Pritchett.John.W.Hopkins-Christian.BIOS

Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, Volume I and Volume II, Lewis
Publishing Company, 1904, pp. 110-111.  Christian Co.

JOHN W. PRITCHETT

John W. Pritchett, who is now living retired at Hopkinsville, is a
native of Hopkins county, Kentucky, having been born here January 19, 
1825.

He is a member of one of the pioneer families of this locality.  Benjamin
Pritchett, his father, was a native of Virginia, and when a small boy came
from the Old Dominion to Kentucky with his mother, her location being on a
farm in Hopkins county, where he was reared.  For years he was engaged in
the hotel business in Caldwell and Hopkins counties.  His first wife was
Mahala Berry.  She was born and lived and died in Kentucky.  The children
of this union were six in number, four sons and two daughters, viz.:
James, Mary, John W., Colby, America and Thomas W., and of this number John
W. is the only one living.  His second wife, whose maiden name was Menerva
Bradly, bore him seven children, and by a third marriage he had two
children.

John W. Pritchett at the age of nineteen left home and went to Christian 
county, where he served an apprenticeship at the tanner's trade with Harvey 
Harrison, his apprenticeship covering a period of three years and his only 
compensation being his board.  Then for three years more he was in the 
employ of Mr. Harrison, and in 1850 he engaged in the tanner's business on 
his own account, which he continued for about twenty-six years, after which 
he retired and moved to Hopkinsville.  His tannery was located about seven 
miles northeast of this city.

On moving to Hopkinsville, Mr. Pritchett was engaged in the grocery business
for some seven or eight years, and then for three years dealt in leaf 
tobacco, since when he has lived retired.

Mr. Pritchett married, in Christian county, in 1850, Miss Cora Pennington, 
a native of this state and a daughter of Morton Pennington.  Mrs. Pritchett 
died January 13, 1897, leaving no children.  Fraternally Mr. Pritchett is 
identified with the Masonic order, and has had membership in good standing 
in the same for forty years.  He is a Democrat in politics and a member of 
the Cumberland Presbyterian church.

Pritchett Berry Bradly Harrison Pennington
Hopkins-KY VA Caldwell-KY


Submitted by: cpalmer@ix.netcom.com (Carole Palmer)
Date: Thu,  3 Jul 1997