History of Daviess County, Kentucky, Inter-State Publishing Co., Chicago, 1883. Reprinted by McDowell Publications, Utica, KY, 1980. p. 689. PHILLIP TRIPLETT LACKLIN was born in Masonville Precinct, Feb. 10, 1849. His parents were James and Louisa (Shoemaker) Lacklin. Phillip T. was the youngest of six children. His father died when he was an infant. He lived with his mother's grandfather until twelve and then lived with his Uncle William Shoemaker until seventeen or eighteen. He then lived with his mother until his marriage to Malissa Barnhill, Sept. 7, 1871. She was born in Boston Precinct, Daviess County, and was a daughter of Jeremiah and Melvina Barnhill. After his marriage Mr. Lacklin settled on the farm now owned by his brother Elijah, in Masonville Precinct, one year, and soon after went to Masonville and engaged in the mercantile trade some eight months; then engaged in saw milling, owning an interest in a mill; engaged in this business two years and then bought his present farm in Masonville Precinct, where he owns a fine farm of seventy-nine and a half acres, sixty-five under cultivation. He and wife are members of the Baptist church at Sugar Grove. In politics Mr. Lacklin is a Democrat. Lacklin Shoemaker Barnhill = none http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/daviess/lacklin.pt.txt