Daviess County, Kentucky - Chapter 26: Upper Town Precinct, 1883

Chapter 26: Upper Town Precinct

In 1867 this precinct was marked out as follows : Beginning with Precinct No. 1, at a point on the Ohio River in the center of the north end of Frederica street; thence southwardly along the middle of Frederica street to the middle intersection of Second or Main street; thence along the middle of Main street to a point opposite the middle of the north and south hall of the coort-hoose; thence through the middle of the court-house by the north and south hall and across the court-house lot to the middle of Third street; thence with Third street to the middle of Fr^erica street; thence southwardly along the middle of Frederica street and the Livermore road to Panther Creek; thence up Ktain Ptinther Creek to mouth of North Panther Creek; thence up North Panther Creek to the bridge over same where the Litchfield road crosses said creek; thence along the Litchfield road toward Owensboro to Caney Creek; thence up Caney Creek so as to exclude James McKinney'e; thence to Ben Allen's, excluding E. S. Jones's, "Wm. McKiiy's and said Allen's; thence to the Hardinsbiirg road to Richard Jett's, including said Jett's and J. W. Gabbert's; thence to the Pike's Peak school-house; thence with the old trace to David Clark's, excluding him ; thence to the nearest point to the new road and along said new road to the Barker road near C. Bell's; thence on a straight line to the intereSection of the Jo "Wright and Hawesville road; thence with the Jo Wright road to the Ohio River; thence down the Ohio River to the beginning.

This is generally an upland precinct, and the land of good quality, much of it No. 1. There is some coal in the eastern portion, especially among the hills about Dr. Lockhart's. Near town are shafts sunk about iifly feet, where a three-and-half-foot vein is found. In the eastern jjortion the thickness is about four and a half feet. About all the land is under fence, and the population as dense as the average near large towns. The timber, which was once very abundant and of fine quality, is of course very scarce now.

Early Settlement

This precinct adjoins the city of Owensboro, and some of tlie earliest settlements in the county were made within its limits. One of the first settlements was made by Valentine Husk, who, after living two or three years at Yellow Banks, moved to a point on the Ohio River at the mouth of Pup Creek. Mr. Husk had seven children, the third of whom was George Husk, born in October, 1800. In 1809 Mr. Husk moved to a point now included in Knottsville Precinct. Robert Duncan, father /f Robert G. Duncan, was one of the early pioneers of this precinct. He came here from Nelson County in 1816, and first settled on the banks of Yellow Creek and lived there for some time; but finding that titles to the land were not good, he moved to the vicinity of Yelvington. Upper Town Precinct embraces the farms of Jo Daveiss and his brother, GeneralJohn Daveiss. The Daveiss farm was long known as Carnland, and was settled about 1806. About 1807 or '8, Thomas Clay, grandfather of Senator T. C. McCreery, and brother of General Green Clay, who was the father of Cassius M. Clay, settled seven miles above Owensboro, on a farm on the Yelvington road, now owned by Senator McCieery.

J. W. M. Field commenced to distill whisky in this precinct Feb. 3, 1873, three miles southeast of Owensboro, on the Pleasant Valley road. He commenced by manufacturing two and a half barrels a day, and gradually increased the quantity until 1881, when the capacity was increased to twenty-five barrels a day. Mr. Field is the sole owner of his distillery, never having had a partner connected with it. He has manufactured apple and peach brandy every fall from 1873 until 1880. Previous to this he had run distillery No. 28, of New Yelvington. His present distillerv is No. 3.

A Neighborhood Battle

In the spring of 1852 a difiiculty arose between the families of Ignatius Payne and William and George Turnbull, in regard to the building of a fence between the farms. The Turnbulls wanted to join fences, and the Paynes wanted a road between so that stock could pass back and forth. Turnbulls persisted and joined the fences, in spite of all opposition. Payne went out to move the fence, when the Tumbulls came out and commenced an attack, using butcher-knives for weapons. Mr. Payue and his son Georjife were killed, and John, James and Ignatius Payne were badly wounded. The women portion of the family fought as desperately as the men. This affray occurred six miles east of Owensboro, on the Pleasant Valley road, on what is now known as the John A. Payne farm.

For t))e politics of the various parties, see Lower Town Precinct, 1852, Aug. 2: Sheriff - Landrum, 122; Yeech, 82. For railroad tax, 114; against, 89.

Magistrates' Courts: For one justice, the third Saturday in March, June, September and December; for the other, the first Thursday in these months.

William P. Baker was born in Breckinridge County, Ky., Sept. 2, 1836. He was reared and educated in Hawesville, Ky., and practiced law there twenty years. He was County Attorney of H: '.ock County for two terms, and County Judge two terms. In the , , . of 1873 he came to Daviess County, and practiced his profession in Owensboro three years. He then moved to the old "Jo Daveiss" farm, two and a half miles southeast of Owensboro, where he now has 100 acres of well-improved land, and is engaged in farming. A part of his house was built by Jo Daveiss about seventy-five years ago. He was married Oct. 22, 1868, to lone Williams, daughter of Judge C. W. ^Villiams, of Owensboro. They iiave four children - Alice, born Aug. 20, 1869, Hamilton W., J Illy 15, 1872; Mary R., Jan. 1, 1878, and George W., May 1, 1881. Mr. and Mrs. Baker are members of the Methodist Episcopal church of Owensboro. Mr. Baker is a membar of Lodge No. 130, A. F. & A. M., Owensboro.

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E. G. Bell was born in Daviess County, Ky., Feb. 21, 1837. His father, Hillery Bell, was a native of Maryland, and died in 1877. His mother, Margaret (Adams) Bell, was born in 1798, and died in 1853. R. G. was the youngest of ten children. He was married May 6, 1863, to Elizabeth Thompson, a native of Nelson County, Ky., born in 18il. They have three children - Flora Jane, George W. and L. G. Mr. and Mrs. Bell are members of the Baptist church. Mr. Bell owns a farm of fifty-four and a half acres, four miles from Owensboro, on the Valley road.

Thomas Bery, farmer. Upper Town Precinct, was born in Jefferson County, Ky., May 26, 1847. He was the youngest of three children - two sons and one daughter - of John and Elizabeth (Ray) Bery. His father died in 1857 and his' mother in 1858. He was married May 1, 1873, to Mildred, daughter of Peter and Delila (Matsonboxer) Snowden, and a native of JeflFerson County. They have four children - E. C. M., William, Lou I. and Jesse. After his marriage Mr. Bery lived a year on a farm in Butler County, Ky., and in 1874 came to Daviess County. He has a blacksmith's shop, which he runs in connection with farming, where he does first-class work. Politically he is a Democrat. Mrs. Bery is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

Ben Botts was born in Fleming County, Ky., March 17, 1823, and lived there engaged in farming till 1873. He was High Sheriflpfrom 1845 to 1866. In 1873 he went to Illinois but remained there only a year, moving to Sullivan County, Ind. He lived there three years and then came to Daviess County. He now lives two and a half miles southeast of Owensboro, on J. W. M. Fields's farm. He was married June 10, 1845, to Juliet E. Dorsey, a native of Fleming County, born Feb. 11, 1823. They have six children - Mary W., born Sept. 12, 1846; Annie, born Aug. 1, 1848, now Mrs. W. L. Smith; Seth, born Dec. 1, 1851; Amelia, born Oct. 26, 1855, now Mrs. Silas Wright; George W., born Jan. f>, 1860, and Juliet E., born May 14, 1864. Mr. Botts is a member of the Presbyterian church. He is neutral in his political views.

