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John G. Harrison, born in Nelson County, Ky., Dec. 24, 1802, was a son of William Harrison, a native of Virginia. Ile was reared on a farm and in 1834 came to Daviess County and settled in the woods of this precinct, where by hard work he cleared and improved a farm. He was married Aug. 24, 1824, to Naney Shad- wick. Fifteen children were born to them, twelve of whom, six
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boys and six girls, were reared to maturity. Seven are now living. The family are members of the Baptist church. His son, William T., with whom he makes his home, was born in Nelson County, near Bardstown, Sept. 20, 1833. He received a common-school education and was reared to the life of a farmer, now owning 200 acres of well-improved land. He has never married, but belongs to the class of beings known as "jolly old bachelors."
Richard Henry Hazel, shoemaker, of Knottsville, was born near Fairfax Court-House, Va., Sept. 7, 1818, and was a son of Edward Hazel, or, as commonly called, Uncle Ned, who brought his family to Nelson County, Ky., in the fall of 1827, and to this county the following spring, settling in the forests of Knottsville Precinct. He was married in 1840, to Eliza Henning, daughter of Ezekiel Henning, and has two sons-Thomas E. and William S. Mrs. Hazel died in 1881. She was a member of the Catholic church. Mr. Hazel is a member of the Masonic fraternity.
Thomas E. Hazel, son of R. H. Hazel, of Knottsville, was born in this precinct, Jan. 22, 1841. On the day of his birth some parties dug a grave in the St. Lawrence Catholic cemetery. They had a large bottle of whisky with them, which they left by the grave, and a few days after, Mr. Hazel was ont hunting and passed by the cemetery and found this bottle and took it home. It was a half-gallon bottle, and of the old-fashioned kind. For several years this bottle was used to churn the butter in for the family, and when Tom was large enough to send to the store he carried molasses in it. On one occasion he came swinging it along, when all at once it flew from his hand and broke, and away went bottle, molasses and all. He was married, Jan. 10, 1860, to Ma- tilda Wathen, by whom he had nine children, four living-Mary E., Elnora, Eliza and Rosaline. Mrs. Hazel died Aug. 19, 1874. Mr. Hazel married in January, 1876, Emma May, by whom he had one child (deceased). Mr. Hazel early learned the shoemak- er's trade with his father, and followed it several years. He also worked in tobacco factories several years, and for some time in saw and grist mills.
William S. Hazel, of Knottsville, son of R. H. Hazel, was born in Knottsville, Feb. 20, 1853. He was educated in Cecilian Col_ lege, of Hardin County, this State. In 1872 and 1873 he clerked on the wharf-boat of Triplett, Bacon & Co., of Owensboro; came to Knottsville in 1874, and clerked for Dr. Drury, and was at the same time engaged in the insurance agency. In 1875 he worked
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on a farm, and in 1876 he engaged in the mercantile business with C. O. Clements, in Knottsville. In 1878 Clements sold to J. W. McJohnston, of Owensboro, who continued with Mr. Hazel as a partner until August, 1880, when he sold his interests to the latter. Mr. Hazel continued the business until Oct. 8, 1882, when he sold it to Ignatius A. Aull, he still owning the undertaker's department. Mr. Hazel erected a small grist-mill at Knottsville in 1881, but sold it and built a larger one in 1882, which we de- scribe elsewhere in this work. He married Agnes L. Clemente, daughter of C. O. Clements, of Knottsville. They have two chil- dren-Chloe and Joseph B. Mr. Hazel is Deputy County Clerk, and a Catholic Knight; also member of the N. M. B. A.
Elisha Head was born in Knottsville Precinct, March 15, 1818, and is a son of William Head, who came to this county before the war of 1812, while the Indians were yet here. He worked at teaming for some time; afterward bought land, and married Han- nah Adams, who bore him twelve children, of whom our subject is the fifth. Mr. Head had no educational advantages in his boy- hood, as schools were almost unknown in some localities. He married Caroline Bruner, by whom he had four children, two living -Edmund and Hannah. Mr. Head's second wife was Christina Quinn. They had four children, two now living-William and Robert.
