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1868, Nov. 3: President-H. Seymour, 424; U. S. Grant, 83 Congressman-W. N. Sweeney, Democrat, 422, elected; Samuel. Langley, Union, 70.
1869, Aug. 2: State Treasurer-J. W. Tate, Democrat, 289, elected; E. R. Wing, Republican, 82. Senator-Ed. Hawes, S. R., 346. Representative to Legislature -- C. Griffith, Union, Democrat, 396. County Attorney-V. T. Crawford, S. R., 318. For school tax, 161; against, 235.
1870, Aug. 1: Appellate Judge-William Lindsay, S. R., 413; R. K. Williams, Union, Democrat, 55. Circuit Judge-M. H.
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Cofer, 449. County Judge -- Geo. W. Triplett, S. R., 448, elected; A. G. Butts, Union, 308. County Clerk-T. C. Jones, S. R., 446, elected; James P. Moore, Union, 313. County Attorney-W. T. Ellis, S. R .. 448; S. H. Haynes, S. R., 312. Sheriff-HI. W. Scott, Democrat. 454. elected; Tapley Maddux, Union, 302. Sur- veyor-J. W. Sutherland, Democrat, 450, elected; A. M. Mayo, Union, 304. Assessor-J. W. Onan, Democrat, 446; R. J. Woot- ton, Union. 310. Coroner-A. J. McAtee, Union, Democrat, 451; W. J. Little, S. R .. 310.
1870. Nov. 8: Congressman-HI. D. Mcllenry, Union, Demo- crat, 294, elected; M. J. Rothrock, 209.
1871, Ang. 7: Governor-P. H. Leslie, S. R., 555; J. M. Har- lan, Republican, 319. Representative to Legislature-C. Griffith. Union, Democrat, 551, elected; S. H. Jessee, S. R., 40; F. II. Roberts, Republican, 298.
1872, Aug. 5: County Clerk-Jo. Thomas, Union, 323, J. G. McFarland. Democrat, 357, elected. Sheriff-W. H. Perkins, Democrat, 634; David Webb, Union, 15.
1872, Nov. 5: President-H. Greeley, 377; U. S. Grant, 337; Charles O'Conor, 11.
1873, Ang. 4: State Treasurer-J. W. Tate, S. R., 397. Sen- ator-E. Hawes, Democrat, 126 ; G. W. Swoope, Democrat, 463, elected; G. W. Jolly, Union, 250. Representative to Legislat- ure-Ben. Stout, Union. 401, elected; R. W. McFarland, 182; H. Megill, Democrat, 22; H. T. And, Republican, 261.
1874, Ang. 3: Appellate Clerk-T. C. Jones, S. R., 659, elected; J. B. Cochran, S. R., 95. Circuit Judge-L. P. Little, S. R., 347; James Montgomery, S. R, 138; James Stuart, Union, 328, elected. Commonwealth Attorney-E. II. Brown, Union, Democrat, 389; Jo. Haycraft, S. R., 320, elected. Circuit Clerk- F. F. Conway, Democrat. 812. County Judge-G. W. Trip- lett, S. R .. 518. ciceted; G. W. Jolly. Union. Democrat, Repub- lican, 390. County Attorney-W. T. Ellis. S. R .. 845. County Clerk-M. S. Mattingly. Democrat. 872. elected. Sheriff-II. WV. Scott, Democrat. 727. Coroner --- G. W. Mathis, Democrat, 571, elected: Galloway, 26. Surveyor-Robert Frey, 805. As- sessor-W. T. Aull. S. R., 802.
1874, Nov. 3: Congressman-J. Y. Brown. Democrat. 233; Geo. Smith, Greenback, 56; Edward R. Weir. Republican, 7.
1875, Aug. 2: Governor-J. B. McCreary. S. R., 106, elected; J. M. Harlan. S. R., 299. Representative to Legislature -- W. J.
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Taylor, S. R., 391, elected; J. G. Ford, S. R., 394, elected; A. J. Philpot, Republican, 231. Surveyor-C. W. Gordon, 276.
1876, Aug. 7: Criminal Court Judge-G. W. Ray, Union, 582; J. A. Murray, Democrat, 297, elected. Sheriff-J. H. Gates, Democrat, 638, elected; R. R. Coomes, Democrat,288. For road- law, 139; against, 434.
1876, Nov. 2: President-S. J. Tilden, 711; R. B. Hayes, 399. Congressman-J. A. Mckenzie, S. R., 659; J. Z. Moore, S. R., 383.
