History of Daviess County, Kentucky, Inter-State Publishing Co.,
Chicago, 1883.  Reprinted by McDowell Publications, Utica, KY, 1980.  p.
690.

ACHILLES LASHBROOK (deceased) was born in Bullitt County, Ky., July 2,
1820.  His father was James Lashbrook.  Achilles was the youngest of six
children.  He was but six years old when he came with his parents to
Daviess County, Ky.  The family settled near Bethabara church, in
Masonville Precinct.  Achilles was married in Ohio County, Ky., to
Martha A. Johnson, April 1, 1841.  She was a daughter of Phillip
Johnson.  Mr. and Mrs. Achilles Lashbrook were members of the Methodist
Episcopal church.  He was a Class Leader and preacher in this church for
a number of years.  He and wife had a family of ten children, eight
living--Sarah A., born Nov. 26, 1843, is the wife of Benjamin Shown and
resides on their farm in Independence County, Ark.; James P., born March
15, 1846, remained on the old homestead in Masonville Precinct until
twenty-one, when he went to McLean County, Ky., and lived with his
uncle, Edmund Johnson, one season, then returned to the old homestead
and married Mary L. Carpenter, April 14, 1868.  She was born in Oldham
County, Ky., Jan. 18, 1850, and was a daughter of Dr. Henry F. and
Martha E. (Taylor) Carpenter.  After Mr. and Mrs. James P. Lashbrook
were married, he settled on his father's farm for two years; then moved
to Owensboro and engaged in the tobacco business two years; then bought
the Sammons farm in Masonville Precinct and lived three years; then
purchased the old homestead farm of his father and lived here two years
when he sold it to his cousin, William Lashbrook, and bought his present
farm of E. G. Yager, where he still resides and where he owns a fine
farm of 104 acres, all under cultivation except twenty acres of timber. 
He raises tobacco, corn, wheat, hay and straw.  Mrs. Lashbrook is a
member of the Methodist Episcopal church.  They have had a family of six
children--Ada, born July 19, 1870; Henry A., born Oct. 8, 1872; James
A., born Nov. 5, 1874; Arthur, born March 25, 1877; Martha B., born
March 8, 1879; William A., born Feb. 7, 1881.  Mrs. Lashbrook was
formerly a member of the Grangers of Daviess County.  In politics he is
a Democrat.  He has been elected School Trustee of his precinct. 
William E. Lashbrook was born Dec. 3, 1848.  He married Mrs. Cora E.
Tolman, daughter of Colonel Roland Hackett, a Colonel in the late war. 
They reside at Livermore, McLean Co., Ky., where Mr. Lashbrook is
Postmaster and a merchant.  John S. Lashbrook, born June 18, 1851,
married Ruth Bennett for his first wife, and Sophia Atherton is his
present wife.  He is Superintendent of Singer's Sewing Machine Company
at Greencastle, Ind.  America G. Lashbrook, born Feb. 11, 1854, is the
wife of Joseph H. Wellman.  Surelda F. was born Oct. 23, 1856, and
married Thomas Potts.  Alice E., born May 22, 1859.  She is the wife of
Joseph H. Carpenter.  Martha J., born Feb. 26, 1862, is unmarried and
resides with her sister in Masonville, attending school.  Mr. Achilles
Lashbrook was one of the pioneers of Daviess County and came here in
1826.  He was a minister of the Methodist church for fifteen or sixteen
years, and at the time of his death, which occurred Nov. 20, 1881, aged
sixty-one years, four months and eighteen days, he had been a member of
the church about forty-five years.  He was loved and respected by all
for his nobleness of mind and character.

Lashbrook Johnson Shown Carpenter Taylor Sammons Yager Tolman Hackett
Bennett Atherton Wellman Potts 
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Bullitt-KY Ohio-KY Independence-AR McLean-KY Oldham-KY IN

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