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Subject: BIOS #7491 THRU 7945 - JEFFERSON, JENKINS, JAMES, JACKSON, JAMES
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7941 TODD CO - JEFFERSON, WALTER B - Jefferson, Mansfield, Henderson,
Peyton, Byars, Wirt, McReynolds, Perkins, Taylor
7942 BUTLER CO - JENKINS, ANDREW W - Jenkins, Comfort, Terry
7943 GRANT CO - JAMES, W T - James, Price
7944 JEFFERSON CO - JACKSON, WILLIAM L SR - Jackson
7945 MUHLENBERG CO - JAMES, WILLIAM SEVIER - James, Carson, Wilson,
McCarthy, Wand, Hay, Shull, Taylor, Williams

#7941: Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, Louisville: Lewis Publishing
Co., 1904. Todd Co. "Dr. Walter B. Jefferson is a son of Isham R. and Sarah
A. (Mansfield) Jefferson, who came separately to Todd County in 1833, from
Abermarle [sic] County, Va. The father was a native of that county, and was
there reared by his uncle, Thomas Jefferson, the famous author of the
Declaration of Independence, and third Chief Executive of the United
States, Isham's father, Randolph Jefferson, being the youngest brother of
the President. The father of our subject married first a Miss Henderson,
and afterward a Miss Peyton. He located, on coming to Todd County, upon a
farm in Jesup's Grove, removing afterward to within a mile south of Elkton,
where he died in 1862. His third marriage occurred in this county. He
wedded Miss Mansfield, and the union was blessed with the following
children: William A., James M. Walter B., Susan M. (deceased), Nannie, wife
of F. M. Byars, and Wirt, who died in 1875, in early manhood. Dr. W. B.,
the subject of these lines, obtained his early schooling in Elkton, and
began the study of medicine under Drs. James A. and John O. McReynolds. He
attended the University of Virginia, and afterward the University of
Nashville, graduating from the latter institution in 1862, since which date
he has practiced his profession in Todd and Logan Counties and in Paducah,
Ky. He married, in 1863, Miss Mamie, daughter of Judge Ben. T. Perkins. She
died in 1877, leaving one child, Anna M. His second marriage was with Mrs.
Evelyn A. Taylor, a daughter of Edwin Johnson, of Montgomery County, Tenn.
Dr. Jefferson is a man of ability, and of high standing with the community.
His sunny nature and high social worth attract to him a large circle of
acquaintances. He was elected to the Legislature of 1883, and is now
serving in that body, and was elected a delegate to represent the Third
District in the Democratic National Convention held at Chicago."

#7942: Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 2nd
ed., 1885, Butler Co. ANDREW W. JENKINS, farmer, is a descendant of large
land owners in Warren County, is the son of John and Sarah Jenkins, who
resided three miles north of Bowling Green. The father was born in 1800,
and died in 1860; the mother, born in 1810, and died in 1870. They had nine
children, six of whom are living: Mrs. Polly Comfort, of Missouri; John C.,
living at Bowling Green; James C., of Fort Scott, Kas.; R. T., also
residing in Kansas; Mrs. Sarah Amanda Terry, of Woodbury; Andrew W., who
was born in Warren County, in 1844, and educated in the common schools. At
the age of twenty-one, with nothing but his manhood and industry, he was
left to carve his own fortune. He now owns 300 acres of good land on the
south bank of Barren River, in Woodbury precinct, consisting of plow land
and timber, well stocked. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity at
Bowling Green, and also of the Odd Fellow's Anchor Lodge. He votes with the
Democratic party. Few men have met with more uniform prosperity.

#7943: Souvenir Edition, The Williamstown Courier, Williamstown, Ky, May
30, 1901, reprinted September 19, 1981 by the Grant County KY Historical
Society. W. T. JAMES (deceased). Among the picturesque old residences which
yet stand, and which were a part of Williamstown in her early days, there
is none more picturesque and none which present a more home-like scene than
the old James homestead, the home of the late W. T. James, and the present
home of his widow, where the present generation of the James family were
born and raised. Mrs. James was a daughter of old Trimble county, and
married W. T. James in 1865, and removed to the old homestead at
Williamstown, where all their married life for thirty or more years were
spent. Mr. James was one of Williamstown's most influential citizens in his
day, and was the possessor of a considerable property at the time of his
death, numbering among his other possessions a fine farm on which the old
house stands of about a hundred and fifty acres, and several business
blocks on Main street. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. James, four
of whom are yet living. They are: James, the eldest, William, Mrs. Cora
Price and Gip. All of them are married and have children, but the eldest,
who is a bachelor and lives with his mother. In all there are seven
grandchildren living.

