1. William1 Preston, son of John Preston and Elizabeth Patton, was born in Newtown-Limavady, Donegal, Ireland December 25, 1729. William died June 28, 1783 in Botetourt Co., VA, at 53 years of age.
He married Susanna Smith in VA, January 17, 1761. Susanna was born in Hanover County, VA January 23, 1740. Susanna was the daughter of Francis Smith and Elizabeth Waddy. Susanna died June 19, 1823 in "Smithfield", Montgomery Co., VA, at 83 years of age. At 22 years of age Susanna became the mother of Elizabeth Preston in Augusta Co., VA, May 31, 1762. At 24 years of age Susanna became the mother of John Preston in "Greenfield", Botetourt Co., VA, May 2, 1764. At 25 years of age Susanna became the mother of Francis Preston in "Greenfield", Botetourt Co., VA, August 2, 1765. At 27 years of age Susanna became the mother of Sarah Preston in "Greenfield", Botetourt Co., VA, May 3, 1767. At 29 years of age Susanna became the mother of Anne Preston in "Greenfield", Botetourt Co., VA, February 12, 1769. At 30 years of age Susanna became the mother of William Preston in "Greenfield", Botetourt Co., VA, September 5, 1770. At 32 years of age Susanna became the mother of Susanna Preston in "Greenfield", Botetourt Co., VA, October 7, 1772. At 34 years of age Susanna became the mother of James Patton Preston in "Smithfield", Montgomery Co., VA, June 21, 1774. At 36 years of age Susanna became the mother of Mary Preston in "Smithfield", Montgomery Co., VA, September 29, 1776. At 39 years of age Susanna became the mother of Letitia Preston in "Smithfield", Montgomery Co., VA, September 29, 1779. At 41 years of age Susanna became the mother of Thomas Lewis Preston in "Smithfield", Montgomery Co., VA, August 19, 1781. At 44 years of age Susanna became the mother of Margaret Brown Preston in "Smithfield", Montgomery Co., VA, February 23, 1784.
At 32 years of age William became the father of Elizabeth Preston in Augusta Co., VA, May 31, 1762. At 34 years of age William became the father of John Preston in "Greenfield", Botetourt Co., VA, May 2, 1764. At 35 years of age William became the father of Francis Preston in "Greenfield", Botetourt Co., VA, August 2, 1765. At 37 years of age William became the father of Sarah Preston in "Greenfield", Botetourt Co., VA, May 3, 1767. At 39 years of age William became the father of Anne Preston in "Greenfield", Botetourt Co., VA, February 12, 1769. At 40 years of age William became the father of William Preston in "Greenfield", Botetourt Co., VA, September 5, 1770. At 42 years of age William became the father of Susanna Preston in "Greenfield", Botetourt Co., VA, October 7, 1772. At 44 years of age William became the father of James Patton Preston in "Smithfield", Montgomery Co., VA, June 21, 1774. At 46 years of age William became the father of Mary Preston in "Smithfield", Montgomery Co., VA, September 29, 1776. At 49 years of age William became the father of Letitia Preston in "Smithfield", Montgomery Co., VA, September 29, 1779. At 51 years of age William became the father of Thomas Lewis Preston in "Smithfield", Montgomery Co., VA, August 19, 1781. At 54 years of age William became the father of Margaret Brown Preston in "Smithfield", Montgomery Co., VA, February 23, 1784. William Preston was County Lieutenant, Sheriff, and Surveyor of Fincastle County, VA 1772-1776 during which time most of the best land in Kentucky in the central Bluegrass and around the Falls of the Ohio was surveyed and granted to various individuals for services in the French and Indian War. Fincastle County came into existence in 1772 and went out of existence in 1776 when it was divided into Washington, Montgomery and Kentucky Counties. William Preston never lived in Kentucky. His biographical sketch from The Prestons of Smithfield and Greenfield in Virginia by John Frederick Dorman (Filson Club, 1982) follows: William Preston, eldest son of John and Elizabeth (Patton) Preston, was born 25 Dec. 1729, Newtown-Limavady, Donegal, Ireland, and died 28 June 1783, Botetourt Co., Va. He married 17 Jan. 1761, Susanna Smith, daughter of Francis and Elizabeth (Waddy) Smith who was born 23 Jan. 1740, Hanover Co., Va. and died 19 June 1823, "Smithfield," Montgomery Co., Va. William Preston received a rudimentary education during the early years of his mother's widowhood but was later placed by his uncle, Col. James Patton, with the Rev. John Craig, pastor of Tinkling Spring Church. Because of his advanced age, a classical education was not attempted, but he was instructed in history, mathematics, and penmanship. When Col. Patton was sent in 1752 to Log Town, sixteen miles below Pittsburgh, to make a treaty with the northwestern Indians, William went along as his uncle's private secretary. In 1750 he became clerk of the Vestry of Augusta Parish, and he continued to hold that office until 22 Nov. 1766. During the first years of this service he brought together the papers which had been loosely preserved and throughout the years prepared a detailed account of the proceedings of the Vestry. On 22 March 1749/50 he purchased from William Beverley a tract of 334 acres in Beverley Manor and another of 365 acres on Lewis Creek above the Court House, and on 16-17 Nov. 1752 he acquired an additional 277 acres on the Second Fork of Morney Branch from James and Agnes Brown. He qualified as deputy surveyor of Augusta County on 20 Nov. 1752 and made use of his opportunities for locating good land on the frontier by entering numerous tracts and making further purchases. He became a justice of the Augusta County Court on 21 March 1755. Later that year, on 14 July 1755, he was commissioned Captain of a company of rangers in Augusta County. This company was in service as early as August 1755. He served with Col. James Patton until he was killed, then for a time under the immediate command of the Governor and finally under Maj. Andrew Lewis of the Virginia Regiment. In the late winter of 1755-56 the company marched on an expedition against the Shawnee Indians, setting out from Fort George on 9 Feb. 1756 and from Fort Frederick on the nineteenth. They proceeded to Sandy Creek, one of the tributaries of the Clinch River, but were unsuccessful in locating either the enemy or sufficient food to support the troops. As a result of the privations there was a virtual mutiny among the troops, and Preston and the other commanders were eventually forced to return home. He was one of the candidates for Burgess from Augusta County at the election held 17 Dec. 1755 but was not successful. In June 1756, after his company had been discharged on 24 June, there was another incursion of Indians among the settlements. Preston gathered together some of the men who had served under him, left ten at the fort, and marched with the others to join the militia. Previous to this he had built Fort William in one of the mountain passes, and this location served to protect the settlers in a large neighborhood. In early Oct. 1756 he accompanied George Washington from Augusta Court House to Col. John Buchanan's at Luney's Ferry on the James River during Washington's survey of the frontier and reported on the difficulty of raising men for military service. In Nov. 1756 William Preston was ordered to take charge of drafted militia, march to Millar's Fort to relieve the company there, and, if he had a sufficiently large body of men, to garrison Wilson's Fort in the Bull Pasture as well. In the summer and fall of 1757 he was again in command of a company on the Bull Pasture at Fort Prince George, his commission being dated 8 June 1757, and he continued in this service until November when he was ordered to engage as many as possible from his company of militia to serve as rangers on the frontier until the following August and was directed to keep out scouting parties regularly and to purchase supplies for the troops. He was again stationed at Fort George between September and November 1758. He qualified as major of the Augusta County militia on 17 Nov. 1758 and although holding this rank was on 11 Dec. 1758 commissioned captain of a company of rangers in Augusta County. The company was stationed at Fort Young in Jan. 1759. His service continued until 4 May 1759. He was commissioned lieutenant colonel of Augusta County on 14 June 1759 and qualified before the Court on 17 Aug. 1759. On 21 Nov. 1759 he became sheriff, coroner, and escheator of Augusta County. On 11-12 Feb. 1759 he purchased from Stephen Rentfro 191 acres on Buffalo Creek which became the nucleus of his plantation, "Greenfield," in what is now Botetourt County. It was in reality a block house or fort surrounded by a stockade. About 1762 he moved his family to this location. In 1765 the plantation where Col. William Preston lived contained 1590 acres 35 and at the time of his death "Greenfield" plantation comprised 2175 acres. In Nov. 1761 he was named as one of the trustees in the Act incorporating the town of Staunton. He became colonel and commander of the militia of Augusta County on 16 Aug. years later he was elected one of the two Burgesses from Augusta County and attended the session of the Assembly which began in Nov. 1766, being placed on the Committee of Public Claims. He did not attend the sessions of 1767 and 1768. On the formation of Botetourt County he was on 22 Dec. 1769 commissioned colonel of its militia and one of the coroners of the county. When the county court was organized on 13 Feb. 1770 he produced his commissions as surveyor, coroner, and escheator and two days later took the oaths as colonel. From 1769 to 1771 he was elected to represent Botetourt County in the House of Burgesses but he did not attend any of the sessions in those years. When Fincastle County was formed in 1772 he was named first in the commission of the peace and was recommended by the Council as County Lieutenant. He was commissioned sheriff of Fincastle County on 1 Dec. 1772. On 24 May 1773 he purchased tracts of 315 and 220 acres at Draper's Meadows from Edmund Winston and there established a plantation which he called "Smithfield. His wife and children moved there in March 1774 and in August he began to fortify the house in anticipation of further difficulties with the Indians. He did not participate in the expedition to Point Pleasant in Oct. 1774 on account of the illness of his wife, who was not expected to survive, but he was much involved with the preparations for that expedition. On 20 Jan. 1775, pursuant to resolves of the Continental Congress, the freeholders of Fincastle County met to organize a Committee of Safety. Col. William Preston was among those named to serve. He was commissioned Lieutenant and Commander in Chief of the militia of Fincastle County on 7 Oct. 1775 and on 8 Nov. 1775 when the Committee of Safety was reorganized, he was chosen as chairman. He continued to serve in that capacity until the committee was no longer required to function. When Montgomery County was formed he continued to hold the office of County Lieutenant, his commission being dated 21 Dec. 1776. He was commissioned justice of the new county the same day. During the whole of the Revolutionary War he was actively engaged in planning the military affairs on the Virginia frontier. With Col. William Christian and Maj. Evan Shelby he was on 18 Jan. 1777 named a commissioner to make a treaty with the Cherokee Indians. He was present when a treaty was concluded at the Long Island of Holston in July 1777. After the murder of Cornstalk at Fort Randolph late that year, Preston and other frontier leaders were fearful of further Indian troubles. Preston attempted to alleviate the situation through an address to the Shawnees which Governor Patrick Henry on 5 May 1778 described as "very proper " but the situation was such that on 12 May the Council ordered Preston to keep a sergeant and twelve men at his house at Draper's Meadows since if he were to move his family most of the back country inhabitants would also quit their settlements. During the spring and early summer of 1779 Preston was concerned with the possibility of a Tory insurrection in the frontier area. In June he called upon his neighbors to meet at his house to discuss the matter, requesting that they come unarmed and assuring them of their safety. He had been censured for not taking measures against those who refused to acknowledge their allegiance to the State. He was commissioned surveyor of Montgomery County on 11 March 1780. In the latter part of 1780 Preston assisted in planning the campaign which led to the defeat of the Tories at King's Mountain but sickness in his family prevented his participating in that contest. On 13 Oct. 1780 Gen. Gates ordered him to prepare a place at Fort Chiswell for the reception of prisoners from King's Mountain but the exposed situation of that place and the ill prepared conditions for confinement later persuaded Gates to place them in Botetourt County instead. Early in 1781 when the prospect of British control in western North Carolina and the invasion of Virginia loomed, Preston called out troops to march to the south without waiting for orders from the Governor. On 13 April 1781 he wrote Thomas Jefferson explaining that on 8 February he "called a number of the Officers together, to consult on a plan for raising a body of men on the Frontiers, for the defence of the country against the Common Enemy; . . . I believed it my duty to order out all the militia I could raise, without waiting any other call than that of the danger to which the country stood exposed. In this I was seconded by every Officer present, and in order to encourage old and young to go, who were fit to bear arms, I not only proposed to go myself, but sent for my son, just turned of sixteen, from a school in another country. I went to the Lead mines, where the militia was to rendezvous, and continued there and in the neighborhood until the 18th., when I marched with about 350 riflemen, mostly on horse-back; with whom I proceeded by long marches, until I joined Genl. Pickens, by Gen. Green's order, at no great distance from Hillsborough, and within three miles of Tarleton's Legion, who had repassed Haw River. The disaffected, and some others whom I had drawn out, deserted. With the remainder we did hard duty, under Genl. Pickens, twelve or fourteen days, on the Enemy's lines, greatly straitened for provisions. Part of the men were in one action, and the whole in the second; in both overpowered by numbers, and in the last broken and dispersed with the loss of their blankets. After which no arguments that could be made use of by myself, or the other officers, could induce the remaining few to continue another week; the time Genl. Green requested. After staying a few days at the Moravian Town, to have the wounded taken care of, Colo. Crocket and myself came home, accompanied by only two or three young men." Jefferson subsequently wrote him in commendation of his course of action: "I am obliged to you for the Narrative of your Proceedings to the Southward. It was certainly not only justifiable but laudable and even indispensably necessary that you should have proceeded as you did to oppose the public Enemy without orders from Government which it would have been fatal to have awaited." On 2 March 1781 Col. Preston's troops joined Greene's army at Guilford in North Carolina. His company with others was left to cover the rear of Pickens' wing and was attacked by British cavalry at Whitsell's Mill on 6 March 1781. In this engagement his horse took fright, dashed through the mill pond and threw its rider. Had not Col. Joseph Cloyd leaped from his horse and helped Preston to mount again, he would probably have been a casualty of the battle. Preston's troops also served at the battle of Guilford Court House on 15 March 1781. Gen. Greene appointed him on 26 Feb. 1781 as one of the commissioners to treat with the Cherokee Indians and on 24 March 1781 the Virginia Council also named him, Col. William Christian, and Maj. Joseph Martin to join with commissioners from North Carolina to make a treaty with the Cherokees, but on 17 April 1781 the Council advised the Governor to withdraw Virginia's appointment since the three were already appointed by Gen. Greene. On 20 July 1781, however, the Council appointed Preston with four others to serve as commissioners for the Western Country to settle the disbursements of public monies and other matters and to meet at the Falls of the Ohio. Preston's health had declined steadily following his return from North Carolina, and he had the premonition of apoplectic seizures a number of times during the two years following. As a result, he resigned as commissioner, and Granville Smith was appointed in his place. On 26 April 1782 Col. Preston wrote to Governor Benjamin Harrison concerning recent Indian atrocities in Montgomery County. The Governor replied on 4 May that the defense of the frontier inhabitants would be left to Preston's prudence, but on 10 June the Commissioner of War ordered a meeting of the field officers of Montgomery and Washington counties with Col. Preston in command. The officers encountered many difficulties in getting the men who were drafted during this year to report for duty. William Preston's death occurred while attending a muster of the Montgomery County militia in company with Gen. Evan Shelby and his son John Preston. The day was warm and after several hours on the reviewing field, near Michael Price's house about three miles from "Smithfield," he complained to his son of a severe pain in his head and desired to lie down on a bed at Price's. Shortly afterward he attempted to mount his horse to return home but fell back into his son's arms and was again laid on a bed at Price's house. He lost the power of speech but made motions to be bled. His wife was sent for and was recognized by him but shortly after this his breathing became labored and about midnight he died. His daughter Mrs. Floyd gave this description of him: "Col. Preston was above the ordinary height of man--five feet eleven inches. He was large, inclined to corpulency; was ruddy, had fair hair and hazel eyes. His manners were easy and graceful. He had a well-cultivated intellect and a fine taste for poetry. I remember reading several beautiful productions of his, addressed to my mother, in praise of her domestic virtues." His correspondence gives evidence of an acquaintance with the literature of this time and he acquired a library which was evidently well used. Consistent with the times and frontier conditions, the family acquired many of the amenities of life. His widow made her home at the Horseshoe Plantation until 1791. She later resided at "Smithfield.'' When she became too advanced in years to manage her affairs the Negroes belonging to the estate of Col. William Preston were on 11 Oct. 1816 divided among the heirs. There is a book published about the life of William Preston: William Preston & the Allegheny Patriot by Patricia G. Johnson (Walpa Publishing, 1976).
William Preston and Susanna Smith had the following children:
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Elizabeth2 Preston was born in Augusta Co., VA May 31, 1762.
Elizabeth died February 4, 1837 in Montgomery Co., VA, at 74 years of age. She married William
Strother Madison in "Smitfield", Montgomery Co., VA, January 14, 1779. William was born ca 1752. William was the son of
John Madison and Agatha Strother. William died March 17, 1782 in near "Madisonville", Montgomery Co., VA, at 29
years of age.
