History of
Kentucky and Kentuckians
Vol. 1, 2 & 3
 
By E. Polk Johnson
1912
 
637 + 844 + 844 pages, indexed & illustrated
 

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Kentuckians 
In History and Literature
 
By John Wilson Townsend
1907
 
200 pages, searchable, indexed & illustrated
 

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Virginia is not only the Mother of Presidents, but of states as well, Kentucky being her first and 
best-loved child. From territory ceded by Virginia to the Federal government, the splendid states of 
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and a portion of Minnesota, were formed
 
In the midst of the horrors of internecine strife during the War between the States, her fair territory 
was despoiled by force of arms and the state of West Virginia was formed from the mountainous western 
section, much of which lies adjacent to Kentucky.
 
Kentucky, from its first entrance into history, has been a land of romance, of story and of song. The 
story of its first explorers and that of the gallant "Hunters of the West," of whom one of her sons has 
sung, is an epic poem. 
 
Along the pages of this poem move those grim hunters of men: Daniel Boone, Simon Kenton, Logan, 
Floyd, George Rogers Clark and scores of others of their manly kind in stately tread, making clear the 
way for those who were to come after and give the then wilderness of the west its proud place in the 
sisterhood of states—a place so unique and distinctive as to set Kentucky apart from all other states, 
and to make her sons claim the whole broad commonwealth and no small section thereof as their own.
 
Volume 1 includes 40+ chapters on the history and people of Kentucky - covers discovery and 
discoverers, exploration and explorers, settlement and settlers,  soldiers and wars with Indians, 
British and fellow countrymen,  politics and politicians, patriotism and patriots, social life and 
organizations, transportation and navigation, taxes, mountaineers, topography, newspapers, etc.
 
Volumes 2 & 3 include very detailed biographies of scores of leading citizens. 
Volume 3 contains the index for the three volumes.
    
 Example of one biographical entry:
 
John Lewis Dodd.—In an analysis of the character and life work of John Lewis Dodd we note many of the characteristics
 which have marked the Scotch nation for many centuries—the perseverance, reliability, energy and unconquerable 
determination to pursue a course that has been marked out. It was these sterling qualities which gained for Mr. Dodd 
success in life and made him one of the substantial and valued citizens of Louisville, Kentucky. His death was an 
irreparable loss not only to his family, between whom and himself existed the strongest ties of affection, but to the 
entire community.
 
Mr. John Lewis Dodd was a native of Mississippi, born on a cotton plantation at Kos- ciuso, Attala county, on the 
17th of April, 1850, the son of the late Allen Dodd, a Ken- tuckian, who was born in Mercer county in 1808, the son 
of George Dodd, a native of Culpeper county, Virginia, who became a Kentucky pioneer, settling near Shakertown, 
on the Dix river, in Mercer county. Allen Dodd married Mary C. McKee, a native of Lancaster, Garrard county, 
Kentucky, born in 1822, a daughter of James McKee, a Scotch- Irish soldier under the command of Perry on the lakes
 in the war of 1812 and. a Kentucky pioneer. Her brother, the Rev. J. Lapsley McKee, a Presbyterian divine, is well 
remembered in Louisville, where for a number of years he was pastor of what is now Warren Memorial church, and
 for a number of years before his death was a teacher at Centre College, Danville, Kentucky. In about 1834 Allen Dodd
 engaged in flat-boating on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and in 1839, after his marriage, he settled at Kosciusko, 
Mississippi, where he engaged in planting and so continued the remainder of his life, dying there in 1890. His widow
 survived him until 1894. They reared a family of thirteen children destined to lives of more than ordinary usefulness
 and to an unusual degree of union and affection with each other. The three eldest sons, James, William O. and Samuel
 L., were soldiers in the war between the states, James losing his life at Fort Donelson. Of the thirteen children but five
 are now living: Samuel Laps- ley Dodd, of Mississippi, George A. Dodd, of Mississippi, Robert A. Dodd, of Willmore, 
Jessamine county, Kentucky, Joseph C., of Louisville, and Edgar, of Mississippi.
 
The early life of our subject, John Lewis Dodd, was spent on the plantation. He was too young for military duty during
 the Civil war, but after the cessation of hostilities he taught school for two years in Mississippi, after which he entered
 the University of Mississippi at Oxford, where he was graduated with the class of 1871. He then entered the Lebanon
 (Tenn.) Law School, where he was graduated with the class of 1873, his older brother, Samuel L., also graduating as
 a member of the same class. Together the brothers entered the practice of law at Kosciusko, Mississippi, forming the
 firm of Dodd Brothers. In 1875 John L. came to Louisville and became the law partner of his still older brother, 
William O. Dodd, who had established himself in Louisville in 1869. This firm was known as W. O. and J. L. Dodd, 
became one of the strongest in the city, and was terminated only by the death of the senior member in 1886. Mr. Dodd
 then formed a partnership with Judge Charles S. Grubbs, under the firm name of Dodd and Grubbs, but two years 
later, on January 1, 1899, Mr. Dodd formed a partnership with his younger brother, Joseph C., under the firm name 
of Dockl & Dodd, which continued until the death of our subject, Mr. John L. Dodd, on the 24th of June, 1910.
 
