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Elisha and Sallie ( Stone) Dickey, both of whom were natives of Madison county, Kentucky. The paternal grandfather, Ebenezer Dickey, was also born in Madison county, Kentucky, but spent the greater part of his life in Simpson county, this state, where he followed the occupation of farming. The maternal grandfather of our subject was a native of Maryland and became an early settler of Madison county, Kentucky. Hle was related to the Stone family, one of whose representatives signed the Declaration of Independence.
It was in the county of their nativity that Elisha Dickey and Sallie Stone were married, but soon afterward they removed to Barren county, Kentucky, where they lived until called to their final rest. For many years the father conducted a tavern at Prewitts Knob, and was a well known, prominent and influential resident of his community. He died when about seventy years of age, while his wife passed away at the
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age of forty-two years. They were the parents of five children, of whom Thomas M. is the youngest, and he has now only one sister living.
At Prewitts Knob the youth of Thomas Mirax Dickey was passed, and he acquired a fair education in the country schools. He remained at home until the death of his father, which occurred when the son was twenty years of age. Mr. Dickey served for two years as deputy clerk in the circuit court at Glasgow, and when twenty-four years of age was elected to represent his district in the legislature on the Anti-Knownothing ticket. He served for one term and was an active and able member of the house. In the meantime Mr. Dickey had studied law, and when twenty-five years of age was admitted to the bar, entering upon practice at Glasgow, where he remained for ten years. At the end of that time he began the work of organizing the Deposit Bank of Glasgow, and abandoned the practice of law in order to become cashier of that institu- tion. He acted in that capacity in an acceptable manner for five years, and then resigned on account of his health. For a year or two thereafter he again engaged in the practice of law, and in 1885 he went to Garden City, Kansas, where he remained for two years. During that period he acted as cashier of the Bank of Western Kansas, and on the expiration of that period removed to La Junta, Colorado, where he was cashier of the Bank of Eastern Colorado. This later became a national bank, Mr. Dickey organizing it for that purpose. He continued its cashier for seven years, continuing the business under the name of the First National Bank. During his sojourn in the west his health was greatly improved, and in 1895 he returned to Kentucky, locating at Wickliffe, where he has since made his home. Here he became cashier of the Bank of Wickliffe and later of the Bank of Western Kentucky, and as these
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banks went out of existence he joined others in the organization of the First National Bank, of which he has since been the cashier. Dur- ing his career as a lawyer Mr. Dickey served for one term as county judge of Barren county, and for several years was special judge of the circuit court. As a representative of financial interests he has be- come widely known, both in the west and in Kentucky, and his busi- ness career has ever been such that it has gained for him the un- qualified confidence and respect of those with whom he has been asso- ciated.
In 1855, in Barren county, Kentucky, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Dickey and Miss Jane Ritter, who died in La Junta, Colorado, in 1890, at the age of forty-five years, leaving two children: Ida, the wife of T. F. Doty, of Goldfield, Colorado; and Mollie, now the wife of W. G. Dickey, of Detroit, Michigan. In 1895 Judge Dickey was again married, his second union being with Mrs. Julia E. Ballen- tine, nee Ames. The Judge has always been a Democrat in his po- litical affiliations, and has labored earnestly and effectively for the welfare and success of his party. In religious faith he is a Cath- olic.
Ilis life has been one of continuous activity, in which has been accorded due recognition of labor. As a business man he has been conspicuous among his associates, not only for his success, but for his probity, fairness and honorable methods. His interests are thor- oughly identified with those of Ballard county, and at all times he is ready to lend his aid and influence and give his co-operation to any movement calculated to benefit this section of the state or advance its wonderful development.
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FIELDING L. TURNER.
In no profession is there a career more open to talent than that of the law, and in no field of endeavor is there demanded a more care- ful preparation, a more thorough appreciation of the absolute ethics of life, or of the underlying principles which form the basis of all human rights and privileges: Unflagging application and intuitive wisdom, and a determination to fully utilize the means at hand, are the con- comitants which insure personal success in this great profession, which stands as the conservator of justice; and it is one which none should enter without due recognition of the obstacles to be overcome and the battles to be won, for success does not perch on the falchion of every person who enters the competitive fray, but comes only as the direct result of capability. Possessing all the requisite qualifications of the able lawyer, Fielding Lewis Turner has won an enviable posi- tion among the leading representatives of the bar at Wickliffe and Ballard county.