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John Preston was born in "Greenfield", Botetourt Co., VA May 2, 1764. John died March 27, 1827 in
"Greenfield", Botetourt Co., VA, at 62 years of age. He married twice. He married Mary Radford June
11, 1798. Mary was the daughter of William Radford and Rebecca Winston. Mary died March 26, 1810. He married Eliza Ann (Carrington) Mayo in Richmond, VA, March 30, 1811. Eliza was born 1768.
Eliza was the daughter of George Carrington and Margaret Bernard. Eliza died 1839 at 71 years of age. John Preston was
Treasurer of Virginia 1810-1819. Prestonsburg, Kentucky is named for him.
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Francis Preston was born August 2, 1765.
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Sarah Preston was born in "Greenfield", Botetourt Co., VA May 3, 1767. Sarah died July 3, 1841 at 74 years
of age. She married James McDowell in Montgomery Co., VA, February 1792.
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Anne Preston was born in "Greenfield", Botetourt Co., VA February 12, 1769. Anne died 1782 at 13 years of
age.
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William Preston was born in "Greenfield", Botetourt Co., VA September 5, 1770. William died January 24,
1821 in Montgomery Co., VA, at 50 years of age. He married Caroline Hancock in Botetourt Co.,
VA, March 28, 1802. Caroline was born in Fincastle, VA March 26, 1785. Caroline was the daughter of George
Hancock and Margaret Strother. Caroline died December 20, 1847 in Louisville, KY, at 62 years of age.
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Susanna Preston was born October 7, 1772.
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James Patton Preston was born in "Smithfield", Montgomery Co., VA June 21, 1774. James died May 4, 1843 in
"Smithfield", Montgomery Co., VA, at 68 years of age. He married Ann Barraud Taylor in Norfolk,
VA, June 23, 1801. Ann was born in Smithfield, Isle of Wight Co., VA March 29, 1778. Ann was the daughter of
Robert Taylor and Sarah Curle Barraud. Ann died June 8, 1861 at 83 years of age. James Patton Preston was Governor of
Virginia, 1816-1819.
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Mary Preston was born in "Smithfield", Montgomery Co., VA September 29, 1776. Mary died February 4, 1824 in
Sweet Springs, WV, at 47 years of age. She married John Lewis in Montgomery Co., VA, November
8, 1793. John was born in ugusta Co., VA August 24, 1758. John was the son of William Lewis and Ann Montgomery.
John died June 4, 1823 in Sweet Springs, WV, at 64 years of age.
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Letitia Preston was born in "Smithfield", Montgomery Co., VA September 29, 1779. Letitia died December 13,
1852 in Burkes Garden, VA, at 73 years of age. She married John Floyd in Franklin Co., KY,
May 13, 1804. John was born in Floyd Station, Jefferson Co., KY April 24, 1783. John was the son of John Floyd and
Jane Buchanan. John died August 16, 1837 in Sweet Springs, WV, at 54 years of age. John Floyd was Governor of Virginia
1830-34. His biography taken from the Biographical Directory of the American Congress follows: FLOYD, John, a Representative from
Virginia; born at Floyds Station, near the present city of Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky. (then a part of Virginia), April 24, 1783;
pursued an academic course; attended Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., and was graduated from the medical department of the University of
Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1806; settled in Lexington, Va., the same year, and soon thereafter moved to Christiansburg, Montgomery
County, Va., where he practiced his profession; justice of the peace in 1807; major of Virginia State Militia 1807-1812; served as surgeon
with rank of major in the War of 1812; subsequently became brigadier general of militia; member of the State house of delegates in 1814 and
1815; elected as a Democrat to the Fifteenth and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1817-March 3, 1829); was not a candidate for
renomination in 1828; Governor of Virginia 1830-1834; received the electoral vote of North Carolina for President in 1832; died near
Sweetsprings, Monroe County, Va. (now West Virginia), August 17, 1837; interment in an unmarked grave in the cemetery at Sweetsprings.
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Thomas Lewis Preston was born in "Smithfield", Montgomery Co., VA August 19, 1781. Thomas died August 11,
1812 in Lexington, VA, at 30 years of age. He married Edmonia Madison Randolph in Richmond,
VA, June 12, 1806. Edmonia was born April 17, 1787. Edmonia was the daughter of Edmund Jennings Randolph and
Elizabeth Carter Nicholas. Edmonia died October 1, 1847 in Lexington, VA, at 60 years of age.
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Margaret Brown Preston was born February 23, 1784.
4. Francis2 Preston (William1) was born in "Greenfield", Botetourt Co., VA August 2, 1765. Francis died May 26, 1835 in Columbia, SC, at 69 years of age.
He married Sarah Buchanan Campbell in Botetourt Co., VA, January 10, 1798. Sarah was born in "Aspenvale", Smyth Co., VA April 22, 1778. Sarah was the daughter of William Campbell and Elizabeth Henry. Sarah died July 23, 1846 in Abingdon, VA, at 68 years of age. At 24 years of age Sarah became the mother of Ann Sophonisba Preston in "Salt Works", Washington Co., VA, April 9, 1803.
At 37 years of age Francis became the father of Ann Sophonisba Preston in "Salt Works", Washington Co., VA, April 9, 1803. The biography of Francis Preston taken from the Biographical Directory of the American Cngress follows: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PRESTON, Francis, 1765-1836
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PRESTON, Francis, (father of William Campbell Preston and uncle of William Ballard Preston and William Preston), a Representative from Virginia; born in Greenfield, Botetourt County, Va., August 2, 1765; was graduated from the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va., in 1783; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced in Montgomery and Washington Counties; member of the State house of delegates in 1788 and 1789; elected to the Third Congress and reelected as a Republican to the Fourth Congress (March 4, 1793-March 3, 1797); declined to be a candidate for renomination; settled in Abingdon, Va., and resumed the practice of law; again a member of the State house of delegates 1812-1814; colonel of Volunteers in the War of 1812; served in the State senate 1816-1820; died at the home of his brother, William C. Preston, in Columbia, S.C., May 26, 1836; interment in Aspinvale Cemetery, near Seven Mile Ford, Va.
Francis Preston and Sarah Buchanan Campbell had the following child:
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Ann Sophonisba3 Preston was born April 9, 1803.
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She married Nathaniel Hart Jr. in Montgomery Co., VA, August 26, 1797. Nathaniel was born in Caswell Co., NC September 30, 1770. Nathaniel was the son of Nathaniel Hart and Sarah Simpson. Nathaniel died February 7, 1844 in "Spring Hill", Woodford Co., KY, at 73 years of age. His body was interred in Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, KY. At 27 years of age Nathaniel became the father of Susanna Smith Preston Hart August, 1798. At 29 years of age Nathaniel became the father of Sarah Simpson Hart June 8, 1800. At 31 years of age Nathaniel became the father of Letitia Preston Hart March 15, 1802. At 33 years of age Nathaniel became the father of Louisiana Breckinridge Hart in "Spring Hill", Woodford Co., KY, December 3, 1803. At 34 years of age Nathaniel became the father of Nathaniel Hart April 27, 1805. At 36 years of age Nathaniel became the father of William Preston Hart July 25, 1807. At 38 years of age Nathaniel became the father of Virginia H. Hart June 14, 1809. Nathaniel was listed as the head of a family on the 1810 Census in Woodford County, Kentucky. In the 1810 Census for Woodford County, Kentucky, Nathaniel Hart, Jr. is listed with 2 white males under 10, 4 16-26, 2 26-45, 3 white females under 10, 1 10-16, and 1 26-45.
At 40 years of age Nathaniel became the father of Susanna M. Hart July 9, 1811. At 43 years of age Nathaniel became the father of Mary Howard Hart July 17, 1814. Nathaniel was listed as the head of a family on the 1820 Census in Woodford County, Kentucky. In the 1820 Census for Woodford County, Kentucky, Nathaniel Hart, Jr. is listed with 2 white males 10-15, 1 19-25, 1 over 44, 1 white female less than 10, 3 10-15, 1 16-25, 1 over 44, 8 male blacks under 14, 5 14-25, 2 26-44, 3 over 44, 2 female blacks under 14, 4 15-25, 2 26-44, and 9 persons engaged in agriculture.
Nathaniel was listed as the head of a family on the 1830 Census in Woodford County, Kentucky. In the 1830 Census for Woodford County, Kentucky, Nathaniel Hart, Jr. is listed with 1 white male 20-30, 1 50-60, 1 white female 20-30, 1 50-60, and 25 slaves including 1 male under 10, 5 10-24, 3 24-36, 3 36-55, 2 55-100, 4 females under 10, 3 10-24, 2 24-36, and 2 36-55.
Nathaniel was listed as the head of a family on the 1840 Census in Woodford County, Kentucky. In the 1840 Census for Woodford County, Kentucky, Nathaniel Hart, Jr. is listed with 2 white males 20-30, 6 30-40, 1 60-70, 1 white female 30-40, 1 male slave under 10, 2 10-24, 2 24-36, 4 36-55, 2 55-100, 4 female slaves under 10, 4 10-24, 3 24-36, 1 36-55, and 1 55-100 for a total of 24 slaves. Fourteen persons were engaged in agriculture. Two persons were engaged in manufacturing and trades. A brief sketch of his life from The Prestons of Smithfield and Greenfield in Virginia by John Frederick Dorman (Filson Club, 1982) follows: Susanna Preston, fourth daughter of William and Susanna (Smith) Preston, was born 7 Oct. 1772, "Greenfield," Botetourt Co., Va., and died 21 June 1833, "Spring Hill," Woodford Co., Ky. She married 26 Aug. 1797, Montgomery Co., Va., Nathaniel Hart, son of Nathaniel and Sarah (Simpson) Hart, who was born 30 Sept. 1770, Caswell Co., N.C., and died 7 Feb. 1844, "Spring Hill," Woodford Co., Ky. Nathaniel Hart in his youth took part in several expeditions against the Indians and was for six months in 1794 on Gen. Anthony Wayne's campaign as aide de camp to Gen. Joshua Barbee. He participated in the Battle of Fallen Timbers. After their marriage they lived in Lexington, Ky., and for several years in Franklin Co., Ky., before moving to Woodford County in 1807. His home thereafter was "Spring Hill," one mile from Versailles. After the fashion of gentlemen in England, he kept about one hundred deer in his woodlands, as well as several head of elk, and at one time he owned a few American bison. In the autumn and winter of 1812 he made two trips to Philadelphia as agent of the Bank of Kentucky to transport large amounts of money in gold to Kentucky to finance war measures.
At 25 years of age Susanna became the mother of Susanna Smith Preston Hart August, 1798. At 27 years of age Susanna became the mother of Sarah Simpson Hart June 8, 1800. At 29 years of age Susanna became the mother of Letitia Preston Hart March 15, 1802. At 31 years of age Susanna became the mother of Louisiana Breckinridge Hart in "Spring Hill", Woodford Co., KY, December 3, 1803. At 32 years of age Susanna became the mother of Nathaniel Hart April 27, 1805. At 34 years of age Susanna became the mother of William Preston Hart July 25, 1807. At 36 years of age Susanna became the mother of Virginia H. Hart June 14, 1809. At 38 years of age Susanna became the mother of Susanna M. Hart July 9, 1811. At 41 years of age Susanna became the mother of Mary Howard Hart July 17, 1814.
Susanna Preston and Nathaniel Hart, Jr. had the following children:
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Susanna Smith Preston3 Hart was born August, 1798. Susanna died September
6, 1800 at 2 years of age.
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Sarah Simpson Hart was born June 8, 1800.
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Letitia Preston Hart was born March 15, 1802.
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Louisiana Breckinridge Hart was born December 3, 1803.
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Nathaniel Hart was born April 27, 1805. Nathaniel died 1854 at 49 years of age. Nathaniel Hart was a farmer of
Woodford County, Kentucky.
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William Preston Hart was born July 25, 1807.
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Virginia H. Hart was born June 14, 1809.
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Susanna M. Hart was born July 9, 1811. Susanna died February 15, 1812 at less than one year of age.
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Mary Howard Hart was born July 17, 1814.
13. Margaret Brown2 Preston (William1) was born in "Smithfield", Montgomery Co., VA February 23, 1784. Margaret died May 4, 1843 at 59 years of age.
She married John Preston in "Smithfield", Montgomery Co., VA, October 5, 1802. John was born July 8, 1781. John was the son of Robert Preston and Margaret Rhea. John died October 10, 1864 at 83 years of age. At 48 years of age John became the father of Jane Preston June 26, 1830.
At 46 years of age Margaret became the mother of Jane Preston June 26, 1830.
Margaret Brown Preston and John Preston had the following child:
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Jane3 Preston was born June 26, 1830. She married
James Brown Craighead December 27, 1846. James was born in Haysboro, TN 1795. James was the son of Rev. Thomas
Brown Craighead and Elizabeth Brown. James died 1860 at 65 years of age.
14. Ann Sophonisba3 Preston (Francis2, William1) was born in "Salt Works", Washington Co., VA April 9, 1803. Ann died December 20, 1844 in Baltimore, MD, at 41 years of age.
She married Robert Jefferson Breckinridge in Abingdon, VA, March 11, 1823. Robert was born in "Cabell's Dale", Fayette Co., KY March 8, 1800. Robert was the son of John Breckinridge and Mary Hopkins Cabell. Robert died December 27, 1871 in Danville, KY, at 71 years of age. At 28 years of age Robert became the father of Mary Cabell Breckinridge in "Cabell's Dale", Fayette County, KY, April 6, 1828. At 32 years of age Robert became the father of Sarah Campbell Breckinridge September 18, 1832. At 33 years of age Robert became the father of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge in Baltimore, MD, September 14, 1833. At 36 years of age Robert became the father of Marie Lettice Breckinridge in Paris, France, August 14, 1836. At 37 years of age Robert became the father of William Campbell Preston Breckinridge in Baltimore, MD, August 28, 1837. At 39 years of age Robert became the father of Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge August 22, 1839. At 41 years of age Robert became the father of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge in Baltimore, MD, January 14, 1842. At 44 years of age Robert became the father of Charles Henry Breckinridge September 9, 1844. At 46 years of age Robert became the father of Virginia Hart Breckinridge in Lexington, KY, February 10, 1847. At 49 years of age Robert became the father of Nathaniel Hart Breckinridge in "Spring Hill", Woodford Co., KY, July 21, 1849. At 50 years of age Robert became the father of John Robert Breckinridge in Lexington, KY, September 23, 1850. From The Political Graveyard: Breckinridge, Robert Jefferson (1800-1871) Son of John Breckinridge; brother-in-law of Peter Buell Porter; brother of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge; uncle of John C. Breckinridge; father of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Jr. and William C. P. Breckinridge. Born near Lexington, Ky., March 8, 1800. Member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1825-28; Kentucky superintendent of public instruction, 1849-53; candidate for delegate to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849. Died in Danville, Ky., December 22, 1871. Burial location unknown. (end) Robert Jefferson Breckinridge was a Prebyterian minister and a stong supporter of the Union. He is buried at the Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, KY. His biography from The Kentucky Encyclopedia follows: BRECKINRIDGE, ROBERT JEFFERSON. Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, called the father of the public school system in Kentucky, was born March 8, 1800, near Lexington, Kentucky, to John and Mary Hopkins (Cabell) BRECKINRIDGE. His father, a U.S. senator and cabinet member under President Thomas Jefferson, died in 1806 when the boy was six; his mother ran their large plantation for nearly half a century. After attending Princeton and Yale, Breckinridge graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York, in 1819. He was elected to the Kentucky legislature in 1825 and served until 1830. A near-fatal illness, coupled with the death of his second child, then caused him to turn to religion. Breckinridge was ordained in the Presbyterian church in 1832 and held pastorates in Baltimore and Lexington. During 1853-69, he was a professor at Danville Theological Seminary. Although elected to the church's highest leadership position in 1841, he was often involved in religious controversy. Breckinridge took a leading role in the debates that split his church in the antebellum period, wrote numerous articles and books bitterly attacking Catholicism, and composed lengthy theological works that gained both praise and considerable criticism. After serving as president of Jefferson College in Pennsylvania during 1845-47, Breckinridge returned to Kentucky, where he was soon appointed SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. After the office became elective, he was returned to the post in 1851 and served until 1853. He obtained legislative and voter approval for the first Kentucky property tax for educational purposes and secured that system in the 1850 constitution; attendance at public schools increased from 24,000 in 1848 to 195,000 four years later. Although Breckinridge himself held slaves-thirty-seven in 1860-he supported gradual emancipation and colonization and spoke for those causes in state, national, and international forums. He was an eloquent orator, but his combative spirit led to bitter debates, such as the confrontation with Robert WICKLIFFE, a Lexington legislator and attorney, over slavery. Breckinridge followed a political path from Whig to Know-Nothing to Republican. Running unsuccessfully as an emancipation candidate for the 1849 Kentucky constitutional convention, he was one of the last elected public officials in the South to give the antislavery cause strong public support. Breckinridge quickly sided with the Union when the Civil War started and became a major border state spokesman for that cause through the pages of the Danville Quarterly Review. His family sent two sons south, as well as two north, and his nephew John C. BRECKINRIDGE, a former vice president of the United States, was a Confederate general. Yet Breckinridge called for harsh measures against secession, and he eventually accepted Abraham Lincoln's emancipation of slaves. In 1864 Breckinridge was chosen temporary chairman of the national convention that renominated President Lincoln. But with the war's end, Breckinridge and his supporters became outnumbered as the commonwealth turned anti-administration and even pro-Southern. Within his family, one of his daughters-in-law refused to let him see her children for two years after the war ended. Breckinridge married his cousin, Ann Sophonisba Preston, in 1823; they had eleven children. Following her death in 1844, he married another cousin, Virginia Hart Shelby; they had three children. His second wife died in 1859, and in 1868 he married Margaret Faulkner White. Breckinridge died on December 27, 1871, and was buried in the Lexington Cemetery. See James C. Klotter, The Breckinridges of Kentucky (Lexington, Ky., 1986). JAMES C. KLOTTER
At 24 years of age Ann became the mother of Mary Cabell Breckinridge in "Cabell's Dale", Fayette County, KY, April 6, 1828. At 29 years of age Ann became the mother of Sarah Campbell Breckinridge September 18, 1832. At 30 years of age Ann became the mother of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge in Baltimore, MD, September 14, 1833. At 33 years of age Ann became the mother of Marie Lettice Breckinridge in Paris, France, August 14, 1836. At 34 years of age Ann became the mother of William Campbell Preston Breckinridge in Baltimore, MD, August 28, 1837. At 36 years of age Ann became the mother of Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge August 22, 1839. At 38 years of age Ann became the mother of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge in Baltimore, MD, January 14, 1842. At 41 years of age Ann became the mother of Charles Henry Breckinridge September 9, 1844.
