REZIN ANDERSON (deceased) was born in Grayson County, Ky., May 28, 1816. His father, William Anderson, was a native of Pennsylvania, and a son of William Anderson, Sr., who came from Pennsylvania to Kentucky many years ago and settled near the present site of Lexington, Fayette County. William Anderson, Jr., was but a youth when his parents moved to Kentucky. The family remained in Fayette County but a short time, owing to Indian depredations; afterward immigrating to what is now La Rue County, settling about two miles from Hodgensville, where William Anderson, Sr., died shortly after relocating. In 1814 William Anderson came to Grayson County, and opened a farm on Caney Creek, being one of the earliest pioneers of that section. He afterward moved to Raymon's Fork, three miles from Caneyville Village, where he improved a farm. He served with distinction in the Indian war of 1797, and participated in the bloody battle known in history as St. Clair's Defeat. He was for a number of years a member and pastor of the Baptist Church, and died at him home in 1856, at the advanced age of ninety years. His wife, Sarah Anderson, was born in Pennsylvania, and died in Grayson County about 1850. Rezin Anderson grew to manhood in Grayson County, and was esteemed as one of its most thrifty and respected citizens. He commenced farming on the paternal homestead, where he lived all his life, and died February 3, 1873, aged fifty-seven years. He was twice married, his first wife being Sallie Clagett, daughter of Charles and Rebecca (Gay) Clagett, by whom he had one child, Rebecca C. Anderson. Mrs. Anderson departed this life about 1843. His second wife, Susan J. Elder, daughter of Robert and Jennie Elder, of Grayson County, is still living. The following are the children born to the last marrieage, viz.: Joseph (deceased). William M. (deceased), Wilfred I., Laura A. (deceased), Cicero (deceased), James M. (deceased), Thomas J. D., Lula B., Cornelia F., and Sarah J. Wilfred I. Anderson, third son of Rezin and Susan J. Anderson, was born January 10, 1854. He is a native of Grayson County, and spent his youth upon his father's farm, attending the schools of the country at intervals, and engaged in business for himself at the age of nineteen, choosing agriculture as a vocation. He first purchased a farm two miles from where he now lives, on which he resided for a period of seven years, and at the end of that time, in 1874, disposed of his place, and moved to his present home, which forms a part of the old homestead. Mr. Anderson has a beautiful, well improved farm, and is one of the leading agriculturists of the Caneyville Precinct. November 6, 1873, was solemnized his marriage with Nancy Davis, daughter of William and Emmeline Davis, of Grayson County. Two children have blessed this union: Warren L. and Harvey B. Thomas J. D. Anderson, sixth son and eighth child of Rezin and Susan J. Anderson, was born October 26, 1863. He was reared on the old homestead, and received the basis of a good education in the common schools. Being a great reader he has added to his early education a vast fund of knowledge, obtained from the standard literature of the day, and is now one of the best informed young men of his community. At present he has charge of the paternal estate, which he carries on successfully, looking after his mother's interests, with whom he lives. He is a successful farmer and stock raiser, and has before him a promising future.
EATHAL ANDERSON is a native of Grayson County, and a son of Eathal and Agnes (Nash) Anderson, of Grayson and Pulaski Counties, respectively. Eathal Anderson, Sr., was the son of William Anderson, of whom mention has already been made. He resided in Grayson County the greater part of his life, following the vocation of farming, and was one of the substantial citizens of his neighborhood. In 1849 he moved to Arkansas, settling near Helena, where he lived a short time, afterward moving to Prairie County, that State, where his death occurred in 1857. His widow Agnes (Nash) Anderson died August, 1869, at the age of sixty-one years. The following children were born to Eathal and Agnes Anderson, namely: William, Valentine, Arthur B., Hannah, Harriet, Eathal (subject), Phoebe, Charles C., Elizabeth, Rezie, and Agnes H. Eathal Anderson (subject) was born March 18, 1838, and has been a resident of Grayson County all his life. He was reared on a farm and attended the schools of the country during winter seasons, and at the early age of sixteen years commenced working for himself in the blacksmithing business, learning the trade in Edmonson County. Later he worked on a farm, living with the family of his uncle, Rezin Anderson, for a period of years, at the end of which time he traveled for about three years, making several trips down the Mississippi River as flat-boatman in the meantime. In 1862 he returned to Grayson County and purchased a farm about one and a half miles from his present home, on which he resided for a period of four years. At the end of that time he disposed of the farm and purchased his present home place, a quarter of a mile south of Caneyville Village, where he has since lived. He has made farming a specialty; has a well improved place, and is one of the successful men of Caneyville Precinct. He was united in marriage, April 10, 1862, in Grayson County, to Miss Sarah J., daughter of William C. and Mary Jane (Denton) Simpson, of Barren County, Ky. The following children have been born to this union: Dora, Lydia A., Queen, Charles R., Agnes H., Louisa E., Pattie E., and William E. Mr. Anderson has never been an office seeker, but takes some interest in political affairs, voting with the Republican party. He is an active member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, with which he has been identified for a period of twenty-three years. His wife is a member of the same church.
DR.WILLIAM ARMS was born in Botetourt County, Va., January 11, 1830, and is the son of William and Barbara Arms, both parents native of the same State. William Arms, Sr., was born in 1805, and remained in Virginia until 1832, at which time he immigrated Illinois, locating in Vermilion County, and two years later moved to Breckinridge County, Ky., where he lived until his death in 1862. Barbara (Bear) Arms, his widow was born in 1804, in Virginia, and is still living in Grayson County. Eleven children were born to William and Barbara Arms, whose names are as follows: Elizabeth, Mary, Daniel, William, John, Sarah, Lucinda, Joseph H, James, George W. and Louisa. Dr. William Arms grew to manhood in Breckinridge County, and received the rudiments of an English education in the subscription schools of the county, which he attended at intervals until his nineteenth year, employing his leisure hours in reading such books and papers as he could procure. Leaving home at the age of nineteen he engaged at the carpenter's trade, at which he worked for a period of eight years, reading medicine in the meantime under the instruction of Dr William Hall, of Breckinridge County. In 1857 he moved to Grayson County; he located north of Leitchfield, where he purchased a tract of land and engaged in farming, remaining in that locality until 1882, at which time he moved to the Sand Springs Precinct, where he now resides. In 1870 he engaged in the practice of medicine, which profession he has since followed, and now has a large and lucrative practice in Grayson and adjoining counties. In connection with his profession the Doctor carries on farming owning a good place near Shrewsbury Village, and is also owner of the only flouring mill in the Sand Springs District, which he operates very successfully. The Doctor married, August 7, 1852, in Grayson County, Cinderella Conklin, daughter of David Conklin, of the same county, who bore him four children: William D.; Lydia, wife of J. T. Morrison; Sarah P., wife of A. Washburn, and James H. Mrs. Arms was born in 1831 and died in 1864. His second marriage was solemnized August 17, 1864, with Miss Mary E. Sands, daughter of Samuel and Cinderella Sands, of Grayson County. Seven children have been born to this union: George W., Samuel H., John A., Cinderella, Mary J., Robert E. and Pearlia.