John A. Brown was born on the 31st day of March, 1845, about three miles south of Owensboro, Daviess Co., Ky., where he remained until the 14th day of August, 1862, when he enlisted in the U. S. army, in Company E, Thirty-eighth Kentucky Mounted Infantry (Colonel Gabriel Netter), Aug. 15, 1862. Colonel Netter was killed in a skirmish with the enemy near Owensboro, Ky., Oct. 19, 1S62. The regiment was then transferred to the

Twelfth Kentucky Cavalry (Colonel Q. C. Shanks). Spent the winter of 1862-'3 at Munfordville, Ky., constantly engaged in scouting and skirmishing incident to the cavalry service, the principal of which was hovering on the flank of John Morgan's command when he made his celebrated raid, destroying the trussell work on the L. & M. R. E., near Elizabethtown, Ky. The severest fight with him was at the mouth of Younger's Creek, on the Rolling Fork, about Dec. 29, 1862. Starting about the first of July, 1863, they pursued Morgan through Kentucky to Brandenburg where he crossed the Ohio River; thence through Indiana and Ohio to Buifington Island, Ohio, where, on the 22d of July, the greater part of his command was captured. The regiment became a part of Wolford's Independent Brigade, accompanying General Burnside to East Tennessee, and was in a severe engagement at Philadelphia, Tenn., Oct. 20, 1863, where they were surrounded and cut their way out, sustaining a heavy loss. Falling back to London they engaged the enemy for several days in succession; was in a severe skirmish at Maryville, Tenn., in November, 1863; participated in the two days engagement in front ot Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 17 and 18, 1863, in which General Saunders was killed, holding Longstreet in check until General Burnside could prepare for the siege which followed, lasting about three weeks; was in several severe engagements during the siege; started in pursuit of the enemy, with whom they had an engagement at BeansStation, Tenn., Dec. 15,1863; then at Mossy Creek and Dandridge and Flat Gap and Fair Gardens ; in the latter engagement Mr. Brown received a gun-shot wound in the left arm on the 28th of Janary, 1864. The regiment was assigned to General Stoneman's Cavalry Corps accompanying General Sherman's army on the Atlanta campaign; was in several engagements, continually as they advanced from Tunnell Hill until the fall of Atlanta; was with General Stone- Inan on the raid into Virginia which resulted in the destruction of the salt works near Abingdon, in December, 1864. Mr. Brown was one of the 180 nnder command of Major J. B. Harrison who made the daring raid in the rear of the enemy at Saltville, cutting off their communication and preventing re-enforcements, going up the railroad burning bridges until they reached Marion, Ya., when they took to the mountains, crossing over into Rye Yalley, N. C, continually besst by a superior force of the enemy. Here they encountered a w*' on train with a strong guard. He was one of eight or ten composi; - the rear guard, under command of Lieutenant

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Mitchell, who was ordered to remain b:ihiiid and cut out the mules and mount the colored teamsters, which daring feat they accomplished successfully in the face of tlie guard. On the next morning he was one of five, then composing the rear guard, who were intercepted by seven rebels well armed and mounted ; they killed one and captured the other six. They re joined General Stoneman near Moseburg, East Tenn., after being separated for several days. Returning to Kentucky, they were re-fitted, and accompanied General Stoneman on his great raid thro'i.gh East Tennessee to Ghristiansburg, Va. ; thence to Salisbury, N. C, in March and April, 1865, where they had a severe engagement, resulting in the capture of the place and the destruction of the Confederate arsenal, containing a large amount of ordnance stores; going thence to "Western North Carolina, capturing Asheville; then through South Carolina into Georgia. They remained on the Savannah River until the 20th of May when the President's proclamation of amnesty expired, which virtually ended the war; was mastered out at Louisville, Ky., Sept. 7, 1865. He returned home and worked on a farm until the spring of 1868, when he went to learn the carpenter's trade and worked at it until the spring of 1874, wlien he engaged in the queen's-ware business a year and then worked at his trade again till May, 1877. He then entered the United States Internal Revenue service as Storekeeper and Gauger and served in that capacity until about August, 1879, when he was commissioned as U. S. Internal Revenue Storekeeper, in which capacity he still remains. He is a member of Owensboro Lodge, No. 130, A. F. & A. M. ; Brothers' Lodge, No. 132, I. O. O. F. ; Owensboro Encampment No. 45, I. 0. O. F.; Star Lodge No. 19, K. of P., and Gen. James S. Jackson Post, No. 3, G. A. R., Department of Kentucky, all of which are held in Owensboro, Ky.

L. P. Castlen, son of John L. and Elizabeth Castlen, was born in Madison, Ind., Oct. 11, 1833. His parents were natives of Virginia, his father born in 1800 and liis mother March 19, 1804. His father died in 1835 of cholera, and his mother is still living with her son. There was a family of five children, only three now living - John, Orrelton (now Mrs. George Heal, of Oldham County, Ky.), and the subject of onr sketch. Alter the death of his father the family moved to Oldham County, Ky. In 1855 Mr. Castlen married Fannie Minnis and moved to McLean County, where he lived seven years, and in 1862 came to Daviess County. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Castlen - John W., Florence and Fannie. Mrs. Castlen died in 1861. Oct. 22, 1867, Mr. Oastlen married ElmlraGillim, a native of Daviess County, born Oct. 12, 1848. They have had four children - Frank, born Dec. 9, 1868, died Nov. 16, 1880; Novel, born May 31, 1871, died Feb. 5, 1879; Lucy, born Jan. 6, 1874; an infant, born Sept. 20, 1877, died Oct. 25, 1877. Mrs. Castlen's parents, James and Elizabeth (Newsome) Gillim, were both natives of Kentucky. Her mother died May 18, 1870; her father is still a resident of this county. They had a family of twelve children, eight now living - Charles, Frank, Rebecca, James, Elmira, Nettie, Alexander and John.

Joseph A. Clark was born in Breckinridge County, Ky., Nov. 16, 1843. His parents moved to Nelson County when he was an infant, and returned to Breckinridge County when he was four years old. In March, 1864, he came to Daviess County, where he now has a well-improved farm of 112 acres five miles southeast of Owensboro. Jan. 23, 1866, he married Laura, daughter of J. F. Brown. She was born in Hardinsburg, Ky., in May, 1843. They have four children - Embert A., born Oct. 23, 1866; Mary E., Sept. 14,1872; Modesta, July 31, 1876; Ellen, March 28, 1878. Mr. Clark and his family are members of St. Stephen's Catholic Church, Owensboro. Mr. Clark's father, T. Clark, was born in Maryland, in 1812, and died in 1876, in Owensboro. His mother, Mary Ann (Speak) Clark, was born in 1816, and died March 12, 1865, leaving four children - James T.; Margaret, now the widow of Caleb Brown ; Joseph A. ; Martha Ann, now Mrs. William B. Daveiss. One brother, Felix Thaddens, started with eighty others under Linsey Rhodes, to join the Confederate army, and was captured near Mammoth Cave, Ky., and sent to Johnson's Island. From there he was exchanged and sent to Vicksbnrg. He went to Chattanooga, and has never since been heard from.

Fred TT. Clarke, with M. V. Monarch & Co., insurance agents, and Vice-President of the Sour Mash Distilling Company, was born July 17, 1859, in Cumberland County, Ya., and was educated in the University of Virginia. He was a son of William H. and Sarah C. (White) Clarke, both natives of Virginia, his father born in March, 18'29, and his mother in 1831. His father was educated in the University of Virginia, and is a member of- the firm of William H. Clarke & Co., tobacconists. His mother was educated in Steubenville, Ohio. They were married in 1855, and have two eons - Edward H. and Fred W.

Benjamin D. Coomes^ son of B. D. and Corrilla (Ford) Coomep, was born in Daviess County, on the farm where he still resides) Jan. 28, 1855. His father is a native of Nelson Connty, Kj., born in 1809, and his mother of Ohio County, Ky., born in 1818. They have five children - F. N., John T., W. P., Benjamin D. and Corrilla. Benjamin D. was educated in this county, and is still living with and assisting his father in carrying on the farm. His father came to Daviess County when a young man, and now owns 240 acres of well-improved land, three miles south of Owensboro. In religious faith the family are Catholics.

Zachariah Cruse was born in Olden County, Ky., Feb. 11, 1820. His father, Thomas Cruse, was born in Virginia, and came to Kentucky at an early day. He wasmarriel in 1817, to Rachel Barnhill, a native of Olden County, Ky., born in 1802. They had three children - Zachariah, Elizabeth and J. B. Thomas Cruse was killed in Owensboro, Ky., in August, 1824, by Joseph Pottp, through a mistake, thinking he was another man. He was the first man killed in Owensboro. Mrs. Ciuse was afterward married to Jasper Bristow. She died in 1869. Zachariah Cruse was married in 1844 to Elizabeth Obenchain, a native of Hancock County, Ky., born in 1824. They had two children, only one now living - J. S., born July 28, 1849. He still lives on the farm with his parents. He was married March 18, 1875, to Minnie Rarick, a native of Breckinridge County, Ky., born Nov. 5, 185fi. Mr. Cruse owns 180 acres of fine well-improved land four miles from Owensboro.

