History of Daviess County, Kentucky, Inter-State Publishing Co., Chicago, 1883.  Reprinted by McDowell Publications, Utica, KY, 1980.  p. 697. FRANCIS McCORMICK (deceased) was born in Prince William County, Va., Feb. 22, 1801.  He was a son of John and Elizabeth (Cundiff) McCormick. He was the oldest of eight children.  Francis was but two years old when he came with his parents to Ohio County, Ky., and settled near South Carrollton, on the Green River. He was noted far and near for his kindness and "Old Virginia" hospitality.  He first married Miss Priscilla Newton, July 17, 1823.  She was born in Virginia.  They had seven children--John, born Aug. 2, 1826, married Sally Newton; James K., born Feb. 3, 1828, married Martha Walker; Mary A., born Jan. 13, 1831 (first married James Yewell; he died and she married Nathaniel Kimberlin; she died July 4, 1876); Dianna N., born May 2, 1834, is the wife of S. E. Boehm; Elizabeth, born April 21, 1836, married John Elliott; Enos, born Sept. 18, 1838, married Mattie Cundiff; Benjamin, born March 12, 1840, married Margaret A. Skinner.  The mother died Aug. 13, 1841.  Mr. McCormick then married Mrs. Roberts, whose maiden name was Nancy Walker, Oct. 3, 1842.  She was born in Mercer County, Ky., Dec. 25, 1812.  She was a daughter of Hugh and Maria (Fry) Walker, natives of Virginia.  Mr. and Mrs. McCormick had a family of six children--Martha, born April 7, 1845, is the wife of A. R. Yeiser, and resides on their farm in Masonville Precinct; William H., born April 5, 1847, married Miss Leander Lewis, June 22, 1882 (she was born in Daviess County, Ky., daughter of Robert M. and Eliza T. (McKay) Lewis); Priscilla, born June 17, 1849, is the wife of Wiliam Kimberlin (they reside in Murray Precinct); Daniel A., born June 7, 1852, is unmarried; Emmett B., physician and surgeon of Masonville, was born Nov. 1, 1854. Dr. McCormick remained on the old homestead farm, attending school until 1878, when he began the study of medicine at the Hospital College of Medicine at Louisville, where he graduated Feb. 24, 1881.  He then returned to Daviess County and located in Masonville, where he has since practiced his profession.  He is one of the leading physicians and surgeons of Daviess County, where he has been identified all his life. In politics he is a Democrat, and a strong supporter of that party. Clara, the youngest of the children, was born Aug. 14, 1856, and is the wife of Benjamin F. Field, and resides on their farm in Murray Precinct, Daviess County.  Mr. McCormick was connected with the Methodist Episcopal church for twenty years.  He was burried on the old farm, where he died Oct. 14, 1876.  He was always a supporter of the Democratic party, and was one of the leading and representative men and citizens of Daviess County.  Mrs. McCormick is still living.  She has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church for the past forty years. McCormick Cundiff Newton Walker Yewell Kimberlin Boehm Elliott Skinner Roberts Fry Yeiser Lewis McKay Field = Prince_William-VA Ohio-KY Mercer-KY http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/daviess/mccormick.f.txt