Daviess County, Kentucky - Chapter 20: Knottsville Precinct, 1883

Chapter 20: Knottsville Precinct

In 1867 the following were fixed as the boundary lines of this precinct : Beginning at Ohio County line, where same crosses North Panther Creek, near Charles Hamilton's; thence down said creek to the Litchfield road, thence with Litchfield and Owensboro road to the bridge over Caney Creek; thence up Caney Creek, so as to include James McKinney's; thence a line to Ben Allen's, including E. S. Jones's and William McKay's; thence to the Hardins burg road at Richard Jett's, excluding Jett's and J. W. Gabbert's ; then to the Pike's Peak school-house; thence with the 'oT3"" trace to David Clark's, including said Clark; thence to the nearest point of new road leading to C. Bell's; thence with said new road to the Barker road near C. Bell's; thence with the Barker road to W. Winkler, Jr's; thence to the White Oak ford on Blackford'^ thence with Blackford Creek and Hancock and Ohio County lines to the beginning.

The precinct of Knottsville was named from the village, and the village was named for a Mr. Knott, who settled here. Formerly the name was spelled "Nottsville."

Eaelt Settlement

The first settlers in this precinct were families by the name of Smeathers, Duncan, Bell, Adams and Husk. Metcalfs and Winklers came afterward. Valentine Husk came from Virginia. He first settled at Yellow Banks, in 1796; then lived on the Ohio River at the mouth of Pup Creek. In 180i he moved with his family to a point on the Telvington and Knottsville road, three and a half miles north of the former place, where he began improving the farm afterward owned and oocupied by Henry Johnson. He was the first settler in this part of the country. Soon afterward Benjamin, George, Charles and Raleigh Duncan, came from Nelson County and settled here. James Adams came about the same time, and settled at a point four miles northwest of Knottsville. Eli and Nathaniel Bell came from Maryland about the time of the Duncans. Eli settled on the farm afterward owned by W. B. Head, Esq. Descendants of the Smeatherses and Bells are still living in the precinct. Ben Purcell came in 1824; R. N. Wilson, father of Robert T. Wilson, came to the county in 1820, from Nelson County, and settled on a farm four miles west of Knottsville. The Mays came from Nelson County about the same time, and settled on the Hardinsburir road west of Knottsville.

The first school in this part of tlie county was taught by a man named Walker, who happened to be passing through the country; it was taught on Pup Creek, on land afterward owned by John Bell, and the old log cabin in which it was held went to decay more than fifty years ago.

The first religious services were held by a Methodist preacher named Craig, about 1808, in the house of Benjamin Duncan. He organized a church in this house, and Benjamin Duncan and "Valentine Husk were among the first members. One of the first priests was Father Derbin, who was born Jan. 1, 1800. Ho came here about 1822. fie lived iu Union County, and came here to preach once a month. On one occasion he lost his way, and was belated. He kept his course by the moss on the trees, which always grows on the north side. After dark the wolves were very troublesome, and came near taking him from liis horse, but the horse was very spirited, and fought the wolves ofil Father Derbin still lives in Riissellville, Logan County.

The first burying ground was started about 1806, on the land ot Charles Duncan, north of Pup Creek, on the Knottsville and Yelviugton road, and the fir.st person buried was Raleigli Duncan, a son of Charles Duncan. This was the first death in the precinct.

The first marriage in this precinct was " big Billy Bell " to his cousin, Betsey Bell, about the year 1810. They had two children. Mrs. Bell died, and Mr. Bell subsequently married twice. He raised a large family of children, and died in this precinct several years ago.

In early days the pioneers made all their own sugar and syrup from maple-trees, which were very abundant on Pup Creek. A man named Thomas Montgomery made sugar so extensively that he paid for his entire farm from the sale of the sugar. From that time he was known as " Sugar Tom Montgomery," to distinguish him from another Tom Montgomery living in the precinct. The early settlers paid their taxes with wolt and wildcat scalps. They would get a certificate from the magistrate for the amount of the scalps, which was the same as an order on the County Treasurer at the present day. And if the amount exceeded the taxes, tne Sheriflf, or Collector, paid the difference in specie. The women wore buckskin dresses every day, and had checked cotton for Sunday. The children had neither boots nor shoes. Some would wrap rags around their feet, while others ran through the snow barefoot. "Uncle" Henry Hazel' tells that when he was a boy he would procure a piece of puncheon, or ]<)rge block of wood, place it before the fire until thoroughly warmed, then carry it to the wood-pile and stand on it while chopping wood. He would repeat this process as often as the block became cold, until his task for the day was completed.

George Husk

This venerable gentleman is the oldest native of Daviess County now living within its limits, and was born Oct. 31, 1800, at the mouth of Pup Creek. His father was Yalentine Husk, who came to this county in 1796. Hie maternal grandfather, William Hacker, came to the county about the same time, and was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. He fought at Braddock's defeat, and was personally acquainted with George "Washington. He was a member of the Virginia Blues, Washington's command. Mr. Husk married Charlotte G. Kelley, Aug. 2, 1828, and they had ten children. Three of them are living, viz.: Benjamin F., James, and Sarah, now Mrs. Fry,- Two daughters, Rosa J. and Pauline A., died after they were grown. Mrs. Husk died April 21, 1879. Mr. Husk has lived in three counties in this State without changing his residence, viz.: Hardin, Ohio and Daviess. He moved upon his present farm in 1835. He was a strong, active man in his youth, and few men of his time could jump thirty-six feet as easily as George did on one occasion. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church for several years, but for the past thirty-five years he has been a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church.

Many years ago a postoflBce was established a mile and a half east of where Knottsville now stands, and was named Goreham. It was then the only postoffice in Daviess County, except the one at Owensboro. A town was also staked off at this point by a Mr. Lang, but nothing more was done toward building it up. The voting place for the upper end of the county was located at the house of Mr. Gore, and remained here until it was established at Kiiottsville, about ISSi. The Goreharfl voting place was the only one in the county except at Owensboro.

Gatewood Postoffice was established in the summer of 1882, at the store of P. D. Wilson, in the northeast corner of this precinct, with Dr. P. D. Wilson as Postmaster; but he has since resigned, and as no successor has been appointed the office will probably be discontinued.

Mount Zion Congregation of the Cumherland Presbyterian Church was constituted under the Logan Presbytery March 10, 1821, and was known by the name of Shiloh Congregation. The name was changed to Mount Zion under the Ohio Presbytery in September, 1839. The church is situated three miles northwest of Knottsville, and was organized by Rev. Hiram Hunter, assisted by Kev. Alexander Barnett. There were only eleven members, among whom were Adam Winkler and wife, John Winkler, Catharine Winkler, Eli Adams, Allen Medcalf and wife. The first services were held in 1821 by Rev. Alexander Barnett in the house of Adam Winkler, where the society was organized one year later. They worshiped in private houses six years. The first house of worship was a hewed log house, 18 x 30 feet, and was built in 1828, on land belonging to Adam Winkler, and no\y owned by fliram Winkler (except the lot belonging to the church). Several years afterward a larger house was built on the same ground. It was a frame structure, 24 x 36 feet. In 1875 this building was sold and a new frame church built, 31x44 feet, which is the present house of worship. There are now ninety communicants. Services each first Sabbath by Rev. Willis Smith, of Owensboro. Sunday-scliool is sustained six months during the year, and there are two weekly praj'or-meetings.

Bethlehinn Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in 1808 by Rev. William Craig, at the house of Benjamin Duncan, with but few members. Worship was held in Mr. Duncan's house about ten years, when a log house was built on the north side ot Pup Creek, which was, burned several years afterward while school was being taught in it. A frame house was then built, which was

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Asitiry Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was organized in 1846, by Eev. Nathaniel Lee, with about a dozen members, in the house of Samuel Barker. It was a small log cabin, and still stands just in the edge of Knottsville Precinct, on the Hancock County line, six miles northeast of Knottsville, on the Hawesville road. It is daubed with clay and has a stick chimney. It was built about 1828, and is now occupied by a family. Rev. Mr. Lee died in 1882, at a ripe old age, and was a regular minister until his death. He was Presiding Elder several years.

The first services were held in private houses, and then for a time in the school-house. Their present house of worship, a frame structure 28 x 36 feet, was built in 1851, and is still used. It is also used as a school-house during the winter. The society went down during the late war, and was re-organized in 1873. There are now thirty-two members. Services are held once a month, on Saturday and Sunday, by Rev. W. K. Dempsey, Pastor. Prayer-meeting, once a week. Stephen Montgomery is the present Class leader.

Pleasant Yalley Christian Church. - About the year 1852 there were a few persons of this denomination in the neighborhood, whose united efforts built a small frame home in which to worship. About the time of its completion the church was organized by Elder W. T. McCay, with about a dozen members, among whom were W. T. McCay, wife and mother, Lucinda Stone, B. S. Allen and wife, Elizabeth Hite, Elisha Yeager and wife, Thomas Harbourt and wife. In 1863 the present coramodions structure was built. It is a frame building, 50 x 36 feet, and cost over $3,000. It is located three miles west of Knottsville, and a half a mile north of where the old one stood. Elder McCay was the first pastor of the church, and remained with them fifteen years. He is now in Georgia. The succeeding pastors are as follows: Elders Jefferson McCay (brother to the first pastor), Willis Cox, C. R. Marshall, William Nelson, David R. Pickens, Albert Conyers and Walter Stephens, the present' pastor. There are now about sixty communicants. Preaching once a month. Social meetings twice a month dnring the winter and each Lord's day in summer. The present Elders are B. S. Allen and Robert Ellis; Deacons, Thomas Mc- Quary and John Evans; Clerk, B. S. Allen.

