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S. B. Howard, the second son, was born in September, 1844. He was raised by his uncle, from whom he received his name. He never saw the inside of a school-house till he was twelve years of age; attended school only a few months till he was twenty-one. He then entered Bethel College, at Russellville, Logan County. He had mastered his preparatory studies almost entirely by himself, also earned the money to pay his expenses while at school. He was at Bethel College two years, having taught school one year in- tervening between the two. Returning home he taught school eix
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years in Daviess and MeLean counties. In 1872 he moved to his present farm of 132 acres. Horticulture has largely engaged his attention, and thirty acres of his farin are set in with fruit trees, principally apple and peach. Ilis principal crops are corn, wheat and grass. Since the age of twelve Mr. Howard has been a mem- ber of the Green Brier Baptist church, and has filled several of its responsible offices, among which are those of financial agent, Clerk and Deacon. April 14, 1881, he married to Mattie E. Bell, of Ohio County, daughter of William Bell. They have one danghter -- Eugene Bell Howard.
James W. Howard (deceased) was born Sept. 23, 1796, in Orange County. N. C., and was a son of Mark and Rachel (Webb) How- ard, natives of North Carolina, and descendants of the Iloward and Webb families of Essex, England. James W. came to Ken- tueky when eight years of age, and lived on the same farm his father settled in 1804, till his death, May 10, 1881. Ile married Mary Ann, daughter of Samuel and Sallie I. Johnson. They had ten children, seven now living-Nester C., Ilenry W., Sallie I. (Mrs. Benjamin Tanner), Albert G., Robert, Arabella (widow of John A. Rown), and Rosanna (Mrs. T. L. Tanner). Jane, wife of olin Walden, of Henderson, Ky., Samuel J. and Araminta D. are deceased. Mrs. Howard is still living, aged seventy-seven vears. Albert G. Howard was married in February, 1870, to Allie I .. , daughter of Thomas J. and Martha J. (Lee) Blanchard. They have six children-James L., Blanchard, Mary A., Hattie V., Nes- ter and Martha. In 1870 Albert, in company with his brother, Robert, bought 2552 acres in the western part of Murray Precinct
John Howard, born July 8, 1815, in Murray Precinet, Daviess Co., Ky., was a son of Mark and Rachel (Webb) Howard, both vatives of North Carolina. His parents were married in North Carolina, and came to Daviess County with their older children wid settled in Daviess County, near Green Brier church. His father died in May, 1825, and his mother at a good old age. There were fourteen children; all lived to be married. There are now living James, John, and Hannah, widow of Samuel Johnson. John Howard was married March 8, 1838, to Mary Johnson, who died in 1868, leaving five children, four daughters and one son. March 14, 1872, Mr. Howard married Estelle Spurr, a native of Fayette Connty, Ky. They have had two children, a son, and a daughter (deceased ). Mr. Howard moved on the farm where he
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now resides in 1842. He has 200 acres of fine land under a good state of cultivation.
Samuel D. Howard, Sr., was born in Murray Precinct, Daviess Co., Ky., Aug. 19, 1810. His father, Mark Howard, was one of the earliest settlers of this county, and died when Samnel was abont fourteen. In his nineteenth year he made a profession of religion, and joined the Green Brier church, and is now the oldest male member of the church, Mrs. William Howard being the old- est. He was married Feb. 19, 1834, to Saralı Ann, daughter of John and Sallie Felix, who was born in Ohio County, Ky., Sept. 26, 1812, and died July 23, 1876. In the fall of 1834 they went to housekeeping on the place where Mr. Howard still resides, and where he has 204 acres. In 1840 he and his brother Henry bought 1,100 acres at $2 per aere, but has since sold part of it. Mr. and Mrs. Howard had no children, but have reared nine who were fatherless-S. B. and Arena Howard, children of Henry Howard; Elizabeth T., Morris, Sarah J. and Mary F. Christian, nieces of Mrs. Howard. Arena Howard married William H. Smith, who died, leaving four children-Esther J., Telitha A., Austin R. and William H. His wife then brought her children home to her unele's house. Mr. Howard is one of the oldest men now living who was born in this county.