JOHN A. BISHOP was born in Leitchfield, December 10, 1836, and is the eldest of three children born to Hosea S. and Henrietta B. (Rogers) Bishop, natives of Virginia and Grayson County, Ky., respectively. Hosea S. came to Leitchfield from Virginia, and was among the pioneer saddlers and harness-makers of Grayson County; he was married in Leitchfield and here resided until his death in November, 1884. John A. was reared in Leitchfield, and here attended the public schools. At the age of eighteen years he entered the Mt. Alba High School at Hardinsburg, Ky., and remained about fifteen months, at the end of which time he returned to Leitchfield to complete his trade - that of saddler - under his father. He remained thus working at this trade until he was about twenty-three years of age, when he formed a partnership with John R. Barton, under the firm name of Barton & Bishop, in the general merchandise business. This firm continued to thrive and do a profitable business until the fall of 1874, when Mr. Bishop sold out his interest to his partner, and formed a partnership in the leaf tobacco business with Lemuel Moorman, under the firm name of Moorman & Bishop; three years later Mr. Bishop sold out his interest to his partner, and immediately began the erection of a business room on the corner, where he is at present located. One year later he formed a partnership with John W. Gosnell in the general merchandise business, under the firm name of Gosnell & Bishop; some time after William O. Jones was admitted to the firm, and the business was continued under the name of Gosnell, Bishop & Co. Nine months after Mr. Jones sold his interest to Jess T. Gosnell, a son of the senior member of the firm, and the business is not conducted under the name of Gosnell, Bishop & Co. October 25, 1860, Mr. Bishop was united in marriage in Breckinridge County, by Rev. D. Dowden, with Emma A. Miller, youngest daughter of John and Judith Miller. Their union has been blessed with four children: James W., Ella, Alvin and May. Mr. Bishop is a member of Leitchfield Lodge, No. 236, A. F. & A. M., of which he is the present treasurer, and with his wife a member of the Baptist Church.
STEPHEN W. BOND is a native of Wayne County, Ky., and was born about 1820. His father, Joel Bond, was a native of either Maryland or one of the Carolinas, but came to Kentucky when quite young, and grew to manhood in Wayne County, where he resided for twenty-eight r thirty years; afterward moved to Breckinridge County, which was his home for a short time. He immigrated to Missouri as early as 1835, and died in Millard County, that State, some time prior to the breaking out of the war. His wife, Jane (Hines) Bond, was born in Maryland and died in Missouri, a few years after the death of her husband. Mr. and Mrs. Bond reared a family of seven children, three of whom are living, namely: Lewis G., Margaret and S. W. (subject). The deceased members of the family are Benjamin, William, Joel and Elizabeth Bond. Stephen W. Bond was early thrown upon his own resources, having been apprenticed to the tailor's trade at the age of sixteen in the town of Danville, where he remained a short time. He next worked at his trade in Monticello, Wayne County, and from the latter place went to Hardinsburg, Breckinridge County where he carried on his business for a limited period. Later he located at the falls of Rough Creek, and from there moved to Louisville, where he worked at his trade several months, and afterward located at Leitchfield, where he carried on a successful business for about five years. At the end of that time he went to Miller County, Mo., and worked at his trade; thence to Versailles, Miningport, Morgan County, and several other places; thence to his father's. From his father's he went to Leitchfield, Ky., where he married, and then located in the village of Caneyville, and engaged in merchandising, which he carried on for about twenty years. In connection with the goods business he engaged in the tobacco trade, and for a number of years conducted a thriving business in flat boating produce, lumber, etc., to New Orleans, and intermediate points on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. In all his business ventures Mr. Bond was very successful, and but few men in the county could count their gains as rapidly as he. He retired from active business in 1863, having acquired a handsome competency, and is now one of the wealthiest men in the county. He resides in a beautiful home on a high elevation overlooking Caneyville, and is passing his declining years in quiet and content. Mr. Bond married, about the year 1837 or 1838, Nancy Ross, daughter of James and Margaret Ross, of Leitchfield, Ky. The following children have been born to this union; John, Thomas, James R., Melissa, Lewis J., Ulysses S. G. and Mahala J., all of whom are living. In politics Mr. Bond was formerly a Democrat, but later affiliated with the Republican party, and at present claims to be independent, giving but little attention to party affairs.
JUDGE J. W. BOZORTH, eldest of eleven children of Jeremiah and Sarah (Grieves) Bozorth, native of Kentucky, was born six miles west of Leitchfield, November 17, 1815. His father, Jeremiah Bozorth, when a small boy, came to what is now Grayson County, with his parents. Kentucky was then a part of Virginia, and his father located in what is now Ohio County. At the age of twenty-two Jeremiah married and settled on a farm about seven miles west of Leitchfield, where he continued to reside until the death of his wife in 1852; he then purchased the homestead farm of about 600 acres on Little Clifty Creek, where he resided until his death, which occurred in his eighty-sixth year. J. W. Bozorth was reared on the old homestead, on Little Clifty Creek. December 12, 1837, he was united in marriage, in Ohio County, by Rev. Thomas Downs, with Elizabeth Pedicoarde, who bore him two children: Frances and Sallie J. Mrs. Bozorth died at her residence near Leitchfield, December 20, 1875, a member of the United Baptist Church, and in a firm belief of a future filled with peace and rest. After his marriage Judge Bozorth purchased a farm near the homestead, on which he resided until 1849. He then came to Leitchfield and began the study of law; in 1852 he was admitted to the bar of Grayson County, and immediately entered on the regular practice. During the next few years he served as county assessor, and in 1855 he was elected county attorney, which office he held for fifteen years. In 1867 he was elected by the Democratic party to the State Legislature and served two terms; in 1870 was elected to the office of county judge; in 1874 was re-elected and honorably discharged for four years longer the duties incumbent upon him. Since the expiration of his term he has been engaged in the practice of his profession. December 16, 1879, he was married near Leitchfield by Rev. E. F. Orr, to Mrs. Nancy Long. The Judge cast his first vote for Martin Van Buren and since that time has never failed to vote for the Democratic candidate. Mrs. Bozorth is a member of the United Baptist Church.
