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From: Sandi Gorin <>
Subject: BIOS #3851 THRU 3855 - CHESTNUT, CULLUM, CRENSHAW, KEEN, BARGER
Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 07:03:35 -0600


3851 TODD CO - CHESTNUT FAMILY - Chesnut Chestnut McElwain Burge Russell
3852 TRIGG CO - CULLUM, A B - Cullom Hooper Brown
3853 TRIGG CO - CRENSHAW, ALBERT - Crenshaw Walden Kent Rasco Johnson Miller
3854 CLAY CO - KEEN, FLEMMON - Keen Grubb Gambill Pigg
3855 UNKNOWN CO - BARGER, JOHN SR - Barager Bandy Macy

#3851: History of Todd County, Kentucky, ed. J. H. Battle, 1884, F. A.
Battey Publishing Co., 1884, pp. 318-19. [Trenton Precinct] THE
CHESNUT FAMILY. Among the prominent families who early immigrated to Todd
County in the pioneer days, may justly be mentioned the one appearing at
the head of this brief sketch. Near the beginning of the present century
the widow Chesnut removed from North Carolina to Todd County, Ky., and
settled on the Elk Fork of the Red River. With her came her sons, Samuel,
James, John and Alexander. They were zealous members of the old Seceder
Church. Of these sons, Samuel, born in North Carolina, 1793, was a valiant
soldier in the war of 1812, and died in 1866. His son, William A. Chesnut,
was born October 4, 1819, in Princeton, Ky.; removed to Todd County with
his parents in 1828, where he married Margaret M., daughter of David N. and
Lydia (McElwain) Russell, of this county, where he died January 30, 1879.
Mrs. Margaret M. Chestnut [sic] was born September 24, 1822, and is still
living. Their children are: Lydia A. (deceased), Samuel D., James W. and
Martha J. (Burge). Samuel David Chesnut was born August 2, 1857, at the
place of his present residence, in Todd County, Ky., where he has all his
life retained his residence. He was favored with a fine classical
education, and is still an intelligent student of standard works, and the
current literature of the day. He is actively engaged in farming
and stock-raising, superintending the family homestead of 540 acres of
valuable land, which he successfully cultivates. He is a member of the
Masonic Fraternity, and also of Cumberland Presbyterian Church. James W.
Chesnut, Trenton, is a native of Todd County, where he was born August 20,
1862, and where he has all his life resided. He is the son of William A.
and Margaret (Russell) Chesnut. He early obtained a good education, and
in the midst of active duties finds time to devote to reading. In 1881, he
commenced merchandising in Trenton (firm style Chesnut & Russell) at which
he has been fairly successful. He is extensively engaged in the implement
trade, and the firm handle a fair proportion of the produce shipped from
Trenton. In religion he is a Cumberland Presbyterian, and in politics a
Democrat.

#3852: History of Trigg County, Historical and Biographical, ed. W.H.
Perrin, F.A. Battey Pub. Co., Chicago, 1884. pp. 272-73. [Cerulean Springs
Precinct] A. B. CULLOM, M.D., was born in Davidson County, Tenn., July
16, 1839. His parents were Jesse P. and Susan A. (Hooper) Cullom, the
former born in same county and State in 1815, and died March 28, 1851, in
Lexington, Mo. The mother was born in Dixon County, Tenn., August 29,
1815, and is now living with her son, Dr. Cullom, who at the age of sixteen
commenced the watch-making trade, which he followed five years. He
enlisted in 1861 in Capt. Crenshaw's company under Gen. Price, of Missouri.
He served until the close of the war. Soon after enlistment he was
commissioned First Lieutenant and participated in the battles of Carthage,
Springfield and Pea Ridge. He was then detailed on scout duty in which he
continued until
the close of the war, when he returned to Nashville and followed his former
trade one year. He then secured a position as clerk in the dry goods store
of J. M. Hooper, where he continued one year, after which he took up the
study of medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. J. P. Cullom. He remained
with the Doctor three years. He then attended the Medical Department of
the Nashville University and graduated in the class of 1870. He then moved
to Calloway County and commenced the practice of medicine. In 1879 he
moved to Cerulian Springs, where he has since been engaged in the practice
of his profession with good success. He was married November 9, 1876, to
Miss S. A. Brown, of Calloway County, Ky. Three children have blessed this
union. The Doctor is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Blue Lodge, and
Chapter at Murray, Ky.; also is a member of the Baptist Church, and has
been Superintendent of the Sunday-school of that place since his arrival
here in 1879.

