A history of Kentucky and Kentuckians; the leaders and representative men in commerce, industry and modern activities, Volume III, Part 26

Author: Johnson, E. Polk, 1844-; Lewis Publishing Company
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: Chicago, Lewis Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 860

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passed the closing years of their lives. Chatz T. and Permelia (Tucker) Dean became the parents of six children, all of whom are liv- ing except one daughter. Those surviving are four sons and one daughter, and of the num- ber the youngest is he whose name forms the caption of this article.

Chatz M. Dean passed his childhood and youth in the midst of the gracious environ- ments and influences of the old homestead on which he was born, and he was but twelve years of age at the time of the death of his father. He is indebted to the public schools of Carroll county for his early education, and he continued to be actively associated with the work and management of the homestead farm after the death of his father. He eventually came into possession of a portion of this fine property, and there he continued to devote his attention to diversified agriculture and stock-growing until 1908, when he removed to Worthville, where he has erected a fine modern residence, in which he has since main- tained his home, though he still retains pos- session of three well improved farms near Worthville, the aggregate area of his landed estate being about five hundred acres.

Since establishing his residence in Worth- ville Mr. Dean has engaged in the real-estate and insurance business in which connection he is a member of the firm of Nash & Dean, which has built up a large and prosperous enterprise in this line. For many years Mr. Dean has been one of the leading tobacco growers of Carroll county, and when the prices on the product were so greatly depressed as to make the business unprofitable under exist- ing conditions he was actively identified with what is known as the Burley-tobacco pool, in 1902. He was one of the principal promoters of the organization of the tobacco-growers of Carroll county at this time and it was largely due to his active and indefatigable efforts in this organization that its has been developed to its present status of prominence and influ- ence. He was chairman and first secretary of the Carroll county society thus formed, and he has expended ample time, labor and money in furthering its interests.

In politics Mr. Dean has ever accorded un- equivocal allegiance to the cause of the Demo- cratic party and his attitude has ever been marked by loyal interest in all that tends to conserve the best interests of the community. He served as magistrate for eight years, but has had no definite predilection or desire for public office. He was one of the organizers of the Worthville Deposit Bank, of whose directorate he has been a valued member from the time of its incorporation. Mr. Dean is

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affiliated with the local lodges of the Masonic fraternity and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and it is worthy of note that in the former he is a charter member of Worthville Lodge, No. 681, Free & Accepted Masons, at Worthville, of which he was chosen the first master, an office in which he served for sev- eral terms. He and his wife are most zeal- ous members of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, and he was one of the most liberal contributors to the erection of the Dean Memorial church, of this denomination, at Worthville. He has served as elder of the church for several years and is active in the various departments of its work.

In the year 1889 was solemnized the mar- riage of Mr. Dean to Miss Bessie Gullion, who was born and reared in Carroll county, as was also her father, George P. Gullion, who is one of the representative agriculturists of the county and a member of one of its old and honored families. Mr. and Mrs. Dean have one child, Donna, who was born on the 18th of November, 1903. The beautiful fam- ily home is known or its cordial and refined hospitality and Mr. and Mrs. Dean find their circle of friends limited only by that of their acquaintances.

WILLIAM HEYBURN, one of Louisville's prominent citizens and leading business men, and president of the Belknap Hardware and Manufacturing Company, is a striking exam- ple of what may be accomplished when deter- mined perseverance is seconded by native ability. His rise to the position which he now occupies is indicative of his especial fit- ness for the work to which he is devoting 'his energies. Under his capable direction the business of the company has increased to mammoth proportions, so that the enterprise is one of the most important contributing to the commercial activity and consequent pros- perity of the state.

Mr. Heyburn is a native of Pennsylvania, born near Chadd's Ford in Delaware county, Pennsylvania, on August 17, 1861, the son of John Brinton and Sarah (Gilpin) Heyburn, both natives of Delaware county, the father dying in 1874 and the mother still living. The Heyburn family has been in Delaware county. Pennsylvania, since the days of William Penn. Both the Heyburn and Gilpin families have been English Quakers for many genera- tions and both came over from England dur- ing the seventeenth century.

