of the high esteem in which he is held by the community. In politics he is a Republican.

Sources
1. Perrin, pp. 517-518

Name: James H. THOMPSON
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Birth: November 22, 1822, Nicholas County, Kentucky
Father: Henry THOMPSON Jr. (1782-1852)
Mother: Mary WILSON (1790-1860)

Spouses
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1: Marilda CHEATHAM
Birth: January 13, 1846
Father: Forman CHEATHAM
Mother: Louisa BRADSHAW
Marriage: February 11, 1862
Children: Brownie (1864-); Robert (1871-); Jimmie (1875-); Elmo (1881-)

JAMES H. THOMPSON,1 farmer; P. O. Millersburg; was born in Nicholas County, Nov. 21, 1822, about three and a half miles from Millersburg, where he now resides, to Henry and Mary (Wilson) Thompson; she born in Lexington about 1790, to James Wilson and a Miss Clark, who were very early settlers at that place; Henry Thompson, Jr., was born in the Sherman Valley, Pa.,near Carlisle, in May, 1782, died in February, 1852; he was brought by his parents, Henry and Mary (McClintock) Thompson, to the farm now owned in part by the subject of this sketch. Henry Thompson, Sr., was one of the party of eighteen who settled in the vicinity of Millersburg in 1778, his tract of 1200 acres lying in the edge of Nicholas County. He it seems remained upon his land the principal part of the time after making the first settlement, in a rude cabin in the howling wilderness, being the only settler between Maysville and Lexington, and during the most troublesome time with the Indians, and the great massacre at the Blue Licks. In 1783 he brought his family and remained upon the old homestead until his death. During his lonely life the Indians several times drove him off his land, and drove away his stock, and after bringing his family, his noble wife would stand guard while he plowed their little path of corn, and did other necessary work. They had five children, three of whom are living: Daniel, Robert and James H., who are the only members of the third generation in this part of the country. John, the oldest son, died in 1860, leaving children in Nicholas County; Mary married a Mr. McClintock, and died in 1859, leaving two daughters; James H. received his education upon the farm, and in the limited district school of his boyhood days and remained with his parents until their death, which occurred on the same day of the month, Feb. 15, he in 1852, she, in 1860. He remained unmarried until Feb. 11, 1862, when he was married to Miss Marilda Cheatham; born Jan. 13, 1846, to Forman and Louisa (Bradshaw) Cheatham, residents of Montgomery County, near Mount Sterling. By this marriage there have been seven children, three, of whom died in early childhood. Those living are: Brownie, born March 24, 1864; Robert, May 12, 1871; Jimmie, Aug. 29, 1875; and Elmo, May 2, 1881. Mr. Thompson is a highly respected farmer and member of the democratic party.

Sources
1. Perrin, p. 518

Name: Charles R. TURNER
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Birth: November 16, 1803, Bourbon County, Kentucky
Father: William TURNER Jr. (1792-1878)
Mother: Susan A. SANDUSKY (1820-)

Spouses
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1: Sally A. REDMON
Birth: about 1841
Death: Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky
Father: Thomas Jefferson REDMON (1806-1886)
Mother: Amanda REDMON (~1822-1899)
Marriage: September 10, 1861, Bourbon County, Kentucky