Ann Sophonisba Preston and Robert Jefferson Breckinridge had the following children:
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Francis Preston4 Breckinridge. Francis died July 14, 1825 in Abingdon,
VA.
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Louisiana Hart Breckinridge. Louisiana Hart Breckinridge died in infancy.
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John Breckinridge. John Breckinridge died in infancy.
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Mary Cabell Breckinridge was born in "Cabell's Dale", Fayette County, KY April 6, 1828. Mary died January
13, 1902 in Lexington, KY, at 73 years of age. She married William Warfield in Fayette Co.,
KY, December 21, 1848. William was born in "Grasmere", Fayette Co., KY May 30, 1827. William died January 21,
1907 in Easton, PA, at 79 years of age.
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Sarah Campbell Breckinridge was born September 18, 1832. Sarah died April 23, 1865 at 32 years of age. She married George Morrison in "Braedalbane", Fayette Co., KY, August 7, 1856. George was born
in Baltimore Co., MD January 30, 1831. George died August 28, 1898 in Baltimore Co., MD, at 67 years of age.
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Robert Jefferson Breckinridge was born in Baltimore, MD September 14, 1833. Robert died March 13, 1915 at
81 years of age. He married twice. He married Katherine Desmond Morrison in Lexington, KY, March
18, 1856. Katherine was born January 25, 1837. Katherine died November 8, 1887 at 50 years of age. He married Lilla Augusta Morrison in Boyle Co., KY, July 1889. Lilla was born March 7, 1843.
Lilla died May 24, 1901 at 58 years of age.
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Marie Lettice Breckinridge was born in Paris, France August 14, 1836. Marie died May 15, 1905 in Princess
Anne, MD, at 68 years of age. She married William Collins Handy in Braedalbane, Fayette Co.,
KY, October 1, 1857. William was born in Northampton Co., VA August 10, 1835. William died December 9, 1908 in
Washington, DC, at 73 years of age.
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William Campbell Preston Breckinridge was born August 28, 1837.
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Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge was born August 22, 1839. She married Theophilus
Steele, Jr. in "Braedalbane", FAyette Co., KY, April 27, 1858. Theophilus was born December 1835. Theophilus died
August 23, 1911 in Bellmore, L.I., NY, at 75 years of age.
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Joseph Cabell Breckinridge was born in Baltimore, MD January 14, 1842. Joseph died August 18, 1920 at 78
years of age. He married Louisa Ludlow Dudley in Lexington, KY, July 21, 1868. Louisa was
born February 20, 1849. Louisa died September 19, 1911 in North Hatley, Quebec, at 62 years of age.
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Charles Henry Breckinridge was born September 9, 1844. Charles died August 27, 1867 in Ft. Morgan, AL, at
22 years of age.
16. Sarah Simpson3 Hart (Susanna2 Preston, William1) was born June 8, 1800. Sarah died July 13, 1883 in Louisville, KY, at 83 years of age.
She married George Claiborne Thompson in Woodford Co., KY, October 1, 1819. George was born in Albemarle Co., VA April 30, 1778. George was the son of George Thompson and Rebecca Burton. George died February 8, 1856 in "Shawnee Springs", Mercer Co., KY, at 77 years of age. At 44 years of age George became the father of Susanna Preston Hart Thompson in Woodford Co., KY, October 5, 1822. At 47 years of age George became the father of Letitia Hart Thompson March 9, 1826.
At 22 years of age Sarah became the mother of Susanna Preston Hart Thompson in Woodford Co., KY, October 5, 1822. At 25 years of age Sarah became the mother of Letitia Hart Thompson March 9, 1826.
Sarah Simpson Hart and George Claiborne Thompson had the following children:
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?4 Thompson. This child died in infancy.
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Susanna Preston Hart Thompson was born in Woodford Co., KY October 5, 1822. She
married Morgan Brown Vance in Mercer Co., KY, January 8, 1845. Morgan was born in Union Mills, KY June 21, 1813.
Morgan died June 8, 1871 in New Albany, IN, at 57 years of age.
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Letitia Hart Thompson was born March 9, 1826. Letitia died April 23, 1896 at 70 years of age. She married William Little Vance in Mercer Co., KY, October 16, 1844. William was born 1815.
William died 1888 at 73 years of age.
17. Letitia Preston3 Hart (Susanna2 Preston, William1) was born March 15, 1802. Letitia died July 12, 1866 in Crittenden Co., KY, at 64 years of age.
She married Arthur Hooe Wallace in Woodford Co., KY, October 1, 1832. Arthur was born September 17, 1794. Arthur was the son of Thomas Wallace and Mary Hooe. Arthur died July 9, 1878 in Jefferson Co., KY, at 83 years of age. At 39 years of age Arthur became the father of Susan Hart Wallace December 16, 1833. At 42 years of age Arthur became the father of William Pope Wallace March 19, 1837. At 45 years of age Arthur became the father of Mary Hooe Wallace February, 1840. At 46 years of age Arthur became the father of Thomas Wallace in "Ridgeway", Crittenden Co., KY, May 8, 1841.
At 31 years of age Letitia became the mother of Susan Hart Wallace December 16, 1833. At 35 years of age Letitia became the mother of William Pope Wallace March 19, 1837. At 37 years of age Letitia became the mother of Mary Hooe Wallace February, 1840. At 39 years of age Letitia became the mother of Thomas Wallace in "Ridgeway", Crittenden Co., KY, May 8, 1841.
Letitia Preston Hart and Arthur Hooe Wallace had the following children:
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Susan Hart4 Wallace was born December 16, 1833. Susan died May 5, 1915 in
Louisville, KY, at 81 years of age. She married Richard Barnes Alexander December 16, 1856.
Richard was born March 8, 1831. Richard died 1880 in Louisville, KY, at 49 years of age.
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William Pope Wallace was born March 19, 1837. William died February 11, 1881 in Anderson, CA, at 43 years
of age. He married Eliza Henry Edmonds November 18, 1867. Eliza was born in Hopkinsville, KY
January 3, 1844.
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Mary Hooe Wallace was born February, 1840. She married Hancock Taylor October 12,
1865. Hancock was born in Jefferson Co., KY January, 1839.
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Thomas Wallace was born in "Ridgeway", Crittenden Co., KY May 8, 1841. He married twice. He married Mary Stuart Dade in "Bloomfield", Christian Co., KY, February 15, 1867. Mary was born
in "Clover Hill", Prince William Co., VA March 29, 1843. Mary died December 28, 1894 at 51 years of age. He married Mary Adair Bernould in Shelby Co., KY, November 17, 1896. Mary was born ca 1862.
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She married Tobias Gibson in "Spring Hill", Woodford Co., KY, June 14, 1827. Tobias was born in Vicksburg, MS October 27, 1800. Tobias was the son of Randall Gibson and Harriet McKinley. Tobias died February 7, 1872 in "Magnolia", Terrebonne Parish, LA, at 71 years of age. His body was interred in Lexington Cemetery. At 27 years of age Tobias became the father of Susanna Hart Gibson in "Spring Hill", Woodford Co., KY, May 30, 1828. At 29 years of age Tobias became the father of Sarah Thompson Gibson in Warren Co., MS, May 17, 1830. Tobias was listed as the head of a family on the 1830 Census in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. Tobias Gibson is listed in the 1830 Census for Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana with 1 white male 30-40, 1 50-60, 1 white female under 5, 1 20-30, 5 male slaves under 10, 3 10-24, 5 24-36, 2 36-55, 1 55-100, 5 female slaves under 10, 4 10-24, 5 24-36, and 2 36-55 for a total of 32 slaves.
At 31 years of age Tobias became the father of Randall Lee Gibson in "Spring Hill", Woodford Co., KY, September 10, 1832. At 32 years of age Tobias became the father of William Preston Gibson in "Magnolia", Terrebonne Parish, LA, October 16, 1833. At 34 years of age Tobias became the father of Nathaniel Hart Gibson in "Shawnee Springs", Mercer Co., KY, May 22, 1835. At 36 years of age Tobias became the father of Claudius Gibson in "Magnolia", Terrebonne Parish, LA, February 5, 1837. At 37 years of age Tobias became the father of Tobias Gibson in "Magnolia", Terrebonne Parish, LA, August 6, 1838. Tobias was listed as the head of a family on the 1840 Census in Fayette County, Kentucky. Tobias Gibson is listed on the 1840 Census for Fayette County, Kentucky with 3 white males under 5, 2 5-10, 1 30-40, 1 white female 10-15, 1 30-40, 1 black male 10-24, 1 24-36, 1 black female under 10, 1 10-24, and 2 36-55. Tobias Gibson may be listed on the Census in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana also. The page is not available on Ancestry. The page could be a slave schedule.
At 39 years of age Tobias became the father of John McKinley Gibson Lexington, Fayette Co., KY, October 3, 1840. At 44 years of age Tobias became the father of Robert Breckinridge Gibson Lexington, Fayette Co., KY, February 6, 1845. At 47 years of age Tobias became the father of Louisiana Breckinridge Hart Gibson in "Oak Forest", Terrebonne Parish, LA, January 28, 1848. Tobias was listed as the owner of slaves on the 1850 Census of Slave Inhabitants in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. The slave census for 1850 in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana lists Tobias Gibson with 148 slaves.
Tobias was listed as the head of a family on the 1850 Census in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. Tobias Gibson is listed on the 1850 Census for Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana as a Planter, age 50, born in Mississippi with real estate worth $125,000. Also listed are his wife, Louisiana, age 45, born in Kentucky; Sarah, 20, born in Louisiana; Randall, 19, born in Louisiana; Preston, 17, born in Louisiana; Hart, 16, born in Louisiana; Claudius Gibson, 15, born in Louisiana; Tobias, 13, born in Louisiana; Kenny, 12, born in Louisiana; Mary Gibson, 2, born in Louisiana; and D. V. Deans, Overseer, 32, born in North Carolina.
Tobias was listed as the head of a family on the 1860 Census in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. Tobias Gibson is listed on the 1860 Census for Terrebonne Parish as a Planter, age 59, born in Mississippi, with real estate worth $300,000 and personal property worth $234,000.
Tobias was listed as the head of a family on the 1870 Census in Terebonne Parish, Louisiana. Tobias Gibson was listed on the 1870 Census for Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana as a Planter, age 69, born in Mississippi. Also listed is Sarah Humphreys, age 85, born in Louisiana. Tobias Gibson first came to Kentucky as a student at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky in 1817-1818. He apparently farmed at Shawnee Springs in Mercer Co., KY and Traveller's Rest in Lincoln Co., KY. Some of his children were buried in the Shelby family cemetery at Traveller's Rest before being moved to the Lexington Cemetery. He then farmed at a plantation known as "Oakley" which I believe was in Jefferson County, Mississippi. He then moved to Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana in 1829 where he engaged in sugar planting. He bought land in Terrebonne Parish from James Bowie of Alamo fame in 1828. He owned several large plantations and over 300 slaves. An inventory of the community property in Terrebonne Parish he owned with his deceased wife was done in 1852 showing a total value of $233,711.00. The Civil War destroyed his wealth. He died at "Oak Forest", Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, and was buried in his family lot at the Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky. He owned a mansion on Second Street in Lexington which he used as his summer home. A brief sketch of his life from The Prestons of Smithfield and Greenfield in Virginia by John Frederick Dorman (Filson Club, 1982) follows: Louisiana Breckinridge Hart, fourth daughter of Nathaniel and Susanna (Preston) Hart, was born 4 Dec. 1803, "Spring Hill," Woodford Co., Ky., and died 20 Feb. 1851, Havana, Cuba. She married 14 June 1827, "Spring Hill," Tobias Gibson, son of the Rev. Randall and Harriet (McKinley) Gibson, who was born 27 Oct. 1800, Vicksburg, Miss., and died 6 Feb. 1872, "Oak Forest," Terrebonne Parish, La. Tobias Gibson was educated at Lexington, Ky., and after his marriage became a planter of Terrebonne Parish, La. He owned four large estates, "Greenwood," "Magnolia," "Hollywood," and "Live Oak." He was one of the leading cotton and sugar planters of the Mississippi Valley but made Lexington, Ky., his principal residence.
At 24 years of age Louisiana became the mother of Susanna Hart Gibson in "Spring Hill", Woodford Co., KY, May 30, 1828. At 26 years of age Louisiana became the mother of Sarah Thompson Gibson in Warren Co., MS, May 17, 1830. At 28 years of age Louisiana became the mother of Randall Lee Gibson in "Spring Hill", Woodford Co., KY, September 10, 1832. At 29 years of age Louisiana became the mother of William Preston Gibson in "Magnolia", Terrebonne Parish, LA, October 16, 1833. At 31 years of age Louisiana became the mother of Nathaniel Hart Gibson in "Shawnee Springs", Mercer Co., KY, May 22, 1835. At 33 years of age Louisiana became the mother of Claudius Gibson in "Magnolia", Terrebonne Parish, LA, February 5, 1837. At 34 years of age Louisiana became the mother of Tobias Gibson in "Magnolia", Terrebonne Parish, LA, August 6, 1838. At 36 years of age Louisiana became the mother of John McKinley Gibson Lexington, Fayette Co., KY, October 3, 1840. At 41 years of age Louisiana became the mother of Robert Breckinridge Gibson Lexington, Fayette Co., KY, February 6, 1845. At 44 years of age Louisiana became the mother of Louisiana Breckinridge Hart Gibson in "Oak Forest", Terrebonne Parish, LA, January 28, 1848. Louisiana Breckinridge Hart was named to commemorate the role of Senator John Breckinridge in bringing about the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. She went to Cuba for her health after developing tuberculosis and died there.
Louisiana Breckinridge Hart and Tobias Gibson had the following children:
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Susanna Hart4 Gibson was born in "Spring Hill", Woodford Co., KY May 30,
1828. Susanna died January 20, 1830 in Warren Co., MS, at 1 year of age. Her body was interred in Lexington
Cemetery.
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Sarah Thompson Gibson was born May 17, 1830.
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Randall Lee Gibson was born in "Spring Hill", Woodford Co., KY September 10, 1832. Randall died December
15, 1892 in Hot Springs, Arkansas, at 60 years of age. His body was interred in Lexington Cemetery. He married Mary Montgomery. Mary was born in New Orleans, LA June 22, 1845. Mary died May
17, 1887 in Washington, DC, at 41 years of age. Her body was interred in Lexington Cemetery. Randall Lee Gibson
graduated from Yale College in 1853 and was valedictorian of his class. He was a Brigadier General, C.S.A. during the Civil War and
represented Louisiana in Congress and in the United States Senate after the War. His biogaphy from the Biographical Directory of the
American Congress follows:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GIBSON, Randall Lee, 1832-1892
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Years of Service: 1883-1892 Party: Democrat
GIBSON, Randall Lee, a Representative and a Senator from Louisiana; born September 10, 1832, at Spring Hill, near Versailles, Woodford County, Ky.; was educated by a private tutor at ‘Live Oak,’ his father’s plantation in Terrebonne Parish, La.; graduated from Yale College in 1853 and from the law department of the University of Louisiana (later Tulane University), New Orleans, La., in 1855; traveled in Europe for several years; engaged in planting until the outbreak of the Civil War; enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1861 and served until 1864, when he was promoted to brigadier general; after the war was admitted to the bar and practiced in New Orleans, La.; resumed agricultural pursuits; served as administrator of the Howard Memorial Library, trustee of the Peabody Fund, Regent of the Smithsonian Institution, and as president of the board of administrators of Tulane University, New Orleans, La.; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1872 to the Forty-third Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1883); elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1882; reelected in 1889 and served from March 4, 1883, until his death at Hot Springs, Ark., December 15, 1892; interment Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
Bibliography
American National Biography; Dictionary of American Biography; McBride, Mary. ‘Senator Randall Lee Gibson and the Establishment of Tulane University.’ Louisiana History 28 (Summer 1987): 245-62; U.S. Congress. Memorial Addresses for Randall Lee Gibson. 53rd Cong., 2nd sess. 1893-1894. Washington, D.C: Government Printing Office, 1894.
