History of Daviess County, Kentucky, by Inter-State Publishing, 1883, Repro 1978

Description: History of Daviess County, Kentucky, Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages, and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons, Biographies of Representative Citizens, and An Outline History of Kentucky, originally compiled and published by Inter-State Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, 1883 — A Reproduction by Unigraphic, Inc., Evansville, IN, 1978 — 807 pages — illustrated — to ship boxed. Contents: Preface, by Inter-State Publishing Co., Chicago, May, 1883 History of Kentucky History of Daviess County:Chapter I.Early Settlement — Early Preachers — Other Early Officials — Miscellaneous Notes — A RetrospectChapter II.Bill SmothersChapter III.Life and Times of Robert TriplettChapter IV.Organic, Legal and Political — Origin of the County and of its Name —Surveys — Political Notes — Election Returns — Officials — The Courts — Federal Judicial District — County Courts — Bar AssociationChapter V.Sketches of Public MenChapter VI.The Civil War — The Skirmish near Owensboro — The Battle at Sutherland's Hill — The Death of Colonel Netter — War Diary Resumed — Kentucky under Martial Law — Owensboro captured — Owensboro Taken Again — Company A, First Kentucky Cavalry — Sue MundayChapter VII.Material Progress — Population of Daviess County — Census of 1880 in Detail — Agricultural Census — Daviess County Agricultural and Mechanical Association — Daviess County Farmers' Club — Daviess County Sorgho Sugar Company — Importation of Foreign Labor — Green River Navigation — Green and Barren River Navigation Company — Daviess County Gravel Road Companies — Telegraph — Railroads — Owensboro & Nashville Railroad — Proposed RailroadsChapter VIII.The Press — Defunct Newspapers — Living NewspapersChapter IX.Authors and Artists — Song of the Hammock — A Remarkable Autograph AlbumChapter X.Medical — The Owensboro Medical Society — The Green River Medical Association — The McDowell Medical Association — The Kentucky Pharmaceutical Association — Physicians of the Past - Present PhysiciansChapter XI.Geology of Daviess County — Physical Features and Creeks — Rivers — The Soil — Coal — Limestone and Sandstone — Other Minerals — Mineral SpringsChapter XII.Botany and Zoology — Tall Trees — Low Trees — Bushes and Shrubs — Vines — Native Herbs — Weeds — Zoology — Wild BeesChapter XIII.Meteorology — Diary of Joseph Thomas — Temperature — Ohio Floods — The Flood of 1883 — MiscellaneousChapter XIV.Miscellaneous — Court House — Jail — Public Square — Poor House — Lost Records — The First Will — Military — Capital Punishment — Murder of Robert McFarland — Murder of Willis Fields — Lod Duke — Education — Temperance — Celebrations — Southern Relief — Land League — Archaeology — Daviess County Hunters' Club — The First Marriage — Marriage Record — First Steamboat Down the Ohio — Anecdotal — Distances Along the Ohio River, from Louisville to Cairo — Distances on Green River — Distances by the O. & N. R. R. — Post-Offices — County Atlas — Owensboro Directory and County GazetteerChapter XV.Owensboro — Morton's Day-Book — Yellow Banks, 1818 — Owensboro in 1820 — Fragmentary Items — General Progress — Owensboro in 1882 — Population — City Officers — Industrial and Commercial — First Livery Stables — Tobacco Houses — distilleries — Other Enterprises — Banks — Hotels — Owensboro Industries in 1880Chapter XVI.Owensboro continued — Educational — Public Schools — Enrollment and Attendance — Expenses for Two Average Years — ChurchesChapter XVII.Owensboro continued — Benevolent Societies — Social and Miscellaneous Organizations — Cemeteries — Public Benevolence — Owensboro Postmasters — Brief Mention — BiographicalChapter XVIII.Boston Precinct — Whitesville Village — Business — Educational — Religious — Elections — BiographicalChapter XIX.Curdsville Precinct — Early Settlement — Churches — Curdsville — Delaware — West Louisville — Possum Trot — Elections — BiographicalChapter XX.Knottsville Precinct — Early Settlement — Post-offices — Churches — Societies — Knottsville — BiographicalChapter XXI.Lower Town Precinct — Bon Harbor — Elections — BiographicalChapter XXII.Masonville Precinct — Early Incidents — Tribbel School-House — Churches — Masonic — Masonville — Elections — BiographicalChapter XXIII.Murray Precinct — Early Settlement — Churches — Mills and Factories — Schools — Lewis Station — Newville — Pleasant Ridge — Elections — BiographicalChapter XXIV.Oakford Precinct — Early Settlement — Grissom's Landing — Birk City — Churches — Elections — BiographicalChapter XXV.Sorghotown Precinct — Elections — BiographicalChapter XXVI.Upper Town Precinct — Early Settlement — Distilleries — A Neighborhood Battle — Elections — BiographicalChapter XXVII.Vanover Precinct — Early Settlement — Vanover's Mill — The District School-House — Panther Creek Post-Office — Churches — Elections — BiographicalChapter XXVIII.Yelvington Precinct — Early Settlement — Yelvington — Churches — Asa Smeathers — John Lee — BiographicalPortraits:J. L. BerryR. S. BevierBenjamin BransfordSamuel CalhoonJames W. CampW. T. CourtneyIsaac E. DayCaleb HaleJosiah HaleGeorge S. HaydenMrs. George S. HaydenJ. M. HolmesJ. F. KimbleyWilliam R. KnoxLucius P. LittleGeorge D. MattinglyJames C. MillerP. J. MillerM. V. MonarchThomas MonarchCol. William NewtonMrs. Col. William NewtonJ. R. OsborneJ. C. RuddJ. B. SolomonPaul TennesC. H. ToddGeorge W. TriplettBiographical SketchesMap of Daviess CountyAppendix: Biographies that were sent to the publisher too late to be inserted in the proper places

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