William Heyburn was born on the farm and reared upon the same, and he was given every opportunity to acquire a first class edu- cation, which he took advantage of and after receiving his preliminary training at the high

school at Media, the county seat of Delaware county, he took a course at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1880 he went west and spent four years in Colorado, but returned east in the early part of 1884 and engaged in the hardware business in New York city. This experience was of sufficient training that when he came to Louisville in November, 1886, he was offered and accepted the position of buyer for the W. B. Belknap Hardware and Manufacturing Company, and since that time has proved himself so invaluable to this firm that his connection has been cemented more closely as time has passed. Mr. Hey- burn became in succession treasurer, vice- president and president of the company, tak- ing the latter position in May, 1910.

He is one of the most progressive and pub- lic-spirited men of the city and state and his success cannot but be viewed with pleasure by all who have cognizance of his earnest efforts and worthy career as a capable business man. Mr. Heyburn has taken an active part in busi- ness circles since coming to Louisville and is regarded as one of the city's most able and useful men. He is essentially public-spirited and takes an active interest in the building up of the city and her institutions and is a most worthy member and honored president of the Louisville Y. M. C. A.

Socially Mr. Heyburn shows his inclina- tions by his membership with the Pendennis and Country Clubs. He married Julia, the daughter of Henry W. Barret, of Louisville, and they have three sons : Henry Barret, John Gilpin and Alexander.

SMITH A. BLACKBURN, M. D., is numbered among the representative physicians and sur- geons of his native county and state and is ac- tively engaged in the general practice of his profession in the attractive little city of Ver- sailles, Woodford county. Smith Alford Blackburn was born in this county on the 22d of August, 1875, and is the only child of William and Jennie (Alford) Blackburn. The father was born near Spring Station, Woodford county, in the year 1846, and is a son of William E. Blackburn, an elder broth- er of Hon. Joseph S. C. Blackburn, who served in the distinguished office of governor of Kentucky. William E. Blackburn was a son of Major Edward and Prudence (Berry) Blackburn and his father was a gallant officer in the Mexican war, soon after the close of which his death occurred. William E. Black- burn married Henrietta Everitt and her death occurred November 19. 1904, at a venerable age. The Blackburn family has been most prominently identified with the development and upbuilding of the fine old Blue Grass

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commonwealth and the name has long been associated with the annals of Woodford county. Here William Blackburn, father of him whose name initiates this sketch, was reared and educated and here he was long identified with agricultural pursuits. He be- came one of the prominent and influential citizens of the county and at the present time he is a resident of the city of Louisville, where he is employed in the United States internal revenue service. He has been twice married. He first wedded Miss Jennie Al- ford, of Midway, Woodford county, and she died on the 2d of September, 1875, only a few weeks after the birth of her only child, Dr. Smith A. The father later wedded Miss Ada Bibb, of Arkansas, and the union has been without issue.

Dr. Blackburn gained his early educational discipline in the public schools of Woodford county and this training included a course in the high school at Versailles. Later he con- tinued his academic studies in Center College, at Danville, and in preparation for the work of his chosen profession he finally was matric- ulated in the medical department of Colum- bian University, now known as the George Washington University, in the city of Wash- ington, D. C. In this celebrated institution he was graduated as a member of the class of 1899, and he duly received his well earned degree of Doctor of Medicine. He shortly afterward opened an office in the city of Lou- isville, where he built up a successful practice and where he continued to maintain his resi- dence until 1901, when he returned to his na- tive county and established himself in prac- tice at Versailles, where he now controls a large and representative professional business and where he holds prestige as one of the leading physicians and surgeons of the coun- ty. The Doctor is a member of the Kentucky State Medical Society and the American Med- ical Association. He is a close and apprecia- tive student of both departments of his pro- fession and has recourse to the best of its standard and periodical literature. He was reared in the faith of the Democratic party and has never severed his allegiance thereto, though he has never had aught of ambition for political office, finding that the demands of his exacting profession place sufficient re- sponsibility upon him without digression from this course. He is past chancellor command- er of Grey Lodge, No. 27, Knights of Pyth- ias, in Versailles, and holds membership in the Christian church. His wife is a member of the Methodist church.

In the year 1906 was solemnized the mar- riage of Dr. Blackburn to Miss Laura Brown-

ing, who was born and reared at Versailles, and who is a daughter of Charles W. and Laura Browning, both of whom are living in Versailles. Mr. Browning was for a number of years general manager of the Louisville & Atlantic Railroad and was an influential figure in connection with railroad affairs in Kentucky. Dr. and Mrs. Blackburn have one daughter, Henrietta.