Mr. Dodd was recognized as one of the strongest members of the Louisville bar. He had all the characteristics of his 
Scotch ancestors ; his brothers were first of all men m his affections and his closest personal and business ties were 
with them. His loyalty, devotion and affection for his own family were known, respected and admired, and added to 
his loyalty was an unusual degree of energy, combativeness and courage, which qualities, re-inforced by a wide 
knowledge of the law, made him invaluable as a lawyer and attached to him a large clientage. He was a member of the
 Second Presbyterian church. In 1883 Mr. Dodd married Mary Pearce, the daughter of the late Charles B. Pearce, of 
Maysville, Kentucky, and to them one son, John L. Dodd, was born in 1895. As long as the history of jurisprudence 
in Louisville shall be a matter of record the name of Mr. John Lewis Dodd will figure conspicuously therein by reason 
of the fact that his career at the bar was one of distinguished prominence and his private life beyond any adverse 
criticism being without a taint.
 
 
Some Famous Historical Kentuckians
 
Explorers, Pioneers & Frontiersmen
Judge Roy Bean (1825-1903) – Infamous "hanging judge" of Langtry, Texas.
Daniel Boone* (1734-1820) – Hunted and explored Kentucky, 1767-74; cleared the Wilderness Road and founded Fort Boonesborough, 1775.
James Bowie (1796-1836) – Hero of the Alamo, designer of the Bowie knife.
Kit Carson (1809-1868) – Indian agent, trapper, scout.
George Rogers Clark* (1752-1818) – American Revolution frontier general and explorer, secured the NW Territory for the U.S., founder of Louisville, 1778.
Floyd Collins (1887-1925) – Explorer whose entrapment and death in a cave became one of the most widely reported stories of the decade.
James Harrod* (1742-1793) – Frontiersman, founder of Harrodsburg, first permanent settlement west of the Alleghenies, 1774.
Simon Kenton* (1755-1836) – Frontier explorer, soldier, scout for Daniel Boone and George Rogers Clark.
Dr. Thomas Walker* (1715-1794) – Led the first documented expedition through Cumberland Gap, 1750.
*Not born in Kentucky
 
Political Leaders
Alben W. Barkley (1877-1956) – U.S. Vice President under Harry Truman, 1949-53.
John Cabell Breckinridge (1872-1920) – U.S. Vice President under James Buchanan, 1857-61.
Louis Brandeis (1856-1941) – U.S. Supreme Court Justice, 1916-39.
A.B. "Happy" Chandler (1898-1991) – Two time governor (1935-1939 and 1955-1959) U.S.Senator (1939-1945)
Cassius Marcellus Clay (1810-1903) – The Lion of White Hall, Ambassador to Russia, abolitionist, a founder of the Republican Party.
Henry Clay* (1777-1852) – The Great Compromiser, U.S. senator, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. secretary of state.
Martha Layne Collins ( 1936- ) – First female Kentucky governor, 1983-87.
 
Kentucky is known as the "Bluegrass State", a nickname based on the fact that bluegrass is present in many of the lawns and pastures throughout 
the state. It is a land with diverse environments and abundant resources, including the world's longest cave system, the greatest length of navigable 
waterways and streams in the Lower 48 states, and the two largest man-made lakes east of the Mississippi River. It is also home to the highest per 
capita number of deer and turkey in the United States, and the nation's most productive coalfield. Kentucky is also known for thoroughbred horses, 
horse racing, bourbon distilleries, bluegrass music, automobile manufacturing, tobacco, and college basketball.
 
 
                                          Famous Modern Kentuckians
 
                                         Muhammad Ali             boxer,    Louisville
                                         Alben W. Barkley            vice president, Graves Cty
                                         Louis D. Brandeis            jurist,  Louisville
                                         John Mason Brown               critic,  Louisville
                                         Kit Carson       scout,    Madison Cty
                                         Champ Clark          politician,    Anderson Cty
                                         Rosemary Clooney               singer,   Maysville
                                         Irvin S. Cobb        humorist,      Paducah
                                        Jefferson Davis          president of the Confederacy, Fairview
                                         Irene Dunne         actress,     Louisville
                                         Crystal Gayle         singer,    Paintsville
                                         David W. Griffith          film producer,  Oldham Cty
                                         Casey Jones          locomotive engineer, Cayce
                                         Abraham Lincoln             U.S. president,  Hodgenville
                                         Brian Littrell       singer,   Lexington
                                         Loretta Lynn         singer,    Butchers Hollow
                                         Bill Monroe        songwriter,      Rosine
                                         Carry Amelia Nation              temperance leader,  Garrard Cty
                                         Patricia Neal        actress,     Packard
                                         Kevin Richardson             singer,   Lexington
                                         Wiley B. Rutledge            jurist,  Cloverport
                                         Diane Sawyer           broadcast journalist,  Glasgow
                                         Allen Tate       poet and critic,       Winchester
                                         Hunter Thompson              writer,   Louisville
                                         Frederick M. Vinson             jurist,  Lousia
                                         Robert Penn Warren               author,    Guthrie

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