Thomas B. Head, born in Nelson County, Ky., Aug. 17, 1821, is a son of Henry Head, a native of Maryland. His father came to Daviess County in 1830, and settled in Knottsville Precinct, where Albert Shelton now lives. He was reared a farmer and now owns 180 acres four miles northeast of Knottsville, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. In October, 1845, he married Mary E., daughter of Hillary Bell. Of their nine children but six are living-Mary E., Melvina, Thomas N., William, James H. and Susan E. One daughter, Elizabeth, died at the age of sixteen years. Mr. Head has been a member of the Baptist church a number of years, and has been a Deacon in the church three years.
William B. Head, born in Daviess County, Ky., Nov. 16, 1809, was a son of William Head, a native of Maryland, and an early set- tler of this county, coming here when people were few, and set- tlers went seven or eight miles to help neighbors roll logs and raise houses. William B. received a limited education in the early log school-house. He well remembers when there was but one
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frame house in the county, and no brick houses. He used to go to Owensboro, a distance of ten miles, to market. He was married Nov. 13, 1831, to Catharine Jarboe, daughter of Charles Jarboe. Of their ten children but five are living-James E., William T., Elizabeth A., Christina and Lanra. Caroline, Charles, Frances, Elisha and Sophronia are deceased. Mr. Head owns 101} acres of land, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. The family are members of the Catholic church.
Harvey E. Henning, farmer, one-half mile west of Knottsville, was born in this precinct, three miles southeast of Knottsville, Feb. 20, 1838, and is a son of William Henning, recently of this pre- cinct, of whom we shall speak further in his personal sketch. Our subject was brought np on the farm, and had little or no educa- tional advantages, except in the field at hard work. He was mar- ried Feb. 19, 1860, to Miss Susan C. Hagan, daughter of Benedict Hagan. This union has been blessed with thirteen children, of whom ten are living-Raymond I., William B., Saralı A., Susan E., Mary E., Hillary H., Zachariah, Emmeline J., Frances B. and Nora. Mr. Henning owns 133 acres of valuable land, and is en- gaged in farming and stock-raising. He is a Catholic Knight.
James A. Henning was born on the old homestead, two and one-half miles southeast of Knottsville. He received a common- school education. Married Jan. 9, 1872, Miss Kate Vanmeter, daughter of Josiah Vanmeter, of Owensboro. She was born in Hardin County, Ky. They have five children-James I., Ada C., Mary F., Anna M. and Felix L. Mr. Henning owns 344 acres of valuable land, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He has also been buying tobacco for the past three years, and has been very successful. Mr. Henning and family are Catholics. William Henning, the father of the above, was born in Nelson County Ky., Jan. 17, 1811, and is a son of Ezekiel Henning, a native of Mary- land, who brought his family to this county in 1821, and settled near Knottsville. He was in the battle of New Orleans. Mr. Henning was married Sept. 11, 1834, to Mrs. Sally Wells, by whom he had nine children, five living-Harvey E., Lyman, James A., Elnora and Robert. Mrs. Henning died Oct. 25, 1853, and he married, Oct. 25, 1854, Mary A. Mattingly, by whom he has four children-Sarah E., Ida A., John L. and William L. Mr. Henning has been a life-long Catholic.
Charles H. Higdon, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in this precinct Nov. 11, 1835, and was a son of B. Henson and Henri-
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etta (Milton) Higdon, both natives of Maryland. He was reared on a farm, and received his education in the common schools of this county. He was married in 1870 to Sarah A., daughter of John R. Duncan. Eight children have been born to them, six now living-Charles I., Mary M., Francis K., Elmer L., Henson and an infant son. Mr. Higdon owns 135 acres of well-improved land. He and family are members of the Catholic church.