At this time there were but three or four families in attendance. When the first house was built there were ten families in the congregation. There are at present over 200 families in attendance. The first house of worship was built in 1827 or '8, and the first services held in the new church were by Father Durbin, in 1828. The first stationed pastor was Kev. Father John Wathen, who came here in 1833. It was through the efforts of Mrs. Ezekiel Henning, Mrs. Alex. McDaniel, Mrs. Solomon McDaniel and perhaps one or two others that Father Durgia came here to preach.

Si. Lawrence Cemetery. - The first person buried in St. Lawrence Catholic Cemetery was Mrs. Jennie Bowlds, in 1829 or '30. She had five daughters and two sons; four are. still living, viz. : Zachariah, now living in Kuottsville; Elizabeth, now widow Mc- Oarty, of Curdsville; Bertha, now Mother Superior of Bethlehem Female Academy, in Hardin County, and Susan, now Mrs, Cornstock, of Owensboro. The second person buried in this cemetery was Mrs. Katie Aull, and the third was George Montgomery, a small boy.

Camp-Meetings

Camp-meetings were very frequent in early days, and amusing incidents often occurred. On one occasion a camp-meeting was being lield at the Bethlehem camp-grounds. The ministers were very bitter against the use of liquor on the ground, and one Rev. Palmer was inspecting the outskirts when he saw James Husk with a sack on his shoulder. He supposed, of course, that it was tilled with whisky jugs. Husk ran, and the minister pursued in hot haste. Husk dodged behind a tree, and as the reverend gentleman came plunging along he threw the sack and wrapped it around the minister's neck, which threw him down. Husk carried the sack in triumph to the minister's headquarters and emptied its contents on the ground, when, to the consternation of all, the "jngs" proved to be nothing but pumpkins, shaped something like jugs.

Another incident occurred during the same meeting. Whisky was brought in jugs, and the ministers would seize and break them, by throwing them against trees. One minister threw a large jug against a tree, but it did not break, it only bounded like a ball ; whereupon a rowdy, named Smith, stepped up and said, " Here, brother, let me break it." He took the jng, but instead of breaking it he marched through the crowd with his valuable trophy in triumph. On another occasion a very amusing incident occurred. A young exhorter became wearied with his labors, and when the exercises closed late at night, tired and exhausted he lay down upon the straw at the altar and was soon fast asleep. Some mischievous boys slipped up to him and pulled off his pants and hung them in a tree over his head. The poor fellow did not waken till after daylight, and was compelled to climb the tree to secure his pants. The situation was anything but enviable. George Husk was an eye-witness to this incident.

Mon/ument Lodge, No. 483, A. F. c& A. M., at Gatewood, was organized in August, 1868, by Thomas Gore, assisted by Captain Samuel H. Jesse, with nine charter members. The first oflBcers were GriflBth Gatewood, W. M.; Hobert P. Lamar, S. W. ; Isaac W. Lambert, J. W.; Eobert M. Cox, Secretary; W. "W. Winkler, Treasurer. Mr. Gatewood has been W. M. ever since the organization of the society, except four years, and is the present incumbent. The other officers are: Davis A. Douthitt, S. W. ; I. W. Lambert, J. W.; John Suggs, Secretary, and William W. Winkler, Treasurer. The society meets in the hall over Lambert's store in the northwest corner of the precinct.

Marias Lodge of A. F. dc A. M. was chartered by the Grand Lodge of Kentucky in 1855, with J. M. May, Master -, B. H. Harrison, S. W.; Eobert Gore, J. W. This lodge was first organized at the house of E. L. Jones in the Pleasant Valley neighborhood, and has been very prosperous. Meetings are held in the Good Templars' Hall, near Mount Zion Church, with J. W. Simpson, W. M.; R. Hardin, S. W.; and A. M. Willhite, J. W.; G. B. Kowland, Secretary ; D. Lancaster, Treasurer.

Delight Mills

The proprietors of these mills are W. S. Hfizel & Co., G. O Clements being the Co. They were first built by W. S. Hazel, in September, 1871, and named "Farmers' Delight Mills." There was a small corn-mill and a lath saw attached. In June, 1882, Mr. Hazel sold to John Stevens, then erected a larger mill on the same ground; ran two sets of stones and corn sheller. He began work

This village was laid out in 1836 by William R. Grifiith and James Millay. The first house was built in the fall of 1827, by Leonard Knott, for whom the town was named. For the first few years it was called by various names, such as "Heart's Delight," " Grocery," the " Blacksmith Shop," etc. It was named Knottsville by Hon. Wm. R. Griffith, while he was in the Legislature. James Millay opened the first store. The first buildings were the house and blacksmith shop put up by Knott. B. J. McDaniel, William Higdon, Mrs. Mary Drury and L. T. Brown were other early settlers. The first school-house was built in 1854 or '5. It was a log cabin, but was replaced by a neat little frame building in 1857. The first school was taught by Powhattan Ellis. Knottsville is situated thirteen miles east of Owensboro, on the Hardinsburg road. There are two general stores, one drug store, one shoe shop, a blacksmith and wagon shop, two undertakers, one flouring mill, one saw and grist mill, and three tobacco factories.

Indian Hill

This hill is six miles east of Knottsville, and is now in Hancock County. It is oblong in shape, one and one-half miles long, and fr.nu one-fourth to one-half mile in width. It is very high, and furnishes a beautiful view of the surrounding country and of Hardinsburg, a distance of twenty-eight miles. There were formerly three ovoid or egg-shaped stone houses or huts on the hill, all in a straight line, about 250 yards equidistant; only two of them re. main. They are about twelve feet high, and have neither doors nor windows. One of them was torn away by George W. Bruner, who says that the foundation was deep in the earth. He dug down six or eight feet, but failed to reach the base, and abandoned furthci' search. The pioneers supposed that these strange specimens of architecture were built by Indians, and, finding inflications of the tomahawk in the trees there, named it the Indian Hill - a name which it will probably continue to bear until the end of time. "Uncle" Henry Hazel, who gives tiiis information, has been on the top of the huts and looked down the aperture in the center, and found the floors covered with weeds and grass. Digitized by Microsoft®

Pup Creek. - This creek was so named from the fact that some hnnters, in a very early day, drowned several pups here. At the mouth of this creek are several Indian groves, two feet wide by three feet long, and lined with slate, the Indians being buried in a sitting postui'e. On some of them the slate has figures and curious letters engraved. Henry Hazel and George Roby, ot Knottsville, examined one which had been exposed by the washing away of the <iirt on the bank, and found some crockery. The slate bore the date of 1800.

The Oldest Boad

The oldest road in Daviess County extended north of Blackford Creek, on the Ohio, to Hartford, Ohio County. It was an Indian trail from Vincennes, Ind., to Hartford, crossing the river at the mouth of Blackford Creek.

1847, Aug. 4: Congressman - Waddell, 129; Peyton, 91. Eepresentative to Legislature - Griffith, 121; Wall, 95. For Constitutional Convention, 93.

Magistrates' Courts : For one Justice, the second Monday in March, June, September and December; for the other, the third Tuesday in these months.

Hem-y Ahle, born in Nelson County, Ky., Feb. 17, 1828, is a son of John Able, deceased, a native of Hardin County, Ky. His ancestors were from England and first settled in Maryland, and afterward came to Kentucky. Mr. Able was reared on a farm and has always followed that occupation, having now 150 acres of wellimproved land. He received his education in the early subscription schools of this vicinity. He came to Daviess County in 1849, and settled in Knottsville Precinct. Jan. 14, 1853, he was married to Margaret Carrico, a native of Washington County, Ky., but a life-long resident of this county, having been brought here by her parents when leSs than a year old. They have had fifteen children, twelve now living - Artemesia, Martha, John 0., Marion, William, Clarence, Annie, Ella, Everett, James L., Clara M. and an infant son. Mr. and Mrs. Able are members of the Catholic church.

Hillary T. Aud, of the firm of J. B. And & Bro., merchants ot Knottsville, was born in Knottsville, Jan. 14, 1841, and is a son of Thomas C. Aud. Mr. And was brought up and educated in Knottsville, and in 1859 engaged in business here with his brother. He was married, in 1862, to Miss Victoria Jarboe, daughter of

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Ignatius Jarboe, of this precinct. They have had eight children, of whom four are living - Guy G., Henry T., William E. and Mary J. Mr. Aud has been Postmaster for Knottsville since 1877, and Justice of the Peace since 1879. He is a worthy member of the Catholic church.

Joseph B. Aud, of the firm of J. B. Aud & Brother, Knottsville, was born in Nelson County, Ky., Dec. 19, 1829, and is a son of Thomas C. Aud (deceased), also a native of Nelson County , who brought his family to Knottsville in 1838, where he died in March, 1853. Our subject was brought up in Knottsville, where he attended the common schools. He also attended St. Mary's College, in Marion County, for a time. For a short time he taught school, but in 1859 he and his brother, Hillary T. Aud, engaged in the mercantile business in Knottsville under the present name. They have been in the business ever since, and are consequently the oldest business firm in Daviess County. They carry a general stock of $5,000, doing an annual business of $17,000. Mr. Aud was Postmaster for Knottsville about five years, and Magistrate for eight years. In September, 1864, he married Miss Annie, daughter of William Sansbury. She died in December, 1876; and he married, in September, 1878, Nannie Mattingly, daughter of George Mattingly, of Whitesville, this county.