Henry J. Hunter, born Ang. 1, 1825, in Shelby County, Ky., is a son of Henry and Mahala (Evans) Hunter, his father a native of North Carolina, born in 1783, and his mother a native of Eastern Kentucky. His father was the youngest of a family of five children, and when ten years of age came with his widowed mother to Shelby County. He was married in 1809, and lived on a farm in Shelby Connty till 1818, when he went to Middle Tennessee, and in 1820 returned to Shelby County, where he died in 1858. His wife died in 1862. IIenry J. is the fifth of their eight children. He received a limited education in the district schools of his neighborhood, remaining with his father till twenty-two years of age. He, how- ever, made his father's house his home till his marriage, in the meantime working for neighboring farmers. He was married Nov. 4, 1852, to Martha MeMalion, who was born in Henry County. Ky., Dee. 25, 1831. They have seven children-Laura A., wife of U. J. Westerfield; Mary E., wife of Caleb Smith; William T., Susan J., Ora L., Anna S. and Ella. They have four grandchildren. In 1855 Mr. Hunter came to Daviess County, and lived on a rented farm one season. He and his brother then bought a farm in Ohio
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County, where he lived four years, and then sold his interest to his brother and came again to Daviess County, renting a farm a year. He then returned to Ohio County and bought a farm near his brother, and remained there seventeen years. In 1878 he sold his place, and bought the one where he now lives, in Pleasant Ridge, Daviess County. Mr. Hunter is a member of the Baptist church.
Robert H. Jackson, born in Masonville Precinct Nov. 8, 1849, is a son of Andrew and Mary (Lacklin) Jackson. His father was a native of Ohio, then Nelson, County, Ky., and in 1816 came with his parents, George and Sarah (Crawford) Jackson, to Daviess County, Ky. Robert H., the youngest of five children, was but three months old when his mother died. ITis father then married Gabriella Jones. They had five children. Robert H. was but four years old when he moved with his parents to Lafayette County, Mo .; remained there until eight years old, when his father returned to Daviess County. When thirteen years old his father died. He then lived on the farm with his step-mother until 1873, when he bought a farm in Murray Precinct, which he still owns. He mar- ried Alice Johnson, Nov. 27, 1873. She was born in Daviess County, and is a daughter of Barnett and Luvina (Owen) Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson have had three children, two living-Emi- Ins, born Dec. 12, 1874, and Otis D., born Jnly 27, 1879. After his marriage Mr. Jackson settled in Murray Precinct, where he has since resided, and where he owns a fine farm of 216 acres, eighty acres under cultivation. IIe is a member of John J. Da- veiss Lodge, No. 389, A. F. & A. M., at Sugar Grove. Mr. and Mrs. Jackson are members of the Baptist church. In politics Mr. Jackson is a Democrat.
William H. Johnson, son of Samnel I. and Sallie I. Johnson, was born June 10, 1809, in Orange County, N. C. In November, 1814, his parents came to Daviess County and settled on the farm now owned by C. L. Davis. In the fall after he was twenty-two, Will- iam H. and his brother Isham went up on Blackford Creek, where they each owned a farm. Dec. 27, 1832, he married Mary Jane Ralston, born at Kanawha Salt-works, Va., of Irish descent. She died in November, 1843. They had two sons and two daughters, only one of whom grew to maturity-A. B. A year after the death of his wife Mr. Johnson sold his farm and moved to Louisiana, and for three years was overseer on a sugar plantation. He then went to New Orleans, where for three years he had charge of a stave- yard, and then went into the brokerage business, at which he was
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very successful. In 1854 he returned to Daviess County, and car- ried on the homestead farm for his mother till her death in August, 1868. His father died in 1848. In March, 1869, Mr. Johnson and his son, A. B., opened a store in Pleasant Ridge, where he has since resided. His son died Jan. 6, 1871, aged thirty-three years, leaving a wife and child. For several years Mr. Johnson was out of business, but at present he has a grocery at the " Ridge." Po- litically he has been a life-long Democrat, casting his first Presi- dential vote for General Jackson.