DANIEL P. BRATCHER is a native of Grayson County and was born in what is now Spring Lick Precinct March 15, 1829. He is the eldest in a family of nine children, and has always lived in his native county, following the occupation of farming, in which he has been singularly successful, having at the present time one of the best improved places in the Spring Lick Precinct. Like the majority of old residents his education was limited to such schools as the country afforded, and at the age of eighteen he engaged in business for himself on a farm about two miles east of his present home place. In 1849 he purchased the beautiful farm on which he has since lived; the original tract contained 200 acres, which has since been reduced to 170 acres, almost all of which is under successful cultivation. Mr. Bratcher has been twice married; the first time in December, 1846, in Grayson County to Judy K. Green, daughter of George and Lavica (Neal) Green, by whom they had five children: James H., Harvey B., Lavica and Mahala (twins, deceased), and an infant, deceased. Mrs. Bratcher died May 26, 1871. October 14, 1883, Mr. Bratcher married Mrs. Sarah E. Mason, daughter of John and Eliza Cain, of Nelson County, Ky. Mrs. Bratcher is the eight of fourteen children, and was born November 24, 1835. Her father, John Cain, died October 29, 1879. Her mother was a daughter of John Wakefield and died April 6, 1870. Mr. Bratcher is an active member of the United Baptist Church, and a strong advocate of temperance reform. Mrs. Bratcher is a member of the Baptist Church also, and an active member of her congregation. Mr. Bratcher's paternal grandfather was William Bratcher, a native of South Carolina and one of the early settlers of he falls of Rough Creek, Grayson County. He was a successful farmer and died about 1857. His son, Joseph Bratcher, father of our subject, was born near the falls of Rough Creek, August 10, 1807, and died in Butler County, July 3, 1885. Rebecca (Byers) Bratcher, wife of Joseph Bratcher, was the daughter of John Byers, one of the pioneers of Grayson County. She was born February 9, 1810 and died in November, 1879. The family of Joseph and Rebecca Bratcher consisted of nine children: James H., Daniel P. (subject), William, J. W., Joseph A. (killed in the battle of Lookout Mountain), Jonathan E., Lydia (wife of I. House), Rebecca J. (deceased) and Rebecca J. (wife of C. C. Ferguson).
A. W. BRATCHER was born October 9, 1853, near the present site of Big Clifty, and is the eldest of a family of six sons and six daughters born to Capt. William A. and Sarah A. (Pirtle) Bratcher. William A. Bratcher was born October 19, 1830, and was also a native of Grayson County. He was a farmer by occupation, and for a time captain of a company in the State militia. He was a son of Asa Bratcher, who was born in South Carolina in 1801, and who was a farmer of Irish extraction. Capt. Bratcher's marriage was solemnized in December, 1852, with Miss Sarah A., daughter of Jacob and Ellen (Pirtle) Pirtle. In early life A. W. Bratcher possessed limited educational advantages, but by close application to study he has obtained for himself a first-rate English education, which has been supplemented from time to time by his experience in the practical walks of life. His first business was teaching, in which he engaged for three years, since which time he has been engaged in the dry goods business at Big Clifty. He is not a member of any secret society and in politics is a Republican.
EDWIN O. BROWN was born in Elizabethtown, Hardin Co., Ky., October 8, 1851, and is the youngest child of Elisha S. and Kittie (Thomas) Brown, natives, respectively, of Bourbon County and Leitchfield, Ky. Elisha S. Brown was postmaster for several years at Elizabethtown, where he died in 1852. His widow then moved to Leitchfield, where Edwin O. attended the public schools until he was sixteen years of age. He was then appointed deputy county and circuit clerk under his uncle, Edwin Thomas, and served about twelve years. In the spring of 1878 he became a candidate for the office of county clerk, and was elected in August of the same year. In August, 1882, he was reelected, and is the present worthy incumbent. He is a member of the Leitchfield Lodge, No. 236, F. & A. M. In December, 1878, he was appointed receiver of the public money for Grayson County, and is at present engaged in fulfilling the duties of that office.
JAMES BURTLE, SR., was born November 5, 1818. In a family of eight children born to James and Ellen (Higdon) Burtle he was the sixth. Andrew Burtle, our subject's paternal grandfather, was of English descent, and it is thought his birth took place in Maryland. His vocation was farming, and in 1806 he settled in Washington County, Ky., near where now stands the town of Springfield. Five years later he came to Grayson County, where he lived until his death. The maternal grandfather of our subject was a native of Maryland, and died there a short time prior to the immigration of his (the Higdon) family to Kentucky - his widow and children coming at the same time the Burtle family came. James Burtle, father of our subject, was born in 1777. By occupation a farmer, he in early life engaged in that pursuit for himself, being very successful. He was a soldier under Gen. Hopkins in the second war with Great Britain, serving with distinction. James Burtle, our subject, had attained his majority before he quit the home of his parents. He had received such education as the country schools of his vicinity afforded, but it was not entirely satisfactory to him,, and he importuned his father to gibe him means to attend college at some point, but the father, not wishing to be partial with his children, refused. James immediately laid his case before the faculty of Mount Merino Seminary, then in Breckinridge County. They allowed him to enter the school, he to return home after the session and earn the money for their pay. He attended two sessions in that way. At the age of twenty-three he entered the store as clerk of John Cunningham, of Leitchfield; remained four years, and then established himself in the mercantile trade, continuing in the business five years, when he succeeded in saving sufficient to enable him to purchase the farm where he now resides. March 16, 1847, he married Miss Catherine Brooking. To their union eight children were born - only two now living: James A., who married Kate Akers, and Mary E. Mrs. Burtle died February 6, 1861. December 28, 1864, Mr. Burtle married Mrs. Fannie (Moore) Tate; by the latter union he became the father of the following named children : Mattie E., Levi M. and Catherine F., whose respective dates of birth were as follows: January 28, 1866; September 25, 1867, and January 6, 1870. Mr. Burtle owns 830 acres of well improved land - 430 in the home tract, situated two miles north of Leitchfield. He and family are members of the Catholic Church, but Mrs. Burtle belongs to the Christian Church. He votes the Democratic ticket.
