History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882. p. 742. [Nicholas County] [Carlisle City and Precinct] F. E. CONGLETON, banker, P. O. Carlisle, is a member of a family of eight children; his father was William Congleton, a farmer of Bourbon County; his mother, Mary Rule, also of Bourbon. The Congleton family are descendants of the Old Holland Dutch and heirs to the famous "Anneke Jans' estate. Mr. Congleton was born Sept. 9, 1829 in the above named county. He began life as a merchant, and was married at Sharpsburg, Ky., Dec. 16, 1852 to Hannah C. Cummings of Mercer County, Ky. He was made cashier of the Deposit Bank of Carlisle, at its organization in August 1869, which position he has since held. In his political tenets, he is a Democrat; he is a prominent member of the Masonic Order at Carlisle. By his marriage he had two children; one only of that number survives; she, a Mrs. Horace M. Taylor. The family are connected with the Presbyterian Church. Congleton Rule Cummings Taylor = Sharpsburg-Bath-KY Mercer-KY Bourbon-KY http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/nicholas/congleton.fe.txt