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a druggist at Paducah; and Miss Myrtle. The family is one of social prominence, and Mr. Greer is a representative member of the bar in this city.
WILLIS G. HUGHES.
Willis G. Hughes, a leading memebr of the Morganfield bar, was born in Washington county, Kentucky, in 1816, and died in Union county in 1863. His father, Edward Hughes, was a native of Ireland, and after his settlement in Kentucky married Letitia Reed, a native of Lincoln county. He was a farmer and followed that pursuit through- out life. Willis G. Hughes became an inmate of the home of his uncle, James R. Hughes, of Morganfield, where he was reared to manhood and acquired his literary education. A taste for study and a retentive memory caused him to be later recognized as one of the best informed men at the bar. His choice of a life-work fell upon the law, and he assiduously applied himself to the mastering of the text-books. After his admission to the bar he established an office in Morganfield, where he continuously made his home until his death. The characteristics of his life were great mental strength, clearness of thought, concise and pointed argument and incontrovertibile logic. He was ever a close stu- dent, and his care in the preparation of his cases was a potent element in his success. As he gave evidence of superior ability, his practice became extensive in every branch of his profession, and he was retained as counsel for the defense or prosecution in almost every important liti- gation in the civil and criminal courts during his active connection with the bar. He was indefatigable in his labors to secure his clients' inter- ests, and his eloquence is yet the theme of many a reminiscence of the Morganfield bar.
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In the trial of Colonel Hall for the murder of Dr. Newell Taylor his address was a masterpiece of eloquence, logic and legal acunien, and fully equaled the efforts of the forceful and eminent advocates, Archibald Dixon and Lazarus Powell, who were counsel in the same case.
Ile represented Union county in the legislature, and was a candi- date for the office of lieutenant governor. During the war he espoused the cause of the Union, and lent his aid and influence in the legislature to keep Kentucky true to the national government.
Mr. Hughes was twice married. In 1835 he wedded Miss Mary Ann Davis, daughter of Joshua and Permelia ( Given) Davis, and after her death he wedded Miss Bettie Barbour, daughter of Moses and Sarah ( Morrison) Barbour.
JOSEPH S. TROUTMAN, M. D.
Joseph S. Troutman, M. D., one of the leading representatives of , the medical profession at Paducah, Kentucky, was born near Eliza- bethtown, Hardin county, Illinois, January 16, 1864, and is a son of Edward and Julia ( Consert ) Troutman.
Edward Troutman was born in Christian county, Kentucky, and is now a resident of Hardin county, Illinois, and one of the representa- tive farmers of that locality, although in earlier years he was a mer- chant. The father of Edward is John, who married E. Dossett; he was a native of North Carolina, although the Troutman family origin- ated in Germany and was founded in America at an early date. In carly manhood Edward Troutman left Kentucky, and, removing to Illinois, there met and married his wife, who was born in that state, and died in 1895, having borne her husband seven children.
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Dr. Troutman was reared upon the farm and educated in the com- mon schools, but he evinced so strong an inclination toward the medi- cal profession that he was permitted to commence its study under Dr. R. J. McGinnis, of Elizabethtown, Illinois, and later he entered the medical department of the University of Tennessee at Nashville, from which he was graduated in February, 1892, and immediately settled in Shetlerville, Illinois, and commenced practicing. In April, 1893, he came to Paducah, Kentucky, in which city he has since made his home, and built up a very flattering practice. He is a member of the Paducah Medical and Surgical Society, the Southwestern Kentucky Medical Society, Kentucky State Medical Society, American Medical Associa- tion ; was city physician in 1896, a member of the board of health. in 1807 and 1898, and was made its president in 19oz, and he has also served as a member of the board of aldermen. In politics he is a stanch Republican.
In 1888 Dr. Troutman was married to Miss Lettie A. Grimsley, of Elizabethtown, Illinois, and two children have been born to them. Dr. Troutman is one of the progessive medical men of Paducah, one who is thoroughly abreast of the progress made in medical science, and who numbers many of the best people of Paducah among his patients:
J. J. GLENN.
It is seldom that one attains prominence in more than one line, but in J. J. Glenn we find a gentleman who has gained a leading position in both educational and journalistic circles. He is a writer of ability, has ever been an earnest worker, and in all the relations of life is an honorable, upright man, who has won the sincere respect of all with
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whom he has come in contact. Mr. Glenn was born on a farm in Lyon county, Kentucky, on the 3d of March, 1842, a son of Samuel and Mary Glenn. The father, who was a farmer by occupation, was a son of Colonel Samuel Glenn, a noted teacher.
