Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, ed. 8-B,
Boyd County

Jay F. Marcum, editor of the Kentucky Democrat, Catlettsburg, is a native of
Lawrence County, Ky., and is a son of Thomas D. and Mary (Bromley) Marcum,
who were born respectively in Lawrence County, Ky., and Wayne County, W. Va.
Thomas D. Marcum, now a United States Inspector of Indian Agencies, was born
in 1843, and for seven years was editor of the Democrat, which was
established in 1870 and has now a circulation of 2,500 copies.  Previous to
this, however, he had been registrar in the United States Land Office from
1875 to 1879.  In January, 1865, he married Miss Bromley, who bore him three
children.  His son, Jay F. Marcum, became chief editor of the Democrat March
8, 1887.

Marcum Bromley
=
Lawrence-KY Wayne-WV

http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/boyd/marcum.jf.txt