CHARLES R. TURNER,1 farmer; P. O. Millersburg; born July 15, 1842, to William and Susan A. (Sandusky) Turner; she, born Dec. 16, 1820, to Andrew and Betsey (Culver) Sandusky; she, born in 1783, died in 1846, daughter of Charles and Ellen (Shanks) Culver; he died in Maryland; his widow came to Bourbon County with two children, at an early date. Andrew Sandusky was born Dec. 5, 1781, to James and Mary (Brown) Sandusky; were among the very early settlers of Bourbon County. William Turner was born Feb. 17, 1792, in Lexington, in the fort; his father was William, born Nov. 6, 1752, in Md. The wife of the latter was Martha Ricards, born Aug. 19, 1762; William, Jr., was the seventh child of four sons and seven daughters, the eldest born in 1779, the youngest in 1803; two only are now living, Charles, the youngest, a resident of Bourbon County, and Stacy, a Mrs. Ishmel Daily, residing in Adams County, Ill. William Turner, the father of our subject, was three times married; first to a Miss Ricards, who died without issue; second, to Sally Sandusky, who died in 1835; by her there were three children: Martha, a Mrs. Joseph McClelland; Mary Ellen died in childhood; Wm. A., now residing near Kansas City, Mo. By the third marriage there were also three children, by Susan A. Sandusky, a sister to second wife. The children were: Elizabeth, who became the wife of Isaac Bowen, and died in 1855; Sally Lee married Harmon Ayres, who is a prominent stock-dealer and farmer in Saline County, Mo., and the subject of this sketch, the youngest child of Wm., Jr., who died April 13, 1878, and willing the old homestead to his youngest son, who was married Sept. 10, 1861, to Sally A. Redmon, daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Amanda (Redmon) Redmon, residents of Paris Precinct; they have no children. Mr. Turner remained with his parents engaging in agriculture and mule trading, also paying some attention to short-horns. His paternal ancestry were among the very earliest settlers in the county, large land-holders, and stood among the leading men at that early day. His father was one of the first distillers in the county, and sold of his first manufacture at 12 1/2¢ per gallon. They have occupied the same farm since 1792, and at all early date built a house, putting on a shingle roof, which it is supposed, was the first of that style in the county.

Sources
1. Perrin, pp. 517-518

Name: Robert TARR
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Birth: May 2, 1828, Carlisle, Kentucky
Father: John B. TARR (1801-)
Mother: Milly TURNER

Spouses
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1: America LAYSON
Father: Robert LAYSON
Mother: Catharine KENNEDY
Marriage: September 5, 1861

ROBT. TARR,1 farmer; P. O. Millersburg; was born near Carlisle, May 2, 1828, where his parents rernoved, a short time before his birth, from Bourbon County, returning in 1838, and settling the farm on which Mr. Tarr now lives. His father was John B. Tarr, a native of Nicholas, born March 4, 1801; he of Charles Tarr, born upon the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The wife of Charles was Miss Bishop, who, soon after being united in marriage, came to the western part of Nicholas County, on Hinkston, which was soon after the year 1790, and bocame one of the prominent men of the county at that early day. In about 1831 he moved to Adams County, Ill., with all his family except a daughter, who married Richard Adair, "The Tanner," of Nicholas County, and John B., the father of our subject, who remained in the Blue Grass region, where he engaged in farming and raised a family by Milly Turner. (See hist.) The result of this union was five sons and two daughters: Wm., born June 22, 1825. He began life a poor boy; his first enterprise was that of raising watermelons, afterward engaged in farming upon rented land with his brother Robert, when, after a few years, their labors having been crowned with success, they dissolved partnership, each beginning business for himself; Wm. subsequently engaged in distilling, trading and real estate speculation, through which he has become one of the money kings of the Blue Grass region; the second of the family was Charles, born Sept. 15, 1826, died a young man; the subject of this sketch, who devoted his life to agriculture and stock raising; he was for a number of years a director in the Millersburg Bank, and at the death of the first president he was elected to that position; Martha, born Jan. 5, 1830, married Tice Hutzell, and, after his death, married a Mr. Penn, who is also deceased; James, born Jan. 21,1832, married a Miss Piper and moved to Pettis County, Mo.,where he died; his wife is now a Mrs. Porter, of Millersburg; John, a resident of Flat Rock (see hist.); Mary E., born Aug. 30, 1841, became the wife of Col. Sampson D. Archer, of Keokuk, Iowa, where he died and where his family now reside. The subject of this sketch was married Sept. 5, 1861, to America Layson, daughter of Robt. Layson (deceased) and Catharine Kennedy. They have three children-Anna Lee, wife, of Jas. L. Shackelford, of Maysville Robt L. and John Bishop.

