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The father died aged ninety-five, and the mother aged seventy-five. He was in the war of 1812, and his father was in the Revolution- ary war. In politics Major Scobee was first a Whig, but since the late war has been a supporter of the Democratic party. He is one of the oldest traveling preachers in Louisville Conference.
Joseph W. Slaughter, son of Wm. G. and Ann G. (Tapscott) Slaughter, was born March 20, 1838, in Daviess County. He was educated in this county, and was reared on a farm. In 1867 he was appointed Deputy Sheriff of Daviess County, which office he held three years; then served eight and one half years as jailor of the county. May 1, 1879, he formed a partnership with John Thixton in the wholesale liquor business, locating on Main street, between Frederica and St. Ann. They are also members of the John Thix- ton Distilling Company, whose still is located about a half mile east of Owensboro. It has a capacity of twenty-five barrels a day. Mr. Slaughter was married Oct. 4, 1864, to Sallie G. McKee, of Frankfort, Ky. They had eight children, five living-Sue, Blanche, Emma, Josepli and Gustave. He is a Mason. Mrs. Slaughter is a member of the Episcopal church. Politically he is a Democrat.
George Smith, blacksmith and manufacturer of wagons, and general repairs, was born in Nassna, France (now Prussia, Ger- many), March 27, 1831, and is a son of George, Sr., and Cather- ine Smith. George was the second of three sons .. June 12, 1847, the family came to America, landed in New York, and went to Charleston, Clarke Co., Ind. His father was a stone mason. In 1848 George Smith, Jr., went to Louisville, and worked at the blacksmith's trade four and a half years; then went to Seymour, Ind., and ran a shop of his own four months; then went to Charleston, Ind., and opened a shop, and remained until Nov. 23, 1859, when he came to Owensboro, Ky., and worked for Simon Kuntz until the spring of 1865, when he opened his present busi- ness. Mr. Smith married Margaret Smith, in Charleston, Ind., May 24, 1854. She was born in Germany, and was a danghter of Henry Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Smith had eight children, six living -Kate, wife of George Towner; Susie, wife of Charles Rice, of Carmi, Ill .; Lizzie, wife of John Aull; George, Jr., Emma, and Setti. The mother died Dec. 1, 1873. She was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. Mr. Smith married Amanda Fleming Dec. 29, 1878. She was born in Ohio, and was a daugh- ter of John Fleming. Mr. and Mrs. Smith had one son, who
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died, aged thirteen months. Mr. Smith is G. B. of the State of Kentucky, for Harmonia Lodge, Harigari Order; was elected at Covington, Ky., August, 1882. He was elected City Councilman several times. In politics he is a Democrat, and a strong supporter of that party, having always voted that ticket.
Jacob Smith, proprietor of meat market on Frederica street, be- tween Third and Fourth streets, also dealer in dried and pickled meats and produce, was born in Baden, Germany, May 1, 1839, son of Henry and Mary (Wygold) Smith. There was a family of two sons and one daughter, the daughter being now deceased. Jacob was but eight or nine when he came with his father and brother to America, in 1849; landed in New York and settled in Charleston, Ind. Jacob remained here and in Jeffersonville, farm- ing and learning the baker's trade, until August, 1857; then came to Owensboro and worked with his brother in the butcher business and has been in this business ever since. In 1865 he established a shop of his own. Mr. Smith married Miss Clara Meisenhimer in Evansville, Ind., Feb. 4, 1868. She was born in Germany, daughter of John and Christina (Haunk) Meisenhimer. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have had six children, four living-Christina S., born Nov. 13, 1868; Susie L., born Dec. 17, 1870; Jacob, Jr., born April 14, 1873, and Minnie, born Dec. 11, 1878. Georgia and Clara W., twins, were born Jan. 6, 1877, and died June 26 and 27, 1877. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are members of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Smith is a member of I. O. O. F., Owensboro Lodge, No. 132, and Knights of Honor, No. 2,525, Owensboro. In politics he is independent.