In the country schools of his neighborhood J. J. Glenn received his early educational training, and he is a graduate of the "hard school of experience," in which he stood at the head of his class. His boyhood days were passed as other country lads of the time, and for a short time he was employed as a clerk in a store. At the age of twenty years he began teaching in a county school, and fifteen years later came to Madi- sonville, Kentucky, where he resumed his work as a teacher, and in 1884 was elected superintendent of county schools. For ten years he was the faithful incumbent of that responsible position, on the expiration of which period he refused to allow his name to be used for re-election. On leaving the educational field, Mr. Glenn became connected with jour- nalistic interests, and is now the owner, editor and proprietor of Glenn's Graphic, a weekly newspaper published at Madisonville. During a period of eighteen years he has been connected with newspaper work, and his success in the journalistic field is commensurate with that which he received as an educator, for in both he has attained an enviable repu- tation. In politics he is a Cleveland Democrat, but casts his vote for the men whom he regards as best qualified for public office. The only public position which he has ever held is that of superintendent of county schools. When twenty-one years of age he became a member of the Masonic fraternity. For twenty years he has been a member of the Knights of Honor, and for eighteen years has been a member of the Golden Cross, having served as a presiding officer in all these orders
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and has been their representative to the grand lodges. He has also twice served as president of the Kentucky Educational Association.
On the Ist of February, 1865, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Glenn and Miss Sallie Prewitt, and one son was born of that union, Neel Glenn, whose birth occurred on the 15th of February, 1866. On the 28th of February, 1877, Mr. Glenn married Miss Thenie Fox, and the only child of that union was a daughter, who is now the wife of John T. Waller, and was born January 18, 1878. For his third wife Mr. Glenn chose Miss Annie Fletcher, and their wedding occurred July 15, 1896. Mr. Glenn's religious affiliations are with the Methodist Episcopal church, south. He has so conducted all his affairs as to meet the esteem of all classes of citizens, and both as a man and citizen enjoys the added popularity which comes to those genial spirits who have a hearty shake of the hand for all those with whom they come in contact from day to day, and who seem to throw around them so much of the sunshine of life.
G. W. LACKEY, M. D.
The medical profession of Christian county, Kentucky, has its full quota of up-to-date physicians, and prominent among them is Dr. G. W. Lackey, of Pembroke. Dr. Lackey was born in Christian county, Ken- tucky, October 16, 1841 ; is descended from Scotch-Irish ancestors on both the paternal and maternal sides, and points to Virginia as the home of several generations of his forefathers. William Lackey, his father, was born and reared on a Virginia farm; came to Kentucky about the year 1830, and settled in Christian county, where he farmed until 1852. that year removing to Marshall county, this state, where he continued
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in the same occupation. His next and last move was to Livingston county, Kentucky, and here he turned his attention to milling and mer- chandising. At the time of his death he was about sixty-eight years of age. He was a local preacher and an active worker in the Methodist Episcopal church, and was a prominent Mason, having received the de- grees up to and including the thirty-second. It is said that he was one of the first three Knights Templar in Kentucky, the other two being the well known Mark Tyler and Robert Morris. William Lackey as- sisted in the organization of the first encampment in the state, at Mills Point. His early political views harmonized with those of the Whigs. When the Civil war came on he sympathized with the south, but he was at that time well advanced in years and took no active part in the war. Hle was well known in the western part of Kentucky. John Lackey, his father, was born in Virginia, and died at Clarksville, Tennessee, at about the age of seventy-five years. Dr. Lackey's mother was Nancy HI. ( Stewart) Lackey, daughter of Thomas and Tirzah ( Morrison) Stew- art; she was born and reared in Virginia, and died in Kentucky at the age of about seventy years. William and Nancy H. Lackey were the parents of twelve children, five sons and seven daughters, all of whom reached adult age, and four of the number are still living, viz .: Dr. Thomas S., of Nortonville, Kentucky; Sarah E., wife of John W. Stahl, of Marshall county, Kentucky ; Hannah B., wife of Rev. E. G. Thomp- son, of Smithland, Kentucky; and G. W.
