https://digitalcollections.eku.edu/files/original/a25252be21657ca91bcf91d0c5dedbd4.pdf 3111fc4b0b76375c2df9acb2a37b8854 PDF Text Text �LIBRARY OF EASTERN KE 1 TUCKY STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE CLASS BOOK VOLUi\IE �EARLY HOMES OF UADISON COUN'l'Y IEN'fUCXY BY MRS. JAMES W. CAPERTON (KATHERINE PHELPS) ' 1930 PREPARED FOR AND READ BEFORE THE BOONESBOROUGH CHAPTER, D. A. R. �lownsev d NA 11:J 35" ,k'LJ ~oO 4 • • �EARLY HOMES OF lW)ISO CO TY, KENTUCKY (Paper read before the Boonesborough Chapter, D.A.R., at its January Meeting, 1930, by llrs. James w. Oaperton (Katherine Phelps). The homes of Kadison County. Kentucky have been built and sustained by that splendid race of people who crossed the illegheniea in the decades following the building of Fort Boonesborough in 1775, to found new homes 1n the ilderness of Kentucky for themselves and their descendants. The pioneers to Kentucky were a representative people, conver- sant with the culture and development of the Atlantic sea-board. The mansions of Virginia built before the Revolutionary War on the great rivers-- --the Potomac, the James, the Rappahannock, they had known and enjoyed and also those of Maryland. If they bad not enjoyed the educational advantages of William and Mary and other Colleges of the sea-board, members of their families bad. The psalter and prayer books of the Church of England and the doctrines of the Ohurobes of the Dissenters, Presbyterians, Baptists and Kethodiats ere even more familiar to them than to us of to-day. The builders of the homes of Yadison Oounty in the very beginning were men of power and ability. An old French proverb says: "Not one swallow makes a spring time•--and it may be said that not one family, but many families have constituted the greatness of Kadiaon County. It would be a long roll indeed that would include all of those who have founded homes, dispensed generous hospitality. !\5483 �-2- r ar d notable families, educated their children at the best choola and ent them forth to inister in turn to their gene- r tion and contribute their share to the upbuilding of their County and State. The record for five generations ia auch that even th casual observer should feel proud of this county of Madi on. Daniel ebster •ell ea.id: • It is a glory to any family to feel that the descendants of each generation are holding their own and r fleeting or dit upon thoae •ho have gone before. have cultur d, Years allowed and ripened the old stock; but we want to feel that it bae retained for it all of its original vigor, energy, and stamina.• 'ffe of today who see the fifth generation coming on feel that th old stock ia holding its own. Even before the danger of the Red Kan had ceased, those at ort Boonesborough (1775-1783) began to build homes for themselveswhich were of the material at hand-logs with great rough stone chimneys. There was no iron, at hand, to be used in their con- struction. Col. Nathaniel Hart, President of the !ransylvania Company , wh n killed by the Indians, was living in his own home, near the rort and had already selected a site for his mansion where the hamlet 1 Red House• now stands, he had announced he would call bis home •Red House• in honor of his home in Orange County, B.O. Hie descendants have been numbered among the wealthiest and moat distinguished people of Ientuoky--and are to-day. However , he and his wife sleep in graves marked only by field stones in the old Lisle burial ground. The exaot graves are known, the information having been passed on from father to son. The founder of the �Booneaborou.gh Obapter, lira: Ohr1atopher D. Ohenaul t , is a deooendant of Ool. Batbaniel Hart, and it was she who pointed out his grave to me in 1920. She said 1 t was shown to her by Judge Frenoh Tipton and he received hie information from the Lisles . The old Lisle house, across the pike from the grave-yard is one of the oldest, if not the oldest house in 1'adison County. It may be the house in wh1oh Ool. Ha.rt was living at bis death. Be had two daughters who were married in Fort Boonesborough, Susannah, who married Isaac Shelby , hero of Xing 1 s Mountain, a.nd afterward first Governor of Xentuoky; and nzzia, who married Ool. Lawrence Thompson of the D.O. Line. It was the latter couple who lived in the Lisle house after Ool. Ba.rt•s death. A daughter married Mr. Lisle, and so the house has come to be known by that name. On the left of the Winchester and Boonesborough pike coming in to Richmond, are three houses of interest . First , one now owned by Mr. T. J. Kellems , formerly owned for many years by Wm. o. Chenault , where his family of sons and four loTely daughte:rs grew up--Yrs. Jas. W. Smith, Mrs , D. Ba.tea Shackelford &o-In the 1820 1 s, this plaoe belonged to Kr. Robert Tevis, one of whose daughters, Matilda, married Dudley Tribble Sr. ; a son , Bapoleon married a daughter of Kaj. Robert Killer and his wife , Sally Estill. .Ann When Yrs. Tevis, who founded Science Hill School at Shelby- ville, Xy. , was passing through from Maryland to Shelbyville in t he 1820•a to found this school , she detoured to pay a visit to her relatives at this home and to rest a few weeks . �Later, this home belonged to Josiah Phelps Ohenault and his wife, Naro1saa Oldham-They later owned 1 Uillwood1 one of the beau- t iful Shelby places in Lincoln Oounty adjoining 1 Traveler•s Rest•. • Many of their children were born in this house on the BoonesboroughW1nohester pike. They were scholarly, as a family , and the four sons had perhaps more degrees granted them by Oolleges and Universities than have ever been received by any other one family of Madison Oounty: Judge Wm. Ohenault, lawyer, Dean of the Law School of Cen- tral University, one of the rounders of the Filson Olub at Louisville; and Prof. Jason Ohenault, Principal of a School for boys at Louis- ville and an authority on Latin Grammar, were sons of this family. The two other homes on this pike referred to were that of Kr • .lnderson Ohenault, one of the three pioneer Ohenaul t brothers and that of Mrs. Harris , the mother of Krs. Waller Ohenault , whose husband afterward bu.Ut the handsome brick house , in 1859, which was for many years the home of the Ohenault•s and the centre of entertaining in that section of Kadison Oounty. K.rs. Harris , when a widow was addressed by her neighbor Kr. Anderson Chenault then a widower, and they were married. Then arose a very important ques- tion, which should have been decided before the oeremony which united them , viz: at which home they would live--She said with muoh asperity that she could not think of leaving her establishment with all its aotivities--her servants, slaves, spinning, weaving &c . He said likewise--the result was that they both continued to live just as before--with dignity and contentment in their respective homes. This was told me by a grand-daughter , llrs. Thos . D. Ohenault and others of their descendants . �-5- Ur • .Anderson Ohonault married first , Emily Oarte=on, daughter of Joseph Oameron of Henry Oounty, Xy. , and they were the parents of Ool. 'fall r Chenault o.e •.t. , who married my fath.er•s sister , .Anne Tabitha Phelpa--a very beautiful woman , and maintained a delightful home three and one-half lliles from Richmond on the Lexington pike; and of Dr. Robert Ohenault and others . The home of Benjamin Howard on the Lexington pike is one of the oldest houses in l!adison Oounty standing to-day . It is of log , eather-board.ed-l!rs. Kary Neale Thompson of this Chapter, a greatgrand-daughter. Very soon the pioneers began to build double log houses , and of hewn logs . J.t first the hallway between two square log rooms, was. left open and called •a dog trot• . to make a ball . Then the ends were inclosed Usually an inolosed stai1'11'ay led up from each room to the roan above . Then the time came when a stairway was placed in the hall , and the hewn loge were weather-boarded. The windows had small panes of glass-and in the family room , there was cut a small square window, beside the great open fire-place-called the 'Knitting window.• rortunately , a great many of these houses have been preserved through the Century or more which bas elapsed since their bl.ilding. They have made delightful homes--i:arm in winter and cool in swmr.er , and have been surrounded by beautiful trees--and much shrubbery , roses and honeysuckles . The pioneers all were lavish planters and every old homestead had its flower garden--as well as its vegetable garden with its bed of herbs. Stepping-stones also went with these pioneer homes , and lilao hedges , and bordered walks. Each homestead �-6- had 1 ta own burial ground with monuments of the sarcophagus tYPe , II /I also called table monuments, and usu.ally approached through tbe flower garden. Memories of these far away homes are filled with tbe fragrance of the calyoanthus, the mock orange and of honeysuckles, the white and the ooral--planted by thoae who had left all to follow their husbands and sons into this vast country for just tbis purpose of creating and founding duplicates of the ancestral homes left behind. There are two old houses of this tYPe which I have loved th.rough the years and which I may mention-that of Kr. George W. Phelps seven miles from Richmond on the Lexington pike, owned and occupied by his father, the late Sam'l B. Phelps, since 1852. It bas a stairway in the hall, a duplicate of one used by Wallace »utting in his pictures of an old Hew England house, and a wealth of colonial furniture . Among notable guests entertained by Kr. and Mrs. George W. Phelps in this home was Mrs. Wm. F. Barrett, her grand-mother , for many years a member of the Board of Regents of Mt. Vernon , the home of Washington on the banks of the Potomac-representing Kentucky. Upon the oooasion of her visit, the pioneer carriage of Jlr. Phelps• grand-mother was brought out and two fine mules bitohed to it , with the old family coachman on the box to driTe Krs. Barrett to Boonesborough. Krs. Barrett expressed herself as greatly pleased with this resurreotion of ante-bellum splendour to her grand-daughter and upon inquiring as to the names of the mules , she was instantly assured that they were named •Betsy Oalloway• and "Jemima Boone•a happy inspiration of the moment to the delighted hostess . Krs. K. B. Arbuokle's home on the Ba.mes• Mill pike is the other- �-7- It has a stairway in the hall, whioh if it had been in a Oape Ood, it would, long sinoe,have been exploited. ~ ~ on Five gener- ations of Mrs. Arbuckle•s family have lived in this house. By 1790-stone began to be used as a building material-Isaac Shelby built the first house of stone in Kentucky in 1790 which he called •Travelers• Rest•, located in Lincoln County , and the fame of i t ~ spread. There were houses, offices and mills, very picturesque , built in Madison County, of stone. The Hawkins homestead of dressed stone on Silver Creek is standing to-day, a beautiful structure. The pioneer of the Cochran family, higher up on the waters of Silver Creek, near the Kenelaus pike, built his home of dressed stone. It is two and one-half stories and was in perfect preser- vation until two years ago when it was burned-the ruins are standing-. The offioe of rough stone, near the Halley house at Boonesborough, has two rooms and is in good repair. Many off ices like this were built for the pioneer homes , to a.ooommodate the sons of the family and their gentlemen friends. They were heated by a great open fire--the chimney of rough stone--and furnished with tester beds of cherry; and oherry chests of drawers, cupboards &c, made a comfortable retreat . An office of rough