1877, Aug. 6: State Treasurer-J. W. Tat., S. R., 400, elected. Senator-C. Griffith, Democrat, 437, elected; V. P. Stateler, 20. Representative to Legislature-C. R. Tharp, Democrat, 439, elected; A. Craycroft, Democrat, 414, elected.
1878, Aug. 5: Appellate Judge-Thomas H. Hines, Democrat, 630. County Judge-H. W. Scott, Democrat, 696 ; Geo. W. Jolly, Republican, 159. County Attorney-John L. McFarland, Democrat, 729. County Clerk-M. S. Mattingly, Democrat, 743, elected. Sheriff-Ed. C. Davis, Democrat, 715; E. S. Worthing- ton, Greenbacker, 13. Assessor-Gideon Allgood, Democrat, 685; C. W. Thomas, Union, 25. Surveyor-C. W. Gordon, 657. Cor- oner-Jo. W. Funk, 667.
1878, Nov. 5: Congressman-J. A. Mckenzie, Democrat, 209 ; J. W. Feighan, Republican, 123; F. M. English, Greenbacker, 22.
1879, Aug. 4 : Governor-Luke P. Blackburn, Democrat, 232, elected. W. Evans, Republican, 142; C. W. Cook, Greenbacker, 20. Representatives to Legislature-R. W. McFarland, Democrat, 358; James Rudy, S. R., 350; E. S. Worthington, Greenbacker, 25; E. O. Flynn, Greenbacker, 18.
1880, Aug. 2: Circuit Judge-James Stuart, Independent, 423 ; L. P. Little, Democrat, 422, elected. Commonwealth Attorney- James Noe, Democrat, 546, elected; Jo. Haycraft, Democrat, 238. Circuit Clerk-F. F. Conway, Democrat, 643, elected. Sheriff- E. C. Davis, Democrat, 638. Surveyor-E. Edwards, Democrat, 560. Constable-M. S. Carico, 571.
1880, Nov. 2: President -- W. S. Hancock, 569; J. A. Garfield, 355; J. B. Weaver, 9. Representative to the Legislature-J. A. Mckenzie, Democrat, 541, elected; John Feland, Republican, 371; C. W. Cook, Greenback, 6.
1881, Aug. 1: State Treasurer-J. W. Tate, Democrat, 268, elected. Senator-J. A. Munday, Democrat, 283. Justice-J. H. Hodgkins, 274. Representative to Legislature-J. H. Rudy,
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Democrat, 296, elected; G. V. Triplett, Democrat. 292, elected. Sheriff-A. B. Miller, Democrat, 272. Coroner-J. B. Whelan, 82; P. W. Clark, 116; G. W. Mathis. 62.
1882, Ang. 7: Judge of Superior Court-J. II. Bowden, Demo- crat, 382. Appellate Clerk-Thomas J. IIenry, S. R., 355, elected; R. T. Jacob, S. R., 84. County Judge-II. W. Scott, Democrat, 407. County Attorney-Martin Ewell, Democrat, 413. County Clerk, M. S. Mattingly, Democrat, 413, elected. Sheriff-A. B. Miller, Democrat, 384, elected; J. J. Christian, Republican, 74. Surveyor-E. Edwards, Democrat, 386. Coroner-George M. Hayden, 385. Assessor-G. A. Allgood, 398. For school tax, 192; against, 287.
1882, Nov. 7: Congressman-James F. Clay, Democrat, 244, elected; W. M. Fuqna, Independent, 40.
Magistrates' Courts: For one justice the first Saturday in March, June, September and December; for the other, the third Wednes- day in these months.
The precinct of Lower Town consists so largely of the city of Owensboro that its history is mainly comprised in that of the city.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
John A. Barr was born in Breekinridge County, Ky., Oct. 11, 1818. In 1844 he went to Hancock County and lived till 1863, when lie came to Daviess County, where he now has 124 acres of good land in Lower Town Precinct. He was married April 11. 1843, to Mary A. Gates, a native of Hancock County, born Feb. 10, 1819. They have seven children-Charles R., born July 4, 1846; John F., born June 29, 1848; Catharine E., born Nov. 11, 1851; Lydia J., born Sept. 1, 1853; Thomas A., born May 31, 1855; George E., born Oct. 26, 1857; Annie M .. born March 4, 1861. Mr. Barr has been a member of the Methodist church forty years, and his wife forty-five years. Mr. Barr's father, George Barr, and two of his uncles, Adam and John Barr, were in the battle of New Orleans under General Jackson, in 1815. His grandfather, Adam Barr, was in the fort on Sugar Tree Run, between Sinking Creek and the Ohio River during the Revolutionary war.
