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Although not an active politician in the sense of office-seeking, Mr. Powell has done effective service in the interests of the Democracy and warmly defends its principles. He has been frequently urged to become
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the candidate of his party in the second congressional district, but prefers to serve his fellow-townsmen at home in the line of his chosen profes- sion. He is an esteemed member of the Masonic, Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias fraternities, and has delivered lectures throughout the country in behalf of the last named organization. Mr. Powell is a very popular citizen, his honorable life and commendable characteristics, combined with a genial, kindly manner having won him a host of warm friends. He has won a national reputation as an orator, yet in manner is unostentatious and easily approached by the humblest of the land.
Of James 11. Powell's family the only one following the law is John Stevenson Powell, who was born in Henderson county, Kentucky, on the 5th of June, 1868. He was named in honor of John W. Steven- son, of Covington, a warm personal friend of his grandfather, Lazarus W. Powell. He was educated in the public and private schools of Hen- derson and entered upon his business career as deputy in the office of the clerk of the county court, where he remained for three years. He afterward served for two years as deputy sheriff, and then took up the study of law, which was the chosen profession of his family for several generations. In politics he is a Democrat. He is a charter member of Henderson Lodge, No. 206, B. P. O. E., and attends St. Paul's Episco- pal church.
RICHARD B. WRIGHT.
The father of this well known Graves county farmer was J. M. Wright, who was born in the state of North Carolina in 1781. He came to Warren county, Kentucky, in early life and settled three miles
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west of Bowling Green. In 1837 he came to Graves county, and died on his farm six miles west of Mayfield in 1841. He was a member of the old Whig party, and had a very successful career as a farmer. He married Miss Anna Briggs, who was born in Scotland in 1787, and her death occurred two years previous to that of her husband. Their marriage was celebrated in 1804, and the following children were born of the union: Dr. Thomas Wright, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, who died in 1890; Robert, a blacksmith and farmer of Graves county, who was living six miles west of Mayfield at the time of his death in 1890; Marion, the wife of Gardner Seay, a farmer of Hickman county, Kentucky, died in 1857; William J. was a farmer of Graves county and died in 1882; Katie, the wife of Greenbury New, a cabinet- maker of Carlisle county, Kentucky, is still living at an advanced age; Hester is the wife of Robert Gardner, a Methodist minister of Breck- inridge county, Kentucky: Sarah A. died in 1888; Joseph resides at Mayfield; Martha died in 1856; Dr. A. F. Wright died in 1901 in Grayson county, Texas; Alice is the wife of James Brown, a carpenter in Graves county; Susan H., the wife of Lafayette Cole, a farmer in Hickman county, died in 1896; Samuel is a retired merchant of May- field ; Leander died at the age of thirteen.
The name of Richard B. Wright completes the list of this large family, and he was born in Warren county, Kentucky, in 1833. He was educated in Graves county, and must have been a studious and bright pupil, for after finishing his scholastic training he taught school for several years in Graves and other counties. He afterward turned his attention to farming, which he has made his chief occupation, and he has been unusually successful, at the present time being the owner of four hundred acres three miles southeast of Wingo, Graves county.
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In 1858 Mr. Wright was married to Miss Mary Ann Gregory, of Mayfield, Kentucky, and the following children were born to them: Jasper H., a farmer of Graves county; John B. also farms in the same county; Thomas is one of the popular school teachers of the county; Albert C. is a farmer in Graves county; Lilly is the wife of Samuel Daughaday, a merchant of Mayfield; Mattie is the wife of Thomas Fowler, a farmer of Fulton county, Kentucky; E. L. Wright is a Methodist minister of MeCracken county, Kentucky; Mary is the wife of Charles Graham, a farmer of Graves county; and the youngest member of the family is Miss Ollie.
ALPHONSUS KAMMER CARRICO.
Alphonsus K. Carrico is one of the young native-born citizens of . Graves county, and is already at the front as a member of the agri- cultural element. He has done well in his farming and stock-dealing operations, and has a large field of usefulness and endeavor before him in which to exercise powers as a business man and public-spirited citizen. Mr. Carrico comes of an old Kentucky family, his paternal grandfather, Henry Carrico, being a native of Casey county, this state, and his mater- nal grandfather, Samuel Willett, being born in Washington county, Kentucky.
