Garrard County KyArchives Biographies.....Foley, J.P. January 10, 1874 - January 20, 1953
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Rick Sparks rwsparks2004@hotmail.com January 13, 2006, 9:53 pm

Author: Rick Sparks

Jacob Phipps Foley was born in Knox Co.Ky. Jan.10,1874, and passed away at his 
home in Garrard County on Jan.20,1953. He moved to Garrard Co. in 1904,and was 
the son of Rev. P.E.Foley and Mary Ann Phipps Foley, and named for his maternal 
grandfather, Jacob Phipps.
Jacob Foley received enough education at the time to earn a teacher's 
certificate, but did not pursue that vocation.  He was a farmer, his farm being 
off Hwy. 1295 in Garrard Co. He was a member of the Freedom Baptist Church, 
member of the I.O.O.F.Lodge in Lancaster, a licensed photographer in Garrard 
County from 1915--1925, a representative for the Indiana Herb Co.,he played the 
Irish ballads on the violin, with his daughter Elizabeth at the organ. He had 
one of the first home delco lighting systems in Garrard Co.,and was know for 
his beekeeping, always having honey on had for friends and family.
He was married to Alice Turner of Knox County.  They had one daughter Elizabeth 
Foley who married Charles Tuttle, and one grandaughter, Effie J. Tuttle who 
married J.C.Snyder of Garrard County. They are all buried on the Foley lot in 
the Lancaster Cemetery.





Additional Comments:
J.P.Foley's camera and photo equiptment, plus a collection of his photographs 
have been on loan at the Garrard Co. Historical Jail Museum, for several years, 
loaned by great-great grandson Rick Sparks.

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