The Biographical encyclopaedia of Kentucky of the dead and living men of the nineteenth century, Part 81

Author: Armstrong, J. M., & company, pub
Publication date: 1878
Publisher: Cincinnati, J. M. Armstrong
Number of Pages: 946

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terly." The "Quarterly" consisted, to a great extent, of doctrinal and polemical writings, and was belicved to be the ablest religious periodical in this country. Among its marked features were its editorial reviews, which were peculiarly broad and scholarly. It largely repre- sented the intellectual strength of the denomination. He is now engaged with several other distinguished cler- gymen of the Christian Church, who were chosen to prepare a "Commentary on the New Testament," the Book of Acts being assigned as his part of the great work. He took an active part in building the beautiful house of the Lord in which the Central Christian Church worship. That was one of the great works of his life. When it became apparent that the Disciples should have some plan of co-operation, some centraliza- tion of their forces, he stepped forward, and was the first to indicate the methods necessary to reach that end. In 1869, at the General Convention, held in St. Louis, he brought forward a resolution submitting the whole question of Church co-operation to a committee of twenty. He was chairman of that committee, which was composed of the ablest men in the Church. They sub- sequently met in Louisville, and, after a thorough can- vass of the whole matter, reported a plan of organization which was sanctioned by the entire Church. This was the first systematic organization of the various societies of Disciples over the country, for co-operation in mis- sionary work. This grand result was largely due to his efforts. In 1874, he was a delegate from the Christian Church to the Triennial Conference of Free-will Bap- tists, held at Providence, Rhode Island. He addressed that body on the faith and practices of the Disciples, and proposed the appointment of a committee, by them, to confer with a similar committee from the General Convention of Disciples, to take into consideration the question of uniting the two denominations. Both his proposition and earnest address were received by the Conference with great enthusiasm, and a committee at once appointed to meet one to be appointed by his Church. Of the committee on the part of the Disciples, he was made a member. From his parents, he inherited great physical strength, and many remarkable and ad- mirable mental traits. The broad, lofty, and bold fore- head and dark, overarching eyebrows give his counte- nance, at times, an almost prophetically stern aspect, yet his benevolence exerts a controlling influence on his character, and constantly manifests itself in his personal appearance. His tall, angular, and powerful physique, with the fine superstructure, indeed his whole make-up, would anywhere characterize him as a man of extraor- dinary endowments. There is no gloomy side to his life. He has been successful himself, and looks upon the world as full of the elements of success and good. Christianity, to him, is all light and happiness, and few men better illustrate, by their daily walk, the buoyancy

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and benignity of their faith and principles. One of the most admirable and marked elements in his character is his humor, an almost uncontrollable vein of which runs through his whole life, rendering him socially attractive, and giving vivacity to his writings, and, to some extent, vigor to all his works. This, too, is largely based upon his faith in the munificence of divine Providence in the affairs of men. He is a preacher of great attractiveness and power; has uncommon executive ability; is an en- ergetic and effective worker; is deservedly popular in his Church ; has all the enthusiasm of early manhood ; is barely in the prime of life, and seems yet in the out- set of a splendid career. Mr. Moore was married, in 1864, to Miss Mary A. Bishop, daughter of Hon. R. M. Bishop, of Cincinnati, a lady of great good sense, ad- mirably adapted to his genial manners, and his life-work. They have several children.