Sources
1. Perrin, p. 519

Name: John T. TALBOTT
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Birth: July 7, 1839, Bourbon County, Kentucky
Death: February 25, 1905 Age: 65
Father: Henry H. TALBOTT (1813-1878)
Mother: Angeline WHALEY (1814-1861)

Spouses
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1: Lucinda J. COLLINS
Birth: July 7, 1847, Cane Ridge, Bourbon County, Kentucky
Father: Benjamin F. COLLINS (1814-1867)
Mother: Sarah TURNEY (1822-1898)
Marriage: May 17, 1866

JOHN T. TALBOT1 farmer, P. 0. Cynthiana, the name of Talbott is perhaps as familiar to the citizens of Bourbon County as that of the posterity of any of the old pioneers. A tracement of the genealogy of the ancestors of John F., being found in the biography of Chas. Talbott, this sketch is confined more particularly to the former. Reason Talbott married Miss Jane Whaley, who was born in the old fort at Maysville, her people being formerly from Loudoun County, Va.; he died in the spring of 1862, and his wife in 1870; they reared a family of four children: Benjamin, Nancy, Emily, and Henry H., the latter being the father of our subject; he was reared to farming and married Miss Angelina, daughter of Lee and Mary Whaley; he died March 5, 1878, and she about the year 1860; there were born to them three children: John T., Charles L. and Mary C., now wife of F. M. Myers of Bourbon County. John T. was born in the precinct, where he now lives, May 17, 1866; he married Miss Lucinda Collins, daughter of B. F. and Sally (Turney) Collins, of Bourbon County. The ancestors of Mr. Talbott have been an agricultural people, his early life having been spent on his father's farm; he also has engaged in the same business. The Talbott is an extensive family in the county, and John T. is a worthy representative of so hardy a pioneer as Henry Talbott.

Sources
1. Perrin, p. 584

Name: Daniel THOMPSON
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Birth: January 24, 1824
Father: Henry THOMPSON Jr. (1782-1852)
Mother: Mary WILSON (1790-1860)

Spouses
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1: Elizabeth J. McCLINTOCK
Marriage: 1850

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2: Elizabeth MOORE
Birth: December 1, 1840
Residence: Millersburg, Kentucky
Father: James McClure MOORE (1812-1862)
Mother: Margaret Ann LAYSON (1813-1903)
Marriage: October 4, 1859
Children: Mary A. (1860-); James McClure (1862-); Margaret (1864-); John W. (1866-); Samuel D. (1868-); French Moore (1873-); Robert Presley (1876-); Harry W. (1879-)

DANIEL THOMPSON,1 farmer; P. O. Millersburg; was born January 24, 1824 (see James H. Thompson's history for history of his people), and spent his early life on the farm with his father until twenty-six years of age, having in the meantime received some knowledge of books under the old select school system, in all old log building with clapboard roof, puncheon floor and split logs for seats, which constituted the seat of learning at that day. In 1850, he was married to Elizabeth McClintock, having by her three children, who, with the mother, are now dead. His second marriage occurred Oct. 4, 1859, to Elizabeth Moore, who was born Dec. 1, 1840, to James McClure and Margaret (Layson) Moore. By this marriage there have been nine children born unto them: Mary A., June 26, 1860; Jas. Mc., Jan. 14, 1862; Margaret E., March 6, 1864; John W., Feb. 11, 1866; Saml. D., March 28, 1868; infant daughter, dead; French Moore, Nov. 1, 1873; Robert Presley, Oct. 23, 1876; Harry W., July 28, 1879. Mr. Thompson is quite extensively engaged in raising thoroughbred short horns of the principal families, all his stock having registered pedigrees. He is also superintending large farming interests. In the summer of 1877 he suffered the loss of about $8,000 worth of property in the accidental burning of his dwelling and its effects. He and his family are members of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church on Hinkston.

