. The Big Sandy Valley. A history of the people and country from the earliest settlement to the present time. such diligence that, on reachingmanhood, he was regarded as one of the best edu-cated young men in his town. The good traininghe had undergone enabled him to make rapid stridesin the study of the law, resolving at the start touse all honorable means to climb to the highest position attaina-ble as a lawyerin the Sandy Val-ley, noted for thenumber of itsable S. Har-kins was admit-ted to the bar in1877, and at onceentered upon a Law Office, Walter S. Harkins, Prestonburg
. The Big Sandy Valley. A history of the people and country from the earliest settlement to the present time. such diligence that, on reachingmanhood, he was regarded as one of the best edu-cated young men in his town. The good traininghe had undergone enabled him to make rapid stridesin the study of the law, resolving at the start touse all honorable means to climb to the highest position attaina-ble as a lawyerin the Sandy Val-ley, noted for thenumber of itsable S. Har-kins was admit-ted to the bar in1877, and at onceentered upon a Law Office, Walter S. Harkins, Prestonburg, Ky. lucrative practicC in his native town. Mr. Harkins has not onlyproved himself to be a good lawyer, but is equallyat home as a correct business man. The cut of hisoffice, perhaps the most complete as well as impos-ing in the valley, proves his good taste and judg-ment in architectural design; and its internalarrangements testify to the great order governinghim, not only in his routine business, but in themethodical manner of conducting his law Harkins married a daughter of the late WILLIAM POAGES FAMILY. 251 Joseph M. Davidson, who was one of the foremostmen of his county. This alliance connects with many of the most ancient and honor-able families of North-eastern Kentucky. In politicsMr. Harkins is a Democrat, and a Methodist in hisreligious views. WILLIAM POAGES FAMILY. William Poage, of the prominent familybearing that name, living in Northern Kentuckyand Southern Ohio, married a sister of John VanHorn and Mrs. Frederick Moore. This was soonafter the Van Horns and Moores settled on theSandy River. Mr. and Mrs. Poage, while not set-tling immediately in the valley, located less thanfour miles below the Mouth of the Sandy, on theOhio River. Their children, however, or at leastfour of them—two sons and two daughters—have,since coming to manhood and womanhood, occupiedconspicuous places in the affairs of Sandy. Theirolder son, George Bernar
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