William E. Bellow was born in Marion County, Ky., Jan. 2, 1832. In 1853 he came to Daviess County and lived in Whites- ville four years, and then went to Breckinridge County and lived fifteen years. He then returned to Daviess County and lived near Yellow Creek, above Owensboro, till 1876, when he moved to his
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present residence five miles west of Owensboro, where he owns 160 acres of well-improved land. He was married in 1850 to Mary M. Cecil, a native of Marion County, born June 13, 1831. To them have been born eleven children, nine living-H. D., John, Susan F., Elbert, Samuel, Martin S., Laura L., Martha and Alfred. Lee died in 1853, and Sarah, Oct. 9, 1878. Mr. Bellow is a Catholic in his religious faith.
J. I. Berry was born in Nelson County, Ky., March 25, 1827. He lived there till seventeen years of age and then moved with his father to Marion County. In 1851 he came to Daviess Connty. He has always lived on a farm and now owns 165g acres of fine land, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. He makes a specialty of fine horses, having one that runs a mile in 1.412. He opened a grocery in Owensboro at one time, but finding it took too much of his time from the farm he sold out. He was married in Springfield, Ky., Feb. 27, 1865, to Jennie Wrimm. She is a native of Baltimore, Md., born in 1837. They have no children. Mr. and Mrs. Berry are members of the Catholic church.
Mrs. Sallie A. Berry, daughter of John Hagan, is a native of Lebanon, Marion Co., Ky. Dec. 31, 1850, she married E. C. Berry and came to Daviess County, settling on a farm about five miles west of Owensboro, where they lived till 1868. In 1868 Mr. Berry built the first large distillery in this county, on the Ohio River, a half mile west of Owensboro. Its capacity was eight barrels per day. Mr. Berry died Aug. 14, 1877, leaving seven children-Lida, born May 29, 1859; John H., born June 27, 1861; Henry S., born March 11, 1864; Nannie, born Jan. 30, 1867; Rowena, born July 13, 1869; George B., born July 20, 1874; Ed- mund, born May 19, 1877. Mrs. Berry owns a farm of 160 acres. She is a member of the Catholic church.
S. T. Berry was born in Washington County, Ky., Oct. 14, 1821. March 6, 1841, he came to Daviess County, and lived seven miles west of Owensboro, on the Henderson road two years. He then moved on the Calhoon road and lived till 1877, when he bought his present farm of 180 acres, five and a half miles west of Owens- boro. He was married in 1843 to) Ann Dugan, daughter of John Dugan. To them have been born nine children, eight living- John D., Philip S., James N., William H., Daniel, Kate T., Thomas J. and Rosalie. Mr. Berry is a member of the Catholic church. Politically he is a Democrat. Ned Bosley, N. G. Bos- ley and George Calhoon, are the only men left that were living
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between Owensboro and the Green River, a distance of ten miles, when Mr. Berry came to the county.
Clarence L. Boulware was born in Olden County, Ky., Aug. 27, 1849, and is a son of Milton and Sarah Boulware. He came to Daviess County with his parents in 1865. His father has been a distiller for fifty years, the Boulware sour-mash whisky being one of the best brands in the country. He was born in Floydsburg, Ky., Dec. 16, 1813. To him were born thirteen children, seven now living-Lucy (now Mrs. Thomas Yager), Mollie (now Mrs. William Hill), Clarence L., Orvil, Milton, Ollie and Maggie. Mrs. Boulware died Oct. 22, 1874. Clarence L. followed farming ex- clusively till 1880, when he erected a distillery on his farm. He makes about 1,000 barrels of sour-mash whisky, and 100 barrels of apple and peach brandy per year. He has a trade of 500 or 600 barrels yearly in Owensboro, besides a large trade in Michigan and other States. He has a good farm of seventy-five acres four miles west of Owensboro. He was married Oct. 16, 1871, to Jes- sie Barber, a native of Daviess County. They have three chil- dren-Carrie E., born Ang. 19, 1875; Emma C., born Nov. 26, 1878, and Milton F., born July 10, 1881. Mrs. Boulware is a member of the Presbyterian church. Her father, Edward Barber, was born in Virginia, Jan. 25, 1819, and died Nov. 3, 1869. He was an Elder in the Presbyterian church twenty-five years. He had been a Royal Arch Mason a number of years, and was buried by that order. He was left a poor boy, but by energy and indus- try was enabled to leave a large property to his children. Her mother, Mrs. Juliet C. (Banks) Barber, was born April 12, 1817, and died March 31, 1878. She left four children-Jessie (now Mrs. Clarence Boulware), born Dec. 18, 1851; P. S., born Oct. 30, 1854; E. S., born April 7, 1860, and Ruddle, born Dec. 12, 1863.