INDSAY, GEN. DANIEL WEISIGER, Law- yer, was born in Frankfort, Kentucky, October 4, 1835; son of Hon. Thomas N. Lindsay, an eminent lawyer of Frankfort ; and grandson of John B. Lindsay, a former resident and well- known citizen of Newport, Kentucky, who was a brother of the celebrated Methodist minister, Marcus Lindsay, of Kentucky. His mother was Isabella P. Weisiger, a native of Frankfort, daughter of Daniel and Lucy Weisiger, who came from Virginia, and set- tled in Frankfort, in 1792. In his youth, he was a pu- pil of B. B. Sayre, of Frankfort, a teacher of fine repu- tation, and whose scholars were of the leading families of the State. After graduating in the Kentucky Mili- tary Institute, in 1854, he commenced the study of law with his father; then took a full course in the Louisville Law School, graduating in 1857. His health being im- paired, he deferred entering upon practice till the fol- lowing year, when he began and continued in the prac- tice of law till the breaking out of the war, when he entered the Federal army, and aided Gen. Nelson in raising troops at camp "Dick Robinson;" afterwards raised a regiment, called the Twenty-second Kentucky Volunteers; was elected colonel, and joined Gen. Gar- field in his campaign against Gen. Humphrey Marshall, up the Big Sandy; was then transferred, with his com- mand, to the division of Gen. George W. Morgan, at Cumberland Gap; remained with him till his retreat, in 1862; also, accompanied him in a short campaign on the Kanawha river; after which his command was or- dered to Memphis, and was incorporated into the army under Gen. Sherman. He was then appointed com- mander of the Second Brigade of Gen. G. W. Morgan's division; continued in that command, in the Thirteenth Army Corps, until after the surrender of Vicksburg and

Jackson ; went from there to Louisiana, in command of his brigade; and left the service, in the Autumn of 1863, to accept the position of Adjutant-General of Kentucky, to which office he had been appointed by Gov. Bramlette. He held this position until the close of Gov. Bramlette's term of office, in 1867. His military career was active and arduous; he, with his command, having participated in the battles of Middle Creek, Cumberland Gap; Tazewell, Tennessee; Chickasaw Bayou, near Vicksburg; Arkansas Post; and the campaign including engagements at Port Gibson, Champion Hill, the siege of Vicksburg, Big Black bridge, and the capture of Jackson, Mississippi ; and many less important engagements. Since leaving the Adjutant-General's office, he has been constantly engaged in the practice of law, in which he has met with great success, and now occupies a high position at the bar. Gen. Lindsay is an active, public-spirited citizen ; has been a member of the Frankfort City Council for sev- eral years; has been a member of the Protestant Episco- pal Church since 1862; and is connected with several so- cial organizations. He was married, in January, 1864, to Miss Catherine McIlvaine Fitch, daughter of Thomas B. Fitch, a farmer of Daviess County, and his wife, Sarah Antoinette Fitch; and has a family of three sons and a daughter. He is a man of mark in his commu- nity ; of commanding figure and attractive appearance ; of fine personal habits and unflinching integrity ; and occupies a prominent position in the history of the State.

ADISON, GOV. GEORGE, was born in 1763, in Rockingham County, Virginia. When quite a boy, he entered the Revolutionary army, and served gallantly for two years. He also en- gaged in many battles fought against the In- dians, in the early settlements of the West. At the head of his company, in 1791, he was wounded in St. Clair's defeat, and was also wounded in an engage- ment with the Indians in the following year. He re- moved to Kentucky at an early period, and at once began to take a conspicuous part in the affairs of the country. March 7, 1796, he was appointed, by Gov. Shelby, as State Auditor of Government Accounts, and became one of the most popular men in the State. In 1812, he went out as major, in Col. John Allen's regi- ment of Kentuckians, and participated in the famous battle of the river Raisin, where he exacted of Gen. Proctor the terms of capitulation, securing protection from violence at the hands of the Indians; was, for a time, with other officers, held as hostage at Quebec; in 1816, having resigned the office of State Auditor, and being urged from all parts of the State, became a candi- date for Governor, against Col. James Johnson. The latter resigned early in the contest, being unable, as he

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thought, to contend against a man of such unbounded popularity. Gov. Madison enjoyed the high honor con- ferred upon him for but a short period. He died Octo- ber 4, 1816, and was as universally mourned as he had been admired and esteemed.

