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Subject: BIOS #8401 THROUGH 8405 - ALEXANDER, HOLLAND, SHUCK, COTRELL, BARKLEY
Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 06:48:03 -0500


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8401 WOODFORD CO- ALEXANDER, JAMES A - Alexander, Kitchell, Danforth,
Wilson, Lanham, Pennell
8402 TRIGG CO - HOLLAND, SAMUEL M - Holland, Standrod, Baker
8403 SHELBY CO - SHUCK, R H - Shuck, Young, Schuck, Boone, Depauw, Williams
8404 SCOTT CO - COTRELL, JOHN L - Cotrell, Nelson, Sinclair, Reding
8405 MUHLENBERG CO - BARKLEY, J G - Barkley, Green, Higbee, Fry, Reed

#8401: "History of Crawford and Clark Counties, Illinois" edited by
William Henry Perrin, Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers,
Lakeside Building. 1883. LaMotte Twp., Crawford Co., Ill., Biographical
Sketches p295-6. (Woodford Co). JAMES A. ALEXANDER, Palestine. This
gentleman was born September 18, 1845, in Palestine. He is a son of Dr. H.
Alexander, born August 4, 1804, in Woodford County, Ky.; he died December
13, 1876, in Palestine. He was educated in Kentucky. At the age of
twenty-one he came to this county, where he practiced medicine and was
afterwards married to Eliza Kitchell, in November 27, 1828; she was the
mother of three children, who are all dead; she died while quite young.
The Doctor was married a second time to Mrs. Julia Danforth, October 13,
1836. She was a sister to the Doctor's first wife, and the mother of six
children, of whom only our subject and his brother Charles C., are living.
Mrs. Kitchell died in 1855. The Doctor was married again August 20, 1856,
to Miss Jeretta Wilson. She was the mother of William Alexander, who
married Margaret Lanham; and Elizabeth, born March 2, 1860. Dr. Alexander
was one of the most prominent and useful men in the county. He was a
practicing physician for over forty years, and as his real worth and
character became known, the public honored him with different positions of
trust and honor. About the first office he filled was his connection with
the land office, a Land Commissioner; after that he was chosen County
Judge, which office he filled with honor and ability. He was elected to
the Legislature several times, and filled the position to the satisfaction
of his constituents. His memory is cherished by all who knew him. Our
subject was educated in this county. He was married, January 27, 1873, in
Clark County, Ill., to Miss Adeline Pennell, born December 4, 1848, in
Ohio. She is the mother of four children - Faytie W., born January 14,
1874; William H., born March 19, 1875; Lola B., born November 29, 1876;
and Daisy D., born March 20, 1882. Mr. Alexander is a member of the
Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Alexander belongs to the Congregational Church.
Our subject responded to the call of his country, October 8, 1864,
enlisting in the Sixty-second Illinois Volunteers, Company F. He is a
member of the Alfred Harrison Post, No. 152, G. A. R. In politics, he is a
Democrat.

#8402: History of Trigg County, Historical and Biographical, ed. W.H.
Perrin, F.A. Battey Pub. Co., Chicago, 1884. p. 259. [Rock Castle Precinct]
SAMUEL M. HOLLAND was born in Trigg County, Ky., November 7, 1857, and is a
son of J. A. and Minerva (Standrod) Holland, the former a native of
Virginia, and the latter a native of Kentucky, of English descent
respectively; the father emigrated to Kentucky at an early age, and settled
in what was then Caldwell County, but now Trigg County; he was a farmer; he
was married October 10, 1844; he was a member of the Blue Lodge, A. F. & A.
M., Joppa, No. 167, in Lyon County, Ky. Mr. and Mrs. Holland were life-long
members of the Baptist Church; the former died February 15, 1877, the
latter January 31, 1884. Samuel M., our subject, remained with his parents
on the homestead until November 4, 1880, when he was married to Lucy K.
Baker, a native of Kentucky. To them have been born two children: Albert B.
and Pearl. In connection with farming Mr. Holland owns and operates a
cotton-gin, grist-mill, smith and wagon-shop. He owns a beautiful farm in
Rock Castle, Trigg County, where he resides; he is one of the influential
men of the county.

