Cornelius McLeod From the book titled "History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas counties, Kentucky" with an outline sketch of The Blue Grass Region, by Robert Peter, M.D. O.L. Baskin & Co, Historical Publishers, Lakeside building. 1882.
Cornelius McLeod, farmer; P.O. Claysville; is a native of North Carolina, and son of Duncan and Barbara McLeod. He was born June 12, 1821, in Moore County; his grandparents were both natives of Scotland, and emigrated to North Carolina before the Revolutionary War. The father of our subject was born in North Carolina in 1799, and in 1826 removed to Knox County, Ky., where he followed the occupation of farming to the time of his death, which occured in December, 1861.
Cornelius, our subject, spent his earlier days with his parents in Knox County, Ky., where he recieved his education, and assisted in tilling the soil of his father's farm. In 1842, he removed to Estill County, where he engaged in the manufacture of salt until 1844, when he removed to Harrison County, where he took contracts for sinking wells for salt. in 1846, he engaged in the lumber business, buying and shipping to Cincinnati. In 1847, he married Miss Martha J. Kinney, a native of Harrison County, and daughter of Wyander and Sarah Kinney. In the same year, he removed to Clay County, where he follwed the occupation of farming. in 1852, he removed to Harrison County, again farming until 1861, when he enlisted in the Federal Army, 20th Reg., Co. I, K. V. He was discharged from the army Jan. 17, 1865, when he returned home to Harrison County, and engaged in the mercantile business at Claysville, which he continued until 1867, when he kept hotel, remaining in the same until 1873, when he was appointed by U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue as U.S. Gauger, which office he held until 1878, when he again resumed farming, and has since followed it. He has the following children, viz: John, Mary M., William A., Belle, Harry and Winder. He is a Republican.
Hon. Henry Clay McLeod From the Biographical Encyclopedia of Kentucky, of the Dead And Living Men Of The Nineteenth Century J.M. Armstrong & Co. 1878 page 640
McLeod, Hon, Henry Clay, Lawer and soldier, was born June 3, 1833, in Bourbon County, Kentucky. His father, George was a native of Virginia, of Scotch parentage; was brought to Kentucky when nine years old, first settling in Lexington, afterwards removing to Bourbon County. His mother was Catherine Miller, and was a native of Bourbon County. He was liberally educated, chiefly at the school of John Russell, at Owingsville, and in the best schools of his native county. At the age of twenty-one, he determined on the profession of law; read a year with Major J.E. Hoskins, of Versailles, and the year following attended the Law School of Transylvania University, at Lexington, when Judge Robertson was a professor, numbering among his classmates Gen. Bazil Duke, Speed S. Goodloe, and a number of others, who became men of note. He graduated in 1857, was admitted to the bar, and immediatley entered into partnership and practice with his former preceptor, Major Hoskins, at Versailles, continuing with flattering success till the breaking out of the civil war, in 1861, when he espoused the cause of the National Goverment, and entered the Sixth Kentucky Federal Infantry, with Colonel, afterwards General, W.C. Whitaker commanding; was afterwards, elected captain, which rank he held till 1863, when he resigned on account of ill health. He participated in the battles of Shiloh (where he was wounded), Stone River, Perryville, and many other engagements of less importance. As soon as his health permitted, he resumed his law practice in Versailles; and, in 1863, was elected to the Legislature; was a member during the arduous and important sessions of the war, and was prominent in many committies, including the Statute Revising Committee. In 1861, he was elected County Attorney for Woodford County, and was again elected to the same position in 1865. Since the dissolution of the Whig party, he has been identified with the Democracy, and takes an actve interest in the politics of the state and nation. He is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He was married in 1864, to Miss Alice Todd Field, daughter of Willis Field, of Woodford County. Capt. McLeod was brave to rashness as a soldier; is a lawyer of ability; is unaggressive and unostentatious in manners; has a high sense of professional and personal honor; and stands deservedly high at the bar, and in the community, of which he is one of its most upright and valuable members.
Dr. G.W. McLeod From the book titled "Kentucky" A History Of The State, by W.H. Perrin, J.H. Battle and G.C. Kniffin. Fifth Edition. F. A. Battey And Company 1887, Page 815.
Dr. G.W. McLeod, the subject of this sketch, was born August 23, 1834, near Paris, Bourbon Co., Ky.; he is the youngest child of George and Catherine (Miller) McLeod, the former born in Fredericksburg, Va., the latter in Maryland. He was educated in the district school of Bourbon County and at the Hutchison Academy, and resided with his parents on their farm until 1858, when he began the study of medicine with Dr. Matheny, now of Louisville, Ky., graduating in 1860 in the medical department of the University of Louisville. On March 27, 1862, he married Fanny Shuff, of Fulton County, daughter of Dr. Parker and Agnes (Griffith) Shuff; he then located in Cynthiana, where he followed his profession until the fall of 1866. In 1870 he entered Bellevue Medical College, New York, where he took an ad eundem degree, and also took a special course under Prof. Flint, in the treatment of lung and heart diseases. In 1873, in company with his wife, he visited Europe, and spent six months or more in hospitals of London and Paris. In 1875 he located in Versailles, Woodford Co., Ky., but was subsequently called to Arkansas upon the death of his brother, Bernard, to settle his estate, where he remained for four years, and engaged in cotton planting and merchandising. On his return to Kentucky he bought the celebrated Hartland farm in the vicinity of Versailles, where he has since resided. In 1885 he took a half partnership in the Falls City Tobacco Warehouse, Louisville, Ky., where he passes the larger portion of his time. He has no children; the Doctor, however, has an adopted daughter, Fanny Bryant, of Arkansas, whom he has educated at the Ursuline Convent, Ohio, and Hollins Institute, Virginia; she is an accomplished artist in oil painting and crayon drawing. The Doctor is of generous disposition and has ample fortune to sustain it. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, but of liberal views on the subject of religion.
James McLeod From the book titled "History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas counties, Kentucky" with an outline sketch of The Blue Grass Region, by Robert Peter, M.D. O.L. Baskin & Co, Historical Publishers, Lakeside building. 1882.
James McLeod, farmer; P.O. Hutchinson; was born Oct. 20, 1819, near where he now lives, in Bourbon County; son of George and Catharine (Miller) McLeod. The great-grandfather of our subject came from the highlands of Scotland to America during the Revolutionary War, and settled in Falmouth County, Va., opposite Fredricksburg, where the father of James was born Jan. 12, 1793, and who came to Lexington, Ky., when he was eight years of age. He afterward settled in Bourbon County, and died Aug. 31, 1870. Mr. McLeod owns 400 acres of land, which he has under the best state of cultivation, at the same time handling stock. He was married in 1859 to Miss Mary G. Penn, daughter of Joseph Penn, of Bourbon County, by whom he has six children: Delilah, Katie, Emma, John, George, and James, all unmarried and living at home. Mr. McLeod is a school trustee.
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