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Author: Bennett H. Young

John Spears Bronaugh.

   John Spears Bronaugh was born in the Keene neighborhood and spent his early
years on his father's farm. With a vigorous constitution as well as a vigorous
mind, he improved all his educational advantages, and attended college at
Transylvania University, at Lexington. He read law with Judge James Prior, near
Carrollton, Ky. Faithful, studious, patient and laborious, when admitted to the
bar in 1847, at Nicholasville, he was well prepared for the practice of his
profession. For more than half a century he has been prominent in all the
litigation which affected the people of Jessamine, and by his good judgment, his
great learning and wise counsel, he has endeared himself to the whole community,
and secured a high place in the estimation of his fellow-citizens. At a time
when the government of Nicholasville needed a strong hand and an economical
administration, Mr. Bronaugh was called by the voice of his townsmen to assume
the duties of the Mayoralty. He evolved order out of chaos, systematized all the
affairs of the city government and as executive officer so conducted himself and
the affairs of the town that it was with difficulty he could avoid the
solicitations of the voters to hold the office always, and it was only his
persistent refusal to accept the office which caused the people of the town to
elect another man. He has always stood for the best interests of the county and
town, and while conservative, he had been enterprising and has been a leader in
all that has brought the county to its present prosperity and splendid
development. The county has trusted him in many important transactions and he
has always conducted them with prudence, skill and ability.


Additional Comments:

Extracted from:

A HISTORY OF JESSAMINE COUNTY, KENTUCKY,
FROM ITS EARLIEST SETTLEMENT TO 1898.
By BENNETT H. YOUNG,
PRESIDENT POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY; MEMBER FILSON CLUB; MEMBER CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION, 1890; AUTHOR HISTORY OF THE CONSTITUTIONS OF KENTUCKY, OF "BATTLE OF
BLUE LICKS, ETC, ETC.

S. M. DUNCAN, ASSOCIATE AUTHOR.

Every brave and good life out of the past is a treasure which cannot  be
measured in money, and should be preserved with faithfullest care.

LOUISVILLE, KY.: COURIER-JOURNAL JOB PRINTING CO., 1898.


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