KyGenWeb; Kentucky Biographies; FRIEND, Robert S.

Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 8-B, 1887
Floyd County

Robert S. FRIEND is a native of Prestonburg, Ky., was born March 1, 1840,
and is a son of John and Rachel (Brown) FRIEND was born in 1791, came to
Madison County, Ky., in 1820, and in 1821 removed to Prestonburg, where he
kept the Washington and Jackson Hotel, which was burned in 1848.  He was one
of the magistrates under the old Constitution, became sheriff of the county,
and was jailer for twenty years.  He was a soldier of the war of 1812, and
received a land warrant for 160 acres as bounty.  His death occurred in
1876, but his wife, who was born in 1800, died in 1862.  Robert S. FRIEND
was educated at Prestonburg and at Mount Sterling Academy.  In 1861 he
volunteered in the Tenth Kentucky Cavalry, Confederate army, served about
four years, and on his return to Prestonburg was licensed to practice law in
1866, having read under Thomas R. Worsham.  In 1870 he was elected county
attorney, and held the office until 1874, when he was elected police judge.
He is now Commissioner of the United States Circuit Court and chairman of
the board of school directors.  In 1865 he married Miss Rhoda Parsons, of
Virginia, who died June 1, 1874, leaving three children.  His second
marriage was September 1, 1878, to Miss Araminta Auxier, of Johnson County,
daughter of Nathaniel Auxier (deceased), and to this union has been born one
child.  Mr. FRIEND is a Democrat and a Prohibitionist, and as United States
Commissioner has an immense amount of work to perform, his jurisdiction
extending to the territory of the "moonshiners" in the adjacent hills.

FRIEND Brown Worsham Parsons Auxier 

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