Samuel B. Lashbrook was born in Murray Precinct, Daviess Co., Ky., May 14, 1825. His father, Samuel Lashbrook, was a soldier in the war of 1812, and after his return home, with three brothers, George, John and James, came from Bullitt to Daviess County, shortly after the war of 1812, and settled in Masonville on a farm. He resided there a year or two and then bought 100 acres in Murray Precinct. He married Martha Brashear, a native of Bul- litt County. They had a family of eight children, six now living. Mr. Lashbrook, Sr., died in 1831 from the effects of being thrown from a horse. Mrs. Lashbrook lived with her son, Samuel B., till her death, in 1874. Samuel B. still lives in the house where he was born and which his father built soon after coming to this county. His educational advantages consisted of three months schooling, which he walked three miles to obtain. He was married May 20, 1852, to Altha J., daughter of Henry and Hannah Stevens, of Ohio County. She was born Jan. 17, 1833. They had two chil- dren-Finley Black, born May 1, 1853, died Sept. 25, 1854, and Jane D. Esther, born March 11, 1855, died Feb. 11, 1856. Mrs. Lashbrook died April 13, 1855. Sept. 4, 1856, Mr. Lashbrook married Missouri D. Prather, a native of Hopkins County, Ky. She died Jan. 2, 1878, leaving seven children-Altha C., born Sept. 16, 1858; Wilbur E., July 11, 1862; Morris E., Aug. 20, 1864; Etha L., Oct. 16, 1866; Dothulia, Nov. 19, 1868; Guy P., July 26, 1871; George T., May 10, 1875. May 6, 1879, Mr. Lashbrook married Sue A. (Colyer) Lashbrook, widow of James W. Lashbrook. He has been a member of the Methodist church twenty years. In politics he was born and reared an old-line Whig, and since the downfall of that party has been a Republican.
John W. Lloyd, born June 17, 1842, in Nelson County, Ky., was a son of Williamson and Fannie (Wigginton) Lloyd, natives of Culpeper, Va. They came to Kentucky, locating in Nelson County. His father was a farmer, and died in 1849, aged forty-five years.
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His mother died in January, 1870, aged sixty-five years. John W. was the youngest of seven children, three now living. He was married Feb. 1, 1870, to Mary E. Birkhead, a native of Daviess County, and a daughter of Simeon L. Birkhead. After the death of her parents she lived with her grandparent in Bullitt County till her marriage. They remained in Nelson ounty a short time after marriage, and then went to Vigo County, Ind., and remained ten months, when they came to Daviess County and located on the Ohio River, opposite Rockport, Ind. Mr. Lloyd followed farming there for five years, and then moved to Utica, and bought property and opened a grocery and general store, where he has a good trade from the surrounding country. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd have four children, and two orphan children they have had from infancy.
David A. Magruder, son of Levi and Catherine (Straney-Brown) Magruder, was born in Bullitt County, Ky., April 26, 1848. His father was born in Bullitt County, March 6, 1796, and died May 2, 1863. He once owned 1,000 acres of land where Louisville now stands. His grandfather, Archibald Magruder, was born in Mary- land in 1750, and married Cassandra Offot, and came to Kentucky in 1795. He died in 1842 aged ninety-two years. Mr. Magruder's mother was the daughter of James Straney, and was born in 1815; she died in 1863. There was a family of eight children-George, supposed to have been killed in the late war; Vina, wife of Joseph S. Downs; David A. and Ezekiel M., twins; John T., Sexton P., Henry H., and Rhoda R., wife of Charles K. Yeiser. David A. was reared in Bullitt County, and when eighteen went to Spencer Connty and worked on a farm with his brother-in-law, Joseph S. Downs, two years. He then went to Union County and lived a year; then returned to Spencer County, and from there went to Bullitt County, remaining a year in each. Feb. 1, 1871, he came to Daviess County, and March 1 went to work for Daniel E. Yeiser. Oct. 10, 1871, he married Mary C. Yeiser, daughter of his employer. They remained with Mr. Yeiser till the following spring, when they went to housekeeping. In the fall of 1876 he bought his present home of eighty acres under a good state of cul- tivation. While residing in Spencer County he experienced re- ligion and joined the Baptist church at New Salem, Nelson County. He transferred his membership from there to the Sugar-Grove church, in Masonville, and from there to the Oak Grove church, in Murray, his wife being a member of that church. Mr. and Mrs. Magruder have had five children, only three now living-Helen,
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Sallie B. and William. The following is a copy of a card printed on the death of the other two:
DEATHS.
