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J. F' De Vylder, son of Dominick and Nellie (De Brouwer) De Vylder, was born Sept. 26, 1845, in Lokeren, Belginm. In 1569 he emigrated to America, stopping first in Bardstown, Ky., a year. then moved to Daviess County. IIe worked at different occupations until 1876, when he started a grocery in West Louis- ville, Daviess Co., Ky .; remained there till 1881, when he re- moved to Owensboro, and opened a saloon and restaurant. He is locatedion Frederica street, between River and Main. He was married in 174 to Harriet Rena Murphy, of Daviess County. They have four children -- Beatrice, Mary Alice, Maria Justina, and Paul Isadore. They are members of the Catholic church.
Robert Dunlop, Jr., born Jan. S, 1533, in Petersburg, Va., is a son of David Dunlop, a native of Scotland, who came to America in 1812, when eighteen years of age. David Dunlop's unele, James Dunlop, was the first man to export tobacco from the United States to Europe (1780-'90). Hle put up the first tobacco house in Petersburg, and carried on a large business for several years. David Dunlop was also a large tobacco exporter in Virginia. IIe married Anna Mercer Minge, whose mother was a sister of Presi- dent Ilarrison. She died in 1864, and Mr. Dunlop a week later. They left three children, all now living. Robert Dunlop lived in Petersburg till fifteen years of age, when he went to Scotland, and extended school three years. He then returned to Virginia, and n 1852 came to Owensboro, but went back to Virginia soon after. ilis father had a half interest in the tobacco house of John A. Dunlop, and in 1852 gave half his interest to Robert. He remained in Virginia engaged in the tobarco business till 156, when he came again to Owensboro, at the death of his uncle, John A. Dun- lop, and with his brother James bought the entire interest in the house. They continued together till 1575 when, at the death of his
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brother, who resided in Virginia, Mr. Dunlop bought the whole business. In 1862 he enlisted in the Confederate army in a private company of cavalry, from Petersburg. It was of short life, as at the "Crater battle " around Petersburg, all of the company ex- cept Mr. Dunlop were killed or taken prisoners, he being absent at the time. He served two years, and was discharged in 1864, on account of disability. He was married in 1857 to Mary C. Rob- ertson, a native of Munroe County, W. Va., born in 1838. They have four children, two sons and two danghters.
Anthony Eger, manufacturer and dealer in stoves, tinware, castings, grates, mantels, etc., on Main street, between Daviess and Lewis, established his present business in May, 1869. He started with a small capital, but by honest dealing and close applica- tion to business has succeeded in liis business. He has a complete stock of imported and domestic goods valued at $4,000. He owns and occupies a building two stories high, 115 feet deep and twenty feet wide; sixty-five feet front for store and sample room and fifty for shop and warehouse. Mr. Eger is a native of Germany and was born in Wurtemberg, Oct. 21, 1843, son of Simon Eger, who was a stone mason in Germany, and at present insurance agent in Troy, Ind. He and wife had two sons and one danghter. An- thony was the eldest son. In 1846 or 1847 he came with his par- ents to the United States and settled in Louisville. Ky., where he attended school until ten, when he moved with his parents on a farm near Troy, Ind .; remained there until 1864 when he went to Rockport, Ind., where he engaged in the tinner's business with his brother-in-law, Henry Deshler, for two years. Mr. Eger then sold his interest and came to Owensboro, Ky., and established his pres- ent business. Mr. Eger was married in Rockport, Ind., April 2, 1866, to Rachel Fleshinger, a native of Germany, and a daugh- ter of Mathias Fleshinger, a miller of Lockport, Ind. Mr. Eger and wife have seven children, tive living-Simon P., born in Rock- port, July 9, 1867, engaged in business with his father; George H., born in Owensboro, Oct. 20, 1869; A. M. Kate, born in Owensboro, Sept. 25, 1871; Elizabeth, born in Owensboro, Dec. 11, 1873; Edward W., born Oct. S, 1876; Anna M., born Nov. 16, 1878, died July 5, 1880; Lena, born Oct. 12, 1882, died Oct. 14, 1882. The mother died Nov. 4, 1882. She was a member of the St. Joseph Catholic Church. Mr. Eger is a member of the Catho- lic Knights, Branch No. 18, Owensboro, and also a member of the St. Joseph Catholic Church. In polities lie is a Democrat. Was
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elected a member of the City Council in 1877 and re-elected in 1882.
