KENTUCKY.

COMPLETE ACCOUNT OF THE SETTLEMENT, ORGANIZATION AND

GOVERNMENT OF THE COUNTY, TOGETHER WITH FACTS AND

FIGURES CONCERNING THE SOCIETY. PROFESSIONS, COM-

MERCE. INDUSTRIES, AGRICULTURE, COAL, RAILROADS,

EDUCATION, RELIGION, AND OTHER INSTITU-

TIONS AND RESOURCES OF THE COUN-

TY, AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

OF ITS LEADING CITIZENS.

ILLUSTRATED.

EVANSVILLE, IND:

Courier Co., Printers, Binder, and Engravers

1886

This 910 page book printed in 1886 contains a 20 page index.

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Table of contents:

CHAPTER I EARLY HISTORY,

CHAPTER II PIONEER BIOGRAPHY,

CHAPTER Ill ORGANIC,

CHAPTER TV AGRICULTURE,

CHAPTER V COAL,

CHAPTER VI CIVIL WAR,

CHAPTER VII LEGAL,

CHAPTER VIII MEDICAL,

CHAPTER TX EDUCATIONAL,

CHAPTER X RELIGIOUS,

CHAPTER XI LITERATURE AND ART,

CHAPTER XII CALAMITIES AND CASUALTIES,

CHAPTER XIII CRIME,

CHAPTER XIV V RAILROADS, CHAPTER XV MORGANFIELD PRECINCT,

CHAPTER XVI UNIONTOWN PRECINCT,

CHAPTER XVII CASEYVILLE PRECINCT,

CHAPTER XVIII WAVERLY PRECINCT,

CHAPTER XIX BOXVILLE PRECINCT,

CHAPTER XX RALEIGH PRECINCT,

CHAPTER XXI LINDLE PRECINCT,

CHAPTER XXII BORDLEY PRECINCT,

CHAPTER XXIII HITESVILLE PRECINCT,

CHAPTER XXI V SHILOH AND SALEM PRECINCTS,

CHAPTER XX V ZOOLOGY AND GEOLOGY,

CHAPTER XXVI SUPPLEMENTAL CASEYVILLE HISTORY,

CHAPTER XXVII MISCELLANEOUS BIOGRAPHIES,

Index:

Abbott, Abel, Abell, Able, Acker, Adair, Adams, Addelott, Addison, Adkins, Agin, Agnew, Agune, Albright, Alfred, Alien, Allard, ALLEN, Allison, Allkire, Alloway, Alsop, Alsopp, Alves, Alvey, Amberson, Ames, Amos, Anderson, Angell, Angier, Armistead, Armstrong, Arnold, Ash, Ashby, Ashcraft, Atkenson, Atkins, Aton, Attaway, Austin, Austins, Ayers, Badin, Bagby, Bagsby, Bailess, Bailey, Baily, Baker, Baldwin, Baley, Ball, Ballard, Bangert, Banks, Barba, Barbee, Barbour, Bard, Barker, Barkley, Barnes, Barnett, Barnetts, Barr, Barren, Barrett, Barricklaw, Barrow, Barry, Bartley, Barton, Bass, Bates, Batts, Baumert, Baxter, Bayle, Bayles, Bean, Bear, Beard, Beattie, Beau, Beaucamp, Beauchamp, Beaven, Beckham, Bedinger, Bell, Bellmear, Belman, Below, Belt, Benedict, Bennett, Benson, Benthall, Berethel, BERLEN, Berry, Berryman, Bingham, Bird, Bishop, Bissett, Black, Blackburn, Blackwell, Blair, Blake, Bland, Blandford, Blansford, Blanton, Blaylock, Blazer, Blue, Board, Boaz, Bodly, Boettger, Bogle, Bohannan, Bohannon, Bolds, Bonaparte, Bond, Bone, Boon, Boone, Boos, Borup, Bosley, Boston, Bouchet, Bouran, Bourland, Bowden, Bowen, Bowlen, Bowles, Bowman, Boyce, Boyd, Boyle, Boyll, Bradburn, Bradford, Bradley, Bradshaw, Brady, Bramham, Branham, Brattan, Bratton, Breckenridge, Breckinridge, Brehmer, Brengman, Brenneke, Brick, Bridges, Bridget, Briggs, Bright, Brinkley, Brinson, Briscoe, Broadway, Brooks, Broom, Brothers, Browder, Brown, Browning, Bruce, Brumbarger, Bryan, Bryant, Buchanan, Buck, Buckham, Buckman, Buckner, Bugg, Bukey, Bullitt, Bullock, Bumpus, Burbank, Burch, Burchett, Burge, Burgher, Burghey, Burgoyne, Burnett, Burns, Burris, Burroughs, Burrow, Burryman, Busby, Butler, Butts, Byers, Byrd, Byrne, Byrnes, Cabell, Cahn, Cain, Caivier, Caldwell, Callarett, Callen, Calmes, Cambron, Cammack, Campbell, Canada, Cannon, Carbon, Cardon, Carey, Carnes, Carpenter, Carr, Carrico, Carrier, Carroll, Carrs, Carter, Carters, Cartmell, Cartwell, Cary, Casey, CASSEL, Cassell, Catlett, Caton, Cecil, Certain, Chamberlain, Chambers, Chancy, Chapeze, Chapman, Chariton, Cheaney, Cheany, Chester, Christ, Christian, Christopher, Church, Churchill, Cier, Cillen, Cissel, Cissell, Clark, Clarke, Clarkson, Claude, Claxton, Clay, Clayton, Clemens, Clements, Clifton, Clinton, Clopton, Clore, Cloyd, Coakey, Cobbs, Cockrell, Coffin, Coffman, Cogshill, Colbert, Cole, Coleman, Colins, Collard, Collins, Collinsworth, Compton, Comptons, Conlin, Conn, Connell, Connelly, Conner, Conway, Cook, Cooksey, Cooksy, Coomes, Cooper, Copal, Cornwallis, Cosby, Cossett, Cowan, Cowen, Cowgill, Cox, Crabb, Cragan, Cragg, Craig, Cralle, Crane, Crawford, Crawley, CREWS, Cribbs, Crider, Crist, Crittenden, Crockett, Cromwell, Cronin, Crosby, Cross, Crowder, Crowley, Crutcher, Cruz, Cruze, Cullen, Cullin, Cully, Culver, Culvers, Cummins, Cunningham, Curd, Curry, Cusic, Cusick, Cuypers, Cypert, Dabney, Daily, Dale, Dallam, Dalley, Dalton, Damron, Dan, Daniels, Dant, Darden, Darnell, Davenport, David, Davidson, Davies, Davis, Dawson, Day, Dayton, Deacon, Dean, Dejemett, Delaney, Delany, Dempsey, Dennis, Dent, Denton, Dernall, Derrington, Detraz, Detrez, Devore, Dewese, Dezern, Dial, Dickerson, Dickey, Diffenberg, Dillon, Dills, Dimmitt, Direman, Diskin, Dixon, Dodds, Dodge, Donaldson, Donnelly, Dooley, Dorris, Dorsey, Doty, Dougherty, Douglass, Dowdall, Downard, Downes, Downey, Downham, Dozier, Drake, Drenan, Drew, Drury, Du