Frank M. and Eliza J. ( Willett) Carrico, the parents of Alphonsus K. Carrico, were also natives of this state, the former of Washington county, and the latter of Graves county. Frank M. Carrico was a stock dealer, and very successful in his operations, becoming the owner of considerable real estate in Carlisle county, Kentucky, where he died January 14, 1897, at the age of sixty-two. He was a Democrat and
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quite prominent in politics, although he did not aspire to office. He was a member of the Catholic church. His wife is still living in Car- lisle county at the age of sixty years. They were the parents of the following children : Hallie, who died at the age of thirty-three ; Alphon- sus, Samuel P., Henry M., Leo M., John L., Mary G.
Alphonsus K. Carrico was born in Graves county, Kentucky, Jan- uary 13, 1871. He was reared and educated in the public schools of this and Carlisle counties, and when he started out for himself he began work- ing on a farm and dealing in cattle. He is now the owner of a fine farm of one hundred and five acres, well improved and cultivated in an up-to- date manner, near the city of Mayfield. In his political affiliations he is a Democrat, and is a member of the Roman Catholic church.
January 29, 1900, Mr. Carrico was married in this county to Miss Dora F. Marshall, who was born in Scott county, Missouri, April. 5, 1879. Two children have been born to them, Otha, on September 17, 1901, and Myrtle, May 6, 1903. Mr. Carrico is a young man who stands very high in the community in which he resides, and is justly regarded as one of the representative farmers of the county.
LOGAN L. BROWN.
Among the prosperous farmers and highly respected citizens of Mc- Cracken county, Kentucky, is the subject of this sketch, Logan L. Brown, whose identity with this county dates from 1887.
Mr. Brown was born in Henderson county, Kentucky, in the year 1842, and comes from North Carolina and Virginia ancestry, his parents, Charles W. and Rachel (Green) Brown, having been born in North Carolina and Virginia, respectively. His grandfather, William Brown,
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was a Scotchman who settled in North Carolina at an early day; and his maternal grandfather, Peter Green, was a native of the Old Do- minion. Charles W. Brown was a soldier in the war of 1812, a par- ticipant in the battle of New Orleans, and was a prosperous farmer. His two sons, Peter B. and Logan L. Brown, continued in the occupa- tion in which they were reared, both becoming successful farmers, Peter B. now being a resident of Henderson county.
Logan L. Brown had not yet emerged from his 'teens when the great Civil war broke out, but his youthful spirit was fired with love of native land and he went out in 1861 as a soldier in the Confederate service. Hle shared the fortunes of the southern army until 1864, when he returned home and settled down to farming in Henderson county, and two years later was married. In 1887 he moved with his family to McCracken county, where he has since been successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits.
Mr. Brown was married in 1866 to Miss Lizzie Rue, daughter of Stanford Rue, a well known farmer of Henderson county, and their children are Charles, Anestion, Ottist and Elmer. Mrs. Brown died in 1889. Politically Mr. Brown is a Republican and has ever taken an active interest in local politics. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic.
JAMES BENNETT WILEY.
A prominent factor in various interests in and around Maxon Mill,; McCracken county, Kentucky, is found in the subject of this sketch, James Bennett Wiley. He is a native of MeCracken county, was born in the year 1859, and is a son of James and Martha 11. (Ogilvie) Wiley, the former a native of Muhlenberg county, Kentucky, and the
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latter of Tennessee. James Wiley located in McCracken county in early life and was one of its prosperous and highly respected farmers. He died in 1874, at the age of fifty-eight years, and was buried in New- ton Creek graveyard. His wife, whom he wedded in 1850, survived him a number of years, her death occurring in 1891, at the age of sev- enty-one years. Their two sons are James Bennett and Steplren L., the latter a resident of California, interested in the Barrett & Hicks Hardware Company, of Fresno.
James Bennett Wiley was reared on his father's farm and attended the schools near his home. After leaving school he engaged in the general medicine business with his brother, in Woodville, Kentucky, where he met with success and where he continued until 1880. That year he went west and turned his attention to mining and cattle-raising, remained in the west for a period of fifteen years, and in 1895 returned . to his old home in Kentucky. Since his return to McCracken county he has been engaged in farming and in the drug business at Maxon Mill, and has been prospered in his undertakings.
Mr. Wiley was married to Miss Fannie Rudd, also of McCracken county, and they are the parents of one child, Stephen R. Mr. Wiley is identified with the same political party his father supported, and has always taken an active interest in local politics.
