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ty, including Dr. Benjamin S. Wood, who was born October 26, 1837. After his preparatory education, which was obtained in the schools of . Hopkinsville, he entered the Western Military Institute of Tyree Springs, Tonn. Having decided upon the profession of medicine, he entered the Medical College of Nashville, from which he graduated in 1857, after which, in 1858, he graduated in the Jefferson Medical College of Phila- delphia, and for two years following was the resident physician in the Philadelphia Hospital. In 1861 he was elected to the office of military surgeon of a Kentucky regiment of Confederates, and was soon after placed upon Gen. Forrest's staff with commission of Major. He was captured at Mt. Pleasant, Tenn., by the Federal Army, and for three months held as a prisoner of war. He was married in Clarksville, Tenn., November 22, 1866, to Miss Mary HI. Bowling, daughter of II. G. Bow- ling. She was born in Christian County, March 28, 1851. Besides three children who died in infancy, their family consists of Sallie, IIen- ry, Helen and Ewing Wood. Since the late war Dr. Wood has devoted his time to farming and trading, and now owns nearly 2,500 acres of land. The family residence is on the corner of Virginia and Jackson Streets, Hopkinsville. A portrait of the pioneer, Bartholomew T. Wood, appears in this work.
DANIEL B. S. WOOD is a descendant of one of the oldest fami- lies of Christian County, and is the third child of a family of eleven children born to Bartholomew T. and Nancy (Saffarrans) Wood. He was born in Hopkinsville April 30, 1820, and was here reared and educated. Arriving at his majority he went to Memphis, Tenn., and was there en- gaged from 1847 till the breaking out of the late war at various kinds of employment. Returning to Hopkinsville, he has since been engaged in agricultural pursuits and trading.
ENOCH P. WOOD'S parents were William and Penina Wood (nee Walker). They were both born in the year 1789 in North Carolina, whence they came in early life to Kentucky. They were married in Christian County about 1810, soon after which they removed to the State of Illinois, then a Territory. They remained, however, but a short time, the hostility of the Indians compelling them to seek safety elsewhere ; they accordingly returned to this county and made a settlement in the northern part, near the present village of Crofton, where Enoch P. was born August
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23, 1816. In after years they removed near the Cerulean Springs, where they died, the mother in November, 1871, and the father in March, 1872. Besides three children that died in infancy they had ten who grew to maturity, as follows : John Wood, who was born in Illinois ; Elizabeth, deceased wife of Lloyd Duley ; Wilebour, deceased wife of Enoch Duley ; Enoch P .; Sibyl, who married Harrison Goodwin and died in early womanhood ; Mary A., wife of Benjamin Kennedy ; Henrietta, widow of Felix Kennedy ; William R. Wood, who was assassinated in the time of the war ; and Willis Franklin and Orlando G. Wood, both of Christian Coun- ty. Enoch P. Wood was reared in this county and has made his home here through his entire life. He has devoted his time to the pursuits of agriculture, in which he has been very successful. He is the owner of two farms, one of 680 aeres in Christian and one of 330 aeres in Trigg County. He retired from the farm in 1882, and located in Hopkinsville, to enjoy the privileges of its public schools for his children. Mr. Wood has been twice married and twice called to mourn the loss of a devoted companion. In 1839, in this county, he was married to Miss Susanna Morress. She was born in Christian County in 1819, and died in 1862. They were blessed with eight children, viz. : Wilebour, wife of James B. Hardy ; Elizabeth, wife of James Wadlington ; William M. Wood; Par- melia, wife of James S. Cunningham ; James and Frank Wood ; Mary P., wife of Lewis N. McCargo ; and Martha H., wife of Benjamin F. Leneave. In 1867, in Logan County, Mr. Wood married Isabella T., daughter of George Herndon. She was born August 2, 1841, and died April 12, 1878. Of the five children born to them, there are living : Frances E., Sarah A., George P. and Attie T. Wood. Mr. Wood is a member of long standing in the Baptist Church.