Benjamin T. Aull, farmer, Knottsville, was born in Nelson County, Ky., April 27, 1826, and is a son of Benjamin Aull, a native of Maryland, who came to Kentucky when a boy, and brought his family' to this county in the fall of 1826, where the subject of this sketch was reared on a farm, and educated in the common or subscription schools. He was married Jan. 16, 1847, to Miss Joanna, daughter of James Carrico. They had twelve children, of whom but six are living - William, Thomas, Francis, Helena, Marshall and Anna. One daughter, Catherine, died in August, 1872, at the aore of eighteen years. Mr. Auli recently sold his farm in this precinct, and now owns a homestead of but twenty-nine acres, at Knottsville, where he lives rather retired. Mr. Aull is a worthy member of the Catholic church.

Ignatius A. Aull, farmer, Knottsville Precinct, was born in this precinct, on Pup Creek, two miles northeast of Knottsville, Feb. 6 1S41, and is a son of Benjamin Aull (deceased), a native of Maryland, who came to Nelson County, Ky., in a very early day, and aftersvard to Daviess County. Our subject's mother's maiden name was Maria Drury. Mr. Aull was brought up on his father's farm, and received a limited education in a subscription school, taught in a log cabin, with split poles for seats, and a puncheon writing desk. He was married May 2, 1865, to Miss Mary Melissa Long, daughter of Ivichard Long. They have eight children - Mary J., Edward, Annie, Teresa, Ellis, Emma, Josephine and Barnhard. Mr. AuU is engaged in farming and stock-raising on his farm of 200 acre?, four miles east of Knottsville. On the 8th day of October, 1883, he purchased the general store of W. S. Hazel, in Knottsville, and the business is conducted by T. E. Aull, under firm name of I. A. Aull & Co. Mr. Aull is a member of the Catholic Total Abstinence Society.

Jum&s AuU, horn in Nelson County, Ky.,June 24,1817, was a son of Benjamin Aull, a native of Maryland, and a descendant of the Lord Baltimore Catholics. His early education was received in the early log school-house, while residing on his father's farm. He came to Daviess County with his parents in 1827, and has since resided here with the exception of live years spent in Hancock County. He owns a farm of 121 acres six miles northeast of Knottsville. He was married in 1839 to Charlotte, daughter of Abx-aham McDaniel. Eleven children were born to them, nine now living - -William T., James A., John Z. T., George W., Charles E., Verlinda J., Elizabeth F., Martha E. and Margaret A. Mary V. and Victoria are deceased. Both left families. Mr. Anil's family are mem.bers of the Catholic church. He is a member of the Total Abstinence Society.

Thomas E. Aull, merchant, Knottsville, was born in Knottsville Precinct, May 26, 1849, and is a son of Ben. T. Aull, of Knottsville. The subject of this sketch was brought up on a farm, and received a common-school education ; he also attended for a time the select school of Prof. H. P. Hart, of Owensboro. He afterward taught shool nine months in Knottsville. In 1870 he went into the mercantile business in Knottsville with his brother, J. W. Aull, under the firm name of T. E. Aull & Bro. In 1872 our subject sold his interests to C. O. Clements, and ran the business for him for eighteen months. He was elected Constable for this precinct in 1874, and re-elected in 1876. Heresigned his office in 1878. From 187y to 1880 be was Deputy Sheriff for the upper end of the county under E. C. Davis, and from January, 1880, to Octoberof the same year he engaged in the grocery business and the manufacture of brick with Jett & Co., of Owensboro. He then sold and accepted the charge as chief salesman of Phillips Bros. & McAfee's grocery store until October, 1882, when he came to Knottsville, and took charge of Ignatius A. Aull's large general store, having an interest in the business, which is conducted under the [firm name of I. A. Aull & Co. They carry a stock of from $3,500 to $4,000, consisting oi everything usually kept in a first-class general store, and are doing a good business, which is constantly increasing. Mr. Aull was married October, 1870, to Miss Mary Sansbury, daughter uf "William Sansbury (deceased). This union has been blessed with live children - C. Neva, William A., Joseph and Annie (twins), and Charles. Mr. Aull is a consistent Catholic, and was President of the Total Abstinence Society at St. Lawrence Church during the years 1875 and 1876; and in 1876 he was Vice-President of the Diocesan Union of Total Abstinence. Mr. Aull is an enterprising business man, and bids fair for future success.

Reiihen M. Barker, born in Daviess County, Ky. , Nov. 8, 1818, was a son of Samuel Barker, a native of Maryland, who came to Kentucky when a boy, first locating in Nelson County, and afterward in Daviess County. The latter was a soldier in the war of 1812, and fought the Indians under General Hopkins. He died June 23, 1851. Eeuben N. was reared on a farm and attended the log-cabin subscription schools, having to walk from three and a lialf to five miles. He was married June 26, 1845, to Mary E. Chappell, daughter of James Chappell, an early settler of Owensl)oro. He came to this county in. 1816, when there was not a brick chimney in Owensboro, and kept a hotel and grocery there. Mrs. Barker has a bedstead that her father made out of walnut sixty-four years ago. Their daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth B. Hall, lives on a part of the old homestead. Mr. Barker's residence is just across the county line, in Hancock County. He is a member of the Methodist church. South. A brother, Samuel Barker, born in Nelson County, Ky., Dec. 7, 1808, was married in 1831, to Khoda Kallam. Of his eleven children but nine are living - James G., Catherine, Melissa, Kachel J., Mary A., Francis M., Nathaniel H. L., Martin K. and Louisa T.

Jefferson L. Berry, late of Knottsville Precinct, was born in Madison County, Ya., Oct. 1, 1824, and came to Kentucky with liis father, Jesse Berry, when two years of age, and a few years later to Ddviess County. He was reared on a farm and educated ill the early subscription schools. He was married Dec. 24, 1867, to Artie May, daughter of James M. May, of this precinct. Four cliildren were born to them - May, James, Estill and JeflPerson. Mr. Berry owned 200 acres of good land five miles southeast of

Knottsville, and was engaged in farming and stock-raising. He was a member ot the Baptist church and belonged to the Masonic fraternity. He died April 18, 1878. At one time Mr. Berry's postoffice address was Hancock County, his children attended school in Ohio County, and he resided in Daviess County.

Benedict J. Bowlds^ farmer, one and one-half miles east of Knottsville, was born in this precinct, Jan. 26, 1847, and is a son of Thomas Bowlds (deceased), an early settler of this county. Mr. Bowlds was brought up on his father's farm and educated in the Knottsville school. On Jan. 12, 1869, he married Victoria R., daughter of Benedict J. Hagan. They have nine children - Sophia A., Mary M., Cora A., Eaphael H., Rosa L., Maud E., Clara J., Lorena A. and Arthur I. Mr. Bowlds and family are Catholics, and he is a member of the Total Abstinence Society. He owns fifty-eight acres of valuable land.

James D. Bowlda, two miles southeast of Knottsville, farmer and stock-raiser, owning 150 acres of valuable land, was born in Knottsville Precinct, March 27, 1842, and is a son ot Thomas Bowlds (deceased), also a native of this precinct. Mr. Bowlds' grandfather, James Bowlds, was an early settler of Daviess County. Our subject has always been on a farm, and received his education in the common schools. He married Miss Sarah Hagan in 1861, the daughter of Bcajamin J. Hagan, of this precinct. They have had ten children, seven of whom are living^Benjamin, Ida, Edward, Jessie, Guy, Lorena and Minnie. Mr. Bowlds is a member of the Catholic Total Abstinence Society, and at one time was banner carrier in that society. He has held the oflSces of School Trustee and Road Overseer.

Pius J. Bowlds, one and one-half miles northeast of Knottsville, was born in this precinct, April 6, 1827, and is a son of James Bowlds (deceased), a native of Nelson County, Ky., who came to this county in 1826. At the age of fourteen years his mother died, and the family was broken up. Pius learned the carpenter's trade, at which he has worked, for the most part, for the past twent;y-five years. He gave especial attention to bridgebuilding for some time, and was six years in the employ of the L. & N. R. R. Co., engaged in that work. He was married Jan. 31, 1876, to Miss Margaret Payne, daughter of Stephen Payne, of this precinct. They have had three children, two living - Thomas B. and Martha P. Mr. Bowlds served four years in the late war, in Company A, First Kentucky Cavalry, under General Wheeler.

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In the early part of his life, like many other boys, he was obliged to go barefoot. He was eight years old when he got his first pair of shoes, and he walked one and one-half miles through the snow in his bare feet to get them. R. H. Hazel made them for him for 25 cents. Mr. B. is a member of the Catholic church and the Abstinence Society.

Zachariah Bowlds, born in Daviess County, Ky., May 9, 1825. was a son of John Bowlds, an early settler of this county. His mother died when he was eighteen months old, and his father then moved to Nelson County, where he died wher Zachariah was five years old. In the fall of 1839 he returned to this county and has since made this his home. He owns 100 acres of good land and is engaged in general farming, though he makes a specialty of tobacco. In 1851 he married Francis, daughter of Henry Wells. They have four children - John H., Mary S., Charles Z. and William H. The family are members of the Catholic church.