A native of Henderson, Kentucky, Mr. Turner was born on Jan- uary 4, 1856, his parents being Henry Fielding and Lucinda (Slavens) Turner. The father was born in Fayette county, Kentucky, May 27, 1828, and was a son of Fielding Lewis and Mary (Sargent) Turner. The grandfather of our subject was born in Virginia, and when a boy was brought to Kentucky by his father. He was reared to manhood in Fayette county and in early life became a lawyer. Prior to his mar- riage he visited western Kentucky, making the journey on horseback. This was a prospecting tour, during which he purchased land from the heirs of Rogers Clark. Subsequently he became the owner of land formerly possessed by the Indians, securing large tracts in what be-
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came Ballard and MeCracken counties. In 1813 he proceeded south- ward to New Orleans, Louisiana, and there opened a law office, becom- ing prominent as a representative of the legal fraternity. After three years he was appointed judge of the circuit court. Previous to this time he had framed the first judicial system for the territory of Louisi- ana, executing this task in 1818. He was appointed circuit judge by Governor Sargent, whose daughter he subsequently married, and he filled the position from 1818 until 1826, in which year he returned to Fayette county, Kentucky, there spending his remaining days. He was survived by two sons and two daughters, namely : Oscar Turner, who was born in New Orleans, Louisiana; Henry Fielding, the father of our subject ; Josephine Augusta, who became the wife of General John L. Mansfield, the founder of Mansfield, Illinois, but formerly a noted civil engineer, who laid out the city of Lexington, Kentucky; and Mary, who became the wife of John Marshall, of Louisville, and after his death married David Armstrong, a lawyer of New York city. Of this family, Henry Fielding Turner is the only one now living.
Oscar Turner was a youth of only fourteen years of age when his father located him on a large tract of land that he had purchased in Ballard county, lying about nine miles north of Wickliffe, in that section of the country now known as Hazelwood. His father took him down the Ohio river on a flatboat, carrying with him farming implements, provisions and slaves to operate the land. The following year the father died. Subsequently Oscar Turner returned to Lexing- ton, and was graduated in Transylvania University, at Lexington. He then again went to his plantation in Ballard county, and while super- intending his agricultural interests he also began the practice of law,
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and soon afterward was made commonwealth's attorney. He was three times elected to Congress from the first congressional district of Ken- tucky, although his services in the council chambers of the nation were not consecutive. While he had firm faith in the Democracy, he was never guided by political rings or professional politicians. He formed his opinions independently after a close and earnest study of the ques- tions, and voted as he believed would benefit the majority. He was extremely popular with the masses of people, and his appearance on the public platform was the occasion for tumultuous applause. At the bar he also attained distinction, being recognized as one of the most able representatives of the legal profession in the state. His last years were spent in the city of Louisville, where he died in 1897, at the age of seventy-two years. When past the age of thirty years he was united in marriage to Miss Carrie Eugenia Gardner, of Dresden, Ten- nessee, and to them were born three children: Henry, now deceased ; Lillie, who is the wife of W. J. Abraham, of Louisville, Kentucky; and Oscar, who was a resident of Louisville and died in 1902, was also one of the distinguished residents of that part of the state, and represented the Louisville district in Congress.