EUGENE WOOD was born December 1, 1852, in Todd County, Ky. He is a son of Hardin J. and Georgiana (Cross) Wood. They had a family of eight children, five of whom are still living : G. Cross Wood, of Todd County; Lewis G. Wood, of Clarksville, Tenn. ; Eugene Wood, John H. Wood and Georgia Wood. Hardin J., the father of this family, is still living, and is a farmer and miller of Todd County. He was born in Christian County, Ky., in 1821, and is a son of Bartholomew Wood. Eugene Wood was educated chiefly in the Franklin College, near Nash- ville, Tenn., and on the 26th of December, 1877, married Miss Inez,
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daughter of Richard and Mary Durrett (nee Campbell). She was born in this county November 26, 1854. They are members of the Christian Church, and he of the Knights of Honor and Royal Arcanum. Daisey Wood, a member of their family, is a daughter of John H. and Lillie Wood. Since 1872 Mr. Wood has had charge of the Engene Flouring Mills of the city of Hopkinsville.
HIUNTER WOOD is descended from an English family that came to America at an early period, and settled in Virginia. He was born No- vember 2, 1845, in Albemarle County, and is a son of Dr. Alfred C. Wood, an eminent physician of Virginia, and Martha W. (Rogers) Wood, a daughter of Dr. James Bird Rogers, also of Virginia. Hunter Wood received a 'liberal education, and became thoroughly proficient in the clas- sical as well as the modern branches of learning. After completing his primary studies he entered the Virginia Military Institute at .Lexington. The war was in progress, and while a cadet at this school he served eight months in the army. He graduated in 1865, and having chosen the law as his profession at once began the study, entering the law department of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, from which he in due time graduated, and upon his admission to the bar removed to Hopkinsville, Ky., and commenced practice. His brilliant talents were soon recognized, and he rose rapidly to position as one of the most successful advocates at the bar of his district. In 1868 he received the appointment of Master Commissioner in Chancery of the Christian Circuit Court, and held the position for two terms (eight years). In June, 1870, he was chosen County Attorney, which office he held for four years. Ile was elected Commonwealth's Attorney for the Second Judicial District of Kentucky in 1874 for six years ; at the State Democratic Convention of 1884 he was chosen one of the delegates to the National Democratic Convention at Chicago of July 8. Mr. Wood has gained considerable prominence as a politician, and is a zealous adherent of the Democratic party. He pos- sesses great legal ability, and although yet a young man, has attained dis- tinction in his profession. IIe is energetic, earnest and determined, and his labors are well worthy of the high esteem in which they are held. He was married, in 1868, to Miss Rosalie N. Green, a daughter of the late John R. Green, of Christian County. They have five children : Alfred W., Lizzie T., Hunter, Grace and Hugh N. Mr. Wood is a member of the Episcopal Church of Hopkinsville. 27
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JAMES R. WOOD was born June 21, 1851, in Albemarle County, Va., and is a son of Dr. Alfred C. Wood. The family was originally from England, and settled early in Virginia. James R. received a good classical education in Virginia, and came to Hopkinsville in December, 1869. He commenced the study of law in 1870, taught school for two sessions in Christian County ; studied law in the office of Hon. J. Proc- tor Knott in 1872, and was admitted to the bar in Hopkinsville in 1873. He practiced law in Hopkinsville until in April, 1881, when he went into the newspaper business as editor of the Kentucky New Era. He is a man of fine talents, and an editor of more than ordinary ability. His paper is one of the brightest and most sparkling in southwestern Ken- tucky. Mr. Wood was married January 4, 1882, at Charlottesville, Va., to Miss Ella W. Rogers, daughter of Dr. W. G. Rogers.