DR. ANDERSON R. BYERS was born October 27, 1822, in Grayson County, where he still resides, and is the eldest of a family of eight children. His father, Daniel, was born in Grayson, June 14, 1802. He was a farmer and a son of John Byers, who was also a native of Kentucky, and whose father, Daniel Byers, having left Virginia at a very early day, lived for a time in the stations in eastern Kentucky. Daniel Byers, the Doctor's father, was married, about December, 1821, to Miss Margaret, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Avery) Bratcher, of Grayson County. Dr. Byers has been twice married; first, March 6, 1845, to Miss Elizabeth, daughter of David and Rebecca (Fitzgerald) Park, of Ohio County. To them were born Mary E. (Hoover) and Jesse A. Mrs. Elizabeth Myers died November 20, 1855. December 23, 1857, the Doctor married Mrs. Sarah E. Herren, daughter of Charles and Mary L. (Sallinger) Felix, also of Ohio County. The Doctor's early years were spent on a farm, and in 1840 he began the study of medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. James C. Bostman, of Ohio County, with whom he remained until the death of the latter, which occurred in 1842, when he again embraced the vocation of a farmer, at which he continued exclusively until 1851, when he began the practice of his profession, in which, with the exception of twenty month�s service in the army, he was since engaged, and at which he has met with great encouragement. He was a member, during his army life, of Company H, Thirty-fifth Kentucky Mounted Infantry, with which he served as first lieutenant. He was present at the battles of Saltville, Laurel Mountain and Clinch Mountain, besides a large number of minor battles and skirmishes. He has owned lands, including those settled on his children and sold for their benefit, to the amount of 300 acres. He is a member, with his wife, of the Presbyterian Church; in politics he is a Republican, having represented Grayson County in the Legislature of 1881-82 (that being the first Republican representative), since which time he has been elected and now holds the position of senator for the Tenth District - the first Republican ever elected from the Tenth District over a large Democratic majority.
J. G. CLAGETT is a native of Grayson County, and one of its most energetic and progressive citizens. He is a son of Clarence and Rebecca (Gay) Clagett, natives, respectively, of North Carolina and Kentucky. J. G. Clagett was born October 17, 1818. He was reared on a farm, and early learned those habits of industry which so well fitted him for the active duties of after life. His means of obtaining an education were extremely limited, the schools of the country at that time being of a very ordinary grade, besides which he was compelled to forego the privilege of attending them for even a limited period of the year, the duties of the farm requiring all his time. He remained with his parents until his twenty-sixth year, looking after their interests in the meantime, and began life for himself as a farmer in 1846, purchasing a tract of land about two and a half miles north of Leitchfield, on which he resided for about five years. He disposed of this place in 1852, and engaged in the mercantile business at Winchell's Mills, on Rough Creek, which he continued with fair success for six years. After severing his connection with the goods business he resumed farming in Grayson County, purchasing a farm northwest of Leitchfield, which was his home until 1861. In the latter year he purchased his home place, on Caney Creek, Caneyville Precinct, which he has made one of the finest and most productive farms of the county. His home place consists of 240 acres of land, all under a high state of cultivation, besides which he owns several other tracts, aggregating in all about 500 acres. Mr. Clagett has been especially successful as a grain grower, his place being the banner farm of the county in this respect. He is an active supporter of all measures for the public good, a liberal friend of education, and a substantial patron of the church. He was married, November 10, 1846, in Grayson County, to Miss Nancy Rice, daughter of David and Sallie Rice, of Green County, Ky. Mrs. Clagett died in 1851, and June 26, 1852, Mr. Clagett married Mrs. Mary J. Barnes, daughter of Moses Harrell, of Breckinridge County. Seven children have been born to this union, viz.: Charles W., John H., Rebecca (deceased), Mary A., Mattie E., and Emma. Mr. Clagett has held several offices of trust at different times - magistrate three terms, surveyor one term, and sheriff two terms - having been elected to the last named office in 1867 and 1869. He is a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Masonic fraternity. Charles Clagett, father of subject, was born in North Carolina about 1789, and was a son of Henry Clagett, a native of Maryland. Henry Clagett left his native State at an early day; immigrated to North Carolina, where he lived until 1815, when he came to Kentucky, and settled in Woodford County. Three years later he came to Grayson County, locating one mile and a half west of Leitchfield, where his death occurred about 1823 or 1824. Charles Clagett came to Kentucky with his parents, and in 1818 moved to Grayson County, where he engaged in farming two miles west of Leitchfield. He was a man of considerable note in the early days of the county; filled several official positions, and died about 1851 or 1852. His wife, Rebecca Clagett, was a daughter of John Gay, an early resident of Woodford County. She died in Grayson County in 1826. The following children were born to Charles and Rebecca Clagett, viz.: J. G.(subject), Mary Jane, Rebecca (deceased) and Elizabeth. By a subsequent marriage, with Ruth Hoskinson, Charles Clagett reared a family of six children. (See sketch of Joseph A. Clagett.)