Dr. G. W. Lackey was the eleventh born in this family, His early education was received in the common schools. Later he at- tended Smithland College and a private school taught by Professor C. W. Case, after which he went to Louisville, where he pursued his medical studies in the Louisville Medical College, of which he is a
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graduate. He also had the advantage of hospital work in Louisville. In 1876 Dr. Lackey located in Mount Vernon, Kentucky, where he opened an office and commenced the practice of his profession. For twenty years he practiced there. Then in 1896 he moved to Pembroke. Here he has an excellent practice, and in addition to attending to his professional duties he finds time to superintend his farming operations, as he owns a fine farm here.
Dr. Lackey has been twice married. In 1870 he wedded Miss Annie Hollins, daughter of John E. Hollins; she was born near Rus- sellville, Kentucky. She died in 1882, leaving an only child, W. A. Lackey, who is now a prominent young physician in Christian county. In 1884 Dr. Lackey married Tenora Elgin, a daughter of George and Lucy Elgin and a native of Christian county. The children of this. union are three: Ruby E., George E. and Camille A.
Dr. Lackey is a member of the Christian County Medical Society and the Southwestern Kentucky Medical Society. Politically he is a Democrat. The son of a Methodist preacher, he clings to the faith in which he was reared, and has himself long been an active worker in the Methodist Episcopal church, having served as steward.
.JONATHAN ELBERT GRANT.
Jonathan Elbert Grant, one of the leading business men and agri- culturists of Graves county, Kentucky, is a native son of the county, his birth occurring on the 2d of August, 1856, and in the paternal line is of English ancestry. Joseph P. W. Grant, the father of Jonathan E., was born in Trigg county, Kentucky, May 23, 1830, and was but thirteen months old when brought to this county by his parents, David and Annie (Ward) Grant, natives, respectively, of Trigg county, this
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state, and Virginia, but both lie buried in Graves county. In the family of Mr. and Mrs. David Grant were eight children, namely : Polly, Wil- liam, Susan, deceased; one who died in infancy ; James Henry, deceased ; Joseph P. W., the father of our subject; John, deceased, and Charles, who resides in Houston, Texas. Joseph P. W. Grant has made farm- ing his life occupation, and he still makes his home in Graves county, having reached the age of seventy-three years. In 1855 he was united in marriage to Alcy Adaline Miller, a native daughter of this county. Her father, John Miller, was a native of Kentucky, and was also of English descent. Two children blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Grant, but the daughter, Alcy Ann, is now deceased. The mother has also passed to the home beyond, dying in 1872, and she was a most excellent Christian woman. Mr. Grant gives his political support to the Democracy.
Jonathan Elbert Grant has spent his entire life in Graves county, and his first occupation was as an agriculturist. He has continued along that line to the present time, and now owns a fine farm of one hundred and fifteen acres, all of which is well improved, and excellent buildings add to its beauty and value. In his religious affiliations Mr. Grant is a member of the Missionary Baptist church, and his political support is given to the Democratic party.
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In the year 1875 Mr. Grant was united in marriage to Miss Emma Mason, who also claims Graves county as the place of her nativity, and in its public schools she received her education. Seven children have blessed this union, namely : Jodie C., Cornelia, Walter, David, Aubra, Ruth and Annie L., the last named now deceased. Both Mr. and Mrs. Grant are well and favorably known throughout the county, and they have a wide circle of warm friends, by whom they are appreciated.
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BENEDICT JOSEPH PIERCEALL.
Benedict Joseph Pierceall, one of the successful farmers of Graves county, Kentucky, was born in Washington county, the same state, Feb- ruary 11, 1823, and is a son of John B. and Matilda ( Wimsett ) Pierce- all, both natives of Washington county. The paternal grandfather, Benedict Pierceall, became very well known, but nothing is known of the maternal grandfather.
John B. Pierceall was a farmer and blacksmith, and moved to Graves county in 1836. In politics he was a Whig, and religiously was a Catholic. Fraternally his affiliations were with the Master Masons. About 1854 he removed to Wolf Island, ten miles below Columbus, Kentucky, on the Mississippi, and there died in 1858. His wife died about 1829. Seven children were born to them, as follows: Matilda E., deceased; Mary A., deceased; Benedict : Charles, deceased; Anna S., deceased ; Clem, of Illinois; and Susan Nancy, deceased.
