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William T. Pate, son of John F. and Matilda (Laycock) Pate, was born in Ohio County, Ind., Jan. 30, 1835. His father was born in Dearborn County, Ind., and now lives in Ohio County. His mother was a native of Ripley County, Ind. There was a family of five children -- John M., Delila, Henry S., Charles P., and the subject of this sketch. June 6, 1870, William T. Pate was married to Charlotta Lostatter, a native of Ohio County, Ind., born Sept. 20, 1849. They have three children-Lucins, William and Ollie L. In 1876 Mr. Pate came to Daviess County, Ky., where he now owns a fine farm of eighty acres three and a half miles east of Owensboro. Mrs. P'ate's father, John Lostutter, was born in Ohio County, Ind., May 26, 1817, and now resides in Daviess County. Her mother, Delila (Robertson) Lostutter, was a native of Switzerland County, Ind., and died in Daviess County in 1874. Mr. and Mrs. Lostutter had a family of ten children, seven now living-David, William, Eliza, Mary, Charlotta, Annie and Olive.
George D. Payne was born in Daviess County, Ky., Sept. 9, 1858, and has always lived on his father's farm. He received his early education in this county, and attended the Cecilian College ten months. His parents, John A. and Mary (Valeria) Payne, were both natives of Daviess County, his father born in 1829 and his mother in 1840. There was a family of nine children, only seven now living-George D., Bettie, Robert O., Herman S., Will- iam J., Lncy G. and Emma. His mother died in 1879. The fam-
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ily are members of the Catholic church. His father owns seventy acres of fine land six miles east of Owensboro.
P. E. Payne was born in Meade County, Ky., Feb. 22, 1848. His father, William M. Payne, was born in Nelson County, Ky., about 1817, and died Feb. 12, 1861. His mother, Jane (O'Bryan) Payne, was born about 1821, and died April 26, 1864. P. E. is the fourth of seven children. He came to Owensboro in March, 1867, and worked one season on the Rudd farm. In the fall he commenced to tend bar for Robert O'Bryan; worked for him eighteen months, and in the spring of 1869 went to work for M. V. Monarch. In the fall of 1874 he took a working interest in the business, and in 1880 bought a share of the business and changed the name of the firm to the Sour-mash Distilling Com- pany, and holds the office of Secretary. They have two distilleries with a capacity of seventy barrels per day, or 900 bushels of grain. Mr. Payne was married Oct. 27, 1873, to Mary E. O'Bryan, a na- tive of Meade County, Ky., born Sept. 29, 1850. They have three children-Louise, born March 14, 1876; Amelia, born July 18, 1878; Adele, born Sept. 21; 1880. Mr. Payne is a member of the Catholic church and Catholic Knights, No. 18, Owensboro Branch. Politically he is a Democrat.
Thomas H. Payne was born in Meade County, Ky., May 10, 1846, and was a son of William M. and Jane F. (O'Bryan) Payne, natives of Marion County, Ky. His father was born in 1817, and died in 1862. His mother was born in 1818, and died in 1864. They were the parents of twelve children, seven of whom are living -William M., Thomas H., P. E., Charles A., James M., Elizabeth and Mary. After the death of his father the care of the mother and five of the children fell on Thomas H. He commenced a course of study at Gethsemane College, when he was called home by the death of his mother. He returned to the school, taking three brothers with him. They were to work a year and attend school a year. At the expiration of the two years Thomas H. went to St. Mary's and clerked in a store for his uncle, Robert O'Bryan, two years. Feb. 19, 1867, he married Lizzie C., dauglı- ter of Ignatins Russell, who was born May 13, 1845. She is a sister of Father Russell, a Catholic priest, now at Nazareth, Ky. That same year Mr. Payne came to Daviess County and followed farming till 1875, when he moved to Owensboro, where he has been trading in live-stock. He has gained the confidence of the people of Daviess and adjoining counties, and is now handling more stock
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than any other firm in the county in a retail way. He has five children-Julia, W. J., Clara, Henry D. and Minnie. He and family are members of the Catholic church.
