History of Nelson County Kentucky United States of America

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Hiliary Johnson Greenwell, educator, was born in Nelson county, Ky., Jan. 8, 1840; son of John and Mary Magdalene Greenwell, and grandson of Raphial and Ann Greenwell. His first ancestor in America by the name of Greenwell came from England to Maryland with Lord Baltimore and removed to Virginia. Hiliary lived on a farm, attended the public schools, studied law, and was a teacher and principal in various academies. He was graduated from Georgetown college, Ky., in 1873; and was president of the Bardstown male and female college, 1876-89. He was continually engaged in teaching after graduation, was president of Liberty college, Glasgow, Ky., 1894-98, and in 1898 returned to the presidency of the Bardstown Baptist co-educational college, formerly the Bardstown male and female college.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Ephraim H. Foster, senator, was born in Nelson county, Ky., Sept. 17, 1794; graduated at Cumberland college, 1813; private secretary to Gen. Andrew Jackson, 1813-15; admitted to the bar in 1817; representative in state legislature. 1829; candidate for U.S. senator, 1832; U.S. senator, as successor to Felix Grundy, 1838-39; reelected for a full term, 1839; resigned, Jan. 13, 1840; U. S. senator again, 1843-45 to fill the term of Felix Grundy, deceased, and Whig candidate for governor in 1845. He died in Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 14, 1845.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Charles Slaughter Morehead, governor of Kentucky, was born in Nelson county, Ky., July 7, 1802: son of Charles and Margaret (Slaughter) Morehead. He was educated at Transylvania college and practised law in Frankfort, Ky. He represented his district in the Kentucky legislature, 1828-29, 1838-42, 1844 and 1853, and was speaker, 1840, 1841 and 1844. He was attorney-general of the state, 1832-37; a Whig representative in the 30th and 31st congresses, 1847-51, and was governor of Kentucky, 1855-59, succeeding Lazarus W. Powell. He removed to Louisville, Ky., in 1859, practised law, and was a delegate to the Peace convention held in Washington, D.C., in 1861. He was arrested, Sept. 18, 1861, charged with favoring the secession of Kentucky, and was imprisoned in Fort Lafayette. On his release he went to England, where he resided until the close of the war. He then settled on a plantation near Greenville, Miss. He prepared, with Judge Mason Brown, a Digest of the Statute Laws of Kentucky to 1834 (4 vols., 1834). He died near Greenville, Miss., Dec. 23, 1868.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

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