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DR. E. A. ARNOLD.
Dr. E. A. Arnold was for a number of years a leading citizen of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and in his death the town and county lost a man of high standing in every sphere of life with which he connected him- self. He was born in the state of New Hampshire in 1825, and was reared and educated there. He afterward attended Yale College, and following his graduation came to Indianapolis, Indiana, where he was engaged in practice until 1861. Hle then joined the United States navy,
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and was a surgeon on board one of the cruisers throughout the war, after which he returned to Indianapolis.
In 1865 he married Miss Caroline F. Webber, who was born and reared and educated in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Her father, Dr. Au- gustus Webber, was a pioneer of Christian county. He was born in Rockbridge county, Virginia, in 1795, and was reared there until he was about twenty-five years old. He was graduated from the medical department of Georgetown University and settled in Christian county about 1818. He grew up with the town of Hopkinsville, and all citizens had confidence in his professional ability and respected him for his substantial qualities of citizenship. He was married in Nashville, Ten- nessee, to Miss Nancy Tennihill, who was born, reared and educated in that state. After their marriage they returned to Hopkinsville and made that their permanent home. They were the parents of fourteen children : Ann, deceased; Charles W., deceased; four who died in in- fancy; Elizabeth, deceased; Julia, deceased; Katherine; Augustine, de- ceased; Mary, deceased; Mrs. Arnold; William, deceased; Ada. All were born and reared in Christian county. Dr. Webber was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was a very busy man in his profession. He died in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1875. He was a member of the Baptist church and took an active part in its work, having organized the pres- ent church of that denomination at Hopkinsville, of which he was a member for over fifty years.
Dr. Arnold went to lowa and began practice in Cedar Falls. After he had been there three years he was stricken with paralysis, and was then compelled to travel for his health. He afterward located at Vin- cennes, Indiana, and practiced there almost a year before death overtook him, in 1883, from the effects of the stroke. Dr. and Mrs. Arnold were
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the parents of four children, Mary, Julia, Ada and Edward, all of whom are deceased except Julia, who has been teaching in the Hopkinsville high school for twelve years. All the children were born in Illinois.
After her husband's death Mrs. Arnold spent most of her time in the east and in Illinois. She came to Hopkinsville in 1886 and bought a house and lot on Main street, where she has made her home ever since. She and her husband had lived for a number of years in this city, and he was for ten years head clerk in the Hopkinsville City Bank.
JUDGE W. T. FOWLER.
Judge W. T. Fowler, judge of Christian county, residing at Hop- kinsville, was born in Caldwell county, Kentucky, October 2, 1873 His father, Daniel E. Fowler, was a native of Tennessee, and a farmer by occupation. He came to Kentucky when a boy and located with his parents in Caldwell county. He married Mary Eison, a native of Hop- kins county, Kentucky, and they are both living and reside in Chris- tian county, near Hopkinsville. They were parents of six children, three sons and three daughters: W. T., the eldest; Leonard E., a drug- gist of Hopkinsville; Frances, wife of W. J. Murphy, a merchant ; and Nannie, Maud and Lucian.
Judge Fowler was reared in Christian county. He attended the public schools of Princeton and the normal school at Huntingdon, Tennessee, and taught school until he was twenty-one years old. . He had in the meanwhile studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1894. He was then associated in practice with Judge James Breathitt until he was elected to the bench. He was elected judge of Christian county
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at the November election of 1901, on the Republican ticket. He is a stanch Republican, and has taken active part in the campaigns, es- pecially the one in 1898. He is one of the trustees of the State Col- lege at Lexington, and a director of the Bank of Hopkinsville, and is also interested in real estate in Hopkinsville. He is one of the best known of the young attorneys of western Kentucky, and has gained a fine reputation for legal learning and ability as a jurist and member of the bar and bench. The firm of Breathitt and Fowler have a large . patronage, and have the legal business of the Illinois Central Railroad in this portion of the state.
On July 6, 1896, Judge Fowler was married to Miss Ila Earle, a daughter of Dr. Benjamin P. Earle, a prominent physician of Hopkins county, Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Fowler have two sons, William Earle and George L.
WALTER F. GARNETT.