William Pottinger vas born in Nelson County, Ky., May 25, 1833, and lived there till he was nineteen years of age, when he went with his father to Hancock County, and lived there four years. They then came to Daviess County, locating in Owensboro. His father, Robert L. Pottinger, was born in what is now Marion County, Ky., in 1805, and died Sept. 20, 1862. His mother, Ellen (Scott) Pottinger, a sister of Judge Scott, of Owensboro, was born in 1811. His parents had a family of seven children-William James L., Francis H., Robert B., Mary I., Thomas J. and Anna E. The latter died in February, 1880. William Pottinger was married Dec. 18, 1860, to Miss Fannie L. Greenwell, a native of Shelby County, Ky. She was educated at Fairfield, Nelson County. Nine children have been born to them, six living-Mary M., Alice L., Anna E., Josephine, Robert A. and William F. Three died in infancy. The first three years in Owensboro he was in the mer- cantile business. He then taught school twelve years. He has been Acting Depnty County Assessor nine years, and is now City Assessor. He has a grocery on the corner of Maryland and Trip-
lett streets. Mr. Pottinger is a member of the Catholic church and the Catholic Knights of America, Owensboro Branch, No. 18.
Andrew Shobe, born in Hardy County, W. Va., was a son of Adonijah and Amelia (Jones) Shobe, both natives of Hardy County, his father born in 1817, and his mother born in 1827. There was a family of seven children, six now living-Andrew, Henry, Gabriel, Job, John and Edward. His mother died in 1856, and his father married Mary Ann Jones. They had two chil- dren-Adda and Alice. His father died in 1881, and his step- mother still lives in Montgomery County, Ind. Aug. 19, 1862, Mr. Shobe enlisted in Company C, Thirteenth West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, U. S. A., and served three years. He was in all the battles in the valley of Virginia in 1864; was mnstered out at Wheeling in June, 1865. He came to Kentucky in 1865, and the first year lived in Henderson County. In 1866 he came to Da- viess County. He was married Feb. 18, 1869, to Nettie Gillim, a native of Daviess County, born Nov. 18, 1852. They have three children-Kirby, born Dec. 16, 1869; Katie, March 21, 1872; Sid- ney, July 21, 1880. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Shobe is a member of Pleasant Valley Lodge, No. 318, A. F. & A. M.
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John Taylor was born in Daviess County, Ky., Jan. 26, 1832. His father was born in Shelby County, Ky., March 20, 1806. His mother, Mary (Shoemaker) Taylor, was born in Virginia in August, 1809, and died in Daviess County in 1872. John is the sec- ond of ten children. His Grandfather, Price Allen Shoemaker, came from Virginia to Kentucky in 1834, and died in 1842. His Grandfather Taylor was brought to Kentucky from Virginia on horseback in a basket when three months old. Mr. Taylor was married Nov. 15, 1864, to Louisa, daughter of Owen Hickman, formerly of Oldham County, Ky., where she was born in 1847. They have five children-James W., born in 1868; Cordelia, June 1, 1870; Edgar, Dec. 18, 1873; Mary L., June 5, 1877; Earl, Dec. 8, 1881. Mr. Taylor is a member of the Baptist church. He be- longs to John J. Daveiss Lodge, No. 389, A. F. & A. M. He has a fine farm of 145 acres four and a half miles southeast of Owens- boro.
