Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, ed. 8-B
Lawrence County

JAY H. NORTHUP is a native of Granville, Washington County, N.Y., was born
January 5, 1843, and is a son of Ephraim and Elmina (Hicks) Northup, of the
same county and State, and both of English descent.  The settlement of the
Northup family can be traced to the year 1636 in Rhode Island, and one of
the ancestors of our subject was a signer of the original compact between
the colonies.  Jay H. Northup was reared on the home farm and received his
education at the common schools, but was sufficiently well trained to follow
teaching himself.  In October, 1861, he enlisted in the Ninety-third New
York Infantry, and a year and a half later was promoted to the rank of
Second Lieutenant; then rose to be First Lieutenant, Captain and Major, and
July 17, 1865, was mustered out as Lieutenant Colonel.  In the fall of the
latter year he came to Kentucky and located at Louisa.  He was one of the
projectors of the Chattaroi road, which was begun in 1879, was a director in
1881, and became receiver in 1885, which position he still fills.  March 11,
1867, he married Miss Emily E., Wood, of Hartford, Washington County, N.Y.,
and is now the father of four children.  In 1885 and 1886 the Colonel was
chairman of the State Board of Equalization.

Northup Hicks Wood
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Washington-NY

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