Isaiah C. Daniel., farmer, was born in Shelby Connty, Ky., Nov. 13, 1834. He came to Daviess County with his parents in 1S36, and was reared and educated in this county. He studied medicine when a young man, btit never practiced his profession. He owns a farm of eighty-five acres three miles southeast of Owensboro, where he resides. Dec. ^0, 1857, he married Sarah C. Nuckols, a native of Goochland Counts', Va., born Feb. 10, 1833. They have six children - Virginia P., born Oct. 31, 1858; Jacob H., Jan. 17, 1861; Anna J., Dec. 30. 1864; Stonewall Jackson, Aug. 17. 1866; Charles T., July 11, 1870; Ernest C, An^l,^ 7. 1872. Mrs. Daniel died April 5, 1881. Mr. Daniel is a member of the Baptist church. His father, Leonard Danie', was born in King William County, Va., in 1801. and died in 1861, in Daviess C.mnty, Ky. His mother. Maria (Cox) Daniel, was born in Goochland County, Va., in 1808, and died in 1866. They had a family of seven children, Isaiah being the second. Digitized by Microsoft®

W. IL. FaM, was born in Kentucky, Oct. 19, 1836. For several years after the war he dealt largely in live-stock, handling more than any other man in the coimty. From 1870-'72 he was a partner in the firm of Glaypool & Co., pork packers. During the winter he was in the South, superintending the sale of their provision, and, having more experience, was also the purchaser for their extensive business. He dissolved partnership with the lirm and was afterward employed by them at $375 per month during the pork season. From 1874-'77 he operated in the grain and provision market on the Chicago Board of Trade, buying on the margin, which proved disastrous. During this time he was Director in the Bowling Green woolen mills, and also in the head and stave factory. In 1880 he came to Daviesa County and was employed in the United States revenue service, twenty-one months. During the winter of 1881-'8:3 he was associated with a .firm in which he made $15,000. In iiugust, 1882, he resigned his position in the revenue department and is now engag ed in the livestock and produce business. In 1870 he was nominated on the Republican ticket as Representative to the Lower House of the Legislature, but was defeated by 400 majority. The Democratic majority was 1,000, so he ran ahead of his ticket by 600 votes. Mr. Fant is a member of Bowling Green Lodge, No. 73, A. F, & A. M. ; has taken nine degrees. He is a Director in the Masonic Life Insurance Company, of Bowling Green. He is also a member of the Knights of Honor, at Bawling Green. Dec. 11, 1878, Mr. Fant was married to Kate A., daughter of Colonel Joel Ruffner, of Charleston, W. Va., where she was born in 1844. They have one child - Josie R. Mr. Fant is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church.

Captain Benjamin Field was born in Virginia, Nov. 14, 1755, and came to Kentucky about 1786, going first to Danville. He was a surveyor, and surveyed the land from Covington, Ky., to Daviess County, and from Owensboro to Lewis Station. He was married in 1790 to Mildred Slaughter, a native of Culpeper County, Va. In November, 1795, lie started with his wife aud three children, for Yellow Banks, now Owensboro. Dec. 24, 1795, he landed there, left his family in the-.pirogue, went twelve miles south and put up a cabin, returned for his family, and ripped up the pirogue f)r a covering for the house. He built the first cabin between Yellow B inks and Hartford. There was a fort at Hartford and one at Vienna, now Cilhijon. His wife was a beautiful dancer; danced the minuet with a pint cup of water on her head without spilling a drop. Captain Field sent his eldest daughter, Elizabeth, to a dancing school at Hartford. She wanted a new pair of shoes, and, as they had to send toBardstown for such supplies, she was afraid she would not get them in time. Her father told lier she should have the si so he had a sheep killed, dressed the skin and made her a nice p of white slippers. When they were soiled she staiued them th poke berries and thought them as good as new. The ladies in those days carded, spun and wove their own dresses, and Captain Field's daughters were no exc option. They were taught to spin and weave when they were so small that it took two of them to manage the loom. At one time there was to be a ball, and Elizabeth made herself a new dress for the occasion. The warp was so fine that her father drew the web through a ring before it was put in the loom. Captain and Mrs. Field had a family of nine children - John was a soldier in the war of 1812 and was at the battle of New Orleans. He married Rachel McFarland, of Daviess County. Elizabeth married Colonel "William Newton. Lucy married James Daviess; he died and she afterward married Kichard L. May. William first married Nancy McMiUen, of Clark County; his second wife was Elizabeth McFarland, and his third, Mrs. Lucy McGee. Fannie married Squire James Newton, of Culpeper County, Va. James and Joshua never married. Thomas married Arabella Morton, of Maryland. Willis married Louisa McFarland, daughter of Captain Eobert McFarland. At one time, after high water on Panther Creek flats, Captain Field found a large sturgeon. He tied to it his horse's tail and dragged it, some six miles, home. The family gathered round, supposing it to be dead, when suddenly it showed unmistakable signs of life, by giving a plunge and knocking his daughter, Mrs. Newton, then a little girl, over. Ca'ptain Field died Jan. 2, 1842, and is buried on tiie old "Shoemaker farm," in Murray Precinct. His wife died in 1S53.

Benjamin T. Field, burn in Daviess County, Ky., March 26, 1S42, is a son of Thomas P'ield, also a native of this county, born in 1805, and died in 1S47. His granrllather. Captain Benj. Field, was a Captain in the war of the Revolution, and died in Daviess County- in ]S-±2. Benjamin T. was educated in this county and was roared o\\ the same farm where he now lives and which his father gave him. He was married Dec. 14, 1869, to Mattie Hurt, a native of Salem, Ya. , born Aug. 12, 1851. Tlieyhave fivechil- dren - Thonias C, born Jan. 31, 1871; John W., born Jan. 21, 1873; Bettie B., born Oct. 21, 1875; Ella P., born Nov. 16, 1877; and Newton, born Nov. 1, 1879. During the late war Mr. Field served three years in the Tenth Kentucky Confederate Cavalry, under John Morgan. He was captured by the Home Guards in Virginia while trying to make his escape from Ohio when Morgan made his raid through Ohio. He was paroled but never exchanged. Mr. Field owns 142 acres of good land, three and a half miles from Owensboro. He is a member of the Baptist church.

Robert F. Ooode, son of J. P. and Mary J.(Morris) Goode, was born in Casey County, Ky., Aug. 29, 1847. His father was born in Missouri, March 26, 1826, and died May 7, 1879. His mother was born in Casey Coutty, Ky., July 4, 1827. Kobert is the eldest of fourteen children, twelve of whom are living. He lived on a farm till fifteen years of age, when he enlisted in the Thirteenth Kentucky Federal Cavalry and served three years. After the war he worked on a farm several years, and bought tobacco for Hugh Kerr & Co. five seasons. Dec. 8, 1880, he was appointed United States Storekeeper by the Government. March 20, 1870, he was married toEliza Ann Clements, a native of Casey County, Ky.,born Nov. 14, 1852. Six children have been born to them, five now living - Lizzie E., born April 22, 1871; Evalina, born Nov. 10, 1874; Janie B., born Aug. 8, 1876; Sudy A., born Feb. 2, 1880; Arthur, born Feb. 10,1881. Mr. Goode joined the Masonic fraternity in 1875, and has been a Master Mason six years. He belongs to the Grand Army of the Republic, No. 3, Department of Kentucky.

I'. Henry C. Gfaham, born in Logan County, Ky., Jan. 4, 1843, is a son of John T. and Martha (Tatum) Graham, both natives of Logan County, his father born in 1805, and his mother in 1825. His mother died in 1857. Of a family of seven children, but four are living - Rebecca, Lucy, 'Henry C. and Cassey. Henry C. enlisted in September, 1801, in the Ninth Kentucky Confederate Infantry. He was in the battles of Shiloh, Chickamauga, Yicksburg, Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro, Atlanta, Jackson, Missionary Ridge, Kenesaw Mountain, etc.. and was never wounded, all his regiment but five being killed before the war closed. He was taken prisoner at Jonesboro, and was confined at Camp Douglas six months. In 1878 he was married to Mattie F. Decker, a native of Owensboro, born July 26, 1851 . They have two children - Anna L. and Henry Lee. Mrs. Graliam is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

Her father, Wm. H. Decker, was born in Meade County, Ky., in June, 1826. Her mother, Mary C. (Horn) Decker, was born in Daviess County, April 28, 1833, and died Oct. 11, 1856. They had a family of four children - Martha F., -Laura T., Nathaniel H. and Mary C.

