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she is now a successful teacher in the public schools of Paducah. Minnie Herndon, the second surviving child, became the wife of C. B. Lyle, of Clarksville, Tennessee; Miss Kate Herndon is a teacher in an academy near Clarksville ; and William died at the age of eight years. Three other children died in childhood. In 1882 Mr. Herndon married Miss Laura Coleman, who became the mother of three children; the eklest died at the age of three, and the other two are Frances and Chesley. Mr. Herndon is a Master Mason and a Knight of Pythias, belongs to the Methodist church, and in politics is of the rank and file of the Democracy.
RICHARD BENJAMIN BARRY.
Richard Benjamin Barry, deceased, was born in Louisville, Ken- tucky, November 7, 1833, and died November 11, 1892, at Paducah, Kentucky. He came of an old Kentucky family, and was reared and educated in Louisville, being the youngest of seven brothers. He learned the trade of blacksmithing in Louisville, and devoted himself to steam- boat blacksmithing. While residing in Louisville he married Mary Little, a native of that city, now residing in Memphis, Tennessee, with her youngest son. In 1861 he came to Paducah, and the same year entered the Confederate army, serving until the close of the war, after which he returned to Paducah and followed his trade until the time of his death, being moderately successful. In politics he was a strong Democrat, and served as a member of the city council for about six years. His religious opinions made him a member of the First Chris- tian church. Fraternally he was a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Masonic order.
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Mr. and Mrs. Barry had six children, two of whom are deceased. Thomas Isaac, the eldest, was born in Louisville, September 7, 1860, and came to Paducah in 1861 with his parents, being there reared and educated. From boyhood he has looked after himself, and drove the delivery wagon for W. H. Harris, grocer, for four years. He entered the grocery business for himself at nineteen years of age, and for four years carried it on with marked success, after which he sold his interests and engaged with Captain E. Farley for two years. He then was with Edward P. Noble & Company, wholesale grocers, as general clerk for nine years, never losing a single hour. At the expiration of this time he and W. Y. Noble formed a partnership in a coal and feed busi- ness, but soon after Mr. H. A. Henneberger purchased the interest of Mr. Noble, and the firm became Barry & Henneberger, dealers in coal and feed, corner Ninth and Harrison streets, where they have met with remarkable success, and have built up a large business.
In 1881 Mr. Thomas Barry married Miss Clara, daughter of Cap- tain C. C. Bowman, and two children have been born to them, namely : Pearl and Edward. In politics he is a Democrat, and was alderman for eight months, until he resigned. He is an ex-official member of the Methodist church, and is a very enterprising young man, devoted to the memory of his father, and delighting to give him honor.
THOMAS H. LOVELACE.
There is no field that is more inviting to a man of ability, nor one in which his activity can be more productive of results of far-reaching importance than that of politics, and the community is to be con- gratulated on account of having in its midst one who gives his best
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energies and efforts in promoting the cause of the party with which he is affiliated. Since he was first competent to vote Mr. Lovelace has been one of the most industrious and consistent Democrats in Fulton county, and his efforts have been of great value in promoting the public welfare.
Mr. Lovelace is yet a young man, being but twenty-five years of age. He was born in Union City, Tennessee, on the 26th of February, 1879, and acquired his education in the public schools there. In 1896 he removed to Fulton, Kentucky, and for a number of years was city editor of the Fulton Daily Leader, and for one year was editor of the Dixie Democrat of Bardwell, Kentucky, and has also been editor of the Hickman Courier, of Hickman, Kentucky. He occupied that posi- tion until the Ist of May, 1903, when he resigned to accept a better position, being now private secretary to the IIon. Ollie M. James, mem- ber of Congress from the first Kentucky district. Mr. Lovelace has made a close study of political issues, and is deeply interested in every- thing bearing upon his country's progress in this connection. He is also interested in merchandising in Fulton, but is perhaps most widely known as a prominent figure in Democratic political circles in the first district. He is a man of pleasing address, social and genial manner, and makes friends wherever he goes.
ADOLPHUS I. ELLIOTT.