IMPSON, JUDGE JAMES, was born March 16, 1796, in Clarke County, Kentucky. He studied law, and began the practice at Winchester, in 1819 ; soon acquired distinction as one of the leading lawyers of Central Kentucky; from 1835 to.1847, was Circuit Judge of the circuit ; from 1847 to 1860, was Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals, a part of that time being Chief-Justice of Ken- tucky ; was a candidate for re-election, but was defeated. His opinions, marked for simplicity and vigor, are found in the Kentucky Reports, from 8 Ben Monroe to 3 Met- calfe. He was a member of the State Senate in 1861. Judge Simpson has never been a politician, and his whole career has marked him as one of the purest and ablest men who have ever lived in Clarke County.

HRUSTON, JOHN, M. D., was born January 28, 1826, in Louisville, Kentucky, and is the son of Hon. Charles M. and Eliza Sydnor (Cosby) Thruston. (See sketch of Hon. Charles M. Thruston.) He received a good education at home, and, after spending several years in mercantile pursuits in New Orleans, returned to Louis- ville and began the study of medicine, under the direc- tion of his brother-in-law, the late Dr. Lewis Rogers. He graduated in the medical department of the Uni- versity of Louisville, and entered upon the practice of his profession in his native city, in association with his preceptor. That connection endured for a period of over ten years. Since which he has been quietly and success- fully pursuing his profession alone. He has established a remunerative practice; stands deservedly high as a practitioner; is unassuming and undemonstrative in his bearing; takes no part or interest in the local divisions and turmoil in his profession; and is one of the most thoroughly well-informed and solid among the physi- cians of Louisville. Religiously, he is connected with the Presbyterian Church, and, in his private and social life, though somewhat reserved in manner, is noted for his frankness and sincerity, qualities which have won for him the esteem and confidence of his friends. Dr. Thruston married his second cousin, Ellen Pope, daughter of the late Hon. Patrick H. Pope, of Louis- ville. The Thruston family in this country trace their ancestry back prior to the middle of the fourteenth

century, and are of English origin. Edward, one of the sons of John Thruston, who was, during the reign of Charles II, Chamberlain of the city of Bristol, settled in Virginia about 1660, and from him descended the honorable and influential family spread, with their numerous connections, throughout Kentucky and the South. Though the Thrustons have not been given to authorship, Dr. Thruston refers, with pardonable pride, to two editions of a Latin Dissertation on the Respira- tion, by Malachi Thruston, M. D., elder brother of his ancestor Edward : London, 8vo, 1670; Large 8vo, 1671. (See Allibone's "Dictionary of Authors.")

OLLOWAY, JAMES HELLGER, Farmer and Soldier, was born February 1, 1835, at Hender- son, Kentucky. He is a son of William S. Holloway, and grandson of Major John Hollo- way, a soldier in the war of 1812. He obtained a knowledge of the German and Latin lan- guages, and was educated mainly in the Henderson Sem- inary. He commenced merchandising, with his father, at nineteen years of age, and continued in that connec- tion until the breaking out of the war, in 1861, when he enlisted a company of infantry, and joined the Twenty-fifth Kentucky Federal Infantry, Col. J. M. Shackelford's regiment, and was in the battle of Fort Donelson. After the battle of Shiloh, he resigned his commission; and, with Col. Shackelford and Benjamin H. Bristow, late Secretary of the Treasury, raised the Eighth Kentucky Cavalry, of which he was made lieu- tenant-colonel, in 1863. He has often been solicited to become a candidate for public office; but, having no political aspirations, has always declined. He is a mem- ber and elder of the Presbyterian Church, and is a man of fine habits and unblemished reputation; and, al- though a quiet, unostentatious citizen, probably no man is better known or more generally respected in his county. Col. Holloway was married, April, 1864, to Miss Mollie E. Williams, daughter of Gen. John S. Williams, of Montgomery County. In 1865, he removed to Clarke County, where he has since resided.

