Adair County Biographies
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Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 4th ed., 1887, Adair
County. <a name="THOMAS H. CURD, M.D.">THOMAS H. CURD, M.D.</a>, was born
in Murray, Calloway Co., Ky., on January 3, 1849, and is the third in a family
of eight children born to James H. and Elizabeth L. (Frazer) Curd, the former a
native of Wadesboro, Calloway County, and the latter of Columbia, Adair County.
They are of Irish and Scotch-Irish descent respectively. James H. Curd was
married in Adair County and immediately returned to Calloway, where he followed
tailoring until about 1861, with the exception of a few years he engaged in
merchandising at Murray. During a part of the time he was also engaged in
agricultural pursuits in connection with his other business, on a farm of 360
acres, which he inherited from his father and still owns. For several years also
he was a jailer of Calloway County. In 1872 he moved to Adair County, where he
bought another farm of 140 acres, one mile north of Columbia on the
Campbellsville pike, upon which he now resides and is successfully cultivating.
He belongs to no church or secret order, but Mrs. Curd has been from early life
a devout member of the Old School Presbyterian Church. Dr. Curd received a good
classical and scientific education in the schools of his native county and at
the Columbia College. For the first two years after attaining his majority he
was employed on the home farm, after which he was engaged as salesman in a drug
store at Columbia for another two years. He was then elected marshal of the town
of Columbia, and held that position for something over a year. He then commenced
the study of medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. Melvin Rhoel, of Columbia,
and in 1877 commenced his medical course at the medical department of the
University of Louisville, graduating with distinguished honors in the spring of
1879. He has since practiced with success at Columbia, with the exception of
fourteen months, when he was located at Camp Knox, Green County. Dr. Curd
married December 17, 1884, Miss Mattie, daughter of William Moses, of
Louisville, where she was born in 1680. The Doctor is a member of the Old School
Presbyterian Church, and his wife of the Missionary Baptist Church; he is a
member of the Masonic fraternity, and is a Democrat. Curd Frazer Rhoel Moses =
Jefferson-KY Green-KY Calloway-KY ]]>
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Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 4th ed., 1887, Adair
County.<a name="JAMES N. DAVIS"> JAMES N. DAVIS</a> was born January 20,
1807, in Hanover County, Va. His father, Peter Davis, was also a native of
Hanover County and a life-long farmer and slaveholder. He brought his family to
Kentucky in 1817, and settled on and owned about 230 acres on Butler's Creek,
Adair County, where he farmed until the spring of 1821, when he died in the
seventy-fifth year of his age. He had been a soldier in the army of Gen.
Washington. He married Elizabeth, a daughter of Robin Page, who owned a large
plantation, which he cultivated with slave labor in his native county of
Albemarle, Va. The names of the children born to Peter and Elizabeth Davis were
Polly (wife of John Breeding), Jenny (Snead), Judith (Walker), Elizabeth,
(Schuyler), John, Patsy (Callison), Lucy (Lage), Rebecca (Banks), Nancy
(Browning) and James N., the only living one of the family. Mrs. Davis died
about the same time her husband did, and was in the sixty-sixth year of her age,
a member of the Methodist Church. John Davis, grandfather of James N. Davis, was
also a Virginian; he was a man of considerable wealth, a slave owner and a
farmer. The life of James N. Davis has been spent in farming. In October, 1829,
he was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of John and Frances
Holman, of Virginia. The marriage was blessed with two children: Frances Henry
Edrington and Elizabeth James, who died in childhood. Mrs. Davis in life was a
member of the Baptist Church, first of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and died
in 1844, in the thirty-sixth year of her age. Mr. Davis was next married, in
1847, to Miss Jane, daughter of Alexander and Nancy (Foster) McClure, natives of
Virginia. Mr. Davis is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, while Mrs.
Davis is a member of the Christian CHurch. The first farm owned by Mr. Davis was
on Green River, and contained 112 acres. There he lived during the years 1850
and 1851, prior to which time he had rented and made many moves. In 1851 he
purchased the farm of 112 acres on which he now lives, two miles from Cane
Valley, Adair County. This is a fertile tract and is in a fair state of
cultivation and improvement. Mr. Davis began life with no inheritance but a
strong constitution and willing hands, and by his own industry has accumulated
all that he possesses. Davis Page Breeding Snead Walker Schuyler Callison Lage
Banks Browning Holman Foster McClure = Hanover-VA Albemarle-VA ]]>
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Text from Scott, Laurence W. (editor), Texas Pulpit by Christian Preachers. St.