Adolphus I. Elliott is a native son of Graves county, and has spent his entire life within its bounds. He has followed farming as his prin- cipal occupation, and has been known for his excellent qualities of citi- żenship and industry and enterprise in whatever undertaking he has
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engaged. Mr. Elliott is a son of William A. Elliott, who was born in Washington county, Kentucky, July 11, 1827, and died August II, 1871, and was a son of James Elliott, also a native of Washington county. William Elliott was a devoted member of the Catholic church till the day of his death. While he was stanch in his adherence to the principles of Democracy, he never songht political favors. He mar- ried Miss Lucinda C. Ingraham, who was born March 5, 1828, a daugh- ter of William Ingraham, a native of Virginia, and she is still living at the advanced age of seventy-five, but in excellent health. She has been the mother of eight children, as follows: Nancy J., deceased ; Samuel C., deceased; William H .; Adolphus I .; James A., coroner of Graves county ; Laura B., deceased; Lucinda F., wife of Christ Toon; and Nannie F., wife of Samuel Curtsinger.
Adolphus I. Elliott was born in Hickman county, Kentucky, April 18, 1860, but was reared in Graves county, where he attended the public schools. He was brought up on a farm, and early showed a preference for agriculture, which he has followed so successfully ever since. He is now the owner of one hundred acres of good land, with fine improve- ments of a permanent nature, at the town of Freda. He has evinced much skill in his methods of farming, and his place will compare with any farm of its size in the vicinity. He has been prominent in the public life of the little community of Freda, and was its postmaster for four years. He gives his allegiance to the Democratic party, and is a mem- ber of the Catholic church.
October 2, 1882, Mr. Elliott was united in marriage to Miss Elmira Ballard, who was born in Graves county, August 14, 1862. Eight children have come to bless their home, as follows: Nannie R., born June 21, 1884; William C., December, 1885; Lillie G., August 16,
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1888; Mary G., June 14, 1891; Lawrence J., September 18, 1893 ; Joseph A., June 20, 1896; Arthur D., September 26, 1898; and Beatrice, June 14, 1901. Mrs. Elliott is also of the Catholic faith, and she and her husband are held in the highest esteem in the neighborhood where they have proved themselves such useful citizens and kind and helpful friends.
JESSE MCCLAIN GILBERT.
Jesse McClain Gilbert, attorney-at-law at Paducah, Kentucky, was born near Benton, Marshall county, Kentucky, February 13, 1860, a son of Hugh and Sarah Ann ( Walters) Gilbert. The father was born in Mississippi and was a son of Joel Gilbert, a native of Virginia. Joel was a son of Jesse, and Jesse was a son of John Hale Gilbert, born in England. Jesse Gilbert was a native of Virginia, and married Anne- Sims, a cousin of General Washington.
Hugh Gilbert was a merchant for forty years, and also engaged in farming in Marshall county, Kentucky. In 1880 he located in Pa- ducah, and conducted a mercantile establishment until his death in 1889, when he was sixty-nine years of age. His wife died in 1878, aged sixty-nine years. They had twelve children, of whom nine are living.
Jesse McClain Gilbert was reared upon a farm three miles south of Benton, Kentucky. His education was obtained in the country schools, the Benton high school and State Normal School at Bloomington, Illi- nois. In early life, when only fifteen years of age, he taught his first school, and alternated teaching and attending school for some time. Among other places, he taught school in several counties in western Kentucky, and gained an enviable reputation as an educator. In 1890
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he was elected county superintendent of schools of MeCracken county and served as such for four years thereafter. . Meanwhile he took up the study of law under the late Judge Jesse C. Gilbert, of Paducah, one of the most profound and able lawyers whose career has graced the record of the Paducah bar. In 1892 Mr. Gilbert was admitted to the bar, and since then has been an active and successful practitioner of law in Pa- ducah and the adjoining country. Appreciating his ability, in 1901 the people elected him city attorney of Paducah on the Democratic ticket. Fraternally he is a Master Mason, and belongs to the Ancient Order of United Workmen, to the Modern Woodmen and Maccabees, and is also a Redman. In religion he is a Methodist.
In 1879 Mr. Gilbert was united in marriage with Miss Eugenie Wood, a daughter of Rev. Gray Wood of the Methodist church. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert have one child, Miss Birdye, a graduate of the Pa- ducah high school and Young Women's College of Asheville, North Carolina, and a very accomplished and charming young lady and skilled musician.
JAMES CAMPBELL.
