A history of Kentucky and Kentuckians; the leaders and representative men in commerce, industry and modern activities . nion. When he came to the grandparents of Mrs. Woodford were Rever- Blue Grass state he located near Mt. Sterling, end David and Mary (Tribble) Chenault, na- where the fair grounds now stand, and his fives of \^irginia, whence they came to Ken- property comprised several thousand acres of tucky about 1780 and purchased four thou- land in this vicinity and about thirty-five sand acres of land in Madison county. He was thousand acres of timber land in the moun- a devout ministe
A history of Kentucky and Kentuckians; the leaders and representative men in commerce, industry and modern activities . nion. When he came to the grandparents of Mrs. Woodford were Rever- Blue Grass state he located near Mt. Sterling, end David and Mary (Tribble) Chenault, na- where the fair grounds now stand, and his fives of \^irginia, whence they came to Ken- property comprised several thousand acres of tucky about 1780 and purchased four thou- land in this vicinity and about thirty-five sand acres of land in Madison county. He was thousand acres of timber land in the moun- a devout minister of the Baptist faith and tains of Kentucky. He was an unusually fine after many years service in behalf of the business man and everything which he at- spiritual welfare of his fellow men he passed tempted met with success. The breeding of to his reward in 1851. His devoted helpmee; race horses was both a business and a recrea- and companion died in 1862, in her eighty- tion with him, and the noble equines which fourth year. Anderson Chenault was reared left his stables were the pride of Kentucky. ,^ m «iw ro*K. HfSTORY OF KENTUCKY AND KENTUCKIANS 1349 The parents of John T. Magowan wereJames P. and Eliza (Banks) Magowan, whosemarriai^e was solemnized January 30, of theyear 1827. The father was born November15. i8o[, in Montgomery county, and diedabout 1851. The mother was born in Ijathcounty, Kentucky, May 16, 1806, and the dateof her demise was 1871. Her parents vvereCuthbert and Elizabeth (Mcllvaine) Banks,the former born in Virginia in 1770 and themother in 1779, her death occurring December5, 1848. Upon their removal to the BlueGrass state they located at Olympia Springs,Bath county. James P. Magowan grew tomanhood in Montgomery county and wasidentified in a prominent manner with the ag-ricultural interests of Kentucky, but he by nomeans confined his interests to this field ofendeavor, also carrying on a large merclian-dise estal)lishment in Mt. Sterling and like hisfat
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