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William Preston Gibson was born in "Magnolia", Terrebonne Parish, LA October 16, 1833. William died
December 9, 1865 at 32 years of age. He married Elodie Mary Humphreys in St. James Parish, LA, July
19, 1855. Elodie was born circa 1837. Elodie was the daughter of Alexander Humphreys and Emilie Perret.
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Nathaniel Hart Gibson was born in "Shawnee Springs", Mercer Co., KY May 22, 1835. Nathaniel died January 3,
1904 in St. Paul, MN, at 68 years of age. His body was interred in Lexington Cemetery. He
married Mary Duncan in Fayette Co., KY, September 20, 1859. Mary was born in "Duncannon", Fayette Co., KY
November 13, 1838. Mary died May 22, 1910 in "Ingleside", Lexington, KY, at 71 years of age. Her body was interred in
Lexington Cemetery.
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Claudius Gibson was born in "Magnolia", Terrebonne Parish, LA February 5, 1837. Claudius died March 22,
1863 at 26 years of age.
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Tobias Gibson was born in "Magnolia", Terrebonne Parish, LA August 6, 1838. Tobias died December 4, 1904 in
Lexington, KY, at 66 years of age. His body was interred in Lexington Cemetery. He married
Eva Bright. Eva was born February 1840. Eva died 1918 at 78 years of age.
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John McKinley Gibson was born Lexington, Fayette Co., KY October 3, 1840. John died April 5, 1880 at 39
years of age. His body was interred in Lexington Cemetery.
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Robert Breckinridge Gibson was born Lexington, Fayette Co., KY February 6, 1845. Robert died June 9, 1845
Lexington, Fayette Co., KY, at less than one year of age. His body was interred in Lexington Cemetery.
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Louisiana Breckinridge Hart Gibson was born in "Oak Forest", Terrebonne Parish, LA January 28, 1848.
Louisiana died February 14, 1877 at 29 years of age. Her body was interred in Lexington Cemetery. She married Daniel Drake Carter in Fayette Co., KY, February 15, 1876. Daniel was born in
Woodford Co., KY October 12, 1837. Daniel died December 12, 1886 in Woodford Co., KY, at 49 years of age.
20. William Preston3 Hart (Susanna2 Preston, William1) was born July 25, 1807. William died 1868 at 60 years of age.
He married Rebecca Carnan Tevis in "Arcadia", Lincoln Co., KY, February 8, 1865. Rebecca was born 1844. Rebecca was the daughter of Henry Tevis and Mary Pindell Shelby. Rebecca died October 27, 1911 at 67 years of age. At 21 years of age Rebecca became the mother of Nathaniel Hart 1865. At 21 years of age Rebecca became the mother of Susan Preston Hart in "Spring Hill", Woodford Co., KY, June, 1866.
At 57 years of age William became the father of Nathaniel Hart 1865. At 58 years of age William became the father of Susan Preston Hart in "Spring Hill", Woodford Co., KY, June, 1866.
William Preston Hart and Rebecca Carnan Tevis had the following children:
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Nathaniel4 Hart was born 1865. Nathaniel died 1868 at 3 years of age.
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Susan Preston Hart was born in "Spring Hill", Woodford Co., KY June, 1866. Susan died January 11, 1929 in
"Spring Hill", Woodford Co., KY, at 62 years of age. She married Johnson Newlon Camden, Jr. in
Woodford Co., KY, October 16, 1888. Johnson was born in Parkersburg, WV January 5, 1865. Johnson was the son of
Johnson Newlon Camden and Ann G. Thompson. Johnson died August 16, 1942 in Fayette Co., KY, at 77 years of age.
From the Biographical Directory of the United States
Congress:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAMDEN, Johnson Newlon, Jr, 1865-1942
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Years of Service: 1914-1915 Party: Democrat
Library of Congress CAMDEN, Johnson Newlon, Jr, . (son of the Johnson Newlon Camden), a Senator from Kentucky; born in Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va., January 5, 1865; attended Episcopal High School, Alexandria, Va., Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Va., Columbia Law School, New York City, and the law school of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville; was admitted to the bar in 1888 but never practiced; moved to Spring Hill Farm, near Versailles, Woodford County, Ky., in 1890; engaged in farming and horsebreeding; also interested in the opening and development of the coal fields of eastern Kentucky; appointed and subsequently elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William O. Bradley and served from June 16, 1914, to March 3, 1915; was not a candidate for renomination in 1914; resumed agricultural pursuits on a farm near Paris, Ky., until his death on August 16, 1942; interment in Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
21. Virginia H.3 Hart (Susanna2 Preston, William1) was born June 14, 1809.
She married twice. She married Alfred Shelby in "Spring Hill", Woodford Co., KY, June 14, 1827. Alfred was born in "Travellers Rest", Woodford Co., KY January 25, 1804. Alfred was the son of Isaac Shelby and Susannah Hart. Alfred died December 1, 1832 at 28 years of age. At 24 years of age Alfred became the father of Isaac Shelby April 25, 1828. At 26 years of age Alfred became the father of Susanna Preston Shelby in "Travellers Rest", Lincoln Co., KY, February 6, 1830. At 27 years of age Alfred became the father of Alfred Shelby, Jr. November 12, 1831. At 29 years of age Alfred became the father of Sarah Virginia Shelby April 12, 1833. She married Robert Jefferson Breckinridge in Danville, KY, April 1, 1847. Robert was born in "Cabell's Dale", Fayette Co., KY March 8, 1800. Robert was the son of John Breckinridge and Mary Hopkins Cabell. Robert died December 27, 1871 in Danville, KY, at 71 years of age. At 28 years of age Robert became the father of Mary Cabell Breckinridge in "Cabell's Dale", Fayette County, KY, April 6, 1828. At 32 years of age Robert became the father of Sarah Campbell Breckinridge September 18, 1832. At 33 years of age Robert became the father of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge in Baltimore, MD, September 14, 1833. At 36 years of age Robert became the father of Marie Lettice Breckinridge in Paris, France, August 14, 1836. At 37 years of age Robert became the father of William Campbell Preston Breckinridge in Baltimore, MD, August 28, 1837. At 39 years of age Robert became the father of Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge August 22, 1839. At 41 years of age Robert became the father of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge in Baltimore, MD, January 14, 1842. At 44 years of age Robert became the father of Charles Henry Breckinridge September 9, 1844. At 46 years of age Robert became the father of Virginia Hart Breckinridge in Lexington, KY, February 10, 1847. At 49 years of age Robert became the father of Nathaniel Hart Breckinridge in "Spring Hill", Woodford Co., KY, July 21, 1849. At 50 years of age Robert became the father of John Robert Breckinridge in Lexington, KY, September 23, 1850. From The Political Graveyard: Breckinridge, Robert Jefferson (1800-1871) Son of John Breckinridge; brother-in-law of Peter Buell Porter; brother of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge; uncle of John C. Breckinridge; father of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Jr. and William C. P. Breckinridge. Born near Lexington, Ky., March 8, 1800. Member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1825-28; Kentucky superintendent of public instruction, 1849-53; candidate for delegate to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849. Died in Danville, Ky., December 22, 1871. Burial location unknown. (end) Robert Jefferson Breckinridge was a Prebyterian minister and a stong supporter of the Union. He is buried at the Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, KY. His biography from The Kentucky Encyclopedia follows: BRECKINRIDGE, ROBERT JEFFERSON. Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, called the father of the public school system in Kentucky, was born March 8, 1800, near Lexington, Kentucky, to John and Mary Hopkins (Cabell) BRECKINRIDGE. His father, a U.S. senator and cabinet member under President Thomas Jefferson, died in 1806 when the boy was six; his mother ran their large plantation for nearly half a century. After attending Princeton and Yale, Breckinridge graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York, in 1819. He was elected to the Kentucky legislature in 1825 and served until 1830. A near-fatal illness, coupled with the death of his second child, then caused him to turn to religion. Breckinridge was ordained in the Presbyterian church in 1832 and held pastorates in Baltimore and Lexington. During 1853-69, he was a professor at Danville Theological Seminary. Although elected to the church's highest leadership position in 1841, he was often involved in religious controversy. Breckinridge took a leading role in the debates that split his church in the antebellum period, wrote numerous articles and books bitterly attacking Catholicism, and composed lengthy theological works that gained both praise and considerable criticism. After serving as president of Jefferson College in Pennsylvania during 1845-47, Breckinridge returned to Kentucky, where he was soon appointed SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. After the office became elective, he was returned to the post in 1851 and served until 1853. He obtained legislative and voter approval for the first Kentucky property tax for educational purposes and secured that system in the 1850 constitution; attendance at public schools increased from 24,000 in 1848 to 195,000 four years later. Although Breckinridge himself held slaves-thirty-seven in 1860-he supported gradual emancipation and colonization and spoke for those causes in state, national, and international forums. He was an eloquent orator, but his combative spirit led to bitter debates, such as the confrontation with Robert WICKLIFFE, a Lexington legislator and attorney, over slavery. Breckinridge followed a political path from Whig to Know-Nothing to Republican. Running unsuccessfully as an emancipation candidate for the 1849 Kentucky constitutional convention, he was one of the last elected public officials in the South to give the antislavery cause strong public support. Breckinridge quickly sided with the Union when the Civil War started and became a major border state spokesman for that cause through the pages of the Danville Quarterly Review. His family sent two sons south, as well as two north, and his nephew John C. BRECKINRIDGE, a former vice president of the United States, was a Confederate general. Yet Breckinridge called for harsh measures against secession, and he eventually accepted Abraham Lincoln's emancipation of slaves. In 1864 Breckinridge was chosen temporary chairman of the national convention that renominated President Lincoln. But with the war's end, Breckinridge and his supporters became outnumbered as the commonwealth turned anti-administration and even pro-Southern. Within his family, one of his daughters-in-law refused to let him see her children for two years after the war ended. Breckinridge married his cousin, Ann Sophonisba Preston, in 1823; they had eleven children. Following her death in 1844, he married another cousin, Virginia Hart Shelby; they had three children. His second wife died in 1859, and in 1868 he married Margaret Faulkner White. Breckinridge died on December 27, 1871, and was buried in the Lexington Cemetery. See James C. Klotter, The Breckinridges of Kentucky (Lexington, Ky., 1986). JAMES C. KLOTTER
At 18 years of age Virginia became the mother of Isaac Shelby April 25, 1828. At 20 years of age Virginia became the mother of Susanna Preston Shelby in "Travellers Rest", Lincoln Co., KY, February 6, 1830. At 22 years of age Virginia became the mother of Alfred Shelby, Jr. November 12, 1831. At 23 years of age Virginia became the mother of Sarah Virginia Shelby April 12, 1833. At 37 years of age Virginia became the mother of Virginia Hart Breckinridge in Lexington, KY, February 10, 1847. At 40 years of age Virginia became the mother of Nathaniel Hart Breckinridge in "Spring Hill", Woodford Co., KY, July 21, 1849. At 41 years of age Virginia became the mother of John Robert Breckinridge in Lexington, KY, September 23, 1850.
Virginia H. Hart and Alfred Shelby had the following children:
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Isaac4 Shelby was born April 25, 1828. Isaac died December 2, 1848 in Gulf
of Mexico, at 20 years of age.
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Susanna Preston Shelby was born in "Travellers Rest", Lincoln Co., KY February 6, 1830. Susanna died
November 6, 1891 in Washington, DC, at 61 years of age. She married John Warren Grigsby in
Lexington, KY, November 6, 1850. John was born in Rockbridge Co., VA September 11, 1818. John died January 12,
1877 in Lexington, KY, at 58 years of age.
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Alfred Shelby, Jr. was born November 12, 1831. Alfred died December 24, 1848 at 17 years of age.
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Sarah Virginia Shelby was born April 12, 1833. Sarah Virginia Shelby died in infancy.
Virginia H. Hart and Robert Jefferson Breckinridge had the following children:
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Virginia Hart Breckinridge was born in Lexington, KY February 10, 1847. Virginia Hart Breckinridge died young.
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Nathaniel Hart Breckinridge was born in "Spring Hill", Woodford Co., KY July 21, 1849. Nathaniel died
February 29, 1852 in Lexington, KY, at 2 years of age.
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John Robert Breckinridge was born in Lexington, KY September 23, 1850. John died April 9, 1874 in Lebanon,
TN, at 23 years of age.
23. Mary Howard3 Hart (Susanna2 Preston, William1) was born July 17, 1814. Mary died 1857 in Woodford Co., KY, at 42 years of age.
She married William Voorhies in Mercer Co., KY, September 11, 1835. William was born in Frankfort, KY November 19, 1800. William died April 12, 1893 in Decatur, IL, at 92 years of age. At 36 years of age William became the father of George T. Voorhies in "Spring Hill", Woodford Co., KY, September 12, 1837. At 38 years of age William became the father of Charles Howard Voorhies in Woodford Co., KY, April 2, 1839. At 40 years of age William became the father of William Voorhies June, 1841. William became the father of Gordon Voorhies ca 1844. At 45 years of age William became the father of Alfred Shelby Voorhies 1846. William became the father of John Hart Preston Voorhies in Lexington, KY, ca 1851.
At 23 years of age Mary became the mother of George T. Voorhies in "Spring Hill", Woodford Co., KY, September 12, 1837. At 24 years of age Mary became the mother of Charles Howard Voorhies in Woodford Co., KY, April 2, 1839. At 26 years of age Mary became the mother of William Voorhies June, 1841. Mary became the mother of Gordon Voorhies ca 1844. At 31 years of age Mary became the mother of Alfred Shelby Voorhies 1846. Mary became the mother of John Hart Preston Voorhies in Lexington, KY, ca 1851.
Mary Howard Hart and William Voorhies had the following children:
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George T.4 Voorhies was born in "Spring Hill", Woodford Co., KY September
12, 1837. George died December 15, 1913 in New York, New York, at 76 years of age. He married
Laura Sanders.
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Charles Howard Voorhies was born in Woodford Co., KY April 2, 1839. Charles died October 12, 1903 in
Lexington, KY, at 64 years of age. He married Nannie G. Brand in Lexington, KY, December 17,
1867. Nannie was born August 20, 1843. Nannie died January 26, 1921 in Lexington, KY, at 77 years of age.
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William Voorhies was born June, 1841. William died March, 1916 at 74 years of age. He
married Ellen Duncan in Lexington, KY, June 23, 1865. Ellen was born January, 1843. Ellen died July, 1933 at 90
years of age.
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Gordon Voorhies was born ca 1844. Gordon Voorhies was a lieutenant in the Confederate Army and was killed during the
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Alfred Shelby Voorhies was born 1846. Alfred died April 5, 1847 at less than one year of age.
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John Hart Preston Voorhies was born in Lexington, KY ca 1851.
32. William Campbell Preston4 Breckinridge (Ann Sophonisba3 Preston, Francis2, William1) was born in Baltimore, MD August 28, 1837. William died November 19, 1904 in Fayette Co., KY, at 67 years of age.
He married three times. He married Lucretia Hart Clay in "Mansfield", Fayette Co., KY, March 17, 1859. Lucretia was born April 20, 1839. Lucretia was the daughter of Thomas Hart Clay and Marie R. Mentelle. Lucretia died April 29, 1860 in Fayette Co., KY, at 21 years of age. Her body was interred in Lexington Cemetery. He married Issa Desha in Lexington, KY, September 19, 1861. Issa was born in Georgetown, KY April 18, 1843. Issa died July 14, 1892 in Washington, DC, at 49 years of age. At 22 years of age Issa became the mother of Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge in Lexington, KY, April 1, 1866. At 24 years of age Issa became the mother of Desha Breckinridge in Lexington, KY, August 5, 1867. He married Louise Rucks (Scott) Wing 1893. Louise was born in "Scotland", Franklin Co., KY May 3, 1845. Louise was the daughter of Robert Wilmot Scott and Elizabeth Watts Brown. Louise died April 27, 1920 at 74 years of age.
