Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 5th ed., 1887,
Franklin Co.

LAWRENCE TOBIN was born in County Kilkenny, Ireland, in 1817, a son of
Lawrence and Kate (Doyle) Tobin.  He came to the United States in 1840, and
in 1841 came to Frankfort, Ky., and has been here ever since.  He was a
contractor on the Frankfort & Lexington (now the Louisville & Nashville)
Railroad for several years, and had charge of the repairs from Lexington
to Midway for several years. He also had charge of repairs of the
Louisville & Nashville, from Louisville to Frankfort, about two years.  In
1852 he went into the grocery business in Frankfort, has been very
successful; is still in the business, and owns several houses and lots in
the city.  In 1847 he married Mary Lenard, of Lexington, Ky., daughter of
John Lenard.  Nine children have blessed this union, eight living, viz.:
Richard, the eldest, who married Annie Haly and had four children: Richard,
Lucille, Anna and Denis.  Richard is the superintendent of the Feeble
Minded Institute.  John was the second born; Kate, the third child, married
G. D. Boldrick and had four children: Mary, George, John and William C.
Hugh, the third son and fourth child, married Kate Kuhen, and one child has
been born to them, Hugh, Jr.  Hugh is a physician, and has a government
position in Colorado.  The remaining children born to Lawrence Tobin are
James, Rose, Susie and Annie.  Mr. Tobin has 140 acres of land in Franklin
County, and he, his wife and all his children are members of the Catholic
Church.

Tobin Doyle Lenard Haly Boldrick Kuhen
=
Lexington-Fayette-KY CO Ireland

http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/franklin/tobin.l.txt