Biography of: Col. James Bryson Husbands  McCracken County, Kentucky

Source; Biographical Sketches from, "Kentucky, History of the State"
Main Author; William Henry Perrin 1887
    
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Submitted by: Vera Burnham vburnham@metrocast.net
Date: April 17, 2002

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Col. James Bryson Husbands, was born in 1805 in Rowan County, N.C., soon
after which his parents, Harman and Sarah Husbands, emigrated to Kentucky
and settlrd in Christian County. Until he was seventeen years old he
received his literary education from his father, after which he became a
pupil of William P. Nichols, one of the earlist teachers of Christian
County. After one year as a student he began to teach, and taught not only 
his former schoolmates, but also his former teacher, Mr. Nichols. He 
continued to teach until he was twenty three years old, when having decided
on the profession of law, he went to Princeton, Ky., and did the usual
prepatatory reading in the office of William Lander. In 1828 he received his
license and in the fall of that year removed to Wadesboro, Calloway County,
since which time the name of Col. J.B. Husbands has been familiar to every
resident of the Purchase District. During the years of his active practice
he was contemporary with Judges, Fowler, Campbell, Shackelford, Richard Mayes
Matthew Mayes and others, who have all gone to make their final plea at the
bar of Eternal Justice. The legal career of Col. Husbsnds clearly proves that
he is no ordinary mam, and it may be truthfully said that he has brought
more suits in law than any man in western Kentucky, if not in the State. He
is now in his seventy ninth year, confined mostly to his room, but with a 
mind still vigorus and unimpaired and with four of his children, is living 
in Paducah, calmly awaiting the summons to a higher court. Col. Husbands was
never an aspirant for political honors; the only office he ever accepted was
that of commonwealth's attorney. He was married in 1832 to Miss Maria S.
Martin, of McCracken County; she died in November, 1876, the mother of ten
children,of whom seven are still living, In 1840 subject became a member of
the Masonic fraternity, and two years later of the Methodist Church, of both
of which he has ever proven a valuable defender.