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Author: Bennett H. Young

Andrew Hemphill.

   Andrew Hemphill was one of the most scholarly men that lived in Jessamine
county in its early days. He lived in the southern part of the county, settling
there in 1823. He was born in Tyrone county, Ireland, in 1800. He obtained his
education at Trinity College, Dublin, and came to American in 1819, landing at
Philadelphia. In a very short time he was chosen as teacher of Latin in an
academy in the city of Reading, in Berks county, and subsequently became
principal of the academy, which position he held for two years. He settled in
Jessamine county in 1823, and was married to Mildred Tapp. He came to Jessamine
county through his uncle James Hemphill who had purchased a farm in that section
of the county many years before. In 1823 James Hemphill died and made Andrew his
heir, devising to him 250 acres of land on Hickman creek six miles east of
Nicholasville. Mr. Hemphill through all his life retained his scholarship. He
read Latin and Greek with great fluency. He died in 1863.

   It was his custom for many years to visit the schools in. which the classics
were taught. These comings were always regarded by the Latin and Greek scholars
with fear and trembling. While he was there he would call upon them to read
selections from the Roman and Grecian authors. The scholars imagined that they
could never do the thing just as Mr. Hemphill would do it; yet he was always
kindly, helpful and suggestive in his examinations, and never went away from the
sdhools without saying pleasant and agreeable words to the scholars. He was the
father of a large family of children, many of whom are now residents of
Jessamine county, and are among its best and most substantial citizens.


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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