James Campbell, attorney of Paducah, was born in that city, April 9, 1843, and is a son of James and Mary Campbell. The father was born in Petersburg, Virginia, and the mother was born in Salem, Ken- tucky. The former came of Scotch ancestry, his father having been born in Scotland, but became an early settler of Virginia and a soldier in the Colonial army, settling at Petersburg, Virginia.
James and Mary Campbell were consistent members of the Pres- byterian church, in which the father was an elder and generous con- tributor, being in every way a most worthy and upright man. In ad-
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dition to other interests he was president of the Branch Bank of Louis- ville.
James Campbell was reared and educated in Paducah, and studied law with his father, being admitted to the bar in 1866, when but twenty-three years of age. From 1880 to 1886 he served as circuit judge. Ile has been a member of the city council for a number of years. In politics he is a Democrat, and very active in local affairs.
In December, 1868, he married Miss Mary K. Wheeler, daughter of Dr. James Wheeler, of Christian county, Kentucky. Four children have been born of this marriage, namely: J. W. and James K., and Bessie C. and Miss Jennie. Mr. Campbell has large real estate interests in Paducah, and is justly regarded as one of the leading men of the county.
JOHN H. STEVENS.
John H. Stevens, ex-sheriff of Caldwell county, Kentucky, and one of the enterprising residents of Princeton, was born July 5, 1854, a son of Jesse and Polly A. (Stevens) Stevens, both born in Caldwell county. The paternal grandfather was Edward M. Stevens, also born in Caldwell county, and a son of Elijah Stevens, from North Carolina. The maternal grandfather was General Jesse Stevens, also a native of Caldwell county, a half-brother of Edward M. Stevens. Jesse, the maternal grandfather, served in the Confederate army during the Civil war as general.
Jolin H. Stevens is the only son born to his parents. He had two sisters, one of whom is deceased. The father being a farmer, John H. Stevens was reared to an agricultural life. While a Democrat in poli- tics, the father never sought or held office. A fair common school edu-
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cation was given our subject, and his early life was spent within a mile and a half of Princeton. His first work for himself was done on a farm, but he soon embarked in an ice business in Princeton in 1877, and has since continued in that line, although he has retained his farm. His residence is in Princeton, where he has a very pleasant home in which he has lived since 1885.
In 1886 he was elected, as the Democratic candidate, to the office of county assessor, and was re-elected in 1890, and served a little more than two terms of four years each, on account of a change in the law, or nine years. In 1897 he was elected county sheriff, and served with honor for four years. He has been very active in politics, and for the past few years has been chairman of the county central Democratic committee. In 1882 he was happily married to Miss Mary P. Guier, a native of Louisiana, and to this union six sons and one daughter have been born.
THOMAS H. MOLLOY.
Thomas H. Molloy, circuit clerk of Lyon county, Kentucky, was born in this county on a farm, January 31, 1848, and is a son of Samuel B. and Maria J. (Reed) Molloy. He was reared upon the parental farm and given a good common school' education. The father was killed when our subject was a child, and the lad was thrown upon his own resources. He farmed until 1886, and has spent his life in Lyon county, where he still owns farm lands. On the Democratic ticket in 1886 he was elected circuit clerk of the county, and has been succes- sively re-elected ever since. Prior to this he had served as county assess- or for four years, and deputy county assessor four years prior to that.
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county, Kentucky, and they have two children, namely : Walter P. and Ethleen. Both Mr. and Mrs. Molloy are members of the Methodist church, South.
Samuel B. Molloy, deceased, was born in what is Caldwell county, Kentucky, and was a son of Demarcus and Anna ( Beck) Molloy. De- marcus was born in Princeton, Gibson county, Kentucky, and from there moved to Caldwell county where he farmed, lived and died. The mother of Samuel Molloy was born in what is now Lyon county, Kentucky, and was a daughter of Isaac and Margaret ( Maddox) Reed.
C. C. REYNOLDS.
C. C. Reynolds, deceased, was for more than two decades a re- spected and successful farmer of Christian county, Kentucky. He was born in Cumberland county, Virginia, January 10, 1849, and was reared and educated there. In 1872 he came to Christian county, Kentucky, where a few years later he married and where he passed the rest of his life in agricultural pursuits. He was a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He died in 1897, leaving a widow and four children.
