Ohio County KyArchives Biographies.....Autry, William McKendre April 20, 1842 - 
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Author: Hartford Republican Newspaper - 04 Mar 1892 - County Court Biographies

WILLIAM MCKENDRE AUTRY

THE SUBJECT OF THIS SKETCH WAS BORN NEAR ROSINE, APRIL 20, 1842, THE SON OF 
WILLIAM AND ELIZABETH WILSON AUTRY, WHO WERE BORN IN BARREN AND SHELBY 
COUNTIES, RESPECTIVELY, AND WAS THE SIXTH IN THEIR FAMILY OF EIGHT CHILDREN.  
HIS EDUCATIONAL ADVANTAGES WERE LIMITED, BUT BY HARD STUDY HE HAS SUCCEEDED IN 
OBTAINING A FAIR BUSINESS EDUCATION.  HE WAS MARRIED IN 1871.  HIS CHILDREN 
ARE ELIZABETH, WIFE OF R. L. BOYD, WILLIAM  L. WHO DIED AT THE AGE OF 
FIFTEEEN; THOMAS H., OSCAR, JOHN A., LOGAN AND LIDA MAY.
MR. AUTRY LIVED ON A FARM FROM HIS BOYHOOD UNTIL 1891, WHEN HE ENGAGED IN THE 
MERCANTILE BUSINESS AT HORSE BRANCH.  HERE HE BRINGS TO BEAR THE SAME RIDGID 
ECONOMY AND TIRELESS INDUSTRY THAT HAVE CHARACTERIZED HIS FARM LIFE, AND HE IS 
WINNING WELL-MERITED SUCCESS.  HE IS A REPUBLICAN IN POLITICS AND A METHODIST 
IN RELIGION, HE HAS BEEN A MASON FOR EIGHTEEN YEARS AND IS A MEMBER OF ROSINE 
LODGE NO. 556, WHICH BODY HE HAS SEVERAL TIMES REPRESENTED IN THE GRAND LODGE 
OF KENTUCKY.
HE WAS ELECTED JUSTICE OF THE PEACE FOR THE ROSINE MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT IN 
AUGUST, 1881, AND HAS BEEN RE-ELECTED EACH TIME SINCE.  PERHAPS NO OFFICER IN 
THE COUNTY HAS A FIRMER HOLD ON HIS COMMITMENTS THAN HAS MR. AUTRY, AND 
PERHAPS NONE MORE DESERVES IT.  HE IS ONE OF THE OLDEST, IF NOT THE VERY 
OLDEST, MEMBER OF THE COURT AND HIS OPINION HAS GREAT WEIGHT IN THE SETTLEMENT 
OF ALL QUESTIONS


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