stone, like the one described was attached to the home of my Grand-father Samuel Phelps-three miles north of Richmond. The house was of log , weather-boarded, four rooms in front, parlor and family room, nursery and kitchen-a length of �-8- perhaps 70 feet--and a 1 lean dining-room and a bed-room. to• of two rooms at the back, the An 1nclosed stairway led to two large bed-rooms above , w1 th casement windows. large stone chimneys to this old house. There were many It was the pioneer home of David O. Irvine , and sold at hie death by the heirs to Sam•l Phelps. There were over 2000 acres in the plantation of Samu.el Phelps; and the quarters for the slaves which numbered over 100-gave the impression in the distance that one was approaching a vil lage. Only a small portion of the house now stands. In the grounds at 1 l'rh1te Ba.11 1 home of Gen. Cassius M. Clay, there is a long row of rough stone houses built by Gen. Green Clay, joined together , which looks like a bit of old Scotland, and which were used for spinning and weaving rooms by the slaves. The shoe- makers• rooms were also here. Gen. Green Olay and ca.pt . James Estill both acquired emption and survey, vast bodies of land. by pre- The Ky. records say that Oapt. Estill acquired 15,000 acres-but through litigation after hie early death in 1782, his children entered upon the enjoyment of 7500 aores--there were five children. It is not known how many acres were included in the surveys of Gen. Olay-they covered the tract of "White Ha.11 1 in Madison County now owned by his grand-son , Warfield Bennett; extended on into Bourbon Oounty, Kentucky on whioh "Auvergne" now stands--and on into Missouri . Gen. Cassius M. Olay says in his Kemoir that Oen. Green Clay built for his first home, the first hewn log house , two stories , in Madison Oounty. In the 1790 1 s, he built a brick residenoe--a.nd the log house was taken for the office. \ Gen. 0. K. Clay says the �-9briok house was the first of the kind to be built in l!adison Oounty and we.a of •well burned• brick. He d.oea not mention the beautifully paneled room--but be does say that 1 t porticoa with Oor1nth1an and Dorio columns. hael three Greek 'rb.is house was incor- porated in the mansion 1 Wh1te Hall• erected at the close of the Oivil War, which 1• standing to-day, and which bas been rts1 ted by many through the years from this and other states-as one of the show places of Xentuoky. It is approached from Richmond by way of the Lexington pike and turns off six miles out , to the left at roxtown. 1 Wbite Ba.11 1 was inherited from Gen. Green Olay by bis youngest son , Gen. Cassius K. Olay-who was 17 years of age when hia father died but old enough to have received the impress of his character. at Yale . In 1831, Gen. Cassius K. Olay entered the Junior Class In 1832 , out of all the student body at Yale he was se- lected to deliver the oration for Yale upon the 100th. anniversary of the birthday of Gen. George Washington. One could wish that in 1938, so near at hand, a descendant of Gen. Olay might be at Yale and might be selected to deliver the oration upon the 200th. anniversary. Gen. Oassiua K. Olay, as Minister to Russia under Pres- ident Lincoln and thro his Uilitary career and activities as a private citizen brought enormous prestige to Kadieon Oounty until his death aged ninety-three years. ~t the sale, following his death , it took two days to sell the furnishings and works of art , bronzes , pictures, china, mirrors &o., at 1 1t'hite Hall 1 • At Foxtown le also •Homelands• the large and imposing brick residence, 'built by Kr. and Mrs. Samuel Bennett in 1862 and where �-10many hand.some entertainments were given. Thie was a family which valued attainments-two of the sons , graduating from Yale. The sons and daughters and grand-children have t r aveled round the world-Several living to-day in the Orient and in London and Rome. Mrs. Bennett was a sister of Josiah P. Chenault and Waller Chenault to whom I have referred. Kiss Belle H. Bennett a daughter of this home , to whom I shall refer later, attained a world wide reputation through her constructive work in behalf of the Southern Methodist Episcopal Ohurch. Every decade since pioneer days has added splendid homes to Madison Oounty, and furnished leaders to Society and to the busineaq life of the Blue Grass . It is very difficult to include all of these and to tell it in an orderly fashion. Thus far the homes mentioned have been taken from those in the north western part of the county. Mrs. Wm. Chenault Sr., the mother of lira . Sam 1 1 Bennett above mentioned built in the 1830's the brick house on what 1s now the farm of A. R. Burnam Jr., on the Lexington pike--whioh faces on the dirt road, leading out of Richmond, north. Before Krs . Chenault purchased this plaoe , 1 t was owned and occupied by Wm. Irvine , a part of the Irvine preemption and a pioneer double log house. Mr. Wm. Irvine was for many years the Oounty Olerk of Madison Oounty--hia off1oe was in the yard--s.nd he oa.me into Richmond by the dirt road whioh led in the other direction to Boonesborough. Thia house was owned and occupied for twenty years by Kr . and Mrs . Thos. D. Ohenault--from 1866 to 1885. But after the death of Ura. Wm. Ohenaul t in the 1840' s--she Susannah Phelps before her marr iage , �-11- daughter of Josiah Phelps, the pioneer--ur;. Samuel Stone whose wi:t'e was Nancy Rodea, daughter o! Judge Robert Rodes , purchased the plaoe end lived there through the troublous times of the Oirtl War. Kr. Stone•a Scotch overseer was killed there by some Federal troops-the bullet hole still in the doo:r--and he and his family took refuge in oanada until the War was over. The homes of Josiah Phelps and George Phelps , pioneers , were double log houses , built on their preempted lands , and located on this same dirt road, north of Richmond and leading on to Red House and Boonesborough. The Phelps• preemptions included 2800 acres , ,, and extended from the site of Riobmond on the west at Westover l/ Terrace-north and north-west . During the Century and a half which has elapsed sinoe the building of fort Boonesborough , the descend.an of these two pioneer brothers have been among the largest landowner of Kadison County, owning many of the handsomest homes in Kadi son Oounty--to the present time. Josiah Stone was the pioneer of the Stone family of Madison Oo His wife was Kiss Donelson, sister of Krs. Andrew J ackson of Hermitage• , Nashville , Tenn. 1 The They are buried in the George Boone burial ground on the Lexington pike , which is also the Stone bu%1al ground, located on what is now the Hanger estate. reared a large family of sons and daughters . Josiah Stone He built the pioneer house on an eminenoe overlooking Tate•s Oreek, west of Richmond Which has for many years been owned by the family of Kr. George DeJarnett-at present by Uiss Anne V. and Miss Emma DeJarnett. i G of log, weather-boarded, the front line about 70 feet . stairway in the ball 1s an inolosed one. The It has double doors It �-12leading into the large drawing room-the woodwork handsome. The place deeoended to Ur. Samuel Stone from his father Josiah Stone, the pioneer, and he resided there until he moved to the place before deaoribed aa built by llrs. Wm. Chenault Sr. The two sons of Mr. and Krs. Samuel Stone brought their brides home to this delectable old hous e--end the grand dinners to welcome the brides of the two sons, I have heard described by Mrs. Ourtis Oaperton who were present. r. Burnam and Ool. James w. Ur. Hobert Stone, the elder son, married the daughter of Mr. Jamee B. Walker of Richmond; and Gen. James O. Stone married Miss Hanson of Winchester. Mr. Robert Stone became the first banker of bis day in Lexington, X:entuolty. Hie ohaming daughter, lilrs. George B. Kinkead and Judge Kinkead now residing at the Stone place in Lexington--•t~rst•. Gen. James C. Stone commanded the forces from Kadison County 1n the Yexioan Wa.l',-1845. He removed to Leavenworth, Kansas in 1858. Bis son, Ool. Sam'l H. Stone studied at Heidelburg and other German Universities and in 1889 married Kiss Pattie Barris, the daughter of Maj. and Krs. John D. Harris at •nmwood1 Richmond, Ky., then the home of Maj. Harris. The homestead of the pioneer of the Turner family, John Turner, was also west of Richmond--and is now known as the Orutcher plaoeowned by Wm. Crutcher. The homestead of my Great-gr~d-father, Peter Taylor was also near the homes of the Turners and the Stones, they having all oome out from Ou1peper Oo., Va. According to the depositions of the dison Oo. Oourt, Peter Taylor acquired thro • the survey of James lstill 2800 aores. death in 1813, The original house was a double log--after his e widow ereoted a briok house--two and a half �atories high whioh oould be aeen for miles around. rrom thia o. Geo. w. home came one of the first physioiana of Ricbmond, Dr. Wm. Taylor, hi• portrait painted by Davenport and owned by Phelps; and a lawyer, Judge Peter w. Taylor. lone of the sons left aons, so the name has been extinct since 1842. The Kirksville vicinity ie a principality in itself and has had many notable homes. The house where Kr. Thos. J. Ourtia lived until recently, was the early home of Oaleb Stone. As you approach JCirksville by the pike that lead.a to Paint Lick, near the village is the home of Benjamin Smith, father of Kr. frank Smith who married Kiss Lucy Tribble youngest daughter of Dudley Tribble Sr. This house came into notioe in 1884 during the cand.1- daoy of James G. Blaine for the Presidency of the United States. It is a commodious old brick house, well looated--an avenue leadi114 in from the pike. The story that took the round.a of the press of the Oountry was that Kr. Blaine as a young man before the Civil Wa.1 taught at the Military Academy 1n Georgetown, Ky. The lady who afterward became his charming wife was teaching 1n the girls• Seminary there. A son and daughter of Kr. Ben Smith who were attending these two aohools, invited these two teachers home with them for the Ohristmaa Holidays. They were both from the lorth and this visit was a revelation to them of the lavish hospitality of Xentuclcy in ante-bellum days. The courting was done amid the romantic envir- onment of the Smith home; but the story turned not upon the courtship at this grand old house, but in the faot that Kr. and Krs . Blaine , not wishing to surrender their of~ice of teachers, were �-14- secretly married during the spring following at Millersburg, Xy. -Oampaign propaganda I-Like Olay and Webster , Mr. Blaine never realized bis amb1 tion to become President . nation of the Republican party in 1876. He sought the nomi- Robert G. Ingersoll made the famous nominating speech before the Oonvention in Oincinnati --beginn1ng--•ror twenty years Jamee G. Blaine, like a plumed Xnigbt, walked down the halls of the American Oongress• &c . Rutherford B. Ha.yea received the nomination and was elected. In his campaign against Grover Cleveland, 1884, the whole country and press thought Kr. Blaine would be elected. It was during this cam- paign that the scandalmongers sought to enter the private lives of both l4r. Blaine and Ur. Cleveland. The Rev. Kr. Burchenal was se- leot ed to make the final speech for Mr. Blaine in Bew York City the night before the election. erative phrase , 1 Down He closed hie speech rith the alli't- with Rum, Roma.nism and Rebellion•. vote was at once incensed. The Irish Telegrams were sent within a few hours , all over the Country , Kr. Blaine was defeated, Oleveland was elected Adjoining the Smith place-was the large plantation of- Kr. Thompson Burnam, known as "Elk Garden• . Field, and from His wife was lliss Lucinda •nk Garden• went forth the members of this talented family, Dr. Edmund H. Burnam, a minister of the partioular Baptist Church who was the father of Dr. John Miller Burnam-Dr. John Burnam was a graduate of Yale and a scholar of international note, belonging to exclusive olubs of Europe; Kaj . Ourtis Field Burnam departed from this home to enter Yale in 1838, where ha graduated Valedictorian of hia Olaes-Phi Beta Xappa-Skull and Bones--•o . Later �-15he took hie Law degree from Transylvania Law, Lexington, Xy., and for many yea.re was one of the first lawyers and :first citizens of the Oommonwealth. The father of Ura. JohI1 F • • ite , Ezekiel Field Jr. , for many yeara owned. 