Frank P. English, the gentlemanly and accommodating clerk of the Planters Hotel, Owensboro, is entitled to a sketch in our history. He was born at Cecilian Junction, Hardin Co., Ky., March 29, 1863, son of Robert B. and Susan R. (Cecil) English; his mother died December, 1870; his father is still residing on the old homestead farm, in Ilardin County, near Elizabethtown. They had a family of five sons and two danghters, four sons and two daughters living-Jennie, residing at home with her father; Charles C., managing the farm for his father; Frank P., subject of our sketch; Thomas G., Emma, and William D. residing on old homestead farm with their father. Frank P. was educated at Cecil- ian College, remaining at home until eighteen years of age; then accepted a position as clerk in a general store, at Bethlehem Station. In April, 1882, he came to Ownsboro and was employed in one of the leading stores, until October, 1882, when he accepted his pres- ent position. He is a member of the church, and a most honest and trustworthy young man, entitled to the respect and confidence of all. In politics he is a Democrat.
Robert J. Frayser, born in Cumberland County, Va., June 22, 1840, was a son of William A. and Judith (Bransford) Frayser., He was the youngest of four sons and four daughters. He lived at home till eighteen years of age, assisting on the farm and at- tending school, when he came to Owensboro and was employed by his uncle, Benjamin Bransford, a tobacconist, as receiving clerk and buyer. At the expiration of five years he was taken as a partner in the business. Four years later he withdrew from the firm and established himself in business alone. He remained alone three years, and then he and his brothers, W. H. and T. H., formed a partnership, and bought out their nncle in the Bransford factory. This firm continued eight years, when W. H. retired and the firm became as it is at present, Frayser & Bro. Mr. Frayser was mar- ried Jan. 9, 1862, to L. J. Allen, daughter of John and Mildred Allen, who was born in February, 1840. They have two children -Ada M., born in May, 1865, and Allen, born in January, 1868. Mr. Frayser is a member of the Fourth Methodist Episcopal Church and his wife of the Fourth Street Presbyterian. Mr. Frayser met with a sad accident @while he and his brother were out hunting. Hle received a charge of shot in the breast, and, scattering, it struck his left eye, destroying the sight and clouding the sight of the right. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias.
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John C. Frederick was born in Vanderburg County, Ind., July 31, 1851. He is a son of Henry and .Kunigunda (Friedlein) Fred- erick, natives of Germany. His father died when he was about a year old. When he was four years old his mother moved to Evansville. When he was fourteen he came to Owensboro. He served an apprenticeship at the tinner's trade; worked at it seven years and then entered the firm of Wm. Lossie & Co. as a part- ner. Mr. Frederick has full charge of the store and salesroom. He was married Sept. 7, 1880, to Kattie D., daughter of Charles Green. They have one daughter-Karan, born July 16, 1881. Mr. Frederick is a member of the German Lutheran church.
Robert Frey, attorney, Owensboro, born in Mnhlenburg County, Ky., Sept. 5, 1851, is a son of W. H. and Martha A. (Campbell) Frey, natives of Tennessee and Kentucky, now residents of Owens- boro. They have had a family of three sons and four daughters. His father is engaged in the real estate and livery business. Robert attended school until 1872. He then began the study of law with Ray & Walker and was admitted to the Kentucky bar in June, 1876. He began the practice of his profession in Owens- boro, in partnership with C. K. Thorp. This partnership contin- ned until November, 1879, when Mr. Thorp went to Washington, Ind. Since then Mr. Frey has been alone. He is at present one of the leading members of the Daviess County bar. Mr. Frey is a member of the First Baptist Church. In politics he is a Dem- ocrat. His grandfather, Robert Campbell, was born in Scotland and came to the United. States when a young man. He was in the war of 1812.
