Simpson County, Kentucky; Logan County; Kentucky : A History of the State

1885. Early residents of Simpson and Logan Counties in Kentucky are recalled in this new 103-page book. The spiral-bound book is a compilation of biographies from the 1885 book, Kentucky: A History of the State by J.H. Battle, W.H. Perrin and G.C. Kniffin, with a brief excerpt on the area from Kentucky, a Guide to the Bluegrass State, a 1939 product of the WPA Writer's Program. The tri-color front cover is printed on 80# card stock and has been protected with a vinyl sheet. The text is printed on 60# opaque 8.5" x 11" paper. Individual Biographies (those with pictures are marked 'pix') often shed light on the area and times as well as providing specific genealogical data. Bios from Simpson County, following a brief county history, include: Mrs. Hardenia Adams, David C. Adams, John H. Adsit, John J. Alderson, Alfred Alexander, Dr. W.E. Arnold, Henry C. Atkinson, Commodore P. Atwood, John W. Baird, Wilson Baird, James N. Barnes, George S. Black, Thomas A. Blain, Samuel K. Bland, Eli H. Blewett, Volney T. Boaz, Henry J. Booker, James Boren, James W. Bradshaw, Charles B. Bradshaw,William H. Breedlove, William Briant, Dr. John M. Briggs, Reuben T. Bryan, John P. Bryan, William Walter Bush, Prof. Benjamin F. Cabell, Benjamin F. Carter, Bennett Caudill, George W.B. Chaney, Walter A. Chisholm, George W. Clack, Green L. Clark, Gustavus H. Clark, J. Henry Conn, Richard Creekmur, Thomas J. Cummings, Thomas E. Cushenbery, John S. Daly, James H. Dashwood, George W. Dawson, James M. Dawson, George Dickey, James W. Dinning, Dr. George W. Duncan, William B. Dunn, P. Barton Dunn, Dr. Charles H. Edwards, John Tyler Edwards, William L. Elliott, Thomas M. Ellis, Prof. Horace H. Epes, Little B. Epperson, Ambrose B. Eubnk, Walter W. Evans, Capt. Richard P. Finn, Beverley Fleming, Dr. George W. Gaines, Dr. James B. Gardner, Thomas Gilbert, George H. Gillespy, Isaac H. Goodnight, David T. Grainger, James A. Greer, Benjamin W. Hail, Sidney A. Halcomb, Major Amos Hall, Vincent M. Hammond, William R. Hammond, Hensley G. Harris, Joseph B. Harris, David H. Hatter, William P. Hendrick, John M. Henry, Benjamin J. Herrington, Dr. John H. Herrington, Benjamin F. Herrington, Isaac W. Hinton, James W. Hobdy, William R. Hobdy, Joseph C. Hobdy, Neval G. Holcomb, John H. Holland, Joseph P. Howard, Capt. George Washington Hoy, Thomas W. Hudson, Daniel Huffines, John D. Hughes, Jonathan B. Hunt, James R. Hunt, John C. Hunt, Rev. Charles H. Hupp, John L. Jackson, Simpson M. Jepson, Cassander L. Jepson, William Johns, Benjamin L. Johnson, Thomas H. Jones, James A. Jones, Isaac N. Kerley, Columbus A. Kie, Dr. John S. Lain, Josias Lambert, John Lambirth, James N. LaRue, Henry C. Lawler, Granville E. Leak, George W. Lee, Isaiah Lewis, Leonard Lewis Jr., Prof. L.D. Logan, William Lynch, James McCartney, J. Wes. McClanahan, James B. McClean, John R. McCrery, Phineas D. McFadin, John H. McFarlin, Walter A. McGlothlin, James A. McGoodwin, Enoch W. Martin, John B. Mason, William Massey, Pleasant V. Mayes, Joseph F. Meador, William Meguiar, Joseph E. Meguiar, C.W. Milliken, John R. Milliken, Samuel T. Mitchell, John B. Montague, Francis M. Moore, William S. Moore, James N. Morris, Rev. Orson H. Morrow, Joseph C. Neer, K.D. Nicoll, A.E. Nicoll, Tilmon Norris, John A. Norris, William L. Peart, Cornelius R. Peden, James R. Phelps, Joseph S. Phillips, James C. Pistole, Wyatt M. Ragsdale, Edmond D.F. Read, Josephus S. Reeder, Robert F. Richards, Hiram Roark, Asa Roark, Theodore Robey, Ezra Robey, Leander Ruley, James M. Rutherford, Drewry W. Saunders, William H. Short, James T. Slack, Mortimer M. Sloss, Alexander M. Sloss Jr., John B. Smith, James W. Smith, Z.P. Smith, John P. Snider, Charles P. Snider, Meshach K. Spears, Judge John L. Stanford, Christopher H. Stanley, George B. Starks, James A. Starks, William Stinson, James W. Stowers, William Stringer, John D. Stuart, Dr. Oliver P. Summers, James P. Taylor, Caswell H. Taylor, John T. Tisdale, Robert Henry Tuck, Dr. Alphonso C. Vallandigham, David C. Walker, Dr. Jacob B. Walker, Algernon S. Walker, Stephen W. Waller, Lysander W. Wantland, Charles M. White, Orson Morrow Whited, William F. Whitesides, Elijah Williams, John L. Williams, John A. Wilson, Lemuel J. Winfield, Rev. Vernon K. Witt, James P. Wright and John H. Young. Bios from Logan County include: Dr. Madison E. Alderson, George T. Blakey, Wilbur F. Browder, William Bryan, Dr. Edmund Burr, George W. Ewing, Judge William W. Frazer, James Henry Fuqua, George E. Garretson, Alexander G. Gooch, Dr. Rowland H. Keene, Dr. John R. McClellan, John R.F. Miles, John G. Orndorff, Dr. Matthias R. Perry, Theodore F. Small, and Robert M. Warden. The WPA excerpt includes a small map of the area and stops at Lost River Cave, Franklin, Geddes, South Union and Russellville. . Limited Edition Reprint. Spiral/Comb . New/No Jacket. 8.5" x 11". Private Press.