Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Ms Kate Barnhill of Oldham County KY Dau of Levi and Elizabeth Barnhill

Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 6th ed., 1887,Oldham Co.RICHARD B. CASSIDY, a native of Oldham County, Ky., was born October 8,1844, and is the eldest son of the five children born to Thomas andIsabelle (Stonestreet) Cassidy, also natives of Oldham County. JamesCassidy, grandfather of Richard B., came from Virginia, and died of cholerain 1833. Israel Cassidy, great-grandfather of Richard B., also a native ofVirginia, and an early settler of Oldham County, Ky., lived to be onehundred and five years of age. Butler Stonestreet, maternal grandfather ofour subject, was born in Oldham County. He was a son of John Stonestreet,and died in 1880. Richard B. Cassidy was reared on the farm, and in 1862entered Georgetown College, from which he graduated in 1865. In 1866 hebegan the study of medicine under Dr. J. R. Timberlake, of Floydsburg. Hethen attended Louisville University in 1866-67, and graduated from theLouisville Medical College in February, 1873, beginning practice the sameyear. In 1869 he married Miss Kate Barnhill, daughter of Levi andElizabeth Barnhill, of Oldham County. This lady died in 1878, and in 1880the Doctor married Miss Bettie Buckner, also of Oldham. To the firstmarriage two children were born: Willie, in 1870, and Eddie, in 1872. Tothe second marriage three children have been born: Hopkin S., Richard C.and Bell B. The Doctor has been very successful in his practice, isprominent as a Mason, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.Cassidy Stonestreet Timberlake Barnhill Buckner=Georgetown-Scott-KY Louisville-Jefferson-KY VAhttp://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/oldham/cassidy.rb.txt

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