John A. Higdon was born on Plum Run Creek, Nelson Co., Ky., Oct. 8, 1832. His father, Charles W. Higdon, brought his. family to Daviess County in 1838, and settled in Knottsville Precinct. He married Naney Riggs. John A. was the seventh of their ten children. He was married in June, 1860, to Mary V., daughter of Edward T. Long, who came to this county from Maryland many years ago. Nine children have been born to them, eight now living-Edward W., Juliet C., James R., Ann E., John H., Rosa M., Thomas E. and Joseph M. Mr. Higdon owns a farm of 162} acres, four miles northeast of Knottsville. His family are mem- bers of the Catholic church.
Richard Higdon (deceased), late of Knottsville, was born in Nelson County, Ky., in 1807. He was born a slave, and the prop- erty of Peter Higdon, therefore he took his name. At the death of Peter Higdon he fell to the Higdon heirs. Our subject was a very enterprising man and wished to be free. He therefore hired his time by paying his master a stated sum annually, and was allowed to work for whomsoever he desired, for wages. He made enough each year to pay his master for his time and something more besides. In the meantime he married Mahala Norris, a free lady of no little ingenuity and skill. They raised a family of children, the oldest of whom were hired out by Mrs. Higdon as soon as they were large enough to work, and their earnings, to- gether with her own, above the expense of living, was applied toward liberating Mr. Higdon. This, with what he had saved from year to year, amounted to the requisite sum, and he became a free man. Mr. Higdon was a remarkable worker in his time. He has been known to make as many as 300 rails in one day, taking them from the stump. On many a night he has worked nearly half of the night after performing his daily labor, so anxious was he to obtain his liberty. He was the father of seven children, of whom five are living-Daniel V., John T., Richard H., Ellen and Elizabeth. One daughter, Harriet, died at the age of thirty- five years. The oldest child living, Daniel V., is a practical den-
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tist, and is a subscriber to this work. IIe was married and had four children. IIis wife and one child are dead. Mr. Higdon was raised a Catholic and died one, Jan. 2, 1883. He owned 100 acres of land adjoining Knottsville.
William James Husk, son of George Husk, of Knottsville Pre- cinct, was born in this precinet Dec. 23, 1839, and still lives on a part of the old homestead. He was reared a farmer and now owns 109 acres of good land. He was educated in the subscription schools of this precinct. April 21, 1863, he married Elizabeth, daughter of Moses Reynolds. Five children have been born to them, three only now living-Marion, James B. and Fannie C. The other two, William A. and Florence, aged eight and six years re- spec tively, were burned to death by the explosion of a kerosene can with which they were playing, pouring the oil over the fire.
James I. Knott, half mile east of Knottsville, was born in Nel- son County, Ky., July 2, 1825, and is a son of Leonard Knott (de- ceased). Our subject came with his parents to this county in the fall of 1826. He has always been a farmer. He received an edu- cation in a log cabin, and sat on a split pole bench. He was mar- ried Feb. 1, 1853, to Mrs. Mary A. McDaniel, daughter of James T. Carrico. By her he had five children-Mary M., Matilda J., Tresa R., Robert I. and William M. Mrs. Knott died in 1863, and he married in 1865, Verlinda J. Ludwick, by whom he has had fonr children, three living-Marcellus, Genevieve and Agnes. The family are Catholics, and Mr. Knott is a member of the Total Ab- stinence Society. He owns 1374 acres of land, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising.
Leonard Knott (deceased), for whom the village and precinct of Knottsville were named, was born in Nelson County, Ky., and was the son of James Knott, a native of Maryland and a pioneer of Nelson County. Our subject came to this county in 1826, and was the first settler in what is now the village of Knottsville. He first lived one year in a small cabin on the Whitesville road, and built in Knottsville in 1827. He married Mary M. Drury, by whom he had fonr children; of these three are living-James I., Mary E. and Margaret A. The first lives near Knottsville; Mary E. is now Mrs. John Haynes, and lives in this precinct; Margaret has been married twice, first to John Melton, and the next time to J. M. Hayden, both of whom are dead. She resides in the lower end of the county. Mr. Knott was a life-long Catholic, and died in 1854.