William W. Gregory was born Jan. 7, 1803, in Washington County, Ky. In the spring of 1824 he removed to Jefferson County and i-emained there till May -i, 1864, when he went to Hancock County and lived till 1866. He then came to Daviess County, and in 1869 bought a farm of 105 acres, seve.. miles northeast of Owensboro. He was married Jan. 28, 1835, to Susan Butler, a native of Jefferson County, Ky., born in April, 1815. Eight children have been born to them - L. L., married Katie McAdams and has three children - Samuel, Susan and Katie L. ; Richard P., married Trica Beard and has five children - Joseph B., Ada, Susan W., Bettieand William; William W., Jr., married Cornelia A. Covert; Narcissa A., married W. W. Morris, of Yelvington, and has two children - Edna L. and Bettie M. ; Elizabeth M., married Oscar Madden, and has two children - Julia and Oscar L. ; John E., married Lizzie Fairfield and has two children - Ross M. and Russell B.; Alexander V.; Charles B., married Abra Scanks, and has one child - Fern. Mr. and Mrs. Gregory were married on the 28th day of January, 1835, and a son was born Jan. 28, 1840, Jan. 28, 1860 and Jan. 28, 1856.

Oeorge S. Hayden (deceased), one of the pioneers of Daviess County, Ky., was born near New Hope, Nelson Co., Ky., Nov. 15, 1810, a son of George and Mary (Elliot) Hayden, natives of Maryland, who came to Washington County, Ky., at an early day. They had a large family, and George S. was the youngest. George S. was reared on a farm in Nelson County, and was married there to Miss Delphenia Elder, May 4, 1833. She was a daughter of Dr. Guy and Mary (Birch) Elder. The summer following his marriage he came to Daviess County, settling on his farm in Upper Town Precinct. His wife died here in October, 1839. They had three children - James D., born May 3, 1834, died June 2, 1837; Lucy A., born Aug. 11, 1836, is the wife of Wilferd J. Hayden ; Mary Y., born Sept. 9, 1838, wife of John H. Payne, both residing in Upper Town Precinct. June 2, 1840, Mr. Hayden married Miss M. Teresa Burch. She was born in Hardin County, Ky., March 17, 1822, a daughter of John H. and Mary A. (Greenwell) Burch. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Hayden settled on the old farm in Upper Town Precinct, where his wife still resides, and where he died May 4, 1876. They had a family of thirteen children - Virginia A., born March 11, 1841, married Wm. H. Monarch; Robert H., born Dec. 20, 1842, died Sept. 16, 1878; Margaret E., born Feb. 14, 1845, married John W. Hagan, who died Oct. 26, 1882; J. Artelia, born Feb. 11, 1847; George S., Jr., born Jan. 25, 1849, died Dec. 31, 1852; Nannie T., born March 11, 1850, married S. W. Osborne; C. W., born April 15, 1853, resides on the old homestead with his mother, engaged in farming; Eva E., born May 16, 1856, married William W. Elandford, Jan. 23, 1883; Joshua B., born April 2, 1858, is employed in the " Famous" clothing house of St. Louis, Mo.; H. Walter, born March 22, 1860, is a farmer and stock-dealer of Curdsville Precinct; Frank X., born May 5, 1862; George S., born April 8, 1865, and Teresa G., born Feb. 22, 1868. The last three reside at home with their mother. The family are all members of the Catholic church. Mr. Hayden was not only one of the pioneers of Daviess County, but was a good neighbor and a representative citizen, loved and respected by all who knew him.

W. J. Hayden was born Feb. 25, 1830, in Hardin County, Ky. His parents, William and Nancy (Hardin) Hayden, were from Washington County, Ky., having removed to Hardin County several years before his birth. W. J. was the sixth child. He remained with his father until he was twenty-one years of age. He then entered a carpenter's shop, and after three years' diligent study and hard labor became a skilled mechanic. In 1853 he came to Daviess County. In 1856 he married the oldest daughter of G. S. Hayden, a well-known and respected farmer living near Owensboro, and wlio was one of the pioneers of Daviess County. In 1859 he returned to Hardin County, purchased a larm three miles west of Elizabethtown, where he lived until 1872, when the health of himself and family rendered it necessary for him to return. In 1873 lie returned with his family, purchased land of Miss Mary J. Newton, four and a half miles east of Owensboro, where he has now lived ten years, an honest and respected citizen.

James A. Head was born in Bullitt County, Ky., March 16, 1S20, and came to Daviess County in 1831. His father's family came in 1832. Since that time^he has never been out of the county but twice. He has a farm of eighty-four and a half acres, five miles east of Owensboro. He was married in November, 1856, to Louisa Payne, a native of Daviess County, born Nov. 13, 1830. They have six children - George A., Susan V., Edgar, Eugene,

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Oscar, Anna B. Mr. Head and his family are all members of the Catholic church. He. has served his township as School Trustee and Overseer of Highways.

John It. Hill, farmer, was born in Nelson County, Ky., Nov. 21, 1835, and came to Daviess County with his parents in 1856. He is a son of Martin and Anastasia (Hagan) Hill, both natives of Nelson County, Ky. His father was born Aug. 15, 1801, and died in January, 1868. His mother was born in 1804 and died Aug. 6, 1856. There was a family of eleven children - Cynthia Ann, Bernard, Cyperan, Catherine, Amanda, Permc'ia, John R., Mary Jane, Louisa, William and Francis. John R. has never married, but has two sisters keeping house for him. He has been Overseer of Highways eighteen years. He is a Catholic in religious faith. Mr. Hill attended school at Troy, Ind., in the winter of 1863-'4:.

WiUiam Hill, born in Nelson County, Ky., July 2, 1844, was a son of Martin and Apna S. (Hagan) Hill, both natives of Nelson County, his father born in 1812 and his mother in 1815. His grandfather, Henry Hill, a native of Maryland, was one of the first settlers of Nelson County. His mother died at Grissom's Landing in 1855, and his father in 1871. "William was the tenth of eleven children. He lived on a farm till seventeen years old, when he enlisted in Company K, Seventeenth Ohio Infantry, and served 120 days. From 1863 till 1879 he carried on a saw-mill. He then formed a partnership in a distillery, under the firm name of Hays & Hill. In June, 1880, T. G. Hill bought Hays's interest and the firm became Hill & Hill. Mr. Hill was married Dec. 20, 1866, to Mary C. Boulware, a native of Olden County, Ky., born in 1845. They have three children - Charles, born Oct. 11, 1868; Ida, C, born Feb. 11, 1871, and John, born April 14, 1873. Mr. Hill is a member of the Catholic church.

William T. Horn, born in Daviess County, Ky., April 29, 1831, was a son of Natlianiel and Catherine (Hayes) Horn, natives of Madison County, Ky., his father born in 1800, and his mother in 1807. His mother died in 1872, and his father in 1875. They had a family of ten children, only four of whom are living - B. F., Samuel H., William T. and John 0. Mr. Horn was reared on a farm and received his education in this county. After reaching his majority he worked two years in a saw-mill; the rest of his life has been spent in farming. He now owns a good farm of 144^ acres, seven miles east of Owensboro. He was married Nov. 24, 1853, to Nancy J. Ford, a native of Daviess County, born Feb. 21,

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D. D. Jones was born in Daviess County, Ky., Aug. 24, 1834. His father, Gilbert Jones, was born in North Carolina, and came to Daviess County in 1822, where he died in 1858. His mother, Sallie Jones, was born in North Carolina and died in Daviess County in 1857. He was married Sept. 23, 1858, to Margaret Trumbull, a native of Kentucky, born in 1836. They have five children - Anna Amelia, Fanny Clay, Clemence, Arabella and Cora Mason. Mr. and Mrs. Jones are members of the M. S. church. Politically he is a Democrat. He owns a farm of thirtyfive acres eight miles from Owensboro.