At 28 years of age William became the father of Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge in Lexington, KY, April 1, 1866. At 29 years of age William became the father of Desha Breckinridge in Lexington, KY, August 5, 1867. His biography from the Biographical Directory of the American Congress: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BRECKINRIDGE, William Campbell Preston, 1837-1904
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BRECKINRIDGE, William Campbell Preston, (grandson of John Breckinridge, uncle of Levin Irving Handy, and great-uncle of John Bayne Breckinridge), a Representative from Kentucky; born in Baltimore, Md., August 28, 1837; attended the common schools, Jefferson College, Chambersburg, Pa., and Pisgah Academy, Woodford County, Ky.; was graduated from Centre College, Danville, Ky., in 1855 and from the law department of the University of Louisville in 1857; was admitted to the bar in 1857 and commenced practice in Lexington, Ky.; entered the Confederate Army in 1861 as captain and was subsequently promoted to the rank of colonel in the Ninth Kentucky Cavalry; was in command of the Kentucky cavalry designated to act as bodyguard for President Jefferson Davis and the members of his cabinet at the close of the Civil War; returned to Lexington, Ky., and was attorney for Fayette County; edited the Lexington (Ky.) Observer and Reporter 1866-1868; professor of equity and jurisprudence in the University of Kentucky at Lexington; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1876 and 1888; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1895); unsuccessful candidate for election in 1896 to the Fifty-fifth Congress; resumed the practice of law and also edited the Lexington Herald; died in Lexington, Ky., November 18, 1904; interment in Lexington Cemetery.
Bibliography
DAB; Klotter, James C. The Breckinridges of Kentucky, 1760-1981. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1986.
William Campbell Preston Breckinridge and Lucretia Hart Clay had the following child:
William Campbell Preston Breckinridge and Issa Desha had the following children:
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Curry Desha Breckinridge.
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Robert Jefferson Breckinridge.
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Ella Breckinridge. She married Lyman Chalkey.
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Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge was born in Lexington, KY April 1, 1866. Sophonisba died July 30, 1948 in
Chicago, IL, at 82 years of age. The biography of Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge from The Kentucky Encyclopedia: BRECKINRIDGE,
SOPHONISBA PRESTON. Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge, lawyer, author, and sociologist, was born April 1, 1866, in Lexington, Kentucky. the
second child of Issa (Desha) and William Campbell Preston BRECKINRIDGE. In 1882 Breckinridgc was among the first women to matriculate at the
high school preparatory academy at the University of Kentucky. In 1884 she enrolled at Wellesley College in Massachusetts, graduating in
1888 with a degree in mathematics. From 1888 to 1890, she taught mathematics at Washington (D.C.) High School, returning to Lexington in
1890 to study law in her father's law office. Breckinridge passed the bar examination in August 1892 and became the first woman admitted to
the Kentucky bar. Unable to acquire a clientele in Lexington, she moved to Oak Park, Illinois, in 1895 at the invitation of a college
friend. Breckinridge enrolled at the University of Chicago and received a master's degree (1897) and a Ph.D. (1901) in political science.
She then attended the university's law school and in 1904 became the first woman to receive the degree of juris doctor there. In 1902
Breckinridge became a part-time instructor in social work at the University of Chicago, advancing to assistant professor during 1909-20.
During the years 1907-20, she also held the position of dean at the Chicago School of Civics and Philanthropy, which was incorporated into
the University of Chicago in 1920 as the Graduate School of Social Service Administration. Breckinridge was professor there until 1925, dean
of preprofessional social service students from 1925 to 1929, and Samuel Deutsch Professor of Public Welfare from 1929 to 1933. She retired
in 1933 but remained active as professor emeritus until 1942. Breckinridge taught the first course in public welfare administration and
introduced the case study method of social work. In 1927 she founded the Social Service Review and remained managing editor until her death.
She wrote and edited over thirty books on urban social problems. Her Public Welfare Administration in the United States (1927; second
edition 1938) was a standard text for many years. Actively involved in social work, Breckinridge investigated tenement housing conditions
for the Illinois State Bureau of Labor. From 1907 to 1920 she lived at Hull House every summer. A member of the Women's Trade Union League
since 1907, she participated in the Chicago women's garment workers' strikes in 1911 and 1915. In 1908 she helped organize the Chicago
Immigrants' Protective League and was secretary until 1942. An early member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People and the Urban League, Breckinridge also served as adviser to the Illinois State Consumer League. As a social reformer, she advocated
social work in the courts and the development of a juvenile court. She was a delegate at the White House Conference on Children in 1919,
1930, and 1940, and in 1925 she attended the Child Welfare Congress. Breckinridge was also an active suffragist, concerned with women's
rights and political equality. Among her many professional monographs was Women in the Twentieth Century (1933); her Biography of her
sister-in-law Madeline (McDowell) Breckinridge was published in 1921. In 1911 she was elected vice president of the National
American Woman Suffrage Association. In 1915 she was a delegate to the International Congress of Women, where she participated in the
organization of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, and she was active in the American Association of University Women.
Breckinridge represented the United States at the 1933 Pan American Conference on Legal, Economic and Social Affairs in Montevideo, Uruguay.
On July 30, 1948, Breckinridge died in Chicago. Her ashes were buried in the family plot in the Lexington Cemetery. See James C. Klotter,
The Breckinridges of Kentucky: 1760-1981 (Lexington, Ky. 1986); Anthony R. Travis, "Sophonisba Breckinridge, Militant Feminist,"
Mid-America: An Historical Review 58 (April 1976): 111-18.
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Desha Breckinridge was born in Lexington, KY August 5, 1867. Desha died February 19, 1935 at 67 years of
age. He married Madeline McDowell in Lexington, KY, November 17, 1898. Madeline was born in
Woodlake, KY May 20, 1872. Madeline was the daughter of Henry Clay McDowell and Anne Brown Clay. Madeline died
November 25, 1920 in Lexington, KY, at 48 years of age. Her biography from the Encyclopedia Britannica: ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA
Breckinridge, Madeline McDowell b. May 20, 1872, Woodlake, Ky., U.S. d. Nov. 25, 1920, Lexington, Ky. née MADELINE MCDOWELL American social reformer whose efforts focused on child welfare, health issues, and women's rights. Educated in Lexington, Kentucky, and at Miss Porter's School in Farmington, Connecticut, she studied intermittently during 1890-94 at the State College (now University) of Kentucky. In 1898 she married Desha Breckinridge, editor of the Lexington Herald and brother of Sophonisba P. Breckinridge. In 1900 she began her career in social reform by urging the establishment of a settlement house near the impoverished rural town of Proctor, Kentucky. In the same year, she helped found the Women's Emergency Committee (later reorganized as the Lexington Civic League). The league agitated successfully for the establishment of playgrounds and kindergartens in poorer districts of the city and for legislation setting up a juvenile court system, regulating child labour, and compelling school attendance. Also in 1900 Breckinridge led in founding the Lexington Associated Charities, which organized community charity along modern casework lines.
Plagued by tuberculosis, Breckinridge from 1905 was active in local, county, and state tuberculosis societies. She helped secure establishment of the state Tuberculosis Commission in 1912 and served as its vice president until 1916, in which year her fund-raising campaign culminated in the opening of the Blue Grass (later the Julius Marks) Sanatorium in Lexington. In 1906 she was appointed to the State Federation of Women's Clubs, and working through that body she campaigned successfully for legislation granting women the vote in school elections. From 1912 to 1915 and again from 1919 to her death, Breckinridge was president of the Kentucky Equal Rights Association, which worked to secure legislation recognizing the rights of married women to enjoy their own earnings, to make wills, and to be equal guardians of their children, as well as legislation limiting working hours for women and providing for women physicians in state mental hospitals, among other reforms. In 1913-15 she was a vice president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, on whose behalf she traveled and spoke widely, demonstrating a remarkable gift for oratory. The ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment by the Kentucky legislature in January 1920 was largely credited to her efforts. In 1920 she undertook an extensive campaign tour on behalf of the League of Nations and the Democratic Party.
From the Women in Kentucky - Reform web site:“Madeline McDowell Breckinridge was Kentucky's foremost Progressive reformer. A founder of the Lexington Civic League and the Associated Charities, the person primarily responsible for the establishment of the Blue Grass Sanatorium and the Lincoln Model School, and the principal leader of the woman suffrage movement during the final years before ratification of the federal woman suffrage amendment, Madge Breckinridge was at the time of her death the most famous and influential woman in Kentucky." ---Melba Porter Hay, Ph.D.
Madeline Breckinridge grew up at the family home, Ashland, built by her famous great- grandfather Henry Clay. In 1898, she married Desha Breckinridge, the editor of the Lexington Herald and brother of Sophonisba Breckinridge. Madeline Breckinridge's list of achievements is a long one. She was chair of the Kentucky Federation of Women's Clubs from 1908-1912. During this time she successfully pushed for the passage of legislation allowing women to vote in school board elections. She was president of the Kentucky Equal Rights Association for two separate terms and vice-president of the National Women's Suffrage Association. The importance of her efforts in the fight for women's suffrage cannot be overstated by those in Kentucky and the rest of the nation. She died in November of 1920, shortly after the ratification of the 19th Amendment, and after she cast her first and only vote. She had lived to see a great dream realized.
His biography from The Kentucky Encyclopedia follows: BRECKINRIDGE, DESHA. Desha Breckinridge, newspaper editor and reformer, was born August 4, 1867, in Lexington, Kentucky, the son of U.S. congressman W.C.P and Issa (Desha) Breckinridge. He attended State College in Lexington and graduated from Princeton University in 1889. After studying law at Columbia University and the University of Virginia, he joined his father's Lexington law firm. In 1897 Breckinridge and his father bought the Lexington Herald, where Breckinridge served as managing editor and, after his father's death in 1904, as editor. A Democrat, Breckinridge was frequently at odds with both parties in championing such causes as regulation of business, child labor laws, improvements in education, prison reform, and women's suffrage. He married Madeline McDowell on November 17, 1898, and, largely through the pages of the Herald, the two became leaders of the Progressive movement in Kentucky. Active in thoroughbred racing, Breckinridge by 1922 was ranked as one of the top twenty horsemen in the country. In 1906 Breckinridge was instrumental in creating a state racing commission, under which pari-mutuel betting replaced bookmaking. Madeline Breckinridge died in 1920, and, on July 27, 1929, the widower married Mary Frazer LeBus. Breckinridge died on February 18, 1935, and was buried in Lexington Cemetery. See James Klotter, The Breckinridges of Kentucky, 1760-1981 (Lexington, Ky., 1986). MELBA PORTER HAY
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She married Joseph Alexander Humphreys in Lexington, KY, June 21, 1853. Joseph was born in Woodford Co., KY July 29, 1826. Joseph was the son of David Carlisle Humphreys and Sarah Finley Scott. Joseph died February 15, 1863 in New York, NY, at 36 years of age. His body was interred in Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, KY. At 27 years of age Joseph became the father of Lucy Alexander Humphreys in Woodford Co., KY, May 22, 1854. At 29 years of age Joseph became the father of Louisiana Hart Humphreys in "Woodburn", Woodford Co., KY, September 26, 1855. At 30 years of age Joseph became the father of Isabella Hart Humphreys in Woodford Co., KY, November 29, 1856. At 31 years of age Joseph became the father of Sarah Gibson Humphreys in Woodford Co., KY, March 21, 1858. At 32 years of age Joseph became the father of Joseph Alexander Humphreys II in Woodford Co., KY, June 28, 1859. Joseph was listed as the head of a family on the 1860 Census in Woodford County, Kentucky. The 1860 Census for Woodford County, Kentucky lists Joseph A. Humphreys, age 34, farmer, born in Kentucky, with a personal estate of $20,000.00 and wife Sarah, 30, with a personal estate of $5,000, born in Mississippi. Also listed are Lucy Humphreys, age 6, Anna Humphreys, age 5, born September 26, 1855, Sallie Humphreys, age 3, born March 29, 1858, and Gibson Humphreys, age 1, born June 28, 1859, all born in Kentucky. His biography from History of Kentucky by Judge Charles Kerr (Chicago and New York, 1922): JOSEPH ALEXANDER HUMPHREYS. "Sumner's Forest," located about eleven miles west of Lexington in Woodford County, now owned by Lucy Alexander Humphreys Johnstone and her sister, Sarah Gibson Chenault, is one of the historic places of Kentucky. It takes its name from General Jethro Sumner, who was born in Virginia about 1733 and who was active and prominent in the measures that preceded the Revolution and in the Revolution itself. In 1760 he was paymaster of the Provincial troops of North Carolina, and in 1776 was appointed colonel of the Third North Carolina Regiment. He served under Washington in the North, was commissioned a brigadier general in 1779, and took part in the campaign under General Greene when the British were expelled from the Carolinas. This Revolutionary soldier died in North Carolina about 1790. For his services he received a grant of about 3,000 acres on the South Elkhorn. The modern Sumner's Forest is about four miles from that creek. General Sumner owned other large tracts, and it is probable that his holdings in this section of Kentucky were nearer 20,000 acres. It is supposed that he erected or had erected the residence, which was a combined dwelling and fort and is located about two miles from the Village of Fort Garrett and some twelve miles southwest of Lexington, and about eight miles from Versailles. Within the recollection of men still living this pioneer building was surrounded by dense forests. The property and about 3,000 acres of the land was acquired in 1792, or perhaps some years earlier, by John Brown, the first United States senator from Kentucky, whose career is noted elsewhere in this publication. John Brown was the ancestor of the present owner. John Brown acquired it from Thomas Sumner, a son of General Sumner for $2 an acre. John brown's wife was from Philadelphia and, not liking the forest life, he abandoned it as a home and brought his father, John, and his mother from Virginia and gave to them the property. In 1803 it passed to another son, Preston Brown, who in turn sold it to his nephew David Carlisle Humphreys in 1826. The mother of Mr. Humphreys was Mary Brown. Sumner's Forest has ever been a place of entertainment and noted for its hospitality. The bill of fare is still preserved of a noted dinner given July 29, 1856 to thirty-four prominent guests. Almost everything good to eat is listed, and waiters for the occasion were imported from Louisville. David Carlisle Humphreys, who acquired Sumner's Forest in 1826, had been a merchant, a dealer in flour, buying the output of several mills and shipping the product to the sugar planters of Louisiana and Mississippi. When he bought Sumner's Forest it contained about 640 acres. later he bought Waverly, the old home of the parents of John B. Haggin, a noted horseman, near Midway, and at Waverly Mr. Humphreys spent his later years. He married Sarah Scott, daughter of Doctor Joseph and Martha (Finley) Scott, of Lexington and Frankfort. To their marriage were born two sons, Joseph Alexander Humphreys and Samuel Brown Humphreys. The family line represented in Samuel Brown Humphreys is now extinct. He married Margaret Stribling of Virginia, and died when comparitively young on a farm near his father's place. His two sons, David and Thomas both died childless. His daughter Mary became the wife of Anthony Dey, her cousin, of New York, and she died without issue. Lucy, another daughter of David became the wife of A. J. Alexander, of Woodburn, and they lived at Sherwood, near her father, but her three children died in childhood. The only daughter [note: she was not the only daughter] of David Carlisle Humphreys was Mary Brown Humphreys, who was born in 1830 and was famous for her beauty of person and charm of intellect. Her hand was sought by scores of suitors before it was finally bestowed. On the wall of the library of Sumner's Forest hang two portraits in oil, one showing this famous beauty and another her mother, Sarah Scott Humphreys. Joseph Alexander Humphreys, a son of David C. Humphreys, was born at Frankfort in 1826, and at the age of eighteen months was taken to Sumner's Forest. After the age of twelve he lived with the family at Waverly. His father gave him Sumner's Forest, and he took possession of the property at the age of twenty-one. His talents and education were such as to admirably qualify him for the possession of such a home. He was a graduate of Centre College and also Yale College, and took a special course in medicine at Princeton University. For three years he was a student in Europe, studying at Paris and traveling through nearly all the great centers of culture. In 1853 he married his cousin, Sarah Gibson, daughter of Tobias Gibson, of Terrebonne Parish Louisiana. Tobias Gibson was a sugar planter, and married Louisiana Hart, a daughter of Nathaniel and Susannah (Preston) Hart, names conspicuous in. Kentucky history. It was during the ownership of Joseph A. Humphreys that Sumner's Forest became noted for its production and its home industries. He employed an expert gardener to plant orchards and vineyards, and made the farm notable for its livestock. He brought from Vermont the first celebrated Morgan race horses, including Mambrino Chief, from which the greatest of all horses are proud to trace lineage. "Nancy King" was a great brood mare in the Sumner's Forest stables. Mr. Humphreys introduced to that section of Kentucky the first portable steam engine, using it to replace horse power for threshing grain. He was a student, an observer, and had the courage to try out his advanced ideas. He lived in advance of his time, and many of his visions have since been realized in the time of his children. He made extensive enlargements and remodeled the old residence, nearly doubling its capacity. He added entirely new the library section. The possessor of ample means, as he traveled he collected articles of rare value in various countries and exemplifying the best handiwork of special artists. A large part of this collection is still preserved and now has a priceless value. While still unmarried and with no definite attachments, he secured while in Prague a full set of several hundred pieces of rare Bohemian cut glass, which he planned as a wedding present for his future wife. Doubtless this was the first of such work ever seen in Kentucky, and some of it is still in the old home. His collection also included paintings, ivory, jade carving and rare books, and many pieces of magnificent furniture, and practically all of them have special associations with the home and those of the family whose lives have been chiefly spent at Sumner's Forest. In the collection are coats of arms of a dozen related families and recorded in books of heraldry. Joseph A. Humphreys lived intensively and enjoyed the resources of the world as he passed through it. He died at the age of thirty-six in New York in 1863. His wife survived him nearly half a century and spent her last years at her father's old estate; Magnolia, in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. To their union were born five children. Of these Lucy Alexander became the wife of Lewis Johnstone in 1884, and for many years they have occupied Sumner's Forest. The second child, Louisiana Hart, died at an early age. Belle died in childhood. The other surviving daughter is Sarah Gibson, now Mrs. C. D. Chenault, of Lexington, and a joint owner of Sumner's Forest. They have two daughters, Sarah Gibson, who married G. D. Buckner, and Lucy Humphreys who married M. W. Anderson great-grandson of Henry Clay. The only son, Joseph A., Jr., is in the real estate business at Houma, Louisiana. He has one son Joseph A., III. Lewis Johnstone, who has given a practical direction to the management of Sumner's Forest as an agricultural property, is a native of South Carolina where his father was a rice planter. His father subsequently removed to Louisiana and became an extensive sugar grower. Mr. and Mrs. Johnstone have lived at Sumner's Forest since 1887 and he entered at once into the affairs of his community and to the promotion of the best interests of Kentucky. He is an extensive sheep grower has made tobacco a special crop of the farm, and is interested in the Fayette Tobacco Warehouse. Mr. Johnstone some years ago was prohibition candidate for Congress against W. C. P. Breckinridge, and the campaign served to bring the prohibition question squarely before the public.