John A. Castlen was born in Madison, Ind., Nov. 24, 1828, and is a son of John A. Castlen, a native of Virginia, who died in Madison, Ind., of the cholera, in 1832. Our subject's mother was Elizabeth Leet, and a native also of Virginia. She brought her family to Oldham County, Ky., and located near Louisville in 1832. She now resides in this county, and is seventy-nine years old. Mr. Castlen was reared a farmer's boy, and received a common-school education. He came to Daviess County in 1856, and settled in Upper Town Precinct. In 1868 he went to Owensboro, and in company with a Mr. Guthrie built the Owensboro City Foundry, but in 1872 returned to his farm. When a young man Mr. Castlen worked for four years at the carpenter's trade. lie came to his present farm of 300 acres, four miles southwest of Knottsville, in 1875, where he is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He was married in 1856 to Miss Martha Carder, daughter of Madison Carder. They have eight children - Ida Bell, William F., Elwood, John D., Eugene, Sallie, Katie and Claudie K. Mr. Castlen is a member of the Masonic fraternity and of the Methodist Episco])al church.

A. Ilarvoy Clements, cabinet-maker and undertaker, Knottsville, was born in Spencer County, Ky., Oct. 1. LS20, and is a son of William Clements (deceased), a native of Maryland, and an early settler of Nelson County, Ky. Mr. Clements was left an orphan at the age of four year?, to rely upon his own resources. He was always of an energetic disposition, and early learned the black- smith's trade, by working at it in winter time only - farming during tlie summer. He also etirly learned the use of carpenter's tools. He came to this county in 1S38, and soon engaged in the carpenter and cabinet-maker's trade. He married Eliza J. Drury in September, 1.^42, who died four months later. He again married, this time to Malvina W. CoUett, by whom he has two children - Eichard 0. and Mary M. Mr. Clements was Constable a short time, and Justice of the Peace about twelve years. He is a member of the Catholic Total Abstinence Society.

Charles 0. Clements, of the firm of W. S. Hazel & Co., Knottsville, was born in Clay County, Mo., Aug. 10, 1834, and is a son of Charles Clements (deceased). He was brought to this county by his parents in 1843. He worked on a farm until 1868, when he began to keep a hotel and a whisky and beer saloon; this he continued till 1S74, when he engaged in the mercantile business. In 1878 he sold his interest in the store, and since then has been engaged in buying tobacco. Ele was married March 25, 1856, to Appalonia Montgomery^ by whom he had ten children, nine living - Lucy A., Jane O., Henry A., Mary A., Robert F., Lucy E., Clara E., Lillie M. and Genevieve. Mr. Clements is a Catholic Knight.

John H. Clements, farmer, one mile west of Knottsville, was born in Spencer County, Ky., July 31, 1828, and is a son of Charles O. Clements (deceased), a native of Fredericktown, Md., who came to Kentucky when a boy. Our subject came with his parents to this precinct in 1844. He was raised on a farm and educated in a subscription school. He farmed till twenty-four yenrs of age, when he engaged in general merchandising in Owensboro for two years. In 1854 he sold out and came to Knottsville and opened a general store, which he ran until 1862, when he sold to JKobernett. In 1872 he opened another store in Knottsville, which was burned eighteen months later. Since that time he has attended to farming. He was married March 11, 1855, to Miss Harriet E., daughter of Henry "Wagoner (decease!). They have had six children born to t'lem, of whom five are living - Charles PL, Matilda A., John J., William B. and Ida xignes. Mr. Clements was Postmaster tor Knottsville for eight years. Mrs. Clements was born and reared in Spencer County, Ind., near Owensboro, and they were married in Owensboro. She was a Protestant, but embraced the Catholic faith a short time prior to their marriage. Mr. Clements and family arc all Catholics.

Hillary F. Coomes, farmer, stock-raiser and also tobacco merchant, Knottsville, was born in this precinct Feb. 20, 1844. He spent his boyhood days on his father's farm, and was educated at St. Mary's College, in Marion County. He engaged in the mercantile business in Knottsville for two years, but for the past three years has been dealing in tobacco. He was married Oct. 9, 1866, to EUenora McDaniel, daughter of Benedict J. McDaniel. They had six children, five living - Marietta, Elizabeth H., Minnie R., Edwin L. and Fabien. Mr. Coomes is a Catholic Knight and a member of the Total Abstinence Society. Richard R. Coomes, father of the above, was born in Nelson County, Ky., April 1,1812, and is a son of Richard Coomes (deceased), who catne from North Carolina to this State as early as 1797, while the Indians were yet iiere. He was one of the first settlers of Bardstown. Mr. Coomes was educated at St. Mary's College. In April, 1841, he came to this county, and was the first County Surveyor of Daviess County, elected under the new Constitution, in 1850. He established the entire boundary line of McLean County, having been appointed to that work by the Legislature.

Jfiicoh Grouse (deceased), late of Knottsville, was born- near Frankfort, Germany, Sept. 4, 1832. His parents were Gabriel and Mary (Buhard) Crouse, also natives of Germany, who emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1833. In 1838 they removed to Portsmouth, Ohio. At the age of eighteen Mr. Crouse began to work on railroads. This he continued for two years. In 1855 he went to Memphis, Tenn., and built hewed log houses for one year. He then lived for a time in Cincinnati. In 1859 he came to Owensboro, and in November, 1860, he went to McLean County, Ky., and took charge of Leet's saw-mill, which he bought soon afterward, and ran it two years, and sold back to Leet. He worked in various other mills then, and in 1863 he purchased a mill on Pup Creek, which he rebuilt, and ran three years, when it burned. He then built a mill three miles abgve Knottsville, using the machinery of the old mill. This mill he ran five years. He then lived one year in Owensboro. In 1873 he moved his mill to Knottsville, where he ran it till June 1, 1882, when he was killed by the saw. He was married Jan. 22, 1861, to Rebecca O'Brien, by whom he had nine children. Of these six are living - William, Isabel, Agnes, Ivo, Mary and Anna. One daughter, Arie, died at the age of twelve years, and another, Ruth, at seven years of age. Both died in September, 1873, of typhoid fever. Mr. Crouse was

Davis A. Douthitt, born in Knottsville Precinct, Dec. 19, 1826, was a son of James I/outhitt, a native of South Carolina, wlio came to this county in 1816. He married Elizabeth Barnett, and to them were born four children, only two now living - Davis A. and Pleasant E. Mr. Douthitt was reared a fanner's boy, and iiis educational advantages were necessarily limited, being confined to the early subscription schools. He now owns a fine farm of 130 acres, and is engaged in general farming. He was married Dec. 20, 1851, to Elizabeth J., daughter of Willis J. Black. Three children were born to them, two now living - Sarah A. and Charles AV. Sarah A. married Hardin L. Floyd and resides in Whitesville; Charles married Ella Diigan, of Owensboro, and resides with his father. Mr. Douthitt is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. He is a Mason, and belongs to the ,1. O. Gr. T. and Blue Ribbon Club.

Pleasant E. Douthitt^ born Jan. 30, 1832, in Yelvington Precinct, was a son of James and Elizabeth (Barnett) Douthitt. During the late war he enlisted in Company B, Eighth Kentucky Cavalry, U. S. A., under J. A. Shackelford. His regiment was in many small battles and skirmishes, being mostly engaged in routing and capturing guerrillas and bushwhackers; also was with the party that routed Morgan from the State.

Williain F. Drury, four miles southeast of Knottsville, on the old homestead, was born, where he still lives, Jan. 29, 18i2. His father, Hillary Drury, came to this county in 1832, and settled in the woods on the same tract of land Mr. Drurj' now occupies. Mr. Drury was educated at St. Mary's College, in Marion County. He was married in November, 1872, to Miss Genevieve Mattingly, daughter of Elias Mattingly, of Breckinridge County, Ky. They have had four children, three of whom are living - Margaret C, Mary T. and Annie M. Mr. Drury owns the undivided half of the homestead, consisting of 296 acres, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He is a member of the Catholic Total Abstinence Society.

Joel H. Early, farmer and stock-raiser, one mile west of Knottsville, was born in Ohio County, Ky., April 8, 1846. His father, Lewis S. Early (deceased), was a native of Fayette County, Kv. and came to Ohio County in 1844, and to this county with his family in 1854. Our subject was roared on a farm, and received a

C'lmmon-school education. He was married Marcli 22, 1866, to Miss Lucy J., daughter of Joimson Miller. She was born in Daviess County. They have four children - Margaret E., Joseph S., Armilda E. and James W. Mr. Early is a member of the Baptist church, He owns 116 acres of land.

John Evans was born in J eiferson County, Ky. , March 24, 1 823, and is a son of Francis Evans (deceased), a native of Caroline County, Va., who came to Kentucky in an early day. Our subject's Great-grandfather Evans came from Wales a great many years ago, and settled in Virginia. Mr. Evans was brought up on his father's farm, and his educational advantages were none other save those furnished by the subscription schools, taught in a log cabin with clapboard roof, split poles for seats, a log out for a window, and a plank supported on pins in the wall for a writing desk. Mr. Evans came to this county in 1848, and settled in Knottsville Precinct, where] he still lives, three miles west of Knottsville, on his farm of 180 acres, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He was married Feb. 11, 1852, to Miss Agnes Read, a daughter of Degrafton Read. They have five children - Mary, Bettie, Morton, Maggie and Charles. Mr. Evans has been a member of the Christian church ever since he was eighteen years of age.

J. H, Ferrell, Hardinsbarg road, ten miles east of Owensboro, was born in Spencer County, Ind., May 16, 1839, and is a son of Reuben Ferrell (deceased), a native of Virginia. Mr. Ferrell came to this county with his parents in 1855, where he has since resided. In 18^3 he married Susan C. , daughter of James Clark. They have three children - Minnie, Fannie and Robert. Mr. Ferrell was a soldier in the late war in Company B, Eighth Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry, U. S. A. He participated in several of the smaller engagements, and helped to capture Morgan, the raider. He owns seventy-seven acres of land, and is engaged in general farming.