#7944: Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky, by H. Levin, editor, 1897.
Published by Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago. Reprinted by Southern
Historical Press. p. 255. Jefferson County. WILLIAM L. JACKSON, Sr., long
the judge of Louisville circuit court, was born in Clarksburg, Virginia,
February 3, 1825. Of a family long prominent in that state in the field, at
the bar and on the bench, he early demonstrated his fitness to maintain is
standard of manhood. He began the practice of law in 1847, met with fair
success and was elected commonwealth's attorney of the Clarksburg judicial
district. On the expiration of his term in that office he was elected to
the Virginia house of delegates and re-elected for a second term. He was
then twice chosen second auditor and superintendent of the library fund,
and in 1856 was elected lieutenant-governor of Virginia. In 1860 he was
elected circuit judge of the nineteenth judicial district, but in 1861 he
resigned the office to enter the Confederate army as colonel of the
Thirty-first Virginia Infantry. After serving for a year in West Virginia
he was transferred to the Army of Northern Virginia and became a member of
the staff of his cousin, "Stonewall" Jackson, with whom he took part in
many engagements. After the death of his distinguished chief he recruited a
brigade of cavalry in that part of northwestern Virginia, and gallantly
commanded the same in the campaigns of the Shenandoah Valley, Maryland and
Pennsylvania. After the surrender of Lee and Johnson, he disbanded the last
organized Confederate troops within the limits of Virginia, on the 3d of
May, 1865, at Lexington, Virginia. Judge Jackson then went to Mexico; after
his return to this country he located in Louisville, where he was accorded
a prominent place at the bar. In 1872 he was appointed judge of the
Louisville circuit court by Governor Leslie, was elected at the next
regular election and by popular vote was continued in that office until his
death in 1890. As a judge he was fearless, upright and impartial, qualities
well tested when he was selected by Governor McCreary to act as special
judge in the trial of some desperate cases at a period of excessive
turbulence in one of the remote mountain counties, where the local judge
could not hold court. His presence restored and the confidence of the
community, and the proceedings of the court were conducted without
hindrance. As a man Judge Jackson was much beloved by his friends, and his
death was deplored by the whole community.

#7945: LDS film # 09962913, Excerpts from History of Kentucky, Illustrated,
1885, by Battle, Perrin, and Kniffin. Appeared in the Central City
Messenger and Times-Argus, Central City, Kentucky, in seven installments
during May, June, and July 1959. William S. James Was Blacksmith In
Paradise in '85 WILLIAM SEVIER JAMES, Muhlenberg County, was born December
6, 1821, in Morgantown, KY, where he grew to manhood; in 1842 he removed to
Ohio County, where he engaged in farming and blacksmithing until 1850, when
he located in North Augusta, near Burlington, Iowa; in 1851, settled in
Clark County, MO; in 1856, moved to Lewis County, and 1858 returned to
Muhlenberg County, KY, locating in Paradise, where he now resides. His
father, Hezekiah, was born in 1792, near Lynchburg, VA; in childhood
removed with his parents to Ohio County, KY, and died in Butler County in
1835. Hezekiah married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Carson, of Butler
County (born in 1798, and died June 9, 1840), and their offspring are: John
M., William S., Hezekiah A., Mary L., M.D. (Wilson), Maria J. (McCarthy),
and James F. William S. was married August 1, 1844, to Mary E., daughter of
William N. and Nancy (Hay) Wand, of Butler County (born on January 17,
1827, died March 7, 1876), and to them were born Ann E. (Shull), Thomas C.,
William F., Lucy N. (deceased), and Amanthis P. (Taylor). Mr. James was
next married August 5, 1876, to Martha Williams, of Ohio County (born in
1830). Mr. James is a blacksmith by profession; he is a demitted Mason.

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