At 24 years of age Sarah became the mother of Lucy Alexander Humphreys in Woodford Co., KY, May 22, 1854. At 25 years of age Sarah became the mother of Louisiana Hart Humphreys in "Woodburn", Woodford Co., KY, September 26, 1855. At 26 years of age Sarah became the mother of Isabella Hart Humphreys in Woodford Co., KY, November 29, 1856. At 27 years of age Sarah became the mother of Sarah Gibson Humphreys in Woodford Co., KY, March 21, 1858. At 29 years of age Sarah became the mother of Joseph Alexander Humphreys II in Woodford Co., KY, June 28, 1859. Sarah was listed as the head of a family on the 1870 Census in Woodford Co., KY. Sarah Humphreys is listed in the 1870 Census for Woodford County, Kentucky as a member of the household of Mary Dye (a sister of her deceased husband). Sarah is 64 with real estate worth $12,000, born in Kentucky which is incorrect. Mary Dye is listed as age 40 with real estate worth $100,000 and personal property worth $11,200. Also listed are the following blacks all named Gaines: Alfred, age 55, farm hand; Kitty, 40, cook; Mary 23, house servant; Alfred, 18, farm hand; Lance, 14, farm hand; Lucy, 12; Will, 10; Hannah, 8; Charles, 6; John, 4; and Ada, 1. All persons are listed as born in Kentucky. There is a biography of Sarah Gibson Humphreys, Sarah G. Humphreys: Antebellum Belle to Equal Rights Activist, 1830-1907, published in the Filson Club History Quarterly, Vo. 65, No. 2 (April, 1991) by Mary G. McBride and Ann M. McLaurin. This is too lengthy to copy and is under copyright. I will quote a few brief excerpts from it: "Although the biography of Sarah Thompson Gibson Humphreys seems to illustrate the development of a daughter of the planter class from antebellum belle to equal rights activist, by her own account Sarah was never intended by circumstances of heredity or education to be a conventional belle. Descended from a distinguished Southern family, Sarah was the daughter of Tobias Gibson of Mississippi and Louisiana Breckinridge Hart of Kentucky. In an undated autobiographical fragment written late in her life, Sarah described her mother, daughter of Nathaniel Hart and Susan Preston of "Spring Hill," Woodford County, Kentucky, as a woman of "masculine intellect, great force of character and strength of will." Of Tobias Gibson, Sarah wrote: My father Tobias Gibson came of a long line of clergymen who were the pioneers of Methodism in the South. My father was a man of accurate education, of unusual culture and of broad ideas, far in advance of his time. Although by inheritance a large slave owner he was at heart opposed to slavery. He was also that anomaly amongst Southern men a "Woman Suffragist." He believed and taught me to believe that "taxation without representation" was as unjust to women as to men and he educated me up to the idea that our advancing civilization would sooner or later demand not only the political enfranchisement of women but their equal share in the control of the government. The family divided its time between its Louisiana sugar plantations and its home in Lexington, Kentucky. Sarah's earliest memories were of the suffering of the Indians and the slaves. She described her mother's naming the town of Houma, Louisiana, in commemoration of the Indians who lived there and remembered "the straggling Indians of this tribe who used to come to my mother to exchange their beaded wares for food and blankets. My child's heart was always touched with sympathy for them as I listened to my mother's stories of their wrongs, suffered at the hands of the whites." Sarah felt "tenderest sympathy for the Negroes; in fact at that early age I so hated slavery of every kind that I constantly surprised our Negroes by refusing the birds, squirrels, fawns and young alligators which they brought to me for pets. I could not bear to see anything caged. ... Widowed at thirty-three, Sarah was left with three children, aged nine, five, and four, with a large estate to manage in the midst of a civil war in which four of her surviving five brothers were actively engaged. Her younger sister had been sent to France in late 1863 for the duration of the war while her father struggled to keep his plantation afloat in occupied Louisiana. She joined him there for a few months in 1864, for he was convinced that leaving his land meant losing it. Sarah observed at first hand her father's attempt to work with the Union commanders in establishing a labor system utilizing the former slaves whose legal status was still so ambiguous in Louisiana. The Federal provost marshall provided the Gibsons with a guard, but in March the Negroes rebelled and sixteen of them left the Gibson plantations for Tigerville and Houma. Soon after she returned to Kentucky, Sarah's father-in-law died, and she was left with few sources of advice and support. ... Sarah placed no credence whatsoever in the popular idea that men and women should occupy separate (and probably unequal) spheres: We need each other. God never intended that we should occupy different spheres. He did not put women in Venus and man in Mars or Jupiter. We find ourselves on this earth together--dependent one upon the other. We are born alike--we die alike. We should live alike. Sarah cited Biblical scholarship to argue that "God is male and female," noting that Arabic and Hebrew scholars revealed that the words for the Holy Ghost and the Holy Spirit were always feminine in the original texts. God thus created "the Almighty Us--male and female and called their name Adam--giving both the same name, being the same person- two in one, yet a unit." When the male and female Adam did not obey, God performed a second creation in which Adam was given form and woman created, "so that they might be company and help for each other." Sarah argued, however, that "only equal halves make a whole" and that equal rights were thus essential to both men and women. Just as she rejected the idea of separate spheres, Sarah denied the Victorian ideal of the "womanish woman." She expressed scorn for "conservative and conventional society ladies, and our weak-nerved, weak-kneed and weak-brained" ladies who could do nothing on their own and needed the protection of men. On an issue such as the use of firearms, for example, Sarah was contemptuous of women who did not know how to handle a gun. Some women, believing in chivalry rather than justice, pictured "men as knights.., wandering over the world with lance and battle ax in quest of foes to fight for her sweet sake." Not so, Sarah declared, for "the rustle of angel's wings possesses no terrors for mortal man. No, my dear sweet womanly women and lady-like sisters, it don't scare worth a cent." A good Smith and Wesson pistol is better protection than a pair of angel's wings, Sarah wrote, and "it is safer to fire a pistol than fly with your wings": My daughters and myself have lived for years alone in an isolated country home, both in Louisiana and Kentucky, and enjoyed a sense of perfect security from the fact that our pistols were always ready and in reach, and that we knew how to use them, and it was generally believed that we would use them, which knowledge is in itself a protection. Sarah argued that women should carry firearms even if the law did not sanction it. She concluded that "firearms in the hands of women will help to civilize our State.'' ...
Sarah Thompson Gibson and Joseph Alexander Humphreys had the following children:
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Lucy Alexander5 Humphreys was born in Woodford Co., KY May 22, 1854.
Lucy died August 25, 1941 in Lexington, KY, at 87 years of age. Her body was interred in Lexington Cemetery. She married Lewis Simons Johnstone in Woodford Co., KY, 1884. His body was interred in Lexington
Cemetery.
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Louisiana Hart Humphreys was born in "Woodburn", Woodford Co., KY September 26, 1855. Louisiana died
January 15, 1867 in "Woodburn", Woodford Co., KY, at 11 years of age. Her body was interred in Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort,
KY.
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Isabella Hart Humphreys was born in Woodford Co., KY November 29, 1856. Isabella died January 20, 1860 in
Woodford Co., KY, at 3 years of age. Her body was interred in Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, KY.
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Sarah Gibson Humphreys was born March 21, 1858.
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Joseph Alexander Humphreys II was born June 28, 1859.
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She married Christopher David Chenault in Woodford Co., KY, March 30, 1892. Christopher was born Madison Co., KY May 22, 1846. Christopher was the son of Waller Chenault and Tillitha Harris. Christopher died April 24, 1925 in Lexington, KY, at 78 years of age. At 27 years of age Christopher became the father of Margaret Dillingham Chenault in Richmond, KY, June 24, 1873. At 30 years of age Christopher became the father of Joseph Chenault in Richmond, KY, February 22, 1877. At 35 years of age Christopher became the father of Kittie Chenault January 10, 1882. At 46 years of age Christopher became the father of Sarah Gibson Humphreys Chenault in Richmond, KY, March 25, 1893. At 50 years of age Christopher became the father of Lucy Alexander Humphreys Chenault in Richmond, KY, January 17, 1897. The biography of Christopher David Chenault from History of Kentucky, Vol. III, (S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1928) follows: Lexington is a monument to the combined efforts of many men of determination, enterprise and ability and in this classification belonged Christopher David Chenault, who was long numbered among the city's leading financiers. He was a railroad builder as well, and a recognized leader in political circles of Kentucky. He was a man of resourceful nature, varied talents and pronounced public spirit, and his was a successful career in the highest sense of the term. Mr. Chenault was born May 22, 1846, in Madison county, Kentucky, and was a member of one of the oldest families of the south. He was a descendant of Stephen Chenault, who was a follower of John Calvin and owing to religious persecution left his home in southern France about 1700 in company with his wife. He was the founder of the family in America and was one of the colony of two hundred Huguenots who received from the colonial government of Virginia a grant of land in Monikin Town, then in Powhattan county, but now included within the boundaries of Goochland county. From that original seat they and others of the same extraction have spread to all parts of the country, winning respect and honor wherever they have gone. Among the children of Stephen Chenault was Hugo, whose son, Hugo, Jr., married a Miss Dabney or D'Aubigne. They were the parents of William Chenault, who chose Elizabeth Mullins as his wife, and their son, William, Jr., married Susanna Phelps. They became the parents of Waller Chenault, who was joined in wedlock to Talitha Harris, and to their union was born a son, Christopher David Chenault. Talitha Harris was a daughter of Overton and Nancy Harris. When Henry Clay made his famous speech on home industries while a member of the United States senate he wore a suit of jeans, fashioned for him by Nancy Harris. They were composed of wool sheared from sheep presented to her by Senator Clay, and she spun the wool, wove the cloth and made the suit. When but five years old Mr. Chenault received instruction from Governor McCullough, and his studies were continued under John L. Waller at Green Hill Academy, a school located on the home farm and built especially by his father, General C. M. Clay, Samuel Bennett and Joseph Chenault for the education of their children. He was next taught by William and Jason W. Chenault and completed his education at Harrodsburg, Kentucky, at the age of fifteen. The Civil war was then in progress and the battle of Richmond had been won by Kirby Smith. Having resolved to enter the Confederate army as a member of Chenault's Brigade, he went as far as Richmond at the time of the retreat from Kentucky, but was persuaded by his brother, Captain Joe Chenault, to return home and care for his mother and the fanlily of six younger children. After the southern army retreated the federal authorities ordered his arrest and, acting on information given him by his cousin, John Bennett, Mr. Chenault left immediately for Ohio. He completed a course in bookkeeping and banking at the Bartlett Commercial College in Cincinnati and as soon as it was safe returned home. He took charge of the books of Burton & Holloway, owners of a large dry goods establishment in Richmond, but the work proved uncongenial and he returned to the farm. He abandoned agricultural pursuits in 1870 and entered the Madison National Bank at Richmond in the capacity of bookkeeper. His worth was soon recognized and at the end of two years he was promoted to the responsible position of cashier, which he filled for about thirty years. In 1902 he brought his family to Lexington and soon afterward became cashier of the National Exchange Bank, which was subsequently merged with the Central Bank. The new organization started with a capital of six hundred thousand dollars and adopted the name of the Lexington Bank & Trust Company, of which Mr. Chenault was chosen cashier. He gave to the corporation the services of an expert and his connection with the institution brought to it additional prestige. Subsequently the business was consolidated with that of the Phoenix National Bank under the style of the Phoenix Third National Bank, which is now one of the largest and strongest financial institutions in the state. On August 1, 1872, Mr. Chenault married Miss Florence Dillingham, who died in February, 1890, leaving a family of four children: Margaret, Joe, Florrie and Kittie. On March 30, 1892, Mr. Chenault was united in marriage to Miss Sallie Gibson Humphreys, who is a member of one of the first families of Woodford county, and resides in their attractive home at 461 North Limestone street, Lexington. Like most of his family, Mr. Chenault was a strong adherent of the Baptist faith and for a number of years was superintendent of the Sunday school of his church at Richmond, also acting as moderator of the Tates Creek Association at the old Gilberts Creek church. In politics he was a stalwart democrat and never wavered in his allegiance to the party. He was chairman of the Madison county democratic committee and during the entire term of Congressman James B. McCreary was chairman of the eighth congressional district. He was made financial commissioner of Madison county and was largely instrumental in building the railroad from Paris to Livingston, also the line from Versailles to Beattyville, becoming its president. He was an executive of more than average capacity and about twenty years of his life were devoted to the development of railroad facilities that transformed Estill and Lee counties into two of the most prosperous in the state. He gave his best efforts to every task that he undertook and the spirit of progress actuated him at all points in his career. He had the welfare of his community deeply at heart and was ever ready to further plans for its improvement. He possessed that high sense of honor which constitutes the vital essence of the gentleman, and his death on April 23, 1925, deprived Lexington of one of its most valuable and best loved citizens.