JOSEPH A. CLAGETT, one of the prominent, active farmers of Grayson County, was born in that county March 7, 1841. He is a son of Charles and Ruth (Hoskinson) Clagett, both natives of Grayson. (See sketch of J. G. Clagett.) Ruth Clagett was a daughter of David Hoskinson, an early resident of Grayson County. She died about 1858 or 1859. Charles and Ruth Clagett reared a family of six children: H. T., Charles P. (deceased), Joseph A., Benjamin F., Sarah A. (wife of I. H. Day) and Lydia T. (wife of Thomas Larkin). By previous marriage Mr. Clagett reared a family of several children whose names are mentioned in the sketch of J. G. Clagett. Joseph A. Clagett was thrown upon his own resources early in life, his father dying when he was but six years old, and at the age of thirteen he commenced life as a farm hand, in which capacity he labored for eight years, attending the schools of the county at intervals in the meantime. At the breaking out of the war in 1861, he entered the Union service, enlisting in Company E, Seventeenth Kentucky Infantry, under command of Col. John H. McHenry, with which he served from October of the above year until February, 1865. His regiment formed part of the Army of the Cumberland, and our subject participated in some of the bloodiest battles of the war, among which were Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth, Perryville, Chickamanga, Missionary Ridge, Altona Mountain, and numerous minor engagements, passing through them all without any serious injury. He was mustered out of service at Louisville, in 1865, and immediately thereafter returned to his native county, and engaged in farming, purchasing land in what is known as the Short Creek District, on which he lived until 1870. In the latter year he disposed of his farm in Short Creek, and purchased his present beautiful farm in the Sand Springs District, where he has since resided. His farm, consisting of 248 acres of well improved land, is one of the best places in the county, and as a successful agriculturist and stock raiser Mr. Clagett stands in the front rank. Mr. Clagett was married, April 10, 1867, to Miss Angia T. Layman, daughter of William and Rebecca (Deweese) Layman, of Grayson County. Mrs. Clagett is the eldest of a family of five children, and was born May 15, 1847. To Mr. and Mrs. Clagett have been born four children: Charles W., George C., Bertie (deceased) and Robert L. Mr. Clagett is a member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to the Pilgrim Lodge, No. 545, and votes the Democratic ticket. Mrs.Clagett is an active member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
C. W. R. COBB is descended from an old Virginia family, and traces his ancestors back among the early colonial residents of the Dominion State. Jesse Cobb, his grandfather, was a soldier in Washington's army, and served with distinction as captain throughout the entire seven years' war for independence. He was a man of considerable prominence in his native State, and died there many years ago, at an advanced age. Warner Cobb, father of our subject, was born July 30, 1781, and came from Virginia to Kentucky, settling, in 1818, near Hardinsburg, Breckinridge County; one year later he moved to Ohio County locating in the northeastern part, where he engaged in farming and where his death occurred June 5, 1870. His wife, Sallie (Haynes) Cobb, was the daughter of Henry Haynes, who was born in Virginia. Mrs. Cobb was born May 13, 1788, and died September 23, 1866. Mr. and Mrs. Cobb were the parents of thirteen children, only two of whom are now living., viz: C. W. R. (subject) and Martha A. (wife of James G. Bailey). C. W. R. Cobb was born in Ohio County, Ky., February 5, 1823, and grew to manhood on his father's farm, commencing life for himself at the early age of eighteen years. He remained with his parents until their death, looking after their interests in the meantime, and consequently received but a limited education the sum total of his schooling amounting to but three weeks duration. By employing his leisure in reading he soon became well informed, and by careful attention to business he succeeded in acquiring a practical education such as the schools fail to impart. In 1881 he disposed of his interest in Ohio County, and moving to Grayson purchased his present farm of 100 acres in the Sand Springs Precinct, on which he has since resided. In 1861, Mr. Cobb engaged in the mercantile business at Fordsville, Ohio County, which he carried on for a period of fourteen years, keeping a hotel in the meantime. He held the office of magistrate in Ohio County for a period of eight year, and was deputy county clerk of the same county for about the same length of time. In 1882 he was elected magistrate for the Sand Springs District, Grayson County, which position he still holds. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and takes considerable interest in political matters, voting with the Democratic party Mr. Cobb has been twice married; the first time, November 25, 1855, in Breckinridge County, to Miss Bettie D. Newman, daughter of Henry and Adaline Newman, of the same county, who bore him the following children, viz.: Henry W., Adaline, Mary, Tabitha, John R. and William. Mrs. Cobb died June 3, 1873. His second marriage was solemnized November 25, 1879, in Grayson County, with Mrs. Martha Taylor, daughter of Daniel and Martha (Pearson) Davis, of Cincinnati, Ohio. By previous marriage Mrs. Cobb had two children, both of whom are living.
JUDGE W. L. CONKLIN was born in Breckinridge County, Ky., near the Grayson County line, February 4, 1812, and was brought when an infant to Grayson County, by his parents, who located on Rough River, about six miles north of Leitchfield. He was reared on the old homestead farm, and attended the subscription schools of his neighborhood until about twenty two years of age; then came to Leitchfield and attended the subscription school about eighteen months. He then clerked for one year in the store of Valentine Yates, a general merchant, and later served in the same capacity in the store of John Cunningham, with whom he remained until 1841. At that time he became the Whig Candidate for the State Legislature, and in August of the same year was elected; in 1842 he was again a candidate, but was defeated by fifteen votes. In November of the latter year he went to Elizabethtown, and took up the study of law in the office of Charles G. Wintersmith; retuned to Leitchfield in September, 1843, and was admitted to the bar of Grayson County. He was united in marriage November 25, 1845, by Rev. Father A. Deganquier, of the Catholic Church, with Sarah A. Cunningham, eldest daughter of John and Elizabeth (Yates) Cunningham. To this union five children were born: Elizabeth Y., Ellen O., William A., John W., and James T. At the August election of 1848, Judge Conklin was again elected by the same party to the State Senate to represent the district composed of Breckinridge, Hancock and Grayson Counties; in 1861, at the beginning of the war, he again was elected and served one term in the State Legislature, and again, in 1865, was elected to the same body and served a term of two years; in 1869 he was elected to the State Senate from the district composed of Breckinridge, Edmonson, and Grayson Counties, and served four years. Since the spring of 1873 he has been engaged in the practice of law, in which he has risen to eminence, and by industry and energy has acquired a competency of this world's goods, enabling him to enjoy in ease his declining years. Judge Conklin, in 1863, was defeated as a candidate for the Legislature; since the dissolution of the Whig party he has acted with the Democratic party.
WILLIAM CRAWFORD, a substantial farmer and active business man of Grayson County, is the second of a family of nine children born to James and Catherine Crawford, and dates his birth from July 7, 1827. His paternal ancestors were natives of Ireland, his grandfather, John Crawford, emigrating from that country to America in an early day, and settling in Pennsylvania, where he resided a few years, afterward moving to Kentucky, locating in Nelson County. He was a farmer by occupation, and died at his home in Hardin County, as early as 1840, at an advanced age. Jonathan Harned, subject's maternal grandfather, was one of the earliest settlers of Nelson County, and of German descent. He was a farmer by occupation and died in Nelson County many years ago. James Crawford, subject's father, was born in Nelson County in the year 1800, and died in Hardin County, October, 1874. He was a successful farmer and during his residence in Hardin County accumulated a large property, both personal and real. His wife, Catharine (Harned) Crawford, was born in Nelson County, and died about the year 1845, aged forty-four years. Mr. and Mrs. Crawford reared a family of children whose names are as follows: William (subject), Henry, Sallie, Benjamin F., Elizabeth, John W., James, Colmore L. and Mary. By a subsequent marriage Mr. Crawford raised a family of seven children, five of whom are living. William Crawford (subject) was reared on a farm, and remained with his parents until his twenty-fifth year. In his youth he attended such schools as the country afforded, but received his principal education in after life by coming in contact with business men in various business capacities. In the year 1853 he came to Grayson County and settled about one and a half miles east of his present place of residence in Millwood Precinct, where he resided for a period of three years, at the end of which time he purchased the beautiful place which has since been his home. He is one of the large land owners of the county, and his farm is a model of neatness in every respect, his improvements being among the best in the county. He has been very successful and already has a handsome competency for his declining years. Mr. Crawford was united in marriage, October 7, 1853, in Hardin County, to Miss Emily Canday, daughter of James and Sarah (Bledsoe) Canday, of Hardin. Mrs. Crawford was born April 9, 1832. To the union of William and Sarah Crawford have been born eleven children, namely: James,Benjamin F., Henry, John W. (deceased), Sarah C. (deceased), John, Leonard, Lee (deceased), Martha, Hardin, and an infant (deceased). Mr. Crawford has never asked nor desired political preferment, but has always been a stanch supporter of the Democratic party. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity.