Isaac W. Lambert, born in Nelson County, Ky ., Sept. 10, 1819,
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is a son of Hiram Lambert, who brought his family to Daviess County in 1833. His boyhood days were spent on the farm and in attending the log-cabin subscription schools. He now owns a farm of 258 acres, five miles northeast of Knottsville, and also has a small grocery store at Gatewood. He was married in August, 1839, to Lonisa D., daughter of James McDaniel. Eight children were born to them, only three now living-Edmund W., Isaac T. and Sarah A. Mr. Lambert belongs to the Masonic fraternity.
Frank L. Lehmann, house and sign painter, Knottsville, was born in Prussia, Germany, Oct. 16, 1826, and is a son of John E. Lehmann. Mr. Lehmann received an accomplished education in the Gymnasium at Wittenberg, on the Elbe River. He came to America in 1849, and located in Detroit, Mich., where he opened a painting and frescoing shop. This he ran with success for thrce years, employing from five to eight men. He went to New York City in 1852, but returned to Detroit in 1856, and remained several years, still pursuing his trade of painting and frescoing. He has also worked in Saginaw, Mich., Louisville, Ky., St. Louis, Mo., and Cincinnati, Ohio. He came to Owensboro soon after the war, and to Knottsville in the fall of 1878. In 1858 he married Miss Francina Huyser, by whom he had twelve children, one living- Louis. Mrs. Lehmann died in 1862, and he married again in 1872, Mrs. Margaret O' Callahan, daughter of Henry Roby. She had seven children by her first husband, fonr living-Thomas L., Pat- rick M., Susan F. and Francis M. O'Callahan.
Milton H. Mattingly was born in Breckinridge County, Ky., Nov. 6, 1839, and is a son of James Mattingly, of Owensboro. Mr. Mattingly was reared a farmer's boy, and received a common- school education. He came to this county in 1866 where he has since lived except two years, which time he resided in Cloverport, Ky. He was married April 6, 1868, to Miss Lou Long, daughter of Richard N. Long. This union has been blessed with six chil- dren, of whom four are living-Thomas, Marietta, Richard B. and Ernest. Mr. Mattingly owns fifty acres of land, three-quarters of a mile east of Knottsvville, on the Hardinsburg road, and is en- gaged in general farming. He is the mail-route contractor between Owensboro and Cloverport via Yelvington and Knottsville. He and family are Catholics.
James M. May, born in Nelson County, Ky., Dec. 27, 1815, is a son of John w. May, a native of Virginia, who brought his fam- ily to Daviess County in 1820, and settled in Knottsville Precinct.
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Mr. May is the only one left of a family of twelve children. His father kept a tavern in an carly day on the place where our subject now lives. which is ten miles east of Owensboro, on the Ilardins- burg road. He has been married three times and is the father of six children. lle is a member of the Baptist church and the Ma- sonic fraternity.
William McBride, late of Knottsville Precinct, was born in Nel- son County, Ky., in February, 1808, and was a son of John McBride. He was married Feb. 4, 1841, to Deborah Taylor. Seven children were born to them, five now living --- William R., John C., Robert A., David M. and George T. Mr. McBride came to this county in 1842, where he died May 2, 1852. Mrs. McBride was a daughter of Benjamin L. Taylor, and was born in Washington County, Ky. She now resides with her son, John C., who carries on the home farm. He was born July 29, 1844. His education was necessarily limited, having early to devote his time to the farm. He was married April 18, 1880, to Lonisa, daughter of Samuel Smith. The family are members of the Catholic church.
