BIO: LOCK, David R., Campbell Co., KY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contributed for use in US GenWeb Archives by the Kentucky Biography Project Date: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 Subject: BIO: LOCK, David R., Campbell Co., KY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ******************************************************************************* 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. http://www.usgwarchives.net. ******************************************************************************* Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed., 1887, Campbell Co. DAVID R. LOCK, a native of London, England, was born February 2, 1835, and is a son of John B. and Nancy (Richards) Lock, natives of Devonshire, England. John B. Lock immigrated to Newport, Ky., in 1849, was a grocer, and for a number of years was poor commissioner, and also treasurer of the city schools; he was born in 1808, and died in 1880. David R. Lock was educated in the common schools of London, England, and Newport, Ky., and learned the trade of a plasterer, serving an apprenticeship of three years. He worked at his trade for a number of years, when he was appointed city collection, and served four years as city marshal. That office being abolished in 1876, he became chief of police with sixteen subordinates. He is the proprietor of a fish, game and oyster depot at No. 117 York Street, and is the Newport agent for the Champion Ice Company of Covington. In 1862 he entered the Federal Army as second lieutenant of Company E. Eighth Kentucky Cavalry, and August 3, 1863, was captured at Elkton, Ky., and released in March 1865. In 1859, he married Miss Sarah Hagerty, of Newport, and one child, William H., born in 1861, has blessed their union. Mr. Lock is a Mason and a Knight Templar, a Republican politically, and a member of the Episcopal Church in religion. *******************************************************************************