DR. JOHN H. WOOSLEY was born in Christian County, Ky., December 23, 1829, and is a son of Burrel T. Woosley, and grandson of Thomas Woosley, a soldier in the Revolution, who settled in Kentucky about the beginning of the present century. Thomas Woosley first set- tled in Lexington, afterward removed to Barren County, Ky., and finally to this county about 1814. He then located eight miles northwest of Hopkinsville, where he died in 1856. Burrel T., the father of Dr. J. H. was the third of five children born to Thomas Woosley, and was born in October, 1796, in Halifax County, Va. He attained his manhood in this county, married Elizabeth Reed, a native of Salisbury, N. C., where she was born in October, 1801. Burrel Woosley died in Johnson County, Kas., in October, 1863, and his widow died in Christian County, Ky., in 1881. To these parents were born seven children, Dr. John H. being the fourth ; Martha A., the wife of James L. Daniel; Rigdon T .; Nancy B., wife of William T. Rodgers ; Dr. Burrel T .; Alexander J .; and Virginia, wife of Jacob Youtsler. John H. at the age of twenty went to Spring- field, Ill., and studied medicine under Dr. J. W. Jones, during which time he became personally acquainted with President Lincoln. He after- ward graduated from the University of Louisville, and in 1855 began the practice of medicine in Edmondson County, Ky., whence in 1857 he was elected to the Kentucky State Legislature, serving one term in that body. During the war he went South, and was for a time connected with the Confederate Army as Assistant in the Commissary Department under
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E. M. Bruce. After the war he settled near Louisville, Jefferson Co., Ky., where he engaged in his practice until coming to this county in 1870. Returning to Christian County he purchased a farm near where he was born, and there commanded an extensive practice. Since 1883 he has been a resident of Hopkinsville, but is still actively engaged in the practice of medicine. He has been twice married : first, in 1852 to Elvira A., daughter of Samnel Woosley, by whom he had three children : Dr. Collins B. Woosley ; Lavinia E., wife of William Grisham, and Josephine I. Woosley. His present wife is Jennie A., daughter of Joseph Turner, and is a native of Christian County. Dr. Woosley is a member of the State and County Medical Associations.
JAMES W. YANCEY, a native of Campbell County, Ga., and son of William. Y. and Lucinda (Bryant) Yancey, was born Angnst 16, 1847. When he was about three years old his parents removed to Alabama, where they remained about six years, removing again in 1856 and set- tling a few miles west of Hopkinsville, where Jamies W. grew to man- hood. The parents are both natives of Georgia, and are now living, as are also four of their six children, in Lee County, Miss. Their family is composed of James W., Sarah Elizabeth, wife of G. T. Hill ; Marian Columbus ; Mary, wife of Joseph R. Renshaw ; George W. Yancey, of Hopkinsville ; and Eliza Mildred, wife of John Johnson. In 1874 James W. was elected on the Democratic ticket to the office of County Jailer of Christian Connty, and that year removed from the farm to Hopkinsville, where he has since lived. In 1876, in connection with Polk Cansler, he engaged in the grocery trade, from which he retired in 1879. In 1880 he engaged in the coal trade, in connection with which he is doing a liv- ery business, and is located on the corner of Adams and Liberty Streets. IIe was married in December, 1870, to Miss Amanda, daughter of Reed and Lucetta Renshaw. She was born in Christian County, Ky., July 27, 1844. Their children are Sophronia Arlena and William Reed Yan- cey. Mr. Yancey is an honored member of the Christian Church, and his wife of the First Presbyterian Church.