ARTHUR C. HALL .- An essentially loyal and public-spirited citizen and a representative member of the bar of Kentucky, Arthur Cole- man Hall is well upholding the prestige of the honored name which he bears and has gained distinctive precedence as an able and versatile trial lawyer, well versed in the science of jurisprudence. He was born in Clark county, Kentucky, on the 2nd of September, 1873, a son of George C. and Mary E. (Hall) Hall. Mr. and Mrs. Hall bore the same name but were not related. The former is a native of Henry county, Kentucky, whither his parents came from Virginia, and the latter is a native of Clark county, her ancestors being of North Carolina stock. Joshua F. Hall, paternal grandfather of Arthur C. Hall, emigrated from the Old Dominion commonwealth to Kentucky shortly after the organization of Kentucky as a state in 1792. He located on a farm in Henry county, where his marriage was solemnized and where he continued to reside during the residue of his life. He was a staunch Methodist and spent much time and money in furthering the interests of the church, holding camp-meetings and doing all in his power toward the conversion of his fel- low men. George C. Hall, father of him to whom this sketch is dedicated, was reared and educated in Henry county and has spent prac- tically his entire life thus far in his native state. He resided in Putnam county, Indiana, and he also lived in various counties in Ken- tucky. During the major portion of his active business career he was engaged in farming and he was also largely interested in contract- ing and building. He is now living virtually retired from active participation in business affairs and maintains his home in the city of Newport, having there resided for the past twenty years. He has attained to the vener- able age of seventy-eight years, and his wife is in her seventy-first year. Mrs. Hall is a daughter of James Hall, who was born in Clark county and whose parents were natives of North Carolina and pioneer Kentuckians. Representatives of this fine old family served in the war of the Revolution, the war of 1812 and in the Civil war, being members of the Confederate army in the latter conflict. George C. and Mary E. Hall became the par-

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ents of five children, all of whom are living, the subject of this review heing the fourth in order of birth.

Arthur Coleman Hall has passed most of his life thus far in Campbell county and his preliminary educational advantages were such as were afforded in the private and public schools of this county. In 1896 he entered the law office of Aubry Barber, at Newport, and in 1897 he was matriculated in the Cincin- nati Law School, in the city of Cincinnati, in which excellent institution he studied for two years. He was admitted to the bar at New- port in 1898, and he immediately thereafter initiated the practice of his profession in the city of Covington, in partnership with R. H. Gray. In 1890 he established his home in Bellevue, and he has built up a large and representative clientage in Newport and gained recognition as an able and well-fortified coun- selor. Mr. Hall is a loyal Democrat in his political proclivities and he has always taken an active interest in the local councils of the party. He has never manifested aught of desire for the honors or emoluments of public office but has devoted himself most assiduous- ly to the demands of his profession. As a citizen he is enterprising and progressive and he has contributed in no small measure to the civic and material development of his home county. He is a man of large ideas and broad information and holds a secure place in pop- ular confidence and esteem. In a fraternal way he is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

JOHN J. FISCHER .- Persistency and constan- cy, when coupled with a determination to forge ahead, bid fair for eminent success in any line of enterprise, and it is to these quali- ties that the Fischer Brothers Company, deal- ers in hardware, farm implements and electri- cal supplies, owe the prestige and distinctive precedence which it has been theirs to gain in the industrial world of Kentucky. The com- pany is the outgrowth of the business estab- lished, in 1884, by John A. Fischer in Coving- ton and conducted by him until his death, in 1892, at which time his sons succeeded to the business. The Fischer Brothers Company was incorporated under the laws of the state in 1907, with a capital stock of fifty thousand dollars. Its official corps consists of the fol- lowing: J. J. Fischer, president; F. A. Fischer, vice-president and treasurer; and H. A. Schroetter, secretary. This substantial concern owns and operates three stores at Covington, Newport and Latonia, and they do an extensive wholesale and retail business. They are agents for the Iowa separator and a salesman travels throughout Kentucky in

