Author: Kentucky: A History of
the State, Battle, Perrin, &
Kniffin, Volume 5
MRS. VIRGINIA OWSLEY was born
June 1, 1835; her grandfather,
John Tucker,
was a native of the Old
Dominion, was a noted divine of
the Methodist
Church, and was one of the
pioneer ministers of Kentucky,
and he and wife
were murdered at Fort Columbia
by the Indians. His family
consisted of two
sons and two daughters, among
whom was James H., the father of
Mrs.
Virginia Owsley. James H. Tucker
was born January 15, 1788, and
married
Nancy Kennett of Marion County,
and to them were born twelve
children; of
that number six are living -
John H., Elizabeth (Avritt),
Rhoda (Yowell),
Dr. James H., Dr. D. C., and
Mrs. Virginia Owsley.
Nancy Kennett was born
January 31, 1791, and died March
23, 1856. James H. Tucker during
his
lifetime followed the pursuits
of the farm. He was a man of
undoubted
integrity and sterling worth,
and held the esteem of all who
knew him, in
token of which he held the
office of magistrate in his
county for many
years; his death occurred in
1871.
Mrs. Virginia Owsley, a
native of Marion
County, has been twice married,
first in 1854 to Leonard Taylor.
This union
was blessed by the birth of five
sons: James H., Albert C.,
DeWitt C., John
and Leonard. Mr. Taylor died in
1865. He was a farmer, was one
of the
landed proprietors of Boyle
County, and left a neat fortune
to his
children. His father, Henry
Taylor, owned a large estate in
Marion County,
and was one of its magistrates
for many years. He reared a
family of twelve
children, of whom one son (John)
is the only survivor. Mrs.
Virginia's
second marriage took place in
1871, with Lucien C. Owsley, a
native of
Alabama, and to this marriage is
born one son, William. Mrs.
Owsley is the
owner of a neat farm of
excellent land lying at the
confluence of the north
and south branches of Rolling
Fork River in Marion County,
where she was
born. She has been a life-long
member of the Methodist Church. |