JAMES A. YOUNG, M. D., is a native of Bethany, Va., where he was born on the 16th day of May, 1846. His father, Rev. James A. Young, was by birth a Kentuckian, and died in Clarksville, Tenn., in early manhood. He was a Christian minister, whose labors were chiefly
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confined to the State of Tennessee. He was married to Miss Ellen D. Kerr, the present wife of Dr. D. J. Gish, of Hopkinsville, which union resulted in the birth of one son, James A. Young, and subject of this sketch. The marriage of his mother with Dr. Gish naturally placed him under the care of the latter, by whom he was reared and educated, and with whom he is now engaged in an extensive medical practice. Ilis prepar- atory education was acquired in the Bethany College of Virginia, and the University of Kentucky, at Lexington. In 1867 he entered the Hahne- manian Medical College of Philadelphia, graduating the following year. Some years after he took a special course in the Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati, and in the Pulte College of the same city. He entered upon the practice of his profession in 1868, at Hopkinsville, Ky., but the fol- lowing year removed to Paducah, Ky., where he remained for five years. Returning to Hopkinsville in 1874, he formed a partnership with Dr. D. J. Gish, with whom he is still associated. He is a member of the Amer- ican Institute of Homoeopathy ; honorary member of the Indiana Institute ; corresponding member of the St. Louis Homoeopathic Society ; Fellow of the Ilahnemanian Institute of Philadelphia, and was Adjunct Professor of Theory and Practice in the St. Louis College for one session. He is a member of the Masonic order, and of the K. of P. Ile was married in Hopkinsville in 1870, to Miss Kate Long, daughter of Gabe B. Long and Martha Long (nee Thompson). Their family is comprised of Mattie, Ellen G., James A., and Daniel J. Young. As a physician, Dr. Young stands in the front rank, and being young in years and possessed of a rare degree of energy of both body and mind, bids fair to become pre- eminent in his profession. The. Doctor and wife are members of the Christian Church.
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DR. E. R. COOK is a native of Bedford County, Va., and was born April 11, 1824. Ile is a son of William Cook, who was a lawyer by profession, and who moved early from Franklin County, Va., to Bedford County, where he practiced law, and where he died in 1847. He was an active and influential Democrat, and his house was ofttimes made the rendezvous for great political gatherings. He was a son of Benjamin Cook, who was the father of a large family of children. The mother of our subject was Sallie Otey, a daughter of Maj. Isaac Otey, and a sister of Bishop James H. Otey, of Tennessee. The parents of Dr. Cook were blessed with nine children, six of whom are living : Mary, Frances A., Mildred E., Sarah E., Edwin R. and James O. Our subject moved to Christian County for good in 1850, having previously paid a visit to this section of the country. He resided in Hopkinsville a short time, during which period he built his present residence, situated on the Rus- sellville road a few miles east of Hopkinsville; he has since resided here with the exception of the four years of the war, during which time he lived in town again and practiced medicine ; of which latter he had commenced the study very early, and had subsequently graduated from the Pennsyl- vania Medical University, Philadelphia, in 1847, but in late years he has devoted his attention more to his farming interests. lle owns a beautiful place of about 500 acres, besides other tracts of land elsewhere. Ile mar- ried Miss Martha U. Campbell, a daughter of John P. and Mary A. (Buckner) Campbell. John P. Campbell was a very large land-owner, represented Christian County in the State Legislature, and was for many years President of the Hopkinsville Bank. Dr. and Mrs. Cook are the parents of eleven children, of whom six are living : Sally P., Walter C., Edwin R., Frank P., Robert L. and James O. Our subject is a Demo- crat politically, and is a member of the Hopkinsville Lodge, A. F. & A. M. For many years he was a member of the Board of Managers of the Western Lunatic Asylum, and has been identified and generously inter- ested .in many popular enterprises.