Sources
1. Perrin, pp. 519-520

Name: William TARR
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Birth: June 22, 1825
Father: John B. TARR (1801-)
Mother: Milly TURNER

Spouses
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1: Sarah F. FISHER
Death: March 1873
Father: W. W. FISHER
Mother: Sarah GARTH
Children: Thompson H. (1866-); Fisher (1870-)

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2: Mary FISHER
Father: W. W. FISHER
Mother: Sarah GARTH
Marriage: January 25, 1876
Children: James B. (1877-); William Orr (1878-); Mary Best (1880-)

WM. TARR,1 farmer, speculator and distiller; P. O., Paris; proprietor of Park Place (see Robt. Tarr's hist.); has been twice married: first, to Sarah F. Fisher, daughter of W. W. and Sarah (Garth) Fisher (see Fisher hist.) She died in March, 1873, leaving two children, Thompson H., born Oct. 4, 1866, and Fisher, Aug. 11, 1870. His second marriage was to Miss Mary Fisher, a sister to his first wife. They were married Jan. 25, 1876, the result of the union being three children: James B., born Dec. 24, 1877; Wm. Orr, March 19, 1880, and Mary Best, March 9, 1880. Mr. Tarr has one of the most beautiful homes in Bourbon County, having provided it with all the modern conveniences and tasteful designs, and a large and commodious park well stocked with deer. He is a man of great business tact and ability, his large and increasing business interests extending throughout the country.

Sources
1. Perrin, p. 520

Name: Louis VIMONT Sr.
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Birth: 1776, France

Spouses
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1: Rosanna ROWLAND
Father: John ROWLAND
Marriage: June 1, 1798
Children: John Savory (1799-); Jefferson T. (1801-); Franklin B. (1803-1877); Charlotte (1808-); Verger (1810-); Mary E. (1819-); Louis C. (1823-)