Ghnffin Oatewood, son of James Gatewood, was born in Bowling Green, Ky., Sept. 6, 1820. His father was a native of Virginia. He removed from Bowling Green with his family in 1831, to Hancock County, where he died in 1838. Griffin came to Daviess County in 1839. He ran Jewell's grist-mill two years and in 1841 came to Knottsville and learned the saddler's trade with L. T. Brown. In November, 1842, he went to Jewell's mill and carried on a saddler's shop till December, 1843, when he removed to Yel- vington and remained eight|years. He then had a shop in Owensboro four or five years and since then has been engaged in tarming. lie was married Feb. 4, 1841, to Martha A., daughter of L. T. Brown. Eleven children have been born to them, only six now living - James L., Amanda, Mattie J., Tliomas II., Nannie C. and Edwin L. Thomas II. and Ed ,vin L. are teachers, and are fast gaining enviable reputations. Amanda has also taught in this county.

Joseph W. Gore, Upper Town Precinct (recently cut oflF from Knottsville), was bora in Knottsville Precinct, Sept. 3, 1826, and is a son of Thomas Gore (deceased), a native of Virginia, who came to this county with his parents from Nelson County, Ky. , about 1804 or 1805. Mr. Gore has always lived on. a farm. "When a young man he learned the carpenter's trade, at which he worked for twelve years. Since that time lie has devoted his time and attention to farming. He was married in 1853 to Miss Susan Shortridge, by whom he had six children, four now living - Alice, Oscar, Annie and William. Mrs. Gore died in 1866 and in 1875 he again married, this time to Miss Mary Purcell, by whom he has three cliildren - Mamie, Lida and George. I'or the past thirty years Mr. Gore has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, South,

Benedict J. Hagan was born near Taylorsville, Spencer Co., Ky. June 10, 1818. His father, Nicholas Hagan, a native of Maryland, was a shoemaker, and lived in several different places, finally coming to Daviess County in 1838. Benedict J. came here in 1839, and has always ^been a hard-working i'armer, changing much of the land from a wild, uncultivated state to his present well-improved farm. He now owns 140 acres and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He was married in 1840 to Maria J., daughter of Solomon McDaniel. Tliirteen children have been born to them, nine of whom are living - Alfred I., Susan C, Sarah E., Stephen P., Rosella V., Robert A., Benedict E., Solomon N. and Lucinda J. One son, Henry L.,died in 1878, aged twenty-two years. Mr. Hagan and family are members of the Catholic church. He is a member of the Total Abstinence Society.

John G. JIarrison, born in Nelson County, Ky., Dec. 24, 1S02, was a son of William Harrisun, a native of Virginia. He wns reared on a farm and in 1S34 came to Daviess County and settled in the woods of this precinct, u-hero by hard work he cleared and improved a farm. He was married Aug. 24, 1824, to Nancy Shadwick. Fifteen children '.vere born to them, twelve of whom, si.x boys and^six girls, were reared to maturity. Seven are now living. The family are members of the Baptist church. His son, William T., with whom he makes his home, was born in Nelson County, near Bardstown, Sept. 20, 1833. He received a common-school education and was reared to the life of a farmer, now owning 200 acres of well-improved land. He has never married, bat belongs to the class of beings known as "jolly old bachelors."

Richard Henry Hazel, shoemaker, of Knottsville, was born Bear Fairfax Court-House, Ya., Sept. Y, 1818, and was a son of Edward Hazel, or, as commonly called, Uncle Ned, who brought his family to Nelson County, Ky., in the fall oi 1827, and to this county the following spring, settling in the forests of Knottsville Precinct. He was married in 1840, to Eliza Henning, daiughter of Ezekiel Henning, and has two sons - Thomas E. and William S. Mrs. Hazel died in 1881. She was a member of the Catholic church. Mr. Hazel is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

Thomas E. Hazel, son of K. H. Hazel, of Knottsville, was born in this precinct, Jan. 22, 1841. On the day of his birth some parties dug a grave in the St. Lawrence Catholic cemetery. They had a large bottle of whisky with them, which they left by the grave, and a few days after, Mr. Hazel was out hunting and passed by the cemetery and found this bottle and took it home. It was a half-gallon bottle, and of the old-fashioned kind. For several years this bottle was used to churn the butter in for the family, and when Tom was large enough to send to the store he carried molasses in it. On one occasion he came swinging it along, when all at once it flew from his hand and broke, and away went bottle, molasses and all. He was married, Jan. 10, 1860, to Matilda Wathen, by whom he had nine children, four living - Mary E., Elnora, Eliza and Rosaline. Mrs. Hazel died Aug. 19, 1874. Mr. Hazel married in January, 1876, Emma May, by whom he had one child (deceased). Mr. Hazel early learned the shoemaker's trade with his father, and followed it several years. He also worked in tobacco factories several years, and for some time in saw and grist mills.

'William 8. Hazel, of Knottsville, son of R. H. Hazel, was bom in Knottsville, Feb. 20, 1853. He was educated in Cecilian Col. lege, of Hardin County, this State. In 1872 and 1873 he clerked on the wharf-boat of Triplett, Bacon & Co., of Owensboro; came to Knottsville in 1874, and clerked for Dr. Drury, and was at the same time engaged in the insurance agency. In 1876 he worked on a farm, and in 1876 he engaged in the mercantile business with C. O. Clements, in Knottsville. In 1878 Clements sold to J. W. McJohnston, of Owensboro, who continued with Mr. Hazel as a partner until August, 1880, when he sold his interests to the latter. Mr. Hazel continued the business until Oct. 8, 1882, when he sold it to Ignatius A. Aull, he still owning the undertaker's department. Mr. Hazel erected a small grist-mill at Knottsville in 1881, but sold it and built a larger one in 1882, which we describe elsewhere in this work. He married Agnes L. Clements, daughter of C O. Clements, of Knottsville. They have two children - Chloe and Joseph B. Mr. Hazel is Deputy County Clerk) and a Catholic Knight; also member of the N. M. B. A.

Elisha Head was born in Knottsville Precinct, March 15, 1818, and is a son of William Head, who came to this county before the war of 1812, while the Indians were yet here. He worked at teaming for some time; afterward bought land, and married Hannah Adams, who bore him twelve children, of whom our subject is the fifth. Mr. Head had no educational advantages in his boyhood, as schools were almost unknown in some localities. He married Caroline Bruner, by whom he had four children, two living - Edmund and Hannah. Mr. Head's second wife was Christina Quinn. They had four children, two now living - William and Robert.

Thomas B. Head, born in Nelson County, Ky., Aug. 17, 1821, is a son of Henry Head, a native of Maryland. His father came to Daviess County in 1830, and settled in Knottsville Precinct) where Albert Shelton now lives. He was reared a farmer and now owns 180 acres four miles northeast of Knottsville, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. In October, 1845, he married Mary E., daughter of Hillary Bell. Of their nine children but six are living - Mary E., Melvina, Thomas N., William, James H. and Susan E. One daughter, Elizabeth, died at the age of sixteen years. Mr. Head has been a member of the Baptist chui'ch a number of years, and has been a Deacon in the church three years.

William B. Head, born. in Daviess County, Ky., Nov. 16, 1809, was a son of William Head, a native of Maryland, and an early settler of this county, coming here when people were few, and settlers went seven or eight miles to help neighbors roll logs and raise houses. William B. received a limited education in the early log school-house. He well remembers when there was but one frame house in the county, and no brick houses. He used to go to Owensboro, a distance of ten miles, to market. He was married Nov. 13, 1831, to Catharine Jarboe, daughter of Charles Jarboe. Of their ten children but five are living - James E., William T., Elizabeth A., Christina and Laura. Caroline, Charles, Frances, Elisha and Sophronia are deceased. Mr. Head owns 101^ acres of land, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. The family are members of the Catholic church.

Harvey E. Henning, farmer, one-half mile west of Knottsville, was born in this precinct, three miles southeast of Knottsville, Feb. 20, 1838, and is a son of "William Henning, recently of this precinct, of whom we shall speak further in his personal sketch. Our subject was brought up on the farm, and had little or no educational advantages, except in the field at hard work. He was married Feb. 19, 1860, to Miss Susan C. Hagan, daughter of Benedict Hagan. This union has been blessed with thirteen children, of whom ten are living - Raymond I., William B., Sarah A., Susan E., Mary E., Hillary H., Zachariah, Emmeline J., Frances B. and Nora. Mr. Henning owns 133 acres of valuable land, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He is a Catholic Knight.

James A. Henning was born on the old homestead, two and one-half miles southeast of Knottsville. He received a commonschool education. Married Jan. 9, 1872, Miss Kate Vanmeter, daughter of Josiah Yanmeter, of Owensboro. She was born in Hardin County, Ky. They have five children - James I., Ada C, Mary F.,. Anna M. and Felix L. Mr. Henning owns 34i acres of valuable land, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He has also been buying tobacco for the past three years, and has been very successful. Mr. Henning and family are Catholics. William Henning, the father of the above, was born in Nelson County ^Ky., Jan. 17, 1811, and is a son of Ezekiel Henning, a native of Maryland, who brought his family to this county in 1821, and settled near Knottsville. He was in the battle of New Orleans. Mr. Henning was married Sept. 11, 1834, to Mrs. Sally Wells, by whom he had nine children, five living - Harvey E., Lyman, James A., Elnora and Robert. Mrs. Henning died Oct. 25, 1853, and he married, Oct. 25, 1854, Mary A. Mattingly, by whom he has four children - Sarah E., Ida A., John L. and William L. Mr. Henning has been a life-long Catholic.

etta (Milton) Higdon, both natives of Maryland. He was reared on a farm, and received his education in the common schools of this county. He was married in 1870 to Sarah A., daughter of John R. Duncan. Eight ciiildren have been born to them, six now living - Charles I., Mary M., Francis K., Elmer L., Henson and an infant son. Mr. Higdon owns 135 acres of well-improved land. He and family are members of the Catholic church.