MAGRUDER-Died of scarlet fever, Jan. 18, 1881, little Carrie, daughter of D. A. and Mary C. Magruder, of Daviess County, Ky., aged three years, ten months and sixteen days.
Dear little Carrie, how brief thy stay, Short and hasty was thy day; Ending soon thy journey here, Pain and grief no more to bear.
MAGRUDER-Pearl, infant daughter of D. A. and Mary C. Magruder, of Da- viess County, Ky., was born April 9, 1879: died of scarlet fever after a short ill- ness, Jan. 4, 1881.
Hard it is from thee to part, How it rends the aching heart; But an heir of glory is gone, Let the will of God be done.
Steven G. Marshall (deceased) was born in Culpeper County, Va., June 4, 1792, and was a son of George Marshall, who came to Kentucky and settled in Scott County when Steven was six months old. He was reared in the faith of the Methodist church, and when abont twenty-dve became identified with the Christian church, and shortly after began preaching. In bis younger days he was quite a revivalist, and was a man of great reputation. preaching in seven or eight different States. He was a strict ad- herent to his religions principles, and did all he could to advance the cause of Christianity. He was a very large man, weighing from 200 to 220 pounds. He was married in 1815, to Elizabeth Kellis, a native of Bourbon County, Ky. They had twelve children- Mary, John W., Francis M., James M., Thomas S., Henry C., Crittenden, Eliza J., Rebecca, Leonidas, George (died when small), Nettie. Mr. Marshall came to Daviess County in 1841, and settled on the forks of Panther Creek, where he lived four years. He then bought the Marshall farm, consisting of 227 acres, of Lewis Owen. It was first owned by James Howard, who sold it to William Owen, and is now in the possession of Francis and Leonidas Marshall. Mrs. Marshall died in 1843, in her forty- sixth year, and Mr. Marshall, March 23, 1872.
Almarian May, born March 13, 1834, in Daviess County, is a son of William and Susan (Rice) May. He was married Jan. 30, 1857, to Mary Webb Davis, daughter of Thos. Wesley Davis. I the fall of 1857 'Mr. May bought a farm now owned by J. J.
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Christian, where he lived [till 1864. He then rented a farm till 1878. From 1867 till 1870 he was engaged in saw-mill business with Dan E. Yeiser and A. G. Davis. In 1878 he bought a tract of land containing fifty acres, and in the spring of 1883 purchased the old homestead place, having at present 215 acres. He joined the Methodist Episcopal church, South, in 1856. When he began life he had a year's provisions, a horse, cow, and bed. While he has been successful as a farmer he has also met with some re- verses in life. Mr. and Mrs. May have nine children-Fernander, Archer G., Mercer, Thos. H., Timothy F., Nathaniel Lee, Emory Wesley, Lou, and Marvin.
William May, son of John and Ollie (Barnes) May, was born in Simpson (then Logan) County, Ky., Jan. 1, 1803. His parents came to Kentucky in 1794. In 1812 they came to Daviess County, locating about five miles south of Owensboro. His mother died in January, 1803, leaving twelve children, William being the only one now living. His father afterward married Sallie Brown, a native of South Carolina. They had eight children, only two now living. His father died in 1830. William May was married Oct. 26, 1826, to Susan Rice, a native of Orange County, N. C., daughter of Ernest Rice, an old Revolutionary hero. The first three years after his marriage Mr. May rented a farm in Masonville. In the fall of 1829 he bought 220 acres, where he now lives, which he has added to till he now owns 365 acres. Mr. and Mrs. May had a family of ten children, seven now living --- Sallie (deceased), was the wife of Gilbert Skillman; Horace, married Hester Wood, and resides at Jacksonville, Ill .; Orlando, married Elizabeth Davis ; Almarian, married Mary W. Davis; Helen is the wife of Alexander Davis; William, married Amelia Davis; Susan is the wife of James W. Russell ; Alice, wife of Thomas J. May ; Mercer (de- ceased); Melissa (deceased), wife of Lewis Howard. Mrs. May died Nov. 14, 1882. Politically Mr. May was formerly a Whig, but of later years he has been associated with the Democratic party. His grandfather William May, was a native of England, bnt was kidnapped when a child and brought to the United States: and finally located in Georgia.