BENJAMIN F. CRAWFORD, brother of William Crawford, was born near Rolling Fork, Hardin County, May 14, 1832, and is the fifth child of James and Catharine Crawford (of whom mention has already been made). His youth was passed amid the rugged scenes of farm life, and he early learned the lessons of industry which fitted him for the active business of later years. His early education was somewhat limited, owing to the indifferent schools of that day, but being a great reader and a close observer he soon became thoroughly well informed and the possessor of a practical education, such as institutions of learning fail to impart. At the age of twenty-eight he engaged in business for himself, choosing agriculture as a vocation, which he carried on successfully in his native county until 1860, at which time he moved to Grayson County, and settled on part of a large estate which his father had previously purchased. He afterward came into possession of a large portion of this land, which lies in Millwood Precinct, and at once began improving it on quite an extensive scale. His home place at the present time consists of 650 acres of as fine land as there is in the county, a goodly portion of which has been brought under a successful degree of cultivation. He has made farming and stock raising a specialty, and is justly considered one of the leading agriculturists of Grayson. Mr. Crawford married, November 6, 1863, in Grayson County, Miss America, daughter of Caleb and Lydia (Day) Stinson, by whom he has the following named children: George Y., Caleb S., Wallace, Ree, Dora, Annie L., Andrew J. S. (deceased), Ida, Benny. America, Bettie and Lydia. In 1883 Mr. Crawford was appointed sheriff of Grayson county, which position he filled one year, and in 1884 received the appointment of county road supervisor, which he still holds. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and belongs to the United Baptist Church, with which he has been identified for a period of twenty-five years, having held a number of official positions in his local congregation. In politics he generally votes with the Democratic party, but is an uncompromising advocate of prohibition, having been a strong temperance man all his life. Mrs. Crawford has been a member of the Baptist Church, and one of the active workers of her congregation.
JOHN W. CRAWFORD, one of the active business men and prominent citizens of Grayson County, is the fourth son and sixth child of James and Catharine Crawford, and was born in Hardin County, January 21, 1837. He remained with his parents until his twenty-first year, passing his youth and early manhood on his father's farm, attending the common schools at intervals, and shortly after attaining his majority commenced life for himself in Grayson County, to which he moved about 1858. He located on a part of his father's large landed estate in Millwood Precinct, and with his brother, B. F. Crawford, afterward purchased 1,000 acres of said estate, which they divided between them. But few improvements had been made on the land prior to Mr. Crawford's arrival, but by industry and strict attention to business he soon had a large portion under successful cultivation. He has added to his original purchase from time to time, and has now a tract of 825 acres of land, 450 of which are under cultivation, being the largest and best improved farm in the Millwood District. Mr. Crawford is a model farmer, a successful stock raiser and a thorough and methodical business man. He has given his attention strictly to his business affairs, never having asked nor desired official position of any kind. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to the Leitchfield Lodge, and in politics votes with the Democratic party. Mr. Crawford married, April 1, 1860, in Grayson County, Emily Layman, daughter of Jacob and Sarah (Wilson) Layman. To this union have been born the following named children: Mary C. (deceased), Martha E. (deceased), William S. (deceased), Cora, Melissa, Harvey W., Sallie, Harriet (deceased) and Jesse. Mrs. Crawford is an active member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
MATTHEW J. CUNNINGHAM is a son of John and Harriet B. (Wortham) Cunningham, natives of Virginia and Kentucky, respectively, and was born December 20, 1850, one mile and a half northeast of Leitchfield. When he was nineteen years of age he mother, then a widow moved to Leitchfield, erected a hotel, and for the following three years he assisted her in conducting this business. In 1871 he began teaching school in Grayson County, at which he continued until 1873. He then entered the employ of James McBride, a tobacco merchant of Louisville, with whom he remained three years, after which he was engaged for two years with Moorman & Bishop, also tobacco merchants. In 1878 he entered the employ of Evans, Staadeker & Co., general merchants. Later he formed a partnership with W. C. Evans and R. O. Cannon, under the firm name of Evans & Co., and conducted a general merchandise business. June 2, 1883, with R. O. Cannon, Mr. Cunningham purchased the business, and it is at present conducted under the style of Cannon & Cunningham, and do a business of $60,000 per year. May 24, 1882, Mr. Cunningham married in Leitchfield, by Rev. Rushing, to Clara E. McCall, who has borne him two children: Rex E. and Jennie Hazel. Mr. Cunningham is selling goods on the same spot where his father sold fifty years ago.
