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

JESSE P. FIDLER was born in Marion County October 14, 1844.  His father,
Samuel Fidler, was born in Bullitt County in 1810.  In 1838 he married
Minerva, daughter of John and Mary (Forsythe) Lawrence, the former a
Virginian, and the latter a native of Maryland.  To Samuel Fidler and his
wife Minerva were born eight children: James M., William H., Jesse P.,
Napoleon F., Nannie E. (Johnston), John F., Newton F. and Mollie F.  Mrs.
Fidler is living, aged sixty-six years.  Samuel Fidler was during his
lifetime engaged in farming, merchandise and lumber trade; he died in
1861.  His father, Samuel Fidler, Sr., was a resident of Bullitt County,
where he died in 1812; his wife was a Miss Susan Fidler.  After the death
of her husband, Samuel, she married William Richeson, of Boyle County.
John Lawrence, the maternal grandfather of Jesse P., was a farmer and
trader.  He came from Virginia and settled near Stanford, Ky., at an early
period of the State's history.  Jesse P. Fidler was educated in the common
schools of his native county, and at the age of seventeen entered the
Federal Army, enlisting in Company K of the Sixth Kentucky Volunteer
Cavalry.  He rose and served as regimental commissary to the Sixth Cavalry
until July 20, 1865.  With his command he participated in many engagements
most notably those of Big Harpeth, Brentwood, and the fight with Bragg's
troops on Cumberland Mountain on the 4th of July 1863.  He was also on
the Wilson raid, fought Jackson at Tuscaloosa, and assisted in the capture
of that town; afterward was in the engagement with Gen. Pillow at Sipsey
Swamp on Blackwater River, and next at Chickamauga; was frequently
engaged against Gen. Wheeler's forces in Broomtown Valley.  James M., a
brother of Jesse P., held the rank of first lieutenant in the Tenth
Kentucky Infantry.  He was promoted to a captaincy and was provost-marshal
of the Fourth Congressional District of Kentucky.  He was an active
Republican, and died October 1875.  William H., another brother, held the
rank of major in the Sixth Kentucky Cavalry, for which regiment he
recruited a company.  He was captured near the Tombigbee River after being
cut off from his command while fighting Gen. Pillow.  He attempted to reach
the Federal lines, but the enemy pursued and caught him with blood hounds.
He remained a prisoner for a short time, when he was exchanged at
Vicksburg.  He was soon after put in command of a number of paroled
prisoners, and with 1,800 others was drowned in the Sultana disaster on
April 27, 1865.  Jesse P. Fidler after the war engaged in farming in Marion
County, which he has followed successfully up to the present time, with the
exception of the years 1867-85, which he spent in the United States revenue
department as storekeeper and gauger.  He was married on the 11th of
November, 1873, to Miss Lou Drye, of Marion County, daughter of Matthew and
Kizzie (Batsell) Drye.  To this marriage were born three children, all of
whom died in infancy.  Mr. and Mrs. Fidler are members of the church, she
of the Christian, while the captain holds the Baptist faith.  Politically
he is a Republican, and takes a lively interest in the politics of the day.

Fidler Forsythe Lawrence Johnston Richeson Drye Batsell
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Boyle-KY Bullitt-KY VA MD

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