Biography of: Robert O. Wash McCracken County, Kentucky Source; Biographical Sketches from, "Kentucky, History of the State" Main Author; William Henry Perrin 1887 **************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net. Submitted by: Vera Burnham vburnham@metrocast.net Date: September 6, 2002 **************************************************************************** Robert O. Wash, of the firm of Wash & Boyd, Paducah, was born in what is now Trigg County, Ky., in the year 1846. His parents were William O. and Frances (Goodlett) Wash, one of the old and highly respected families of that part of the State. William O. Wash, who by birth was a Virginian, settled in Kentucky in 1812. He married Miss Goodlett, a native of Kentucky, and of Scotch ancesters; he was reared a mechanic, with which he combined general farming and spent a long and useful life in Trigg County. He there died in 1882, at the gae of sixty-nine years. Robert O. Wash was reared on his father's farm, which he conducted for some years after attaining his manhood. After abandoning the farm, however he went to Hopkinsville, Ky., and engaged in the hotel business, until his removal to Paducah in 1876. In connection with Mr. M. Boyd, he opened a resturant and saloon at No. 10 North Market Street. Mr. Wash is a member of the K.of H. and I.O.O.F. and is a most amiable gentleman.