A history of Kentucky and Kentuckians; the leaders and representative men in commerce, industry and modern activities . the Philadelphia schools. Traits that distin-guished him in after life were developed in hisearly life, and when ready to take up the bur-den of life on his own account ambitioncaused him to try a new field of action. Com-ing, therefore, to Kentucky, Mr. McCauley lo-cated in Lexington, Fayette county. Desirousof wisely investing his money, he establishedhimself as a manufacturer of hemp and cottonbag-oing, and for several years carried on asubstantial business in that line of
A history of Kentucky and Kentuckians; the leaders and representative men in commerce, industry and modern activities . the Philadelphia schools. Traits that distin-guished him in after life were developed in hisearly life, and when ready to take up the bur-den of life on his own account ambitioncaused him to try a new field of action. Com-ing, therefore, to Kentucky, Mr. McCauley lo-cated in Lexington, Fayette county. Desirousof wisely investing his money, he establishedhimself as a manufacturer of hemp and cottonbag-oing, and for several years carried on asubstantial business in that line of also established other enterprises of a likenature, and for some time was successfully en-gag-ed. also, in banking, becoming one of theleading capitalists of the city. Successful inli-s itndertakings, he continued a resident ofLexington until his death. The maiden name of the wife of Mr. Mc-Cauley was Mary Meredith Coleman. She wasborn in b\ayette county, Kentucky, a daughterof James and I^lizabcth Breckinridge (Mer-ritt^ Coleman, a granddaughter of .^amucl anrl I ^UHLiC UBRARi ? IM»il»i|i»iu«». HISTORY OF KENTUCKY AND KENTUCKIANS 1669 Elizabeth (Breckinridge) Merritt and great-granddaughter of Colonel Samuel Meredith. Colonel Samuel Meredith was an officer inthe English army and fought against the In-dians. At the breaking out of the Revolution-ary war, he joined forces with the Colonists,and had command of the army at Williams-burg. Locating in Richmond, Virginia, at theclose of the struggle for independence, he wasthere actively engaged in the practice of lawuntil his death. Colonel Meredith marriedSarah Henry, a sister of Patrick Henry. Atthe death of her illustrious brother she becameowner of his portrait, painted on ivory by acelebrated artist and mounted in gold; and alsoof a memorial painting representing a femalefigure mourning at his tomb, the figure havingon its head hair taken from the head of Pat-rick Henry. These two unique and beautifulmemorials
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