1 Elk Garden• and Mr. and Mrs. White-- and. their children also lived. there. Adjoining 1 Elk Gard.en• was 1 I\,\ Hedgeland1 the home of~. Harrison '- iller whose wife was Kiss Patsy I. Field, caughter of Ezekiel Field of Richmond. The house of brick stands with the aide to the pike. A large hall runs through the centre with handsome rooms on either aide and. in the ell. Mr. and Mrs. Miller were the parents of a talented family of daughters; and of eons who became Southern planters. Mias Mary Belle Field Killer and Miss Amelia, afterward K:re. Terrell, were the firot in Richmond to receiTe their musical education at the Boston Oonservatory of Musio. Another daughter, Krs. Robert Miller is one of the ornaments of Richmond Society, now in her 94th. year presiding over her home with grace and dignity, her mind alert and enjoying her f&t1ily and friends. At Christmas dinner just passed, l9 29- Krs. Killer bad with her relatives from three different states-fifteen in all--e.nd she graced the bead of her table, presiding over her teacups most beautifully and never miscalled a name. (She departed this life Kay 19th. 1930). Our charming Regent, Kiss Jennie W. Parkes grew up in this section of Madison Oounty, in the grand old Mansion at Paint Lick with its great Greek Portico. This house was built by Mr. George Denny of Lancaster but bought later by Mr. John B. Parkes--wboee farm lay part in Madison Oo., and part in Garrard. the two sections. Paint Lick Creek flowing between �-16- At Silver Oreek village was the old Barnett Palce known as •Holly Hill', later it was owned by Kr. W. s. Hume who tore down the Colonial brick house and built the present large brick owned by Thos. I. Baldwin Jr. Ur. end rs. James Barnett were the great-grand- parents of Ure. Robert Miller on the paternal side. In the southern part of Madison , 'Blythewood' has stood for many years. It as built by the mother of Ure. John D. Harris , Mrs. White , who married second Maj. James Blythe. Dovie Blythe inherited 1 Ur. and Ure • .Anderson , she Miss Blythewood1 , which they later sold to l!aj . Harrie about 1882, Maj. Harris then living at 1 Anderson moved to Fayette County, having bought very handsome estate. 1 Elmwood1 • 1 Yr. and Ura. Glengarry Fa:-m• a Blythewood1 was the home of many belles--~rs. Harris, Krs. Luoy Blythe Simms-and Uiss now Kre. Cassius K. Olay, 1 Auvergne• ary Blythe Harris who is Bourbon County , Ky. The house 1 s of briok, a hall through the centre, great parlors on either side- a long ell, and iron verandahs . The grounds are very beautiful with a spring-house of rough stone on the aide. 2500 acres of valuable Blue Grass land. It stood in the centre of The wedding of Jase llary Harris to the Hon. Oassius U. Olay was a grand social event . Maj. and Kra. Harris celebrated their Golden wedding at in 1899 . 1 Also Blytbewood1 I think it mu.st have been that part of lladison Oo., around 'Duncannon• wh1oh Daniel Boone looked upon when be said 'I do esteem it a second Paradise.• It is in this part of Madison Oo . that the Watts Homestead is located. It was built by Binolair Watts , the pioneer. Ur. Watts bad married a daughter of Kr. and Ure. Wm. Walker (nee Bates) whose pioneer home �-17- was looated about twelve miles south of Riobmond--the double log house no longer standing. They were the parents of a remarkable family of ohildren, all of whom attained great wealth for their day. The Watts house baa a large hall which runs parallel to the front door. There are wings on either side and a Greek portico-and the woodwork ia said to be very beautiful. in 1836. lb:. W. W. Watts was born here He baoame one of the first financiers of Uadieon County , hie home 'Elmwood• erected in 1887, the architect des J ard.ins of 01no1nnat1 , one of the handsomest homes of Richmond elegantly furnished with re.re antiques from England and presided over by his beautiful and accomplished wife , and by hie daughter , lliss Emma Parkes Watts. I have not seen in England or elsewhere a garden , mo:re beau- tiful than that of "Elmwood• . Maj . George Watts , another son of the Watts homestead graduated from the United States Military Academy , West Point , in 1861. Bis f~rst cousin , Mr. Oharles alker, son of Kr . and Krs . Jason Walker graduated from West Point in 1859. Bo far as I know only one other young man from U&d1son Oo ., has graduated from West Point--Ur. Frank Corzelius , son of Kr. and Jlrs . George Oorzelius . llaj . Watts espoused the cause of the Confederacy and was a gallant officer in the Southern Division of the Oonfederate Army , along with Gen• Forest and Gen. Simon Bolivar atckner. He married en heiress of New Orleans , and his life was spent in the South. Madison County bas had two graduates from the U. s. Naval Acad- emy at Annapolis--Oommander Marshall Oollins and Lieut . Baldwin Brittain. Rear Admiral Oarlos B. Brittain was not a native of �-18- Madison, but members of his family live here and h1a marriage to Kiss Mamie Baldwin, daughter of Mr. and Krs. Thoe. E. Baldwin was a brilliant occasion. ilso in the vicinity of Duncannon wa.s the pioneer Duncan homethe home of John Duncan and his wife, Lucy ffllite. It was a double log house and was located on Duncan's lane--just south of where Kr. John o. Ke.son's house now stands-the steps of stone and outline cellar still visible. of Of the daughters, Elizabeth Duncan married Creed H. Taylor, son of Krs. Peter Taylor, in 1829--one child , Kiss Luoy Taylor married Richard J. White and they resided at •Castlewood• from 1848 to 1905; Emily Duncan married Harry Goodloe , parents of Judge John D. Goodloe; Olivia Duncan married Octavius Goodloe 1837 , and second ){r. Gregory, Krs. Gregory 11ved for many years at 1 1Tood- stook1; llalinda Duncan married llaj. William Barria 1839 , and they were the parents of Uaj. John D. Barris of 1 Blythewood1 • Ool. John A. Duncan, the son of this family died a bachelor and he built the greater part of the brick house at •Dun.canon• . There is an exquisite paper on the parlors with pearl grey background and vignettes of French scenes-gilt stripes . Ool. Duncan gave many brilliant lawn fetes here in the sixties and seventies . married Kr. Brown of Fayette Oounty. One sister Col. Duncan bequeathed •Dunce.nnon• to this sister but she preferred to reside at her home in Fayette whioh had always belonged to the Brown family. It is now owned by llr~le.ok. The Wm. White place at White Station ten miles from Riohmond , was one of the hand.somest in the county of ante-bellum days. who knew it said it looked like a oa.stle in the distance . One It had 20 rooms of vast size--the hall ran parallel to the front door. �-19J). colonnade in front of the house--and the stairway in the hall was imposing. Kr. W'hite was the brother of Mrs. John D. Harris and Ur. R. J. White of •oastlewood•. He made the· race to represent Madi- son Oo., in the Constitutional Convention of 1849, against Wm. Ohenaul.t. Mr. Chene.ult defeated Mr. White, but died soon afterward from the a train ~f the campaign, and so did not serve. He was the bachelor brother of Josiah and Waller Chenault and Krs. Ss,n•l Bennett Sr.and left a handsome estate. Mrs. Wm. White was three times married. Col. John X. Faulkner. She was the sister of Their children, Miss Jane Faulkner• and Kr. • George White married and were the last to live in this great house , when it was burned about 30 years ago. Jlrs. Tim. White's second hus- band was the Rev. Robert J . Breokinri~, the Presbyterian Di vincl;' and her third husband Dr. Robert L. Breck, fil'!3t Ohancellor of Central University, and also a Presbyterian minister. It has always been told that this lady said she married first for money , second for fame and third for love. I have heard it told that Dr. Breckinridge on one occasion rather criticized his mother for having been very severe in rearing her children-to which the spirited lady replied "When you have reared three such sons as I have then you may find it permissible to criticize your Kother. • Krs. White has gone down in history as being very gentle and lovely. She was the mother of Kr. John F. White and Ura. John D. Goodloe and Mr. George White. Just off the Big Hill pike on the right , approaching Kingston was the homestead of Kr. J o)m W. Parkes-which gave to Kadison County a very fine family of daughters and sons . The rooms of this house �-20- were large and spacious with tall oe111ngs; and the furnishings if we may judge from the pieoes now at •i:1mwood11 were exquisite. This plaoe was sold about 1918 by Kr. James B. Parkes , youngest son of the family for about $100 , 000, during the inflated prices , following the World War. Two daughters of this family married the Ron. W. B. Smith and Thoe . J. Smith of Richmond. Another married Dr. Willmore whose daughters , Kise Elizabeth and llies Margaret Willmore have a char.ning home in Ricbmond--o.nother Mr. Joel Palmer Embry , and their charming daughter resides in Dallas , Texas, Mrs Elizabeth Embry Dunlop . daughter , resides at 1 Mrs . W. W. Watts , another J:J.mwood1 one of the show places of R1.ob:!!1ond with its l!ansion, its grounds of magnificent trees , valleys and bridges and 1 ts garden-all the product of her art istio hand and supervision. On the Big Hill pike is 1 0umberland View• erected by Kr. and M:re Alexander Tribble in the 1860 1 s. Mrs . Tribvle was Kiss Nancy Chenault , daughter of David Chenault who inherited the home of his father , William Chenault , the pioneer-on the Ky. River in the east- ern section o! Madison County near Cane Spring Ohurch. Mr. Alexander Tribble , Ool. John A. Duncan and Maj . John D. Harris were the three great land-owners of Madison Oounty south of Richmond for many years until 1887. Ur. Thoe . D. Chenault purchased •Cumberland View" after the death of :Mr. and Mrs . Tribble and he and Mrs . Chenault and their family resided here. The daughters were given in marriage from this home e.nd there was muoh entertaining, during their young ladyhood. Two sons and a grand-son of Oapt . James Estill built handsome briok reeidenoes in :Madison County in the 1820 1 s whioh are , standing to-day. �-21- It is not known who was the arohiteot for the houses of Madison Oounty of this period, but it ie thought that they were planned by Shryock of Lexington. The houses erected in Ya.dieon County from the early 1800 1 s until 1840 had hand oarved wood-wort) ta11 Adams mantels of many beautiful designs--a:tter 1840, the houses had plain heavy wood-work, chiefly of walnut. The wood-work of •Cumberland View• and that of the Malcolm lUller place at Dunoanon is of heavy walnut . The :Estill houses all have hand carved wood-work, painted white. •oastlewood• on the Big Hill pike was erected in 1825 by James Estill Jr., and his wife who was !41ss Mary Rodes , daughter of Judge Robert Rodes . I t was the largest and handsomest house of its day in Madison County and none handsomer in the State. A Oincinnati .lrchi- t ec t said in 1919 he bad never seen more beautiful walls or construcPrior to building 1 0astlewood1 Kr. and Mrs. Estill had lived tion . in the pioneer double log house with 1nclosed stairways leading to the second floor , which stood near the site of the present house. The marriage of the youngest daughter , Mary to Mr. Holmes a wealthy planter from Louisiana was a brilliant event at •oastlewood1 in the 1830 1 s . James M. Estill the eldest son married Uiss Martha Woods , daughter of Archibald Woods Jr., and his wife , Elizabeth Shackelford of •wood.Stock" . •wood.Stock• was built in the 1790 1 s with the exception of the large parlor next to the pike which was added prior to 1840 by Archibald Woods Jr., for the wedding of hie daughter , Martha to J ames ll. Estill. It is of brick and has two fronts--East and Weet--the land surrounding "WoodStook" was sold in 1920 at $300. 