JOHN LENIHAN.
John Lenihan, one of the old and respected residents of Graves county, has had a career of successful endeavor since coming to this country over half a century ago, and is the object of especial esteem in the county of his adoption, where he has spent the best years of his
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life in honest labor. He is one of the many sons of Ireland who have come to this country without money and seeking opportunity to make an honorable place in life. He found his sphere of activity on this county, and none can find fault with the manner in which he has discharged his duties as a citizen and a man.
Mr. Lenihan comes of a family which had lived in Ireland for many generations before his birth. He was born in county Waterford, on Christmas day, 1831, a son of Michael and Mary ( Brien) Lenihan, the former of whom was a successful merchant of Dungarvan, Ireland. Both parents were devout Roman Catholics. They died when John was a small boy, and he has but slight recollection of them.
John and his brother Maurice were the only children, and they both came to America when John was seventeen years old. Maurice located in New Orleans, where he was employed by the Harrison Mor- gan Steamship Company, and was finally given full charge of their business and was on the highroad to prosperity. But the breaking out of the Civil war ruined the business, and after it was over Maurice, who had sympathized with the Confederate cause, traveled about the country and finally died at Santiago, on the Brazos river in Texas.
John Lenihan had learned the tailor's trade before coming to America, and on locating in the town of Mayfield, Kentucky, he at once began to ply his craft. He engaged in this pursuit for twenty years, and by close attention to business and honesty in dealing soon commanded an excellent trade. During the Civil war he was a sutler in the Union army in Companies A and B, First Illinois Cavalry, for four years, and during that time was taken prisoner five times, but managed to escape each time. While in business in Mayfield he bought a farm on the Sedalia road, two miles from Mayfield, and containing
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ninety acres of well improved land, and he and his wife afterwards moved out to this place, and have since been engaged in its cultivation. It is a delightful place in which to spend their declining years, and they have a happy home there and are contented with its comforts.
Mr. Lenihan has always adhered to the principles of the Republican party. He was married in 1859 to Miss Mary Panix, a native of Dover, Tennessee. They have had the following children: John, Maurice, Mollie, Thomas, Rose, Patrick, Robert, William and Mattie. The name of Lenihan is respected in Graves county, and the younger generation is adding its quota towards sustaining the family record for honesty of purpose and action and strict adherence to duty.
WALTER GRIFFIN.
Among the prosperous young farmers of McCracken county, Ken- tucky, is found Walter Griffin, a brief sketch of whom is as follows:
Walter Griffin was born in MeCracken county, Kentucky, in the year 1873, son of W. P. and Sallie M. (Le Roy) Griffin, the former a native of North Carolina and the latter of Tennessee. W. P. Griffin was born in 1814 and died in 1893, at the age of seventy-nine years. The latter part of his life was passed in MeCracken county, where he was engaged in farming. Politically he was a Democrat, and his re- ligious faith was that of the Baptist church, of which he was for many years a consistent member. Mrs. Sallie M. Griffin was born in Mont- gomery county, Tennessee, and is still living. Her father, Joseph Le Roy, was a Virginian by birth and lived to a very old age. The family of W. P. and Sallie M. Griffin consists of two sons and two daughters, namely: Daisy, wife of J. C. Rivers, of Maxon Mill, MeCracken
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county ; Mamie, wife of A. F. Williams, of Paducah, Kentucky; Walter C., a well known and prosperous farmer of McCracken county; and Walter, whose name introduces this review.
Walter Griffin was educated in the public schools of Paducah, and since leaving school has been engaged in farming and gardening, own- ing and operating a farm of one hundred and forty acres in the western part of the county. He is also interested in stock-raising. Few of the younger farmers of this locality are better known than he, and few, if any, have before them brighter prospects for success.
Mr. Griffin married, in 1898, Miss Mattie Warren, daughter of J. P. Warren, a prominent and wealthy farmer of McCracken county, and they have one child, a son, John W.
