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Judge J. S. Bohannon, formerly of this place, died in Terre Haute,
Ind., Friday of last week. Judge
Bohannon, while still regarding Glasgow as his home has been for some
time past residing with the
family of his son-in-law, Professor Herman Leibing, in that city. He was
eighty-four years old at the time
of his death, which was caused more by the infirmities of advancing
years than by any specific trouble.
"Judge J. S. Bohannon was born in Virginia June 29, 1812. At the
age of four years, his parents removed
to the Rock Spring country in the northern portion of the county, where
the deceased resided until he
had about attained his majority. He then came to Glasgow where he
engaged in mercantile pursuits for
a few years, and at the same time studied law. It was during this period
that he attended Judge
Tompkins' famous law-school here, having for his fellow students such
men as J. Q. A. King, afterwards
Lieutenant-Governor of the State; Judge John G. Rogers, Mr. Travis
Cockrill, Mr. J. W. Gorin, Mr. W. H.
Edmunds and Mr.
Harvey Adams. Soon after license was granted him, he removed to Hart
county, where he at once went
to the front of his profession. Shortly after, he was elected to
represent Hart county in the Legislature,
and at different times held various offices in that county.
"In 1838, he married Miss Susan J. Tisdall, who died a few years
thereafter. In August, 1851 he was
united in marriage to Mrs. Charlotte Jameson, who, with two sons and six
daughters, now survive him. His eldest son, Judge G. M. Bohannon, now
fills the office of County Judge of Barren, while his younger
son, Mr. J.
H. Bohannon, is Circuit Clerk of this county. Many years ago, Judge
Bohannon transferred his citizenship
from Hart to Barren, and since made Glasgow his home.
"Judge Bohannon was possessed of fine natural talent, was a man of
unbending integrity and
uprightness in principle, and a gentleman in the broadest and truest
sence of the word. While he had
retired from the active pursuits of life some years ago, his circle of
friends was still large, and his death
will be everywhere learned with regret.
"The remains were interred in the Odd Fellows cemetery here Sunday
last, after appropriate funeral
services in the Baptist church."
Glasgow (KY) Weekly Times, 26 May 1897.
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