William J. Jones was born in Daviess County, Feb. 28, 1849, and is a son of Andrew F. and Harriet E. (Sordridge) Jones, natives of Daviess and Henry counties, respectively, his father born March 25, 1826, and his mother Aug. 22, 1826. They have five children - William J., Laura A. (Mrs. Lee Bell), Bettie (Mrs. G. H. Lancaster), Nannie E. and J. W. Mr. A. F. Jones is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, and belongs to the Masonic fraternity. William J. resides with his father, and works on the farm in the summer and at the carpenter and builder's trade in the winter.

W. R. Kirk was born in Daviess County, Ky., May 1, 1844. His father, William Kirk, was born in North Carolina in 1807, and came to Kentucky in 1827, where he died in 1880. His mother, Susan Ann (Bassett) Kirk, was born in Mercer County, Ky., in 1808, and is still living eight miles east of Owensboro. W. K. is the tenth of fourteen children, seven of whom are living. He was reared on a farm and educated in this county. He still follows the occupation of a farmer, living at present eight miles east of Owensboro with his brother, John P. Kirk. He is a member of the Baptist church. Politically he is a Democrat.

Jacob Leibfried was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, Oct. 15, 1819. He came to America in 1S49, landed in New York, and a few days later came to Louisville, Ky. He remained there two jears, working at the boot and shoe maker's trade, and in 1851 came to Owensboro, where he worked at his trade sixteen years. He then bought a farm of forty-eight acres, two miles southeast of Owensboro, where he now has 120 acres of well-improved land. About twelve years ago lie discovered a three-foot vein of coal of a good quality on his land. He has rented it and gets one cent per bushel for ail the coal mined. In 185i he married Katie Knoll, a native of Hesse, Germany, born in 1832. Nine children were born to them - William, Lettie, Lizzie, Jacob, Charles, Mary, Rose, Henry, George. Mrs. Leibfried died Aug. 2, 1879. Mr. Leibfried is a member of the Harigari Lodge, Owensboro.

James B. Long, born in Shelby County, Ky., March 30, 1821, came to Daviess County with his parents in 1828. His parents both died in 1830, his father on a steamboat, while en route to Louisville, and his mother in this county. They had a family of three children - James B., John G. and Nicholas. James B. was married Feb. 1, 1842, to Elizabeth C. Howard, a native of Daviess County, born Oct. 25, 1824. They have five children - John G. , Howard T., Katie (now Mrs. E. J. Ford), Thomas S. and Laura G. Mr. Long is by trade a brickmason. In 1860 he bought the farm of 185 acres, where he now resides, about four miles east of Owensboro. He and his wife are members of the Baptist church. They are also, with their son and daughter, Thomas and Laura, members of Lostntter Lodge, No. 1,127, I. 0. G. T. Mrs. Long's parents came from North Carolina, about sixty-five years ago. Her father. Rev. John G. Howard, was a minister of the Baptist church about forty years,- and died in Owensboro, in 1874. Mrs. Long is the only child now living.

William Lostutter, son of John and Delila (Robertson) Lostutter, was born in Rising Sun, Ind., April 27, 1840. He came to Daviess County in 1874, and bought a farm of 240 acres, five miles east of Owensboro. March 16, 1867, he married Rebecca J. Hemphill, a native of Rising Sun, born Jan. 17, 1848. They have four children - Harry H., born March 24, 1868; Carroll C, June 4, 1871; William T., Oct. 10, 1873; John R., Nov. 5, 1878. Mrs. Lostutter's parents are residents of Indiana.. They have eight children - Rebecca J., William T., Mary E., Joseph P. (Auditor of Ohio County, Ind.), James S., Lucy A., Fannie B. and Grant. Mr. Lostutter is a member of the I. 0. O. F. fraternity. Digitized by Microsoft®

/ T. J/ariSm was born in Shelby County, Ky.,Feb. 17, 1826, and was a son of John P. Martin, a native of Virginia, who died in Shelbyville in 1867. I. T. was the fourth of seven children. He wtfs married Nov. 16, 1848, to Martha M. Owen, a native of Franklin County, Ky. They have four children^Benjaminj Martha E., Josephine and Fannie. Mr. Martin lived in Shelby County till twenty-two years of age, and then came to Daviess County, where he now owns 115 acres of good land, eight miles east of Owensboro, on the Litchfield road. Politically he is a Democrat.

'William Martin was born in County Down, Ireland, March 9, 1809. In the spring of 1831 he came to America, landing at Quebec, and from there went to Buffalo, and remained till 1832. He left there on account of cholera and went to Pittsburg, Pa., and remained there six months; then went to Cincinnati and soon after obtained employment on a steamboat as carpenter. Six months later he went to Maysville, Ky., and worked at his trade eighteen months. Oct. 16, 1834, he married Elizabeth A. Oram, a native of Baltimore, Md., born Nov. 4, 1814. After his marriage he went to Natchez, Miss., and lived there four years, and then went to Concordia Parish, La. He made several trips to Maryland, Kentucky and St. Louis, and finally bought 100 acres in J ferson County, Ky. He lived there three years and then exchange^ it for property in New Orleans. He lived there a year and thei. bought a farm on Yellow Creek, Daviess County. In 1860 he bought 125 acres six miles from Owensboro, where he still resides. Two children have been born to him, only one now living - William A., born Feb. 20, 1840. Mrs, Martin has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church since 1832. Mr. Martin in his religious views is an Episcopalian.

W . E. Miller^ born in Daviess County, Ky., Aug. 6, 1860, is a son of P. J. and Julia Ann Miller, both natives of Kentucky, He was married in 1872 to Emma Shouse, a native of Daviess County, born in 18.54. Their children are - AUabell, James J., Minnie, Arthur, and Fleming. Mr. and Mrs. Miller are members of the Macedonia Baptist church. He owns a farm of 115 acres six and a half miles from Owensboro. He is the present Road Supervisor of Pleasant Grove District, No. 31.

Enos Mo Cormlclc, son of Francis and Priscilla (Newton) Mc- Cormick, was born in Masonville Precinct, Daviess Co., K}'., Sept. 18, 1838. His educational advantages were limited, but he attended the Bloomington, Ind., University a short time. April

2, 1867, he married Martha J. Cundiff, a native of Muhlenberg County, Ky., born Jan. 26, 1847. In the winter of 1867-8 Mr. McCormick bought a farm near Green Brier church where he lived three years. In 1871 lie bought his present farm in Upper Precinct, where he has sixty-live acres under a good state of cultivation. Mr. and Mrs. McCormick have three children - George, born April 2, 1874; Thomas F., July 10, 1876; Maggie B., Dec. 7, 1881. They have lost four children - John, born May 25, 1870, died March 22, 1871; James O., born May 8, 1871, died June 30, 1876; Elsie M., born March 28, 1880, died Jan. 16, 1881; Ellis, born Oct. 13, 1878, died Nov. 20, 1881. Mrs. McCormick's parents, Thomas F. and Margaret Ann (Stone) Cundiff, came to Daviess County in 1845 and settled on a farm in Masonville, where her father died April 1, 1877, and where her mother still lives. They had a family of nine children, five sons and four daughters.

James K. McCormick, born Feb. 3, 1828, in Masonville Precinct, Daviess Co., Ky., was a son of Francis and Priscilla (Newton) McCormick. His father was a native of Culpeper County, Va., born Feb. 22, 1801, and came to Nelson County, Ky., when he was four years old, with his parents. He came to Daviess County in 1825, where he died in 1876. His mother was born in Daviess County, and was a daughter of Benj. Newton, an early settler of this county. She died in 1840. There was a family of seven children - John, James, Enos, Ben, Mary Ann (deceased), Diana, Elizabeth. Mr. McCormick married for his second wife Mrs. Nancy (Walker) Roberts, who still lives in Masonville. They had six children - Martha, William, Priscilla, Daniel H., Emmitt, Clara P. James K. McCormick was married in 1849 to Martha, daughter of Hugh Walker, a native of Todd County, Ky., who came to Daviess County when nine years of age. They have one child - Amelia, now Mrs. George H. Lewis. Two children are deceased - Francis, at the age of twenty months, and Susan, aged fourteen years. In 1865 Mr. McCormick bought his farm in Murray Precinct, now annexed to Owensboro, consisting of 119 acres, under a good state of cultivation.