James H. Fisher, proprietor of Fisher's "Special Oyster House" and fine sample rooms, was born in Franklin County, Ky., June 18, 1841, and is the second of five children of Jacob and Elizabeth (Carroll) Fisher, natives of Kentucky, and members of the Chris- tian church. He moved from Franklin County, Ky., to Scott County with his parents when nine years of age, and in fall of 1856 came with his father to Daviess County; engaged in farming until 1871, when he engaged in the livery business three or four years. IIe was then in the wholesale whisky trade in Owensboro two years, in a book and stationery store one year, and then es- tablished his present business. where he has the finest restaurant and sample rooms in the city. Mr. Fisher married Narcissa D. Fnqua, Jan. 29. 1871. She was a danghter of John and Nancy (Phelone) Fuqua. Mrs. Fisher is a member of the Baptist church.
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Mr. and Mrs. Fisher have had six children-Mollie L., Elizabeth H., Nannie F., John S., James J. and Burr H. Mr. Fisher is a inember of Brothers Lodge, No. 132, I, O. O. F., of Owensboro, ar. d of the G. A. R. In the spring of 1862 he enlisted in Company E, Twelfth Kentucky Cavalry ; was promoted First Sergeant ; was wounded at the battle of Philadelphia, Tenn., by a musket ball which cut off the index finger of the left hand. At the elose of the war he returned. In politics he is a Republican. He is of Scotch and Irish descent. His grandfather, William Fisher, was in the war of 1812.
Edwin S. Foote, born near Hardinsburg, Breckenridge Co., Ky., Feb. 27, 1858, is a son of Ludwell E. and Sue P. (Stuart) Foote. Edwin was the eldest of four sons and three daughters. He attended the district schools of Breckinridge County until eighteen, when he entered the Military Academy at Lexington, the State Agricultural College, where he remained until 1875, when he returned to Breckinridge County, Ky., and engaged in the to- bacco business with his father until 1877, when he was elected Constable of Bewleyville District, Breckinridge Co., two years. In September, 1881, he accepted his present position as Cashier for Phillips Bros. & McAtee. Mr. Foote married Miss Anna Henderson, March 16, 1880. She was born in Breckinridge County, Ky., and is a danghter of Payton J. and Nannie (Moran) Henderson. Mrs. Foote is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, South. Mr. and Mrs. Foote have one daughter-Grace P., born June 17, 1881. Mr. Foote is a member of the Good Templars Society.
Joseph A. Fuqua, born in Cumberland County, Va., July 3, 1849, is a son of Dr. William and Elizabeth L. (Leitch) Fuqua, natives of Buckingham County, Va., being the second of their fourteen children. Mr. Fuqua came to Owensboro in 1869, and engaged as clerk for Hugh, Kerr & Co., tobacconists; subsequently was clerk for Alfred T. Harris. In 1879 he formed a partnership with Major Smith, the firm name being Fnqua & Smith. He is also one of the Owensboro Distilling Company, and is secretary of the company. He has recently formed a partnership in the gro- cery business, the firm name being Fuqua, Reno & Stuart. He was married Dec. 29, 1874, to Helen R. Smith, daughter of J. H. Smith. They have three children-Wm. Hampton, Jean R. and Joseph A. Mr. Fuqna is a member of the A. F. & A. M. and K. of P.