00 per a.ore. I �-22- James K. Estill was a very handsome man of proud bearing. He. impaired bis fortune by betting 10, 000. on the race at Louisville , Oct. 5th. 1840, between Grey Eagle the Ky. , horse and Wagner , the · T nness e representative. 1 Woodatook 1 was aold in 1841 , and after re iding nine years near St. Joseph, Ko., on a plantation of 2000 acres and owning many slaves, Mr. !still and bis family went in 1849 to Oalifomia, he going overland, and his wife and children via the I athmue of Panama, with only the attendance of •Jordan• , his Master's fai t hful body-servant. The eldest daughter, Betty !:still married Kr. Wm. Garrison , son of Commodore Garrison of lew York Oity--first W.llionaire o! our coun• t r y. Their three daughters married titlee--the eldest , the eon of t he Earl of Dalhousie ot Scotland; the second, the Prince de Chandon of France; and the third, an English title, the Countess Caate j er. These e re great-granddaughters of both 1 0astlewood1 , and 0 Woodstock 0 1 - - Another great-granddaughter of 1 0astlewood1 , Estill Le is was first lady of Porto Rico 1912-1920, aa the wife of Governor Arthur Yager whc rec eived the appointment from President ilson. Gov. and trs . Yager lived in the beautiful old Oastillian palace, La Fortalega, at San ~ Juan, surrounded by all the oe~ony of the Oourts of Europe--entertaining the great of the earth who visited Porto Rico. The Wallace Estill Place, 1 011fton• on the Speedwell pike bad a large parlor entered directly from the front portico--wings at eaoh end and a long ell, a most exquisite design of Colonial Architecture, - -now owned by Mr. T. I. Baldwin. The Jonathan Estill place is on Kavanaugb•a lane , and the Gen. Sam•l Estill place is on Silver Creek , (I am told since reading this �-23- paper, that the Jonathan Estill plaoe on Kavanaugh Lane was erected by a Mr. Reed on land formerly owned by llaj . Briaooe and was later kk;~- owned by ~r. •Big• Jonathan Estill and his wife, iug1n:1a Rogers.) Barnes Kill pike--owned by two Messrs. Noland. The children of Dr. Charles J. Walker, Mrs. Cornie Clay, widow of llr. Green Olay, son o! Oen Cassius K. Olay and others are descendants of Gen. Sam 11 Estill . On the Speedwell pike is •castle Union• erected by Col . and Krs . J. Speed Sm.ith--Yrs. Smith a daughter of Gen Green Olay. Ool . and Krs. Smith first built the beautiful brick mansion now on Borth Street in Richmon.d in jf 1s_-. At the time it was built and for many years lkZ71-,.."4 after, extended to Kain St ., and had a brick wall and tall iron gates. The children of Col . and M:rs . John Speed Smith attained distinction-Gen. Green Olay Smith was first Governor of Montana Territory. The story is also told that he missed the nomination for Vice President of the United States by one vote. Had he been nominated he would have been elected-the President died who was elected end he would in that event have been President-- -such are the tricks tbat rate plays us I •Woodlawn• was erected in 1822 by Ool. Wm. Rodes and his wife , Pauline Olay also a daughter of Gen. Green Olay. It has perhaps the most beautifully carved wood-work of any house in Madison Oounty. The length of tbe house in front is 70 feet . There is a hall in the oentre--two rooms on either side end two wings--two rooms and hall on second floor. The oupboards are also very beaut1fu1 and tbe palla- dian windows. The portico is of stone and the oolumns--monoliths of stone, are Dorio. The marriages of the daughters of this house , all of whom were noted for their beauty were celebrated at •Woodlawn" . �-24- That of Miss Belle Rodes to Kr. McDowell of Oincinnati was a matinee wedding and a brilliant social event--Oaterer from Lexington and orchestra. Ool. and Krs. Rodes also celebrated their Golden wedding here in 1872. Bragg's Army was watered at the great Spring at 'Woodlawn• in the 01v11 War and the water was not exhausted. For a whole year the Federal forces were encamped in the lawn and grounds. John Fox Jr., described minutely the house and grounds in one of his novels.. There was a large brick factory several stories high in front ' ' of the house on the laJm near the pike-built for a rope factory. hen an old lady in Richmond beard that the overseer employed to run the factory was from Yorkshire, Eo.gland--she exclaimed 1 Why Ool. Rodes, didn't you know that all Yorkshiremen are thieves? 1 And sure enough, this gentleman departed with his pockets well filled, and Ool. Rodea was left financially embarrassed for life. Ool. and Mrs. sam 1 1 a. Stone owned and lived at"Woodlawn• from 1887-1896, when Ool. and ).{rs. James W. Oaperton oooupied it as a residence until 1905 when they removed to 'Blair Park•. It is to Ool. Wm. Rodes of •Woodlawn• that Richmond is indebted for her Court House ·of fine arohi tectural lines and for the 0 8 metery with beautifully planned drives. He insisted that an excellent Archi- tect be employed fo:r the one and a landscape Gardener for the other. Be was the first President of the Oemetery board and his monument was erected by the Oemetery Oompany. Among the trustees on the first board were Maj. Ourtis F. Burnam and Ool. James W. Caperton. Among the valuable portraits which hung at •Woodlawn• while Ool. Rodes resided there was one life size of the great Lafayette, �-25- painted by Katthew ;,. Jouett while Lafayette was on his visit to J.merioa in 1824. It was sold in Bew York City by ~rs. McDowell in 1900 for $3,000. The scenic Wall paper on the front parlor at •Woodlawn• was sold in 1928 by a New York dealer for $6 , 000. for Mrs. Caperton and Mrs. Paul Burnam. It was restored to its orig- inal beauty by New York artists; is now on a private home in New York; but will eventually go to a Museum. Ool. Wm. Rodes waa the son of Judge Robert Rodes and his wife , Eliza Delaney. The home of Judge Robert Rodes was located near the site of the home of the late Krs. lllen V. Gibson. It faced south and was a double log house with a hall through the centre. . J.. dining room at end of the hall-and a small bed-room at back of each front room. J.. small square portico in front. This house was left to the younger son, Clifton Rodes who married Amanda, daughter of Governcr Owsley. Kr. Clifton Rodes later moved to Danville , Xentucky. The four daughters of Judge Robert Rodes married James Estill; Wallace Estill; Samuel Stone; and Dr. Anthony W. Rollins . The land of Judge Robert Rodes included much of the land adjoining Lancaster !venue-the campus of the E. Ky. State Teachers• College, 1 Irvinton•, and extending around the south of Riobmond to 1 \Toodle.wnf •trvinton• was the land given by Judge Robert Rodes to his daughter , Mrs. Rollins, and the house was originally built by Dr. Rollins . When he removed bis family to Missouri and built for himself there a handsome home , known as •Richland•, near Columbia, Ool. David Irvine later bought this property for his daughter, Mrs. Wm. K. Irvine. The homestead of Ool. David Irvine was on West Main and is still standing opposite the residence of Krs. Foster, though the front porch has been changed. It �-26- was called 1 The J:vergreens • and bad large grounds surrounding tbe house which have been entirely built up . There are two rooms in front , a built 1n stairway in the smaller room lea.ding to the two rooms above-& long ell at the back. There was an office in the f ar. Ool . David Inine , like bis father , was Olerk of Madison Oo., !or many years . Be gave to his elder daughter, Sarah, who married Kr. Addison White of Abingdon , Va., the place recently owned by Col. James 'I • O&perton•• estate , known as 1 Bla1r Park• . A double log pioneer house stood there when the Whites liTed there before moving to Huntsville, ila. Kr. s. P. Walters , banker and financier 1 built there in 1869, a brick residence , to which his daughter , Krs. ff. R. Letcher in 1887 added a large ell , making in all a house of twenty rooms and halls , and a most charming home. The ground.a sur- rounding the residence had thirteen acres , with avenues of trees , and graceful dri vea--from the windows could be seen far horizons an~ glorious sunsets . Mr. and lire . Letcher had six beautiful daughters who are admired wherever they go. 'Blair Park• was purchased by Ool . Caperton June 1905 and was occupied by h1a fatly as a home until 1919. On the walls hung por- trai ta in oil of five generations and on the book shelves were volumes going back to the 1700 1 s . 1909 . Col. Caperton died at 'Blair Park• Bia daughter , Kary James was married here to Paul a.imam, 1916-a large evening wedding , distinguished guests from Oinoinnati , Louisville , and Lexington. Having sold 'Blair Park• , in 1919 , Krs . Caperton purchased •Amberley" which was built in 1885 by Col. and �-27Mrs . I. ShelbY Irvine , and was designed by des Jardine of Cincinnati , and had been owned by Mrs . Frank I . Jennings (Jilnerva Park Phelps) • ainoe 1907. Thus we see that the name of Ool. James W • Caperton is associated with many of the notable homes of lla.dison Oounty. At •Woodlawn• and "Bl air Park• during his married life there was continuous entertaini ng , he and Kra . Caperton numbering among their guests , friendB and relatives, distinguished in the social life of Xentuoky and many States of the Union. The resolutions of the Richmond bar, Governor McCreary Ohairman, said at his death that his was the most charming personal! ty that had eTer graced the Richmond bar. Be was also spoken of by the press as one of the ablest lawyers of Kentucky. The home of Krs . I. T. Burnam , 1 Yoriok 1 , is built on the site of an old home , that of Kr . R. X. White , whose wife was a Field-so that this place may be said to have been in the Field connection for more than a hundred years . 1 Yor1ck• holds many art treasures brought back from every land , and is perhaps the most artistic and beautiful of Kadison County homes. The home of llr. and Ura . Waller Bennett holds many valuable portraits , and old mahogany and rare volumes from the ancestra.1 homes-•airnamwood" and Homelands" . The Burnamwood china, with mar oon border and monogram is among Krs . Bennett ' s pri celess treasurea . On the Irvine pike is "Ravenswood" built by Judge Wm. o . Goodloe , who married Almyra , daughter of Governor Owsley. His charming fam- i l y of daughters grew up here-Mrs. Barrett of Louisville; Kre. �-28Johneon of Danvill, Illino1 •, , rs. ourran Smith; Mrs. Edgar of D troit; • Neal of L xington. up on hi s removal to Lexington , r, he old the place to during th 01v11 hi daugbt r 11 ie The debut ball o. t •Ra enswood --a magnificent supper. giv n is of brick-th ball runs parallel to the front porch The houe nd th njoyed 1 Ravenawood1 • is Be 1e ill r r. Robert -iller and floor of th o large parlors are on springs for dancing. This hoe has be n occupied for many y are by the family of r. o. F. Oh nault. The pion er ho es of • Goodloe who married Susannah ugbt r of Opt. Archibald oods of• oodstock and of 111 r oods , j . Rob rt ho marri d Sally, the daughter of Capt . James Estill , double log hous s and ere located on our ile Road ere running • E. from Richmond. Tb hom of the Irvine pik r. Gren iller, brother of tiful in its day . 