BIOS:  James P. DABNEY,        Trigg Co., KY

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Date:  24-Feb-99 
From: AUPQ38A@prodigy.com (MRS GINA M REASONER)
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HISTORY OF KENTUCKY, The American Historical Society, Inc., 1922

Volume III, page 423,424

JAMES PRESTON DABNEY b. Cadiz, Trigg County, Kentucky, December 15, 1890,son of Judge John Catlett Dabney, grandson of Albert Smith Dabney, ofCadiz, and great-grandson of Maj. Albert Gallatin Dabney who was born inLouisa County, Virginia and died at Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Judge JohnCatlett Dabney was born at Cadiz, Kentucky, January 14, 1852, and married Miss Mattie Chapell, she died at Cadiz in January, 1885. James Preston waslisted as not married in this bio.
AMES PRESTON DABNEY.  Probably there is no profession that demandsso much tact, judgment, patience, specialized knowledge and naturalexecutive ability as that of the schoolmaster, and the man or woman whoenters into this important field, selecting it as his calling, must beprepared to make many personal sacrifices, to endure many disappointments,often to spend himself for others without apparent gratitude in return, andto give the best years of his life without the emoluments that equal effortwould surely bring in any other profession. It is a profession which cannotbe weighed or measured according to the standards of mundane things. Thematerial with which it deals are those which make up life itself, and theopportunities in it afford the man who would serve the race unselfishly andefficiently many openings not to be found elsewhere. One of the men ofLivingston County who is dedicating his life to work in the above spirit isJames Preston Dabney, superintendent of the Livingston County High Schoolat Smithland, one of the most capable educators in this part of Kentucky.        
Mr. Dabney was born at Cadiz, Trigg County, Kentucky, December 15,1890, a son of Judge John Catlett Dabney, grandson of Albert Smith Dabney,of Cadiz, and great-grandson of Maj. Albert Gallatin Dabney, who was bornin Louisa county, Virginia, and died at Hopkinsville, kentucky, where helocated many years ago and became one of its influential men, activelyinterested in farming, merchandising and banking. The Dabney family wasestablished in Virginia during Colonial times by its representatives whocame to this country from France, where they were persecuted on account ofbeing Huguenots.        
Judge John Catlett Dabney, was born at Cadiz, Kentucky, January 14,1852, and is still living there, having made it his home for the greaterpart of his useful life. He is a scholarly man of unusual attainments, andattended the Kentucky State University at Lexington, Kentucky, four yearsand completed his thorough literary and classical course in 1873.        During his senior year he taught philosophy in the University, andthen took his law course at the same institution. Returning to Cadiz, heheld the position of superintendent of the city schools, where he attainedmarked success as an instructor, disciplinarian and supervisor. Afterseveral years he voluntarily resigned and entered into the active practiceof his legal profession, and has built up a very valuable connection as anattorney. In politics a democrat, he has been honored by his party andserved for sixteen years 

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