H. C. HILLIARD, M. D.
A recent addition to the medical profession of McCracken county, Kentucky, is found in the young man whose name introduces this sketch, Dr. H. C. Hilliard, of Cecil. Ile is a native of Kentucky, born in Hickman county. in the year 1875, son of David and Lizzie (Hays) Hilliard, the former a native of Green county, Kentucky, and the latter of Hickman county. Both parents died in the prime of life, the father in 1889, at the age of thirty-five years; the mother in 1887, at the age of thirty-two years. He was a farmer and a veterinary surgeon, politi- cally a Democrat and religiously a Methodist, and a respected citizen. The Doctor's paternal grandfather was David Hilliard, a native of Green county, Kentucky; and his maternal grandfather was Hercules Hays, a native of Washington county, Kentucky. Dr. Hilliard has one brother and two sisters, namely: Coleman Hilliard, a well known
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farmer of MeCracken county; Emma J., wife of Walter Norman; and Bertha F., wife of James Allison, both prosperous farmers of Hickman county, Kentucky.
HI. C. Hilliard was educated in the State College at Lexington, Kentucky, the State Normal College of Ada, Ohio, and the medical college at Cincinnati. Previous to his entering medical college he was for a time engaged in the drug business. He completed his medical course and graduated in 1900, and immediately after entered upon the practice of his profession in his native county, where he remained until 1903, that year removing to MeCracken county and locating in Cecil. where he has bright prospects for the future.
Dr. Hilliard was married in 1900 to Miss Mentie Price, daughter of Samuel and Lizzie ( Scott) Price, natives of middle Tennessee, and for some years residents of Hickman county, Tennessee, where her father died in 1892, at the age of sixty two years, and where her mother is still living. Mrs. Hilliard's brothers and sisters are John, William, Grundy, Dalton and Couch Price; and Mollie, wife of Weiley Rabey, a farmer of Graves county, Kentucky: Fannie, wife of John Sanders, a farmer of Hickman county; Ella, wife of Eli Hodges, a farmer of Hickman county ; and Dollie, wife of Richard Hays, a farmer of Mc- Cracken county.
WILLIAM R. PEAL.
William R. Peal, a well known resident of Paducah, Kentucky, and coroner of McCracken county, was born in Trigg county, Ken- tucky, August 28, 1840. He is a son of Dennis and Eugenia ( Ram- sey) Peal, the former of whom was a native of North Carolina and the latter of Kentucky. The paternal grandfather, Stephen Peal, was
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born in England, and the maternal grandfather, William Ray, was born in North Carolina. Dennis Peal was a farmer, and became very prominent. In politics, he was an old-line Whig and a Henry Clay Democrat, and he died at the age of sixty-five years, while the mother died when she was forty years of age. Six children were born to them, namely : Amos, William R., John James, Mary Ann, Helson, and James S., all of whom are living and were reared and educated in Mc- Cracken county.
Mr. Peal was elected sheriff of Trigg county, Kentucky, in 1878, and held that responsible office until 1882, when he removed to Paducah, and entered the police force, being speedily made captain. This office he retained until 1889, when he was elected coroner of the county, and still holds that office. Mr. Peal is a Democrat of influence in his party and highly respected by all who know him .. In his religious connections he is a member of the Broadway Methodist church of Paducah. Frater- nally he is a member of the Maccabees, and is very popular in that or- ganization.
In 1864 Mr. Peal was married to Lucie .A. Childress, also a native of Trigg county, Kentucky, and two children were born of this union. namely : Minnie Ophialic, now married and residing in San Angelo, Texas; and J. M. Peal, also of San Angelo, Texas, a very successful ice dealer and prominent citizen.
EDWARD HOSTETTER.
Edward Hostetter, a very prominent citizen of Paducah, Kentucky, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1857 and is a son of Daniel and Mary Anna (Buck) Hostetter, natives of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and Ger-
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many, respectively. The paternal grandfather, Edward Hostetter, was born in Pennsylvania, of German descent, while the maternal grand- father, William Buck, was born in Germany. Daniel Hostetter was a brick-layer by occupation. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, a Democrat in politics, and died in 1869 aged fifty-nine years. His widow is still living in Paducah at the age of sixty-three years, and is a very consistent member of the Presbyterian church. She enjoys ex- cellent health and is a very important member of her family.
Edward Hostetter was reared and educated in Cincinnati, Ohio, and after leaving school worked in a blacksmith shop for five years, after which he engaged with Nickols and Peas, boiler manufacturers of Chicago, with whom he remained three years. In 1878 he came. to Paducah, Kentucky, and went to work for the Lenhard boiler works as foreman. He continued in this capacity until the death of Mr. Len- hard, January 30, 1902, when he purchased the shop, and conducts it under the name of Plain City boiler works. His plant is conveniently located on the corner of Second avenue and Tennessee street, and the business was established by Mr. Lenhard in 1868. Mr. Hostetter is a stanch Democrat but has never aspired to public office.