John H. Smith, son of Peter F. and Mary I. (Turpin) Smith, natives of Virginia, was born in Richmond, Va., Jan. 1, 1810. His parents came to Owensboro in 1835, and his father engaged in buying and preparing tobacco for the English market, being the first to engage in that business in Owensboro. John H. came to Owensboro in 1837 and worked with his father in the factory. They had a large business, but were burnt out, losing $50,000, with no insurance. Their building was packed with tobacco, and con-
tained between 600,000 and,700,000 pounds. His father never fully recovered from his losses. He died in 1844, and his wife in 1858. After the death of his father, Mr. Smith moved to Yelving- ton, where he married Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Haws. He remained there about a year and then returned to Owensboro, and worked for D. B. Harris and A. B. Barrett. He remained with them till about twenty. After their death he formed a partner-
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ship with John H. Barrett, of Henderson, and remained with him four years. He then withdrew from the firm and built a ware- house and carried on the business alone three years when he re- tired, turning the business over to his son, Peter S. Smith, and his son-in-law, Joseph Tuqua. In 1860 he took great interest in the organization of the Deposit Bank, being one of the stockholders and directors. Mr. Smith lost his first wife and then married Het- tie Raphel, a native of Ireland. He has had a family of seven children, only three now living. He has been a member of the Presbyterian church, South, for a number of years.
Nicholas Smith, proprietor of one of the leading meat markets on Main, between St. Ann and Allen streets, carries a fine line of fresh and dried meats, tongues, pickled meats, vegetables, etc. He was born in Baden, Germany, Sept. 10, 1833, son of Henry and Margaret (Wygold) Smith. Nicholas attended school until four- teen, and when sixteen came with his brother Jacob and father to America; landed in New York and went to Charleston, Ind., and followed coopering a couple of years. Then Nicholas went to Jef- fersonville, Ind., and learned the butcher's trade. In March, 1857, he came to Owensboro and established his present business, and is the oldest butcher now in business at Owensboro. Mr. Smith mar- ried Dorathy Oehl at Jeffersonville, Ind., in 1856. She was born in Germany, danghter of M. Oehl. Mr, and Mrs. Smith are mem- bers of the Methodist Episcopal church. They have had a family of six children, five now living -- Lizzie, wife of Charles Denser, grocer of Owensboro; Mary; Frank N., born Dec. 6, 1860; William J., born Dec. 7, 1862; Laura, born May, 1866; Julias H., the youngest, was born in 1868, died in 1869. Politically Mr. Smith is inde- pendent.
W. D. Stirman, one of the oldest practicing physicians of Da- viess County, was born in December, 1820, in Washington County, Ky. His father, James H .; a native of Virginia, was a Captain in the war of 1812, a merchant by occupation, and died in 1820, at Memphis, Tenn. He received three gun-shot wounds at the battle of the Thames, and fell within twenty-six or thirty-six feet of where Tecumseh fell. His mother, Elizabeth L., nee Doswell, also a na- tive of Virginia, came of an old English family long settled in that State. While the subject of this sketch was a boy the family moved to Hopkinsville, then to Alabama, Memphis (where his father died), and then back to Washington County, By this time he was eight or ten years of age. Here and at St. Louis (Mo.)
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University he received a good education, and at the latter institu- tion gradnated in medicine in 1844. After practicing medicine a short time at Calhoon, whither his mother had removed, he was appointed Assistant Professor of Anatomy in the St. Louis Uni- versity, which position he held for several years. During the summer months he practiced his profession at Calhoon. In 1849 he resigned the above position, and the next year he came to Owensboro, where he has since resided, practicing medicine, ex- cept 1857-'61, when he was Professor of Ar atomy in the Ken- tucky School of Medicine, at Louisville. In 1849 Dr. Stirman married Miss Rachel Wall, daughter of Banister and Sallie (Thomp- son) Wall, and their children are-Fannie C., wife of Mr. Athy, and residing in Sedalia, Mo .; Dr. Wilbur F., now in partnership with his father in the practice of medicine in Owensboro; M. G., attorney at law and School Commissioner of Daviess County; Jo- seph S., and Frederick Victor, now attending the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, where he will graduate next year. The Doctor's only brother, O. F. Stirman, became a lawyer of distinc- tion, and died at Lonisville in 1871. Dr. Stirman has been a snc- cessful physician, accumulating considerable property, and has the finest residence in Owensboro.