Louis: Christian Publishing Company, 1888. Pages 391-393. This online edition ©
1996, James L. McMillan. Used by permission. Adair County. <a name="E. L. DOHONEY">E.
L. DOHONEY</a>, though not a preacher, is an elder in the church at Paris,
and I thought it appropriate to have the Lord's Supper discussed by an elder;
and by inviting Brother Dohoney forward, I think I "builded better than I
knew." This distinguished gentleman, to whose name the papers generally
prefix the title "Hon.,"was born in Adair county, Ky., Oct. 13th,
1832. He worked on a farm till 19 years of age. He then spent five years in
teaching school, attending college, and studying law. He graduated in the law
department of Louisville University in 1857, and soon afterward began the
practice of law in Columbia, Ky. He came to Texas in 1859, and located at Paris.
He gave strict attention to the law and real estate business, and was appointed
district attorney of the 8th judicial district. In 1869 he was elected to the
State senate, and served four years. He was also elected a member of the
Constitutional Convention in 1875. In 1871 he founded the North Texan, and
conducted it four years. He was the first Texas editor to refuse to publish
saloon advertisements in a secular paper. He has ever been an earnest advocate
of temperance, and a zealous worker in the prohibition movement. He is the
author of the constitutional provision under which the local option law was
passed in 1876. While in the senate, he introduced several temperance bills, but
did not confine his attention to that subject. He is the author of the homestead
act, which passed in 1870, securing to every actual settler a home of 160 acres.
He is also the author of the public school system enacted in 1873. In 1882 he
was an independent candidate for Congress in the 4th district, carried one
county, and received a good vote in the others. Later, he was the prohibition
candidate for governor, and has often been mentioned in connection with the
presidential nomination of the third party. Bro. Dohoney, however, has about
come to the conclusion that the reforms for which he has labored so long and so
ardently cannot be effected through political parties, and shares with the
writer the conviction that social, religious and national wrongs can only be
righted by the personal appearing and reign of our Lord Jesus Christ. He is a
great reader, and an independent thinker on all subjects, and is the author of a
very original and interesting work of some 350 pages, entitled, "Man: his
origin, nature, and destiny." As an elder in the Paris congregation, Bro.
Dohoney takes great interest in church and Sunday-school work, and has in Elder
W. H. Sluder a very efficient co-laborer. Dohoney Sluder = TX
Louisville-Jefferson-KY ]]>
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Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 4th ed., 1887, Adair
County. <a name="JACOB DULWORTH">JACOB DULWORTH</a>, a native of
Cumberland County, was born February 6, 1835. His father, James Dulworth, was
born near Knoxville, and was a farmer in fair circumstances. He began the battle
of life without a dollar, and when in his twenty-fifth year married Miss
Elizabeth Gwinn Spears, a daughter of Benjamin and Naomi (Crabtree) Spears, the
former of the Old Dominion, the latter of Kentucky. Benjamin Spears was the son
of John Spears, a Revolutionary soldier. To James Dulworth and his wife were
born six children: Benjamin, Jacob, Mathias, John, Abraham and Nancy M., wife of
James R. Coe. John and Benjamin are now dead. Mathias Dulworth served as a
private in the Fifth Kentucky Federal Cavalry, but on account of his health was
not able to serve out his term of enlistment. James Dulworth was brought to
Cumberland County by his parents. He owned about 600 acres of fine land in the
southern part of the county worth about $6,000, and he gave his estate, with the
exception of 200 acres, to his children. Mrs. Dulworth, who was a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, departed this life in 1878, about sixty years of
age. Mr. Dulworth afterward was married to Miss Ibby Williams, daughter of
Richard and Elizabeth (Spears) Williams, natives of Cumberland County, Ky. Mr.
