Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 2nd ed., 
1885, Butler Co.

PRESLEY G. WHITAKER, grocery and hardware merchant, Morgantown, was 
born in Butler County, Ky., March 22, 1854, and received his education 
in the common schools and Butler County Seminary, Morgantown.  His 
parents were Presley and Talitha A. (Russ) Whitaker, the former a 
native of Butler County, born in 1825, and the latter of Ohio County, 
born in 1829, and died in 1869.  Presley G. is the eldest of eight 
children, of whom six are living.  Grandfather Johnston Whitaker was 
the son of Thomas Whitaker, a Scotchman, who immigrated to Maryland 
in the latter part of the last century, and subsequently became one 
of the earliest settlers of Butler County, on Mud Creek, and lived to 
the advanced age of one hundred and four years.  P. G. Whitaker was 
married February 8, 1883, to Miss Frankie E. Kimbley, of South 
Carrollton, Muhlenburgh [sic] County.  They have one child, Maud.  
On Christmas Eve, 1879, Mr. Whitaker commenced business with only 
40 cents cash, and goods purchased on credit to the amount of $191.50.  
His business is conducted on a cash basis, and his stock of goods 
constantly on hand amounts to nearly $4,000.  His success in business 
has been exceptional.  He is a member of the Baptist Church, and of 
the Masonic Woodbury Lodge, No. 280.

Whitaker Russ Kimbley
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Ohio-KY MD Muhlenberg-KY

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