TONE, ELDER BARTON WARREN, Clergy- man, was born December 24, 1772, in Mary- land. In 1779, his father being dead, his mother moved with her family to the Dan river, in the backwoods of Virginia, and there he began his education; in 1790, he entered an academy at Guilford, North Carolina, with a view to preparing himself for the study of law; in the mean time, joined the Presbyterian Church; and, in 1793,

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left the academy to study divinity, under William Hodge; and, 1796, was licensed to preach, by the Orange Pres- bytery, of North Carolina; in the same year, came to Kentucky, and settled with the congregation of Cane Ridge and Concord, in Bourbon County, being subse- quently regularly ordained by the Transylvania Presby- tery; in 1801, he and some other Presbyterian clergy- men, renounced the doctrines of Calvinism, and, two years later, withdrew from the Synod of Lexington, and organized themselves into what they termed the Presbytery of Springfield, which name they soon threw aside, and adopted the name of Christian., While repudiating the orthodox views of the Trinity and the Atonement, he was never, by any means, a Unitarian. His doctrines were in harmony with those of Alexander Campbell, and he considered the organization of the Springfield Presbytery, under the name of Christian, as the com- mencement of the Disciples' Church in Kentucky; and the last years of his life in the ministry were devoted to the spread of the doctrines now embraced by the Church whose great teacher was Alexander Campbell. He was a fine scholar, and a poet of real merit, being the author of several hymns, among them one universally sung, "The Lord is the foundation of goodness and love." Elder Stone died November 9, 1844, every-where loved and regretted.

LOURNOY, LAFAYETTE MONTGOMERY, Lawyer and Banker, was born September 19, 1820, in Powhatan County, Virginia. His family is of French origin, and his father was a merchant and farmer by pursuit, and a man of moderate means. Lafayette M. Flournoy re- ceived a good education, which he completed at Cum- berland College, Princeton, Kentucky, in 1840. He studied law with Hon. W. P. Fowler ; was licensed to practice in 1841; shortly afterwards located at Paducah, and entered upon the practice of his profession; contin- ued with success for eight years, part of the time in con- nection with Judge James Campbell. In 1853, he be- came President of the Commercial Bank of Kentucky, at Paducah, and continued in that position for many years, conducting its affairs with great skill. He was for two years President of the New Orleans and Ohio River Railroad Company ; is President of the Paducah Gas- light Company ; has been identified with most move- ments of enterprise in his community; is a man of large and expansive views; has fine executive skill ; is a bold but cautious business man ; has capacity for success in almost any field; has pleasing and attractive manners ; and has long been one of the most active, useful, and successful men of Paducah. Mr. Flournoy was married, in 1850, to Mrs. E. C. Johnson, daughter of Hon. Rich- ard C. Anderson, of Jefferson County, Kentucky, who

died while a Minister from this country to South Amer- ica. In 1870, he was again married, to Miss Alice Lou Smith, daughter of Daniel Smith, a merchant of Louis- ville. He has four children ; one by his first, and three by his second marriage.

OODS, JOHN D., M. D., and Editor, was born October 21, 1830, at Brownsville, Tennessee. His father, Rev. Hervey Woods, was a Presby- terian minister, of Scotch-Irish descent, his fam- ily having early settled in the Carolinas. Dr. Woods was educated at Glasgow, Kentucky, where his parents had settled in 1832. At the age of sixteen, he removed with his parents to Mississippi, where he studied medicine; took a course of lectures at Nashville, in 1858, and graduated, in the medical de- partment of New York University, in 1859. He at once entered upon the practice of medicine in Kemper County, Mississippi, where he remained till 1871, actively and successfully engaged in the duties of his profession. During this time, he acquired considerable reputation as a writer, in the "Scooba Spectator." In 1871, he re- moved to his present residence, Glasgow, Kentucky, where he at once became editor of the "Glasgow Times," which he has made one of the most popular and widely circulated papers of Southern Kentucky. Until 1861, he was a member of the Whig party, but has since been strongly affiliated with the Democracy. Religiously, he is connected with the Presbyterian Church. Dr. Woods was married, in 1864, to Miss Martha Moseley, daughter of William A. Moseley, a planter of Mississippi.