and Mrs. Dulworth, both of whom are members of the Christian Church, still live
at their home in Cumberland County, Ky. John Dulworth, grandfather of Jacob
Dulworth, had emigrated from Germany to the United States, and settled in
Tennessee, where he was a farmer. Benjamin Spears, maternal grandfather of Jacob
Dulworth, was a native of the Old Dominion, and for sixty years he was a strict
and consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Before his death he
divided his estate, which was small, consisting of 200 acres of land and $1,000
in cash, among his three children, two of whom were daughters, and several years
before his death lived with Jacob Dulworth. In youth Mr. Dulworth acquired a
moderate English education in the common schools of his neighborhood, and
remained at home working for his father until twenty-four years of age. He then,
in 1858, emigrated to California, but after working unsuccessfully nearly two
years, both in California and Vancouver's Island, returned home in 1859, and
went into brandy distilling. Prior to emigrating he owned and ran three whiskey
distilleries. He quit distilling in 1860 and turned his attention to farming
entirely. The first farm Mr. Dulworth owned was in Overton County, Tenn., and it
consisted of 180 acres, and was worth $2,500. In 1870 he removed to Adair
County, and purchased 200 acres of fine land on Green River, where he has since
resided. November 6, 1860, he was united in marriage to Miss Hannah, daughter of
Burrell and Jane (Smith) Willis, natives of Overton County, Tenn. Burrell Willis
was a farmer, and the father of ten children, only two of whom were sons, John
and Charles Willis. John Willis was a veteran of the Mexican war, and served as
private in Gen. Scott's army. Charles Willis was a private in the Fifth Kentucky
Cavalry, Federal Volunteer service, and served until his death in 1863. To Mr.
and Mrs. Dulworth have been born nine children: Martha, wife of George A. Fease;
James A., Joseph M., Leslie, William B., Rufus M., Jane N., Marietta and Rosa
Belle, all of whom are living. Mr. Dulworth is a member of the Masonic order,
and of the Democratic party. He began life with $640 in 1856, and is now worth
$12,000, which is all the result of his own industry. His farm comprises 576
acres of fine land on both sides of Green River, some of which is worth $100 per
acre, and he has 200 acres of this tract in cultivation. He first lived in a log
house, but five years ago erected a frame two-story residence. Mr. Dulworth does
a great deal of trading and has been very successful in it--especially in
tobacco and mule trading. He has bought 25,000 pounds of tobacco this year, and
now has on hand thirty-two young mules, which he bought when colts, and will
sell when two years old. Dulworth Spears Coe Williams Crabtree Smith Willis
Fease = Cumberland-KY Overton-TN VA CA Germany ]]>
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Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 4th ed., 1887, Adair
County. <a name="JOHN C. DUNBAR">JOHN C. DUNBAR</a> was born in Clinton
County, Ky., January 22, 1839, and is the third of eleven children born to
Sydney S. and Letitia T. (Campbell) Dunbar, both of whom were born in what is
now Russell, but was then a part of Cumberland County, Ky., and were of English
and Scotch descent respectively. Sydney S. Dunbar was born March 8, 1808, and
was a natural mathematician and splendid penman. In early manhood he taught
school for several years, and also taught one term later in life. He also
learned the tanner's trade and followed it for a time. He made his home with his
mother until he was twenty-five or twenty-six years old, when he was married.
Soon after he bought a farm on the Cumberland River, in Clinton County, Ky.,
upon which he remained until 1852, when he sold out and bought a farm near
Columbia, in Adair County, upon which he has since resided. For many years he
was a magistrate in Clinton County. He was from early life a member of the
Christian Church. His father, Thomas Dunbar, was a veteran of the war of 1812,
with the rank of colonel, commanding a regiment under Gen. Jackson at the battle
of New Orleans. Afterward he was engaged in the struggle with Mexico for the
independence of Texas, and was one of the only three persons who survived the
terrible massacre of the Alamo, making good his escape only by his fleetness of
foot. Mrs. Letitia T. (Campbell) Dunbar was born October 18, 1816, and departed
this life July 14, 1862. Her father, John Campbell, was a native of Virginia,
and was born in 1794. When but a child he came with his parents to what is now
Russell County, Ky., where he remained engaged in agricultural pursuits all his
life. John C. Dunbar remained with his parents on the old homestead until he was
twenty-five years old, during which time he taught several terms of school. He
and his brother, William P., then bought a farm together on the Green River,
near Neatsville, in Adair County, upon which he remained until 1872, when he
sold his interest in the place to his brother and bought the farm of 291 acres
on Casey Creek, in the same county, upon which he has ever since resided, and
where he is extensively and successfully engaged in farming and stock raising.