Buisson, Dudley, Duff, Duke, Dulaney, Dulany, Duncan, Duncannon, Dunham, Dunn, Dunnigan, Dupin, Dupree, Dupriest, Durbin, Durick, Durrow, Duval, Duvall, Dyal, Dye, Dyer, Dyes, Dyson, Eanes, Earle, Eberley, Eckols, Eddings, Edmunds, Edwards, Eisenbart, Elder, Elimore, Elliott, Ellis, Ellsworth, Elmore, Elrod, Erskins, Erwin, Estes, Evans, Ewing, Ezell, Fairfax, Fall, Faree, Farley, Farmer, Farnhaur, Farquier, Farrow, Farthing, Faulkinburg, Faulkner, Fawcett, Feany, Feland, Fendrich, Fenwick, Ferree, Ferris, Fields, Finch, Fink, Finley, Finney, Finnie, Fisher, Fissenger, Fitzhenry, Fleig, Fleming, Fletcher, Flint, Floto, Flournoy, Floyd, Flurry, Flynn, Foel, Foor, Ford, Forker, Forrester, Foster, Fowler, Fox, Frame, Francis, Franey, Frankel, Franklin, Franks, Frazer, Frazier, Freels, FREEMAN, French, Frick, Friley, Fritz, Frogge, Frost, Fry, Fryar, Fulkerson, Fuller, Funk, Gabhart, Gait, Gallatin, Galloway, Gardener, Gardiner, Gardner, Garney, Garr, Garrett, Garrison, Gates, Gatewood, Gatlin, Gayle, Geibel, Geiger, Gentry, Genung, Gettings, Gibbons, Gibbs, Gibson, Giddings, Gilchrist, Gilchrst, Giles, Gilkey, Gilky, Gill, Gill,, Girtin, Girton, Gist, Given, Givens, Glenn, Goad, Goff, Goldstein, Golf, Goodman, Goodwin, Gordon, Gore, Gouch, Gough, Grace, Grady, Graham, Grainger, Grammer, Granger, Grant, Grantham, Graves, Gray, Greathouse, Green, Greenfield, Greenville, Greenwell, Greer, Gregg, Gregory, Griffin, Griffith, Griggs, Grigston, Grimes, Grimm, Grinstead, Gross, Grundy, Guess, Gugenheim, Guilkey, Gumberts, Gunn, Guthrie, Gutry, Guy, Gwinn, Gwynn, Hackett, Hagan, Hagar, Hager, Hagey, Hailman, Haines, Hale, Haleman, Haley, Hall, Hally, Ham, Hamilton, Hammack, Hammer, Hammock, Hammond, Hamner, Hamnet, Hampton, Hancock, Hand, Hanger, Hanks, Hanley, Hanly, Hannah, Harbarger, Harbison, Harbor, Harbour, Hardbargain, Harden, Hardesty, Hardin, Harding, Hardisty, Hardwick, Hardy, Hargrove, Harlan, Harman, Harmon, Harpold, Harrel, Harrell, Harrington, Harris, Harrison, Hart, Hartfield, Harth, Harvey, Haskins, Hass, Hatfield, Haven, Hawkins, Hay, Hayden, Hayes, Hayhurst, Haynes, Haywood, Head, Heal, Heath, Hedden, Hedges, Heine, Helm, Helzer, Hemphill, Henderson, Hendricks, Hendrix, Henissee, Hennesy, Henry, Henshaw, Hensley, Hensly, Henson, Herbert, Herd, Herindon, Herman, Hermon, Herndon, Herod, Hess, Hester, Heuts, Hewitt, Hicklin, Hickman, Hicks, Hieronymous, Hieronymus, Higgins, Higginson, Hilderbrand, Hill, Hines, Hiseley, Hite, Hoapes, Hoard, Hobbs, Hodge, Hodgens, Hodgins, Hogan, Hogarty, Hoggett, Hogue, Holcomb, Holder, Holding, Holeman, Holifield, Hollingsworth, Hollis, Holloway, Hollowell, Holmes, Holsapple, Holt, Holton, Hood, Hooper, Hopewell, Hopgood, Hopkins, Hopper, Horseman, Hosman, Houghland, House, Householder, Houston, Howard, Howell, Hoy, Huckaby, Huckeby, Hudgens, Hudson, Huey, Huffman, Hughes, Huits, Hull, Hullts, Humphrey, Hundley, Hunt, Hunter, Hunton, Hurd, Hurst, Huston, Hutcheson, Hutchins, Hyatt, Hynes, Imboden, Inman, Irby, Ireland, Jackson, Jackwell, Jacob, Jacobstein, James, Jamison, January, Jarboe, Jay, Jeemes, Jeemeses, Jeffers, Jeffries, Jemison, Jenkins, Jennings, Jessup, Jett, Jewell, Jimerum, Johns, Johnson, Johnston, Joice, Jones, Jonigan, Julian, Kabowen, Karsner, Kattan, Kattau, KAUFMAN, Keaf, Kearney, Keech, Keeler, Keiffel, Keith, Keithly, Kelley, Kelly, Kelsey, Kencheloe, Kennady, Kennedy, Kenney, Kent, Kerney, Kerrick, Kersey, Kesler, Keys, Kibbey, Kidd, Kiefell, Kiethley, Kimbrough, Kinchaloe, King, Kirk, Kirker, Kitchen, Kittrell, Klein, Kline, Klotz, Knights, Knott, Knox, Koltz, Kuykendall, Lackland, Lacks, Lacy, Laffoon, Lagsdon, Laman, Lamar, Lamasters, Lamb, Lambert, Lamberth, Lamond, Lancaster, Landon, Landrum, Langley, Lanier, Lapham, Larue, Lash, Last, Lata, Latham, Latta, Laudeman, Lawson, Lay, Le