On February 6, 1897, Mr. Hostetter was married to Miss June Polsgrove, a daughter of a well known carpenter of Fulton, Kentucky. Mrs. Hostetter was born in Hickman county, Kentucky, and has borne her husband children as follows: Edward, Henry, Susan and William, all of whom are living. Mr. Hostetter is an enterprising business man, and the success which has attended his efforts is well merited, as it has been gained through untiring energy, faithful work and personal appli- cation to the deals of his concern.
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JOHN D. TEMPLEMAN.
John D. Templeman, who is engaged in dealing in coal, feed and grain at Princeton and is also interested in a number of other enter- prises which benefit the city as well as advance individual success, was born here on the 26th of October, 1873, his parents being Matthew Wil- liam and Nellie (Dudley) Templeman. His father was born in Russell- ville, Todd county, Kentucky, in the year 1851, and was a son of John and Margaret (Currence) Templeman, both of whom were of Virginia birth. The mother of Mr. Templeman was born in Princeton and is a daughter of Milton and Eliza ( Harpending) Dudley, members of old families of Caldwell county. For many years Matthew W. Temple- man was engaged in merchandising in Princeton, and was recognized as one of the most enterprising, progressive business men of the city. Having lost his eyesight he has retired. Both he and his wife have a very wide acquaintance in the city and in Caldwell county, and enjoy in large measure the regard and esteem of those with whom they have been brought in contact. They had but two children: John D. and James M.
Under the parental roof John D. Templeman was reared, and in the public schools of Princeton he acquired his preliminary education, which was supplemented by study in Lexington, Kentucky. Thus he was well fitted by broad literary and intellectual training for the prac- tical and responsible duties of a business career. Returning to his home he has since been identified with business interests in Princeton, and since 1898 has engaged in the conduct of a coal, feed and grain store. A man of good business ability and marked enterprise, he has also extended his efforts into other fields of labor, and, becoming interested in the
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telephone business, he has since 1902 acted as local manager for the East Tennessee Telephone Company. He is likewise connected with the transfer business in Princeton and is establishing a water works sys- tem in the town, building up the latter enterprise from a limited capital. It will readily be seen that his efforts have been directed along lines that have proved of great benefit to the city, and not only through business affairs but in other ways has Mr. Templeman aided in promoting the welfare, progress and substantial improvement of his native town.
In 1902 Mr. Templeman was united in marriage to Miss Mary Darby, a daughter of the Rev. Dr. W. J. Darby, of Evansville, Indiana. Their attractive home is celebrated for its gracious and pleasing hos- pitality, which is enjoyed by their many friends. In his political affilia- tions Mr. Templeman is a Democrat, while fraternally he is connected with the Knights of Pythias lodge, and in religious faith is connected with the Cumberland Presbyterian church. A young man, he has al- ready been able to attain enviable success, which will undoubtedly be increased as the years pass by, for he possesses marked enterprise, laud- able ambition and strong determination.
A. B. YATES.
A. B. Yates, a prominent business man of Paducah, Kentucky, and manager of the well known grocery firm of Bockman Grocery Com- pany, of that city, was born in Union City, Obion county, Tennessee, July 27, 1878. Hle is a son of J. T. Yates and his wife Margaret (Haywood) Yates, both of whom were born in Obion county, Ten- nessee. The paternal grandfather, Christian Yates, was born in Ten- nessee, of Irish parentage, while the maternal grandfather was born in the same state, also of Irish parents. J. T. Yates was one of the
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well known physicians of Union City, and became very prominent as a Democrat, always taking an active part in all campaigns. Both parents of our subject are now deceased, and they had a family as follows: S. D., George Elmore, A. B., Thomas Lester, May Belle and Alvia, all of whom are living, having been reared and educated in Union City, Ten- nessee.
After leaving school A. B. Yates removed to Paducah and entered the employ of Bockman Grocery Company, remaining with this com- pany from 1895 until the present day, and rising successively from the position of clerk to that of manager, through his ability, excellent judg- ment and faithful service.
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