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Henry M. Gabel, master mechanic for the O. & N. Ry., was born in Cincinnati, O., Aug. 19, 1852, and is a son of Henry and Mary (Habig) Gabel, natives of Pennsylvania and Germany. He was a machinist in Cincinnati; was employed by the Miles Greenwood Works for thirty-two years and had charge for ten years. He died in 1879. He and wife had a family of four sons and one danghter, three sons and one daughter living. Henry M. was the second son and child. He was but eight years old when his mother died; his father then married Mary Hacks, and they had ten children, two sons and two daughters living. Henry M. served his time as a machinist with his father in Cincinnati until twenty-one, when he went to the Niles Tool Works at Hamil- ton, O., and worked three years; thence to C. H. & D. Ry. shop at Cincinnati, O., and remained eight months; then returned to the Bentel, Margedant & Co. Wood Working and Ry. Car Ma- chinery Manufactory for two years; then worked for Cope & Maxwell, manufacturers of steam pumping machinery, etc., six months; then returned to Cincinnati and ran a steam elevator for J. L. Wayne & Son, wholesale hardware merchants, one year; then went to Jeffersonville, Ind., and took charge of the repair shops at the State's prison for the Perrin & Gaff Manufacturing Company two years; then was foreman of a gang in the machine shops of the L. & N. Ry. at Lonisville, Ky., seven months when he was promoted foreman of their shops at Birmingham, Ala., and remained in that position until July, 1881, when he was appointed master mechanic of the O. &. N. Ry. at Owensboro. He married Frances J. Devon, at Hamilton, O., Aug. 14, 1874, and a daughter of Sam'l R. and Elizabeth (Birch) Devon. He was born in Ham- ilton, O., and his mother is the oldest lady in Hamilton, O. She went there when eighteen years of age, and is now in the ninety- fourth year of her age. Mr. and Mrs. Gabel are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. They have had four children, three living-Mary E., boru Sept. 16, 1875; William E., born Aug. 5, 1876; Thomas F., died; Cora N., born in March, 1882. Mr. Gabel has been an Odd Fellow since twenty-one years of age; is also a member of K. of P. lodge, Hamilton, O., and Knights of Honor, Yost Lodge, No. 2,525, Owensboro. He is of German descent, his grandfather having emigrated from Germany and settled in Pennsylvania.
Henry C. Gans, son of Dr. George C. and Agnes (Calhoun) Gans, was born in Moundsville Va., Aug. 5, 1844. He attended
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school in Moundsville, and was preparing to enter the medical school, but the outbreaking of the late civil war changed his arrangements. He enlisted in June, 1863, in Company I, Third Virginia Infantry, and served till Angust, 1864. His father was Medieal Director in General Harris' Division, Cook's Corps. He died Oet. 4, 1864. After the war he entered Duff's Commercial Business College, at Pittsburg, where he graduated in December, 1864. In February, 1865, he was employed as elerk in the Baltimore & Ohio Railway office at Wheeling, Va. He held offices in different departments of this road (including that of ticket agent) till 1870, when he went to Junction City, Kas., and was employed in the freight and ticket office of the Kansas Pacific Road till June, 1871, when he was ap- pointed Division Clerk for the Niosha Division of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad. In January, 1872, was given the Cher- okee Division of the same road, with the charge of 360 miles. Owing to ill health, in September, 1882, he resigned and returned to Wheeling, and was afterward employed as freight and tieket agent for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, at Mannington, W. Va. In the spring of 1878 he joined a mining company, and located and bought mining property at the head of Blue River, Summit Co., Col. Mr. Gans was elected manager of the company, and remained there till October, 1880, when he returned to Wheeling. In March, 1881, he was appointed elerk in the controller's office of the L. & N. R. R. at Louisville, Ky., and in June, 1881, was appointed to his present position of Auditor and Treasurer of the O. & N. Ry., at Owensboro. In April, 1871, Mr. Gans married Mary R., daugh- ter of William B. Quarrier, bookkeeper in the old Merchants and Mechanics' Bank, Wheeling, Va. He died in April, 1862. Mr. and Mrs. Gans have had five children, four living-William D., Mary T., Henry H., Hullihen Q. Mr. Gans is a Past Master in Masonry and Past Dictator of the Knights of Honor.
