Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 2nd ed., 1885, Butler Co. FRANCIS A. DOOLIN, farmer, Butler County, was born in that county, October 3, 1840. His early advantages were such as the common schools of the country afforded. He was reared on the farm, and at farming he has met with marked success since starting for himself at the age of twenty-five, at which time he married Miss Polly, the eldest daughter of John and Sally Rone. The result of this union is five children: James E., Adam E., Sally M., John W., Francis E. Mr. Doolin's parents were George and Mary E. (Pendley) Doolin, the former of whom was born in March, 1818, and was a well-to-do farmer, a native of Butler County, and an earnest Christian gentleman, a member of the Baptist Church, and occupied during his life several important county offices, among which was that of county assessor. He was a man of strict integrity and great industry. He died in 1877; his wife died in 1841. Subject's paternal grandfather, John Doolin, came from Georgia, and was one of the first ettlers [sic] of Butler County. His maternal grandfather, Austin Pendley, came from North Carolina and settled in Butler County in an early day. Our subject is the owner of 500 acres of excellent farm land, on which he has a neat and comfortable house. In politics he is a Greenbacker. Doolin Rone Pendley = GA NC http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/butler/doolin.fa.txt