Marion County, Kentucky, USA; Kentucky: A History of the State

1888. An overview of the early days of Marion County, Kentucky, and biographies of some of the county's prominent residents from the late 1800s, are combined with a brief history of the state in this new 91-page book. The spiral-bound book includes biographies from the 1880's book, Kentucky: A History of the State by J.H. Battle, W.H. Perrin and G.C. Kniffin, excerpts from Kentucky, a Guide to the Bluegrass State, a 1939 product of the WPA Writer's Program, and information from various internet sources. The tri-color front cover is printed on 80# card stock and has been protected with a vinyl sheet. The text is printed on 60# opaque 8.5" x 11" paper. The individual biographies often shed light on the area and the times, including the Civil War era, as well as providing specific genealogical data. A listing for Loretto Academy is among the biographies, which include: Benjamin F. Abell, Franklin Anderson, Samuel Avritt, John Barr, Edward Briscoe Baxter, George W. Beall, Nicholas T. Berry, Charles Beaven, Francis K. Beaven, George D. Boldrick, Edward H. Boarman, George A. Bricken, Col. Charles H. Burns, Judge Robert A. Burton, Christopher C. Cambron, Col. John B. Carlile Sr., Thomas W. Cecil, Paul C. Cleaver, William Wells Cleaver, Hugh P. Cooper, Samuel S. Cooper, Killis Coppage, Uriah Coppage, Anderson Corley, Richard Cummins, J.W. Dant, Dr. Phil. T. Dedman, Ben P. Doom, Major Leven M. Drye, James H. Edelen, Ida Edwards, William O. Edwards, Dr. John B. Evans, Rev. David Fennessy, Jesse P. Fidler, Ebenezer A. Fogle, James M. Fogle, David Harding, Francis M. Head, Victor E. Head, Dr. John Healy, Clement S. Hill, James W. Hopper, Andrew January Grundy, Alexander Johnson, the Kirk family, J. Henry Kirk, Robert E. Kirk, Robert B. Lancaster, Wilson N. Lankford, Albert Lee, William J. Lisle, Dr. Robert C. McChord, George W. McElroy, Paul Irvin McElroy, Buford Mahan, Benjamin F. Mattingly, Dr. William E. Matting, Eusebius S. Mayes, Richard C. Milburn, William B. Milburn, John W. Mouser, George P. Newbolt, Andrew Offutt, Mrs. Virginia Owsley, Dr. Henry B. Peterson, Felix Grundy Phillips, James G. Phillips Jr., William Thompson Purdy, Alson Rawlings, Clement H. Rawlings, Nicholas S. Ray, William E. Ray, John W. Rinehart, Owen Rubel, Andrew K. Russell, Joseph B. Russell, Judge William E. Russell, Finley Shuck, William J. Smith, Mrs. Mary J. (Lancaster) Spalding, Mary Zerelda Spalding, John B. Stiles, John R. Thomas, Daniel T. Thompson, John B. Wathen Jr., James B. Williams (b.1840), James B. Williams (b. 1856), John J. Wood and Richard W. Wright. . Limited Edition Reprint. Spiral/Comb . New/No Jacket. 8.5" x 11". Private Press.