Benedict J. Pierceall moved to Graves county, Kentucky, when a boy, and obtained his education in the subscription schools, as there were no public schools in those early days. In politics he was a Whig, is now a Populist, and in religion a Catholic. His first business undertaking was begun at the age of twenty-two years, when he com- menced an apprenticeship with a brickmason. He has continued a farmer and bricklayer all his life, and has been quite successful.
On April 8, 1845, he was united in marriage with Mary E. Aus- tin, in McCracken county, Kentucky. She was born in Washington county, this state, on January 21, 1826, and died August 31, 1890. Nine children have been born to them, namely: Teresa Ann, deceased ; John J .; Benedict J .; Margaret M., deceased; William C .; Izbelle C .;
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Martin A .; Rosa F., deceased; and Mary E. Mr. Pierceall has been a hard working man all of his life and has overcome many difficulties. Ile stands high in the community as a man of integrity and honesty of purpose, and has many friends, not only here, but throughout the county.
HON. RICHARD THOMAS LIGHTFOOT.
Hon. R. T. Lightfoot, one of the prominent citizens of Paducah, Kentucky, was born in Hebbardsville, Henderson county, Kentucky, January 16, 1865, a son of Dr. Richard P. and Margaret (Newman) Lightfoot, both natives of Breckinridge county, Kentucky. The pater- nal grandparents, Philander and Elizabeth Lightfoot, were natives of Virginia and early settlers in Breckinridge county. Philander Light- foot was one of the early sheriffs of that county, and became very prominent in local history. Dr. Richard P. Lightfoot and his wife were married in Breckinridge county, he having graduated in medicine at Louisville, and immediately after their marriage they settled in Henderson county, Kentucky, and there he practiced his profession until 1875, when he removed his family to Carbondale, Illinois, and continued to reside and engage in the practice of medicine the remainder of his life, dying in 1889.
Richard T. Lightfoot is the youngest of five children, and was reared after the age of eleven years in Carbondale, Illinois, and was there educated. He began his law studies under the direction of United States Judge William J. Allen, and at the youthful age of twenty-one years was admitted to the bar of Illinois. Immediately succeeding this, he began the practice of law at Murphysboro, Illinois, and when but twenty-two years of age was elected states attorney on the Demo-
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cratic ticket in a Republican county which had returned only Republi- can nominees for twenty-five years. Mr. Lightfoot served as county attorney for four years, and in 1894 came to Paducah professionally to defend Abe Livingston, who was charged with murder. He was successful in acquitting his client, and became so pleased with the com- munity that he was induced to locate in the city, where he has since continued to reside. For four years Mr. Lightfoot was legal adviser for the city council, and in the fall of 1901 was elected county judge. Fraternally he is a Master Mason and member of the Knights of Pythias, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks.
In 1891 Judge Lightfoot was married to Elizabeth Hartman, of Centralia, Illinois, and two children have been born to their union. An excellent lawyer, an able jurist, a successful politician and a keen business man, Judge Lightfoot is one who commands respect and in- spires confidence, and the success which has attended him, while re- markable, is but the just outcome of the many virtues he possesses.
WILLIAM CARROLL DUNN.
William Carroll Dunn, one of the oldest and best known agricul- turists of Graves county, has spent all his long and useful career in Kentucky. For some years he followed the occupation of blacksmith, which pursuit he inherited from his father, but the remainder of his life has been spent in farming. He is now seventy-five years of age, vigorous and hearty for his years, and life's burdens have been carried by him manfully and conscientiously during a wonderful epoch of the world's history. He began life in the days of subscription schools,
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when railroads and telegraph were in their infancy, and all civilization was crude and old-fashioned, and has lived over the last three-quarters of the nineteenth into the twentieth century, where he may still enjoy the comforts and blessings of old age.
Mr. Dunn is the son of J. L. and Sarah ( Stoneham) Dunn, the lat- ter a daughter of Fortune Stoneham, and the former a son of Benjamin and Polly (Clay) Dunn, Benjamin being of German ancestry and a native of South Carolina, and having participated in the war of 1812 under General Jackson. J. L. Dunn was born in Stewart county, Ten- nessee, was a blacksmith by trade, and was a resident of Trigg county, Kentucky, most of his life. He was a Whig and a Democrat in politi- cal affairs, and was a member of the Missionary Baptist church. Hc died in Trigg county at the age of seventy-four years, but his wife sur- vived him and was eighty-two at the time of her death. A large family of children were born of this worthy couple, as follows: Elizabeth, deceased; William C .; Hester; Rebecca, deceased; Wesley, deceased ; Martha, deceased; James T., deceased : Leander, deceased; John M., Joseph C .; George W., deceased; Benjamin F., deceased; Francis, de- ceased ; and Callumbus.