Walter F. Garnett, who is engaged in the fire and life insurance business in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, was born in Montgomery county, Tennessee, January 8, 1849, and is the second son and second child of James T. and Mary E. (Fauntleroy) Garnett, whose history is given on other pages of this work in connection with the life of J. F. Garnett, a brother of Walter F. Garnett.
Walter F. Garnett was about four years old when he came to Christian county, Kentucky, and was reared on a farm. He attended a private school and also the Eastman Business College in Poughkeep- sie, New York, where was graduated in 1872. For the following six years he was engaged as a clerk in the stores of Hopkinsville, and
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then went into the mercantile business on his own account. He also served as tax collector for the city for about six years. In 1882 he took up the insurance business with the New York Life, and since then has added fire insurance, representing about nine companies, and also sells stocks and bonds.
Mr. Garnett married Miss Mary Wallace, a daughter of James A. and Cornelia (Gant) Wallace. She was born in Hopkinsville, Ken- tucky. Seven children, three sons and four daughters, have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Garnett: Leslie, in partnership with his father in the insurance business; Susan W .; Mary F .; Wallace F .; Lydabel; Fran- ces, and Joseph. Mr. Garnett has always been an adherent of Demo- cratic principles, but in 1896 left the Bryan wing of the party and allied himself with the Gold Democrats. He is a member of the Baptist church. He has lived nearly all his life in Christian county, and is one of the best known business men of the western part of the state.
GEORGE D. DALTON.
George D. Dalton, of the firm of Dalton Brothers, brick manu- facturers and builders in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, has been connected with these interests in this city for over twenty years, and has a repu- tation among his fellow citizens for thorough reliability, integrity and business enterprise. He was born in Robertson county, Tennessee, June 19, 1861.
His father, S. W. Dalton, was born in Logan county, Kentucky, near the Tennessee line, and was a prominent brick manufacturer in Springfield, Tennessee. He came to Hopkinsville, Kentucky, in 1882,
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and engaged in the manufacture of brick, which he continued till his death in May, 1892. He was a prosperous and energetic business man, and popular among all citizens. He was a member of the Baptist church. His wife was Sarah Jane Mason, a native of Robertson county, Tennessee, and she is still living, at the age of seventy. They were parents of nine children, six of whom are living: Minnie, the wife of G. H. Holman, of Springfield, Tennessee; George D .; Thomas M., in partnership with George D .; Nora, the wife of G. H. Davis, a con- tractor of Hopkinsville; Hilliard M., a stone-crusher; and Garner E., of Hopkinsville.
George D. Dalton, the next to the oldest in the family, was reared in Tennessee until he was twenty-one years old. He attended school at Springfield, and then learned the business of his father. He came with the latter to Hopkinsville in 1882, and they were associated to- gether until the latter's death. He and his brother Thomas then as- sumed the business, and are now carrying it on successfully and on a large scale. They employ about eighty men, and do building and contracting of all kinds, manufacturing at their plant their own build- ing material.
Mr. Dalton was married in December, 1888, to Miss Ada Meach- am, a native of Christian county and a daughter of F. S. Meacham. Mr. and Mrs. Dalton have no children. He is well known throughout the county, and he and his wife are members of the Baptist church. He owns a farm in the county and manages this in addition to his other interests. He is a Democrat in politics, and served on the city council for eight years. Mr. Dalton has the reputation of being the most suc- cessful business man in the town, and he has deserved all he has won. His brother attends to the outside work of the firm, while he looks after
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the business end. In 1889 he built one of the finest residences in the city, which is modern in all its parts, and is a most beautiful home for himself and wife.
DR. JOHN A. GUNN.
Dr. John A. Gunn, one of the foremost physicians of Hopkins- ville, Kentucky, was born in Person county, North Carolina, July 30, 1840. The family originated in Scotland, and members on both the paternal and maternal sides of the house were soldiers in the Revolu- tionary war. The earliest ancestor of the Gunns came from Scotland and settled in Virginia in the eighteenth century. Daniel B. Gunn, the father of Dr. Gunn, was born in North Carolina, and was a physician of excellent ability and standing. He attended the University of Pennsylvania and was a graduate of the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia. He practiced in North Carolina for a time, then moved to Tuskegee, Alabama, and practiced in the state until 1855, when he removed to Brandon, Mississippi, where he died in 1889. He married Eliza H. Brandon, whose grandfather was a colonel in the Revolu- tionary war. She was a well educated lady, a graduate of the Moravian College at Salem, North Carolina, and taught school in Alabama.