Henry Fielding Turner was only eight years of age at the time of his father's death. He was educated in Lexington, Kentucky, at- tended Transylvania University, in which he was graduated .on the completion of the law course, when about nineteen years of age. He has since practiced law, the legislature by special act permitting him to engage in practice on the completion of his collegiate course. He located in Lexington, and while there was united in marriage, on the 8th of May, 1850, to Miss Lucinda Slavens. After two years he removed to Henderson, Kentucky, where he has continued to reside throughout the
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intervening period. For many years he enjoyed a most lucrative and im- portant practice, but about eight years ago he put aside all professional duties, desiring to live retired from further labor. He has always been numbered with the ranks of the Democrats, but has never held or desired office. In 1870 he was a candidate for the appellate judgeship, but during the campaign withdrew from the race because of the trick- ery of an opponent, whom he denounced in an open letter. This action made him many friends and won for him the highest respect of all who became acquainted with him. He is one of the most distinguished attorneys of Kentucky, and his life has been crowned with a high degree of success, yet he is not less esteemed as a citizen than as a lawyer, and his kindly impulses and charming cordiality of manner have ren- dered him exceedingly popular among all classes. The favorable judg- ment which the world passed upon him in his early years has never been set aside, nor in any degree modified. It has, on the contrary, been emphasized by his careful conduct of important litigation, his candor and fairness in the presentation of cases, his zeal and earnest- ness as an advocate, and the generous commendation he has received from his contemporaries, who unite in bearing testimony as to his high character and superior mind. At the time that the legislature enabled him to become an active practitioner of the bar he was also made a Master Mason, and he is therefore the oldest Mason in Kentucky to- day of his age. His wife was born in Mercer county, Kentucky, in the city of Harrodsburg, in January, 1830, and they are now prominent residents of Henderson. Mrs. Turner was a daughter of Dr. Slavens, an able and well beloved physician of Harrodsburg, who was of Trish lineage. Her girlhood days were spent at her birthplace. She was educated in Lexington. She holds membership in the Episcopal church,
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while Mr. Turner belongs to the Christian church. They were the parents of five children : Sophia, who died at the age of thirty-five years; Josephine, who is the widow of B. C. Allen and resides in Chicago, Illinois; Mary, the wife of W. W. Shelby, of Henderson, Kentucky; Fielding L .; and Lucy A., the wife of C. T. Blackwell, of Henderson.
Fielding Lewis Turner was reared and educated in Henderson, Kentucky. He also attended the Kentucky Military Institute at Frank- fort, from which he was graduated in the class of 1874. He studied law under the direction of his father, and in 1877 was graduated on the completion of a law course in the Union University of Albany, New York. He then entered upon the practice of his chosen calling at Hen- derson, where he remained until 1886, when he removed to a farm in Ballard county. There he carried on agricultural pursuits for ten years, but in 1897 took up his abode in Wickliffe, and here resumed the practice of law. He has since enjoyed an important, lucrative and constantly increasing practice. While he was well grounded in the prin- ciples of common law when admitted to the bar, he has continued through the whole of his professional life a diligent student of these principles that constitute the basis of all legal success, and this knowledge has served him well in many a legal battle before the courts.
In 1877 was celebrated the marriage of Fielding L. Turner and Miss Eliza Dixon Marshall, of Henderson, in which place she was born and reared. Her father, W. J. Marshall, was a banker and capi- talist of Henderson, and is now deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Turner have been born three children: Henry F., who is police judge and attorney of Wickliffe; Lucy Marshall, wife of Wade Childress, of St.
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Louis, Missouri; and Sophia E. Mr. and Mrs. Turner occupy an enviable and prominent position in social circles, the hospitality of the best homes of Wickliffe being freely extended to them. Mr. Turner is a Democrat in his political affiliations, and fraternally is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and with the Masons. He has attained the Knight Templar degree in the latter organization, and is popular with his brethren of the craft. Both he and his wife are identified with church work, he being a member of the Episcopal church, while her membership is with the Presbyterian denomination. To see him in his office, alert, enterprising and watchful, one would think him all business, but his friends-and they are many-know him to be a most genial and companionable gentleman, who richly enjoys the pleas- ures and beauties of life.
EDWARD GARRETT.
Edward Garrett, cashier of the First National Bank, of Prince- ton, Kentucky, was born on his father's farm, six miles south of Prince- ton, March 20, 1865. Samuel Garrett, his father, was a native of Bel- fast, Ireland, whence he emigrated, at the age of thirty-five years, to America and located in Caldwell county, Kentucky, on a tract of land a few miles south of Princeton. Not long after his arrival here he married Miss Nina Freeman, a native of Lyon county, Kentucky, and a daughter of Washington Freeman, their marriage occurring in Cald- well county. Six children were born to them, three sons and three daughters. Here Samuel Garrett lived and labored for many years. Hle landed in Kentucky without a dollar, and when he died, at the ripe
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old age of seventy-three years, he was worth no less than a hundred thousand dollars, all the result of his own honest industry and good management. He accumulated land to the extent of five hundred acres, which he cultivated and improved, and as the years passed by he made many profitable investments in various lines of business, showing his keen foresight and his good judgment. He had extensive dealings in the stock business and as a tobacco buyer, was a stockholder in the First National Bank of Princeton, was interested in the building of the Illinois Central Railroad through Caldwell county, etc. Politically he was a stanch Republican. He was enterprising and public-spirited, and was as highly respected as he was well known throughout the county in which he lived. His widow and six children survive him.