0 lb Stonets family. Alo on• our in 1813 by o e It 11 B nn tt of Gov rnor Jam It later belonged to as built by Road• is ab nd his wif B. KoOreary. an inoloeed t irway in th has thr e hug iller on with a stone f nee in front and a lilac hedge back ry be of it-- as r. Robert j. • m. Kavanaugh. utiful old brick house , built Rebecca Davi , grand-parents It bas a hall and two rooms 1n front , hall-no owned by l!r. Noland. 'l'he ell chimneys. On th Red House pike , north of Ricbmond is the home of Judge Ourtie 1 ld , th unole of l!aj . Burnam for hom be was named. has for almost sixty y ars belong d to the estate of Dr. Thos . It s. �Moberley, and was in its day , a beautiful house , built of brick , with deep window seats. A mile f urt her out is 9 Dreaming Creek Heights• , built on the Ool . Richard Oalloway preemption. The northern end of the house was built about 1800 by a Mr. Brooks. In 1841 it was sold to Mr. and Mrs . Harvey Ohenault, parents of Mr. Thoe. D. Chenault , by Yr. John White , who built and resided at the first house built on the aite ot the Jason Walker place in Richmond. from this dis t rict . He went to Congress Kr. White was the brother of Mrs. Russell , grandmother of Mrs. Burt on Farris (Sallie Taylor) who belonged to the Olaiborne Whi te family of South West Va. Krs . Harvey Chenault after the death of Mr. Chenault married Dr. Letcher, f ather of Mr. W.R. Letcher. In 1861 , she added the large parlor a nd room above , and the ell to the original house; the Greek portico and north porch to 'Dreaming Creek Heights•--In 1881 the place was put up for sale and was purchased by Kr. and Mrs . Thos. Phelps ho bad p reviously lived at a beautifully located place 1 Knock- buck.le• , one mile north o! •Dreaming Oreek Heights• , which was on land inheri t ed by Kr. Phelps from bis father's estate. The residence to 'Dreaming Oreek Beights 1 is of brick , two stories high , with attics--two large rooms and a hall in front . Ionic columns . The Greek portico has Terraces filled with shrubbery lead down to the L. & N. railroad which oirolee around the hill ,' the Red House pike and Dreaming Creek below. Kr . Phelps was a scholarly man. Many notable guests were enter- tai ned at •Dreaming creek Heights• from Kentucky and other States . And the letter files of this home bear witness to the delightful �hospitality dispensed there . Three weddings were celebrated in this home--Katherin C. Phelps to Col . James ff. Caperton , 1890-inerva Park Phelps to Gen John Hooe Russel , 1901--Urs . Minerva Phelps Russel to Frank E. J ennings of Jacksonville , Fla., 1907. A beautiful niece , ettie M. Phelps , who bad grown up as a daughter in the home , daughter of Samuel B. Phelps , was married to Gen. J ohn Hooe Ru.Beel at the First Ohrietian Church , Richmond , Bishop Peterkin of West Va., officiating, in the presence of a brilliant company ay 2nd, 1894, and the adding breakfast took place at •Dreaming Or ek Heights , served by a Louisville caterer. By special orders , the L. and N. afternoon train with Gen. Russel ' s private car attached stopped in the grounds to take the bridal party and friends froc est Va. , and other States aboard. Staunton, Va. , was best man-Mias The Hon. Edward Echols of inerva Park Phelps , maid of honor. Also on the Red House pike two and one-half miles north of Richmond stood the brick mansion which belonged to Dr. and Mrs . E. R. MoOreary and where their son, James B. t 1c cOreary was born in 1838- Governor of Kentucky , Congressman and U. Maj. in the Confederate Army under Ool. s. Senator. aller Chenault . Also The hous e had to rooms in front--.as of brick , two stories , and had a square portico . The large parlor as entered from the portico . A hall ran back of the two front rooms , making an entrance also from the side. Inolosed stairways led up from both the front rooms to rooms abov . Also a pretty stairway with delicate spindles to the rail was in the hall. A The house was originally built by Mr. Pace , Methodist minister , who married one of the pioneer I rvine Sisters- �- 31- Pac •s Ohap 1 near Red House or. as named f or him. and rs . UcOreary l ived her e until 1858 hen they s old this beautiful estate to Peter T. Phelps, father of the late re. Elvercee Phelps Oollins-- c.nd bought t he place i n Richmond where Urs. J. on u. Foster now lives est Jain--from ·r. Owen Walker. aj . Burnam i n his Reminiscences 1903--nays that of Tyre 1 the ~erchants ere her princes' and that the sa:ce might be said of the U rcbants of Richmond, preceding and follo ing the Civil ffar. sons of llr. Richmond, Four m. Walker built up large fortunes as Merchants of Yr. 0 en alker and Ur. Jason daught rs of J ames Ston . alker marr ied sisters , llr. Owen Walker in 1858 moved his family to the brick residence on Kain Street in Richmond, recently t orn down to make Walker and ay f or the Methodist Church. as Ooralie alker were very beautiful and were among the first i n Ricbmond t o travel abroad. alker to His daughters , Uies Kate The wedding of Kise Coralie r . Leona:rd Hanna of Cleveland was celebrated in this home in 1888 and as a bril liant social event , the caterer and orchestra from Oincinnati . Marcus A. Hanna, brother of the groom , was here for the edding, a guest in the home of Ur. and Kre . W. W. Watts . Varcue • Hanna in 1896 became United States Senator from Ohio and was the main spring of the McKinley administration. His vast fortune made him a useful influence to hE country ! Ure . Coralie Walker Hanna contributed as,ooo toward the endowment of the Pattie A. Olay Infirmary as a Uemorial to the Walker family , having been requested by her relative Mrs . James Bennett to aid in any way she would•, and she and her son have made many superb gifts to the City of Cleveland. �Tb mond. Jason It i alker house stands at the end of Broadway in Richone of the large t houses in Madison Oounty--is built of brick and in its day was the centre of much elegant entertaining. There were many charming daughters 1n this family, Ure. Pinkerton, \Vhite; iss f~y Walker (Yrs. G ·eby of Florida); alker married i s Helm of oodford Oounty and they owned the hous Smith. re. on North street built by Col. end Ura. J. Speed alker 1 s dinners are still a tradition in Richmond. Tbey had to daughters, one married I General Benet B net rs. hom it is a pleasure to recall. Mr. James B. I urs. llullins, u. S. A. r. Robert Stone and the other, Their grand-son the past year--Stephen Vincent rote the prize Civil War epic- 1 John Brown's Body". Another Richmond merchant was 'r. John W. Crooke, hose home on est Main is still occupied by his three daughters and son , r. John W. Orooke Jr., a banker. Ur. and Ura. Oary Ha: k1ns--Mrs. Hawkins a sister of l!r. 0 en Walker and his brothers and of Mrs. Sinclair e.tts-lived at "Linwood' on the Lexington pike. The house as of colonial architecture, of ,I briok and a beautiful place. The debut ball of Miss Ida Jennings, a grand-daughter , was given at nt1nwood1 in June 1878, dancing in a pavilion on the lawn--afterward l!rs. J.E. Greenleaf. house The present as built in 1881 by Mr. and Mrs. Brutus J. Olay. Mr. Ho ard who married (1ss Goodloe, was another merchant of Richmond who built what is now called the Bronston place, formerly on Third Street , a hand.some brick structure with iron verandah. This home as the scene of much entertaining in the 1880's when the five daughters of Ur. and Mrs. Thoe. s. Branston were en tapis. �Ur. Holloway, another merchant, built the grand house on East ~ain , opposite the Cemetery, for many years a beautiful place and cent re of entertaining. It was called "Abbefville" for Mrs Bronston•s home in South Carolina.. J.!r . Thompson Burnam Sr., made his fortune as a. merchant and then built "Elk Gardena. Solomon Smith, another Richmond merchant, 'built the house now occupi ed by his grand-daughter, iu-s. George Oorzeliu.s on the Rill and which st ood near Madison Female Institute. It has a semicir- cular wall in the hall to accommodate the stairway which has a round rail and delicate sp irals-a duplicate of this wall and stairway is at 'Dreaming Creek Heights", put there in 1861. is older. The Smith homestead The home of Hon. W. B. Smith was located on the Summit, and here he and Yrs. Smith celebrated their Golden wedding in 1904, surrounded by their beautiful daughters, Kxs. John M. Park of Nevada, Mrs. ff. G. White and :Ure. Robert R. Burnam. Maj . lioOl anahen, a merchant, who married the widow of Capt. Ezeki el Field who was killed at the Battle of Blue Licks, built the brick r esidence on the Bill, afterward converted in 1858 into Madison Female Institute. A Tudor tower was added with a teeselated finis h t o the roof which made an iln!)osing building. This great building was used as an hospital after the battle of Richmond in tbe 01T1l War, 1863. Madison Institute received the patronage of many of the f irst families of the Blue Grass, Kentucky, and other States, . Illinois , Texas , Missouri. who sent their daughters to this school not only for their schooling, but for the even as important education whioh was to be received from association with the elegmt �- 34001 tmo pb r 1 Th ond and ye ago aft r a uoc hi ful period of fifty years or mor • Richmond High School no gr tt d that th Tudor to b en retain d in th ne Hie hoe on occupies the r, as an ite . It is to b rchi tectural gem c ould not bav ama s d a ve:ey handsom fortun ast in th Hi daughter , gr atly b lo d d a b auty and belle in her day. Capt. · J e • Shackelford ar . Richmond. h hose hr Th dding took plac . es t ain Street. 