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From: Sandi Gorin <>
Subject: BIOS 5076 THRU 5080 - DOUTHIT, DOWNER, DAWSON, DARNELL, DOOLIN
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 06:56:11 -0600


There will be no post tomorrow for Thanksgiving, so I am sending through 2
posts today. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving! Sandi

5076 GRAVES CO - DOUTHIT, HOWARD BOONE - .Douthit Pepper Brown Davis
Emerson Howard Andrus
5077 TODD CO - DOWNER, BENJAMIN - Downer Slaughter Eddins Clark Bradshaw
Lackey Casky Hutchinson Gibson Reno Hancock Thompson Pendleton
TRIGG CO - DAWSON, SAMUEL J - Dawson Masonfrith Miller Clardy Watkins
5078 WOODFORD CO - DARNELL, W W - Darnell Whittington Taylor Cock Yancy
5079 BUTLER CO - DOOLIN, FRANCIS A - .Doolin Rone Pendley

#5076: Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, Lewis Publishing Company, 1904,
pp 761-763 [Graves] HOWARD BOONE DOUTHIT, a successful tobacconist
and dealer in coal at Mayfield, Graves county, although not a native of
this state, has lived here nearly all his life, and has been thoroughly
identified with the tobacco and business interests of western Kentucky. He
began dealing in the fragrant weed on a small scale, but his business has
grown to considerable proportions, and, together with his trade in coal,
gives him a place among the largest business men of Mayfield. He has also
done considerable tobacco farming, and all his endeavors have returned him
good rewards. Mr. Douthit is the son of Samuel and Margaret (Pepper)
Douthit, the former a native of North Carolina and the latter of South
Carolina. Samuel Douthit enjoyed a fair common school education, and
devoted his life to agriculture and cotton-raising, in South Carolina for
the greater part of the time. He had a genius at mechanics, and was the
inventor of a plow for cultivating cotton which was in use for many years
throughout the cotton states, and its name is still remembered by the old
cotton men. He moved from South Carolina to Kentucky in 1869, and lived
the rest of his life in Graves county, where he died March 12, 1874, at the
age of fifty-four years. His wife survived him over twenty years, and died
in Lynnville, Kentucky, in July, 1895, aged sixty-five. Samuel Douthit was
a private in the Confederate army during the Civil war. He was a stanch
Democrat, and was held in high regard in every community where he made his
home on account of his excellent qualities of heart and mind. The
following children were born to him and his excellent wife: Mary Josephine,
the wife of Dr. R. A. Brown, of Cuba, Kentucky; James Washington, of Texas;
Anna, who married Virgil Davis; Lawrence J., of Graves county; Sallie, who
married R. D. Emerson; Samuel R., of Mayfield, Kentucky; Emma, the wife of
P. O. S. Howard; Howard Boone; and Robert Lee Douthit, of Missouri. Howard
Boone Douthit was born November 25, 1868, in Mississippi, during a brief
residence of his parents in that state. He was shortly afterward brought to
Graves county, Kentucky, where he was reared and given his education in the
public schools. He also attended Mayfield College, from which he was
graduated in 1893. His boyhood was spent on the home farm, and he learned
the details of farming, but he began his business career as a buyer in
tobacco, and it is in this line where he has made his principal success.
This business has been built up from small beginnings, and is now firmly
established on a prosperous footing. In 1902 he added coal dealing to his
interests, and has also raised tobacco with employed labor. Mr. Douthit is
and always has been a Democrat, but with no aspirations toward political
preferment. He is a member of the Christian church and of the Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks and also the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
On February 14, 1895, he was married to Miss Susan Delong Andrus, a native
of Graves county, and they have four children: Vera, who died at the age of
five months; Olea Christine, Leslie and Slayden D. Mr. and Mrs. Douthit
are popular members of Mayfield society, and their home is one of the
happiest in the city

#5077: History of Todd County, Kentucky, ed. J. H. Battle, 1884, F. A.
Battey Publishing Co., 1884, Page 265 & 255. (Fairview Precinct)
BENJAMIN DOWNER was born August 10, 1819, in Todd County, Ky., and has
continued to reside here to present time. He is the son of Benjamin
Downer, Sr., a native of Spottsylvania [sic] County, Va., where he was born
in 1782, and in 1809 removed to Todd County, then a part of Christian
County, Ky., where he died in 1826. His wife, Elizabeth, daughter of John
S. Slaughter (of Revolutionary fame), was born in Culpeper County, Va., in
1782, and died in Todd County, Ky., in 1862. From this union sprang Susan
(Eddins), Frances (married first to Clark and afterward to Bradshaw), John
S., William W., Mary S. (Lackey), Ellen (Casky), subject, Elizabeth
(Hutchinson), Henrietta (Gibson),
Adaline (Reno) and Julia (Hancock). Subject's early educational advantages
were such as the schools of the community afforded in his youth, but he has
greatly improved his opportunities by careful reading of standard works and
current literature. On December 20, 1847, he was married to Miss Emily L.,
daughter of John and Frances (Thompson), Pendleton, of Christian County,
Ky., and to them were born William K.
(dead), Addie, Frank N., James W., Lizzie, John P., Carrie, Emily L.and
Benjamin R. Mr. D. [sic] is a farmer, owning 337 acres of very good land
in first-class condition, and in fine state of cultivation.In religion he
is a Methodist, in politics a Republican, and was a Union man during the
late war.