Edward Garrett was the second son and second child in his father's family. He was reared on the farm and educated in the Princeton schools. At the age of eighteen he began his business career as clerk in the First National Bank of Princeton, in which capacity he served five years. He was then promoted to the position he now occupies, that of cashier, and which he has filled for ten years. He is now one of the stockholders of the bank. This institution was organized in 1883, with Mr. R. B. Ratliff as president, which office he continues to hold to the present.
Like his father, Mr. Garrett is an ardent Republican, and takes an active interest in public affairs, in a local way. For two years he was a member of the city council of Princeton, and in 1901 was hon- ored with election to the office of mayor of the town for a term of four years. Mr. Garrett is prominent and well posted in Odd Fellowship. He received the degree of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows some years ago, and has passed all the chairs in the order.
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SINGLETON HODGE.
To Singleton Hodge belongs the distinction of being the oldest practicing attorney at the bar in Princeton, Kentucky. Mr. Hodge is a native of Kentucky. He was born in Livingston county, June 22, 1834. Paton R. Hodge, his father, was born in North Carolina in 1799, and in 1806, at the age of seven years, was brought to Kentucky by his parents, their settlement being in Livingston county, where he was reared. Livingston county was then composed of what is now Caldwell, Crittenden and Lyon counties. Here Paton R. Hodge passed his life as a farmer. He married Miss Sally Owen, daughter of Major David Owen, who was an officer in the war of 1812, and a prominent man in Kentucky in his day. Mr. Hodge died at the age of sixty-five years, and his wife was fifty-eight or fifty-nine when she died. They were the parents of eleven children. Of this number five sons and three daughters grew to adult age and are still living, occupying useful posi- tions in life.
Singleton Hodge is the sixth in order of birth in his father's family. He was reared to farm life, receiving his education in the common schools and the academy at Salem. In 1851 he went to Marion, the county seat of Crittenden county, where he received the appointment of deputy clerk of the circuit court. This position he filled five years, at the end of which time, in 1856, he was elected clerk of the court for a term of six years, and rendered efficient and most acceptable service in that official capacity. In the meantime, during his leisure moments he studied law, was admitted to the bar in August, 1862, and at the close of his term of office he engaged in the practice of law. He remained in Marion until 1893, when he removed to Princeton. Mr. Hodge
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has been actively engaged in the practice of law for over forty years, and during that time has been identified with many prominent cases. In his practice at Princeton he now has as his partner his son, Singleton D., a bright young lawyer.
Mr. Ilodge was married in March, 1856, to Miss Kittie D. Cole- man, daughter of Henry R. D. Coleman. She was born in Crittenden county, Kentucky, February 3, 1840. They are the parents of eight children, of whom five are living, namely: Henry A .; Sue A., widow of Rev. R. H. Adams; Sally, wife of Jolm A. Flanary; Nannie E., wife of H. C. Moore; and Singleton D., who is in business with his father.
Politically Mr. Hodge is a Democrat. His first presidential vote was cast for Buchanan in 1856, and from that time to the present his support has been given to the Democratic party. In addition to filling the office of clerk, above referred to, Mr. Hodge served one term of four years, 1866 to 1870, as county attorney of Crittenden county, and he was four years county school commissioner. As a member of the school board his influence was directed in a way that aided materially in advancing the interests of the public schools. Mr. Hodge has been a member of the Masonic order since 1855. His religious creed is that of the Baptist church, of which he is a worthy member.