Manley B. Tichenor was born in Ohio Connty, Ky., Nov. 14, 1820. July 6, 1845, lie married Alpha Whittiker, a native of Ohio County, born April 10, 1828. They have had thirteen chil- dren-Delia A., born Aug. 20, 1846; Marinda W., Dec. 25, 1847; Mattie L., July 6, 1849; Lydia J., Oct. 29, 1850; Sallie M., April 6, 1852; Squire C., June 8, 1853; America V., Nov. 6, 1856; William J., Ang. 9, 1859; Benjamin, Jan. 13, 1861; Jacob B., Aug. 22, 1862; Julia V., Nov. 23, 1865; Charles M., Feb. 18, 1868; Archa D., July 18, 1870. Mr. Tichenor and all his family but two arc members of the Baptist church. He owns a fine farm of 260 acres six miles northeast of Owensboro. His father, Jared Tichenor, was born in Morristown, N. J., in February, 1779, and died in Kentucky in 1868. He served as Justice of the Peace a number of years, and was Sheriff of Ohio County four years. He married Martha Bennett, a native of Nelson County, Ky., born in 1781. She died in 1857. They had a family of nine children -- Thomas, Anna, Warren C., Olney, Sallie, Sanford, Manley B., Squire J. and John M.
J. R. Turner, son of C. H. and Amanda (Hill) Turner, was born in Nelson County, Ky., Nov. 21, 1853. His father was born Jan. 26, 1826, and died Feb. 22, 1876. His mother was born in 1833 and is still living in Daviess County. There was a family of thirteen children, nine of whom are living-John R., Jonah, Eliza- beth, Catherine, C. H., Evaetter and Efetter (twins), Charles and Lena. John R. was educated in Nelson and Hardin counties, Ky.
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He attended St. Joseph College five months, Gethsemane tive months and, Cecilian College fifteen months. After leaving school he bought stock two months, and in February, 1880, went to Ne- braska, and remained six months. He then returned to Kentucky, coming to Owensboro. He worked three months for Hill & Hill, and then worked for M. V. Monarch until July, 1881, when he obtained his present position as bookkeeper for Hill & Hill. He was married Feb. 21, 1882, to Mary Stevens, a native of Daviess County, born Sept. 12, 1863. Mr. Turner is a member of the Catholic church.
Charles Vowels was born in Nelson County, Ky., June 4, 1807, and came to Daviess County in 1838, settling on a farm near where he now lives and where he owns 1062 acres of good land, on the head waters of Yellow Creek. Oct. 24, 1826, he married Elinor Hayden, a native of Nelson County, born July 4, 1803. She died May 7, 1880. Their children are-John, born Feb. 9, 1831; Eliza, Ang. 24, 1832; Henry, Feb. 19, 1834; Thomas, Feb. 29, 1836; Washington George, March 26, 1842; Julia A., Jan. 1, 1844; Ellen A., June 10, 1848. Mr. Vowels has sixty grandchildren and twenty great-grandchildren. He is seventy-six years of age and has never been sick in his life.
Elias M. Ware was born in Shelby County, Ky., Jan. 17, 1838. When nine months old he was taken to Clay, Ky., and lived there till he was twelve years old. He then lived two years in Lawrence County, Ind., and from there returned to Shelby County, where he lived till 1878, when he came to Daviess County and located on his present farm, seven miles east of Owensboro, where he has fifty acres of good land, and is engaged in farming and blacksmithing. He was married in 1859 to Sarah E. Tucker, a native of Shelby County, Ky., born Feb. 22, 1838. They have had two children, only one now living-Richard T., born Feb. 12, 1865. Mr. Ware is a member of Solomon's Lodge, No. 5, A. F. & A. M., and the I. O. O. F. in Shelby County. He was City Councilman of Shelby- ville from 1868-'78, and Deputy Assessor from 1868-'70.
0. E. Wilkerson was born in Daviess County, Ky., Nov. 1, 1826. His father, Thornton Wilkerson, was born in Culpeper County, Va., in 1790; came to Kentucky in 1820, settling first in Shelby County; died in Daviess County in 1857. His mother, Letty (Elliott) Wilkerson, was born in Maryland in 1796 and died in Daviess County, Ky., in 1872. There were four children-Robert, Charles E., Thornton and Catherine. C. E. has always been a
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farmer and has lived in Daviess County all his life, with the excep- tion of eighteen months. He was married Aug. 23, 1853, to Arte- Inisia Higdon, a native of Nelson County, Ky., born April 7, 1825. They have four children-Catherine, Jolin T., Rosa, William H. Mr. Wilkerson owns 101 acres of fine land five miles southeast of Owensboro, on the Hartford road. Mrs. Wilkerson is a member of the Catholic church.