Junius May was born in Daviess County, Ky., Sept. 3, 1836. His grandparents, John and Sallie May, settled in Knottsville Precinct at a very early day. He had a family of five sons and. five danghters-William, Richard, Isaac, John, James M., Mar- garet, Eliza, Rebecca, Sarah and Emily. James M. is the only
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one now living in Knottsville Precinct. John settled in Murray Precinct in the fall of 1833, where he died in 1838. He married Elizabeth, danghter of James Davis, who was born May 3, 1813, and still lives in Murray Precinct. They had three children- James, born in 1834, and died in 1850; Junius, subject of this sketch, and Sarah M., born in 1838, married Dr. H. P. Taylor, and died in Hartford, Ohio County, in Jannary, 1874. Junius was ed- ucated in the county schools and in Owensboro. In 1850 he and his brother James took charge of the farm and he is still living on it. There are 300 acres of well-improved land. In 1865 he mar- ried Maggie, danghter of Harrison Taylor, of Ohio County. She died in 1866. In January, 1880, he married Adelaide, daughter of Lewis Sublette, and a native of Daviess County, born Dec. 22, 1855. They have two children-Sallie and Homer.
Richard May (deceased) was born in Nelson County, Ky., in 1799, and was a son of John and Sarah May. He came to Knotts- ville, Daviess County, with his father when nineteen years of age. In 1819 he married Mrs. Lucy Davis, daughter of Captain Ben- jamin Fields, and for four or five years after lived in Ohio County. He then came to Murray Precinct and lived on the farm now owned by J. M. Holmes, till 1864. While living there his wife died. He afterward moved to the farm now owned by his youngest daughter, where he died in 1872. His children were-John, Thomas, Thad- dens, Lucy, James, Euphemia and Virginia. Lucy died at the age of sixteen, and John in 1867. Thomas married Hester, daughter of Samuel Johnson. He lived in this precinct two or three years after his marriage and then moved to Louisiana. Thad- deus married Parthenia Barker, of McLean County. In 1856 he removed to Illinois. James married Martha Payne, of Rumsey, McLean County, who died leaving one son -- Williamn. He then married his present wife, Mary Hudspeth, of this county, and is now living near South Carrolton, Muhlenburg Co., Ky. Mr. May was a prominent man of his day. He was an industrious and enc- cessful farmer.
Alexis J. Mc Atee, born April 11, 1814, in Montgomery County, Md., was a son of James and Elizabeth (Elder) McAtee, natives of Maryland. His parents came to Kentucky in 1815, locating in Washington County, where his father bought a farm and lived till his death, in 1876. His mother died in 1871. They had a family of twelve children, nine of whom grew to maturity. Alexis was their eldest son. He lived with his parents till his marriage, in
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1835, to Caroline, daughter of Richard Spaulding, of Washington County, Ky. He then went to farming for himself, and about ten years later moved to Nelson County and bought a farm, where he lived seven or eight years. His wife died in Nelson County. He came to Daviess County in 1856, and in 1858 moved here and bought a farm of 840 acres in Murray Precinct. He married shortly after coming here his second wife, Mrs. Myra Windsor, who lived about two years and a half after their marriage. During the war Mr. McAtee lost heavily in slaves. He was married in October, 1874, to Mrs. Sarah Bennett, his present wife, and about a year after sold his farm and moved to Owensboro, where he lived nearly two years. He then moved back to Murray Precinct and bought his present home at Lewis Station. He has been station- master for the O. & N. Ry. four years. For the past six years he has been Postmaster of Utica. He is the father of eight children, six now living, two sons and four daughters. Two daughters live in Richmond, Va .; the other children are residents of Kentucky.