HENRY E. DEHAVEN was born in Breckinridge County, Ky., September 28, 1824, and is a son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Dean) Dehaven, both natives of Kentucky. Edward Dehaven, the paternal grandfather of Henry E., was a native of Pennsylvania and of French descent. He served in the revolutionary war, and at its close came to Kentucky and settled near Georgetown, where he resided until 1800, when he moved to Breckinridge County, which was his home until his death in 1850. The Dean family were among the earliest residents of Breckinridge County, Ky. Henry Dean, subject's grandfather, settled there about the beginning of the present century. He was farmer and died many years ago, at an advanced age. Isaac Dehaven was born near Georgetown shortly after the family moved to the State, but grew to manhood in Breckinridge County, where he was taken when quite young. He was a man of considerable local prominence, having filled a number of official positions, and closed a long and useful life in 1871, at the age of eighty-one years. Elizabeth Dehaven, wife of Isaac Dehaven, departed this life about 1863. The following children were born to this union: Mary, Elizabeth, Johnson, Henry E. and Rebecca, only two of whom are living: subject and Johnson Dehaven. Henry E. Dehaven grew to manhood I his native county and remained with his parents until their death. His early educational advantages were very limited, as the country schools of Kentucky at that time were few and of an inferior grade. He attended these schools at intervals; improving his opportunities he acquired a fair practical education, which enabled him to carry on the active business of after life with success. He commenced farming for himself at the age of twenty years, and has followed that occupation in connection with various other vocations ever since. He later engaged in the mercantile business, opened a general store on his father's farm in Breckinridge County, and sold goods for a period of twenty years, meeting with good success. In March, 1880, he came to Grayson County and located at Millwood Village, near which place he purchased a fine tract of land, which he immediately began improving. This is now one of the finest stock farms in the precinct, and his buildings and other improvements are among the most substantial in the county. In 1882 he erected a large store building in the village and since that time has been carrying a general goods business in connection with farming and stock raising, in all of which he has been deservedly successful. While a resident of Breckinridge County Mr. Dehaven held the office of magistrate several terms, and was also postmaster at Planter's Hall for a number of years. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, an ardent supporter of the Democratic party and one of the active business men of Grayson County. He married, January 8, 1857, in Grayson County, Sallie Wortham, daughter of William and Elizabeth Wortham of Leitchfield. This union has been blessed by two children: Bettie (wife of William R. Moorman) and William Isaac. Mrs. Dehaven is an active member of the United Baptist Church.
SAMUEL R. DENT, one of the leading merchants of Leitchfield, was born in Breckinridge County, and is a son of John and Martha (Board) Dent, the former a son of William Dent, and born in Bedford County, Va., October 15, 1801. He came to Kentucky in an early day with his parents, and after his marriage settled in Breckinridge County, on the road leading from Hardinsburg to Elizabethtown, one mile west of Sinking Creek. He resided there until 1864, when, in connection with Thomas Adkisson, he purchased Clifton Mills, and lived there until his death, which occurred in 1874. He was buried upon the old homestead by the Masonic fraternity, of which he was an honored member. His wife, Martha (Board) Dent, was born in 1826, and was a daughter of Micajah Board, a native of Virginia, but an early settler of Breckinridge County, Ky. She was the mother of the following children: Jerome (deceased), Micajah B., Parthena (deceased), Jane (deceased), Samuel R. (subject), Green (deceased) and Martha Ann, wife of Henry B. Head. Mrs. Dent died March 4, 1839. William Dent, the father of John Dent, was a native of Virginia, but came to Kentucky when it was little else than a wilderness, and settled in Breckinridge County, where he died at an advanced age. He married Esther Board, a daughter of John Board, of Virginia. She died several years ago. Samuel R. Dent, the subject of this sketch, was brought up on his father's farm, attending the neighborhood schools during the winter months until nearly grown, when he entered the Brandenburg Academy, where he completed his education. After quitting school he engaged in merchandising, which he has followed almost continually since, at the following different places: Brandenburg, Bewleyville, Rock Haven, and Leitchfield, his present home. He is a successful merchant, a thorough business man, an accomplished gentleman and a sincere friend. In Breckinridge County, where he was born and reared, and in Leitchfield, where he has been in business for a number of years, no man stands higher in business circles, nor has a greater host of friends. He was married in 1875 to Georgie, a daughter of James and Georgiana (Houston) Bassett, of Breckinridge County, now of Louisville. Their children are James L., Emory G., Mary, Esther, Henry (deceased) and Georgie. Mr. Dent is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and in politics as a Democrat.
WILLIAM DINWIDDIE is a native of Dumfries, Scotland, and was born February 16, 1824. His parents, James and Mary Dinwiddie, were natives of the same country. James Dinwiddie was a farmer and departed this life about 1850. He was a son of William Dinwiddie, who died in Scotland many years ago. Mary Dinwiddie was a daughter of William Smith. She died in 1882 at about eighty years of age. The following are the names of the children of James and Mary Dinwiddie: William (subject), James, John, Robert, and Joseph. William Dinwiddie grew to man hood on his father's farm in the county of Dumfries, and received his primary education in the country schools, and later attended the Dumfries Academy for a period of two years, his private tutor in Greek and Latin being Robert Burns, son of Scotland's famous poet. After completing his academic course he entered the college of Edinburg, which institution he attended one session, and at the end of that time he returned home and for five years thereafter engaged in farming in his native county. In 1852, in company with his brother, Robert Dinwiddie, he came to America, going to Marshall County, Ill., where he remained about six months, and at the end of that time came to Kentucky and settled in Grayson County, where he purchased a tract of 1,800 acres of land in the Leitchfield Precinct, about seven miles from the town of Leitchfield. He immediately began improving the land and soon had a large farm cleared and under cultivation, his home place consisting of 400 acres of cultivated land. He married, March 22, 1852, in Dumfries, Scotland, Miss Mary E. Robinson, by whom he had seven children: Mary (deceased), Olivia (wife of Dr. James Lempton), James (deceased), Robert, William, Joseph, and Frederick. Mrs. Dinwiddie was born in Calcutta, India, October 16, 1829, and is the daughter of John and Mary (Hutteman) Robinson, the father a native of Scotland and the mother of the city of London, England. Mr. Robinson was an eminent physician and went to India to practice his profession, and died in Calcutta about 1838. Mrs. Robinson was of German descent, and departed this life a number of years ago. Mr. Dinwiddie is in ever respect an aggressive, wide-awake citizen. He votes with the Democratic party, but has never sought political preferment. Mrs. Dinwiddie is a member of the Presbyterian Church.
