. Ben Hardin: his times and contemporaries, with selections from his speeches. se where theill-fated man had his last debauch. In his drunkenness the distillerdiscovered some money which he took. He then killed Hayes by a CHARLES ANDERSON WICKLIFFE. 203 blow on the head with a hammer, and hid his body till nightfall. Con-veying it to the spot where found, he ingeniously prepared the appear-ances of suicide or accidental death. Poor Hayes! His unhappy lifewas a miserable failure. His large endowment of genius was entailedwith misery. Yet it is remarkable how the memories of many vir-tuous, sobe
. Ben Hardin: his times and contemporaries, with selections from his speeches. se where theill-fated man had his last debauch. In his drunkenness the distillerdiscovered some money which he took. He then killed Hayes by a CHARLES ANDERSON WICKLIFFE. 203 blow on the head with a hammer, and hid his body till nightfall. Con-veying it to the spot where found, he ingeniously prepared the appear-ances of suicide or accidental death. Poor Hayes! His unhappy lifewas a miserable failure. His large endowment of genius was entailedwith misery. Yet it is remarkable how the memories of many vir-tuous, sober, and steady-going men of his day, who achieved so muchmore, have been long covered by the placid waters of oblivion, whiletradition lovingly treasures reminiscences of the silver-tongued oratorand never wearies of the story of his tragic fate. VI.—Charles Anderson Wickliffe. Governor Wickliffe, the youngest of the nine children of Charlesand Lydia Hardin Wickliffe, was born June 8, 1788, in a log cabin onSulphur run, a branch of Cartwright creek, six miles south-west of. WlCKLAND, THE HOME OF GOVERNOR WlCKLIFFE. AT BARDSTOWN. Springfield, Ky. His mother was a daughter of Martin Hardin, ofFauquier county, Va., and sister to Sarah Hardin (Ben Hardinsmother), and to Colonel John Hardin, referred to heretofore in thesepages. His parents were Virginians by birth, who had removed toKentucky about 1786. His early education was limited to the scantopportunities of his time and locality. In 1804-5 ne spent a year atBardstown, under the tuition of Rev. Dr. Wilson. The ensuing ninemonths he was instructed by Rev. Dr. James Blythe, acting president 204 BEN HARDIN. of Transylvania University. He studied law with Martin D. Hardinat Frankfort, and on admission to the bar, located at Bardstown. After the war of 1812 began, Mr. Wickliffe quit his office andentered the military service as a private. He was soon appointed aidto General Winlock, but performed no active duty. He was consec-utiv
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