0001- resid nee of Ca,Pt . and at rs . ,oodlawn , was one of the rs. Shackelford ga e the utiful lunch one , the service plates , painted by her own brush , end holding portrait ell ere the earliest bankers of on the corner of llain and :a. bird Streets , no be utiful places on most b a notable merchant , follo 1ng Guinchigliani stores. Shackelford, Dill ingham Chenault fir t bank building as ab autiful structure of brick and ton pi d by th rs. Florene father and uncle Hi as a mer- seat of generous and elegant hoepit lity . th Ci 11 re- building. r . H. B. D1111ngh chant . dison County. cbool u pices of the Christian Church and ae d1 continu ed under th om of Ric orth goi ng far to of the Oourt beautie of Europe were njoy-e.nd 111 be a priceless legacy to eecendant . Th home of Col. Eze 1el Field on est ain , now known as the Gibson Hospital , 1a one of the handsom st houses to be dieon Oounty. and pure inlaid Ool . ed for hi th pearl . rected in like 1 ea erchant of Richmond i ld home many legant furnishings , a spin t Of his daughters none rs . Dr. Lyman , and t o o f h om ere fairer-- ong them rried the Bon Brutus Clay , �-35- "Auvergne" Bourbon County. The wedding of the youngest daughter, Uary to llr. Embry, who built what was afterward 1 Burnamwood", was a brilliant one--a.mong the attendants , Miss llary Humphreys of Woodford County who stood up with Col. James w. Caperton. The first party for children which I attended r.as given at this home by Pattie and David Lyman in 18?3. Pattie afterward married her first cousin, the Hon. Cassius ll. Clay of Bourbon County--h1s second wife f and died aged 19, in 1883. The home of 1r. Jaoes B. Miller on Lancaster Ave . , which has been for many years occupied by ~r. and ~rs . D. Bates Shackelford is one of the beautiful old colonial residences of Richmond. llr. and llrs . Shackelford were married here in 1888- -the place then belonging to Mr. W. o. Chenault, the bride ' s father, and the wedding was a large and beautiful occasion. Richmond was famous from its earliest history for its able lawyers . The original county seat was at 1 Uilford1 , a settlement on t h e headwaters of Taylor's Fork of Silver Creek, about four oiles southwest of the present site of Richmond. As the country becane more settled, those who had a vision saw that this was not an adequate situation for the county seat of a County which promis ed to mean so much to the great Commonwealth of Kentucky . Accordingly, Col. John Miller who had built his residence, a double log house where the Second Presbyterian Church now stands with the spring in the valley of Zaring•s Mill--brought to the attention of those who were interested in the matter, the desirability of the location near his r esidence. In view of the hills, i t was decided to name the new town Richmond . for Richmond, Va ., which is said to have seven hills , like Ancient Rome. The broad Main Street and the Court House square bear �-36- witne ss t hat t he founders of Richmond were ~en of vision and 1nformat1on--to whom the succeeding generations should be grateful. I Judge that such men as Cap t . Archibald Woods and Judge Robert Rodes and J udge Samuel Estill who presided over the first Courts must have b een t he first lawyers of t h e town. Archibald Woods Jr., of "Woodstock' whose law books survive in the library of his grea t nephew, Col. J ame s W. Caperton, is t he earliest lawyer of Richmond of which I have any record. He had his office 1n the grounds at "Woodstock• f our miles east of Richmond where his clients came. Here his nephew Col . Wm. H. Caperton read law under his uncle, who soon passed on to him his practice. The fee books of Col. Wm. H. Caperton show hi s first client to have been Gen. Green Clay. He and his son, Col. J ames W. Caperton practiced law for 90 consecutive years at t he Richmond bar and before the Courts of Kentucky, perhaps a record not surpassed. At t he bar in the 1820 1 s were Col . Wm. H. Caperton, Judge Daniel Breck , Uaj . Squire Turner, Col. John Speed Smith and Judge Peter W. Taylor. The latter removed to Alabama where he became Judge of the Superior Court and had a brilliant but brief career. Col. Wm. H. Caperton ranked with Henry Clay in eloquence and was also a well trained lawyer . They were employed frequently in the same case , somet ime s on the same side and often as opposing counsel. Col. Caper ton first owned the home where "Elmwood" now stands- -froo 1820 to 1836. His ch ildren were born there . It is thought to have been a part of the tract of Judge Robert Rodes . t he valuable assets of the place. A large well was one of After the death of rs. Estill at " Cast lewood", 1836, Col. Cap erton and his wife who was a da.ught iJl' �accepted the invitation of Mr. Estill to live with him, and did so for some yea rs . Later they lived at the Caoerton homestead on West Main which stood where the brick house erected by Mrs. Alice P. Tribble now stands. The wisteria vine which blooms so beautifully in the spring is now all that remains of the beautiful gardens and planti ng of Col . and Mrs . Wo. H. Capert on around this home. "Elmwood" was sold by Col. Caperton to Gen . John ~iller and his wife, who was Miss Elizabeth Goodloe, and a first cousin of Col. Caperton. The house when the ~illers lived there was a Colonial brick wi th wings--the hall running parallel to the front . I am not sure t hat t his was the house which was there when owned by Col. Caperton. Gen . Miller was the son of Col. John Miller, founder of Richmond. He had marked military t a stes and for many years was selected to command t he Militia upon all occasions of display, not only in Madison County- -but in the State. At the great celebration at Boonesboroug.h in 1840, t here was much discussion as to who should be Commandant of the encampment during the week when the whole of the State Guards and ll111tia were there . Gen. John lliller was selected and such men as General Leslie Combs of Lexington were subalterns. In t h e early decades of the 1800 1 s it was customary for t he President of the United States to na.JJe seven prominent citizens each year to visit the United States llilit ary Academy at West Point for exam1nat1ons-- 1n June-- and the honor was much coveted. l Presi- dent Wm. Henry Harrison named in 1842--as one of the seven, Gen, J ohn Miller--an honor which he greatly enjoyed. Col. John Speed Smith; and It came through r . Wm. Harris Miller says gave Gen. Mi l ler a National reputation. He was among those who commanded the i l i tary forces at the laying of the Corner Stone of t he Monument �-38- to Henry Clay at Lexington in the 1850 1 s . Gen. Uiller was shot down by a cannon ball near lit. Zion Church, Aug. 30, 1862, when trying to rally the Federal forces in the Battle of Richmond and died two days later at the home of Mr. Palmer near llt. Zion. Stephens and rs. Hinton of Paris were daughters. sold "Elmwood• to Uaj . John D. Harris . llrs. His widow law He in turn sold it in 1881-- a.nd this glorious place after vicissitudes passed to Mr. W. W. Watts who erected in 1887 the present mansion. Judge Daniel H. Breck built the handsome brick residence on Lancaster Avenue which ha.a for many years been o\7!led by the facjcy of Cr. D. M. Bright. Urs. Breck was the aunt of ~rs . Abraham Lincoln and was of the famous Todd family of Lexington. home were extensive and beautifully planted. tinguished career. The grounds to this Judge Breck had a dis- He came from ;..l8.Ssachusetts to Kentucky and was near akin to Nathaniel Hawthorne . One of his sons, Dr. Robert L. Breck married first Miss Martha Rodes of "Woodlawn• and second ~rs. White-Breckinridge of White Station. ~rs. Broadhead of Okalee, Woodford County--Mrs. Uartha Breck Carter (U. S. N. )--and llrs. Hugh A. lloran of California and! iss Belle Breck, are daughters of ~r. Robert L. Breck. His children and grand- children have been world travelers--one grand-son giving addresses in the Orient and 1n Switzerland on his visiting cards. Anot her son of Judge Daniel H. r· Breck, Judge Charles H. Breck; and a daughter, ~rs . cDowell , built their residences on the grounds of the Breck home on Lancaster Avenue . 1 a j . Squire Turner built his home , a brick of Colonial Archi- tecture, on North Second st., with a large body of land attached. �-39- His wife was a daughter of Josiah Stone, pioneer, and their charming daughters graced this hoce. accosiated Some of . my earliest recollections are 1th this hoce--t o of my Grand-I!lOther's sisters having carried Turners; and r . Janes Stone, father of llrs. Oen ~alker my Grand-mother's guardian. Turner (Elizabeth Stone), t hat of sisters. Char l es Turner, as The friendship of my Grand-mother and ho ae her bridesmaid, r ,. as more like This Turner homestead fell to a grand- son, (r. ho inherited a very handsome fortune, and who has recently died at his home on the Curtis pike- -aged about 90 yea~s. He lett behind him much valuable information as ta the eB.!'ly families or l!ad.ieon County, which he ae always ready to bestow hen a sked by telephone or otherwise. Col . Wm. H. Caperton and his son Col . Janes • Caperton con- tinued to be through their long careers chief counsel always for both t he Irvine family and the Olay ramily--Gen . Green Clay and Gen. Cas s ius • Olay; and r . ,m. ' • Irvine of 1 Irv1nton•, Col. I . Sh ef.fw., Irvine and David Irvine. • aJ . Curtis Field Burnam entered upon his illustrious career as a lawyer 1842--Col. James • Cauerton 1844. They died within a month of each other, 1909- - aJ . Burnam having practiced law 67 years, Col . Caperton 65 . Judge Wm. Chenault and Hon. John Bennett began their careers as lawyers in the late 1850's. aj. Burnam served in the State Legislature and it as no doubt due to his presence in that body that kept Kentucky from seceding in the Civil iar. He was made assistant Secretary of the Treasury by General Grant--serv1ng under General Bristo becoming Secretary or the Treasury. reputation. He and, in his absence 1 He thus attained a at1onal as accompanied to ,ash1ngton by rs . Burnam and his �-40- charming daughter s--Uis s Sal l ~e Rodes Burnam and Miss Lucia Field Burnam, who r esided t here during UaJ . Burnam 1 e t erm of office and greatly enjoyed t he society of the Nati onal Capital. llaj . Bur nam purchased the home which came to be known a s •Bur na.mwood• 1n 1868--wh ich r.as presided over in a queenly way by Mrs . Burnam. Through her management , both t he grounds , gardens and res- id.ence became most beautiful. lla.ny handsome entertainments were given and many distinguished guests came and went. Here ~aj . and Mrs. Burnam celebrated t heir Golden Wedding 1n 1895- -and the ~edd1ng of their younge st daughter, r!.ary , to Ur. Waller Bennett was solemni~ed in 1896--followed by a long bridal tour to Palestine, Egypt and Europ e. Per haps the luncheon to iss Helen Gould at 'Burnamwood1 fo l lowing the Spanish War wa s one of t h e handsomest ever given a t •Burnamwood1 • Maj . Burnam with his son, E. Tutt Burnam t raveled abroad in 1883, and many of his descend.ante have been gr eat travelers . of Richmond. Truly 1 Burne.mwood1 was t~e•ut. Parnassus' Upon the dea th of ~aJ . Burnam a press notice said: / "Perhap a Jh i s p rivate home in Kentucky was nore extensi vely known and none where were enlarged hospitality was dispensed thru the decades preceeding t he deaths of aj . end rs . Curtis Field Burnam• . ?-, Q~d-llu Miss Lucia Field Burnam studied at the University .;4,inville , France, 1910- 11 ; and made a tour around the world in 1927, accompanied ~ by Mrs . E. ~Burnam and her 1Alely daughters, Uisses FlorenceYJessie Burnam. 