RISTOW, FRANK HENRY, Lawyer, was born July 26, 1840, at Elkton, Kentucky. His father, Hon. F. M. Bristow, was one of the most distinguished lawyers of Southern Kentucky. (See sketch of Hon. F. M. Bris- tow.) The family is of English extraction. His mother was the daughter of Benjamin Helm, of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, and a near relative of Gov. N. Edwards, first Governor of Illinois. He was edu- cated in the schools of his native county, and at Bethel College, Russellville, and Center College, Danville, Kentucky, leaving the latter institution, at the outbreak of the civil war, to enter the United States army. On the organization of the Twenty-fifth Kentucky Regi- ment, he was elected First Lieutenant of Company F; participated in the battle of Fort Donelson, as aid to Gen. Croft ; commanded his company at Shiloh; and, after the reorganization of his regiment, as the Seven-

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teenth Kentucky, he became Lieutenant of Company D. In 1862, he was promoted captain; in the Spring of 1863, he was made Major of the Thirty-fifth Kentucky Infantry, a new twelve months' regiment ; and was, with his regiment, mustered out of service at Louisville, in 1864. In 1865, he commenced the study of law, in the office of his brother-in-law, H. G. Petrie; was licensed to practice in 1867; and, in the same year, was ap- pointed Register of Bankruptcy for the Fourth Congres- sional District, with his office at Bowling Green. In 1868, he went to Omaha, and engaged, for a time, in the commission business; but, this not being satisfac- tory, he returned to Elkton in 1870, and resumed the practice of his profession, in which he has since been actively and successfully engaged. In 1874, he was elected County Attorney for Todd County, and still holds that office. Religiously, he is connected with the Methodist Church ; is prominently associated with some of the popular social organizations of the day; and is one of the most enterprising and valuable men of his county.

URNETT, THEODORE L., Lawyer, was born November 14, 1829, in Spencer County, Kentucky. His father, a native of Kentucky, though of Virginia parentage, was a prominent young lawyer, but died at the age of thirty- four, leaving his wife, who was Miss M. McGee, and one child, the subject of this sketch, who received a fine education, which he completed in Transylva- nia University. He studied law with Mark E. Hous- ton, at Taylorsville, in his native county; graduated in the law department of the Transylvania Univer- sity, in 1846, under the presidency of Bishop Bas- com, and entered on the practice of his profession at Taylorsville. In 1847, he was elected County Attorney, which position he resigned after serving a year or two, and continued his practice with great success at Tay- lorsville, until the breaking out of the civil war. He entered the Confederate service in the Army of the Tennessee, under General Johnston, but was soon after, in 1861, under the arrangement of the Provisional Gov- ernment of Kentucky, elected to the first Confederate Provisional Congress, and was subsequently re-elected to the permanent Confederate Congress, serving until the close of the war. After engaging in his profession, for a time, at Taylorsville, in 1866, he removed to Lou- isville, where he has since resided, engaged actively and successfully in the practice of the law. In 1870, he was elected City Attorney of Louisville ; has been con- tinuously re-elected, now holding that position. He has been for some time Chairman of the State Central Democratic Committee; and, as such, had charge of the organization of the party during the late Presiden-

tial campaign. He has long been prominent in some of the popular social organizations. He is a man of high character, always commands the respect and con- fidence of the community in which he lives; is a man of rare intellectual endowments, with a clear and com- prehensive mind, with singular readiness adapting him- self to any emergency ; he stands among the first lawyers of the Louisville bar, and is one of the most able and successful members of his profession in the State. Mr. Burnett was married, January 29, 1852, to Elizabeth S. Gilbert, daughter of Stephen Gilbert, of Spencer County. They have five children, three boys and two girls, all living.