Sueur, Leach, Leathers, LeBerry, Lee, Leech, Leek, Leibenguth, Leonards, Letcher, Lewellyne, Lewis, Lilly, Lincoln, Linderman, Lindle, Lindles, Lindsay, Lindsey, Lineback, Lisles, Little, Litton, Livacy, Lively, Livsey, Locke, Lockett, Lockhart, Logan, Logsdon, Logsdons, Long, Longton, Love, Lovelace, Lowery, Lowrey, Lowth, Loyal, Lucas, Luckett, Lucus, Lutteril, Luttrell, Lynch, Lynn, Lyon, Maberry, Mackey, Macklin, Maddox, Madeira, Magruder, Malcomb, Mangram, Manker, Manning, Maraman, Marble, Markham, Marks, Markwell, Marshal, Marshall, Mart, Martin, Marville, Maryman, Mason, Masons, Massie, Mathias, Mathis, Matthes, Matthew, Matthews, Mattingley, Mattingly, Mattox, Maurry, Maxwell, May, Mayberry, Mayes, Mayfield, McAtee, McBride, McCann, McCarty, McClain, McClanahan, McClannihan, McClellan, McClelland, McClendon, McClure, McConnell, McCord, McCorkle, McCormac, McCottrey, McCoughtry, McCourt, McCune, McCutcheon, McDaniel, McDonald, McElroy, McGary, McGee, McGehee, McGhee, McGill, McGinnis, McGraw, McGready, McGuire, McHenry, McIlvany, McJilton, McKeag, McKeaig, McKee, McKenney, McKennon, McKenny, McKenzie, McKernan, McKerney, McKernon, McKiernan,, McKinley, McKinney, Mclean, McLeskey, McLesky, Mclntire, McMahan, McManan, McManand, McMican, McMullen, McMurray, McMurry, McPherson, McWertelby, Meek, Melbourne, M'ELROY, Melton, Menifee, Mercer, Meriweather, Merriman, Merrimon, Merritt, Metcalf, Metcalfe, Mets, Meyers, M'GILL, Middleton, Miles, Miller, Millet, Millett, Mills, Milton, Mintox, Mitchell, Mobley, Mobly, Montgomery, Moody, Moone, Moor, Moore, Morehead, Moreton, Morgan, Morin, Morris, Morrison, Morton, Mosby, Mosgrove, Moulder, Moulders, Mourning, Mudd, Muhlenberg, Muir, Mulchahi, Mulford, Murat, Murow, Murphy, Murray, Murrell, Muse, Mussen, Myer, Myers, Nail, Nall, Nalley, Nalls, Nance, Nann, Nantz, Narraway, Narroway, Neal, Neel, Neele, Nelson, Nerinckx, Nesbit, Nestlehood, Netherton, Neville, Nevitt, Newcomb, Newell, Newkirk, NEWMAN, Newton, Nibley, Nicholson, Noe, Noell, Noggle, Nol, Noll, Norman, Norris, Norton, Nowlin, Nunn, Oakley, O'Bannon, Oberhauser, O'Brian, O'Brien, O'Daniel, Offutt, O'Flaharty, Oglesby, Oldham, O'Leary, Oliver, O'Malley, Omer, Onan, O'Nan, O'Neal, Ord, Orner, Orr, Orvin, Outten, Overby, Overton, Owen, Owening, Owens, Page, Paris, Parker, Parrack, Parrock, Parrott, Parsons, Pate, Patrick, Patten, Patterson, Patton, Payne, Pearce, Pearson, Peasley, Pennell, Pennington, Penny, Penrod, Perkins, Perrine, Perry, Perryman, Perseau, Peter, Peters, Peterson, Petrie, Philips, Phillips, Phipps, Pickens, Picket, Pickett, Pierce, Pierson, Pike, PIKES, Pillsbury, Pinston, Piper, Pippinger, Pirtle, Pitman, Pittenger, Pittinger, Pittman, Platt, Platter, Poe, Poindexter, Pongro, Pool, Poole, Porter, Posey, Postlewaite, Pottenger, Pottinger, Potts, Poval, Powell, Power, Prather, Pratt, Pratte, Prentice, Presley, Preston, Price, Pride, Priest, Pritchett, Probasco, Proctor, Prow, Pullam, Pullum, Purcell, Quarles