Dr. John A. Gunn was the oldest of five children. At the age of nine years he was taken by his parents to Yanceyville, North Carolina, about a year later to Tuskegee, Alabama, and at the age of fifteen to Brandon, Mississippi, so that his youth was passed in various places and under various conditions. Most of his early education was obtained from his mother. He was graduated in 1858 from the Brandon high school, of which Colonel Luke W. Findlay was principal, who is still living and one of the prominent citizens of the state. For a time after
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graduation from high school he was subscription clerk in a drug store and assisted his father. At the outbreak of the Civil war he enlisted in Captain Robert Smith's company of Mississippi Confederate Infan- try. Captain Smith was afterward promoted to colonel and was killed at the battle of Murfreesboro. Mr. Gunn's time expired just before the battle of Shiloh, but he re-enlisted in the Thirty-ninth Mississippi Infantry, under Colonel W. B. Shelby, and was in camp at Jackson. He was in the battle of Corinth, and was besieged at Port Hudson from May 27 to July 9, 1863, being lieutenant at the time. He was taken prisoner at the surrender of Port Hudson, and was held in prison for twenty-three months, for eighteen months being on Johnson Island, and during his period of captivity was in six different prisons. He was paroled in the spring of 1865, and while at Point Lookout Lincoln was assassinated. For thirteen months he was physician at the city hos- pital in Vicksburg, having studied medicine at the time but was not yet a graduate. From there he attended the medical department of the University of Louisiana during the session of 1866-7, and then en- tered the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati, where he was graduated in the spring of 1868. He then came to Christian county, Kentucky, and for the following eighteen years was in practice in Casky. He came to Hopkinsville in 1886, and has been one of the successful and well known practitioners of this place ever since.
Dr. Gunn married Miss Anna Kelley, a daughter of Dr. R. II. Kelley, of Hopkinsville, and they have become the parents of five chil- dren : Henry, deceased; Caroletta, at home; Florida, the wife of T. S. Gant; Ethel; John A., Jr., in business. Dr. Gunn is a member of the Episcopal church, and in politics is a Democrat, but always votes for the man he thinks best fitted for the place.
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DR. JAMES A. YOUNG.
Dr. James A. Young, a prominent and highly successful physician of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, was born in Bethany, Brooke county, West Virginia, May 16, 1846, of Scotch-Irish descent. His grandfather, Martin Young, was a native of Kentucky, and was a farmer, miller and distiller and a prominent man in his community and time. His son, Rev. James A. Young, was born in Logan county, Kentucky. He was educated for the ministry and graduated from Bethany College, West Virginia, and died before reaching his prime, while serving a pastorate of the Christian church in Tennessee. He married Ellen Douglas Kerr, a native of county Down, Ireland, whence she came to America in youth. Her father, Rev. W. Kerr, was a minister of the Presbyterian church for about fifty years. Rev. James A. Young and . wife had but one child, the subject of this biography, and the latter's mother was later married to Dr. D. J. Gesh, by whom she had two daughters.
Dr. James A. Young was about five years old when he came to Christian county, Kentucky. He attended the Hopkinsville Academy and later was a student in Bethany College and the Kentucky Univer- sity. He gained his professional education in the Ohio Medical Col- lege and in the Hahnemann school at Philadelphia, being graduated from the latter in 1867. . He practiced in Paducah for five years, and for over thirty years has been the honored practitioner to many a house- hold of Hopkinsville.
Dr. Young was married in 1870 to Miss Kate Long, a daughter of G. B. Long, of the prominent and well known family of Longs. She was reared and educated in Hopkinsville and is a graduate of South
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Kentucky College. Mr. and Mrs. Young have three children living : Ellen, assistant principal of the Corydon high school; James A., Jr., assistant cashier of the City Bank; Daniel, connected with the railroad service. The daughters Martha and Fanny are deceased. Dr. Young is a member of the leading homeopathic medical societies, associations and institutes in this section of the country, and keeps himself abreast of the progress of the times by means of these agencies and of con- stant reading and study. He is also assistant professor of diseases of children in the Southwestern Homeopathic College at Louisville. He affiliates with the Knights of Pythias and is a Mason. He is a mem- ber of the Christian church, and a stanch Republican.
