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William I. Brock was born on March 17, 1843, the son of Martin Brock and Charlotte Oliver Brock of Clark County. On September 10, 1862, he enlisted in the Confederate Army, Company A, 11th Regiment Cavalry in Richmond. This was in Walter Chenault's Regiment, under the command of John Hunt Morgan. William applied for his Confederate Army pension in 1914, and he recalled that he was captured at Bluffington Island, Ohio, and taken to Camp Douglas in Chicago. "In February 1865 I became sick after being in prison over one year, and to save my life, I finally took the necessary oath to secure my release from prison." William was suffering from typhoid fever and friends raised $150 to secure his release.

William lived most of his life on his farm near College Hill, Madison County. He died on March 27, 1924, at the home of his son C.F. Brock in Winchester. He is buried in the College Hill Cemetery.

James Oliver, born in 1832, son of Joseph Mourning Oliver and Milly Bybee Oliver. James enlisted as a private in the Kentucky Cavalry during the Civil War, commanded by Walter Chenault. He was in Company A, 2nd Corp. James was captured by the northern troops, taken to Chicago and imprisoned at Camp Douglas. He died of dysentery on August 26, 1864. His body was then shipped home for burial, and his brother-in-law, Simpson William Brock, administered the estate. Submitted by Jim Faulkner