BIOGRAPHIES - LETTON, Hervey W., Bourbon County, Kentucky From: Bob Francis http://www.shawhan.com Date: 07 Feb 2000 The biographies are taken primarily from William Perrin's "The History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky" and E. Polk Johnson's "The History of Kentucky and Kentuckians," Vol. III. Many Bourbon County, Kentucky, researchers have pointed out mistakes and they are notated. Name: Hervey W. LETTON _________________________________________ Birth: May 6, 1809 Father: Caleb LETTON (1768-) Mother: Mary WILCOXON (1772-) Spouses _________________________________________ 1: Nancy J. PARKER Death: March 28, 1870 Father: Lemuel PARKER Children: Samuel (1829-); Caleb E. (1831-1852); Sarah A. M. (1835-1856); Mary E. (1837-1879); John William (1839-); Lovina P. (1841-); Brice (1842-); Henry S. (1846-); James H. (1848-); Reuben S. (1850-1871); Julian; Nancy J. _________________________________________ 2: Mary J. KINCART Marriage: March 3, 1874 HERVEY W. LETTON,1 farmer; P. O. Millersburg; a resident of Pine Grove farm, was born in the house in which he now lives, May 6, 1809; a son of Caleb, born Dec. 5, 1768, in Montgomery County, Md., he of Michael Letton, and a Miss Willett, both of whom died in Maryland. Caleb was married to Mary Wilcoxon, Nov. 30, 1790, she was born to John Wilcoxon, May 24, 1772. They came to Bourbon County in 1795, with the two oldest children of the family: Martha, born in 1792, Fielder, 1794; the others were born at the home where Mr. Letton now lives; they were Caleb, born in 1796; Anna M., 1798; Verlinder, 1800; Michael, 1802; John W., 1804; James E., 1807; our subject; Mary N., 1811; Melicent C. A., 1814; all lived to maturity, but died in the prime of life; the second of the family living to be the oldest, died at sixty-two years of age; Mr. Letton was married Feb. 28, 1828, to Nancy J. Parker, daughter of Lemuel Parker; she died March 28, 1870; second marriage, March 3, 1874, to Mrs. Mary J. (Kincart) Reed, widow of Dr. George Reed, of Nicholas County; by his first wife, he had twelve children: Samuel P., born Feb. 23, 1829, married and farming in Bates County, Mo.; Caleb E., Oct. 11, 1831, died in his twenty-first year; Julian, died in infancy; Sarah A. M., born June 13, 1835, married a Mr. Hall and died in 1856; Mary E., born Oct. 13, 1837, married Dick Robinson, and died in 1879; John William, born Sept. 26, 1839, living at home; Brice, born June 10, 1842, married to Sarah J. Owen, residing in Millersburg Precinct; Lovina P., born Feb. 5, 1841, wife of Jeff M. Vincent; Henry S., born Sept. 4, 1846; James H., Nov. 20, 1848, married Lucy Daniels, of Texas, farming in this precinct; Reuben S., born Dec. 8, 1850, died in 1871; Nancy J., wife of Benjamin Patton, of Paris. Mr. Letton has devoted his life to agricultural pursuits and stock trading in the South; has been a member of the Masonic Order for more than forty years, was a Whig during Clay's time, afterward a Democrat, espousing the cause of the Confederacy and giving three sons to service in the cause; Brice, under General Marshall, who after about two years service, returned home on account of ill health; John, under General Morgan, was captured and imprisoned at Camp Chase, but through the influence of a friend--a Confederate General, was released; Henry S., enlisted at sixteen years of age, in Company C., 4th Ky. Cavalry, under General Morgan, was in the advance guard in their raid to the North, and was captured with a few others, was finally landed in prison at Fort Delaware, where he was confined until the close of the war. Sources 1. Perrin, pp. 511-512 ------------------------------ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.