Chrysostom McDaniel, born in Knottsville Precinct, May 27, 1841, is a son of Ephraim and Anna (Statim) McDaniel. His father was a native of Nelson County, Ky., and an early settler of Daviess County. His early education was received in the log school-honse. He was reared a farmer and now owns a fine farm ot 155 acres five miles northeast of Knottsville. He was married Jan 24, 1863, to Mary F., daughter of Richard Head, and a native of Daviess County. Of their four children, three only are living- Sarah Alice, James L. and Raymond. Mr. MeDaniel's father died in 1877. IIe is the fifth of seven children, only four now living- Mary (now Mrs. Samuel Raley), John, Martha (now Mrs. Isaac Lindsey), and the subject of this sketch.
Henry McDaniel (deceased), lateof Knottsville Precinct, was born in Daviess County in 1818, and was a son of Solomon McDaniel, a pioneer of this county. Our subject was married in 1833 to Miss Nancy Monarch, daughter of James Monarch (deceased). They had ten children, of whom five are living-Francis K., Mary J., Aurelia, Richard and Virginia. One son, Iguatins, died in the late war. Another son, Thomas, died at the age of nineteen years. Mr. McDaniel was a farmer all his life. IIe died March 7, 1864. He was a life-long Catholic.
John MeDaniel, born in Nelson Connty, Ky., Oct. 15, 1833, is a son of Ephraim McDaniel, also a native of Nelson Connty, who
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came with his family to Daviess County in 1839. He was educated in the common subscription school and was reared to the life of a farmer. He now owns a farm of eighty acres under a good state of cultivation. He was married in January, 1866, to Sarah E. Head, daughter of Richard Head, and a native of Daviess County. Mr. and Mrs. McDaniel are members of the Catholic church.
John H. McDaniel, born in Knottsville Precinct, April 21, 1849, is a son of Hardin McDaniel, also a native of this precinct. His grandfather, John McDaniel, was an early settler here. He was reared on a farm and still follows that occupation, owning seventy-one acres of well-improved land. He was educated in the common schools of this precinct. Jan. 22, 1874, he married Susan M. Medcalf, daughter of Edward Medcalf, an early settler of Knottsville. They have had two children-Herman E. (deceased), and Charles E. Mr. McDaniel is a member of the Masonic and I. O. O. F. fraternities. He is an Elder in the Mt. Zion Cumber land Presbyterian Church.
Reason McDaniel, born in Knottsville Precinct, Dec. 20, 1817, was a son of John McDaniel, a native of Nelson County, Ky., who came with his father, Joseph McDaniel, to Daviess County when a hoy. Joseph and John McDaniel both died in this precinct in 1836. Mr. McDaniel can remember when it was all woods from Knottsville to Owensboro, and when deer and wild turkey were abundant. He was married Feb. 25, 1840, to Cynthia McDaniel. Of their nine children but six are living-Albert, Henry, Melissa. G., Willis, Reason C. and Rufus P. All are married but Melissa. During the late war Mr. McDaniel enlisted in the Third Kentucky Cavalry, U. S. A. His Captain, Albert Bacon, was killed at the battle of Sacramento, Ky., in 1861. Mr. McDaniel was wounded in the same battle and captured. He was discharged in 1863. He now draws a pension.
William D. Medcalf (deceased) was born in Knottsville Pre- cinct, Dec. 3, 1827. His father, William Medcalf, was a native of Maryland, and came to. Daviess County with his parents when a boy. William D. was reared on the old homestead farm, and attended school in the old log school-house of the early day. He was married Feb. 21, 1850, to Nancy E., daughter of Hillary Bell, an early settler of this county, from Maryland. Ten children were born to them-Richard H., Margaret E., Melvina, Marietta, Will- iam G., Leora, James A., John W., Jennie B., and Lawrence V. Mr. Medcalf died Dec. 8, 1878. He joined the Missionary Baptist
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church in December, 1852. Prior to that he had been a member of the Presbyterian church. He owned 294 acres of land, forty- two of which have been sold since his death.