THE VIMONT FAMILY.1 In the year 1776, in or near Paris, France, was born Louis Vimont, Sr., who when he had arrived at the age of twelve years, started with his father and a Mr. John Savary to America, being driven from their sunny land on account of their religious tenets. After landing in Philadelphia the father of Louis was stricken down with yellow fever, from which he soon died, leaving his young orphan son in the, care of his companion, Mr. Savary. They were then two strangers in a broad and wild land. They however soon made their way to Gallipolis, O., where they stopped with the French settlers of that section, who were holding a land grant from that Government, about twelve miles from Portsmouth, O. There they resided for sometime, thence came to Washington, Ky., and probably before 1795, they settled in Millersburg, where Mr. Savary engaged in mercantile pursuits as one of the very first merchants of Bourbon County, assisted by Mr. Vimont, who was married to Rosanna Rowland, June 1, 1798; she a native of North Carolina, and daughter of John Rowland, who afterwards resided in Harrison County for many years. By this marriage there were four sons and three daughters, all of whom were married, and still living, except one son and one daughter. They were--John Savary, born June 10, 1799; Jefferson T., Sept. 18, 1801; Franklin B., Dec. 4, 1803 (deceased); Charlotte, April 7, 1808, married John B. McIlvain, of Louisville, by whom she has five children: Verger, born Nov. 1, 1810, married William Swift, of Lexington, by whom she had eight children; both are now deceased; Mary E., born Jan. 5, 1819, widow of Dr. Samuel Trotter, of Lexington, had four children; Louis C., born May 2, 1823. Mr. Vimont after living in this country for a time sent for his only sister, Felicity, who settled in Maysville, and in 1848 became the wife of M. Girova, by whom she had one child, a daughter. Mr. Vimont was for many years the leading merchant in the village of Millersburg; also a heavy shipper of produce to the South, and a contractor, in which business his sons superseded him. John Savary Vimont was a merchant in Millersburg, where he was born, until about four years ago. He is still a leading man in the improvement of the village, and all the leading enterprises. He was married Sept. 19, 1826, to Ann Russell Throckmorton, daughter of Thomas and Susan (Morton) Throckmorton, who resided at the junction of the Johnson and Licking rivers. By this union there were seven childien; Thomas T., Louis B., Joseph D.; Susan, now a Mrs. Sandusky, of Lexington; Rosanna, now a Mrs. Dr. Kenney, of Paris; Cecil J., married a Mr. Batterton; infant daughter (deceased). Three sons and three daughters grew to be men and women, and married (except Louis B.), leaving heirs in the vicinity of Millersburg; except Joseph D., only one is now living, Mrs. Sandusky, of Lexington. The wife of Mr. Vimont died Aug. 21, 1846. The Vimonts are Republican in political sentiinent. The oldest son of John S. went into the Federal Army as Captain,afterwards promoted to Lieut-Colonel; was shot in cold blood by an officer in the same command. Louis B. was in the same command with his brother, and died at Chatanooga. The Vimont family are highly respected citizens of Millersburg and the community. Jefferson T. Vimont, second son, received a liberal education, and assisted his father in merchantile business until his marriage, which occurred Sept. 18, 1823, to Elizabeth Mantelle., daughter of William Mantelle, who was for many years a banker at Lexington. After his marriage he built the flouring mill, known as the Elizabeth Mill, which he run for a number of years; then engaged in merchandising in Millersburg, and through his son at St. Joe, Mo., which he continued for a number of years; then engaged in real estate business throughout the West, until the breaking-out of the Civil War, in 1861. At the death of his father he was made executor of the large estate left by him. He had seven children. Louis died in Chillicothe, on his return trip from Washington, D. C., where he had held a position as one of the first clerks in the Treasury Department for a number of years was married to a Miss Kennair; left two children she is now residing with her son in Lexington. Charlotte unmarried, living with her father. Mary, now a Mrs. Dr. Scearce of Chillicothe; John, married, and a merchant in St. Louis, Mo.; Thomas married also in St. Louis; Elizabeth, unmarried, at home; Malcom M., died in young manhood. Mr. Vimont lost his wife a number of years ago; he and family are members of the Presbyterian Church; Louis C. Vimont was married Nov. 21, 1844, to Mary W. Nesbit, born May 10, 1827, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Ammons) Nesbit, natives of Columbia, Boone County, Mo.; he a Baptist minister at an early date; Mr. Vimont, is related by marriage to Dr. Graham, of Louisville, father-in law of Joseph Blackburn, at present one of the most prominent men of Kentucky. They had seven daughters and four sons; one of the former died in infancy; ten are now living: Joseph N., married to Alice Graham (deceased, Dec. 7, 1868, after less than a year of wedded life); he was located at San Francisco as a member of the Soc. Exchange at that place; now mining at Tombstone, Arizona; Anna, wife of O. W. Brady, of Nicholas County, married Nov. 28, 1876; Henry S., Thomas A., Belle W., Nancy M., Minnie, Virginia B., Susan and Banks M. Mr. Vimont lived with his father until his marriage, when he engaged in mercantile business for about ten years, after which, for about the same length of time he run the Tower Mills; since the Kentucky Central company has had charge of the railroad through Millersburg, he has acted as General Station Agent at the above named place; also agent for all main lines upon coupon tickets; he is a member of the I. O. O. F., still a prominent citizen; Jefferson M. Vimont, son of Franklin B. (deceased), who at eighteen years of age left his father, Louis, and went to the mouth of Johnson, where he was extensively engaged in farming, distilling and inereantile business, sending his merchandise by flatboat to New Orleans, at an early day; here he continued until in 1864; when he removed to the place where his youngest son now lives, and engaged in farming until his death, which occurred Aug. 14, 1877; he was married Nov. 25, 1824, to Susan W., daughter of Thomas and Susan (Morton) Throckmorton; Thomas Throckmorton, Sr., a native if Richmond, Va., came to Kentucky about 1800, settling on the Licking river, about nine miles below the Blue Licks; the sons of this gentleman became quite prominent in the history of Kentucky; also a son-in-law of Lewis Arnold, an active worker in the political field in Nicholas County; Mr. Vimont by this marriage, had nine children: John S., died at twenty-seven years of age; Mary, now the wife of W. T. Ingels, of Nicholas County; A. T., died at twenty-nine years of age; Anna R. died young; Bettie, a maiden lady of high social culture and fine business qualifications, residing in .Millersburg, superintending her agricultural affairs and household duties; Sue, wife of J. F. Miller, a farmer in Nicholas County; Louis T., with a twin brother, who died in infancy; he married a Miss Whitehead, daughter of John R. Whitehead, of Harrison County, by whom he has eight children: Charles W., Frank, Claude, Mattie, Fannie, Florence, John, and Louis; Jefferson M., the youngest, born Oct. 27,1844, and married Oct. 25, 1866, to Miss Lovina Letton (see Lettoll hist.); they have had six children, three of whom died in infancy; those living are : Nannie L., A. T. and F. Letton. Mr. Vimont is engaged in agriculture and raising of thoroughbred Cotswold sheep and short horn cattle; his sheep are of the finest in the Blue Grass region, and in demand in a number of the different States throughout the union.