At 35 years of age Sarah became the mother of Sarah Gibson Humphreys Chenault in Richmond, KY, March 25, 1893. At 38 years of age Sarah became the mother of Lucy Alexander Humphreys Chenault in Richmond, KY, January 17, 1897. The resolution honoring her by the Booneborough Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution follows: Resolution - Madam Regent and Members of the Boonesborough Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution: Again this body is called upon to mourn the departure of a member - Mrs. Sarah Gibson Humphreys Chenault entered upon the life eternal at her residence 416 North Limestone, Lexington, Kentucky, on Sunday evening, February 23rd, 1930, at 7:30 o'clock, after an illness of seven months, surrounded by her devoted family - She was the widow of Col. Christopher D. Chenault, who she survived five years. Mrs. Sarah Gibson Humphreys Chenault was born at "Sumner's Forest", Woodford Co., Kentucky, March 21st, 1858. "Sumner's Forest" was a grant to her pioneer ancestor of several thousand acres and included in its boundaries as fine land as is to be found in the Blue Grass Region of Kentucky. It continues in the family today. The mansion is of sun dried brick and it was erected for the most part, in the 1700s. The window seats show the walls to be three feet thick. A library room of magnificent proportions was added to the house by the father of Mrs. Chenault - Joseph Alexander Humphreys, who was a scholarly gentleman, and traveled extensively in Europe and the Orient, in search of health, bringing home with him valuable works of art, of which may be mentioned a banquet service of red Bohemian glass of many hundred pieces. The mahogany furnishings and the massive silver plate which entered into the making of this ancestral home were not surpassed by any other home of the Blue Grass. Mrs. Chenault was the daughter of Joseph Alexander Humphreys and his wife, Miss Sarah Gibson who was educated at Madame Segoyne's School of Philadelphia, famous a century ago as a school for young ladies. On the paternal side, she was a lineal descendant of the celebrated Dr. Alexander Humphreys of Staunton, Va. Dr. Humphreys was a graduate of the University of Edinburgh, the most renowned school of medicine in the English speaking world, when he was a student there in the 1700s - and during the century following. Mrs. Robert S. Todd, the stepmother of Mrs. Abraham Lincoln was a Miss Humphreys and a great aunt of Mrs. Sarah Gibson Humphreys Chenault. Mrs. Chenault was also a lineal descendant of Col. Wm. Preston, Capt. John McKinley, Capt. Nathaniel Hart and Capt. Matthew Scott of the Revolutionary period, as the records of the Boonesborough Chapter bear testimony. These were among the first to preempt lands in this halcyon country, known as the Blue Grass Region of Kentucky. Capt. Nathaniel Hart was President of the Transylvania Co., for which Fort Boonesborough was erected in 1775. He was killed by Indians and he and his wife are buried near the Site of Fort Boonesborough. Through all of these lines of ancestry she was related to families who were leaders in the making of the early history of this Commonwealth - the Harts, the Scotts, the Prestons, the Humphreys, and the Gibsons. On thc maternal side the Gibsons were an influential and wealthy family in the vicinity of Lexington, during the past century - and gave to the country - the Hon. Randall Gibson, U. S. Senator from Louisiana - a brother of Mrs. Chenault's mother, Mrs. Sarah Gibson Humphreys, who was herself a remarkably gifted woman of her day. Mrs. Chenault was educated in the schools of Versailles, Ky.; at Sayre College, Lexington, Ky.; and at the Boston Conservatory of Music. After completing her education, and with an enviable record of distinguished ancestory, reaching back into Virginia's most brilliant Colonial period, and beyond - she entered upon a brilliant social career; entertaining distinguished guests at "Sumner's. Forest" with the lavish hospitality of ante-bellum days; traveling extensively; and spending seasons at a time at the home of her uncle, Senator Gibson, in Washington City; at the home of her aunt, Mrs. Mary Humphreys Dye in New Jersey where she added to the social diversions, elective courses at Rutgers College - and at the home of her uncle Senator Gibson, in New Orleans-. During these years, possessing a certain executive gift, inherited direct from her ancestors, she took over the management of her landed estate, which she conducted in both an able and profitable manner; thus adding to the interest of her delightful home and the exceptional family life at "Sumner's Forest." On March 30th, 1892, she was married to Col. Christopher D. Chenault of Richmond Ky. The wedding was celebrated at the Episcopal Charch in Versailles in the evening--and was a brilliant event. Col. Chenault was, President at this time of the R. N. I. and B. R. R. and many friends from Richmond went over for the wedding in his private car. During the ten years following their marriage their home in Richmond, the superb old colonial mansion on Main St. now known as the Gibson Hospital, was the scene of constant and elegant entertaining. Here, in these beautiful parlors, with the shadows from the open fires falling across the rare pieces of mahogany and valuable family portraits and in the soft light on many candles - the Boonesborough Chapter was organized in the Spring of 1896 - by Mrs. Chenault. She became its first Regent in which capacity she served from 1896 to 1905. I love to think of her not only as our first Regent - but as the Founder of our Boonesborough Chapter, for to her is wholly due, the organization of the Chapter, and that enthusiasm and vision which steered the Chapter thru the first years and placed it on the firm foundation which has led on to usefulness. It was Mrs. Chenault who not only gave to the Boonesborough Chapter a notable position in the National Body of the D.A.R. but who also gave prestige to the D.A. R. of the Commonwealth of Ky., drawing into the organlzation ladies of like prominence and talent as herself. She belonged first to the National Society D.A.R. - her number 7789. She was elected State Regent of the D.A.R. of Ky., in 1907, having been nominated at the State Convention at Paris by Mrs. A. R. Burnam - and served until 1909. Here her executive ability was manifest and she made an excellent State Regent. The organization was greatly strengthened during her term of three years. She also filled out the unexpired term of Mrs. Samuel J. Shackelford who died in office 1919-20. In 1921 she was elected Vice-President General of the N. S. D.A. R., her term expiring 1924. She greatly enjoyed her association with the members of the National Organization and upon her visits to Washington to attend the Board Meetings she was much feted by her relatives and friends, among them Mrs. Matthew T. Scott, Ex-President General, N.S.D.A.R., who entertained in her honor at her distinguished home in Washington on several occasions. Not the least of Mrs. Chenault's cherished remembrances of her service were two silver loving cups, beautifully inscribed and presented to her upon her retirement as State Regent of Kentucky and Vice-President General N. S.D.A.R. In 1901, Col. and Mrs. Chenault took up their residence in Lexington, Ky., where they owned and occupied the superb home at 461 North Limestone, known as the Brand Place [better known now as "Rose Hill"]. Here the Boonesborough Chapter was entertained by Mrs. Chenault on several occasions - our last visit being on June 5th, 1925 when Lexington celebrated its Sequi-Centennial and the Boonesborough Chapter represented by two magnificent floats, having taken part in the great Parade, spread its elegant luncheon the beautiful terrace of her residence at her invitation. In all of her work and she was identified througout life with many civic and educational movements, for the betterment of mankind, in addition to her interest in the D.A.R. - She had the cordial assistance of her husband, Col. Chenault. - She always espoused the cause of the weak - she therefore early espoused the cause of equal rights and suffrage for women. She was an officer in the Humane.Society of Lexington and saw that dumb animals were kindly treated. She was on the side of every movement for Civic uplift. She was an opener of doors of opportunity to others. It would be interesting to know how many through the kindliness and influence of this gentlewoman passed through doors opened by her to lives of more extended usefulness. These beneficiaries of her gracious thoughtfulness, many of them, have in turn delighted to do her honor. She had a great capacity for friendship. Her hospitality was always delightful - and her entertaining both at the home in Richmond, and at the home in Lexington, both. houses so much alike that they must have been designed by the same architect - has added much to the social annals of the State. The weddings of her two daughters, celebrated at Christ Church Cathedral, and followed by receptions at the home in Lexington, were most beautiful occasions - never to be forgotten. She filled all relations of life with fine courage. The militant strain was very pronounced in her make-up. A daughter, a sister, a wife, a mother, a friend; - a Christian, a patrician, a patriot; - a D.A.R.; a Colonial Dame; an Episcopalian! She knew the light of social acclaim and she received homage of which the world was perhaps ignorant. "Let me grow lovely, growing old; so many things to do; Laces and ivory and gold; and silks need not be new; And. there is healing in old trees - old streets a glamor hold; Why may not I , as well. as these, grow lovely growing old?" Lovely in youth, mature years found her even lovelier.Her name will ever be hallowed to all who knew the radiance of her exceptional nature. We would place upon the records of the Boonesborough Chapter, this tribute of our respect and affection for our Founder and first Regent - Mrs. Sarah Gibson Humphreys Chenault - and also send copies to the daughters; Mrs. Davis Buckner and Mrs. Wm. Anderson of Lexington; and to her sister, Mrs. Lewis Johnstone and her brother, Mr. Joseph A. Humphreys of "Sunmer's Forest". (Signed) - Katherine Phelps Caperton (Chairman) Jennie W. Parkes Sarah Burnam Greenleaf Sallie Yates McKee Mariawillie Smith Phelps Mary Neale Thompson Miss Maude Gibson Mrs. Grant E. Lilly Mrs. Charles A. Keith Anne Chenault McCown Louise Bright Kellogg Kitty Hart Chenault Alice Phelps Tribble Annie Field White Mary Chenault Smith. Richmond, Kentucky. March 14th, 1930.
Sarah Gibson Humphreys and Christopher David Chenault had the following children:
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Sarah Gibson Humphreys6 Chenault was born March 25, 1893.
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Lucy Alexander Humphreys Chenault was born January 17, 1897.
79. Joseph Alexander5 Humphreys II (Sarah Thompson4 Gibson, Louisiana Breckinridge3 Hart, Susanna2 Preston, William1) was born in Woodford Co., KY June 28, 1859. Joseph died April 5, 1933 in Lexington, KY, at 73 years of age. His body was interred in Lexington Cemetery.
He married twice. He married Lucy Collins Kelley. Lucy was born August 10, 1868. Lucy died December 25, 1953 at 85 years of age. He married Mary Taylor in Nashville, TN, 1887. Mary died September 4, 1902. Mary became the mother of Joseph Alexander Humphreys III 1890.
At 31 years of age Joseph became the father of Joseph Alexander Humphreys III 1890.
Joseph Alexander Humphreys II and Mary Taylor had the following child:
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Joseph Alexander6 Humphreys III was born 1890. Joseph died April, 1935 at
44 years of age.
80. Sarah Gibson Humphreys6 Chenault (Sarah Gibson5 Humphreys, Sarah Thompson4 Gibson, Louisiana Breckinridge3 Hart, Susanna2 Preston, William1) was born in Richmond, KY March 25, 1893. Sarah died October 9, 1983 in Lexington, KY, at 90 years of age. Her body was interred in Lexington Cemetery.
She married Garrett Davis Buckner in Lexington, KY, October 29, 1914. Garrett died in Lexington, KY. Garrett became the father of Sarah Buckner in Lexington, KY, March 10, 1924. Garrett became the father of Garrett Davis Buckner, Jr. in Lexington, KY, September 14, 1927. Garrett became the father of Mary Buckner in Lexington, KY, September 14, 1927.
At 30 years of age Sarah became the mother of Sarah Buckner in Lexington, KY, March 10, 1924. At 34 years of age Sarah became the mother of Garrett Davis Buckner, Jr. in Lexington, KY, September 14, 1927. At 34 years of age Sarah became the mother of Mary Buckner in Lexington, KY, September 14, 1927.
Sarah Gibson Humphreys Chenault and Garrett Davis Buckner had the following children:
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Sarah7 Buckner was born March 10, 1924.
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Garrett Davis Buckner, Jr. was born September 14, 1927.
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Mary Buckner was born September 14, 1927.
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She married Matthew William Anderson in Lexington, KY, September 26, 1916. Matthew was born in Independence, MO June 24, 1895. Matthew was the son of Matthew William Anderson and Mary Webster Erwin. Matthew died May 23, 1967 in Lexington, KY, at 71 years of age. His body was interred in Lexington Cemetery. Matthew's occupation: Land Developer. At 22 years of age Matthew became the father of Lucy Chenault Anderson in Lexington, KY, November 29, 1917. At 24 years of age Matthew became the father of Mary Webster Anderson in Lexington, KY, January 17, 1920. At 26 years of age Matthew became the father of Sarah Gibson Anderson in Lexington, KY, February 20, 1922. His obituary from the Lexington Herald: Matthew William Anderson, 71, a pioneer in the subdivision development of Lexington and an apartment house owner, died yesterday morning at his home, 220 Chenault Road. Mr. Anderson was a great-great.grandson of Henry Clay and one of the first developers of Chevy Chase subdivision, once part of the original Clay estate. He was a noted Fayette County sportsman and bred and raced his own horses. Born in Independence, Mo., he was a son of the late Matthew William and Mary Webster Erwin Anderson. He was a graduate of Culver Military Academy and the University of Kentucky. Mr. Anderson was a member of Christ Episcopal Church and the Keeneland Club. He and his wife -- Mrs. Lucy Chenault Anderson -- had celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary last September after 50 years of marriage. Besides his wife, survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Edward H. Jones, Mrs. Mary A. LaBach and Mrs. Louis W. List Jr.; nine grandchildren, William Anderson LaBach, James Parker LaBach, Mrs. John Hutton, Edward H. Jones Jr., William Chenault Jones, Mrs. Sidney Hulette, Louis W. List III, Henry Clay List and David A. List, all of Lexington, and four great-grandchildren. Graveside services will be conducted at 3 p.m. Thursday at the Lexington Cemetery by the Rev. Giles E. Lewis. Friends may call at the W. R. Milward Mortuary --Broadway after noon today.
At 20 years of age Lucy became the mother of Lucy Chenault Anderson in Lexington, KY, November 29, 1917. At 23 years of age Lucy became the mother of Mary Webster Anderson in Lexington, KY, January 17, 1920. At 25 years of age Lucy became the mother of Sarah Gibson Anderson in Lexington, KY, February 20, 1922. Obituary from the Lexington Herald-Leader: Mrs. Lucy Chenault Anderson, 78, a descendant of one of the first settlers of Boonesborough, Nathaniel Hart, died Sunday. Mrs. Anderson, of 220 Chenault Road, was the widow of Matthew William Anderson, who was a great-great-grandson of Henry Clay. Born in Richmond, she was the daughter of the late Christopher David and Sarah Humphreys Chenault. She attended the National Cathedral, Washington, D.C., Sayre College, and Miss Ella Williams' School. Mrs. Anderson was a member of Christ Church Episcopal, the Keeneland Club, Madison County Historical Society, Lexington Rose Society and Blue Grass Iris Society. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Mary A. La Bach, Mrs. Edward H. Jones and Mrs. Louis W. List, Jr; a sister, Mrs. Sarah Chenault Buckner, all of Lexington; nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Services were held Tuesday. Burial was in the Lexington Cemetery.
Lucy Alexander Humphreys Chenault and Matthew William Anderson had the following children:
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Lucy Chenault7 Anderson was born November 29, 1917.
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Mary Webster Anderson was born January 17, 1920.
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Sarah Gibson Anderson was born February 20, 1922.
83. Sarah7 Buckner (Sarah Gibson Humphreys6 Chenault, Sarah Gibson5 Humphreys, Sarah Thompson4 Gibson, Louisiana Breckinridge3 Hart, Susanna2 Preston, William1) was born in Lexington, KY March 10, 1924.
She married Robert Eugene Morrison in Lexington, KY, August 13, 1944. Robert was born February 3, 1920. He resides in Alexandria, Virginia. Robert's occupation: Col., USAF, retired. At 26 years of age Robert became the father of Sarah Chenault Morrison in Lexington, KY, August 6, 1946. At 28 years of age Robert became the father of Robert Buckner Morrison in Guam, September 9, 1948. At 37 years of age Robert became the father of David Forsythe Carlisle Morrison in Denver, CO, July 22, 1957.
She resides in Alexandria, Virginia. At 22 years of age Sarah became the mother of Sarah Chenault Morrison in Lexington, KY, August 6, 1946. At 24 years of age Sarah became the mother of Robert Buckner Morrison in Guam, September 9, 1948. At 33 years of age Sarah became the mother of David Forsythe Carlisle Morrison in Denver, CO, July 22, 1957.
Sarah Buckner and Robert Eugene Morrison had the following children:
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Sarah Chenault8 Morrison was born in Lexington, KY August 6, 1946. She married Mickey D. Lilly.
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Robert Buckner Morrison was born in Guam September 9, 1948. He married Helen
Vale Tysa in Alexandria, VA, April 21, 1979. Helen was born in U.S. Army Hospital, Munich, Germany July 19, 1954.
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David Forsythe Carlisle Morrison was born in Denver, CO July 22, 1957. David died October 29, 1977 in
Orlando, FL, at 20 years of age.
84. Garrett Davis7 Buckner, Jr. (Sarah Gibson Humphreys6 Chenault, Sarah Gibson5 Humphreys, Sarah Thompson4 Gibson, Louisiana Breckinridge3 Hart, Susanna2 Preston, William1) was born in Lexington, KY September 14, 1927. Garrett died August 26, 1985 in Lexington, KY, at 57 years of age. His body was interred in Lexington, KY.
He married Joan Cowen. Joan was born in Spring Lake, NJ August 11, 1930. At 23 years of age Joan became the mother of Garrett Davis Buckner III in Ft. Lee, VA, January 30, 1954. At 27 years of age Joan became the mother of Alice Cowen Buckner in Ft. Campbell, KY, March 21, 1958. At 32 years of age Joan became the mother of Clayborn Chenault Buckner in Montgomery, AL, May 18, 1963.
Garrett's occupation: Col., U.S. Army. At 26 years of age Garrett became the father of Garrett Davis Buckner III in Ft. Lee, VA, January 30, 1954. At 30 years of age Garrett became the father of Alice Cowen Buckner in Ft. Campbell, KY, March 21, 1958. At 35 years of age Garrett became the father of Clayborn Chenault Buckner in Montgomery, AL, May 18, 1963.
Garrett Davis Buckner, Jr. and Joan Cowen had the following children:
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Garrett Davis8 Buckner III was born in Ft. Lee, VA January 30, 1954.
Garrett died March 14, 1980 in Alexandria, VA, at 26 years of age.
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Alice Cowen Buckner was born in Ft. Campbell, KY March 21, 1958.
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Clayborn Chenault Buckner was born in Montgomery, AL May 18, 1963. He married
Maura Buckley June 18, 1988. Maura was born in Toledo, OH October 16, 1962.