#3853: History of Trigg County, Historical and Biographical, ed. W.H.
Perrin, F.A. Battey Pub. Co., Chicago, 1884. p. 235-36. [Roaring Springs
Precinct] ALBERT CRENSHAW was born in Trigg County on June 10, 1840, and
is a son of Robenson and Mary (Walden) Crenshaw. The father was born in
Halifax County, Va., in September, 1816. He was a son of Cornelius and
Nancy (Kent) Crenshaw, who came here in 1819. The father grew to manhood
in this county, and resided there until his death on February 12, 1853.
The mother was also born in this county on September, 22, 1820, and died
here on December 31, 1851. The parents were both members of the Christian
Church.
Subject is the eldest of six children, all of whom are living, viz: Albert,
James, born June 22, 1842, now in Hopkins County; William B., born November
18, 1844, now in Oxford, Kas.; Robenson, born June 4, 1847, now in Cadiz;
John W., born September 27, 1849, also in Cadiz, and Cornelius, born
November 6, 1851, and now in Texas. The common schools of this county and
Christian furnished his education. After his father's death he made his
home with his uncle, Thomas Crenshaw. At the age of nineteen he began
clerking in a dry goods store at Roaring Springs, and remained there three
years. He next turned his attention to farming and settled in the
northwestern part of the precinct, where he resided until 1870. In that
year he came to his present farm, where he now owns about 270 acres, of
which there are about 250 acres in cultivation. Mr. Crenshaw was married
on October 31, 1861, in this county, to Miss Emma Rasco, a daughter of J.
M. and Sarah (Johnson) Rasco. The father was a native of this county,
the mother of Christian. Mrs. Crenshaw was born in this county on October
26, 1844, and is the mother of nine children, of whom six are now living:
Mary F., born January 6, 1863 (now the wife of C. F. Miller); Sallie R.,
born January 24, 1865; Ernest L., born May 24, 1866; Emma, born September
30, 1875; Albert W., born February 14, 1878; Myrtle, born September 14,
1879. Of the deceased ones: James M., born March 20, 1868, died October
11, 1874; George S., born December 14, 1871, died October 10, 1874; Robert,
born March 20, 1873, died April 23, 1874. In politics Mr. Crenshaw
supports the Democratic party. Both Mr. and Mrs. Crenshaw are members of
the Christian Church and Mr. Crenshaw is now an Elder in that denomination.

#3854: "History Of Greene And Sullivan Counties, State Of Indiana, From
The Earliest Time To The Present; Together With Interesting Biographical
Sketches, Reminiscences, Notes, Etc." Chicago: Goodspeed Bros. & Co.,
Publishers. 1884. Sullivan Co., Indiana Cass Twp., Page 812. Clay Co.
FLEMMON KEEN, farmer, P. O. Cass, was born in Clay County, Ky., July 1,
1838, third son of nine children born to Francis and Margaret (Grubb) Keen,
natives of Tennessee, and of German descent, who moved to Sullivan County
about 1857; he now lives in Greene County; his wife died October 11,
1865, and is buried at Antioch Church, in Cass Township; she was a member
of the Christian Church, he of the Baptist. Our subject remained with his
parents till his twentieth year, working on the farm in summer, and going
to school in winter. February 6, 1862, he was married to Susan Gambill,
daughter of Wiley and Nancy Ann (Pigg) Gambill, and nine children have been
born to them: Mary Jane, born March 30, 1863; Maggie E., July 15,1867;
William, January 4, 1869; Nancy Ann, July 31, 1871, died April 11, 1873;
Joseph W., April 12, 1873; John, April 29, 1875; James, March 18, 1877;
Henry, April 2, 1979, and Eva Elizabeth, December
6, 1881. October 4, 1864, Mr. Keen enlisted in Company F, Fifty-seventh
Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was in the battles of Franklin,
Tenn., the two days' fight at Nashville, and several skirmishes, including
that at Springfield, Tenn., with Hood's forces. Was honorably discharge
October 20, 1865, his term of service having expired. Was mustered out at
Victoria, Tex., and returned home and resumed farming. He and wife are
members of the Christian Church at Antioch, and he is a Democrat in his
political affiliations.

#3855. The Kentucky Explorer, Vol 14, No. 5, October 1999, p. 82. Kentucky
Kinfolks. Used by permission. Unknown Co. John Barger, Sr., and his son,
John Barger, Jr., were from Virginia, coming to Kentucky sometime during
the years 1800 to 1810. A son, James, of John Barger, Jr., went to Harrison
County, Missouri; and two daughters, Phoebe Bandy and Sarah Macy,
emigrated to Putnam County, Indiana. It is possible that they are from a
larger Montgomery County, Virginia family of Bargers.

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