Milton F. Boulware, son of Milton and Sarah Boulware, was born in Oklen County, Ky., Dec. 16, 1858, and came with his par- ents to Daviess County in 1865. lle is a farmer by occupation. lle was married Nov. 9, 1881, to Nora Gates, a native of Daviess County, born July 23, 1862. Her father, Charles Gates, was born in Hancock County, Ky., Aug. 1, 1817, and died in Daviess County, Dec. 5, 1878. Ile was a Cumberland Presbyterian preacher twenty years prior to his death. Her mother, Mary A. (Bosley) Gates, was born in Shelby County, Ky., June 30, 1820, and has lived in Daviess County since 1825. She is now living on a farm of 150 acres, once owned by her father. She has four children-
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Felix G., James E., Ruth L. (now Mrs. C. R. Barr), and Magnoah (now Mrs. Milton Boulware). Mrs. Boulware is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church.
R. A. Bryan was born June 11, 1830, in Nelson County, Ky. He came to Daviess County May 1, 1853, and settled on the Hart- ford road, two miles southeast of Owensboro. He lived there till 1882, and then sold to Wm. Norsely, and bought 165 acres of John Long, four miles west of Owensboro. He was married in 1858 to Miss Kelly, a native of Daviess County, born Nov. 4, 1837. They bave seven children-Ida, Bell, Barton, Emmitt, Sallie, Peter and Katie. They have two grandchildren-Lonnie Fowler and Will- iam May. Politically Mr. Bryan is a Democrat. He is a member of the Catholic church.
Samuel Bryunt, son of Rawleigh D. and Ruth (Griffith) Bryant, was born Dec. 13, 1822, in Shelby County, Ky. His father was a farmer. When Samuel was fifteen months old his parents re- moved to Daviess County settling five miles south of Owensboro, on the Hartford road. He was educated in the district schools of Daviess County, working meanwhile on his father's farm. He lived with his father until he was thirty-five years old, when he married, Dec. 17, 1857, Harriet Phelon, a native of Shelby County, Ky. After his marriage he purchased a farm of 229 acres on the Litchfield road, three and a half miles from Owensboro, where he still resides. He has since purchased forty acres of land on Panther Creek. Mrs. Bryant is a member of the Baptist church. Mr. Bryant is recognized as one of the substantial farmers of the county, and by earnest industry and square dealing has made for himself a reputation of which he may well feel proud. They have but one child, Raleigh D., who is married and now lives at home with his parents. In politics Mr. Bryant is a Democrat.
John R. Campbell was born in Daviess County, July 24, 1861. He was reared on a farm and educated in this county. In the fall of 1878 he commenced teaching a district school and taught until 1880. His father, B. T. Campbell, was born in 1833, and came to Daviess County in 1836. He owns seventy-five acres of good land a mile and a half west of Owensboro. His mother, Victoria (Bryant) Campbell, was born in Daviess County in 1842. They have three children-John R., born July 24, 1861; Margaret, born Oct. 11, 1871, and James F., born in 1875. Mr. Campbell's par- ents are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. Polit- ically his father is a Democrat.
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Henry Carico was born in Montgomery County, Md., April 18, 1808, and was a son of Alexander and Mary (Sedgwick) Carico, also natives of Maryland. They died in Indiana about twenty years ago, his father being about eighty years of age. Henry was the fifth of nine children. He went from Maryland to Pennsylvania and remained a year ; then came West to Ohio and remained two years ; then came to Kentucky and settled in New Springfield, Washington County. After living there ten years he went to Casey County and lived till 1860, when he came to Daviess Connty and bought a farm of 200 acres of Wm. Martin, near Yellow Creek, paying $7,000 for it. He lived on it four years and then sold it to Milton Boulware for $7,300 and bought 255 acres on the Cali- fornia road for $5,000. He sold that to William Clark for $7, 650. In 1876 he bought his present residence of forty-two acres, a mile south of Owensboro. He was married Feb. 1, 1828, to Nancy Worthington, a native of Casey County, Ky., born Feb. 3, 1810. She died in 1875, leaving seven children. Mr. Carico then mar- ried Mrs. Rebecca A. Worthington, a native of Green County, Ky., born Jan. 16, 1840. She has one son-Urban Worthington. Mr. and Mrs. Carico are nembers of the Catholic church.