85. Mary7 Buckner (Sarah Gibson Humphreys6 Chenault, Sarah Gibson5 Humphreys, Sarah Thompson4 Gibson, Louisiana Breckinridge3 Hart, Susanna2 Preston, William1) was born in Lexington, KY September 14, 1927. Mary died June 10, 1984 in Lexington, KY, at 56 years of age. Her body was interred in Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, KY.
She married three times. She married Richard Ratliff French. Richard was born Winchester, KY March 7, 1928. Richard was the son of James Hay French and Jennie Ratliff. Richard died August 25, 1998 Winchester, KY, at 70 years of age. At 26 years of age Richard became the father of Richard Buckner French in Lexington, KY, December 15, 1954. At 28 years of age Richard became the father of Christopher Chenault French in Lexington, KY, August 8, 1956. She married William N. Branch. He resides in Boise, Idaho. William became the father of Alexander Humphreys Branch in Lexington, KY, May 5, 1958. She married Houston Thomas. Houston became the father of William Buckner Thomas May 17.
Mary became the mother of William Buckner Thomas May 17. At 27 years of age Mary became the mother of Richard Buckner French in Lexington, KY, December 15, 1954. At 28 years of age Mary became the mother of Christopher Chenault French in Lexington, KY, August 8, 1956. At 30 years of age Mary became the mother of Alexander Humphreys Branch in Lexington, KY, May 5, 1958.
Mary Buckner and Houston Thomas had the following child:
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William Buckner8 Thomas was born May 17,. He resides in Lexington,
KY.
Mary Buckner and Richard Ratliff French had the following children:
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Richard Buckner French was born in Lexington, KY December 15, 1954.
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Christopher Chenault French was born August 8, 1956.
Mary Buckner and William N. Branch had the following child:
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Alexander Humphreys Branch was born May 5, 1958.
86. Lucy Chenault7 Anderson (Lucy Alexander Humphreys6 Chenault, Sarah Gibson5 Humphreys, Sarah Thompson4 Gibson, Louisiana Breckinridge3 Hart, Susanna2 Preston, William1) was born in Lexington, KY November 29, 1917.
She married Edward Harold Jones in Lexington, KY, May 10, 1941. Edward was born in Kentucky September 20, 1919. Edward died March 3, 1996 in Lexington, KY, at 76 years of age. His body was interred in Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, KY. Edward Harold "Harry" Jones was a career officer in the United States Navy and served as a naval pilot in World War II. After retirement he lived in Lexington, Kentucky where he worked as a stockbroker and Realtor.
She resides in Lexington, KY.
Lucy Chenault Anderson and Edward Harold Jones had the following children:
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Edward Harold8 Jones, Jr.. He married Brenda
Whitehouse. She resides Lexington, Fayette Co., KY. Brenda's occupation: Decorator.
He resides Lexington, Fayette Co., KY. Edward's occupation: Builder.
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William Chenault Jones. William's occupation: Engineer.
87.
She married James Parker LaBach in Jeffersonville, IN, February 5, 1938. James was born in Lexington, KY December 10, 1918. James is the son of James Oscar LaBach and Mary Shepherd Parker. He resides in Spruce Pine, NC. At 20 years of age James became the father of William Anderson LaBach in Lexington, KY, December 29, 1938. At 21 years of age James became the father of Mary Ellyn LaBach in Lexington, KY, October 2, 1940. At 24 years of age James became the father of James Parker LaBach, Jr. Lexington, Fayette Co., KY, January 16, 1943. James was divorced from Mary Webster Anderson in Fayette Co., KY, July 9, 1949. At 38 years of age James became the father of Frederick Avery LaBach August 17, 1957. Parker received his undergraduate education at the University of Kentucky and later earned a Ph.D. degree at Syracuse University. As an educator he has taught students from the kindergarten through doctorate programs. As a composer he has written numerous art songs and compositions for small ensembles. He specializes in theory and literature of music. He is now retired from the faculty of Kent State University.
At 18 years of age Mary became the mother of William Anderson LaBach in Lexington, KY, December 29, 1938. At 20 years of age Mary became the mother of Mary Ellyn LaBach in Lexington, KY, October 2, 1940. At 22 years of age Mary became the mother of James Parker LaBach, Jr. Lexington, Fayette Co., KY, January 16, 1943. Mary was divorced from James Parker LaBach in Fayette Co., KY, July 9, 1949. Obituary of Mary Webster Anderson written by my sister, Mary Ellyn Hutton: Mary Webster Anderson LaBach, native and long-time resident of Lexington, died Sunday, February 1, in Lebanon, Ohio. Mrs. LaBach, 78, managed rental property in Chevy Chase before moving to Ohio in 1995. An avid gardener, she was an officer and consulting rosarian for the Lexington Rose Society and a member of the Hemerocallis and Iris Societies. She was a member of the Lexington Kennel Club, the Keeneland Club and was a breeder of Shi-Tzu and Maltese dogs, including several champions. Mrs. LaBach was the daughter of Matthew William and Lucy Chenault Anderson of Lexington and a great-great-great granddaughter of Henry Clay. She attended Sayre School, Henry Clay High School and was a member of Christ Church Episcopal. She is survived by two sons, William Anderson LaBach of Lexington and Dr. James Parker LaBach, Jr. of Overland Park, Kansas; a daughter, Mary Ellyn LaBach Hutton of Cincinnati; five grandchildren, Mary Rebecca Hutton Fink of Tipp City, Ohio; John Stafford Hutton of Cincinnati, Elizabeth LaBach Hutton of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Virginia Kathryn LaBach of Los Angeles and Elaine Parker LaBach of Lawrence, Kansas; and three great-grandchildren. She also leaves a sister, Lucy Anderson Jones of Lexington. Interment will be at Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati. Memorials to the University of Cincinnati Foundation Geriatics Fund, P.O. Box 670544, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0544.
Mary Webster Anderson and James Parker LaBach had the following children:
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William Anderson8 LaBach was born in Lexington, KY December 29, 1938. He married Karen Eugenia Mitchell in Fayette County, KY, February 11, 1999. Karen was born in
Lexington, KY August 23, 1950. Karen is the daughter of Sidney Eugene Mitchell and Catherine Delores Stewart.
He resides in Fayette Co., KY. William's occupation: Attorney. Bill is a graduate of Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Kentucky and received his A.B. degree from Transylvania College in 1959. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Mathematics from the University of Illinois in 1963 and 1965. He specialized in differential topology and wrote his dissertation under Prof. Stewart Scott Cairns who was Chairman of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Illinois for many years. Bill held faculty positions at the University of Illinois, Northwestern University, Florida State University, Stetson University and the University of Kentucky. In 1968-69 he was a Member of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, NJ where he served as research assistant to Prof. Marston Morse. Bill received his J.D. (law) degree from the University of Kentucky in 1975 and has practiced law in Lexington, Kentucky since October, 1975. Bill has served as President of the Lexington Rose Society, Bluegrass Hemerocallis Society, Fayette County Genealogical Society, Kentucky Genealogical Society, and the Chenault Family Association in Kentucky and as a national officer in the Society of Descendants of Washinton's Army at Valley Forge. He is a life member of the Society of the Cincinnati, Sons of the Revolution, Sons of the American Revolution, and the Jamestowne Society and is a member of numerous other patriotic, historical and family history organizations.
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Mary Ellyn LaBach was born October 2, 1940.
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James Parker LaBach, Jr. was born January 16, 1943.
88. Sarah Gibson7 Anderson (Lucy Alexander Humphreys6 Chenault, Sarah Gibson5 Humphreys, Sarah Thompson4 Gibson, Louisiana Breckinridge3 Hart, Susanna2 Preston, William1) was born in Lexington, KY February 20, 1922. Sarah died August 19, 1982 in Lexington, KY, at 60 years of age. Her body was interred in Lexington Cemetery.
She married Louis William List in Anniston, AL, May 1, 1943. Louis was born in Paducah, KY August 2, 1923. Louis was the son of Louis William List and Maurine. Louis died February 16, 1972 in Lexington, KY, at 48 years of age. His body was interred in Lexington Cemetery. Louis's occupation: Civil Engineer. At 20 years of age Louis became the father of Sarah Anderson List Lexington, Fayette Co., KY, June 17, 1944. At 21 years of age Louis became the father of Louis William List III Lexington, Fayette Co., KY, July 23, 1945. At 26 years of age Louis became the father of Henry Clay Anderson List in Lexington, KY, 1950. At 29 years of age Louis became the father of David Anthony List in Lexington, KY, November 22, 1952.
At 22 years of age Sarah became the mother of Sarah Anderson List Lexington, Fayette Co., KY, June 17, 1944. At 23 years of age Sarah became the mother of Louis William List III Lexington, Fayette Co., KY, July 23, 1945. At 28 years of age Sarah became the mother of Henry Clay Anderson List in Lexington, KY, 1950. At 30 years of age Sarah became the mother of David Anthony List in Lexington, KY, November 22, 1952.
Sarah Gibson Anderson and Louis William List had the following children:
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Sarah Anderson8 List was born Lexington, Fayette Co., KY June 17, 1944.
She married Sidney Harrel Hulette Lexington, Fayette Co., KY, July 2, 1966. Sidney was born
June 18, 1941. He resides in Morganfield, KY. Sidney's occupation: Attorney.
She resides in Morganfield, KY.
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Louis William List III was born Lexington, Fayette Co., KY July 23, 1945. Louis died November 19, 1998 in
Lexington, KY, at 53 years of age. He married Kathleen Berry Angelucci March 20, 1970.
Kathleen was born August 2, 1948. She resides Lexington, Fayette Co., KY.
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Henry Clay Anderson List was born in Lexington, KY 1950. He married Gloria
Canada.
He resides in Lexington, KY. Henry's occupation: Lobbyist.
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David Anthony List was born in Lexington, KY November 22, 1952. He married
Deborah Stone in Lexington, KY, August 31, 1985. Deborah was born April 27, 1951. She resides Lexington, Fayette
Co., KY. Deborah's occupation: Secretary.
He resides in Lexington, KY.
97. Christopher Chenault8 French (Mary7 Buckner, Sarah Gibson Humphreys6 Chenault, Sarah Gibson5 Humphreys, Sarah Thompson4 Gibson, Louisiana Breckinridge3 Hart, Susanna2 Preston, William1) was born in Lexington, KY August 8, 1956.
He married Raelyn Loveland in Lexington, KY, 1982. Raelyn became the mother of Danielle French Sandy, UT, January 25, 1990.
At 33 years of age Christopher became the father of Danielle French Sandy, UT, January 25, 1990.
Christopher Chenault French and Raelyn Loveland had the following child:
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Danielle9 French was born Sandy, UT January 25, 1990.
98. Alexander Humphreys8 Branch (Mary7 Buckner, Sarah Gibson Humphreys6 Chenault, Sarah Gibson5 Humphreys, Sarah Thompson4 Gibson, Louisiana Breckinridge3 Hart, Susanna2 Preston, William1) was born in Lexington, KY May 5, 1958.
He resides in Lexington, KY. At 32 years of age Alexander became the father of Ryan Seth McKinley Combs May 2, 1991.
Alexander Humphreys Branch and Tracy Combs Collins had the following child:
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Ryan Seth McKinley9 Combs was born May 2, 1991.
102. Mary Ellyn8 LaBach (Mary Webster7 Anderson, Lucy Alexander Humphreys6 Chenault, Sarah Gibson5 Humphreys, Sarah Thompson4 Gibson, Louisiana Breckinridge3 Hart, Susanna2 Preston, William1) was born in Lexington, KY October 2, 1940.
She married John James Hutton in Lexington, KY, June 13, 1964. John was born July 24, 1936. He resides in Hamilton Co., OH. John's occupation: Physician. At 28 years of age John became the father of Mary Rebecca Hutton January 23, 1965. At 31 years of age John became the father of John Stafford Hutton in Lexington, KY, December 21, 1967. At 43 years of age John became the father of Elizabeth LaBach Hutton Lexington, Fayette Co., KY, July 27, 1979.
She resides in Hamilton Co., OH. At 24 years of age Mary became the mother of Mary Rebecca Hutton January 23, 1965. At 27 years of age Mary became the mother of John Stafford Hutton in Lexington, KY, December 21, 1967. At 38 years of age Mary became the mother of Elizabeth LaBach Hutton Lexington, Fayette Co., KY, July 27, 1979. Mary Ellen received he undergraduate education from the University of Kentucky and earned an M.A. degree in Music from Yale University where she was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow. She received a law degree from the University of Kentucky. She is a musician and music critic.
Mary Ellyn LaBach and John James Hutton had the following children:
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Mary Rebecca9 Hutton was born January 23, 1965.
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John Stafford Hutton was born December 21, 1967.
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Elizabeth LaBach Hutton was born Lexington, Fayette Co., KY July 27, 1979.
103. James Parker8 LaBach, Jr. (Mary Webster7 Anderson, Lucy Alexander Humphreys6 Chenault, Sarah Gibson5 Humphreys, Sarah Thompson4 Gibson, Louisiana Breckinridge3 Hart, Susanna2 Preston, William1) was born Lexington, Fayette Co., KY January 16, 1943.
He married Donna Poore Lexington, Fayette Co., KY, August 2, 1969. Donna was born Lexington, Fayette Co., KY February 11, 1943. She resides in Overland Park, KS. At 29 years of age Donna became the mother of Virginia Kathryn LaBach Lexington, Fayette Co., KY, May 19, 1972. At 32 years of age Donna became the mother of Elaine Parker LaBach Lexington, Fayette Co., KY, July 26, 1975.
He resides in Overland Park, KS. James's occupation: Physician. At 29 years of age James became the father of Virginia Kathryn LaBach Lexington, Fayette Co., KY, May 19, 1972. At 32 years of age James became the father of Elaine Parker LaBach Lexington, Fayette Co., KY, July 26, 1975. Parker received his undergraduate education from the United States Military Academy at West Point and at the University of Kentucky where he received a degree in Biochemistry. He received his M.D. degree from the University of Kentucky and is now a pathologist in Kansas City.
James Parker LaBach, Jr. and Donna Poore had the following children:
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Virginia Kathryn9 LaBach was born Lexington, Fayette Co., KY May 19, 1972.
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Elaine Parker LaBach was born Lexington, Fayette Co., KY July 26, 1975.
110. Mary Rebecca9 Hutton (Mary Ellyn8 LaBach, Mary Webster7 Anderson, Lucy Alexander Humphreys6 Chenault, Sarah Gibson5 Humphreys, Sarah Thompson4 Gibson, Louisiana Breckinridge3 Hart, Susanna2 Preston, William1) was born January 23, 1965.
She married Thomas Michael Fink December 30, 1989. He resides in Tipp City, OH. Thomas's occupation: Engineer. Thomas became the father of Kevin Thomas Fink in Tipp City, OH, July 30, 1991. Thomas became the father of Michele Alexandra Fink in Dayton, OH, June 21, 1993. Thomas became the father of Laura Elizabeth Fink in Dayton, OH, September 27, 1999. Thomas became the father of Stephanie Clarice Fink in Dayton, OH, December 28, 2000.
She resides in Tipp City, OH. Mary's occupation: Nurse. At 26 years of age Mary became the mother of Kevin Thomas Fink in Tipp City, OH, July 30, 1991. At 28 years of age Mary became the mother of Michele Alexandra Fink in Dayton, OH, June 21, 1993. At 34 years of age Mary became the mother of Laura Elizabeth Fink in Dayton, OH, September 27, 1999. At 35 years of age Mary became the mother of Stephanie Clarice Fink in Dayton, OH, December 28, 2000.
Mary Rebecca Hutton and Thomas Michael Fink had the following children:
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Kevin Thomas10 Fink was born in Tipp City, OH July 30, 1991.
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Michele Alexandra Fink was born in Dayton, OH June 21, 1993.
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Laura Elizabeth Fink was born in Dayton, OH September 27, 1999.
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Stephanie Clarice Fink was born in Dayton, OH December 28, 2000.
111. John Stafford9 Hutton (Mary Ellyn8 LaBach, Mary Webster7 Anderson, Lucy Alexander Humphreys6 Chenault, Sarah Gibson5 Humphreys, Sarah Thompson4 Gibson, Louisiana Breckinridge3 Hart, Susanna2 Preston, William1) was born in Lexington, KY December 21, 1967.
He married Sandra Lee Gross. Sandra became the mother of Blythe Alexandra Reese Gross-Hutton in Cincinnati, OH, December 22, 1992. Sandra became the mother of Astrid Snow Gross-Hutton in Cincinnati, OH, March 3, 1998.
At 30 years of age John became the father of Astrid Snow Gross-Hutton in Cincinnati, OH, March 3, 1998.
John Stafford Hutton and Sandra Lee Gross had the following child:
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Astrid Snow10 Gross-Hutton was born in Cincinnati, OH March 3, 1998.
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