He has also been for several years engaged to some extent in the live stock
trade, mainly buying and selling mules. He was married, December 21, 1865, to
Miss Mary J. Knifley, a native of Adair County, born October 18, 1845. Eight
children have blessed their union, as follows: Mildred Volney, Joseph Sydney
(deceased), Pinckney L., Cyrus W., Charles (deceased), Sarah L., Perry H. and
Omeira T. Both Mr. Dunbar and wife are members of the Christian Church, she
having been a member since her fifteenth year. He is also a bright member of the
Masonic fraternity, and has been treasurer of his lodge. In politics he is a
Democrat. Dunbar Campbell Knifley = Russell-KY Cumberland-KY Clinton-KY VA ]]>
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Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 4th ed., 1887, Adair
County. <a name="DELOUVOIS L. EDRINGTON">DELOUVOIS L. EDRINGTON</a> was
born in Adair County, June 11, 1844, the fourth of twelve children born to
Benjamin and Emily (Settle) Edrington, natives of Adair County and of English
descent. Benjamin Edrington was born February 27, 1812, and taught several years
in the common schools. He married, at about the age of twenty-three years, and
soon after bought a partially improved farm near Cane Valley, Adair County, on
which he resided two or three years, when he sold out and bought a farm on the
Green River, in the same county, near Wagoner's Bend. After a few years he sold
this place also and bought another near Columbia, remaining until about 1841,
when he left the place and removed to Livingston County, Mo., where he remained
some two years and then removed to his farm in Adair County. Here he remained
until 1850, when he sold the farm and went back to Livingston County, Mo.,
settling on a farm he had bought some years before, engaged in agricultural
pursuits and, for two years, also in general merchandise until 1863, when he
sold out and moved to Plymouth, Hancock County, Ill., where he engaged in
merchandising for nearly two years. In 1865 he returned to Adair County, Ky.,
and bought a farm near Cane Valley, upon which he resided until his death, May
23, 1880. His father, Thomas Edrington, was born in South Carolina, March 2,
1778. When a young man he came to Adair County and settled near Wagoner's Bend,
where he bought over 1,000 acres of wild land, improved a farm upon which he
resided until his death, April 16, 1859. Mrs. Emily (Settle) Edrington was born
September 1817, and died Aug 1, 1869. Her father, Benjamin Settle, was born in
Virginia and was one of the pioneers of Adair County, Ky., owning a large farm
of 2,000 acres on the Green River near Plum Point, upon which he resided until
his death. Delouvois L. Edrington received a good common school and academic
education in youth, including a thorough Latin course. In June, 1861, he
enlisted in Company E. First Missouri Volunteer Infantry (Confederate), and
served until February, 1862, when he was taken prisoner at Springfield, Mo., and
was soon after paroled and returned home. He participated in the battles of
Carthage, Mo.; Wilson's Creek, Mo.; Dry Wood and Lexington, Mo. After his return
from the army he farmed one year and in April, 1863, started for California in
company with some fifty or sixty emigrants who accomplished the entire journey
across the plains with an ox team, arriving in California in September. >From
Sacramento he went to Virginia City, Nev., where he was engaged in mining for a
short time; thence he went to Dayton, Nev., where he was employed as chemist for
a quartz mining company for nearly one year and a half. He then went to San
Francisco and from there returned to his father's home in Plymouth, Ill. In the
fall of 1865 he went to St. Louis, Mo., where he took a regular commercial
course. The next year he opened a general store at Cane Valley, where he
remained two years longer. In 1870 he removed his stock to Rolla, where he
continued the business for some five years. In 1875 he sold the stock and bought
a farm of 140 acres on Casey Creek, on a part of which the village of Rolla has
since been built. He has been successfully engaged in stock raising and farming,
and for a time made the culture of tobacco a specialty, but has recently given
more attention to fine stock and corn. For several years he was deputy county
clerk of Adair County and is at present postmaster at Rolla. He was married,
December 24, 1869, to Miss Sallie F. McWhorter, a native of Adair County, born
January 28, 1850. Three children have blessed their union, as follows: Afton C.,
born September 18, 1870; Emma E., born August 25, 1872, and Albert B., born
March 7, 1876. Mr. and Mrs. Edrington have been for many years members of the
Christian Church, in which he as officiated as a deacon for many years. He is
also a bright member of the Masonic fraternity, having been Worthy Master of his
lodge for several years, and at present is secretary. Politically he is a
Democrat. Edrington Settle McWhorter = Livingston-MO Hancock-IL SC CA NV MO ]]>
GAITHER,
Nathan, a Representative from Kentucky; born
near Mocksville, Davie County, N.C., September 15, 1788; completed
preparatory studies; attended Bardstown College; studied medicine; was
graduated from Jefferson Medical College and began practice in
Columbia, Ky.; served as assistant surgeon in the War of 1812;
member of the State house of representatives 1815-1818; elected as
a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses (March 4,
1829-March 3, 1833); unsuccessful candidate for reelection 1832
to the Twenty-third Congress; delegate to the State constitutional
convention in 1849; again a member of the State house of representatives
1855-1857; resumed the practice of medicine; died in Columbia, Ky., August
12, 1862; interment in Columbia Cemetery.