, Quarls, Queirey, Quick, Quigley, Quinn, Quirey, Quirrey, Raburn, Rager, Ragsdale, Raily, Raleigh, Raley, Ramsey, Ranamus, Randolph, Rankin, Rapier, Rawley, Rawlings, Rawlins, Ray, Reasor, Reaves, Reburn, Redford, Redmond, Reed, Reese, Reeves, Rehm, Reynolds, Rhea, Rhodes, Rhoid, Ribelin, Rice, Richards, Richardson, Richeson, Richie, Riddle, Ridlon, Ries, Rieves, Riggs, Rigs, Riley, Riney, Risinger, Risque, Ritter, Rives, Roan, Robb, Robert, Roberts, Robertson, Robinson, Rodgers, Roland, Roney, Rose, Roser, Ross, Rosser, Rouse, Rowan, Rowe, Rowland, Rowlett, Rowley, Royster, Rudd, Rudolph, Rudy, Runamus, Rushing, Russell, Ruston, Ryan, Ryle, Ryles, Safford, Sale, Sales, Sandefur, Sanders, Saunders, Savage, Sayre, Scanland, Scantland, Scantlin, Schaeffer, Scheoffer, Schone, Schroepfer, Schuetterlie, Schulle, Schwartz, Scobee, Scoggan, Scott, Sebree, Seitz, Sellar, Sellars, Sellers, Sergeant, Shackelford, Shackleford, Shaddinger, Shake, Shanks, Shaup, Shaw, Sheafe, Sheets, Shelby, Shelley, Shelton, Shepard, Shercliff, Sherrer, Shey, Shields, Shillito, Shipley, SHIRRAN, Shirron, Shock, Shoemaker, Shoemeaker, Short, Shotwell, Shouse, Shroats, Sibley, Siegler, Sigler, Silver, Simms, Simpson, Singleton, Sisk, Sisson, Sites, Skinner, Slack, Slaton, Slische, Slocumb, Sly, Smallhouse, Smallwood, Smith, Smiths, Smoot, Snider, Snowden, Solomon, Soule, Sousley, Southerland, Spalding, Sparks, Spaulding, Speed, Spellman, Spencer, Spergen, Spink, Spivey, Sprague, Spriggs, Springer, Squires, Stafford, Stalions, Stallions, Stanfield, Stanley, Staples, Stapp, Stayton, Stedman, Stephens, Stevens, Stevenson, Stiffler, Stodgel, Stodghill, Stogsdell, Stone, Story, Stowe, Strait, Strange, Strawmat, Street, Streng, Strother, Stroud, Strouse, Strowmatt, Stuart, Sturgis, Sturgiss, Sugg, Suin, Sulivant, Sullivan, Sullivant, Sum, Summers, Suttle, Sutton, Swan, Swearengen, Swearingen, Sweets, Sweringen, Syers, Sylman, Talbot, Talbott, Taliaferro, Tandy, Tapp, Tarleton, Tate, Taylor, Teare, Teel, Teer, Terrell, Terry, Thomas, Thomason, Thome, Thompson, Thompsons, Thornburg, Thornsberry, Thornton, Thottingly, Thralkild, Threldkeld, Threlked, Threlkeld, Throckmorton, Throer, Tichenor, Todisman, Tompkins, Tonget, Towels, Towles, Townes, Townsend, Trabue, Trawl, Trice, Trigg, Trimble, Tripp, Trumbo, Tucker, Tuder, Tull, Turly, Turner, Uhrich, Ulmsnider, Ulrich, Underwood, Unsett, Utley, Vaden, Vance, Vandivier, Vantroostemberghe, Varley, Vaughn, Venable, Vernans, Vincents, Vize, Von, Von Tress, Voss, Wade, Waggener, Wagner, Wales, Walker, Wall, Wallace, Waller, Walls, Walthen, Walther, Walton, Ward, Waring, WARTMANN, Washburn, Washington, Wathan, Wathen, Watkins, Watson, Wayne, Weathers, Webb, Webster, Wech, Wedding, Weed, Weeks, Weinsatt, Weir, Welch, Welden, Weldon, Wellington, Wells, Welsh, Werkle, Wesley, West, Wheeler, White, Whitecotten, Whitecotton, Whitehead, Whitesides, Whitledge, Whittedge, Whittinghill, Whittington, Whitworth, Wigginton, Wight, Wigington, Wiley, Wilhelm, Wilken, Wilkerson, Wilkins, Willet, Willett, William, Williams, Williamson, Willim, Willis, Willoughby, Willowford, Wilson, Wilsons, Wimsatt, Winstead, Winston, Withers, Withrow, Wolfe, Wolfin, Wolflin, Wolfolk, Wood, Woodard, Woodring, Woodruff, Woodward, Wooldridge, Woolfe, Woolff, Woolfolk, Worsham, Worth, Wortham, Wright, Wynn, Yandall, Yarbrough, Yates, Yeager, Yeakey, Young, Youngs, Zachery, Zeiger,