John A. Higdon was born on Plum Run Greek, Nelson Co., Ky., Oct. 8, 1832. His father, Charles W. Higdon, brought his. family to Daviess County in 1838, and settled in Knottsville Precinct. He married Nancy liiggs. John A. was the seventh of their ten children. He was married in June, 1860, to Mary Y., daughter of Edward T. Long, who came to this county from Maryland many years ago. Nine children have been born to them, eight now living - Edward "W"., Juliet C, James R., Ann E., John H., Rosa M., Thomas E. and Joseph M. Mr. Higdon owns a farm of 162f acres, four miles northeast of Knottsville. His family are members of the Catholic church.

Richard Higdon (deceased), late of Knottsville, was born in Nelson County, Ky., in 1807. He was born h slave, and the property of Peter Higdon, therefore he took his name. At the death of Peter Higdon he fell to the Higdon heirs. Our subject was a very enterprising man and wished to be free. He therefore hired his time by paying his master a stated sum annually, and was allowed to work for whomsoever he desired, for wages. He made enough each year to pay his master for his time and something more besides. In the meantime he married Mahala Norris, a free lady of no little ingenuity and skill. They raised a family of children, the oldest of whom were hired out by Mrs. Higdon as soon as they were large enough to work, and their earnings, together with her own, above the expense of living, was applied toward liberating Mr. Higdon. This, with what he had saved from year to year, amounted to the requisite sum, and he became a free man. Mr. Higdon was a remarkable worker in his time. He has been known to make as many as 300 rails in one day, taking them from the stump. On many a night he has worked nearly half of the night after performing his daily labor, so anxious was he to obtain his liberty. He was the father of seven children, of whom five are living - Daniel V., John T., Richard H., Ellen and Elizabeth. One daughter, Harriet, died at the age of thirtyfive years. Tlie oldest child living, Daniel V., is a practical den- tist, and is a subscriber to this work. lie was married and bad tour children. Ilis wife and one child are dead. Mr. Higdoawas raised a Catholic and died one, Jan. 2, 1883. He owned 100 acres of land adjoining Knottsville.

William James Husk, soti of George Hnsk, of Knottsville Precinct, was born in this precinct Dec. 23, 1839, and stiil lives on a part of the old homestead. He was reared a farmer and now owns 109 acres of good land. He was educated in the subscription schools of this precinct. April 21, 1863, he married Elizabeth, daughter of Moses Reynolds. Five children have been born to them, three only now living - Marion, James B. and Fannie C. Tlie other two, William A. and Florence, aged eight and six years respectively, were burned to death by the explosion of a kerosene can with whicli they were playing, pouring the oil over the fire.

James I. Knott, half mile east of Knottsville, was born in Nelson County, Ky., July 2, 1825, and is a son of Leonard Knott (deceased). Onr subject came with his parents to this county in the fall of 1826. He lias always been a farmer. He received an education in a log cabin, and sat on a split pole bench. He was married Feb. 1,1853, to Mrs. Mary A. McDaniel, daughter of James T. Carrico. By her he had five children - Mary M., Matilda J., Tresa R., Robert I. and William M. Mrs. Knott died in 1863, and he married in 1865, Yerlinda J. Ludwick, by whom he has had four children, three living - Marcellus, Genevieve and Agnes. The family are Catholics, and Mr. Knott is a member of the Total Abstinence Society. He owns 137| acres of land, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. ^i<v^\

Leonard Knott (deceased), for whom the village and precinct of Knottsville were named, was born in Nelson County, Ky., and was the son of James Knott, a native of Maryland and a pioneer of Nelson County. Onr subject came to this county in 1826, and was the first settler in what is now the village of Knottsville. He first lived one year in a small cabin on the Whitesville road, and bailt in Knottsville in 1827. He married Mary M. Drnry, by whom he had four children; of these three are living - James I., Mary E. and Margaret A. The first lives near Knottsville; Mary E. is now Mrs. John Haynes, and lives in this precinct; Margaret has been married twice, first to John Melton, and the next time to J. M. Hayden, both of whom are dead. She resides in the lower end of the county. Mr. Knott was a life-long Catholic, and died in 1854.

is a son of Hiram Lambert, who brought his family to Daviess Connty in 1833. His boyhood days were spent on the farm and in attending the log-cabin subscription schools. He now owns a farm of 258 acres, five miles northeastof Knottsville, and also has a small grocery store at Gatewood. He was married in August, 1839, to Louisa D., daughter of James McDaniel. Eight children were born to them, only three now living - Edmund W., Isaac T. and Sarah A. Mr. Lambert belongs to the Masonic fraternity.

Irarik L. Lehmann, house and sign painter, Knottsville, was born^in Prussia, Germany, Oct. 16, 1826, and is a son of John E. Lehmann. Mr. Lehmann received an accomplished education in the Gymnasium at Wittenberg, on the Elbe River. He came to America in 1849, and located in Detroit, Mich. , where he opened a painting and frescoing shop. This he ran with success for three years, employing from five to eight men. He went to New York City in 1852, but returned to Detroit in 1856, and remained several years, still pursuing his trade of painting and frescoing. He has also worked in Saginaw, Mich., Louisville, Ky., St. Louis, Mo.,, and Cincinnati, Ohio. He came to Owensboro soon after the war, and to Knottsville in the fall of 1878. In 1858 he married Miss Francina Huyser, by whom he had twelve children, one living - Louis. Mrs. Lehmann died in 1862, and he married again in 1872^ Mrs. Margaret O' Callahan, daughter of Henry Roby. She had seven children by her first husband, four living - Thomas L., Patrick M., Susan F. and Francis M. O'Callahan.

Milton B. Mattingly was born in Breckinridge County, Ky., Nov. 6, 1839, and is a son of James Mattingly, of Owensborov Mr. Mattingly was reared a farmer's boy, and received a commonschool education. He came to this county in 1866 where he has since lived except two years, which time he resided in Cloverport, Ky. He was married April 6, 1868, to Miss Lou Long, daughter of Eichard N. Long. This union has been blessed with six children, of whom four are living - Thomas, Marietta, Richard B. and Ernest. Mr. Mattingly owns fifty acres of land, three-quarters of a mile east of Knottsvville, on the Hardinsburg road, and is engaged in general farming. He is the mail-route contractor between Ov^ensboro and Cloverport via Telvington and Knottsville. He and family are Catholics.

James M. May, born in Nelson County, Ky., Dec. 27, 1815, is a son of John W. May, a native of Yirginia, who brought his family to Daviess County in 1820, and settled in Knottsville Precinct.

Mr. May fs the only one left of h fainil}' of twelve children. His lather kept a tavern in an early day on the place where our subject now lives, which is ten miles east of Owensboro, on the Ilardinsburg road. He has been married three times and is the father of six children. He is a member of the Baptist church and the Masonic fraternity.

William McBride, late of Knottsville Precinct, was born in Nelson County, Ky., in February, 1808, and was a son of John McBride. He was married Feb. 4, 1841, to Deborah Taylor. Seven children were born to them, live now living--Y/illiam E,., John C, Robert A., David M. and George T. Mr. McBride came to this county in 1842, where he died May 2, 1852. Mrs. McBride was a daughter of Benjamin L. Taylor, and was born in Washington County, Kj. She now resides with her son, John C, who carries on the home farm. He was born July 29, 1844. His education was necessarily limited, having early to devote his time to the farm. He was married April 18, 1880, to Louisa, daughter of Samuel Smith. The family are members of the Catholic church.

Chrysostom McDaniel, born in Knottsville Precinct, May 27, 1841, is a son of Ephraim and Anna (Statim) McDaniel. His father was a native of Nelson County, Ky., and an early settler of Daviess County. His early education was received in the log school-house. He was reared a farmer and now owns a fine farm ot 155 acres live miles northeast of Knottsville. He was married Jan 24, 1865, to Mary F., daughter of Richard Head, and a native of Daviess County. Of tlieir four children, three only are living - Sarah Alice, James L. and Raymond. Mr. McDaniel's father died in 1877. He is the fifth of seven children, only four now living - Mary (now Mrs. Samuel Raiey), John, Martha (now Mrs. Isaac Lindsc}'), and the subject of this sketch.

J3'e7{r!/ 3Ic Daniel {deceased), lateof Knottsville Precinct, was born in Daviess County in 1818, and was a son of Solomon McDaniel, a pioneer of this county. Our subject was married in 1833 to Miss Nancy Monarch, daughter of James Monarch (deceased). They had ten children, of whom five are living - Francis K., Mary J., Aurelia, Richard and Virginia. One son, Ignatius, died in the late war. Another son, Thomas, died at the age of nineteen yejirs. Mr. McDaniel was a farmer all his life. He died March 7, 18(i4. He was a life- long Critholic.

came with his family to Daviess County in 1839. He was educated in the common subscription school and was reared to the life of a farmer. He now owns a farm of eighty acres under a good state of cultivation. Ele was married in January, 1866, to Sarah £. Head, daughter of Richard Head, and a native of Daviess County. Mr. and Mrs. McDaniel are members of the Catholic church.

