BIO: MACAULEY, John T., Campbell Co., KY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contributed for use in US GenWeb Archives by the Kentucky Biography Project Date: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 Subject: BIO: MACAULEY, John T., 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, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 8th ed., 1888, Jefferson Co. JOHN T. MACAULEY was born in Newport, Ky., on the 4th of February, 1848, and is a son of John and Bridget (Smith) Macauley, natives of Ireland; the former came to the United States about the year 1830, and was a carpenter by trade. John T. was reared in Buffalo, N.Y., and was attending the high school at the beginning of the war. In 1861 he enlisted in the Eleventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, being but fifteen years old at the time. He was made adjutant of the regiment in 1863, and captain in 1864. He served all through the war, and was wounded at the battle of Cedar Creek. At the close of the war he went to Indianapolis, and was in business there until the panic of 1873, but afterward traveled for the Indianapolis Journal. In 1879 he came to Louisville, and acted one year as manager of the theater, and in February, 1881, he became the proprietor of it, and has so remained to the present time. He was married, November 18, 1868, to Miss Annie A. Kirlin, of Indianapolis. *******************************************************************************