Excerpt from The Biographical Encyclopaedia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century

The sketch of David A. Sayre is 'slightly abbreviated and somewhat changed from one prepared, at the time of his death, by the late Hon. George B.' Kinkead. Of Lexington that of Col. J. Stoddard Johnston is from the ready pen of Maj. Henry T. Stanton, the author of the Moneyless Man to the same gentle man are 'we indebted for. The substance, and, to a great extent, the language, of one or two other sketches; the sketches of Drs. Philip Trapnall; John Bemis, and John A. M cbrayer, were taken in substance from biographies prepared by Dr. C. H. Spilman, of Harrodsburg; those of Drs. John E. Cooke, Coleman, and Lewis Rogers, and Rev. Amasa Converse, are changed and abbreviated from biographies from the pen of Dr. L. P. Yandell, Sr., one of the most graceful of writers; Hon. Samuel Haycraft, of Elizabethtown, kindly furnished some material, written in his most happy vein, touching the lives of many of the noble old men of his section and generation; the sketch of Rev. John Clarke Young was taken in substance from The Men of Danville; several sketches of Confederate soldiers were gathered, in fact, from the History of the First Brigade, a*carefully and admirably written history of the men of Kentucky who fought in the Lost Cause, through the kindness of Ed. Porter Thompson, the author of that history the sketches bf Lewis and George N. Sanders were furnished by Hon. Wm. M. Corry, of Cincinnati, and-although somewhat abbreviated, and in some particulars changed, are mainly in the language, and agreeable to the desire, of their author - one of the most versatile and able writers of the country, he also supplying the material for that of Dr. S. S. Scott; those of Drs. Charles Caldwell, Benjamin W. Dudley, and Ethelbert L. Dudley, were furnished, in fact, andto a considerable extent in language, by the distinguished Prof. Robert Peter, of Lexington; to Prof. J.' K. Patterson. Of Kentucky University, thanks are due for the entire material of several of the biographies of dead men, including those of Hon. E. Rumsey Wing and Hon. Edward Rumsey; the sketch of John B. Bowman, Regent of the Kentucky University, is very slightly changed from one furnished by Prof. Juo. Shackleford, of that institution; that of Judge John Boyle is condensed from a lecture delivered by the late distinguished chief-justice George Robertson: thanks are also due Prof. J.-w. Dodd, Rev. J. R. Hendrick and Hon. J. W. Davie, of Frankfort, for valuable sketches; also to Dr. John Thruston, of Louisville; great benefit was derived from the History of Lexington, a valuable work, written by the scholar, Prof. G. W. Rank;-to C01. Wm. B. Allen, who early sent us a copy of his excellent History of Kentucky. A work of great value, written' in an easy and graceful style, thanks are tendered; and to the kindness of Richard H. Collins, the historian, we are indebted for a few sketches, written in his superior and appropriate style; and his great work, Collins's History of Ken-fucky, an almost inexhaustible source of information, has been con stantly referred to, and of great benefit to the editor of this work.

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