Sources
1. Perrin, p. 521

Name: James R. WHALEY
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Birth: July 31, 1811, Bourbon County, Kentucky
Death: 1899, Millersburg, Kentucky Age: 87
Father: Leland WHALEY
Mother: Mary "Polly" TALBOTT (1787-1818)

Spouses
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1: Tabitha JAMESON
Birth: June 17, 1817
Death: September 21, 1840 Age: 23
Burial: Millersburg, Kentucky
Marriage: October 19, 1837 Bourbon County, Kentucky

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2: Mary Ann HEDGES
Birth: March 23, 1816
Death: June 17, 1849 Age: 33
Burial: Millersburg, Kentucky
Father: John HEDGES (1771-1857)
Mother: Catherine "Kate" TROUTMAN (1773-1833)
Marriage: 1842, Bourbon County, Kentucky
Children: Martha (ca1844-); Mary Frances "Fannie" (1846-); Tabitha J. (1848-)

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3: Elizabeth BOWLES
Birth: June 20, 1816
Death: June 1, 1875 Age: 58
Burial: Millersburg, Kentucky
Marriage: 1850

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4: Elizabeth

JAMES WHALEY,1 farmer, P. O. Millersburg; son of Leland and Polly (Talbott) Whaley; she a daughter of Henry and Barbara (Whaley) Talbott who came from Loudoun County, Va., to Fayette County, Ky., in 1792, where they resided two years, then came to Ruddel's Mills Precinct, settling on Hinkston, where they died at advanced ages. Leland was a son of John Whaley, of Loudoun County, Va., where he died about 1787; his wife was Barbara Reamy, who came to Ruddel's Mills in 1795. The father of our subject being the youngest of a large family, was born in 1782, and died in 1873. He remained with his mother until arriving at the age of maturity, when he took charge of the farm, she remaining with him until her death, which occurred in 1827, having passed her ninetieth year. He was twice married; first to Polly Talbott in 1805, having by her five children; Harriett, born in 1806, married to Benedict Whaley, and died in Missouri in 1862; Wm. B., a resident of Paris Precinct. The mother died in 1818. His second marriage was to Catharine, sister of his first wife; by her he had six children: Charles H., born in 1820, residing in Ruddel's Mills Precinct; Mary, born in 1823, and Sarah, in 1825, both of whom died maidens; B. F., born in 1828, residing in Cynthiana; L. W., in 1830, also in Cynthiana; Elizabeth, born in 1833, married to Winfield Hayden, now residing in Marion County, Mo. James, the subject of this sketch, received a limited common school education, and has devoted his life to agriculture and stock raising, with the exception of about five years, dating from 1835, when he was one of the prominent merchants of Millersburg. He was four times married: first to Tabitha Jameson, in 1837, she dying in 1840; second in 1842 to Mary Ann Hedges, daughter of John Hedges; by her he had three children: Tabitha, deceased, wife of John Jameson; Martha (deceased); Fannie, wife of John H. Shropshire, farmer, near Georgetown, Scott County, Ky.; his second wife died in 1849; third marriage to Betsey Bowles, in 1850; died in 1875; fourth marriage to Mrs. Elizabeth Redmon, in 1878. He is a member of the Christian church and a respected citizen.

Sources
1. Perrin, pp. 521-522