LEMUEL R. DAVIS.
Lemuel R. Davis, sheriff of Christian county, Kentucky, was born in this county, November 17, 1869, and by his excellent qualities of citizenship and ability has honored the county as it has honored him. His father, William Davis, was born in Tennessee, and came to Chris- tian county about 1865. He is now seventy-four years of age and a resident of Paducah, Kentucky. He has followed the various occu- pations of farmer, carpenter, blacksmith and sawmill man, and has been an industrious and esteemed man wherever he has gone. His wife was Sarah Lawrence, also a native of Tennessee, and she is still living. They were the parents of nine children, and seven are living at the present time.
Lemuel R. Davis, the youngest of the family, was reared in Chris- tian county and received a common school education. He was in busi- ness in Crofton, Christian county, for about ten years, and in 1900 sold
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out. In the following year he was elected sheriff of the county by a nice majority, and then moved to Hopkinsville, where he now makes his residence. He is an efficient and popular officer of the law, and has a reputation for courage and firmness and readiness of resource in every emergency.
Mr. Davis was married in 1890 to Miss Emma L. Ebling, who was born in Christian county, a daughter of William Ebling, an old settler of this county. Mr. and Mrs. Davis have four children, Mamie, Parten, Stark and Pearl. Mr. Davis is a stanch and active Republican in politics. Fraternally he affiliates with the Masons, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; he has been especially prominent with the Masons, having filled all the chairs of the blue lodge, and he is now a Knight Templar. The shrievalty in this county also implies two other offices, that of county . and state collector and that of county treasurer, and he is performing the duties of them all with marked ability. He is a church member and active and public-spirited in all matters pertaining to the general welfare and good.
JUDGE JOE McCARROLL.
Judge Joe McCarroll, a prominent attorney of Hopkinsville, and a representative of one of the oldest and most highly respected families of Christian county, was born in Christian county, Kentucky, April 6, 1848. His grandfather was Dr. John McCarroll, a native of Mary- land and a surgeon in the war of 1812, and was one of the earliest settlers of. Hopkinsville, where he practiced for many years. He died during the progress of the Civil war, and at an advanced age. He was
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of Scotch origin. His son, Charles A. McCarroll, was born in Hop- kinsville, September 16, 1818, and is still living, having been a bank clerk, a hotel man and a farmer. He married Eloma Ellis, who was a native of Virginia and was brought in childhood to Hopkinsville by her parents, Nichols M. and Mary (Gunn) Ellis, the latter a member of the celebrated Gunn family of North Carolina. The wife of Charles A. McCarroll died at the age of sixty-seven years," in 1893. She was of English ancestry. She was the mother of two children: Mary E., the wife of George B. Starling, of Christian county, and Joe.
Joe McCarroll, the elder child of his parents, was reared in Chris- tian county and educated in the country and in the private schools of Hopkinsville. He taught school two years from his eighteenth year, and in the meantime employed his leisure time in the study of law. He then entered the law department of the University of Louisville, and was admitted to the bar in March, 1873. Since that date he has been constantly in practice in Hopkinsville, and has enjoyed thirty years of ever increasing success. He was elected judge of the criminal court of Hopkinsville, and during several terms has sat as special judge of the circuit court.
Judge McCarroll is a prominent member of the Masonic and Knights of Pythias orders, and has filled all the chairs in the same. He was married in 1880 to Miss Mary T. Holloway, a native of Hen- derson county, Kentucky, and a daughter of John G. and Laura (Smith) Holloway. Mr. and Mrs. McCarroll have four living sons, Charles, Joe, Jr., Robert HI. and William S. Three children died in youth, and the eldest son, John, died at the age of nineteen, in October, 1902. Judge MeCarroll has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, since boyhood, and has been an official of the same since 1871.
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He is a Cleveland Democrat, and for many years has been known as one of the leading lawyers of western Kentucky. For the past eleven years he has been a local member of the law department of the Louis- ville and Nashville Railroad Company.