the interest of that machine. Their local trade extends over Kenton, Campbell and Boone counties, in Kentucky, and a force of from twenty-five to thirty people are constantly em- ployed. The founder of the business, John A. Fischer, invented and had patented the Family Fire & Burglar Proof Safe, which he manu- factured and sold extensively during his life- time, and which is still manufactured and forms no small business of the present com- pany. He was a native of Germany, the date of his birth being 1846. He was but ten years of age at the time of his emigration to the United States. He made the journey alone and proceeded directly to Ludlow, Kentucky, where he joined relatives. While crossing the Atlan- tic he lost his hat and was compelled to finish the trip bareheaded. He secured employment in a dry-goods store at Ludlow and when four- teen years of age entered upon an apprentice- ship at the locksmith's trade, being identified with this occupation for a number of years. In 1872 he entered into a partnership alliance with William Bogen Schutz, and they began business as locksmiths in the city of Coving- ton. This enterprise proved disastrous and Mr. Fischer was soon working at his trade again as a journeyman, and it was during this period that he patented his safe. In 1884 he laid the foundation for his future success as a hardware merchant and through fair and honorable methods he built up a fine thriving business, the same being now carried on by his heirs. He was summoned to the life eternal at Covington, in 1892, at the age of forty-six years. His death was the result of injuries received from an accidental fall from a build- ing in process of construction. He was a largc-hearted, broad-minded man, deeply in- terested in all matters pertaining to the general welfare and he was held in high esteem by his fellow citizens. He married Julia Monning, a native of Ironton, Ohio, and they became the parents of twelve children, eleven of whom are now living, the subject of this review being the eldest in order of birth. Mrs. Fischer survives her honored husband and she now resides at Covington, much heloved by all who have come within the sphere of her gracious influence.

John J. Fischer was born at Covington, Kenton county, Kentucky, on the 19th of December, 1868, and he was reared and edu- cated in his native city. After a good com- mon-school training he pursued a course of study in the night school of a business college at Covington. He became associated with his father in the work and management of his hardware business at an early age and he has been identified with this line of enterprise dur-

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ing his entire active business career, being now one of the owners of the business established by his father. Through the able management of Mr. Fischer and his brothers the trade has been gradually extended to its present large proportions. Mr. Fischer is president of the concern and he has the general management of the three stores. In politics he is aligned as a loyal supporter of the cause of the Dem- ocratic party and though he has never mani- fested aught of ambition for public office he has given freely of his aid and influence in support of all movements projected for the good of the community. He has been a mem- ber of the school board in Covington for a number of years and both he and his wife are devout communicants of the Catholic church. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Knights of Columbus.

In 1893 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Fischer to Miss Bernardina Lage, who was born an reared in the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, and who is a daughter of Bernard Lage, of that city. Mr. and Mrs. Fischer became the parents of eight children, three of whom are deceased. Those living are Genevieve, John, Clarence, Justin and Quentin.

LOUIS MARSHALL .- The able and popular cashier of the Woodford Bank & Trust Com- pany of Versailles is a scion of a family whose name has been identified with the an- nals of American history from the early Colonial epoch and one which has given to the nation many of its most distinguished pat- riots and statesmen, including Hon. John Mar- shall, chief justice of the United States su- preme court. The history of Kentucky gives ample data concerning the prominent part which the Marshall family has here played in connection with civic and material develop- ment and upbuilding and within the limita- tions of the present review it is impossible to give more than a brief outline touching the genealogy.

On the beautiful family homestead known as Buck Pond, in Woodford county, Kentucky, Louis Marshall was ushered into the world on the 4th of July, 1856. He is a son of Hon. Edward Colston Marshall, who was born on the same old homestead in 1821. The latter was a son of Dr. Louis Marshall, who was born at Oak Hill. Fauquier county, Virginia, on the 7th of October, 1773. Dr. Marshall was a son of Colonel Thomas Marshall, who was born in Washington parish, Westmoreland county. Virginia, on the 2nd of April, 1730, and who was a son of Captain John Marshall (of the forest), the latter having been born in Westmoreland county, Virginia, about 1700. Captain John Marshall was a son of Thomas