Colson Crabtree, born in Daviess County, Ky., Feb. 5, 1827, is a son of Isaac Crabtree, a native of Virginia, who came to Ken- tucky at an early day and died here in 1846. Colson was the fourth of nine children that grew to maturity. He was married in 1847 to Mary Banks, a native of Davicss County, born in 1832. To them were born four children-Cordelia, Elizabeth, Fillmore and Julia. Mrs. Crabtree died in November, 1880. Mr. Crabtree owns seven and a half acres where he resides, one mile west of the court-house, and 133 acres twelve miles west of Owensboro. His property is valued at about $4,000. Mr. Crabtree belongs to the Baptist church of Owensboro. Politically he is a Democrat.
Eldred Crabtree was born in Daviess County, Ky., March 31, 1836. His father, Isaac Crabtree, died wlien he was quite young. lle was reared on a farm and still follows that. occupation. He was married March 31, 1852, to Martha Reese, a native of Owens- boro, born Feb. 14, 1836. They have one child-Mildred, born Feb. 27, 1853. She was married in 1874 to Peter Carlin. They reside on the farm with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Crabtree and Mr. and Mrs. Carlin are members of the Baptist church. Mr. Eldred Crabtree is a member of Win. Winstead Lodge, No. 466, A. F. & A. M. The Crabtree family is of German descent.
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Powhatan Ellis (deceased) was born in Shelby County, Ky., Jan. 5, 1809, a son of William Ellis, a native of Virginia, but an early settler of Shelby County, Ky. His parents came to Daviess County when he was a small boy, and he was thus reared and edu- cated in this county. He was an apt scholar, and though his ad- vantages for an education were limited he made the most of them, and was finally competent to teach, an occupation he followed for twen- ty-five years. He was married Jan. 7, 1841, to Mildred C. Kallam. Eleven children were born to them, only eight now living-Robert L., Melvina, Margaret M., Hiram K., Walter P., George F., Fan- nie S. and William S. One daughter, Sallie J., married David Webb, and at her death left five children. Mr. Ellis died Feb. 12, 1881. Mrs. Ellis's father, Hiram Kallam, was an early settler of Knottsville. His father, William Kallain, lived on the Hardins- burg road in what is now Hancock County, where he kept a tavern. Her mother, Jane (Butcher) Kallam, was a dangliter of William Butcher, an early settler of Yelvington. Mr. Kallam died April 1, 1880. He was a military man and trained the militia for several years. Has held nearly all the offices from Lieutenant to Colonel. Ile built the first tannery and distillery in the county. In later life he became a preacher in the Methodist church, and was a man greatly esteemed by all who knew him.
Walter P. Ellis, M. D., son of Powhatan and Mildred (Kallain) Ellis, was born in Knottsville Precinct, Daviess Co., Ky., Nov. 10, 1854. In 1861 his parents removed to Owensboro, where he was reared and educated. He graduated from the medical department of the Louisville University, Feb. 25, 1881, and began the practice of medicine in the Pickaway neighborhood, Lower Town Precinct, the following April, where he has built up a good practice. He is a promising young man, and bids fair to make a leading physician of the county.
Michael Ferrell was born in Kilkenny, Ireland, in 1818. He came to America in 1851, landing in New York. He went to Cin- cinnati, and worked in a brush mannfactory nine months. From there he came to Louisville, Ky., and worked in a pork-house three and a half years. He then, in 1855, came to Daviess County, and now has a nice home a mile west of Owensboro. He was married in Ireland, in 1850, to Catharine Ryne, a native of that country, born in 1827. They have two children-Katie, born in August, 1855, in Louisville, and Annie, born in 1860, in Owensboro. The family are members of the Catholic church. Mr. Ferrell votes the Democratic ticket.