R. M. POOL.
R. M. Pool, assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Prince- ton, Kentucky, was born in Caldwell county, January 11, 1872. Mr. Pool belongs to one of the pioneer families of Kentucky. His paternal great-grandparents were of German and Irish descent, and among the
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early settlers of Christian county, having settled there about the year 1804-5.
Their son, T. B. Pool, was born in North Carolina in 1801. In Christian county he was reared and educated, practiced medicine for many years and also carried on agricultural pursuits, owning a large tract of land; with the early history of this part of Kentucky, Dr. Pool was actively identified, having a large practice that extended over many miles of territory. He lived to the advanced age of eighty-two years, respected by all who knew him.
His son, J. M. Pool, the father of the subject of our sketch, was born in Christian county in 1825, commenced life as a farmer in Chris- tian county, where he lived until 1853, at which time he moved to Caldwell county and purchased a farm about two and a half miles . east of Princeton, where he resided until 1877, when he was elected jailer, which office he held until 1897; then he retired on account of age.
J. M. Pool enlisted in the Confederate army early in 1861, and served valiantly until the close of the war. He served as a cavalry- man under Generals Breckenridge, Bragg, Morgan (being with the lat- ter during his raid through Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia), and under the brilliant cavalry leader, General Forrest, served gallantly. He participated in the battles of Fort Donelson, Chickamauga, Bull's Gap, Shiloh, Corinth, luca and many others.
His first marriage took place December 12, 1844, to Eliza Jane Nix, daughter of Lebanon Nix, and by her he had six children, viz. : William T .; Mary Frances (wife of M. Clark) ; Sarah Jane (wife of L. B. Allison) ; T. B .; James T .; and Caldora (deceased).
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Mrs. William Pool was born in 1827 and died in 1855. July 1, 1858, Mr. Pool married Mary F. Stephens, of Caldwell county. Eight children have been born to this marriage, viz .: Mildred A. (wife of W. S. Allison, of Princeton, Kentucky) ; Monroe (deceased ) ; Jonathan S., resident of Arkansas, and engaged in railroad business ; an infant, de- ceased; Louella (wife of W. C. Robinson, of Arkansas) ; R. M. Pool, the subject of our sketch; and Bettie (deceased). J. M. Pool died in Princeton, March 1, 1902, and his wife is still living.
R. M. Pool was reared and educated in Princeton, and com- menced his business career here as deputy clerk of the circuit court in 1889, which position he filled four years. In 1894 he accepted the posi- tion of draft clerk in the First National Bank. Here his prompt and careful work brought him into favor with the management of the bank, and soon gained for him promotion to bookkeeper for the bank, and in this capacity he established a reputation not surpassed in the state, and in 1901 he was elected assistant cashier, which place he now holds. He is a member of the board of trustees of the graded schools of Princeton, secretary and treasurer of the Princeton Mineral Company.
He is identified with the Masonic order, having membership in Clinton Lodge No. 82, A. F. and A. M., and also belongs to Madi- sonville Commandery of Knights Templar. Politically Mr. Pool is a Democrat, and religiously a Universalist. Both in social and business circles Mr. Pool stands high. Mr. Pool was married October 11, 1898, to Miss Jessie Ward Grubbs, daughter of F. L. Grubbs, of Princeton. Mrs. Pool was born and reared in Princeton, and is a graduate of the class of 1897 of the Princeton Collegiate Institute, having taken the . honors of her class. They have one son, James Monroe, named in honor of his grandfather.
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JOHN HAYWOOD LOVELACE.
John Haywood Lovelace, of Bardwell, was born at the home of an uncle in MeCracken county, Kentucky, October 10, 1840, and is a son of Andrew and Eleanor (Ashley) Lovelace. Both father and mother were born in Butler county, the former in 1812, and both died in Lovelaceville, Kentucky. The paternal grandfather was Andrew Lovelace, and the maiden name of his wife was Miss Holman, and they came from North Carolina to Kentucky, settling in Butler county, but in 1824 came to Ballard county and settled on the land which is the present site of Lovelaceville, the town having been named for An- drew Lovelace. His occupation was that of a farmer, and he died aged eighty-six years. He was captain of militia and a very prominent man. Andrew became the father of the following children: Nancy, Becca, Archibald, Elias, Isaac, William, Andrew, all deceased.
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