Robert Miller (deceased), late of Kuottsville Precinct, was born iu Shelby County, Ky., Oct. 1, 1814, and was a son of James Mil- ler. He was reared on a farm and educated in a subscription school. He was married March 5, 1840, to Cornelia S. Anderson, daughter of Reuben Anderson. They had fourteen children born to them, of whom ten are living-Reuben A., James L., John N., Mary E., Annie S., Robert E., Francis B., Martha C., Henry W., and Charlotte A. One son, George P., died at the age of thirty-six years. Mr. Miller came to this precinct in January, 1867, and settled four miles southeast of Knottsville, where his widow and the younger children now reside. He died June 4, 1875. He was a Mason and a member of the Temple of Honor. He was a faithful member of the Baptist church. Mrs. Miller was born in Versailles, Woodford Co., Ky., Sept. 25, 1818.
David A. Monarch, one mile south of Knoitsville, was born in Marion County, Ky., Dec. 14, 1829, and is a son of James Monarch (deceased), a native of St. Mary's County, Md., and a descendant of the LordBaltimore Catholics, the first settlers of Maryland. He brought his family to this county in 1832, settling in Knottsville Precinct. He was a farmer and cooper by occupation. Our sub- ject was therefore brought up from childhood on the farm, and has always been a farmer. Also for the past six years he has worked at the blacksmith's trade, which he acquired himself without any in- structor. On the 16th day of November, 1852, he married Miss Maria J. Handley, a daughter of Ben Handley (deceased). They had seven children, six living-Edwin E., John T., James B., Mary J. (Coomes), Rose A. and William D. Mr. Monarch and family are Catholics, and Rose A. has joined the Sisters of Charity.
William Muffett was born in Breckinridge County, Ky., Jan. 6, 1831, and is a son of Benjamin Muffett, who died when William was but five years old. Our subject's mother, Elizabeth B. Dun- can, was born near Yelvington, this county, and had removed to Breckinridge County, but upon the death of her husband she re- turned with her family to this county. She afterward married Henry Roberts. Mr. Muffett has always lived on a farm; and, as his father died whe the children were all small, he had but very limited educational advantages. Mr. Muffett married a daughter of Will- iam Bell (deceased), and is the father of seven children, of whom
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four are living-Alonzo, Mary A., William H. and Hillary B. Mr. Muffett is a member of the Christian church.
William F. Newsom, Knottsville Precinct, three miles west of Knottsville, was born in Upper Town Precinct, this county, Aug. 4, 1825. His father, William Newsom (deceased), was a soldier in the war of 1812, and fought the Indians under General Hopkins and Colonel Joe Barnett. He emigrated to this county from South Carolina in 1809, and located three miles above Yellow Banks (Owensboro), and raised a crop the same year, keeping bachelor's hall with James M. Rogers. He married Miss Rewey Shown in 1811. Her father, Peter Shown, was a Pennsylvania Dutchman by birth. He came from Fredericktown, Md., to Owensboro, or Yellow Banks, in 1804, and stopped at the only house there for a day or two, where he met with the red men of the forest. It was the house of William Smithers. He then proceeded to what is now Ohio County and located. He was a hard worker and a comic, jovial old man. The settlers had many a laugh at his ex- pense. Mr. Shown died in Montgomery County, Ind., in 1847. Two of his sons, Peter and Edward Shown, were carpenters, and built some of the first frame houses that were built in Owensboro. William Newsom was the father of ten children, of whom our sub- ject is the seventh. ] He was brought up on the farm and received
a common-school education. He was married Sept. 13, 1854, to Miss Susan E. Lambert, daughter of Elijalı Lambert (deceased), a native of Nelson County. Mrs. Lambert was born in Daviess County. Eight children have been born to them, of whom six are living-Mollie M., William E., Thomas J., Josie Me G., James F. and Harry C. One daughter, Sallie J., died at the age of four- teen years. Mr. Newsom is a member of the Christian church, ag also are Mrs. Newsom and the two eldest children. Mr. Newsom owns 124 acres of valuable land, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising.
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