John J. Williams, carpenter and builder, was born Oct. 14, 1828, in Hancock County, Ky., where he resided till forty-five years of age. In 1847 he enlisted in Company F, Fourth Kentucky In- fantry, Captain McCrary, and served till the close of the Mexican war. He worked on the river until the breaking out of the Re- bellion, flatboating and steamboating. Since the close of the war he has worked at the carpenter's trade and building. He came to Daviess County in 1874. He was married Nov. 24, 1852, to Eliza J. Burnett, a native of Hancock County, Ky., born Oct. 7, 1832. They have six children-John H., born Jan. 2, 1859 ; James H., born Nov. 10, 1860 ; Robert E., born Feb. 22, 1866 ; Viola, born Feb. 6, 1868 ; L. T., born Nov. 21, 1871, and Letitia C., born Oct. 19, 1873.
R. I. Wootten, born in Spencer County, Ky., Feb. 17, 1839, was a son of William H. and Rosalia (Coomes) Wootten, both natives of Nelson County, Ky. His father was born March 25, 1811, and was killed by a guerrilla near Slate Riffle, Ohio Co., Ky. His mother was born in 1815, and died in November, 1860. R. I. was the second of ten children. When quite young his parents moved to Nelson County, where he remained till 1859, when he came to Daviess County. He enlisted in Company B, Third Kentucky Cavalry, U. S. A., and served three years and ten months. After the war he worked at the printer's trade till 1880, when he was appointed Gov- ernment Storekeeper. He was married March 28, 1864, to Jennie E. Higdon, a native of Owensboro, born in 1841. They have four children-Clara R., born Sept. 25, 1870; John T., born Oct. 1, 1873; Alfred C., born Ang. 1, 1876; Charles R., born Dec. 27, 1882. Mr. Wootten is a member of the Catholic church and of the Catholic Knights of America. He also belongs to No. 3, Department of Kentucky, G. A. R.
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CHAPTER XXVII.
VANOVER PRECINCT.
This precinct lies directly south of Lower Town, and is separated from it by North Panther Creek. The boundary line begins at Widow Tanner's, on the Daviess and McLean counties line, run- ning thence to Adam Young's, including him, thence to Lydan's bridge on Panther Creek, thence up said creek to the mouth of Rhodes's Creek, thence with said creek to the county lines afore- said, thence west with said lines to the beginning. Part of the precinct is hilly and broken, but the hills are covered with good soil and well adapted to farming. In the western and southeast- ern portion is a vast amount of coal. It was named after the numerous families of Vanover, who settled there about twenty years ago, coming to the county from East Tennessee.
EARLY SETTLEMENT.
The first settlers of Vanover Precinct were the Crabtrees. There were four brothers-Moses, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Moses was the oldest of the family, and was a young married man, the others being in their teens. They all came at the same time, and were from Virginia, but the exact date of their settlement is not certainly known. The Potts family came in an early day; also, Thomas Minton, Andrew Kelly, one Mr. Jones and Abner Lea, all of whom, including the Crabtrees, settled in the western part of the precinct. Moses Crabtree became the father of sixteen cbil- dren. This part of the county was for a long time thinly settled, and it is only within the last twenty years that it has begun to be improved to any great extent.
VANOVER'S MILL.
This is a small grist-mill, run by water-power, situated on Pan- ther Creek, ten miles southwest of Owensboro. It was built by Jonathan Barnett about 1847. He ground corn in it for several years, and then sold to Ebenezer Cawhorn, who rebuilt the entire mill. It was afterward owned by Samuel Vanover, who added a saw-mill, and ran it for several years in connection with the corn- (828)
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mill. It is now owned by Henry Vanover, and is used only for grinding corn.
THE DISTRICT SCHOOL-HOUSE.