Thomas Monarch. - The Monarch family are of French origin. Thomas Monarch's grandfather was born in France, and on coming to America settled in Maryland. Francis Monarch, the father of our subject, was born in Maryland, and there married Mrs. Elizabeth Melton, wliose maiden name had been Mattingly. Francis 53"

Monarch died in St. Mary's County, Maryland, in 1801. Thomas Monarch, the youngest of a famil}' of seven, was born one month after his father's death. His father died Feb. 25, 1801. Thomas was born Marclf 25 of the same year. Previous to his death Francis Monarch had arranged to remove to Kentucky, and on his death-bed requested his wife to carry out his plans, which she proceeded to do, and when Thomas was but three weeks old the family left Maryland. At the mouth of Bear Creek, where stands now the city of Louisville, the Monarchs disembarked. Only a few houses marked the site where now sits the great commercial center of Louisville. The family found a home in Washington County, Ky. Here Mrs. Monarch died in 1835. In Washington, as it was then, Thomas was reared, but that portion of the county has since been included in Marion County. At the beginning of the century, the period back to which Mr. Monarch's boyhood dates, there werefew schools in that portion of the State. As a result of this condition surrounding his youth, he had but about nine months schooling. His older brothers having left home, Thomas remained with his mother until his marriage, Jan. 27, 1827. He married Susan Davis of the same county, who was born May 13, 1801. Her father was Philip Davis, from Pennsylvania. Her mother's name before marriage was Margaret Mattingly, the Mattingljs being early settlers of that part of Kentucky'. For seven years after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Monarch resided in Washington County. Following the footprints of an older brother, Mr. Monarch, in the fall of 1833, visited Daviess County, purchasing 150 acres of land at $3 an acre. Early in the following year Mr. and Mrs. Monarch, in an ox-cart, with all their household goods, bade adien to friends of their youth, and set out for Daviess County, where, eight miles east of Owensboro, on the Hardinsburg road, they arrived Feb. 13, 1834. Here a cabin had previously been erected, and a couple of acres of ground cleared. This and nothing more had been done on the spot that was to be the future home of Thomas and Snsan Monarch. Since that time their lives have been a part of the history of Daviess County. Tiieir history has been marked by integrity of character, and in every way worthy of emulation. To Mr. and Mrs. Monarch were born ten children in the order given - William H., Henry (who died when a child), Amanda (died 1856), Daniel, (died May, 1875), Henry F. (died in 1857), Thomas J., Richard, Miranda, Martin V. and Sylvester. In his political life Mr. Monarch started as a Jackson Democrat, and subsequently became a Whig, and an ardent 8np])orter of Henry Clay. For many years he consented to fill the office of Magistrate in Daviess County. In religion he early embraced the Catholic faith, and lived a consistent member of that church until his death. Mr. Monarch died Nov. 13, 1881. Mrs. Monarch is still living, now in her eighty-thini year.

W. H. Monarchy son of Thomas and Susan (Davis) Monarch, was born in Marion County, Ky., Nov. 10, 1827. When seven years old his father removed to Dj,viess County, settling on a farm on tlie Ilardinsburg road, eight miles from Owensboro. W. H. was educated in the district schools. In 1852 he married Catherine Jones, of Daviess County. The following year he commenced farming for himself. In 1871 he engaged in the saw-milling business, continuing eighteen months. He then formed a partnership with his brother, M. V.,in the distilling business. This partnership lasted five years, and then W. H.. in company with his brother Richard and E. P. Millett, built a distillery about three quarters of a mile east of Owensboro, the firm name being E. P. Millet & Co. They employ, when in operation, from thirteen to fifteen hands. Mr. Monarch lost his wife Feb. 22, 187u. To this union had been born three children, one now living - Wm. L. Aug. 15, 1871, Mr. Monarch married Virginia Hayden, of Daviess County. They have three children - Teresa P., Thomas R. and Mary U. Mr. and Mrs. Monarch are members of the Catholic church. Politically he is a Democra.t. He has been a Justice of the Peace.

Athanaus Montgomery, son of Thomas F. and Clotilda Montgomery, was born in Daviess County, Ky., Aug. 5, 1831. His father was a native of Maryland, born in 1797, and died in 1851. His mother was bom in Nelson County,Ky., in 1 800,and died in 1866. There was a family of eleven children - Pius, Auguston, Rebecca, Jane, John T., Zachariah, Margaret, Atiianaus, Joseph, Apolonia and Raphael. Athanaus was reared and educated in this county, and in 1852 married Mary L. Clements, a native of Clay County, Mo. Six children were born to them, only three now living - Susan L., John H. and Thomascene. Mrs. Montgomery died Sept. 22, 1 882. Mr. Montgomery owns a farm of fifty-five acres and also the place where he resides, consisting of about five acres. He is a member

H. H. Morris was born in Jasper County, Mo., Feb. 8, 1844. In 1847 he came with his father to Daviess County, and settled where he now lives. He was married Feb. 24, 1876, to Sallie A. Milli- gan, a native of Nelson County, Ky., born in March, 1847. They have no children. Mrs. Morris weighs 290 pounds. Mr. Morris's father, T. B. Morris, was born in Ohio County," Ky., April 8, 1810, and in March, 1818, came to Daviess County, and in 1824 moved back to Ohio County. In 1839 he went to Jasper County, Mo., where he lived till 1847, when he came back to Dav^iess County and settled where he still resides. April 17, 1832, he married Mahala R. Felix, a native of Ohio County, Ky., born in 1814. She died in Missouri in 1846, leaving eight children - GreorgeW., William, Sarah Jane, Charles T., Norman B., Elizabeth T., H. H., A. V. Nov. 22, 1847, Mr. Morris married Sarah Hale, a native of Mercer County, Ky., born in 1816. They have three children - Lucy G., Martha E. and Samuel B. Mr. Morris hus seventy-two acres of fine land six miles east of Owensboro. In the late war he enlisted in the Eighth Kentucky Confederate Cavalry. April 1, 1865, he was captured near Sel ma, Ala., b}^ Company B, Fourth Michigan Cavalry; was kept in stockade eight or ten days, and then marched to La Place, Macon County, Ala., and paroled. He had the measles and was sick at I. C. Church's thirty days. After he recovered he walked from Atlanta to Dalton, 110 miles, in three days, with nothing to eat but raw bacon and corn bread. Mr. Morris is a member of the Baptist church. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity and I. O. O. F.

James A. Morrison, farmer, was born in Oldham County, Ky., Dec. 30, 1841. His father, James R. Morrison, who was born in Danville, Ky., in 1802, and died in CarroUton, Ky., in 1872, while visiting his son, Dr. Qoodlow Morrison, was one of the best business men of his county; kind and generous, and always willing to lend a helping hand in the way of financial aid to worthy young men. His mother, Mildred (Duncan) Morrison, was born in Oldham County, Ky., in 1806, and married at the age of twenty-thr^e years. She has had six children, three now living - Dr. A. M., of Goshen, Ky., born in 1838; James A., born in 1841, and Lucv E., born in J 844, now the wife of Charles Harrison, a druggist of Davenport, Iowa. James A. came to Daviess County in 1874, and bought eighty acres a mile southeast of Owensboro. ile makes a specialty of raising hay; also buying large quantities each year for the market. He also makes a specialty of Jersey cattle and Berkshire hogs, raising and selling large numbers. He was married in Louisville, Ky., May 5, 1868, to Mary Gowan, a native .'f LouisviHe, born in December, 1S42. They have four children -

William, born Feb. 7, 1869; Sarah, Oct. 23, 1871; .Tames G., Jan. 8, 1877, and Goodlow M., in 1881. Mr. Morrison is a member of the Methodist and his wife of the Presbyterian cliureh.

