KY: Oldham County Biographies

The following list contains life sketches of prominent individuals from the area. Plucked from the pages of local history books and archives, these biographies offer a glimpse into the lives of those who shaped the area.


Adams, Allen
Adams, C.P.
Anderson, Robert S.
Ashby, Margaret P.
Ballard, Granville Mellen
Barnhill, James W.
Barrickman, John W.
Bourne, J.B.
Bright, William H.
Brown, Allen W.
Brown, Rice Evans
Button, James H.
Campbell, James
Campbell, William A.
Carter, Joseph W.
Cassidy, Thomas D.
Cassidy, Richard B.
Clore, John R.
Compton, William
Cornwell, Benjamin
Crum, Chancellor M.
Crutchfield, James Stapleton
Davis, Joseph B.
DeHaven, Samuel E.
Ditzler, Jacob
Duncan, John T.
Duncan, Thomas
Eddins, James G.
Ellis, Leroy
Enochs, William P.
Gilmore, Richard Neal
Glass, Sarah E.
Haefling, Charles C.
Hamblen, William G.
Hampton, A.A.
Hardin, Albert W.
Hardin, Joel H.
Hawley, Absalom
Hawley, Robert M.
Head, Peyton S.
Head, W.O.
Holloway, Robert G.
Holmes, J.M.
Irwin, George W.
Jacob, Richard Taylor
Johnston, William J.
Ladd, N.W.
Mallory, Robert
Manby, William
McMakin, William A.
McMeekin, William M.
Metz, George
Monks, Thomas H.
Morris, Robert
Neal, Marshall
Oglesby, Richard J.
Overstreet, Gabriel M.
Potts, Jesse
Priest, Richard A.
Rader, George R.
Robbins, Ben. S.
Ross, John P.
Runyon, James M.
Russell, James W.
Sherley, Robert
Shirley, Lawrence
Sims, James
Smiser, William
Smith, Fielding W.
Smith, Isaac C.
Stark, David
Swain, John
Swift, William T.
Swiney, Joseph William
Taylor, Alonzo G.
Taylor, Philip R.
Taylor, Sanford
Taylor, William Berry
Timberlake, John R.
Waters, Philip E.
Weeks, Edward F.
Welman, Jeremiah L.
Wilhoite, Benjamin
Williams, J.W.
Wilson, Joel T.
Yager, Presley N.
Yager, Thomas C.
Zaring, Lemuel