11 At the present time two charming grand daughters of Bur namwood• - Misses Isabel Bennett and Mary Bennett are ma.king t he tour around the world and enriching us all with messages from every port. �- 41Mrs. Burnam, as Uiss Sarah Rollins was educated at ?!a.dame J Segoyne's School, Philadelphia, where she numbered many d1st1nguiahed people among her friends . Upon entering 1 Burnamwood• ov~r which . she presided with queenly grace one felt with 1nt~ t1on, the elegance and culture of its possessors, and that this was the home of rarest traditions . Mrs. Wm. M. Irvine in the 1870 ' s added the bay windows to "Irvinton" and painted it gray- -llrs. Irvine had the first greenhouses in Richmond. Until the death of their daughter, Bessie, in 1883, delightful hospitality was dispensed at "Irvinton" . At inter- vals afterward Mr. e.nd Mrs . Irvine would receive their friends . Through Mrs . Irvine 's will , drawn by h erself, "Irvinton• has become a hospital of the National Government, the United States flag float- ing from a tall staff on the beautiful grounds . ories of my Many beautiful mem- early years are associated with •rrv1nton" and the days spent there . Her last large dinner was given in 1898, for her nieces, Mrs . Patton and Jliss Annie White of Huntsville, Ala. where I sat at the table with Mrs . Irvine and enjoyed her reminiscences . Mrs . Owen Walker also added bay windows to her residence which stood where the Methodist Church now stands, and painted it gra;y- a.nd bay windows and gray paint ca.me to adorn •Harris House• on West Main--now the occasional summer home of lirs . Frank E. Jennings of Jacksonville, Florida. "Harris House• is very beautiful--the hall parallel to the front and a step up into the huge drawing room. The bed rooms built around these--like a Pompeiia.n house-- and the dining room back. One of the largest landowners in Madison County to-day is Mr. �B. ll. Igo . Hie residence 1s on the site of the old Ne land home- stead; and he also o a the pioneer Jones Homestead on the Lexington pike--which gave t o financiers to lladison County- - ...!r. Joseph Jones ho married my aunt, Nancy Phelps daughter of Sacuel Phelps, and resided for eom years follo 1ng the Civil ar 1n Ne York and Covington, Kentucky; and ie land Jones who married ~ry Jane Peyton, daughter of Yelverton Peyton- -parente of llrs . B. Howard eale, who pr sided over her home , •Fa1rvie • on the Lexington pike 1th elegant grace for many years . double log, eather-boarded, The old Jones homestead is of 1th a huge ell. The front portico 1s very beautiful- -all of dressed stone and four Doric stone ., coluICna. During the residence of ~r. and rs . Andre C. Scanlmat this Homestead 1901- 11, there was much elegant entertaining; and perhaps no house 1n adison Co . up to that time had sheltered so much Sheraton and imported furniture, or so many wonderful works of art and portraits by the Court painters of Europe. the grand-daughter of • and s . Jones and no ~rs . Scanlan is resides 1n ?aria, France and Los Angeles , California. Wm. Harrie iller, historian, as born at the home of his father, Christopher Irvine ~1ller on There ere many homes of the uddy Creek, east of Richmond, iller, Harris , Oldham, DilllnghB.Ll, Park, Hocker, Hue, and Embry families in this section of Liadmn County, remotely removed from Richmond but making a princ1paldcy in t hemselves. The homesteads were for the reost part double loglouses of the pioneer period, and filled of exquisite design. 1th hand- made furniture, o!ten An old citizen told me that if a house~ this period had a fine cellar it as considered finer than one �- 43- that had none--and that the distinctions 1n the homes of this vicinity were made in this ay. r s. Kath r1ne Oldham (1ller, ife of daughter of Wm. Kavanaugh Oldham and his marle County, Va. @. Harrie Miller was the ife , Jacintha Brol'lil of Alre - The homestead of her father eastern section of lla.dison County. as likewise 1n the llre . 'iller collaborated 1th her husband 1n compiling and publishing 1 H1etory and Genealogies• in 1907--a ork that called for endless research and that is of i ncal- culable value to the descendants of Madison County families. Several years after ~rs . tiller ' s death, the Boonesborough Chapter D. A. R. on Feb. 22 , 1926 gave a dinner as a test1.oon1al of appreciation--to work. r. m. Harris iller, of his book and genealogical The dinner was a most elegant occasion, attended by members and repr esentatives of the Ky. State Historical Society and others from different points in the State. were excellent. About 100 Oldham, sister of The toasts and patriotic music ere present. i:1ss .!.a.ry Kavanaugh rs. Miller, married Governon Eagle of Arkansas, presided with great charm over the ~overnor 1 s mansion, and as Pr esi di ng offioer over the Woman's 3oard of the Coluobian Exposition at Chicago in 1893, ranking next to ention must be made of the rs Potter Palmer. 1 Uoran oran homesteads- that of Summ1t• of double log, recently replaced by a handsome house built by J ame s c. Willson who married llarion Stuart Burnam, daughter of Mr. Thomo son Burnam II and his ite, Betty ~oran. Also the Hugh A. Uoran place; both surrounded by large bodies of land, enriching generations of descendants. Adjoining• 'oran Su sur rounded by its broad acres . t• is 1 Dunsinane• The old mansion was built in 1821 �by Wm. Barnett. It MB been omed for many years by r. Thompson Burnam and he for a decade and a half presided over it with his charming 1fe, also> 1ss Susan goff1n Logan, daughter of Dr. J • • Logan, Pre 1dent of Central University. J. Burnam, r. and After the passing of rs. Thompson Burnam om1ed and resided at 'Burnam ood1 until 1927. The beautiful entertaining done both at 'Duneinane• and 'Burnam ood1 by r. and 'rs. Thompson Burnam is remembered 1th great pleasure by friends and relatives from many distant tates, as well as those of Kentucky. The Co.mpbells ovmed handsome homesteads in the Silver Creek vicinity. r. Cald ell Campbell replaced his pioneer house with the brick residence Samuel 1th its iron gallery in front--no • Phelps, and called •Rolling Vie The pioneer aeon home side pike , near the Wm. Mason the pioneer owned by 1• as of double log and as located on a enelaus pike- -in the Cochran neighborhood. as related to George aeon of 1 Gunston Hall 1 ho wrote the famous Bill of Rig} ts for Va. antecedents of both orlginaJ.ly from Penn., and through his son, r. Rankin Mason and other children many valuable citizens have been given to ~adison County. The home of r. John C. rason on Duncan's Lane is one of the ornaments of that vicinity and is built on the land of the pioneer of the Cornelison family. In northern ~adison County on the Kentucky River is the homestead of David cCord family of cCord, a financier in his day and ancestor of. the adison County. It is a very beautiful ol~ house. Near the McCord place is the John Hawkins place, built by the pione r , John Hawkins, overlooking Otter Oreek--it 1s partly of log, �-45weather-boarded and partly trame with a tall double portico 1n front . The t1fth generation, descendants of John Hawkins, 1s now living here. It belonged to the late ¥rs . W. o. Talbott whose mother was Lucy Hawkins, and 1s now owned by her daughter, ·rs . s. P. Todd (Clyde Talbott) . Seen from the Lexington pike about eight miles out from Richmond, on the right, is a large house in the distance which was built by t he father of Mrs. Alice P. Tribble, Edwin Phelps in 1835. It was 1n this house that many from out of the county took refuge from t he gr eat flood at the Celebration at Boonesborough 1n 1840. Every piece of furniture in this home was made by a Cabinet J.:a.ker, lli'. Br own, a minister in the Christian Church, who stayed in the hooe for months to make it. The chests of drawers , tables, secretaries , and all were from beautiful designs--and most of it was burned many years l at er 1n t he home of Mr. and Mrs . Wm. McCord where it was stored. So numerous have been these early homes of Madison County, t hat one might go on ad infinitum. I regret to leave out even one. It would be a joy to tell of the carriages which were so beautiful in t he 1840 1 s and 1850 1 s, which cost ~2500., and had to be drawn by two mules- -so wretched were the roads . A chaise is included in the inventory of the estate of my Grea t-grand-father, Peter Taylor, 1812. It would be interesting to know just what lady owned the first chaise in ~adison County. �-46- THOSE OF l!ADISOU COUNTY WHO F.AVE ATTAINED 1ATIONAL REPUTArION 1. Gen. Green Clay, ho commanded four regiments (3000 sen) 1n the ar of 1812--and went to the rescue of Fort ?leigs. 2. Gen. Ca ssius • Clay ho was the first Abolitionist of the South. He says in his ~emoirs that having been born into a family which owned many slaves he had never thought of Abolition. At Yale he was in- vited to go to hear a lecture by Ur. Garrison, the great leader of the ovement here he received the impression that caused ~lm to become the first Abolitionist of the South. Not even the destruction of his press by a mob at Lexington could deter him. He simply transferred his printing office to Cincinnati. He also aided 1n the defense of Washington City in the Civil War and to Russia under President Lincoln. as 1n1ster He was chiefly lnstru ental in the purchase of Alaska by the United States. He lived to the age of 93 yea.rs and published the first volume of his Memoirs in 1885. Yale University has placed a bron~e tablet to Gen. Olay in its hall of fame. 3. Hon. Brutus J . Clay, son of Gen. Cassius • Clay was sent as Co - missioner to the Paris Exposition in 1900 by Pres- �-47- 1dent McKinley. He was iiinister to Switzerland under Theodore Roosevelt, his home at Geneva. His beautiful modern home in Richmond is on West lla1n Street. In the last Presidential ca.cpaign, I was driving home in my car from the Republican Ladies• Dinner in the evening, when my chauffeur was com- pelled to pause near Ur. Clay's residence by a band of music and flags fly1ng--I inquired of a bystander 1 What is going on?• and he shouted back 1 Mr. 4. Clay is entertaining Theodore Roosevelt Jr.• Governor James B. McCreary reached National prominence. He was twice Governor of Kentucky; llember of Congress; and United States Senator. He was also sent on a foreign mission of some kind by President Cleveland, and Mrs . llcCreary accompanied him. Her gowns were made by a Chicago modiste--her beauty and charm were much complimented and they returned to their home on West llain, now owned by Thos. E. Baldwin, much pleased. 5. Mr. Justice (Samuel) Miller of the Supreme Court of the United States was not a native of Uadison County--but he lived here and his great-great-nieces, the Missess Davison live in our midst. 6. Maj . Curtis F. B~rnam, Member of President Grant's Cabinet. The most scholarly citizen of Madison County. ?. David Rowland Francis and Wm. J. Stone were natives of lladison County, who reached National prominence in �- 48issouri. Each became Governor of (1ssour1. It as to David Rowland Francis that President Wilson intrusted the difficult task of Ambassador to Russia during the World War. after the ar, In his book published r . Francis says that it was thro' the experience gained by him as Governor ot Missouri; President of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition 1n 1904; and in looking after his own private affairs that he was able to meet the issues 1n St. Petersburg. He went out on the last train amid the distress and danger of the awful Revolution which tollowed-- and acong those ~ho were in his party was iss Belle H. Breck, also a native of R1chmond--who had been engaged in a great work in Siberia. 8. m. J. Stone was tor many years 1n Congress and 1n the United States Senate. It was said of him by an adver- sary that he was •a · aster when 1n Command' . He was one of President Wilson's closest advisers . His constituents in U1ssouri accused him of being too much of a pacifist before the United States entered the World ar. A great cry went up 1n the press against Hr. Stone and he went to issouri to explain his attitude--in which he said 1 he had been opposed to War, but that now that we were in, he was in to the finish . • In his absence, Von Bern- stoff was dismissed by President Wilson and given �-49- his dismissal papers. A cabinet meeting was called and the President agreed with his Cabinet that it was WarJ •when shall we declare it?• was asked. President Wilson hesitated and then said •r pro- mised Stone I would not declare War in his absence.