Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 8th ed., 1888,
Jefferson Co.

GEORGE L. DANFORTH was born July 24, 1854, and is a son of the late Joseph
Lewis Danforth of this city.  The latter was a native of Louisville, and
was born January 21, 1821, and died October 29, 1887.  He was a son of
Joseph and Lucy Shaw (Lewis) Danforth--the latter a lineal descendant of
Mary Chilton, who is said to have been first of the pilgrim band to set
foot on Plymouth Rock. Mr. Joseph L. Danforth received a liberal education,
graduating with honors from Harvard University.  His tastes, however,
tended toward commercial instead of literary pursuits, and after completing
his education he was taken into the wholesale dry goods house of his
father, and the firm became J. Danforth & Son, long well known and
prominent in the commercial circles of the city.  Mr. Danforth subsequently
engaged in the insurance business, and was prominently identified with it
for a period of thirty years.  For twenty-five years he was president of
the Board of Underwriters, which body, upon his decease, adopted
appropriate memorial services.  He served several terms in the school
board, and was elected its president, but aside from this service, he never
sought public office.  Of a modest, unassuming disposition, he also
possessed a clear understanding, and his judgment has great weight with
those with whom he was associated in business or social life.  He was
thoroughly honorable, and no man stood higher in the estimation of those
who knew him.  His wife and five children survive him.  The latter are:
Mrs. Victor H. Newcomb, of New York City; Mrs. Smith, the wife of Mr.
Newcomb's secretary; Mrs. Charles Johnson, of this city; an unmarried
daughter, and George L., whose name heads this sketch.  The latter
gentleman was brought up in Louisville, and received a liberal education.
He was taken into partnership with his father in the insurance business,
in which he is still engaged.  He is one of the live young business men
of the city, and stands high among his fellows.  He is president of the
Louisville Spoke Company, and is prominently connected with other business
enterprises, notably of which is farming and the breeding of fine horses, a
pursuit more or less interesting to all Kentuckians.  He was married in
1877 to Miss Florence Standiford, daughter of the late Dr. E. D. Standiford
of this city.  They have five children.

Danforth Lewis Newcomb Smith Standiford Chilton
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