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JAMES V. FORBES was born December 27, 1838. His parents, Samuel and Sarah (flenderson) Forbes, were originally from North Caro- . lina. The father was a farmer, came to Christian County in 1819, and located on the place where our subject now resides. He was a son of Jeremiah Forbes, who was also a North Carolinian. Five of the seven children born to the parents of our subject are now living-Mary, Malinda, Hannah, James V. and John E. James V. has always made Christian County his home, and has engaged principally in farming and carpentering. His place consists of 154 acres, and is devoted to farming in its various branches. November 8, 1861, he enlisted in the Twenty- fifth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, which was afterward consolidated with the Seventeenth Kentucky. Mr. Forbes was taken sick after the engagement at Donelson and returned home, where he lay for several months, but finally rejoined his regiment at Russellville, Ky., and served with it until the close of the war. He married Mattison J. Forbes, a daughter of John M. and Cynthia J. (Bass) Forbes. She passed away August 2, 1883, after a long period of illness. Five of their six children survive : Elmer II., Gay II., Guy II., Everett and Clara M. Mr. Forbes is a Democrat politically, is an A. F. & A. M., a member of Blue Lodge, No. 214, and also of Moore Chapter No. 76, and belongs to the Cumber- land Presbyterian Church.
JOHN E. FORBES is a native of Christian County, and was born December 9, 1840 to Samuel and Sarah (Henderson) Forbes. He has always given his attention to agriculture, and has a present farm of eighty-three acres. Mr. Forbes has been twice married, first to Susan M. Rolston, and afterward to Martha E., a sister of the former. Both are deceased. Willie T. and Edward W., children by his first wife, and Carrie Belle, by his second, are living with their father. Mr. Forbes is a Democrat, and a much-respected citizen of the county.
MICHAEL A. FRITZ is a native of this county, and was born June 26, 1829, to Solomon and Annis (MeClellan) Fritz, both of whom were also born in Christian County. The father was a gunsmith by trade, and was well known throughout this country as "Sol Fritz." He had farm property to the extent of 500 aeres, and generally gave some attention to agricultural pursuits. He was a Colonel in the old regimental musters. His father, John Fritz, was also a blacksmith, and
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came from Germany, and with his wife, Ruth, located near where Hop- kinsville now stands, at a very early date. The parents of our subject reared a family of ten children, of whom there are six now living-Eliz- abeth J., John G., Michael A., Annis E., Newton J. and Elijah II. Our subjeet has been identified with the Good Templar and Grange or- ganizations, and is at present a member of the A. F. & A. M., Blue Lodgo, No. 214, and also of Moore Chapter, No. 76. IIe is one of the present magistrates for Mt. Vernon Precinct, and belongs to the Demo- cratic party, and with his wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church Sonth. Ilis first marriage was with Miss Mary E. Ducker, a daughter of James Ducker, now deceased. By her he had two children, one of whom is living-John W. D. Mr. Fritz's second wife was Miss Missouri A. Hayes, a daughter of Elial IIayes, an old resident of Chris- tian County. This marriage has been blessed with two children-Edward S. and Thomas E .- now living. Mr. Fritz is one of the substantial farm- ers of Christian County, and has in late years been a very successful to- bacco raiser.
ELIJAH H. FRITZ was born in Christian County September 25, . 1846, and is a son of Solomon Fritz. He has always resided in this county, and has given his attention to farming pursuits. His farm prop- erty consists of 100 acres, which is devoted to farming in its general branches; the raising and dealing in tobacco also claims a large share of his attention. He was united in marriage to Octavia Harned, a daughter of Isaac Harned. Mrs. Fritz is now deceased. She left two children- Cora J. and A. Marion. Mr. Fritz is identified with the Democratic party, and is a much-respected citizen of Christian County.
SAMUEL T. FRUIT was born in this county July 17, 1838, a son of Thompson C. and Elizabeth (Underwood) Fruit. The father was also born in this county, and is still living here at a good old age. Ile is a son of James, who was a son of John Fruit, who was originally from Pennsylvania. The subject of these lines obtained his early schooling here, and has always given his attention to farming pursuits. Ilis pres- ent home place, which consists of 190 acres, is devoted to farming in its general branches. October 15, 1861, Mr. Fruit enlisted in the Twenty- fifth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, which was shortly afterward consoli- dated with the Seventeenth Kentucky, which did heavy service at Donel-
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son, Shiloh and throughout the southern campaign. Mr. Fruit enlisted as a private, but was successively promoted to the positions of Second Lieutenant, First Lieutenant, and finally to the Captaincy. of Company G, in which position he served with distinction until the close of the war. Ile married Victoria Clark, a daughter of Joab and Mary (Brasher) Clark, and the union has been blessed with eight children, seven of whom survive : James W., Albert E., Joe F., Nannie E., George E., Samuel T., Jr., and Chester H. Mr. Fruit votes the Republican tieket.
