Kentucky politicians. Sketches of representative Corncrackers and other miscellany

Dedication

This Book IS dedicated to the Honorable gentlemen

whose names grace its pages,

as a

Preface

This work consists of biographical notes of Kentucky politicians, sketches of representative Corn-Crackers, and miscellany ; reminiscences of the past forty years, army experiences, glimi)ses of Southern life; a reliable account of how the great Cavalrvman, General John H. Morgan, was killed; a eulogy on General U. S. Grant; bits of [)hilosophy, and distinctively a compilation of historical facts in the lives of the leading young men of our State who have retlected credit on Kentucky by their independence, their courage, and their genius. It also contains the history of their ancestry — tells who they were, their I)laces of nativity, their Alma Mater, and a list of the public offices they have held.

As a book of accurate reference, and the means by which one can easily acquaint himself with the experiences of those lofty spirits who opened up Kentucky while yet a wilderness, the home of the savage and the wolf, 1 bespeak an indulgent recognition of whatever merit it may possess.

The Al'thor.

GeNTENTS.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

Hon. Robert T. Albritton 7

General David Rice Atchison 10

>(Mon. J. C. S. Blackburn 17

^Hon, W. O. Bradley 20

Judge Eli H. Brown 29

Colonel John Mason Brown 32

Hon. Joshua F. Bullitt, Jr 36

Hon. Robert A. Burton 41

Hon. John G. Carlisle .... 44

Hon. Asher Graham Caruth 48

George M. Davie, Esq 52

Hon. Henry C. Dixon 57

General Basil W. Duke * 61

Judge Fontaine T. Fox 65

General Parker W. Hardin 68

Hon. Thomas F. Hargis 73

Hon. Thomas H. Hays 77

Hon. John K. Hendrick 81

General Fayette Hewitt 85

Hon. James R. Hindman 89

Judge Wm. B. Hoke 92

Hon. William L. Jackson, Jr 95

Hon. Richard A. Jones 98

Hon. Lafayette Joseph lOl

Hon. J. D. Kehoe 105

\.--Judge William Lindsay 109

Hon. Emmet G. Logan 113

Jr" Hon. James B. McCreary 118

Hon. Thomas E. Moss 121

Hon. W. C. Owens 124

Judge M. H. Owsley 128

Hon. P. Booker Reed 131

Hon. John S. Rhea 135

Hon. Henry Hamilton Skiles 138

Hon. James W. Tate I46

Hon. William Preston Taull:iee 149

Judge Reginald Heber Thompson 153

The Thompson Brothers 156

Colonel Sterling B. Toney 160

Hon. Henry Watterson 164

Hon. Albert S. Willis 168

Hon. Leander Colib Woolfolk 172

Colonel Bennett H. Young 176