6'. Q. Naws, florist and market gardener, was born in Germany, Jan. 1, 1843, and came to America in 1866, landing in New York the day before Lincoln was assassinated. He came direct to Louisville, K.y., and remained there three years. In 1868 he went to Clark County, Ind., and in 1872 came to Nelson County, Ky. In February, 1878, he came to Owensboro. He has two green-houses on GriflBth aveinie, a half mile south of the coi.rt-house. He was married in April, 1874, to Fannie Mattingly, a native of Nelson County, Ky., born in March, 185.5. They have live children - Benedict, Henry, Robert, William and Kate. Mr. and Mrs. Nawz are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Nawz is a member of Lodge No. 19, K. of P., Owensboro, Ky.

Colonel William Newton (deceased),born in Culpeper County, Va., June 9, 1788, was a son of William and Elizabeth (Fields) Newton, also natives of Virginia, where they were married, and where their children were born. William, Jr., was the second son of a large family. He was reared in Yirginia,and came to what is now Daviess County, Ky., in 1809. In 1810 he went to "Virginia for his parents, and returning settled on the old Newton farm in Murray Precinct. In 1813 he enlisted in an independent company, under Colonel William Russell, against the Indians. March 18, 1815, he married Miss Elizabeth Field, eldest daughter of Captain Ben. Field, who was born in Danville, Ky., May 2. 1793. He went to Hartford for his license, and was obliged to swim all the creeks on account of high water. After his marriage he settled on the old Shoemaker farm in Murray Precinct. In 1843 he removed to the farm in Upper Town Precinct, where his daughter, Mary J., now resides. Colonel Newton was Deputy Internal Revenue Collector, under his father-in-law, Captain Ben. Field, in 1815, and Deputy County Sheriff in 1823-'24. While holding the latter office, March 18, 1824, he sold on the premises 1,950 acres of land, patented to John Mays, lying on the Ohio River, in ,thi8 county, to the highest bidder. It was purchased by Philip Triplett, at 25 cents per acre. In the afternoon of the same day he sold at the door of the court-house in Owensboro the same representa tive's interest in 3,000 acres, patented to John Mays and D. Ross, and also said representative's interest in the town of Owensboro. Philip Triplett was the purchaser of the whole at 25 cents per acre, and 25 cents per town lot, he being the highest bidder. In 183S Colonel Newton was elected to the State Legislature from Daviess County. In 1841 he was Sheriff of the county, and held the office two years. He was one of the early Directors of the old Southern, now National, Bank ofOwensboro. He was an energetic, publicspirited man, and always took an active part in any enterprise that promised progression to his county. In politics he was a Whig. Colonel and Mrs. Newtin had a family of eleven children. Two sons and tliree daughters grew to maturity, but oue now living- Miss Mary J. Miss Newton resides in a large two-story brick house built by her father in 1847. She has a line farm of 300 acres, the buildings all well made and comfortable. The whole premises show thrift and good management. A cousin. Miss Matilda Field, resides with her. Miss New'ton is a member of the Macedonia Baptist church. Colonel Newton died April 18, 1872, and Mrs. Newton, March 28, 1873.

William T. Pate, son of John F. and Matilda (Laycock) Pate, WHS born in Ohio County, Ind., Jaji. 30, 1835. His father was born in Dearborn County, Ind., and now lives in Ohio County. His mother was a native of Ripley County, lad. There was a family of five children - John M., Delila, Henry S., Charles P., and the subject of this sketch. June 6, 1870, William T. Pate was married to Charlotta Lostntter, a native of Ohio County, Ind., born Sept. 20, 1849. They have three children - Lucius, William and Ollie L. In 1876 Mr. Pate came to Daviess County, Ky., where he now owns a fine farm of eighty acres three and a half miles east of Owensboro. Mrs. Pate's father, John Lostutter, was born in Ohio County, Ind., May 26, 1817, and now resides in Daviess County. Her mother, Delila (Robertson) Lostutter, was a native of Switzerland County, Ind., and died in Daviess County in 1874. Mr. and Mrs. Lostntter had a family ot ten children, seven now living - David, William, Eliza", Mary, Charlotta, Annie and Olive.

George D. Payne was born in Daviess County, Ky., Sept. 9, 1868, and has always lived on his father's farm. He received his early education in this county, and attended the Cecilian College ten months. His parents, John A. and Mary (Valeria) Payne, were both natives of Daviess County, his father born in 1829 and his mother in 1840. There was a family of nine children, only seven now living - George D., Bettie, Robert O., Herman S., William J., Lucy G. and Emma. His mother died in 1879. The fam-

Upper Town Pkeoinct

P. E. Payne was born in Meade County, Ky., Feb. 22, 1848. His father, William M. Payne, was born in Nelson County, Ky., about 181Y, and died Feb. 12, 1861. His 'mother, Jane (O'Bryan) Payne, was .born about 1821, and died April 26, 1864. P. E. is the fourth of seven children. He came to Owensboro in March, 1867, and worked one season on the Rudd farm. In the fall he commenced to tend bar for Eobert O'Bryan; worked for him eighteen months, and in the spring of 1869 went to work for M. V. Monarch. In the fall of 1874 he took a working interest in the business, and in 1880 bought a share of the business and changed the name of the firm to the Sour-mash Distilling Company, and holds the ofiice of Secretary. They have two distilleries with a capacity of seventy barrels per day, or 900 bushels of grain. Mr. Payne was married Oct. 27, 1873, to Mary E. O'Bryan, a native of Meade County, Ky., born Sept. 29, 1850. They have three children - Louise, born March 14, 1876; Amelia, born July 18, 1878; Adele, born Sept. 21', 1880. Mr. Payne is a member of the Catholic church and Catholic Knights, No. 18, Owensboro Branch. Politically he is a Democrat.

Thomas H. Payne was born in Meade County, Ky., May 10, 1846, and was a son of William M. and Jane F. (O'Bryan) Payne, natives of Marion County, Ky. His father was born in 1817, and died in 1862. His mother was born in 1818, and died in 1864. They were the parents of twelve children, seven of whom are living - William M., Thomas H., P. E., Charles A., James M., Elizabeth and Mary. After "the death of his father the care of the mother and fire of the children fell on Thomas H. He commenced a course of study at Gethsemane College, when he was called home -by the death of his mother. He returned to the school, taking three brothers with him. They were to work a year and attend school a year. At the expiration of the two years Thomas H. went to St. Mary's and clerked in a store for his uncle, Robert O'Bryan, two years. Feb. 19, 1867, he married Lizzie C, daughter of Ignatius Russell, who was born May 13, 1845. She is a sister of Father Russell, a Catholic priest, now at Nazareth, Ky. That same year Mr. Payne came to Daviess County and followed farming till 1875, when he moved to Owensboro, where he has been trading in live-stock. He has gaine^ the confidence of the people of Daviess and adjoining counties, and is now handling more stock than any other firm in the county in a retail way. He has five children - Julia, W. J., Clara, Henry D. and Minnie. He and family are members of the Catholic church.

William Pottinger "vas born in Nelson County, Ky., May 25, 1833, and lived there till he was nineteen years of age, when he went with his father to Hancock County, and lived there four years. They then came to Daviess County, locating in Owensboro. His father, Robert L. Pottinger, was born in what is now Marion County, Ky., in 1805, and died Sept. 20, 1862. His mother, Ellen (Scott) Pottinger, a sister of Judge Scott, of Owensboro, was born in 1811. His parents had a family of seven children - William James L., Francis H., Robert B., Mary I., Thomas J. and Anna E. The latter died in February, 1880. William Pottinger was married Dec. 18, 1860, to Miss Fannie L. Green well, a native of Shelby County, Ky. She was educated at Fairfield, NelsDU County. Nine children have been born to them, six living - Mary M., Alice L., Anna E., Josephine, Robert A. and William F. Three died in infancy. The first three years in Owensboro he was in the mercantile business. He then taught school twelve years. He has been Acting Deputy County Assessor nine years, and is now City Assessor. He has a grocery on the corner of Maryland and Triplett streets. Mr. Pottinger is a member of the Catholic church and the Catholic Knights of America, Owensboro Branch, No. 18.

