HISTORY OF KENTUCKY, by Lewis Collins, and J.A. & U.P. James, 
published 1847.  Reprinted by Henry Clay Press, Lexington, Ky., 1968, p. 
137 [Fayette county].

Rev. JAMES BLYTHE, D. D., was among the early and 
distinguished preachers in the field.  He was born in North Carolina in 
1765, and came to Kentucky, as a licentiate, in 1791.  In July, 1793, he 
was ordained pastor of Pisgah and Clear Creek churches.  To these 
churches he ministered, as pastor or stated supply, for upwards of forty 
years.  Dr. Blythe took an active part in the establishment of the 
Kentucky Academy.  When that institution, in 1798, was merged in the 
University of Transylvania, he was appointed professor of Mathematics, 
Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, and Geography; and, subsequently, on the 
resignation of Mr. Moore, fulfilled for twelve or fifteen years the 
duties of acting president. 
     On the election of Dr. Holly, as president, in 1818, Dr. Blythe 
was transferred to the chair of Chemistry in the medical department, 
which situation he retained till 1831, when he resigned.
     As a preacher, Dr. Blythe was full of energy and animation, in his 
earlier career; in his latter years, he yielded more to the softer 
emotions.  His native strength of character, prompt decision, and 
practical turn, enabled him to acquit himself creditably  in every 
situation; while, in deliberative bodies, and the courts of the church, 
these qualities gave him a marked ascendency [sic], to which his portly 
figure and commanding appearance contributed not a little.  He died in 
1842, aged seventy-seven years. [Presbyterian].

Blythe Moore Holly
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