J. Frank Dutton (1883 – )

”J. Frank Dutton. For sixteen consecutive years J. Frank Dutton has been adding to and building up the business of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in the State of Kentucky. He sold his first insurance for that company and by … Continue reading →

Catherine Lee Ferguson

“FERGUSON, Catherine Lee (Mrs. Samuel Wragg Ferguson), 1826 W. Beach St., Biloxi, Miss. Author; b. Lexington, Ky.; dau. Major William Henry and Eleanor Percy (Ware) Lee; ed. Lexington, Ky. at Sem. of Misses Jackson; m. Mississippi, 1882, Gen. Samuel Wragg … Continue reading →

Wedding Party Of 1869 Has Reunion

Note:  Article submitted by Marti Martin of the Woodford Co. Historical Society, from the Lexington Herald, Dec. 17, 1919. “Wedding Party of 1869 Has Reunion ———————————————- Only Minister Missing at Golden Anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Ras Ware ————————————————————————————— GEORGETOWN, … Continue reading →

Mrs. Sarah Ware (1805 – )

“MRS. SARAH WARE daughter of David and Catherine Slayback, was born in Lexington Ky., Sept. 13th, 1805. In 1807 she removed to Butler County, Ohio, and in 1821 came with her Uncle, Israel Seward, to Montgomery County, Ill., and located … Continue reading →

Samuel Stewart Yantis (1873 – )

“SAMUEL STEWART YANTIS has been a member of the Lexington bar for over twenty years, and his individual talents have brought him a high position as a Kentucky lawyer.  For many years he was associated in practice with the late … Continue reading →

Catherine Ann Ware (1817 – )

” Catherine Ann Ware was born in Washington, Mississippi, in the year 1817.  Her father was Nathaniel A. Ware, of that State, a man of wealth, and political economist of note in his day, whose ‘Views of the Federal Constitution’ … Continue reading →

Dr. James Webb (1795 – 1883)

Dr. James Webb was the father of Lucy Ware Webb Hayes, wife and first lady of President Rutherford B. Hayes.  She was his only daughter and passed from her life when she was but two years old. He was Kentucky … Continue reading →