VINCENT DUNN was born June 4, 1811, in Spencer County Ind.; of a family of five children born to Vincent and Mary (Rodgers) Dunn, he was the youngest, and one of three yet surviving. About one month subsequent to the birth of Vincent, his father died. James Rodgers, his maternal grandfather, was a native of Virginia, whence he immigrated to Kentucky in very early times; he made his first settlement at the present site of the city of Louisville, removing a few years later to what is now Nelson County, located near Bardstown, where he reared a large family of children. After the death of his wife he removed to Mercer County, where he continued to reside until his death. While a resident of that county he was again married. He was a member of the Baptist Church and frequently officiated as pastor; he died at an advanced age, an earnest believer in that faith. Mary (Rodgers) Dunn was born in Virginia, and was but seven years of age when her father's family came to Kentucky. Her marriage to Mr. Dunn occurred in Nelson County. Two years after the death of her husband in Spencer County, Ind., she came to Grayson County, Ky., and after the marriage of her son Vincent she made her home with him until her death in April, 1857. November 22, 1837, Vincent Dunn married Elizabeth Watts; she was the daughter of George and Prudence (Bland) Watts, and her birth occurred in 1807, being the youngest in a family of five children, of which she is the only one now surviving. George Watts, her father, was a native of Virginia; he came to Kentucky in the early settlement of the State, and died at Natchez, Miss., about 1809. John Bland, the maternal grandfather of Mrs. Dunn, died in Virginia, April 22, 1807. His daughter, Prudence, the mother of Mrs. Dunn, made her home with Mr. Dunn and family for the ten years immediately preceding her death, which occurred in 1853. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Dunn five children have been born, viz.: Lewis R. (deceased), James (deceased), Mary E. (wife of Joseph Kefauver), Martha J. and Sarah J. (deceased). The last was the wife of Lloyd Van Nort. She died August 10, 1876, leaving two children: James, who lost his life while in the service of his country, and Lewis R., who died in 1866 from the effects of exposure, while in the service; he had served through the entire war and was mustered out as first lieutenant in Company I, Third Kentucky Cavalry. By occupation Mr. Dunn has always been a farmer, and now owns a fine well improved farm of 195 acres. He and wife are members of the Baptist Church. In politics he is a Republican.
DR. HENRY C. DUVALL was born June 29, 1844, at Nolin, Hardin County, Ky., where he grew to manhood, and whence, in his twenty-second year, he moved to the site now occupied by the town of Big Clifty, having been one of the first three persons who located at that point. His father, Gabriel Duvall, was born in 1800, also in Hardin County. He was a farmer, and a son of Thomas Duvall, who was also a farmer and a native of France. Gabriel Duvall was twice married; first to Miss Elenor McGill, of Breckinridge County, who bore him one son and two daughters. His second wife was Miss Elizabeth H., daughter of Robert S. and Elizabeth (Hines) Slaughter, of Nelson County. To them six children were born, of whom Robert S., Henry C., and Low E. Dorsey still survive. Henry C. was also twice married; first, June 7, 1870, to Miss Kate, daughter of James S. and Elizabeth (Florence) Crawford, of Hardin County. To them one son, Henry C., Jr., was born. Mrs. Kate Duvall departed this life March 6, 1876. Henry C. Duvall's second marriage was with Miss Nettie, daughter of William B. and Martha (Layman) McDonald, of Grayson County. To them have been born Wilbur and Araminta. At the age of sixteen years Henry C. began to prepare himself for his chosen profession; first for about two years under the preceptorship of Dr. Garrett Shelburn, of Sonora, under whom he read for about two years, after which he read for about the same length of time under the supervision of Dr. Coombs. Finally, after one year spent at the Eclectic School of Medicine in Cincinonati he finished his studies at the University at Louisville, from which he graduated in the class of 1872, since which time, as well as for several years before, he has engaged in the practice of his profession at his present home with more than average success. He is the owner of about 1,200 acres of land in Hardin and Grayson Counties. He is a member of the United Baptist Church, as is also his wife; he is also a member of the Masonic Fraternity and in politics a Democrat.
DAVID B. FERGERSON was born in the county of Butler, April 15, 1850, being the third in a family of ten children born to John and Nancy (Austin) Fergerson, who were both natives of Hamilton County, Va. John Fergerson was born October 5, 1798, and came to Kentucky about the year 1820, making his first settlement in Butler County, of which he remained a resident until his death, December 8, 1883. He was twice married, and became the father of eight children by his first marriage. David B., a child by his last union, remained at home with and assisted his parents on the farm until he attained the age of sixteen years. At that age he went to work in a saw mill, and has since continued in the milling business, with the exception of one year, when he farmed. At present he is engaged with W. C. Rowe in operating a combined grist and saw mill in the village of Spring Lick, in Grayson County. Their mill in the grist department has a capacity of about thirty-five barrels per day. They have a large custom trade, and they also wholesale to dealers. January 1, 1878, Mr. Fergerson's marriage with Miss Mary J. Bratcher was solemnized. Their union was of short duration, however, Mrs. Fergerson dying June 6, 1879. May 12, 1881, Mr. Fergerson married Miss Mattie Renfrow, and to this union one child has been born - Edgar. By his former marriage he was also the father of one child, named Elzer T. In politics Mr. Fergerson is a Democrat; was honored by his party with a nomination and election to the office of justice of the peace, and is now, by appointment, serving the people in the capacity of deputy sheriff.
GEROGE H. GARDNER, son of Abram S. and Mary E. (Showers) Gardner, is the fifth of thirteen children, and was born near Elizabethtown, Ky., October 22, 1842. His parents were born and married in Virginia, and after marriage drove in a buggy to Elizabethtown, Hardin County, where the father opened a tailor shop. He continued so engaged for several years; was then appointed sheriff of Hardin County and served eight years. He resided on his farm, five miles northwest of Elizabethtown, until October, 1851, when he moved to Stephensburgh and embarked in the general merchandise business, which he continued until his death, September 13, 1876. George H. was reared in Stephensburgh, and assisted his father until twenty-one years of age, when he went to Munfordville, Ky., and entered the employ of F. A. Smith, a general merchant of that town, with whom he remained three and one-half years. In April, 1867, he went to Big Clifty and formed a partnership with his brother, Thomas S. Gardner, in the general merchandise business, under the firm name of G. H. Gardner & Bro., and continued the partnership for seven years. In August, 1874, he was elected Sheriff of Grayson County, and re-elected in August, 1876. After the expiration of his term he was engaged in various speculations until May, 1881, when, in partnership with his brother, he purchased a steam flouring mill, in which business he is interested. In August, 1884, he was again elected sheriff of the county, and is the present incumbent. In 1874 he became a member of Lodge 236, A. F. & A. M. January 19, 1871, he was married in Hardin County, by Rev. Collier, to Cynthia, eldest daughter of John and Louisa Richards. By this union six children were born: Harvey S., John A., Wilber F., Thomas H., Frank S., and James Stanley. Mr. and Mrs. Gardner are members of the Methodist Episcopal and Christian Churches, respectively.