ENOS HARNED was born in this county March 10, 1813, and is still a much-respected resident of it. He is one of a family of eleven children, born to Benjamin and Hannah (Colvin) Harned. Four of the children are still living : Edward, Larkin, Enos and Job. The father of our subject was a successful farmer and stock-raiser. He was drafted into the war of 1812, but procured a substitute to serve in his place. Enos Harned has always devoted his time and energy to farming pursuits. Ilis present farm consists of 140 acres of land, and is given to the culti- vation of general productions. He married Mary A. Carroll, a daughter of John Carroll, an old resident of Christian County. Seven of their large family of children are living: Susan V., Columbia C., John A., . Lee, Ollie, Benjamin T. and Phidonia. Mr. Harned and his family are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Politically, he is a Democrat.
ISAAC HARNED is a native of this county, and was born on the 1st day of April, 1822. He was the eldest child born to William and Mary (Meacham) Harned, and the father was the eldest of a family of eleven children, born to Benjamin and Hannah (Colvin) Harned. Will- iam Harned was first married to Mary Meacham, who bore him three children, the subject of these lines being the only one now living. His second marriage was with Lucinda Rogers, by which union he had five children, of whom there are two living-Enos and Ethy M. Our subject has resided in Christian County during his life, with the excep- tion of about ten years, during which period he resided in Todd County, and he also lived in Indiana and Illinois a short time. He has given his attention to farming pursuits, and has a present farm of sixty-five acres. He was united in marriage to Nancy A. Lindsay, a daughter of Archi- ball and Jane (Meacham) Lindsay. This union has been blessed with
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eleven children, seven of whom are living : Birdett A., John M., Isaac N., Nannie E., Thomas M., Joab and Alexander HI. Our subject is a Democrat politically, and has been identified with the Grange and Good Templar organizations. He and wife are members of the Methodist Church South.
GEORGE W. LACKEY, M. D., was born October 16, 1843, in Christian County. His parents, William and Nannie (Stuart) Lackey, were from Virginia. The father was a local preacher in the Methodist Church South, and also gave some attention to farming industries. Ile located in Christian County in 1832. He was a son of John Lackey, also of Virginia, and a soldier in the war of 1812. The parents of our subject had twelve children : Edward A. W., Tirzah E., Lillie, deceased; Mary, deceased ; Thomas S., Elizabeth, S. B., L. C., deceased ; John W., deceased ; Samuel V., deceased; G. W. and H. B. Our subject moved to Smithland, Ky., with his parents, when he was about eight years of age, and there received his early schooling, and also commenced the study of medicine which he prosecuted still further during his resi- dence in Logan County, Ky., where he had moved after residing in Marshall County, Ky., for several years. He studied under the direc- tion of his two brothers, Drs. Thomas S. and John W. Lackey, and dur- ing his residence in the two latter named counties, engaged also in the mercantile business for several years. He attended the Louisville Med- ical College, and afterward graduated from the Central University at the same place. He returned to Christian County in 1873, and has since been engaged in the practice of his profession, and has met with large and deserving success. Ile first married Josephine Brine, a daughter of Dr. James Brine, now deccased. One child of this marriage is living- William E. His second wife was Annie E. Hollins, a daughter of Jolin E. Hollins, of Logan County, Ky. This union has been blessed with one child-Walter A. The Doctor is a member of the I. O. O. F., and politically is a Democrat.
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