Joseph H. Stout was born in Lower Town Precinct, Ky., May 19, 1856. His parents, Benjamin and Elizabeth (Lea) Stont, are now living on a farm in Sorghotown Precinct. They had a famn- ily of six sons and three daughters, Joseph being the third child and second son. He remained at home till nineteen, since which he has been at work for himself. In politics he is a Democrat. His grandfather, Simpson Stout, was one of the pioneers of Da- viess County, and was well known at an early day.
J. H. Taylor was born in Danberry Township, Grafton Co., N. H., Sept. 4, 1836. Joseph R. and Lonisa J. (Haman) Taylor were his parents. Both were natives of New Hampshire. The early life of J. H. Taylor was passed among his native hills, until he had reached the age of twenty, when, in 1856, he removed to Elizabethtown, Ky., and there studied dentistry for two years under the tutelage of Dr. Baldwin. In 1858 Dr. Taylor went to Hancock County, Ky., and in 1864 came to Owensboro, where he at once engaged in the practice of dentistry in company with Dr. G. E. Stowers. After a three years' partnership with Dr. Stowers, he continued his practice alone until 1882, when he formed a partnership with a former student, Dr. W. B. Armendt.
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The present firm of Taylor & Armendt do an extensive practice, and are classed among the prominent dentists of this section of the State. Dec. 20, 1864, Dr. Taylor was married to Mary E. Stone, of Hawsville, Ky. The parents of Miss Stone were pioneers in Kentucky. Mr. Stone was prominent in the early history of Hancock County; was for about forty successive years Clerk of the Court, and was one of the first school-teachers of that section, and was well known over a large 'portion of the State. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor are the parents of seven children, all living. Himself and wife are consistent members of the Presbyterian church of Owensboro.
Joshua C. Terrill was born Dec. 1, 1840, in Boone County, Ky. His father, John Terrill, was a native of Virginia, but came to Boone County, Ky., when a child, and lived there till his death, in 1877. He married Nancy Watson, a native and still a resident of Boone County. To them were born nine children, only four now living-Elizabeth, George W., W. H., and Joshua C. Park, Robert, James, John, and Simeon are deceased. Joshua C. lived in Boone County till the late war, when he enlisted in General Buckner's command, but was transferred to Morgan's command. He was taken prisoner by Hobson's cavalry in July, 1863, after Morgan had crossed the river into Ohio, and was taken to Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, and from there to Camp Douglas, Chicago. On the night of Oct. 25, 1863, he made his escape, and came to Kentucky, but soon after went to Canada, and remained till the close of the war. He was married Nov. 3, 1865, to Mary F. (Osborne) Sharp, of Masonville, Ky., she going to Canada to marry him. After the close of the war he returned to Boone County, Ky., and remained till 1869, when he came to Daviess County, and bought a farm five miles east of Owensboro. In the fall of 1875 he moved to Owensboro, still keeping his farm. He built his flouring mill in 1874, and moved into it in 1875. He has been a member of the Christian church since he was sixteen, and has been an Elder of the Owensboro church since 1860, being elected with two others when the church was built. Mr. and Mrs. Terrill are the parents of eight children, six living-Simeon L., Selina A., Ida M., Artelia H., Nannie R. and James R. Charles O. and John W. are deceased.
