Kentucky: A History of the State. Perrin, Battle & Kniffin, 6th ed.,1887, Spencer Co. JAMES R. STALLARD was born about three miles south of Taylorsville, Spencer Co., Ky., June 4, 1813, and is a son of Edmond and Margaret (Robison) Stallard, the former also of Spencer County. Walter Stallard, the father of Edmond, was a pioneer Baptist minister, and came from Virginia to Kentucky when Louisville was a mere village, and settled in that part of Shelby County which has since been absorbed by Spencer County. Edmond was a farmer, and died in 1814. His wife, Margaret Robison, a daughter of James and Jane (Dunn) Robison, was born in Ireland in 1786, but was brought to America when an infant. James R. Stallard was reared a farmer, and although he had a widowed mother to aid in life, has thriven well at his vocation, and now owns a farm of 1,100 acres in Elk Creek Precinct, Spencer County. In April, 1837, he married Mary, daughter of Adam Carrithers. Adam was of Irish ancestry, was a farmer, came from Pennsylvania to Kentucky, and died in 1859, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Stallard was born March 10, 1820, in Spencer County, and her mother, Elizabeth (Miller) Carrithers, was a daughter of John Miller, of Virginia. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Stallard have been born ten children: Margaret (deceased), Edmond, Adam, Mary E. (deceased), Ruth A. (deceased), Benjamin H., Emma V. (deceased), Annie B., James P. and Cora L. Mr. and Mrs. Stallard are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Stallard Robison Dunn Carrithers Miller = VA Shelby Ireland PA