Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 2nd ed., 1885, Butler Co. ADAM RONE, farmer, was born in Butler County, September 3, 1847, and is the second of five children; the eldest is Mrs. Francis Doolin; the others are Virgil Andrew, residing on the Little Bend of the Green River; Jasper Rone, in the Big Bend of the river, and Mrs. Lundy Graves. His parents were John and Salley (Flener) Rone, the former a native of Butler County, died in 1882, and the latter of Butler County, and resides with her daughter, Mrs. Graves. Our subject started in the business of farming and lumbering at the age of twenty-one, and has met with good success in acquiring property. He owns a fertile farm of 163 acres, with fine farm buildings, at Rone's Ferry, Little Bend of the Green River. His father, John Rone, was an extensive land owner, and settled all his children on good farms in Butler County. Mr. Rone was married April 30, 1879, to Mrs. Dolly McSpedden, widow of John McSpedden; her maiden name was Hatcher; she was born in Wilson County, Tenn., in 1853. She has one child by her former husband - Andrew S. McSpedden. Rone Doolin Graves Flener McSpedden Hatcher = Wilson-TN http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/butler/rone.a.txt