#8403: Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 6th
ed., 1887, Shelby Co. R. H. SHUCK was born April 2, 1819, in Shelby County,
Ky., son of John S. and Priscilla (Young) Shuck. His mother was a native of
Mercer County, Ky., and her father a well-to-do farmer. Our subject's
grandfather, Andrew Schuck, was a native of Germany, immigrated to
Pennsylvania and then to Mercer County, Ky. He was one of the members of
what was called the Low Dutch Company, which company purchased a large
tract of land, 12,000 acres, in Shelby and Henry Counties, from Squire
Boone, a brother of Daniel Boone, the great pioneer of Kentucky. This tract
of land was divided into 200 acre lots, and he drew Lot No. 3, in Shelby
County; it was valued by him at 70 lls. and 11d. He moved to it in the year
1784. R. H. Shuck was educated in the common schools. He has been married
twice: first, January 14, 1846, to Maria Depauw, of Lincoln County, who
bore him eight children, four of whom are living: Peter, Charles, Fannie
and Richard. After her death he married Mattie Williams, of Henry County.
Mr. Shuck owns 157 acres of land in Shelby County, and a house and lot in
Pleasureville, Henry County. His tract of land comprises a part of the
original tract owned by his grandfather, which descended to his father,
John Shuck, and then to our subject, and has been occupied by the same
family since 1784. Mr. Shuck has been a justice of the peace of Shelby
County for eight years and has made a zealous officer. He is a member of
the Masonic Lodge. Politically he is a Democrat.

#8404: History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky,
ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882. p. 624.
[Scott County] [Stamping Ground Precinct] JOHN L. COTRELL, farmer; P. O.
Minorsville. Thomas, the father of this gentleman, was born in Virginia
where he received his education, in 1801 he emigrated to Green County,
Ohio, and soon afterward removed to Miami County, where he remained engaged
in the milling business to the time of his death, which occurred in 1840,
being sixty years of age. His wife, the mother of our subject, was born in
Culpepper [six] County, Va., and removed to Green County, Ohio, about 1800,
where she was married; she died in Miami County in 1835, aged 35 years.
They were the parents of five children, our subject being the second child.
He was born in Greene County, Ohio, April 3, 1815, where he remained,
receiving such an education as the common schools of that county afforded.
In 1835 he removed to Marion County, Ind., and in 1840 removed to Scott
County, Ky., his present residence. He has during his life been a
hard-working and industrious farmer, and by his honesty, industry and
economy has succeeded in accumulating a good property; his is the owner of
350 acres of land. He is now one of Scott County's magistrates, having held
the office for eight years, to the entire satisfaction of all. In 1839, in
Scott County, he married Mrs. Sarah E. Nelson, a native of Fayette County,
and the daughter of John and Lucy (Sinclair) Reding; she was born in 1822.
They have been blessed with fifteen children, thirteen of whom are now
living, viz: Zerilda, James, Maria, Thomas, Benjamin F., Alvin, Alice, John
S., Joseph, Stephen D., Willis, Millie A. and Sally. Mr. Cotrell and family
are members of the Christian Church.

#8405: 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. J.G. Barkley was born June 5, 1839, in
Danville, KY, and is the eldest of seven children born to John and Sallie
R. (Green) Barkley, natives of Jessamine and Boyle Counties, KY, and of
Scotch and Irish and English descent. John Barkley was president of the
first railway company that established a line between Lexington and
Danville, KY; he was a son of George and Martha (Higbee) Barkley, who were
settlers of what is now Fayette County, before its organization. Subject's
mother was the daughter of Judge John Green, who married a Miss Fry. They
were natives of Virginia, and of English and Scotch descent. J.G. Barkley
was reared on a farm, received a good English education, and attended
Center College three years. At sixteen years of age he left home and went
to Daviess County, where he engaged in farming and merchandising. In 1878,
he moved to Greenville, where he engaged in farming and owns one-quarter
interest in the Muhlenberg Echo. He was married December 14, 1859, to Eliza
B. Reed, of Scotch and Irish descent. To Mr. and Mrs. Barkley were born ten
children, seven living: James W., Sallie R., John G., Harry R., Mary A.,
Sue B. and Jessamine. Mr. Barkley and wife are Presbyterian and he is a
Mason.

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