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CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, INDIANA, Its People, Industries and
Institutions by Warder W. Stevens. With Biographical Sketches of Representative
Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families. Illustrated 1916,
B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana. Adair County. <a name="SIMON GRIDER">SIMON
GRIDER</a>. Among the well-known farmers and prominent citizens of Monroe
township, Washington county, Indiana, is Simon Grider, who was born on May 2,
1843, in Adair county, Kentucky, the son of William and Mary (Bailey) Grider.
William Grider was born in Kentucky, and farmed the greater part of his life in
Adair county, later going to the state of Illinois, where he died. After the
death of her husband, Mrs. Mary Grider returned to her former home in Adair
county, Kentucky, and when her son, Simon, was sixteen years of age they came to
Washington county, Indiana, in 1860, and settled on Buffalo creek. Mrs. Mary
Grider returned to Kentucky in 1869, where she died in 1880. William and Mary
Grider were the parents of four children, Elizabeth, Lockie, Archie and Simon.
Simon Grider lived in Adair county, Kentucky, where he attended school until
1860, when he came to Washington county and engaged in farming in Monroe
township for some time. In 1862 he enlisted in Company E, Fifth Indiana Cavalry,
for service in the Civil War, serving until June, 1865. Simon Grider served with
General Sherman as far as Jonesboro, and then was returned to Lexington,
Kentucky, later going to Louisville, where after being given new clothing and
equipment, he, with others, was sent to Pulaski, Tennessee, where they served on
guard duty for the remainder of the war. After his military service Simon Grider
returned to Washington county and rented a farm which he cultivated for some
time and then bought eighty acres of land in Monroe township, where he now lives
a retired life. During the year 1865 Simon Grider was married to Samiara Barnet,
who was born in Jefferson township, Washington county, the daughter of Rudias
and Nancy (Brandeman) Barnet. To the marriage of Simon and Samiara Grider were
born the following children: Willia, who married Caddie Jackson, to whom were
born three children all of whom are deceased, and after the death of his first
wife, William married, secondly, Gertrude Jackson, and to them have been born
five children, Edward, Elsie, Emmett, Florence and Emma, all living with their
parents in the state of Washington; Ida, who married William D. Fleener, a
farmer living near Brownstown, Indiana; Charles, a farmer of Monroe township,
who married Mary Huckleberry and to whom have been born eight children,
Herschel, Ralvey (or Belvey), Versal, Milburn, Ora, Elmira, Basil and another;
Archie, a farmer of Monroe township, who married Dora Smith, and to whom have
been born seven children, Lewis, Walter, Bertha, Roy, Ralph, Edna and Lawrence;
Merle, who is deceased. Simon Grider is one of the highly respected men of
Monroe township, his unselfish life and his public-spirited nature having won
for him a host of friends both in Washington county, Indiana, and in the state
of Washington, where he spends considerable time. In politics, Mr. Grider is an
ardent Republican, although he has preferred to serve as a private citizen
rather than an office holder. Grider Sherman Barnet Brandeman Jackson Fleener
Huckleberry Smith = Washington-IN IL Lexington-Fayette-KY
Louisville-Jefferson-KY TN WA ]]>
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"A HISTORY OF THE DAVIESS-McLEAN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION IN KENTUCKY,
1844-1943" by Wendell H. Rone. Probably published in 1944 by Messenger Job
Printing Co., Inc., Owensboro, Kentucky, pp. 407-408. Used by permission.
[Adair] <a name="ERNEST NAPOLEON PERRY, D.D.">ERNEST NAPOLEON PERRY, D.D.</a>:
Pastor E. N. Perry was born in Simpson County, Kentucky, on April 4, 1900, and
is the son of A. E. and Victoria Gamble Perry. As a youth he was converted in a
small Presbyterian Church in Simpson County and later united with the Shady
Grove Baptist Church in the same county and was baptized by Rev. W. J. Puckett.
He grew up on a farm and followed that occupation for a time. He attended the
common schools at hand and later graduated from Bethel College, Russellville,
Kentucky. He also received the Th.G. Degree from the Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He was licensed to preach by his
home Church and was ordained on April 28, 1918, with Elders W. J. Puckett, W. W.