In the western part of this precinct stands the old log house, where the old men now living in this locality received their early education; and it was then considered quite an old house. It is supposed to be the oldest school-honse in all the surrounding coun- try. It is still used for school purposes, and is extensively known as "the district school-house." But
"The building is going to decay, And the rafters are falling in."
Vanover is strictly a temperance precinct; not a drop of whisky has been sold here for more than four years, and during this time the grand jury of Daviess County has found no indictment what- ever against any of her citizens.
There are no villages in this precinct. Abont 1868 F. M. Aus- tin sold whisky and groceries in the southwest corner, and Joseph P. Waltrip was requested to give a name to the locality. As the whisky that was sold was of a very bad quality, Mr. W. gave it the name of Blue Ruin. Some time later, J. M. Buker commenced building a house at this point in which to put dry goods, but for the want of capital he failed to complete it, whereupon Mr. Wal- trip changed the name to Needmore. There are four families, one small grocery, kept by J. W. Cravens, and one grist-mill. The burg is situated two and a half miles east of Possum Trot, in Curdsville, and four miles south of West Lonisville. Mr. Waltrip died in McLean County in 1880.
PANTHER CREEK POSTOFFICE
is situated on the Ashbysburg road, thirteen miles southwest of Owensboro, and was established in 1880, with John P. Burns as Postmaster. It was named after Panther Creek, which is the nearest stream. There is no regular mail route to this office. Owensboro is the distributing office, and the mail is carried by any of the neighbors that happen to "go to town." Mr. Burns estab- lished a general store at this point in 1880, and is doing a good business.
CHURCHES.
Brushy Fork Baptist Church is situated one half mile south of the district school-house. The society was organized Dec. 5,
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1846, by Revs. Downs, Allen and Howard, ministers of the Missionary Baptist church, two or three miles southeast of the present house, in a log house that had been built by the Presby- terians. They occupied this church building several years. The original meinbers were James F. Bennett, Wilson Waltrip, Benja- min Short, John Iglehart, Jonas Little, John H. Vanover and Elizabeth Short. Rev. Isum Allen was Moderator, and Wilson Waltrip and Benjamin Short were elected and ordained Deacons. James T. Bennett was the first Clerk. Rev. Isum Allen was the Pastor until 1849, when W. J. Owen was called. The Pastors who have served this church since are Revs. Benjamin Lafferty, William R. Welch, K. G. Hay, J. S. Taylor, D. E. Yeiser, Will- iam Stevens and R. F. Swindler. Rev. William Stevens is the present Pastor. During the winter of 1855-'56 Rev. W. R. Welch held a series of revival meetings in the district school-house, and soon after moved to that locality, and built a log house within a few yards of where the present commodious structure stands. Rev. Allen, the first Pastor, resided a few years in Owensboro, where he died about 1866. Rev. Rafferty died in this county in 1877 or '78 near Hayden's bridge, on Panther Creek.
There are now about 140 communicants; services once a month. The Deacons are : W. T. Hemingway, Matthew Murphy, W. H. Thomasson, J. H. Bandy and G. M. Hemingway; C. M. Cary, Clerk. The present church was built in 1875, and is a two-story frame building, 50 x 36 feet.
Little Flock United Baptist Church, more commonly known as Bristowites, is not recognized as a denomination by the regular Baptist association. About forty years ago, when the Panther Creek Baptist church adopted the work of missions as an especial part of its work, one Jasper Bristow made several motions in the church, which were voted down by the members. Finding all his wishes entirely disregarded, he took his hat, arose and said, " All who believe as I do, follow me." Several followed him, and they left the house. They then assembled in another place, drew up their letters, sent delegates to the Green River Association, claiming to be the church. These remaining in the church trans- acted the usual amount of business, drew up their letter for the Association, sending delegates as usual. The Association decided that those who remained in the house constituted the Panther Creek church. Bristow and his followers continned their work, calling themselves the Green River Association of the United
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Baptist Church. The Bristowites bitterly opposed the missionary work adopted by the Panther Creek church. They also believed in the practice of feet-washing, and did not believe in a paid min- istry. Those were the main points of difference between them and the mother church. Several other congregations have been organized, and they call themselves the original Green River Association.