RECK, JUDGE DANIEL, Lawyer, was born February 12, 1788, in Topsfield, Massachusetts, and was the son of Rev. Daniel Breck, who was chaplain in the Revolutionary army ; was subsequently in charge of Churches in Massa- chusetts and Vermont, and died when about one hundred years old. Judge Breck graduated in Dart- mouth College, in 1812; located at Richmond, Ken- tucky, in 1814, where he began the practice of the law ; was first elected to the Legislature in 1824; was several times re-elected, and was the originator of the State sys- tem of internal improvements, of the Kentucky Northern Bank, and of many other measures of importance to the State; became an Associate Judge of the Court of Ap- peals, in 1843; retired from that position, in 1849; was immediately elected to Congress, serving in that body until 1851, taking a high rank among the best men of the day. He was eminently successful as a lawyer, and was distinguished for his learning, almost unerring judgment, great tenacity and self-reliance, and finely organized character. He died, February 4, 1871, at Richmond, Kentucky, his death being especially noticed by the Legislature, and throughout the State. In pri- vate life he had been very useful, his name being con- nected with, and his influence felt in, every valuable interest connected with Madison County. Judge Breck was married, in 1810, to Jane B. Todd, a daughter of Levi Todd, of Fayette County, Kentucky.

cDONALD, REV. HENRY, Professor in Georgetown College, was born on the 3d of Jan- uary, 1832, in County Antrim, Ireland. His ancestors were farmers in the north of Ireland, coming across from Scotland in the days of Cromwell. Prof. McDonald attended Dublin Normal School, and studied for two years, and graduated in 1848. At the age of seventeen years, he left the Old Country for the United States, landing at New Orleans,

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and soon after coming to Hart County, Kentucky, where he settled, and taught school for some months, and then commenced the study of law in Greensburg, Greene County. He received a license and engaged in the prac- tice of his profession, in 1852, and succeeded to a prom- ising business until 1853, when he became a member of the Baptist Church, from which period dates a complete revolution in his life. He then commenced study for the ministry, and was ordained at Greensburg, in 1854, by his preceptor, the Rev. John Harding. He was then appointed pastor of the Greensburg Baptist Church, and has since been a close and continuous student of the- ology. Leaving Greensburg, he occupied the pulpits in Churches in several adjoining counties, including Camp- bellsville, Friendship, and Mount Gilead, from whence he moved to Madison County, in 1864; and was pastor of the Churches in that county for one year, when he received a call to the Church in Danville, Boyle County, and remained there for nearly six years, then being called to take charge of the Madison Street Church in Covington, where he remained until called to Georgetown, his present pastorate, at the same time being appointed Professor of Mental and Moral Philoso- phy in Georgetown College, a position which he still oc- cupies. Mr. McDonald was among those daring spirits, who sought to free Ireland, with John Mitchell, William Smith O'Brian, Thomas Darcy McGee, Thomas Fran- cis Meagher (subsequently a general in the Union army), and other leaders, whose names are dear to the Irish; but, during the insurrection of 1848, entertaining no hopes for the salvation of his country, he left it, and came to the United States. He is a writer of considerable note, having furnished many articles of a religious character, to the newspapers. He was married, in 1856, to Miss Mattie L. Harding, daughter of Hon. Aaron Harding, of Greensburg, and has seven children; one son, John McDonald, is a graduate of Georgetown College.

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The Biographical encyclopaedia of Kentucky of the dead and living men of the nineteenth century, Part 81

Author: Armstrong, J. M., & company, pub Publication date: 1878 Publisher: Cincinnati, J. M. Armstrong Number of Pages: 946

Author: Armstrong, J. M., & company, pub
Publication date: 1878
Publisher: Cincinnati, J. M. Armstrong
Number of Pages: 946