Mrs. Hattie ( Hopson ) Reynolds, his widow, was born on the farm on which she still lives in Christian county, in January, 1849. Her father, Edward Hopson, also a native of this county, was one of its best known and most highly respected farmers. He died here at the age of fifty-five years. Henry Hopson, the grandfather of Mrs. Reynolds, came to Kentucky from North Carolina and made settlement in Chris- tian county at an early day, he being among the primitive residents of the county. Mrs. Reynolds' mother was before marriage Miss Eliza Willis, who was born and passed her life in Christian county, and who
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died here at the age of forty-four years, in 1861, leaving a family of seven children, all of whom reached adult years. Of this family only two are now living, Mrs. Reynolds and her brother Charles, who resides with her. Mrs. Reynolds was reared on the home place, a fine farm of two hundred and sixty acres, and here, in 1875, she married C. C. Rey- nolds, at whose death, as above stated, she was left with four children, two sons and two daughters, namely : Fannie L., wife of Hurbert Cox, of Hopkinsville, Kentucky; Anna May and Edward, at home; and John, of Paducah, Kentucky. Mrs. Reynolds is a member of Shilo Methodist Episcopal church.
HENRY BUCHANAN.
Well may America boast of her citizenship, for great have been the accomplishments of her sons in all lines of endeavor which con- tribute to the sum of the world's progress. In this land where every man is born equal before the law, where the road to public usefulness and public honor is open to all, it is worthy of note when an individual, by his merit and ability, is enabled to pass others on the highway of life and reach the goal of prosperity. Standing in an eminent position among the leading citizens of Hickman and Fulton county is Henry Buchanan, who at an early age started out in life for himself and has had an eventful career, being connected with many events which have left their impress upon the history of the country.
Mr. Buchanan was born in southern Maryland, near Harper's Ferry, on the 29th of March, 1824, a son of Robert G. and Fanny (Wise) Buchanan. The father was reared in Maryland and secured a fair education there. He was a painter by trade, and instructed two
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of his sons in the work of that craft. He was still following his trade when he met a tragic death, at the advanced age of eighty-eight years. While crossing a street in Buffalo he was run down by a heavy wagon and killed. His wife passed away at the age of sixty-six years. In the family were nine children, as follows: Mary Ann, Hiram and Matilda, all deceased: Henry; John and Alfred, who have also passed away; Louise; Charles; and Kate, deceased.
Henry Buchanan spent his boyhood days in the city of Buffalo, New York, and acquired a common school education. When twenty years of age he began learning the painter's trade under the direction of his father, and at intervals throughout his entire life has followed that pursuit. When about twenty-one years of age he joined the American navy, at Boston, and served for three and a half years on the ship Colum- bus. On the expiration of that period he returned to Buffalo and began work at the painter's trade.
In 1848 Mr. Buchanan was united in marriage to Miss Lucy Waldo, a daughter of Nathan Waldo, of New York. The following year he went to California to seek his fortune, attracted by the discovery of gold, his wife remaining in Buffalo. He was fortunate in striking a rich claim on the Yuba river, at Rattle Snake Bar, and after two years of hard work he returned to Buffalo with a neat fortune. In 1853 he again went to the Pacific coast, this time making his way to Oregon, where he opened a hotel; but after a short time he again located in Cali- fornia, engaging in mining at Yreka. While there the town was de- stroyed by fire, but its enterprising citizens at once rebuilt it, and Mr. Buchanan, who secured the contracts for painting, made several thou- sand dollars by his work there. Mr. Buchanan is familiar with life in California in carly mining days. Not from hearsay but from actual
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experiences has he learned of the conditions which existed in the far west during the times of the mining excitement, when people from all sections of the country flocked to the coast in search of the precious metal, the great majority going with the hope of honestly winning success, while others went for the purpose of living off of others' gains, and thus causing a lawless element which was not quelled until the respectable men took the law into their own hands and brought order out of chaos.
Mr. Buchanan is also a veteran of three wars, having participated in an Indian war, in the Mexican war and in the Civil war, and he was ever found a brave soldier, loyal to the cause under which he enlisted. In the Civil war he was a lieutenant in the famous "Orphan Brigade," be- longing to Company H, Ninth Kentucky Regiment, of the Confederate army. After 1864 he acted as commander of scouts and did gallant service. His first fighting, however, was in border warfare, when as a young man he fought against the Rogue River Indians in distant Oregon. Back to the Mexican war seems a long lapse of years and all but a few of those who participated in that struggle have answered the last roll call, yet he was at Buenta Vista with the gallant Zachary Taylor, when fifty six hundred Americans routed a horde of twenty-two thou- sand Mexicans under Santa Anna. . He served all through the war with Mexico with gallantry and distinction.
