Withers.Owen.B.b1827.Lyon-Jefferson-Oldham-Logan.BIOS


Owen B. Withers September 27 1827 - unknown
Lyon-Jefferson-Oldham County KyArchives Biography

Author: Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd edition, 1886

OWEN B. WITHERS, M. D., was born in Jefferson, now Oldham County, this State,
September 27, 1827, the only son of Hiram B. And Maria W. (Cates) Withers,
natives respectively of Virginia and Kentucky. The father was a physician,
graduating in 1819 from the Transylvania University. He served as a colonel in
the war of 1812; was only seventeen years old at the time; served on the staff
of Col. Degarneth, of Jefferson County; he, with two of his brothers, Charles,
aged twenty two, and Valentine, aged twenty, were in Dudley's defeat, but made
their escape. Hiram was a son of John Withers, who, with his father, James, and
five brothers, served in the war of the Revolution. James was a son of James
Withers, who was of English descent. The parents of our subject had four
children, of whom the Doctor is the only one now living. The latter was removed
when young, to Logan County, Ky., and there read medicine under his father. He
afterward attended the Louisville Medical Institute, and later the University of
the City of New York. After practicing in New Orleans and in Missouri, he
returned East, and continued his medical studies at Philadelphia. Returning to
Kentucky, he volunteered for the Mexican War, but stopped in New Orleans, and
shortly after came back to his native State, and engaged in the active practice
of his profession in various parts of the State, finally coming to Lyon County,
where he has since remained and enjoyed a most liberal patronage. He has
presided over many medical associations, and has been favored with numberless
positions of honor and distinction in those bodies. He married Martha G.
Clinton, a daughter of George C. and Susanna F. Clinton. Mrs. Withers died,
leaving six children: Granville, S. P., Mary M., Hiram B., Harrison C., John C.
B. And Ellwood F. Dr. Withers has been a member of several benevolent societies,
and has long been a member of the Catholic Church. Capt. Joshua Cates, the
maternal grandfather of Dr. Withers, was in the battle of King's Mountain, under
Shelby; three days after that battle, came with Boone to Kentucky. Capt. Cates
was often heard to say that he (Cates) and Maj. William Stewart were the
pioneers of south Kentucky. Capt. Cates became one of the largest land holders
in the State, owning tracts in Christian, Logan, Todd and other counties. He had
several encounters with the Indians, and many narrow escapes. He was the father
of A. G. Cates, formerly attorney-general of Kentucky, an eminent lawyer, who
died in St. Louis about the close of the war. Capt. Cates had quite a large
family, but only one son; he is buried in the Baptist burying ground, at
Russellville, Ky.



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