#5078: History of Trigg County, Historical and Biographical, ed. W.H.
Perrin, F.A. Battey Pub. Co., Chicago, 1884. pp. 236-37. [Roaring Springs
Precinct] SAMUEL J. DAWSON is descended from one of the earliest pioneer
families of the county. He was born in this precinct on January 14, 1837,
and is a son of Samuel and Maria (Masonfrith) Dawson. The father was born
in Bourbon County, Ky., on August 14, 1800; his father, John Dawson, was
born in Virginia, and was of English descent. The latter came to this
county in 1817, with his son and settled on the headwaters of Casey Creek.
There he died in about 1832; his wife in about 1841. Samuel Dawson grew to
manhood in this county; and in 1827, he was married to Miss Masonfrith, who
was a native of Bedford County, Va., and was born there on May 16, 1805.
He inherited 200 acres from his father, and settled down about two miles
northwest of Roaring Springs; he afterward increased the farm to 455 acres,
and continued to reside there until his death, which occurred on June 28,
1863. For a short time he served as Constable of the county. He was
identified with the Sons of Temperance. He was a man of fair education for
his day and time, was well read on all subjects; was possessed of a fine
memory, and was regarded as an authority by his neighbors on all subjects
of dispute. The mother is still living on the old home farm. Samuel J.
(subject) is the youngest of four living children: Susan E., widow of J. A.
Miller; Rhoda M., John W. and Samuel J. The latter commenced life for
himself when about twenty-five years of age, and soon after settled on his
present farm. He now owns 175 acres; has 140 acres in cultivation. Mr.
Dawson was married in Lafayette, Christian Co., on April 22, 1862, to Miss
Margaret Clardy, a daughter of John H. and Ann Eliza (Watkins) Clardy. The
father was born in Mecklenburg County, Va., but was reared principally in
North Carolina; the mother was born in Warren County, N. C. Mrs. Dawson
was born on October 24, 1843, and to her and husband have been born three
living children: Marion, Blanche and Samuel. Mrs. Dawson is a member of
the Christian Church. During the war Mr. Dawson was a strong Union man,
but since that time he has been identified with the Democratic party.

#5079: Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 5th
ed., 1887, Woodford Co. W. W. DARNELL, second son of R. R. and Atlanta
(Whittington) Darnell, was born in Woodford County, March 19, 1830. R. R.
Darnell, son of Aaron, was a Virginian, but settled in Woodford County,
Ky., at a very early day, and followed milling all his life. Mrs. Atlanta
Darnell was born on the Atlantic Ocean. W. W. Darnell, after leaving
school, managed a hemp factory for four years. He then engaged in buying
and selling wheat, corn, hogs, cattle, etc., five years. In 1858 he
removed to Missouri, and farmed until 1863, when he returned to Kentucky,
and in 1867 bought the Darnell Mill, which he has operated ever since. He
also conducts a general store, and is the owner of 360 acres in Millville
Precinct. In February, 1855, he married Miss Sarah J., daughter of
Richard Taylor, of Woodford County. To this marriage were born James S.,
John T. (who married Miss Maude Cock) and Randolph. Mrs. Darnell died in
1864, a member of the Methodist Church, and in 1865 Mr. Darnell married
Mrs. Eleanora Taylor Yancy, and to this union have been born two children:
WIlliam and Eleanora. In 1867 Mr. Darnell was elected justice of the
peace, and held said office sixteen years. With his wife, he is a member
of the Christian Church.

#5080: Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 2nd
ed., 1885, Butler Co. FRANCIS A. DOOLIN, farmer, Butler County, was born
in that county, October 3, 1840. His early advantages were such as the
common schools of the country afforded. He was reared on the farm, and at
farming he has met with marked success since starting for himself at the
age of twenty-five, at which time he married Miss Polly, the eldest
daughter of John and Sally Rone. The result of this union is five
children: James E., Adam E., Sally M., John W., Francis E. Mr. Doolin's
parents were George and Mary E. (Pendley) Doolin, the former of whom was
born in March, 1818, and was a well-to-do farmer, a native of Butler
County, and an earnest Christian gentleman, a member of the Baptist Church,
and occupied during his life several important county offices, among which
was that of county assessor. He was a man of strict integrity and great
industry. He died in 1877; his wife died in 1841. Subject's paternal
grandfather, John Doolin, came from Georgia, and was one of the first
ettlers [sic] of Butler County. His maternal grandfather, Austin Pendley,
came from North Carolina and settled in Butler County in an early day. Our
subject is the owner of 500 acres of excellent farm land, on which he has a
neat and comfortable house. In politics he is a Greenbacker


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