When the tocsin of war sounded for the great strife between the north and the south, he was a prosperous merchant at Louisville, but the stern alarm quickly summoned him to the front. He enlisted in Company H, Ninth Kentucky Confederate Infantry, and served through- out the prolonged struggle with marked bravery. The roster of his services, as given in the history of the famous Orphan Brigade, is as
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follows: "Henry Buchanan, New York : was elected second lieutenant, October 18, 1861, and was re-elected April 25. 1862; was promoted to first lieutenant in 1862; fought at Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Hartsville, Stone River, Jackson, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky Face Gap, Resaca to Atlanta; Peach Tree intrenchment ; and ten days at Jones- boro. He was wounded at Stone River."
Ruined by the fortunes of war, at the close of hostilities Mr. Bu- chanan arrived in Hickman with only a dollar and a half. Since then his history-which is a splendid one-is largely familiar to the people of this locality. He secured employment in the store owned by Jolin Millet, and in three years bought out his partner. He has successively been president of the three banks in Hickman, and at present is the president of the Farmers' & Merchants' Bank. It is a rare and unique fact that every merchant, with three exceptions, now doing business in Fickman received his business education under Mr. Buchanan. It would be difficult to find any one who has taken a more active and helpful part in the upbuilding and improvement of the city or one to whom the city is more deeply indebted for its progress along lines of permanent advancement.
Fraternally Mr. Buchanan is a member of the Royal Templars and the Confederate Veterans of Louisville, and his wife is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church, South. Mr. Buchanan has been a life-long Democrat, and served for one term in the city council, but refused to act longer. He is still active in business, in citizenship and in social life, although he has attained the age of seventy-nine years, and it is to be hoped that he may be spared to many years more of activity. His has indeed been an eventful career, and his life has been useful and honorable. Many events which are to others matters of history are to
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him matters of experience, his mind forming a connecting link between the past and the present. There are few who approach the evening of life with such vigor and such continued interests in the affairs bearing upon local advancement and national progress, and few there are who enjoy so uniformly the respect, confidence and honor of those with whom they are associated as does ITenry Buchanan.
RICHARD MASON ALLEN.
Richard Mason Allen, a prominent farmer and stock dealer of Mc- Cracken county, Kentucky, was born in this county September 22, 1841, and is a son of William Peter and Lucinda (Stanley) Allen. The father was born near Petersburg, Virginia, March 20, 1812, and is now residing in McCracken county, being one of its oldest citizens. He is a son of Epps Allen, also a Virginian, and one of the carly settlers of Mc- Cracken county, having come here about 1828, and died here aged about seventy-seven years. The mother of our subject was born in North Carolina, and is a daughter of William Stanley, who moved from North Carolina to Tennessee, and thence to Kentucky, becoming one of the pioneer settlers of MeCracken county. The parents of our subject had three sons and one daughter, namely : William E., deceased; Needum S., a farmer of the county ; Richard M .; Mary Duke, widow of Jack Wil- liams, of McCracken county, Kentucky. The father is a Democrat, and in his religious views is a Baptist.'
The entire life of Mr. Allen has been spent in his native county, where he married Irene Allen at the age of twenty-three years. She is a daughter of Dr. Lewis Allen, of Obion county, Tennessee, where she was born. Mr. R. M. Allen has been very successful and now owns three
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hundred and thirty-five acres of land, and is a heavy stock-raiser and dealer. He makes a specialty of horses, being the owner of the famous pacer Dyersburg, a stallion. He also has several fine brood mares, and he is well known among horsemen. In politics Mr. Allen is a Demo- crat, but has never desired office.
In 1862 he went into the Confederate army under Captain Davis, and was attached to the Seventh Tennessee, serving three and one-half years, later being under Captain Falkner, and he participated in the battle of Belmont, and others. He was once wounded. He is an honor- able gentleman, successful in his enterprises and holds the confidence of his fellow citizens.
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