James K. Tharp, Mayor of Owensboro, Ky., was born in Jefferson County, Ky., March 18, 1845. His father, Moses Tharp, a native of Pennsylvania, settled in Louisville at an early
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date. He died in 1853. His mother, Eveline (Monin) Tharp, was of French descent, and was born and reared in Chillicothe, Ohio. She died in 1860. After the death of his father, James K. carned his own living, and supported his mother till her death. In 1860 he came to Owensboro, and worked on a farm near the city five years. He then bought a team and worked in Owensboro. In 1873 he sold his team and bought "Stonewall's saloon." April 6, 1874, he married Johanna Hollis, and then added a hotel to his saloon, which he ran six years. In 1877 he was elected a
In 1878 he ran member of the City Council, and served a year.
for Mayor, but was defeated by John Thixton. In 1879 he was re-elected to the City Council, and in 1880 again ran for Mayor, defeating J. B. Scott, a strong candidate, by 178 votes; was re-elected in 1882, having 175 votes more than B. Baer. July 16, 1880, he opened a wholesale and retail grocery and liquor store on Main street. May 18, 1880, his wife died, leaving one son- Clarence Gilmore, born Oct. 13, 1876.
Charles G. Thixton, chief bookkeeper for Thixton & Slaughter, wholesale liquor dealers, born in Daviess County, Ky., July 22, 1858, and is a son of John and Mary E. (Murphy) Thixton. His mother died in October, 1876. Charles G. is the eldest of eleven children. When six years of age he moved with his parents into Owensboro. He attended the private and public schools of Owens- boro until 1872, when he entered St. Mary's College, near Lebanon, Marion Co., Ky., where he graduated in 1874. He then returned to Owensboro and engaged in the grocery business until 1881, when he accepted his present position. Mr. Thixton married Nel- lie Elder, in Owensboro, Jan. 25, 1881. She was born in Owens- boro, and is a daughter of Lafayette and Ellen Elder. Mr. and Mrs. Thixton are both members of the St. Stevens' Catholic Church. They have one son-Norbert C., born Nov. 2, 1881. Mr. Thixton is a member of the Catholic Knights of America, Owens- boro Branch, No. 13. In politics he is a Democrat.
John Thixton, son of John and Jane (Kell) Thixton, was born in Jefferson County, Ky., March 17, 1834. His father was a na- tive of Maryland, and came to Kentucky when a boy. He was a resident of Jefferson County fifty years. In 1849 he moved to Daviess County and resided here till his death, March 12, 1852, aged sixty-two. His wife was a native of Jefferson County, and died in August, 1849. They reared a family of five sons and one danghter, four sons now living. After his father's death Mr.
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Thixton attended school till he was twenty, and then traveled five or six months selling tombstones. From Angust, 1854, to the end of the year he taught school. Jan. 15, 1855, he married Mary E., daughter of Daniel Murphy, and went to farming. In 1865 he sold his farm and moved to Owensboro and engaged in the gro- cery and liquor business. In January, 1881, he sold out his grocery to give his whole attention to the liquor business. Sept. 4, 1876, Mrs. Thixton died, leaving seven children, three sons and two daughters now living. April 27, 1882, Mr. Thixton married Fan- nie Dickinson, a native of Louisville. Mr. Thixton has served either on the School Board or City Council ten years. In 1878 he. was elected Mayor of the city, serving one term.
George Napier Thomson was born in Montrose, Scotland, Feb. 14, 1848. He was educated in Scotland, and came to Richmond, Va., in 1873, where he engaged in the tobacco business for five years. In 1879 he moved to Owensboro, Ky., where he has been extensively engaged in the same business. He was married in the fall of 1878 to Jerminah Dickson, a native of Scotland. They have two children, a son and daughter. He is a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Owensboro.