Pane, and V. B. Castleberry serving as the presbytery. Since that time he has
served the following Churches: Pleasant Hill, Simpson County, 1917-1918;
Lewisport, Kentucky, 1918-1922; Maceo, Daviess County, Kentucky, 1919-1921;
Antioch and Hillsdale, in Tennessee. 1919-1921 and 1920- 1924 respectively;
South Hampton, Daviess County, Kentucky, 1923- 1924; Hawesville, Kentucky,
1921-1923; Calhoun and Glenville, 1925- 1927; Buena Vista, Owensboro, Kentucky,
1926-1929; Lawrenceburg First, Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, 1929-1937; First Church,
Carrollton, Kentucky, 1937-1943. He is now at Columbia, Ky. He served as
Moderator of the Daviess-McLean Baptist Association in 1928 and 1929 and as a
member of the State Mission Board in 1929-1932. From 1934 to 1935 he served as a
member of the Social Service Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. He
served a second time on the State Mission Board in 1939-1940 being a member of
the Executive Committee at the same time. Mrs. Perry was formerly Miss Mary
Tichenor, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Tichenor of Calhoun, Kentucky. They
have one son. Their marriage took place on June 18, 1926. Brother Perry received
the D.D. Degree from some institution a few years ago. His wife was a teacher in
the Louisville Public Schools for some time prior to their marriage. She wrote a
History of the W. M. U. of Kentucky some few years ago which was used
extensively to promote State Missions. E. N. Perry is one of the most useful and
outstanding pastors among Kentucky Baptists. Perry Gamble Puckett Pane
Castleberry Tichenor = Simpson-KY Russellville-Logan-KY Louisville-Jefferson-KY
Daviess-KY TN Hawsville-Hancock-KY Calhoun-McLean-KY Lawrenceburg-Anderson-KY
Carrollton-Carroll-KY ]]>
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A History of Kentucky Baptists, From 1769 to 1885, by J. H. Spencer, 1886,
Rprinted by Church History and Archives, 1976, Lafayette, TN. Adair County. <a name="DANIEL SELF">DANIEL
SELF</a> was an early preacher in Adair county. He was born in Culpeper co.,
Va., about 1785. Losing his father, in his infancy, he was carried to North
Carolina, where he was raised up by a widowed mother. At the age of 15 years, he
united with a Baptist church. He married and moved to Adair county, Ky., not far
from 1810. He served as a soldier in the War of 1812-15. At the close of the
war, he returned to his home in Kentucky, and some time afterwards, was
liberated to preach. His education was very meager, indeed, but he now applied
himself to improving it, so earnestly, that he finally acquired a fair stock of
information, including some knowledge of the Greek and Latin languages. He is
said to have been warm and zealous in prayer and exhortation, but dull and prosy
in his attempts to elucidate a text. He did not acquire must preaching ability,
and, it is believed, was never a pastor of a church; but he was regarded a good
man, and he made a good impression on the people. About 1833 he moved to Logan
county, where he died, in May, 1841. He was twice married, and raised fifteen
children. John W. Self, his only son, by his second wife, is a very acceptable
preacher, in Warren county. Self = Culpeper-VA NC Logan-KY Warren-KY ]]>
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A History of Kentucky Baptists From 1769 to 1885, Including More Than 800
Biographical Sketches, J. H. Spencer, Manuscript Revised and Corrected by Mrs.
Burilla B. Spencer, In Two Volumes. Printed For the Author. 1886. Republished By
Church History Research & Archives 1976 Lafayette, Tennessee. Vol. 2, p 204.
[Adair County] <a name="HERBERT G. WAGGONER">HERBERT G. WAGGONER</a> was
among the most efficient laborers within the bounds of Russells Creek
Association, for a period of nearly 30 years. It is much regretted that so few
particulars of his life and labors have been preserved. He was probably a native
of Virginia, but of this the author is not certain. He settled in Adair county,
and became a member of Zion Church (which he long served as pastor)as early as
1805. He was an active and prominent member of Russells Creek Association, and
frequently served that body as Moderator. He was called to his reward, in 1834,
the same year that thos other eminent soldiers of the cross, David Thurman,
David L. Mansfield, David J. Kelley and James H. L. Moorman, went to join the
general Assembly and Church of the first born. Waggoner Thurman Mansfield Kelley
Moorman = VA ]]>
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Adair Co. Used by Permission and Submitted by: Jerri J. Fryar Jeanne Wheat
Mitchell 2009 Pine Bough 208 Skyline Dr. Rio Rancho, NM 87124 Campbellsville, KY
42718 505-891-1844 502-465-5429 fryar@apsicc.aps.edu <a name="ELISHA THOMAS WINFREY">ELISHA
THOMAS WINFREY</a> was born on December 21, 1828, in Adair County, KY.
