Jessamine County KyArchives Biographies.....Hanly, J. H. 1784 - 
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Author: Bennett H. Young

Maj. J. H. Hanly.

   Maj. John Hay Hanly, born in Seville, Spain, in 1784, who settled in
Jessamine county, in 1871, was the son of an officer of the British army.

   On his arrival at his new home, in what was then the far west, he purchased a
very large tract of land on the Kentucky river, six miles south of
Nicholasville. His house, a frame cottage of liberal dimensions, located on a
bluff many feet above the river, was appropriately named "Cliff Cottage." Its
picturesque beauty of location excited the admiration of the distinguished
painter, Healy, who visited Maj. Hanly, when sent by the king, Louis Phillippe,
of France, to paint the portrait of Henry Clay. On entering the grounds, he is
said to have exclaimed, "Grand and beautiful."

   It was at this home of beauty that the generous proprietor and his estimable
family dispensed old time Kentucky hospitality, during a period of more than
half a century.

   Maj. Hanly was a very positive character, highly intellectual, just in all
his dealings, truthful, honest, and brave; he was, in all the elements that
constitute a gentleman of the old school, a man to be admired and trusted. He
was a firm believer in the Roman Catholic faith and in the democracy of Andrew
Jackson. He was a fine shot, and prided himself upon the accuracy of his aim.

   On one occasion, Col. David Goodloe, who had been challenged by Mr. White, M.
C., of Madison county, to fight a duel, came to Maj. Hanly to practice with the
majors dueling pistols. He became so expert, after considerable practice, as to
hit the bull's eye repeatedly. When the duel finally came off, his antagonist
stood with his back to a barn. Both gentlemen were game and fired at the word.
Neither were hit and much to their disgust, Major Hanly, after a most diligent
search, failed to find that the colonel's bullet had even struck the barn.


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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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