Beverly H. Todd, of the firm of Harrison, Milne & Todd, un- dertakers, Owensboro, was born in Daviess County, May 24, 1853, and is a son of David F. and Jane H. (Hieks) Todd, natives of Kentucky. They had a family of six sons and one daughter, B. H. being their second son and child. He remained on his father's farm in Lower Town Precinet until twelve years of age, when his father moved into Owensboro, and retired from farming. He held the office of County Commissioner for a number of years. He died in 1878. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, South. His wife is still living. with her son B. H. Todd. B. H. attended school in Owensboro until sixteen years of age, when he began to clerk in the hardware business, and in 1878 formed his present partnership with Mr. Harrison in the undertaker's business. Sept. 30, 1873, he married Mary Moorman, a native of Owensboro, and a daughter of R. G. Moorman. IIe was a dry-goods and tobacco merchant in Owensboro. Mr. and Mrs. Todd are members of the Fourth Street Presbyterian Church, South. In polities he is a Democrat.
Alexander C. Tompkins was born in Charlottesville, Va., on the 28th day of February, 1840. Mr. Tompkins sprang from that hardy, vigorous, Scotch-Irish race and has inherited many of the:
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characteristics of his ancestry, being strong physically and men- tally. The Tompkinses for many generations have lived in Virginia. Alexander's father was William W. Tompkins, and his grandfather, Dr. John Tompkins, and further back in the line of ancestors was his great-uncle, Daniel D. Tompkins, who was chosen to fill the ex- alted station of Vice-President of the United States. Many of Mr. Tompkins' people were preachers in the Christian church and he was named in honor of the celebrated Alexander Campbell, the founder of that church. Mr. Tompkins' mother was Frances Sam- ualla Pendleton, a danghter of Henry Pendleton, a Virginian. Our subject left the State of his nativity in 1858, going to Hen- derson County. He remained here, however, but about three years, when at the breaking out of the war he returned to Virginia, and in the fall of that year enlisted in the Twenty-seventh Virginia Infantry as a private. After the battle of Antietam he was transferred to the Second Virginia Cavalry, Company K, and was assigned to General Fitz Hugh Lee's brigade, in which he served until the surrender of Lee's army which closed the war. He came ont of the army with the rank of Second Lieutenant. After peace was restored between the North and the South, Mr. Tompkins again went to Henderson County and engaged in farming, and in the fall of 1865 removed to Daviess County. He here engaged in mining and farming on the Bonharbor farm; in which he is still in- terested. In 1873 lie began to operate in tobacco, and now (1883) is doing one of the heaviest tobacco trades in Daviess County, handling as high as 1,000,000 pounds in a single year. In addi- tion to his agricultural interests and his large tobacco business, Mr. Tompkins, in 1880, became a member of the Owensboro Dis- tilling Company, and is now actively engaged in the distilling business. June 10, 1868, Mr. Tompkins was united in marriage to Miss Lizzie Venable, at Owensboro. She is a daughter of Samuel and Virginia Venable. Mr. and Mrs. Tompkins have had two children, one living, a son, born in July, 1873. Himself and wife are both members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. Mr. Tompkins was elected member of the Common Council of the city of Owensboro, in April, 1882.