Frederick Gipe, son of George Jacob and Catharina (Wack) Gipe was born in Landau, Bavaria, Germany, June 16, 1837, and came to America in 1858, landing in New Orleans, where he re- mained four months, and then came to Lonisville, Ky., and re- mained about two years, working at his trade, that of a shoemaker, the most of the time. He was married May 2, 1861, to Lucy A. Chandler, a native of Brownsboro, Ky., and a daughter of Little Wise Chandler. In the spring of 1862 he removed to McLean Connty and carried on a shop in Calboon and Livermore, remain- ing in the county about ten years. In the fall of 1873 he came to
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Owensboro, where he has paid special attention to his trade, and now has one of the largest and best establishments in the county. He is a workman of great skill, and makes a specialty of fine work. He also keeps in stock leather and shoe findings, and mannfactures boot, shoe and gaiter uppers of all styles. Mr. Gipe believes in the advancement of all industries, and has won for himself a fore- most place among the business men of Owensboro. He has been a member of the Christian church since the fall of 1860. Mr. and Mrs. Gipe have six children-James; W., George J., Sarah E .. Samuel Edward, Benjamin A. and Charles E. They lost five children in infancy. Mr. Gipe's parents came to America in 1868, and settled with their son in McLean County, where the father died in 1872. His mother died in Owensboro in November, 1880. They reared a family of three sons and two daughters, only two sons and one daughter now living-Charles, Frederick, and The- rasia, wife of John Harat, of Allegheny, Pa. Charlesis a resident of New Haven, Nelson Co., Ky.
Charles W. Gordon, born April 27, 1845, in Daviess County, Ky., is a son of Jackson and Elizabeth (Haynes) Gordon. His father was born in Shelby County, Ky., Feb. 8, 1821, and was a son of William Gordon, a native of Virginia, who came to Shelby County, Ky., about 1820, and to Daviess County in 1830, settling in Masonville Precinct, where his son Jackson still lives. Jackson married Elizabeth, danghter of Charles Haynes, an old settler of Daviess County, who died in 1849, leaving four children-Charles W., James M., Samnel P. and Cynthia F. (deceased). He then married Sarah A. Taylor, who died in the fall of 1878. They had ten children, seven now living-Thomas A., Susan E., Mary E., Artelia, Hettie J., Carrie C. and Myron. Henry T., Melissa and Sallie died in infancy. Mr. Gordon's present wife was Eliza A. (Taylor) Conyers. Charles W. Gordon lived on a farm in Mason- ville till twenty years of age. He then tanght two years in Ma- sonville, after which he moved on a farm in Murray Precinct, but taught school during the winter till 1874, when he moved to Owensboro, and the first year taught a school in the country, near the city. In 1875 he was elected County Surveyor, and held the office till 1880 when he resigned. In 1877 he opened a grocery on East First street, which he carried on three years. Since 1830 he has been employed as bookkeeper for Troutman, Rarrick & Co. He was married March 6, 1866, to Jennie Jasper, a native of Spencer County, Ky. They have two children-Hallie H. and
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Elmer J. They lost one child, Clarence E., who died in Decem- ber, 1868. Mr. Gordon is a member of the Walnut Street Baptist Church. Mr. Gordon's grandfather, William Gordon, died during the winter of 1851-'52, at the age of sixty-five years. His grand- mother, Elizabeth S. (Miller) Gordon, died in 1865, aged eighty years. They had four children-Cynthia, Jackson, Payton and Andrew. Jackson and Andrew are the only ones living.
