This ultimate reference to Kentucky's first chartered city is "an absolute must for anyone interested in Kentucky, regional, or urban history" (James C. Klotter). Readers learn about the inspiration for the city's name (King Louie XVI of France), its former famous residents (John James Audubon and Muhammad Ali), facts about the Kentucky Derby, and much more. 306 photos. 79 maps.
As July 7, 1861, dawned, war was in the air in Lexington, Indiana. The county seat of Scott County was abuzz with the latest news of the southern rebellion. The _Madison Daily and Evening Courier_ told of skirmishes between Federal troops and “secesh” forces at Harpers Ferry and Falling Waters, Virginia. Closer to home, word had come that William A. Sanderson had organized a new outfit, the Twenty-Third Indiana, and was recruiting throughout the Second Congressional District for men to join the regiment. Although Scott County had been rife with sympathy and support for the South, answering the call to serve the Union cause from the county were Jacob T. Kimberlin, a twenty-one-year-old farmhand; his older brother, John J.; and his cousins, William H. H. Kimberlin, Benjamin F. Kimberlin, and James Stark. These five young men could not have known at the time that none of them would ever again see their homes. They only knew that the Kimberlins were going to war. This is the story of the Kimberlin family that sent thirty-three fathers and sons, brothers and cousins, to fight for the Union during the Civil War. Ten family members were killed, wounded, or died of battlefield disease, a 30 percent casualty rate that is unmatched in recorded Scott County history. Of the 134 known deaths of Scott County soldiers, ten were members of the Kimberlin clan. Their feelings about the war come from forty letters to and from the battlefield that have survived to this day. The book examines such questions as: Were they fighting to save the Union or to free the slaves? How did they express grief over the loss of a brother? Did they keep up with their business and the women at home? And what did they think about “secesh” neighbors in southern Indiana who tried to undermine the Union?
Brimming with information, this text begins with Scott County territory as claimed by the French prior to 1763. The final chapters include interesting facts and figures from a survey made in 1930. Filling the pages between with great variety, Addington shares an abundance of knowledge.
The book is a non-fiction history of the Pioneers who settled in the Bryson or Sapaque Valley of Southern Monterey County, California. This book follows their adventures and heartaches, locates their homesteads, records their descendants. It is a glimpse into the past.
Peter Cleaver (1689-1727) married Catherine Shoemaker in Pennsylvania. Descendants lived in New England, North Carolina, Virginia, Indiana, New Jersey, England and elsewhere. Lists Cleaver, Jessup and 170 other related family names arranged alphabetically by surname from Alden to Worth.