John H. McDaniel^ born in Knottsville Precinct, April 21, 1S49, is a son of Hardin McDaniel, also a native of this precinct. His grandfather, John McDaniel, was an early settler here. He was reared on a farm and still follows that occupation, owning seventy-one acres of well-improved land. He was educated in the common schools of this precinct. Jan. 22, 1874, he married Susan M. Medcalf, daughter of Edward Medcalf, an early settler of Knottsville. They have had two children - Herman E. (deceased), and Charles E. Mr. McDaniel is a member of the Masonic and 1. O. O. F. fraternities. He is an Elder in the Mt. Zion Cumber land Presbyterian Church.

Reason McDaniel^ born in Knottsville Precinct, Dec. 20, 3 817, was a son of John McDaniel, a native of Helson County, Ky., who came with his father, Joseph McDaniel, to Daviess County when a boy. Joseph and John McDaniel both died in this precinct in 1836. Mr. McDaniel can remember when it was all woods from Knottsville to Owensboro, and when deer and wild turkey were abundant. He was married Feb. 25, 1840, to Cynthia McDaniel. Of their nine children but six are living - Albert, Henry, Melissa. G., Willis, Reason C. and Rufus P. All are married but Melissa. During the late war Mr. McDaniel enlisted in the Third Kentucky Cavalry, U. S. A. His Captain, Albert Bacon, was killed at the battle of Sacramento, Ky., in 1861. Mr. McDaniel was wounded in the same battle and captured. Pie was discharged in 1863. He now draws a pension.

Willidm D. Medcalf (deceased) was born in Knottsville Precinct,Dec. 3, 1827. His father, William Medcalf, was a native of Maryland, and came to. Daviess County with his parents when a boy. William D. was reared on the old homestead farm, and attended school in the old log school-house of the early day. He was married Feb. 21, 1850, to Nancy E., daughter of Hillary Bell, an early settler of this county, from Maryland. Ten children were born to them - Richard H., Margaret E., Melvina, Marietta, William C, Leora, James A., John W., Jennie B., and Lawrence Y. Mr. Medcalf diedDec. 8, 1878. He joined the Missionary Baptist cliurcli in December, 1852. Prior to that he had been a member of the Presbyterian church. He owued 294 acres of land, fortytwo of which have been sold since liis death.

Robert Miller (deceased), late of Knottsville Precinct, was born in Shelby County, Ky., Oct. 1, 1814, and was a son of James Miller. He was reared on a farm and educated in a subscription school. He was married March 5, 1840, to Cornelia S. Anderson, daughter of Reuben Anderson. Tiiey had fourteen children born to them, of whom ten are liying - Reuben A., James L., John N., Mary E., Annie S., Robert E., Francis B., Martha C, Henry W., and Charlotte A. One son, Greorge P., died at the age of thirty-six years. Mr. Miller came to this precinct in January, 1867, and settled four miles southeast of Knottsville, where his widow and the younger children now reside. He died June 4, 1875. He was a Mason and a member of the Temple of Honor. He was a faithful member of the Baptist church. Mrs. Miller was born in V^ersailles, Woodford Co., Ky., Sept. 25, 1818.

Damd A. Monarch, one mile south of Knottsville, was born in Marion County, Ky., Dec. 14, 1829, and is a son of James Monarch (deceased), a native of St. Mary's County, Md., and a descendant of the LordB"altimore Catholics, the firBt|settler8 of Maryland. He lirought his family to this county in 1832, settling in Knottsville Precinct. He was a farmer and cooper by occupation. Our subject was therefore brought up from childhood on the farm, and has always been a farmer. Also for the past six years he has worked at the blacksmith's trade, which he acquired himself without any instructor. On the 16th day of November, 1852, he married Miss Maria J. Handley, a daughter of Ben Handley (deceased). They had seven children, six living - Edwin E., John T., James B., Mary J. (Coomes), Rose A. and William D. Mr. Monarch and family are Catholics, and Rose A. has joined the Sisters of Charity. William Mufett was born in Breckinridge County, Ky., Jan. 6, 1831, and is a son of Benjamin Muffett, who died when William was but five years old. Our subject's mother, Elizabeth B. Duncan, was born near Telvington, tkis county, and had removed to Breckinridge County, but upon the death of her husband she returned with her family to this county. She afterward married Henry Roberts. Mr. Muflfett has always lived on a farm ; and, as his father died whe the children were all small, he had but very limited educational advantages. Mr. Muffett married a daughter of William Bell (deceased), and is the father of seven children, of whom

William F, Ifewsom, Knottsville Precinct, three miles west of Knottsville, was born in Upper Town Precinct, this county, Aug. 4, 1825. His father, William Newsom (deceased), was a soldier in the war of 1812, and fought the Indians under General Hopkins and Colonel Joe Barnett. He emigrated to this county from South Carolina in 1809, and located three miles above Yellow Banks (Owensboro), and raised a crop the same year, keeping bachelor's hall with James M. Rogers. He married Miss Rewey Shown in 1811. Her father, Peter Shown, was a Pennsylvania Dutchman by birth. He came from Fredericktown, Md., to Owensboro, or Yellow Banks, in 1804, and stopped at the only house there for a day or two, where he met with the red men of the forest. It was the house of William Smithers. He then proceeded to what is now Ohio County and located. He was a hard worker and a comic, jovial old man. The settlers had many a laugh at his expense. Mr. Shown died in Montgomei-y County, Ind., in 1847. Two of his sons, Peter and Edward Shown, were carpenters, and built some of the. first frame houses that were built in Owensboro. William Newsom was the father of ten children, of whom our subject is the seventh. He was brought up on the farm and received a common-school education. He was married Sept. 13, 1854, to Miss Susan E. Lambert, daughter of Elijah Lambert (deceased), a native of Nelson County. Mrs. Lambert was born in Daviess County. Eight children liave been born to them, of whom six are living - Mollie M., William E., Thomas J., Josie Mc G., James E. and Harry C. One daughter, Sallie J., died at the age of fourteen 3'ears. Mr. Newsom is a member of the Christian church, ag also are Mrs. Newsom and the two eldest children. Mr. Newsom owns I'il acres of valuable land, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising.

John R. O^Bryan, born near Bardstown, Ky., Jan. 21, 1811, ia a son of Lewis O'Bryan, a native of St. Mary's County, Md., who came to Kentucky, and settled wlicro Louisville now is, before there was any town there. John R. was reared on a farm and has always followed that occupation. He came to Daviess County in 1830, where he now owns 171 acres of well-improved land. His education was limited to the early subscription schools. He was married May 1, 1818, to Mrs. Martha (Drury) Long. Six children were born to them, five now living - Ben F., Isabel B., Monticello

JohnL. Payne, born in Nelson County, Ky., May 14, 1825, is a son of John L. Payne, a native of Maryland, born in 1799, who came with his parents to Kentucky and settled in Nelson County, near Bardstown, in 1811. He came to this county in 1828 and bought 1,300 acres of land, and became one of the wealthiest citizens of the county. He died Aug. 6, 1860. John L. was reared on a farm and educated in the early subscription ^schools. He now owns a good farm of 100 acres and is engaged in farming and 8tock-i*aising. He was married in May, 1856, to Elizabeth, daughter of Richard W. Long, of tliis precinct. Nine children have been born to them, seven now living - Theresa A., Martha A., Elizabeth E., Madora T., John R., Rosa L. and Michael Guy. Mr. Payne is a member of the Catholic church.

John T. Payne, born in Knottsville, Oct. 14, 1827, is a son of Cornelius Payne, a native of Nelson County, who came to Daviess County in 1826. John T. was reared on a farm and never had any educational advantages. He was married Feb. 25, 1862, to Mary J., daughter of Hillary Long. He owns 161 acres of fine land and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. Mr. and Mrs. Payne are both members of the Baptist chnrcli.

Simeon W. Payne, horn in Nelson County, Ky., Feb. 16, 1825, is a son of William Payne, who brought his family to this county in 1826 and settled in this precinct, where Simeon W. has since resided. Mr. Payne has worked on the same road since sixteen years of age. He has never seen two men fight ; never been on the water ; never crossed the Ohio River ; never rode on the cars, or in a buggy. He was married Nov. 10, 1850, to Caroline Head, daughter of William B. Head, of this precinct. Four children were born to theni - Raymond C, Claudius I., Julia A. M. and Wiii;-.'.)! P. ^Ir.s. P.iyne died Dec. 5, 1S59, and Nov. 1>^ 1860, at tiie tame Iv.Mjr as hefoio, Mr. Payne was again married. Nine children were born to tliis union, seven now living - Mary E., John E., Tlioma.s L., Ton^fta A ,. Mart^aret J., Simeon M. and Michael J. Richard J. died at the age of eighteen and Mary J. when about two vears old. Mr. l'a}ne owns 150 acres of good land and is engaged hi farminiT 'ind ?tock-raising. The fajnily are members of the Catholic church. Mr. Payne is a firm believer in total abstinence.