Benjamin S. Mc Cormick was born in Masonville Precinct, Da- viess Co., Ky., May 27, 1833. His father, John F. McCormick, was born in Ohio County, Ky., Oct. 3, 1809. He was married Ang. 16, 1832, to Sallie S. Young, a native of Muhlenburg County, Ky., born Feb. 20, 1814. He soon after came to Daviess County and settled on a farm in Masonville Precinct, where he died Nov. 6, 1850. His wife died April 28, 1843, leaving three children- Benjamin S., Francis E. and Sallie L., Benjamin being the only one now living. July 22, 1845, he married Sarah M., daughter of Joseph Miller. He was a Methodist minister, and a great por- tion of his time was spent in preaching. After the death of his father Benjamin S. remained with his stepmother, and after her death, two years later, he went to Muhlenburg County and re- mained five years. He then returned to the farm and kept bach- elor's hall two years. March 11, 1858, he married Sallie B., daughter of S. W. Boehm, and a native of Franklin County, Ky., born June 4, 1840. In 1859 Mr. McCormick bought his present farm of 160 acres. In the spring of 1860 he joined the Green Brier Baptist church. In 1867 he was elected Magistrate of Mur- ray Precinct, and successfully managed the affairs of this office till 1874. Mr. and Mrs. McCormick have four children-John F., born Feb. 1, 1859; Samuel W., Ang. 29, 1860; Benjamin E., Sept. 12, 1862; Willey B., April 2, 1865.
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Charles L. Mobberly was born on the old homestead farm of his father, in Masonville Precinct, May 2, 1851. His father, W. P. Mobberly, was born in Virginia, and came to Ohio County, Ky., when a child. He came to Daviess County at an early day. He was married here to Lucy Haynes, a native of Daviess County, Ky. Mr. and Mrs. Mobberly had a family of eleven children, six sons and five daughters. Charles L. was the fifth son and seventh child. He was twenty-one years old when his father died. He remained on the farm with his mother until his mar- riage to Sne E. Gordon, Nov. 17, 1875. She was born in Mason- ville Precinct, Sept. 4, 1853, and was a daughter of Jackson and Sarah A. (Taylor) Gordon. After his marriage Mr. Charles L. Mobberly settled on a farm in Murray Precinct, No. 1, where he remained two years; then moved on the farm of his brother, J. H. Mobberly, in Masonville Precinct, and remained here until Jannary, 1883, when he moved on his present farm in Murray Precinct, where he owns ninety-two acres, seventy-five under culti- vation. He and wife are members of the Baptist church. They have one daughter-Olive, born July 11, 1881. In politics he is a Democrat, and cast his first vote for Horace Greeley for Presi- dent of the United States.
Eugene O' Flynn was born in Owensboro, Ky., April 15, 1834. His father, Timothy O'Flynn, was a native of Ireland and came to America, settling in Owensboro, in March, 1834. He was by trade a wagon-maker, but his health failing, in 1847 he moved to Mur- ray Precinct and purchased a farm, where he died in 1851. He was married in 1833 to Frances Clary, daughter of John Clary, one of the earliest settlers of Owensboro. They had a family of six children-Engene, Richard, John, Michael, Mary Ann (now Mrs. Mulhall), and Elizabeth (now Mrs. Murphy). John and Michael are deceased. Engene was married Feb. 14, 1854, to Parthenia, daughter of Mansfield Martin. He remained at home two years after his marriage, and then purchased his present farm of 109 acres, near Lewis Station. Politically he was reared a Democrat and voted with that party till 1868; but since then has confined himself to no party. In August, 1874, he was elected Magistrate of Murray Precinct, and re-elected to his third term in August, 1882. Mr. and Mrs. O'Flynn have four sons-Ferdinand, Findley, Cland and Thomas M.
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