• Senator Stone was telegraphed to return--and upon his arrival the President declared war. The homestead of Senator Stone's Father was located on the dirt road, leading north from Richmond and was known as the Jarrett Phelps place, his mother having been the daughter of Jarrett Phelps. It was a large two story frame house , a centre hall-and was burned many years ago. The grounds and shrubbery and walks were beautiful. He was reared by his sister, Uiss Sallie Stone who married ~er cousin, Mr. Squire Turner of Columbia, ~o . , an able lawyer, who was a first cousin of llr. Wo. M. Irvine of •rrvinton•--their mothers having been sisters, the isses Stone. There is living in Richmond to-day a very great lady--,:,ho on Nov. 18th. last celebrated her 88th. birthday. She belongs to •the delicious modes of the 1860 1 s--when the belles turned their heads to look over beautiful shoulders--when crinolines and curls, bracelets and earrings were the fashion• . She has driven through. the streets of Washington, down long Pennsylvania Avenue with President and r!rs. Lincoln, when a bomb might be expected to explode at any moment. She saw, as a young woman, the long line of chariots drawn up before the �-50- palace of the Czar of Russia at St. Petersburg--and swept up the great stairway to make her bow to the Czar and Czarina, w1th the great of the Earth, while "the footmen 1n brilliant livery bawled the names of the guests~. She shopped in Paris, when Worth was young. She returned home to be the belle of 1 Wh1te Hall" and to have celebrated there her wedding, a beautiful event. I refer to Mrs. Jamee Bennett. Then the great cause of Woman was called to her attention and she and her two siste~e, Mrs. Mary B. Clay and Miss Laura Clay were among the earliest to espouse the Cause of Equal Rights for omen and Woman's Suffrage. She could just as easily have said "Let some one else do it, I have my family and my household to look after• but not so, the courage of her forbears flowed thro 1 her veins--and like her father, who did not leave the cause of Abolition to others, she took up the battle of Equal rights for all woman-kind. At all seasons and 1n every way possible for years, sparing neither time nor expense, Mrs . Bennett and her sisters worked for this great cause. In the 1880 1 s she walked down the streets of Richmond with Susan B. Anthony who had come to lecture at the Court House, when it was dangerous to do so- -so great was the pre judice. I was p resent in 1912 when she addressed the Suffrage Comril1ttee of the United States Senate in Washington City on the subject of Suffrage for women. The Committee was composed of Senator Overoa.n of North Carolina, Senator Johnson of Alabama, whose son had married Mrs. Bennetts niece, and Senator Du Pont of Delaware. tinguished people were in the audience . Many dis- It was a most dramatic and impressive occasion. The victory was won, following the World War when an Amendment to �-51- t he Conet1tution of the United States t o Women. as enacted, granting suffrage As advocates of this great Case, ~rs . Bennett and Ulss Laura Clay attained a National reputation. rs. Bennett with her daughter, handsome home on nishing. est las Helen Bennett, lives at her a1n Street filled with rare a..~d artistic fur- Her silver service froD the Warfield family the handsomest known. She loves gardening and her roses bloom for her as for none other. D'lsraeli rote to ueen Victoria: 1 I really t h ink your roses oust have come from Cashmere• - and so may it be said to Mrs. Bennett. She loves the old fashioned English game of backga.t:ll:lon and enjoys a rubber of bridge. She is truly a very great lady. Mi s s Belle H. Bennett 1n her ork for the Southern llethodist Episcop al Church became or inter-national note. In doing for her own Church, she did for all other Protestant Churches a great work and her met hods have been likened to the work of a Statesman. Her biography has been published and a Memorial has been erected to her at Nashville, Tennessee--a most beautiful building. pass h er fame As the years 111 increase. In Biblical times and through the ages--the office of Judge has been considered one or great honor. of Among those from the homes ad1son County, who have worn the title, as Judge of the Court or Aopeals of Kentucky, Judge Anthony Rollins Burnam may be mentioned, eldest son of UaJ . Curtis Field Burnam, and who wore hie Judicial robes with majestic dignity. rs. A. R. Burnam as perhaps the most delightful hostess Madison County has had and the only one who had her Salon--the Chautauqua Circle meeting in her parlors �-52- tor 9 years and t he Boonesborough Chapter from 1904- 1914. Al so a s Circuit Judge or the 8th District from Uadison Co. may be mentioned Judge Wm. C. Goodloe; Judge Thos . J . Scott ; Judge J ame s • Benton; Judge W. R. Shackelford. Hon . John Bennett was Commissioner from Kentucky to the Columbian Exposition at Chica.go--1893. (Signed) /;~ ~43/~ Katherine Phelps Cauerton (Mrs . James W. Caperton) Jan. 15th. 1 930 Chairman Boonesborough. ·onument Commit tee Boonesborough Chapter, D. A. R. ��CAP1'0RE o, 1'!m OlRL8 on a BOUQH iooae•laon, Keat1i1eq, . . lffaie4 1a liuiaoa 00017, Hparate4 •••er, troa Olan eou17 )7 tu bawoJq irhar. tu aloac tu riTer 1a N de4 u YU'J Nlllliihl ... p i • ~. . . . arUna 111D111.t f i d eoanaat 4•11 t 1a eo ,uc itlle lnal.7 n .... •d&T.i • oA, ~rtr, ~.-.~ •til~"'Miet:ffldel:il'JjlS' entl7. b of · e l ver • r • r 1 • u "' • t _.,..._,1,---"l,,,,)•·• ,. ..,._~ nn retlecte4 b tu plael4 a\en, ad lu.&11 elitt■ WNN4 abffe l • a tonnu. !'M Jdgh'7 tonn t:NN noot ua ..ntlMla &IIU'l1Dc tM t on. 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UNO, . , Mt:11, an ut•lJ et abCNt 10 1000 pee • • t •t BNuao oeleltrate It• Ntti-t. !ha am tay ez-0onaor lame■~. 4•11""4 th• uai"Nftd'J' adueu. ftil late hqe , .... nnaga• ot ..u.\-"v■tff attell4ed the oeleltratloa an4 ga'Ya the tollnuc iatol!II.U oa: lreuh ue OallowQ- ,.. . .t tor an4 nth otur RrTiTor• ot the ton •· 1•1"7 w io 1N :thia l l oa of '11.9 hov. n.n aha r d the Cl.utt aH.• of the rhn, a 4epatat1oa et e1u. ..u and • mill or, l"4 ot llOaor wre nn to •aeon bn' anou. .u the7 eot a to t u olC necnu, who :bat IMen u 1•e:\e ot tba tairi, an4 who -■ • 1••• 1h'1 •14 n tu kl, __. •t omac. at l:a th .,:rld are , - drrin& t or , HaaoJ'.f' , ati■ , all 4• Nljen and t elka f f f f then loeka zaoU7 lin 14 en the Br1tilcen w Iaj;u oa iler tet ae :ro21; • .ia It ill pcan chrel and KNJ7 l'a bl.MCeO. to er,. ' Th1at et Iha maarles t t -..t hanl • -Noilled by Jaa . J'NMh. r lau.■buA , lll4ge h'nlll, ... 4eaC. '.n. death o'f her ta"t a , Colonel Callon7, tu capn.re ot her two aiaten and t:r1eaa b7 tha IA41au, later tbe apt1T1"7 ot not:b.er tor.,. ,-ua, the oath• tor ud the 1'ran aeteue-tiieH ennt, -.st haft o Nmalb red rr TlYiil)'e Ca U1JI SpNd faith galla t:J.7 O· •t\84 the ml.1tUT guard who e ... orte • • J'J'eneh acrou th• r1nr. El.no mil1tI7 •a~Mmtea ware ;preaent. Oolo•el .Tolm Bart ad other urriftJW WN reat•d wt 'th cUatJ.nguiahed honor.• A :tean 11&4 ben :pre:peN4 auoll aa only X.nekiau eaa earn. Mll1a7 ind■ of ta, b a41, cab•, Ji•• an4 t'ftit■ nad• tll.• :bl s e.t ctin f'or JaoM no bad eo• traa ta an4 near. 'lbere • • u old time e..bundnnoe apttalitJ'. 'lbll daiaty lettuce leaf nd 1 7 eCNne■ re unkn~n. ell 4 partaken of the tea.st and enjoyed goo41heer, Rn. Lena • • .1)., ad4J'Hle4 t • a••• 17 of peo • • Hotwitha\andlq the tTitJ', 48ft oloau :,onen4N a ■tom. 8u4deal 7 a 1lou4bUrat atanle4 net throag of people •4 coutenatioa reigned. Th• water aooa COT d th• ground, the 4eptb :beiq twin illohea. i'he ••1.gtlbor1D8 t ou... oollld Mt ac~date IIO JllUIY' })Mple, ao the crowd diaperael " ' l••• m :, to 8 ek ■belt m711hore •"•cu •1 could. • Reuben clcer had. dr1Ten a ,ote ot oua doa to \he r1Y to n.t•r • • ['he oxen became tr1 teu4 and plllJiCeC 1ato the turbulent ■trema. Heroically he guided t e.a the7 lrft'II a Ho•• and :ree ed the pppoaite ahoro in. ■ai'ety. a aontinu o. to tall tor two 4aya and 111Bll7 pera u 4.14 not return to ir water, but atruge 8 :tor e. ne1t. oa aooout of he hi o rel te. no l l T•• re lost. �tor 8ooM 41e4 1a IIIMovi la 1810. Z. 1811 tba legielatun of Nlll.lu 4 , H t h1a nt• u4 the)- ue buried 1a tba t rt• t oq Nd hn:ttm el.oq eat •ialNIIIIIJl a4 41rih&'t!■he4 ou1..u haft nron4 •nlar' oe Gant■ of 1' H nolal• u4 .Uftbou ■ire■ ot 7on Boou■bon . A..,.._ lD tha J"natton OYN teaU.1110117 t the 110r 11• ti. plODNN, • • aomant tr1ll be u..te4 at IOoatnoro 1a tbeu w17. Bln01'1oal .._,fl7 1ao1 nt■ d:l.Jl4uah7. Ill OU bNll to I 1bT ou 19nna'\loa to anothfl', clepleUAg cleea.■ of ftl.or ■•t ap thue la hutJ.7 a T8 1ge ~ 'the ton. 9NJ.t tha J'iftl' re u • ln bnut.n of euih. People llan c11tt , opWou u te tllil ., t 'll'tUltola tu tort . . loeat • N7 tt . . - a Mllitle • nm c• trail t • :riT a otllffll oontena t , u a :aar tbe nnr. .l -t ;rean , . . . p:touatdac 1a • tlell MU' , Y, • ~ ._. aotiee&, tbe tallblag the b1'1ala R. c., u4 it _ . n,noNi to un Mn tu lan t a • ot Riebal cau~, ..... be aa baned aeu the ton. .. Nll T1■1t BocNLe■ltcm, witat tUald.ag ot he •G"l.7 ld■WJ"T ot the ton1 •-1,,&CW • n toretather11 il'iak hell tu ol4 nlplnat w.Us loot at tM 1 qoaoM ffff■ J'foratet nth .nma HaNh 1IL tu cont'tel.4 tor . . . natl bat . . ue4 or look at the roe , h o ~ to tf..nt traoe:,- of• anw r • taaahaldl:. • l"iftJ' a ttoa bu Ha bullt tor 41uolll,g. Bnr,- ■ r l euUN Hekia& ,oac people gin plate■ ad 4an.c•• lllllo41ou nnilla of 1, 1nton t• eu ibue)'Ut ■pil'tu, IIILU• the aoml4 ot the a.no••• ltgtrt IJtt,Pa owa4a throll&]l 1'he wou. fta J.o tlaa of oar Eahelq fta\e INU41Jlg at J'aNMIIII la tleal. ,AslJJpn1aoh111J ,_.etowa pier, _. lMD • t OTff Mat:lhl JlaQtoa RN4■ H l cla ' • 1M trM• nuUq lib Nllti:Ml.e 8Ql"41q J'on . . . . . .n . an• of Tlaitoft ue slat as t .-Y are Wleoaa4 oOl'tial.ly 1bT • 10 blt.N:Ln& bO•t•••• !lie J'qietff gine wttaeN of -.ny peat• t'raa ~- ant aea •4• -:r DlllllU nect thnl" tn'teJ"I u ov •1tan. took1na at tu willinCII, turnlnre an4 oM wl.l, pqe• of hhff1"1 tlull ~on ou eyu, an4 • &1017 In he ton1tu4• an.I •mn«'h ot ou aneeaton. TM put ,.. tun ot perll 4 '-looda • wt ;aJf.111"1'9fta1nn.u•, u4allllte ec,moege, bollor ana ablttoa t :,-e a4orn cl • NJID8J'9 ot the toaeen • bJ' tlla tft1 t■ of ett labore, • a44 ore ettort■ w a obl• 1nher1tan••• Bl•••4 (Id ot U't1•1• b7 .... Mu l'Nmeh) ��( �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Caperton/Burnam Family Papers Description An account of the resource The majority of the papers cover the years 1880-1940 and were primarily assembled by Katherine Caperton and her daughter Jamie Caperton Burnam. The records reflect Mrs. Caperton's interest in family genealogy and history. Most of the materials in the collection concern family matters. However, some legal and financial records of Col. Caperton have survived and add to our knowledge of Madison County history through the perspective of one of its most able lawyers. Through the business and charitable affairs of the family the researcher can also gain a view of United States and world history.<br /><br />Only a portion of this collection has been digitized. See the <a href="http://ekufindingaids.libraryhost.com/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&amp;id=76">Finding Aid</a> for a description of the entire collection. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1843-1980 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource photographs correspondence, financial records, documents Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource image text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1993A005 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Caperton/Burnam Family Papers Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1993a005-b33-f13 Title A name given to the resource Early Homes of Madison County Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource speech Description An account of the resource Contents include the complete handwritten manuscript entitled Early Homes of Madison Co., which Mrs. Caperton read before the Boonesborough D.A.R. Chapter in January, 1930. Includes a typescript of the manuscript from the Dorris Museum Collection (Accession # 1542) Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource text Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Caperton, Katherine Phelps Madison County KY architecture