Marshall, who was born in eastern Virginia about the year 1675 and who was a son of Captain John Marshall, who served as captain in a cavalry regiment in England during the reign of King Charles I. This distinguished ancestor was born and reared in Ireland and was a zealous supporter of the crown and of the established church of England. He was one of the first to offer his services to Charles I and after the accession of Cromwell he found conditions so obnoxious that he came to the colony of Virginia, where he established his home about the year 1650. He was an act- ive participant in the Indian wars of the col- ony and Campbell's history of Virginia gives him credit for having been the most potent factor in bringing about a termination of hos- tilities. Thomas Marshall removed from the eastern part of the Old Dominion to Washing- ton parish, Westmoreland county, where he died in May, 1704. He was a successful planter and was a zealous communicant of the church of England. Captain John Marshall (of the forest) married Elizabeth Markham and he became siezed of a large landed estate on Appomattox creek, in Washington parish, Westmoreland county, Virginia. He served as captain in the militia and was a man of dis- tinctive prominence and influence in his com- munity. He continued to reside in West- moreland county until his death, which occurred in 1752.

Colonel Thomas Marshall, great-grand- father of him whose name initiates this sketch, was, according to well authenticated family tradition, a classmate of General Washington. whom he often attended in various surveying expeditions. During the French & Indian war he served as lieutenant of volunteers and after his father's death the family removed to the vicinity of Germantown, Fauquier county, Vir- "ginia, where he accepted the agency for the immense landed estate owned by Lord Fair- fax. He was an uncompromising patriot and when the war of the Revolution was precipi- tated he was found duly prepared to do his part in furtherance of the cause of indepen- dence. After the formal organization of his regiment he was made its major and he distin- guished himself at the battle of Great Bridge, the first Revolutionary engagement on Vir- ginia soil. He was with the Continental forces at Valley Forge and when General Mercer was killed, at Germantown, he succeeded to the latter's command. In the battle of Bran- dywine his horse was killed under him and history gives him definite credit for having saved the patriot army from destruction at this time. In recognition of his gallant ser- vices the Virginia house of burgesses pre-

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sented him with a magnificent sword. Many years later this valuable heirloom was pre- sented by one of his granddaughters to the his- torical society of Maysville, Kentucky. Col- onel Marshall was frequently called upon to serve as a member of the Virginia house of burgesses and was a member of the conven- tion that declared independence for that col- ony. In 1779 Colonel Marshall, in command of the Third Virginia regiment, was sent to rein- force General Lincoln in South Carolina. He arrived in time to be beleaguered with Lin- coln's forces at Charlestown, that state, and to share in the surrender of that city to the British. He finally was paroled and with other officers made a trip to Kentucky on horseback, in 1780. It was on this memorable journey through the wilderness that he lo- cated the fine old ancestral plantation, to which he gave the name of Buck Pond and upon which he established his home in the year men- tioned. Shortly afterward he was appointed surveyor general of lands in Kentucky. In 1785 he brought his family to this state, mak- ing the trip down the Ohio river on a flat boat. In 1787 he represented Fayette county, of which Woodford county was then a part, in the Virginia legislature and in the following year he was elected a delegate to the conven- tion which met at Danville, Kentucky, to formulate and adopt a state constitution. Later he served as United States collector of inter- nal revenue for this state. In the year 1800 he resigned his beautiful homestead, upon which he had made the best of improvements, to his youngest son, Louis, and then went to live with his son Thomas at Washington, Mason county, Kentucky, where he died on the 2nd of June, 1802. On the 2nd of April, 1730, Colonel Thomas Marshall was united in mar- riage to Miss Mary Randolph Keith, a daugh- ter of Parson James and Mary Islam (Ran- dolph) Keith. Parson Keith was born in Scotland and came thence to America, about 1720, when he established his home in Vir- ginia. His wife was a daughter of Thomas Randolph, of Tuckahoe, who was the second son of William Randolph, of Turkey Island, and therefore closely related to the historic character, John Randolph, of Roanoke, as well as to Thomas Jefferson and Richard Henry Lee.

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A history of Kentucky and Kentuckians; the leaders and representative men in commerce, industry and modern activities, Volume III, Part 26

Author: Johnson, E. Polk, 1844-; Lewis Publishing Company Publication date: 1912 Publisher: Chicago, Lewis Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 860

Author: Johnson, E. Polk, 1844-; Lewis Publishing Company
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: Chicago, Lewis Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 860