Captain John H. Triplett, Captain of the H. M. Sweetser, packet between Owensboro and Roekport, Ind., is a native of Kentucky, and was born near Owensboro, May 18, 1838. At the early age of sixteen he began as third elerk on board a packet between Louis- ville and Henderson; remained on this line until 1860, when he ran
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on Red River until February, 1861. He then returned home, and he and Jack Thompson raised the Dixie Guards, which became Company G, Color Company of the First Kentucky Infantry Vol- unteers. Captain Triplett was elected Captain of this company, and remained such until the disbandment, when he was transferred to the Tennessee army and was appointed Captain of a company and ordered back to Kentneky; was captured on the way, and spent fourteen months on Johnson's Island when he was paroled. After the close of the war he opened a coal yard for the Cairo City Coal Company. After six months he began as first clerk on the Jonas Powell and Tennessee, on the Tennessee River; was there one year, then went on the David White, running between New Orleans and Louisville. Feb. 17, 1867, she was blown up at Columbia, Ark. In June, 1867, he was Captain of the Leonora, Steamer No. 2, Pioneer Packet, running between Evansville and Cincinnati, and had charge of her until October, 1867, when he took charge of the Tahlequali for the same line of packets and ran her between Cincinnati and Fort Smith, Ark., until 1868, when lie took charge of Petrolia, No. 2, running between Cannelton and Evansville. In October, 1869, he ran on the Charmer between
Evansville and Cincinnati. In the spring of 1870 he took charge of the Palestine. In summer of 1871 he took charge of steamer Morning Star, in the Louisville and Henderson trade. April 15, 1872, he was married at Louisville to Lotta Gerding, a daughter of Geo. F. and Eliza (Lowe) Gerding. In July, 1872, Captain Trip- lett quit the river and bought an interest in the wharf boat at Owensboro and engaged in this until 1875, when he and his brother, R. S. Triplett, bought the R. S. Triplett and ran on the Upper St. Francis River from Wittsburg to Luster Landing, Ark., seven months, when he brought her home and sold her. Owing to bad health and over-work he went to the mountains of Tennessee, and re- mained until 1880. He returned to Owensboro and was engaged in the ecmmission business until July, 1882, when he bought an interest in the Leteher and put on the H. M. Sweetser in Novem- ber, 1882. which he still runs. Captain Triplett is a son of Judge George W. and Permellia A. (Head) Triplett, who had a family of eight children. John H. was the third of four sons. He and wife have three children-Pamie, Robert S. and Lillie. Captain Trip- lett is a member of the K. of P., Owensboro Lodge, No. 19. In polities he is a Democrat.
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John H. Triplett, Jr., general ticket agent, and special agent for the Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis Ry., and all connections, was born in the city of Louisville, Nov. 14, 1861; son of Robert S. and Louisa (Vest) Triplett, now residents of Owensboro. There was a family of four sons and one daughter, four sons living --- George V., editor Saturday Post, of Owensboro; Robert S., Jr., bookkeeper for the Southern Wheel and Handle Company, Owens- boro; John H., Jr., and Graham, day clerk of the upper wharf-boat. John H., Jr., subject of our sketch, removed with his parents to Owensboro soon after his birth. He attended the private schools of Owensboro until 1878, when he entered the Central University, Richmond, Va., where he remained until 1879, then entered the Evansville (Ind.) Business College, where he graduated. He then returned to Owensboro, and worked as clerk for his father on the upper wharf-boat until March, 1882, when he was appointed special soliciting agent on the Lower Ohio River for the Louisville & Cin- cinnati Mail Line Company, and in November, 1882, received his present position. Politically he is a Democrat.
James P. Troutman, born in Bullitt County, Ky., June 9, 1835, is a son of Upton and Mary Ann (Hagan) Trontman, both natives of Kentucky. His mother died in Nelson County, and in 1859 his father came to Daviess County, where he resided till his death. There was a family of four children, two now living. James P. lived in Bullitt and Nelson counties till twenty-three years of age. In the fall of 1858 he came to Daviess County and settled nine miles south of Owensboro, on Panther Creek, and opened a black- smith's shop. In February, 1863, he came to Owensboro. In 1872 he formed a partnership with Peter Rarrick, and carried on a general repair shop, blacksmithing and the manufacturing of wagons and plows. April 1, 1881, M. V. Monarch entered the firm as a partner, and the business was enlarged to its present dimensions. Mr. Troutman was married in 1859 to Mary E. McMur- try, a native of Washington County, Ky., and a daughter of Lewis McMurtry. She died in 1870, leaving five children, four of whom, two sons and two daughters, are now living-Edgar, horn Oct. 1, 1860; Lizzie, March 29, 1862; Annie, May 14, 1864; Louis, Dec. 19, 1867; and Gertrude, April 14, 1870. Oct. 24, 1871, he mar- ried Mrs. Mary E. Childers, daughter of David Stone and widow of Samuel Childers. They have had two children-Effie, born Oct. 27, 1872, and Johnnie, July 15, 1877, now deceased. Mr. Tront- man is a member of the Masonic fraternity.
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