Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 4th ed., 1887,
Marion County.

BEN P. DOOM was born February 13, 1840.  His father, James M. Doom, was
born January 8, 1813, in Bardstown, and married Sarah E. Phillips in 1838.
To this marriage was born one son, Ben P., and one daughter, who died in
infancy.  Sarah E. (Phillips) Doom was born in 1822, and died in 1843. She
was a daughter of David and Elizabeth (Maxwell) Phillips, of Washington
County.  The former was of Dutch parentage, the latter of Scotch
extraction.  Both were born in Kentucky.  James M. Doom learned the
tanner's trade of his father; this trade he followed up to the year of
1866, when he retired from active life, and since has resided with son,
Ben P.  Benjamin Doom, the father of James M., was born in 1782, near
Bardstown, and was the first white child born in what is now Nelson County,
his father having come from Virginia and settled in Kentucky a short time
after the advent of Boone into the State.  He came with his family, in
company with the Hevenhill family, and settled on the site of the present
town of Bardstown.  He was made a colonel of militia, was a man of
commanding stature and of imposing appearance, and was one of the best
militia officers of his day.  He sank the first tanyard in Kentucky, and
during life amassed a large fortune in lands and slaves, which he left to
his children.  One story in proof of his close attention to business will
bear relating:  On the day preceding his marriage he quit work at 4
o'clock, and on the same evening, borrowed a pair of shoes and a pair of
socks, and rode on horseback to his bride's residence near the mouth of
Hardin's Creek; he was married on Sunday morning, and in the afternoon
returned to his home on horseback, with his bride behind him, who prepared
the breakfast for his hired help before 6 o'clock on Monday, then washed
his socks, which the husband returned to the owner during the dinner hour.
He reared a family of two sons and three daughters, among whom was James,
the father of Ben P.  Ben P. Doom, a native of Nelson County, bereft of a
mother's care when he was but two years of age, and from that time until
he attained to the age of twenty-three, he resided with his father and
other relatives.  He received a good English education in the common
schools of Nelson County, and in 1863 engaged with his father in the
tanning business, at what is called the "Old Doom Tanyard," at Bardstown.
After about seven years he abandoned the trade and turned his attention
to agriculture.  He married, February 14, 1865, Miss Mollie Murphy, of
Nelson County.  To this union have been born one son, James Murphy, and
two daughters, Mamie R. and Sadie E.  Mrs. Mollie (Murphy) Doom is the
youngest daughter of Judge F. G. Murphy, of Nelson County; her mother was
a Miss Mary May.  Both parents were Kentuckians by birth, and of Irish
and English descent, respectively.  Mr. and Mrs. Doom, now residents of
Lebanon, Marion County, are members of the Presbyterian Church.  He is a
patron of and for many years has been a trustee of schools.  Politically
he is a Democrat, and on the question of temperance is strictly a
prohibitionist.

Doom Phillips Maxwell Hevenhill Murphy May
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Nelson-KY Washington-KY VA

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