Although his year of death is recorded as 1821 on his tombstone, census records,
his marriage record, and the family Bible support a birth year of 1828. He was
the son of Sims Alden Winfrey and Margaret Neat. Sims, the son of Philip Winfrey
and Martha Northcult, was born November 15, 1795, in Kentucky. Sims married
Margaret Neat in Adair County on September 5, 1820. Margaret, the daughter of
Rudolph Neat and Maria Margaretha Frey, was born on December 24, 1801, in North
Carolina. Sims and Margaret had 9 children: Emily Jane, Gennetta, Rudolph,
Elisha, Margaret, Philip, Martha, Sarah, and S.R.(female). Elisha married
Syrilda Caskie Gadberry on January 22, 1857, in Adair County. Syrilda, the
daughter of William Gadberry and Esther Neat, was born in Adair County on April
22, 1832. William, whose parents are unknown, was probably born around 1795, in
Virginia. William married Esther Neat on February 8, 1816, in Adair County,
Kentucky. Esther, the daughter of Rudolph Neat and Maria Margaretha Frey, was
born about 1790, in North Carolina. William and Esther had 7 children: James,
Mary, Hester, Andrew, William, J., and Syrilda. Except for a brief time during
the Civil War, Elisha and Syrilda lived and farmed in the Little Cake area of
Adair County their entire lives. In the cabin they built near the Green River
they raised their 8 children: Geriah Isabell (1858-1945), Castella
Thomas(1859-1907), Laura T. (1863-1867/68), Margaret Susanna (1865-1943), Logan
Thomas (1868-1926), William T. (1873-1875), Sims Alden (1870-1924), and Elisha
Franklin (1875-1955). Geriah married Ocellous Lucanus Hardwick on February 23,
1880. Castella married John Richard Beard on January 31, 1883. Margaret married
Benjamin Ernest Cook on August 6, 1894. Logan married Mattie J. White on June 5,
1889. Sims Alden married Sue Rigney on December 27,1902. Elisha Franklin married
Elfir Taylor on October 12, 1899. On October 6, 1937, he married Rachel Hill.
Elisha died on October 7, 1897. Syrilda died on March 4, 1900. Elisha and
Syrilda are both buried in Tabernacle Cemetery, Neatsville, Adair County,
Kentucky. Winfrey Neat Northcult Frey Gadberry Hardwick Beard Cook White Rigney
Taylor Hill = NC VA ]]>
BIO #10443 -
JAMES W. JONES - ADAIR CO.
Contributed By: Sandi Gorin <sgorin@glasgow-ky.com>
10443: Kentucky Genealogy and Biography, Volume V, Battle-Perrin-Kniffin, 4th
ed., 1886. Adair Co. JAMES W. JONES, was born in Adair County, November 12,
1839, and is the eldest of seven children born to Philip A. and Elizabeth V.
(Humphries) Jones, the former a native of Taylor and the latter of Adair Co.,
Ky. Both were of English descent. Phillip A. Jones was born in June, 1818, and
received his ed! ucation at the primitive field schools of Kentucky frontier.
When a young man he moved to Adair County, where he was afterward married, and
has ever since been engaged in agricultural pursuits. He and wife are members of
the church - he of the Christian and she of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South. His father, Thomas Jones, was a native of Virginia, and was one of the
early settlers and prominent farmers of Taylor County, Ky. Mrs. Elizabeth V.
(Humphries) Jones was born February 14, 1810, and departed this life in
September, 1878. Her father, James Humphries, was also a native of Virginia, but
when only a lad he ran away from home and engaged himself to drive a team for a
man who was moving to Kentucky. He drove this team all the way over the
mountains and through a wilderness, infested on every hand by wild and ferocious
beats, to Taylor County. Here he grew to manhood, was afterwards married, and
settled on the Green River, in Adair Count! y. James W. Jones has been all his
life engaged in agricultural pursuits, making for several years the culture of
tobacco a specialty. October 12, 1861, he enlisted in Company C, Twenty-seventy
Kentucky Volunteer Infantry (Federal service) and served with his regiment in
all its marches and engagements until the close of the war, being mustered out
at Louisville, Ky., in March, 1865. He participated in the battles of Stone
River, Knoxville, Bean Station, Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, Lost Mountain, Altona,
the battles around Atlanta
and many other lesser engagements. At Stone River he had two brothers and a
brother-in-law killed, all of whom were near him in the action. He was married
February 22, 1859, to Miss Susan A. Adams, a native of Taylor County, Ky., born
October 20, 1843. She is a daughter of John and Eliza (Baley) Adams, both
natives of Marion County, Ky., and of English descent. Eight children have
blessed their union, viz.: Hezekiah B.,! Sarah E. (deceased), Geo. G., Eliza F.,
Susan M., Nancy E., John W. and James P. Both Mr. Jones and wife are members of
the Christian Church. In politics he is a Republican, and is one of the
respected citizens of the district and county. Mr. Jones' parents, Philip A. and
Elizabeth V. (Humphries) Jones, were remarkably stout or heavy persons, each
weighing over 300 pounds, and their joint weights aggregating 746 pounds.