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William M. Gullett was born in Orange County, Ind., Dec. 1, 1823. He now lives on a fine farm about eight miles southwest of Owensboro. He has been quite a traveler, having lived single for nearly sixty years; but was finally married to a widow lady, one of Daviess Connty's daughters, and is now living on his farm, enjoying the quiet of a home in his declining years.
Mrs. Bettie L. Guthrie was born near Bardstown, Ky., Sept. 7, 1834. Her father, Thomas Ambrose, was born in Kentucky in 1790 and died in 1870. Her mother, Martha (Hardy) Ambrose, was born near Cumberland Gap, Va., in 1802, and died in 1881. Bettie L. was the second of eight children. She was married when twenty - one years of age to Granville C. Guthrie and came to Daviess County. Mr. Guthrie died Feb. 16, 1881. To them were born eight children, six living-Mattie, born Aug. 4, 1856, married C. S. Mitchell; Granville C., born June 28, 1859; Mary C., born July 13, 1861, married Charles Thompson; Sallie L., born May 24, 1863, married Benjamin Hardesty; Thomas A., born Oct. 2, 1866; Cora Myrtle, born Oct. 21, 1873. Lillie B., born Nov. 27, 1857, died March 25, 1872; Willie S., born Nov. 2, 1869, died Ang. 2, 1871. Mrs. Guthrie has 180 acres of fine land on the Ohio River, one and a fourth miles west of the court-house. Mr. Guthrie's mother, whose maiden name was Gibbs, lived in the fort at Georgetown, Va., till nearly grown. Her brother, Captain Gibbs, was in the war of 1812. Mrs. Guthrie is a member of the First Baptist Church at Owensboro.
John Hafner was born in Spencer County, Ind., July 18, 1845. His father came from Germany at an early day. There were but two children-John, and Margaret, now the wife of George . Rimers. When he was six years of age his father died. He lived on a farin in Spencer County, Ind., till he was seventeen years of age, when, in 1861, he came to Kentucky. He lived in Louisville about four years; from there went to Union County, and in 1873 went to Hop- kinsville. He lived there three years, and then came to Owens- boro. He is a gardener and brick-maker by occupation. He owns eight and three-fourths acres of good land just west of Owensboro. He was married June 25, 1872, to Anna Goins, who was born in Crittenden County, Ky., Jan. 28, 1846. They have five children -- Gertrude, Ida Ann, John Peter, Thomas B. and George William. Mr. Hafner is a Lutheran in his religions faith. Mrs. Hafner was reared in the Methodist church, but of late has come to believe that the Catholic is the better faith, and proposes to rear her children in
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that church. Mr. Hafner has a brick house forty feet long and six- teen feet wide, with a hall and twelve-foot ceilings, that he and his wife built alone. She made the mortar and carried the brick. They have just finished burning a kiln of 200,000 brick, doing all the work themselves, and now have a kiln of $20,000. They al- ways get the highest price for their brick, as Mr. Hafner is a cele- brated brick-maker.
H. F. Hager was born in Daviess County, Ky., July 1, 1847, where he was reared and educated. He was a civil engineer till 1874, after which he engaged in farming two years. He then trav- eled West and South a year, and then returned to Owensboro and went into partnership with his brothers, C. J. and J. F., in a cooper shop; remained with them five years, when he formed a partner- ship with Wm. H. Moore and is now owner and breeder of the Green Lawn herd of thoroughbred Jersey cattle. He owns forty- five acres of grazing land near Owensboro. He was married Nov. 26, 1872, to Lizzie Kimbrough, of Todd County, Ky. She was born in Washington County, Texas, Dec. 3, 1852. They have two children-Lizzie Bell, born June 5, 1874, and Mary, born March 3, 1879. Mr. Hager is a member of the Presbyterian church. Politically he has always been a Democrat. He is a member of Star Lodge, No. 19, K. of P., and Yost Lodge, No. 2,525, K. of H.
J. A. Harbin was born in Casey County, Ky., Nov. 10, 1830, and came to Daviess County in 1867. He was a farmer in his na- tive county, and the first three years of his residence in this county followed the same occupation. He then kept a dairy and engaged in gardening till 1872, when he opened a grocery store, which he still owns. He was married in August, 1858, to Minerva Goode, a native of Casey County, Ky., born May 23, 1842. They have four children-Florence, born in 1864; Anna K., Feb. 5, 1868; Rosa A., May 1, 1870, and Alice, Sept. 25, 1873. Mr. Harbin and family are members of the Catholic church.
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