William C. Dunn was born in Trigg county, Kentucky, November 3, 1828, and was reared and educated in that county. He learned the art of blacksmithing under his father's careful eye, and that trade was his first independent business undertaking. When he was thirty years old he began farming, and over forty years' connection with this call- ing has placed him among the most proficient as well as the most suc- cessful farmers of Graves county. He now resides on a farm of sey- enty acres, which he keeps well improved and cultivates with profit.
Mr. Dunn affiliates with the Democratic party, taking considerable
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interest in politics, although he is no office-seeker. He has been a mem- ber of the Baptist church for the past forty-five years. In 1855 Mr. Dunn was married in Trigg county to Miss Lucinda Newton, who was born in Sumner county, Tennessee, May 8, 1831. The following chil- dren have been born of this marriage: Nannie C., deceased; Mary C .; John W .; Annie, deceased; William T .; Nora C .; Fannie, deceased; Joseph F., deceased. Nellie C. and Joseph J. are the names of two grandchildren who live with Mr. and Mrs. Dunn. These are highly esteemed people in their community, and have many warm friends in church and social life.
FRANKLIN WYATT DARBY.
Franklin Wyatt Darby, of Princeton, was born in Caldwell, now Lyon, county, Kentucky, in October, 1837, and died in Princeton, this state, on the 31st of December, 1894. He was for many years a lead- ing lawyer of Kentucky, and his support of church, educational and other interests calculated to benefit the commonwealth made him a valued citizen. He was a representative of one of the old families of the south, and was descended from Irish ancestry, who came to America about togo, and located in Pennsylvania. One branch of this family removed to North Carolina, and the father of the subject of this review, George F. Darby, was born in Caswell county, of the latter state, in 1804. By occupation he was a farmer.
Representatives of this family have been prominent in state and national legislation and have adorned the legal profession with their superior talent for law. Patrick H. Darby, an uncle of Franklin Wyatt Darby, was a most capable lawyer and editor of Kentucky in an earlier
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day, and for some years maintained his residence in Frankfort. He became an important factor in the differences which arose concerning the "old and new court contest," and was accused of instigating the murder of Solomon P. Sharp, the speaker of the house of representa- tives and a prominent "new court advocate." Mr. Darby wrote numer- ous articles in defense of his party and of himself. The murder of Mr. Sharp is one of the historic fatalities of the state, and the charge of implication in the matter made against Mr. Darby and his contest over it embittered the last years of his life. Ile was one of the ablest writers and speakers that the state has known, and would defend the principles in which he believed at whatever cost to himself. He was especially celebrated as a land lawyer. Another member of his family, John F. Darby, was a leading lawyer and banker of St. Louis, served his city as mayor and represented his district in congress. The mother of F. W. Darby was in her maidenhood Mary Wyatt, a daughter of Zadock Wyatt, one of the first settlers of Caldwell county, Kentucky, and the owner of one of the largest and finest estates in that section of the country.
Franklin Wyatt Darby was educated in Cumberland College, of Princeton, Kentucky, and studied law under the tutorage of E. P. Campbell, of that place. In 1862 he was admitted to the bar, and at once entered upon practice. In 1866 he was elected county judge, serving one term, and in 1870, when the Elizabethtown & Paducah Rail- road was built, he was appointed one of the sinking fund commission- ers for Caldwell county, discharging the duties of the position up to the time of his death. In 1882 he was appointed treasurer of the board, and his wise and careful management of the county debt and its fund- ing saved to the county a vast amount of money and litigation. Mr.
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Darby also served for two terms in the state senate, was a member of the city council of Princeton and served as treasurer there for twenty years. He was urged by his friends to become a candidate for the office left vacant by the death of Judge Bennett, but such was his warm friendship for Judge Grace, whom he had known for many years, and who desired the office, that he would not become a candidate for the nomination. With him friendship was inviolable, and the faithful ful- fillment of a trust a most sacred duty. In connection with his law prac- tice he was interested in banking and was the vice-president of the First National Bank of Princeton.
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