J. B. ALLENSWORTH.
J. B. Allensworth, of the firm of Landes and Allensworth, is a leading attorney of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and has won his position at the bar of his native state by his talents and enterprising ability. He was born in Todd county, Kentucky, November 16, 1859, a son of Phillip B. and Hannah M. (Ferguson) Allensworth. The latter was a daughter of Robert Ferguson, one of the pioneer preachers in the Christian church, and he had three sons, Robert, John and Jesse B.," who were all ministers of the same denomination. Jesse was especially prominent during the war, to which he was opposed, although he joined the cause when war came on. He rallied many soldiers to the flag of the Confederacy. He was an exceedingly able man intellectually as well, and wrote four religious books which had a wide circulation and were authorities on their specific subject matter. The father of Phillip Allensworth was one of the first settlers of Todd county, Kentucky, and the latter and his wife were both natives of Virginia and came thence to Kentucky when about sixteen years old.
J. B. Allensworth was the fourth of seven children, four sons and three daughters. He was reared on a farm in his native county, and remained there until he was about twenty-four years old. He attended the country schools, and later entered the law school at Lebanon, Ten- nessee, where he was graduated, and soon afterward was admitted to
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the bar at Elkton, Kentucky. He carried on practice in the latter place about four years, and then took up his residence in Hopkinsville, where he has remained ever since. He was elected city attorney and served for four years. He formed his partnership with Judge Landes in 1898 and the firm has enjoyed a representative and liberal patronage in the general law.
Mr. Allensworth was married to Miss Eva Robb, of Fayette, Ken- tucky, and a daughter of Dr. Joseph Robb, of that place. They have three children, Margaret, Lucy and Robb. Mr. Allensworth affiliates with the Masons, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Royal Arcanum, and is a member of the Christian church. He is an active partisan of the Democratic party, and a few years ago was candidate for the district judgeship, but withdrew his name before the election. He is a ready and forcible stump speaker, and as such has been valuable in the various campaigns. He is well known and popular in the county, and has promise of much accomplishment in the future.
GEORGE W. WOOD.
George W. Wood, of Hopkinsville, is not only one of the oldest living native sons of Christian county, but is a member of the family which can claim priority of settlement on the present site of the city of Hopkinsville. George W. Wood was born in Christian county, Ken- tucky, in the city of Hopkinsville, February 23, 1825, so that he has nearly reached the eightiethi milestone on his life's journey.
His grandfather, Bartholomew Wood, was a native of South Carolina, whence he moved to Tennessee, and about 1796 came to Christian county, Kentucky, being the first man to locate where Hop-
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kinsville now stands. He first stopped at the river about one mile from this place, and carried all his property over on horseback, even taking his wagon apart and bringing things piece by piece. He discovered the spring now known as Rock Spring, and there pitched his tent, which was his first home. About a half a mile from this spot he found an- other spring, and here he built a log house and made the first improve- ments upon his farm. He took up land from the government, and upon his land the first houses of Hopkinsville were built, but the settlement was then called Elizabethtown, named by himself. His was the first house of the town. He was a great Nimrod, and was in his favorite element during the earlier years when all kinds of game animals were to be found in the vicinity, besides the barbarons humans in the shape of Indians. One of his sons was the first white child born in Chris- tian county. Grandfather Wood afterwards returned to Tennessee, where he died, but his remains rest at Hopkinsville. ITis wife spent her last days in Christian county and died at the home of her son, Bartholomew.
- Bartholomew Wood, the father of George W. Wood, is supposed to have been born in South Carolina and was twelve years old when he came to Christian county. After reaching manhood he bought his father's property at Hopkinsville. He was a farmer by occupation, and was one of the first county clerks. He also ran a hotel in Hop- kinsville for about three years. He lived to be seventy-eight years old. His wife was Nancy Saffren, a native of Virginia and the daughter of John Saffren, who was one of the early settlers of Christian county. She lived to be about sixty-five years old, and was the mother of eleven children, all of whom reached maturity, as follows: Patsy, deceased; Sevier, deceased; Hardin, deceased; Catherine, deceased; Caroline, de-
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ceased; George, mentioned below; John, a resident of Christian county ; Cynthia, deceased; Lizzie, the wife of D. M. Taylor, of Hopkinsville; Dr. B. S. Wood, deceased; and Miss Susan.
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