1836. His father, William Payne, was a native of Montgomery County, Md., a descendant of Lord Baltimore, and came to Kentucky with his parents in 1812, and to this county in 1827. His grandfather, John II. Payne, was born Feb. 14, 1789. He caine to this county in 1827 and bought 1,400 acres of land, settling his children around him. He died March 24, 1846. Stephen T. was reared on the old homestead of his grandfather. Jan. 15, 1849, he married Martha J., daughter of Robert Cecil. Of their nine children but seven are living - Margaret F., William R., Matilda J., Susan A., Martha A., Stephen S. and James T. Susan Elizabeth and Everellis' (twin of James T.) are deceased. Mr. Payne was Registering Sergeant during the drilling of militia of the Mexican war. He has served as Road Supervisor four years. He is a member of the Catholic church and Total Abstinence Society.

Jefferson Ritchey, born in Spencer County, Ind., Feb. 28, 1840, is a sonfof William Ritohey, who brought his family to Kentucky in 1840. He was married in October, 1857, to Mary E. Burnett, daughter of William Burnett, of Hancock County, Ky. Nine children were born to them, all now deceased. One daughter, Mary, was married and left one child, also now deceased. His wife died April 14, 1880. Mr. Ritchey is now left alone and makes his home with Uncle Reuben N. Barker. He was a soldier in the Confederate army during the late war, and was wounded and left for dead on Shiloh battle-ground. He afterward returned home and enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and Twentieth Indiana Infantry, U. S. A., and served till the close of the war.

Oeorge W.Roby, born in Nelson County, Ky., Aug. 7, 1823-, was a son of Henry Roby, a native of Maryland, He was reared on a farm, and educated in the early subscription schools, his attendance at school being limited to fourteen months. He came to Daviess County in 1844, locating in Knottsville Precinct. He has lived on his present farm since 1849. Aug. 9, 1842, he married Catharine Harkins. Of their four children but two are living - Elizabeth A. and John H. Mrs. Roby died March 15, 1850, and in May, 1852, Mr. Roby married Elizabeth Smith. They had one child - Margaret Ellen. His wife died Jan. 19, 1873. Jan. 11, 1876, he married A. Rosalia Wathen. Three children were born to them, only two now living - Thomas Leo and Walter C. Mr. Rohy owns a fine farm of 100 acres, all under excellent improvement. He is one of the model farmers of the county and has brought his farm from a wild, uncultivated state to its present condition. Mr. Roby

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Mev. Patrick M. J. Bock, son of Michael Rock, was born in Armagh, Ireland, July 2, 1850, and was educated at St. Patrick's College in his native town. He came to America in 1870, and taught in the theological seminary in Louisville fifteen months. He was ordained in Louisville Cathedral by Bishop McCloskey, June 15, 1872. He was pastor of the church at Elizabethtown nine months, and of St. Cecelia Church, Louisville, three years and nine months. In February, 1879, he came to this pre.inct and has since that time been pastor of St. Lawrence Catholic Church, situated two miles east of Knottsville.

O. B. Rowland, born Sept. 16, 1836, in Knottsville Precinct, is a son of Simon Rowland, a native of Virginia and an early settler of Daviess County. He was reared on a farm and still follows tViat occupation, owning a farm of fifty acres. He received his education in the subscription schools of this locality. In October, 1858, he was married to MahalaA. Adams, daughter of Alex. Adams, an early settler of this county. Ten children were born to them, eight now living - Ezra, Jerome, Lu. M., John W., Magnetta, Homer, Cosby C. and Marvin E. Mr. Rowland is a Mason, and also belongs to the I. O. G. T.

James Shouse, son of Henry Shouse, was born in Woodford County, Ky., in September, 181-t. His father was a native of the same county, and died there when James was small. The family removed to Shelby County, and when seventeen years of age James went to learn the cooper's trade. He worked at his trade thirteen years, and since then has been engaged in farming. He came to Daviess County in 1848, and now owns a farm of 173 acres, four and a half miles northwest of Knottsville. In the spring of 1840 Mr. Shouse married Maranda Pence. Ten children were born to them, only seven now living - Sarah A., Malinda, William, Mollie, Emily, James L. and Catherine. All are married except the two youngest. James C. is carrying on the farm and is a subscriber to this work. He is a very energetic and enterprising young man. Mr. Shouse is a member of the Baptist church and is a Master Mason.

Joseph R. Smith was born in Oldham County, Ky., March 28, 1839, two and a half miles west of Knottsville. His father, William Smith, is a native of Virginia, and came to Kentucky when a small boy. Our subject came to this countv first in 1860, but left in a few months, and lived at Lewisport, Ky., until 1865, when he returned to this county. He has resided during tliat time in and around Knottsville. He married Miss Sarah F. Yeatch, daughter of James Veatch (deceased), Sept. 10, 1860. They have seven children - William T., James H, Herbert, Walter D., Paul, Josephine O. and Daisy A. Mr. Smith owns 109 acres of land, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

Leum Speah, born in Nelson County, Ky., Oct. 15, 1815, is a son of John Spealr, an early settler of that county. He was educated in the common schools and in St. Mary's College, Marion County. He was reared on a fai-m, and has always followed that occupation, now owning a farm of 100 acres. He came to Daviess County in 1850, and has since resided in this precinct, with the exception of one year spent in Yelvington. He married Frances M., daughter of William Medcalf. Nine children have been born to them - Mary, John T., Sarah, Matilda, Rebecca, Martina, Henry, William and Emma. Matilda married Zachariah Head, and died Jan. 21, 18S3, leaving two children. Mr. Speak is a member of the Catholic Total Abstinence Society.

George W. Spencer, late of Knottsville Precinct, was born in Bullitt County, Ky., Dec. 18, 1838, and came with his parents to this county in 1841. He received a common-school education, and always followed the occupation of a farmer. He was married Feb. 25, 1857, to Sarah E., daughter of Enoch Early. Four eliildren were born to them - William W., Eliza A., James C. and Nancy J. William married Maggie Hoskins, and Eliza married Franklin Hall. Mr. Spencer died Oct. 29, 1877. He joined the Baptist church when a boy, and was alwa^'S a faithful member of that denomination.

Henry B. Wathen was born in Charles County, Md., June 29, 1810, and is a son of John AVathen, who brought his family to Nelson County, K}'., in 1815, just after the close of the war of 1812. He was a soldier in that war. Our subject was reared on a farm, and educated in a subscription school. He came to Daviess County in 1835, settling in Knottsville Precinct, where he has since lived. On the 2ith of November, 1839, he married Miss Eebecca, daughter of Thomas F. Montgomer}-^ (deceased), an early settler of this precinct. They have had eleven children, of whom eight are living - John T., Eosella E., Francis X., Melvina E., AppaloniaB., Henry B., Peter E. and William P. Mr. Wathen

P. D. Wilson^ M. 7?.,Gatewood, was born in Harrison County, Ya., June 29, 1815, and is a son of Colonel Benjamin Wilson. He has been married three times and is the father of eleven children. He lived in Posey County, Tnd., many years, and came to Daviess County in April, 1879, locating in Gate wood, where he has a store and is also Postmaster. His father. Colonel Benjamin Wilson, was born Nov. 30, 171:7, east of ihe mountains in Virginia, and on reaching manhood, in 1768, removed west of the mountains. In 1773 he removed west of the Laurel Mountains and settled in what is now Harrison County, W. Va., which was his home till his death, Dec. 2,1826. Colonel Wilson represented a large territory during our colonial existence. He commanded the military escort of Governor Dunmore in his campaign and treaty with the Indian chief, Cornstalk, held where Chillicothe, Ohio, now stands. He commanded the State militia on the northwestern border of Virginia during the Revolution, under General Washington. After the war he was Clerk of the Circuit Court, representing the large district west of the mountains twenty-eight years. Although he was a soldier seven years, he nor his heirs ever received a pension or a foot of public land for his services. He was twice married, and was the father of twenty-nine children, twenty-eight of whom were reared to maturity, and twenty-seven married. There are now two sons and four daughters living, their ages ranging from sixty to eighty years. They are residents of Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio and Minnesota. His grandchildren and great-grandchildren are scattered from the Allegheny to the Eocky mountains.

Joseph F. Winkler, born in Knottsville Precinct, June 6, 1841, is a son of William Winkler, a resident of this precinct. He was reared on a farm and early learned the science of farming, and having put his knowledge into practice has developed into a model farmer. He owns 158 acres of good land. He also owns and runs a horse mill, the burrs of which are the oldest in the county, having been brouglit from Evansville in a row-boat by William Mason, before Owensboro was platted. His father used them many years, and they still do good work, Mr. Winkler doing his own grinding and much custom work for his neighbors. He enlisted in the late war, in Company E, Twelfth Kentucky Cavalry, U.S.A.; was in forty-two raids and skirmishes. A part of his company helped capture Jeff. Davis. December, 1859, he married Amanda

Medcalf, daughter of Edward Medcalf. Six children have been born to them, five now living - Elizabeth E., "William E., Emma O., Thomas E. and Mary E. Mr. "Winkler has been a member of the Mt. Zion Cumberland Presbyterian Church twenty-five years. William Winkler, born in "Washington County, Ky., Oct. 3, 1801, is a son of Adam "Winkler, a native of North Carolina, who settled in "Washington County during the Kevolntiou, and in 1812 brought his family to Daviess County and settled in the woods in Knottsville Precinct. Indians and wild animals were plenty, but at that time, though the Indians were peaceable. Adam "Winkler lived to see many changes in this county before his deatli. "William Winkler married Eliza Adams. Of their -twelve children but three are living - Hiram, "William and Joseph V. Mrs. "Winkler died June 14, 1844, and June 18, 1846, Mr. "Winkler married Alcy Hale, who died Dec. 16, 1881. Mr. "Winkler has been a hardworking man and is now, in his eighty-second year, enjoying a peaceful old age.