Andrew Shobe, born in Hardy County, W. Ya., was a son of Adonijah and Amelia (Jones) Shobe, both natives of Hardy County, his father born in 1817, and his mother born in 1827. There was a family of seven children, six now living - Andrew, Henry, Gabriel, .Job, John and Edward. His mother died in 1856, and his father married Mary Ann Jones. They had two children - Adda and Alice. His father died in 1881, and his stepmother still lives in Montgomery County, Ind. Aug. 19, 1862, Mr. Shobe enlisted in Company C, Thirteenth West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, U. S. A., and served three years. He was in all the battles in the valley of Virginia in 1864; was mustered out at Wheeling in June, 1865. He came to Kentucky in 1865, and the first year lived in Henderson County. In 1866 he came to Daviess County. He was married Feb. 18, 1869, to Nettie Gillira, a native of Daviess County, born Nov. 18, 1862. They have three children - Kirby, born Dec. i6, 1869; Katie, March 21, 1872; Sidney, July 21, 1880. They *-e members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Shobe is a member of Pleasant Valley Lodge, No. 318, A. F. & A. M.

Uppee Town Precinct

John Taylor was born in Daviess County, Ky., Jan. 26, 1832. His father was born in Shelby County, Ky., March 20, 1806. His mother, Mary (Shoemaker) Taylor, was born in Virginia in August, 1809, and died in Daviess County in 18Y2. John is the second of ten children. His Grandfather, Price Allen Shoemaker, came from Virginia to Kentucky in 1834, and died in 1842. His Grandfather Taylor was brought to Kentucky from Virginia on horseback in a basket when three months old. Mr. Taylor was married Nov. 15, 1864, to Louisa, daughter of Owen Hickman, formerly of Oldham County, Ky., where she ^as born in 1847. They have five children - James W., born in 1868; Cordelia, June 1, 1870; Edgar, Dec. 18, 1873; Mary L., June 5, 1877; Earl, Dec. 8, 1881. Mr. Taylor is a member of the Baptist church. He belongs to John J. Daveiss Lodge, No. 389, A. F. & A. M. He has a fine farm of 145 acres four and a half miles southeast of Owensboro.

Manley B. Tichenor was born in Ohio County, Ky., Nov. 14, 1820. July 6, 1845, he married Alpha "Whittiker, a native of Ohio County, born April 10, 1828. They have had thirteen children - Delia A., born Aug. 20, 1846; Marinda W., Dec. 25, 1847; Mattie L., July 6, 1849; Lydia J., Oct. 29, 1850; Sallie M., April 6, 1852; Squire C, June 8, 1853; America V., Nov. 6, 1856; William J., Aug. 9, 1859; Benjamin, Jan. 13, 1861; Jacob B., Aug. 22, 1862; Julia V., Nov. 23, 1865; Charles M., Feb. 18, 1868; Archa D., July 18, 1870. Mr. Tichenor and all his family but two are members of the Baptist church. He owns a fine farm of 260 acres six miles northeast of Owensboro. His father, Jared Tichenor, was born in Morristown, N. J., in February, 1779, and died in Kentucky in 1868. He served as Justice of the Peace a number of years, and was Sheriff of Ohio County four years. He married Martha Bennett, a native of Nelson County, Ky., born in 1781. She died in 1857. They had a family of nine children - Thomas, Anna, Warren C, Olney, Sallie, Sanford, Manley B., Squire J. and John M.

J. B. Turn&r, son of C. H. and Amanda (Hill) Turner, was born in Nelson County, Ky., Nov. 21, 1863. His father was born Jan. 26, 1826, and died Feb. 22, 1876. His mother was born in 1833 and is still living in Daviess County. There was a family of thirteen children, nine of whom are living - John E., Jonah, Elizabeth, Catherine, C. H., Evaetter and Efetter (twins), Charles and Lena. John E. was educated in Nelson and Hardin counties, Ky.

He attended St. Joseph College live months, Gethsemane live months and,Cecilian College fifteen months. Alter leaving school he bought stock two months, and in Febrnarj, 1880, went to Nebraska, and remained six months. He then returned to Kentucky, coming to Owensboro. He worked three months for Hill & Hill, and then worked for M. V. Monarch until July, 1881, when he obtained his present position as bookkeeper for Hill & Hill. He was married Feb. 21, 1882, to Mary Stevens, a native of Daviess County, born Sept. 12, 1863. Mr. Turner is a member of the Catholic church.

Charles Vbwds was born in Nelson County, Ky., June 4, 1807, and came to Daviess County in 1838, settling on a farm near where he now lives and where he owns 106:^ acres of good land, on the bead waters of Yellow Creek. Oct. 24, 1826, he married Elinor Hayden, a native of Nelson County, born July 4, 1803. She died May 7, 1880. Their children are - John, born Feb. 9, 1831; Eliza, Aug. 24, 1832; Henry, Feb. 19, 1834; Thomas, Feb. 29, 1836; Washington George, March 26, 1842; Julia A., Jan. 1, 1844; Ellen A., June 10, 1848. Mr. Vowels has sixty grandchildren and twenty great-grandchildren. He is seventy-six years of age and has never been sick in his life.

S^lias M. Fixre was born in Shelby County, Ky., Jan. 17, 1838. When nine months old he was taken to Clay, Ky., and lived there till he was twelve years old. He then lived two years in Lawrence County, Ind., and from there returned to Shelby County, where he lived till 1878, when he came to Daviess County and located on his present farm, seven miles east of Owensboro, where he has fifty acres of good land, and is engaged in farming and blacksmithing. He was married in 1859 to Sarah E. Tucker, a native of Shelby County, Ky., born Feb. 22, 1838. They have had two children, only one now living - Eichard T., born Feb. 12, 1865. Mr. Ware is a member of Solomon's Lodge, No. 5, A. F. & A. M., and the L O. O. F. in Shelby County. He was City Councilman of Shelbyville from 1868-'78, and Deputy Assessor from 1868-'70.

C. E. Wilherson was born in Daviess County, Ky., Nov. 1, 1826. His father, Thornton Wilkerson, was born in Culpeper County, Va., in 1790; came to Kentucky in 1820, settling first in Shelby County; died in Daviess County in 1857. His mother, Letty (Elliott) Wilkerson, was born in Maryland in 1796 and died in Daviess County, Ky., in 1872. There were four children - Robert, Charles E., Thornton and Catherine. C. E. has always been a farmer and has lived in Daviess County all his life, with the exception of eighteen months. He was married. Aug. 23, 1853, to Artemisia Higdon, a native of Nelson County, Ky., born April 7, 1825. They have four children - Catherine, John T., Rosa, "William H. Mr. "Wilkerson owns 101 acres of fine land five miles southeast of Owensboro, on the Hartford road. Mrs. Wilkerson is a member of the Catholic church.

John J. Williams, carpenter and builder, was born Oct. 14, 1828, in Hancock County, Ky., where he resided till forty-five years of age. In 1847 he enlisted in Company F, Fourth Kentucky Infantry, Captain McCrary, and served till the close of the Mexican war. He worked on the river until the breaking out of the Rebellion, flatboating and steamboating. Since the close of the war he has worked at the carpenter's trade and building. He came to Daviess County in 1874. He was married Nov. 24, 1852, to Eliza J. Burnett, a native of Hancock County, Ky., born Oct. 7, 1832. They have six children - John H., born Jan. 2, 1859 ; James H., born Nov. 10, 1860 ; Robert E., born Feb. 22, 1866 ; Yiola, born Feb. 6, 1868 ; L. T., born Nov. 21, 1871, and Letitia C, born Oct. 19, 1873.

R. I. Wootten, born in Spencer County, Ky., Feb. 17, 1839, was a son of William H. and Rosalia (Coomes) Wootten, both natives of Nelson County, Ky. His father was born March 25, 1811, and was killed by a guerrilla near Slate Riffle, Ohio Co., Ky. His mother was born in 1815, and died in November, 1860. R. I. was the second of ten children. When quite young his parents moved to Nelson County, where he remained till 1859, when he came to Daviess County. He enlisted in Company B, Third Kentucky Cavalry, U. S. A., and served three years and ten months. After the war he worked at the printer's trade till 1880, when he was appointed Government Storekeeper. He was married March 28, 1864, to Jennie E. Higdon, a native of Owensboro, born in 1841. They have four children - Clara R., born Sept. 25, 1870; JohnT., born Oct. 1, 1873; Alfred C, born Aug. 1, 1876; Charles R., born Dec. 27, 1882. Mr. Wootten is a member of the Catholic church and of the Catholic Knights of America. He also belongs to No. 3, Department of Kentucky, G. A. R.