Michael D. Graves, manufacturer of fine boots, shoes, gaiters, etc., Conrt Row, south side square, was born in Newburg, Ind., Sept. 21, 1859, and was a son of D. W. and Mary A. (Dillman) Graves. His father died Aug. 8, 1878. His mother is still living and resides with her son. Michael D. was small when he moved with his parents to Grandville, Ind., and from thence to Dale, Ind. In 1867 the family came to Paradise, Muhlenburg Co., Ky., and to Owensboro in 1876. Michael D. worked at the boot and shoe trade with his father until his death; then worked in partnership with his brothers, George R. and David W., some eight or nine months; then David W. and Michael were in partnership until Aug. 19, 1882, when Michael purchased his brother's interest, and has since run the business alone. He carries a full and complete stock, and is prepared to do all kinds of boot and shoe making. He is one of the leading shoemakers of the city. His parents had a family of nine children, seven now living-George R., working in the shop with Michael; Dennis G., farmer of Muhlenburg County, Ky .; David W., shoemaker at Hartford, Ohio Co., Ky .; Michael, subject of our sketch; Ada, wife of Samuel J. Wallace, of Warrick County, Ind .; Mary and Katy, residing with their mother in Owensboro. The family are all members of the Methodist church.
Lynch Gray, born May 6, 1828, in Nelson County, Ky., was a son of Patrick L. and Mary (Howlet) Gray, natives of Baltimore, Md., who came to Kentucky in 1820. His father died in June, 1854, in his fifty-fifth year, and his mother in February, 1882, in her eighty-third year. When Mr. Gray was nineteen he went to Hardin County, Ky., and learned the wagon and carriage maker's trade. He worked at his trade in Hardin County three years, and in 1851 came to Daviess County and continued at his trade three years. He then bought a farm eight miles from Owens- boro, and lived there twelve years, when he bought his present farm of 236 acres, known as the Frank Hall farm, paying $8,000 for it. Nov. 4, 1876, at the organization of the Farmers and Traders' Bank, Mr. Gray became its Vice-President. Since the death of
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the President, Dr. A. D. Hill, Dec. 21, 1878, he has been Presi- dent. He has always been a Democrat, casting his first Presiden- tial vote for James H. Polk. He was married Oct. 24, 1854, to Lonisa Shoemaker, daughter of Price Shoemaker. She died Oct. 2, 1876, leaving two daughters-Mary S., now Mrs. A. J. Mitch- ell, and Cynthia P., now Mrs. J. M. Haynes. Feb. 24, 1877, Mr. Gray married Mary F., daughter of Frank Haynes. Mr. and Mrs. Gray are members of the United Baptist church. He has been a member of the Masonic order since 1848. He deals quite extensively in real estate, owning considerable in the city.
Daniel M. Griffith, oldest son of William R. Griffith, who came to Daviess County in an early day, was identified closely with the county's development. At the organization of the county he was appointed to fill the office of County Clerk. Was admitted to the bar and practiced law successfully for many years, and dealt extensively in real estate. The Griffith family is of Welsh descent. The first to come to America was William Griffith, who arrived as early as 1655, settling in Maryland. The Griffiths came to Ken- tucky at the beginning of this century. Joshua Griffith came to Lewis Station in 1805, and in the following year built a cabin and moved his family there. The house is still standing, though some- what remodeled, and is probably the oldest house in the county. Daniel M. Griffith was born Feb. 28, 1826. Receiving his primary education at Owensboro, he attended, successively, Centre College at Danville, and Transylvania University at Lexington, graduating from the latter institution in 1847. October, 1857, he was married to Virginia Shelby, daughter of the late Colonel Charles S. Todd, and granddaughter of Governor Isaac Shelby. Mr. Griffith is engaged in dealing in real estate.
J. T. Griffith, City Marshal, was born in Owensboro, April 1, 1860, the son of Daniel M. and Virginia Shelby (Todd) Griffith, and this city has always been his home. In 1879-'80 he was Dep- uty-Sheriff; in 1880, was day clerk in the Planters' Hotel, and in 1881 was elected City Marshal. For this office he was nominated by the Democratic convention several weeks before he was of age, and he was elected three days after he became of age, -- the young- est inan ever elected to office by the people in this county, possibly anywhere. He is a member of the order of the Knights of Pythias.
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