Hopkins County, Kentucky, USA; Kentucky: A History of the State

Early residents of Hopkins County Kentucky are recalled in this new 59-page book. The spiral-bound book is a compilation of biographies from the 1885 book, Kentucky: A History of the State by J.H. Battle, W.H. Perrin and G.C. Kniffin, with a brief excerpt on the area from Kentucky, a Guide to the Bluegrass State, a 1939 product of the WPA Writer's Program. The tri-color front cover is printed on 80# card stock and has been protected with a vinyl sheet. The text is printed on 8.5" x 11" paper. Individual Biographies (those with pictures are marked 'pix') often shed light on the area and times as well as providing specific genealogical data. They include: John T. Adams, Dr. E.T. Almon, Benjamin F. Armstrong, Mrs. Elizabeth J. Arnold, Wiley Ashley, Dr. P.J. Bailey, Dr. William N. Bailey, William H. Bailey, J.L. Baker, John D. Barnhill, John H. Barnhill, J.T. Barnett, Amos Bassett, Elija Bassett, John W. Bean, William H. Beaumont, Franklin H. Bell, Rev. David Berry, Marcellus W. Bishop, Azariah B. Bone, John W. Bone, John S. Bone, Professor H. Boring, David Bourland, Dudley M. Brooks, Dr. Benjamin G. Brown, Sidney F. Brown, W.F. Campbell, William W. Cardwell, William E. Cardwell, Professor J.S. Cheek, T.W. Clark, Meriwether Clements, John M. Coleman, Rev. Samuel D. Compton, Minos R. Cotton, William B. Courtney, John W. Cox, Hezekiah R. Cox, William T. Crafton, Noble A. Craig, John W. Crow, W.D. Crow, J.J. Crowder, Dr. J.P. Cullom, Dr. A.G. Darby, William T. Daves, W.D. Davis, Dr. Eldred G. Davis, William M. Davis, George M. Davis, Isaac Davis, Ephraim R. Dillingham, William L. Dobyns, W.T. Dockrey, R.S. Dulin, David M. Dukes, George A. Eudaley, Wyatt L. Foard, Jo. F. Foard, Mrs. James M. (Coleman) Fox, E.B. Frost, John C. Givens, J.J. Glenn, W.L. Gordon, Travis S. Graddy, John G.B. Hall, Washington I. Hamby, William P. Hardwick, John H. Harkins, Willis W. Harris, Charles C. Harrison, E.L. Hendricks, U.J. Holland, Lieut. James W. Holloman, W.C. Jenkins, George W. Jennings, Alexander T. Johnson, Dr. William L. Johnson, Benjamin F. Johnson (pix), Rev. Solomon W. Jones, Alexander R. Jones, John F. Jones, Richard J. Key, R.P. Killick, James W. Kirkwood, Francis M. Kirkwood, William H. Kirkwood, Polk Laffoon (pix), John H. Langley, James D.W. Lovan, J.H. Lunsford, Prof. E. McCulley, L. McGrew, Edward G. McLeod, William C. McNary (pix), Dr. William T. McNary (pix), J.M. Mills, Ebenezer V. Moore, Sidney T. Morrow, H.H. Morton, O.H.P. Morton, John G. Morton, David A. Morton, M.M. Morton, John Munns, C.H. Murphey, W.A. Nisbet, Dr. George W. Noel, Thomas Y. Northen, Rev. John O'Bryan, S.W. Offutt, John W. Oliver, W.D. Orr, Dr. John J. Outlaw, W.B. Parker, Jefferson J. Parrish, Nicholas J. Parrish, Thomas R. Parter, Rev. Charles M. Pendley, John W. Pendley, George M. Price, Horace Pritchett, J.W. Pritchett, Dr. James T. Reddick, Abrum A. Riggin, Thomas D. Roberts, Joseph L. Rogers, Dr. W.S. Ross, William S. Rutherford, James M. Scott, John H. Shaw, Christopher C. Shelton, Horace B. Sipperly, A.J. Sisk Sr., William H. Sisk, Elisha W. Sisk, 'Eb W. Sisk, Clifton H. Slaton, Thomas H. Smith, W.L. Smith, Robert C. Speed, Moses W. Stanley, John C. Tapp, John C. Thomson, Thomas D. Walker, William H. Weir, Isaac K. Whitfield, William H. Whitfield, Isaac D. Whitfield, George W. Whitfield, Bryant H. Whitfield, W.R. Wilkirson, Chesley Williams, William H. Winstead, Dr. Mandley B. Winstead, Francis M. Wiott, Isaac T. Withers, Robert W. Wood and Zeno F. Young. The WPA excerpt includes a small map of the area and stops at Madisonville, Earlington, Morton's Gap, Nortonville and Dawson Springs. …