The Little Flock congregation was organized about the year 1847, with six or eight members, by Revs. James Samples, Jasper Bristow and William Hendricks. They first worshiped in private houses, but soon built a small log cabin near where the present one now stands. It burned down several years ago, and they then built the present house, which is a small hewed-log building. There are now sixty-three members; services the first Sunday in each month, and the Saturday previous, by the Pastor, Rev. James B. Baughn.
Mount Pleasant Cumberland Presbyterian Church was organ- ized Aug. 17, 1844, in the Sand Spring school-house on the Jobn Moseley land, by Revs. L. C. Philips and Joseph Weaver, with twenty-three members; seven of these members had been members of the old Camp-Ground Cumberland Presbyterian Church, long since discontinued, namely: William Hansford, John Moseley, James Little, William Little, Mary Chapman, Frances Lashbrook and Frances Crabtree. The last-named is the only one living of the original seven. This church was first called the Sand Spring Cumberland Presbyterian Church, taking its name from the school- house, in which it was organized, which took its name from a large sand spring near by. They worshiped in this honse a few years, when, with the aid of the citizens, they built a hewed-log house, 24 x 30 feet, on Union Hill, where the new Methodist church now stands, and was used by them until 1868, when they built the present structure, one half mile north of the old one, on the land of C. M. Ruby. At the time of the dedication of this church the name was changed to Mount Pleasant. They had no regular Pastor antil October, 1845, when Rev. Joseph Weaver was called and had charge of the church until 1854. The Pastors that have since served are as follows: Revs. W. O. Smith, from 1859 to 1861; Charles Gates, 1863 to 1865; J. C. Crabtree, 1865 to 1867; Charles Gates, 1867 to 1870. J. C. Armstrong, a short time during 1871; Charles Gates, 1871 +o 1873; C. C. Boswell, 1873 to 1878; W. S. Casky, 1878 to 1879; Willis Smith, 1879 to the present time. The
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present Elders are Isaac T. Moseley, M. C. Moseley, J. M. Ruby, J. H. Wilhite, J. V. Wilhite, Luther Moseley and W. G. Hansford; Present Deacon and Clerk, C. M. Ruby. Number of communi- cants, 103. Services the third Sabbath of each month by Rev. Willis Smith. Sabbath-school is held from the first Sunday in April until the third Sunday in October, inclusive; prayer-meeting once a week during the winter. Rev. Joseph Weaver, the first Pastor, lived in this county until his death, which occurred several years ago. Three churches, Christian, Baptist and Methodist, are located on one hill, known as Union Hill. At one time all of these denominations worshiped in a small log honse, where the Methodist church now stands-hence the name. It was the prop- erty of the C. P. congregation, and was built by members of all denominations in a very early day.
Glenville Baptist Church was organized July 29, 1865, by Elders Dawson, Givens, Blansford and Robertson, at the old log house, sometimes called Mount Pleasant. The names of the charter members are as follows: Bats Oost, Joseph Givens, John L. Igleheart, Louisa Phillips, Anna Givens, Sophronia Cox, Emily Baird, Eliza Clark, Amanda F. Igleheart and Palestine O'Burns. The first Clerk was J. L. Igleheart. The first Deacons were Joseph Givens and Bats Oost. The church continued to worship in the old log honse until their new house was completed, in 1867. Cost of new building, $1,200 or $1,400. The first Pastor was Elder L. C. Tichnor, who served until August, 1870. He was succeeded by D. E. Yeiser, and in June, 1871, Elder Tichnor was again called, and served until 1876. D. E. Yeiser was then re-called, and served fifteen months, and was succeeded by Elder William Stevens, who served until July, 1880. After his resignation Elder Tichnor again became Pastor, and has served to the present time. Services are held twice a month. Present membership, sixty.
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