Kentucky A History of the State
Kentucky, A History of the State, or here or the local copy embracing a concise account of the origin and development of the Virginia colony; its expansion westward, and the settlement of the frontier beyond the Alleghanies; the erection of Kentucky as an independent state, and its subsequent development, by Battle, J. H; Perrin, William Henry, d. 1892?; Kniffin, G. C.
Publication date: 1885
Topics: genealogy
Publisher: Louisville, Ky., Chicago, Ill., F.A. Battey publishing company
Collection: allen_county; americana
Digitizing sponsor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Contributor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Language: English
People Referenced
Richard M Ferrell
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Richard was the son of John and Elizabeth Coleman, born in Pike County, KY, 1831.
John R Ferrell
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Richard's Father.
Elizabeth Coleman
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Richard's mother.
Kentucky Ferrell
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Pages
Page 815 R. M. Ferrell
R. M. FERRELL, of Pikeville, was born on Pond Creek in Pike County, Ky., on the 11th day of March, 1831, to John R. and Elizabeth (Coleman) Ferrell, of Irish descent. His grandfather, Ferrell, settled on Tug river in Logan County, Va, and his grandfather, Coleman, on Pond Creek in Pike County, Ky., and were among the early settlers of those counties, John R. Ferrell, father of R. M., was married to Elizabeth Coleman in February, 1828, and soon after settled on Tug river; he had five sons, R. M. being the second. In 1840 John R. Ferrell went west in hunt of a home to move to, and is supposed to have died in the fall of 1841 in the State of Arkansas. His wife moved with her family to the home of her father, who then lived in Logan County, Va, and in April, 1844, died, leaving her children at their grandfather's. R. M. Ferrell was then thirteen years old, and had to work for his support. Ho hired in the country to work on a farm until he was about nineteen years old, then was employed by A. Holderby & Co, to clerk in a country store at the mouth of Pond Creek in Pike County, Ky. He continued with them some five or six years, during which time he assisted in supporting and schooling his younger brothers. In the spring of 1858 he was appointed depety sheriff of Pike County by James Deskins, and served one year, when Deskins resigned, and the county judge appointed Mr.
Ferrell sheriff, which office he held until August, 1860; he then moved to Logan Court, House, Va, and went to merchandising with Col, John Dils, Jr, and Jacob Smith, under tho firm name of Dils & Co. In March, 1861, he joined the Confederate army under Capt. H.M. Beckly, and at the organization of the company was elected Third Lieutenant, and was mustered into the Thirty-sixth Virginia at Charleston, Kanawha County, under Col. John McCausland. During the summer of 1861 he was in the Kanawha Valley and western Virginia; in December, 1861, he was ordered to Bowling Green, Ky., under
Gen. Floyd, and from there to Fort Donelson, and commanded his company in the siege and battle of that fort, his senior officers being sick; the Confederate forces, however, were compelled to retreat under Floyd up the Cumberland river to Nashville, ‘Tenn. In the spring of 1862 he was detailed by
McCausland as Adjutant of the ‘Thirty-sixth Virginia, Regiment, and acted as Adjutant-General of the Fourth Brigade for two years, and in, the spring of 1864 was chosen Captain of a company of Sharp Shooters; on the 24th day of July, 1864, he was shot through the left lung while in line of duty at the second battle of Kernstown in the Valley of Virginia. He was taken to Winchester, and from there to Stanton. Being no longer able for duty he returned to Pike County, Ky. in 1865, and in August, 1866, ran on the Democratic ticket for sheriff Pike County, but was defeated by W. P. Johnson by seven votes. On the 7th day of September, 1866, he was appointed deputy clerk of the Pike circuit court by Capt. Harry Ford, and did the entire work of the office until August, 1868, when he was elected circuit court clerk for Pike County; he was re-elected in 1874, in 1880, 1886 he declined being a candidate, On the 18th day of May, 1876, he was married to Mrs. Kentucky Scott, the widow of William M. Scott, and daughter of Capt. Lewis Sowards. She was then a merchant and owned valuable town lots and a farm adjoining the town, as well as other property. Mr. Ferrell is a Free-mason, has been engaged largely in the timber trade on the Big Sandy river for the last ten or twelve years; is a member of the mercantile firm of Ferrell & Hatcher, who trade extensively in timber and carry a large stock of dry goods and groceries in their store in Pikeville, Ky. He also is a partner in other stores in Pike County. During the time h was in the clerk's office he read law, and in April, 1887, obtained license to practice, and is now a member of the law firm of Auxier, Ferrell, Connolly & McGinnis, at Pikeville, Ky., who have large practice.
Page 816 Mrs. Kentucky Ferrell
MRS. KENTUCKY FERRELL was born April 21, 1843, about seven miles above the town of Pikeville, Her father, Capt. Lewi Sowards, still lives on the same farm; he is a farmer, and was elected as an old line Whig to the Legislature from the counties of Pike, Letcher and Perry in 1852 and '53, and has held other offices of trust in his county. Kentucky, his daughter, was reared to work on the farm. She married William M. Scott on the 11th day of September, 1860; he was a merchant and farmer, living on John’s Creek, in the Leslie settlement, where they at once went to housekeeping, and on the 19th day of November, 1861, she gave birth to a son, whom they named Jonnie, The war bad then broken out, and W. M. Scott joined the Union army under Capt. Lewis Sowards, his father-in-law, who belonged to the Thirty-ninth Kentucky Volunteers, and Mrs. Scott was compelled to abandon her home on John’s Creck and move to Louisa, Lawrence County, Ky., where she stayed most of her time until 1864, at which time her husband, W. M. Scott, had lost his health, and was discharged from the army. He then, in partnership with is cousin, J. M. Scott, bought a store-boat at
Louisa and commenced mercantile business. On the 19th day of May, 1865, little Jonnie Scott died, and in October, 1865, Mr. and Mrs. Scott moved back to Pikeville, KY, bought a house and lot, and again went into the mercantile business. Soon afterward they bought a farm of A. J. Hatcher adjoining the town of Pikeville, and in 1874 built a large brick store-house. July 17, 1875, W. M Scott died, leaving his entire estate to his wife, Kentucky. She then in a short time sold to A. J. Hatcher one-half interest in the store; they continued the business while she ran the farm until the 18th day of May, 1876, when she was married to R. M. Ferrell, her present husband, who was clerk of the Pike circuit court, since which time they have conducted the store and farm. In August, 1583, James Hatcher became a partner in the store under the firm name of Ferrell & Hatcher. Mrs. Kentucky Ferrell's mother, Olly Mogan Sowards, died on the 14th day of June, 1884.