Kentucky Genealogy and Biography Volume 1, Kentucky: A
History of the State by Battle Perrin Kniffin, 3rd
edition 1886. Adair County.
JOHN JEFFERSON
EPPERSON, a son of William Epperson was born
November 23, 1823.
William Epperson, a native of Charlottesville, Albemarle
County, Va., was born about 1772. He was a house
carpenter and a fine mechanic, also a millwright. He was
married to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Francis
Montgomery, who was a wealthy man and a slave owner in
Virginia, and after he came to Kentucky, owned 2,000
acres of land in Adair County and many slaves. He was
the father of three daughters and five sons, all of whom
were in fine financial circumstances. In 1804 William
Epperson came with his father-in-law to Adair County,
Ky., and became the owner of 1,000 acres of land. He
built a mill on Russell Creek in 1819 – to grind wheat
and corn – which mill is still standing and being run
regularly. He built a saw-mill also on Russell Creek in
1834. Although he owned a large body of land, he turned
his entire attention to milling, having his farm
cultivated by his sons and his slaves. His estate at his
death, August 27, 1852, was worth $18,000, and his
religious faith was first with the Baptist Church,
afterward with the Christian Church. John Epperson,
grandfather of John J Epperson, was also a Virginian,
whose remains lie buried in Lincoln County, Ky., with
those of his wife. His wife, whose death occurred
February 24, 1842, in the sixty-second year of her age,
was also first a Baptist and afterward a member of the
Christian Church. The Epperson family are of English
origin. John J. Epperson, a native of Adair County,
worked for his father until nineteen years of age.
December 22, 1842, he married Miss Elizabeth, daughter
of Samuel and Sarah (Hurt) Morris, the former a native
of New Jersey, the latter of Virginia. He received a
tract of 130 acres from his father, only a part of which
was cleared, and on which there were no buildings. He
now has 246 acres in the home farm, and owns 200 acres
in two other tracts. His farm of 246 acres is a part of
the limestone belt of the country, a very fertile tract,
and is situated on Russell Creek. To Mr. and Mrs.
Epperson have been born seven children: Patrick Henry,
Mary Priscilla, wife of W. H. Ryan; Charles Francis,
Thomas Jefferson,
Sarah Elizabeth, wife of Junius B. Montgomery;
Virgil McKnight and Albert. Charles Francis Eperson was
married to Miss Josephine Rowe, and they are the parents
of two sons; Thomas J. Epperson is married to Miss Ann
Mariah Rice, and they are the parents of two daughters;
Mary P. Bryan lives in Prairie City, Iowa; the mother of
two sons and a daughter – her oldest son is now dead;
Sarah E. Montgomery lives in Adair County, the mother of
one son; Patrick Henry Epperson enlisted in Company A,
Third Kentucky Infantry, Federal service, in 1861, and
after participating in one skirmish, took the measles at
Lexington which so seriously injured his health that he
was dismissed from the service in June, 1862, and
received an honorable discharge. Although he had been a
remarkably stout and robust young man before he entered
the service, after he returned home, his health declined
so rapidly, that his death occurred August 31, 1862,
after an illness of six weeks, of consumption, the
result of measles. He was born March 27, 1844. J. J.
Epperson has been, since the war, Democratic in
politics, but before that event was a Whig.
Biographies: Adair County KY John Jefferson EPPERSON born 23-Nov-1823
Submitted By: Sandi Gorin
http://www.rootsweb.com/~archreg/vols/00002.html#0000404
Submission Date: 04-Jan-2005
Source: “Kentucky Genealogy and Biography”, Volume 1, Kentucky:
A History of the State, by Battle - Perrin - Kniffin, 3rd edition 1886