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

GRIFFIN P. THEOBALD was born in Owentown [sic], Owen County, Ky., December
6, 1830, and is a son of Henry B. and Lucy (Bacon) Theobald, native
Kentuckians.  His mother was a daughter of John Christian Bacon, first
clerk of Owen County.  His paternal grandfather was of English origin, and
came from Maryland to Kentucky before the latter was formed into a State,
settling near where Georgetown now stands.  The subject of this sketch was
brought up in Owentown [sic], and received a common-school education.  In
1846, when but sixteen years old, he volunteered in an independent
company for the Mexican war and remained out one year.  He returned home
and enlisted in the Third Regiment Kentucky Infantry, of which Manlius V.
Thomson was colonel; Thomas L. Crittenden, lieutenant-colonel; John C.
Breckinridge, major, and Ben F. Bradley, adjutant.  He remained with this
regiment until the close of the war.  He then went to St. Louis, where he
resided until the breaking out of the civil war, when he enlisted as a
private in the Third Kentucky (Confederate) Infantry.  He was soon
commissioned first lieutenant of Company D, then was adjutant for a short
time, then quartermaster, then captain, and when he retired from the
service at the close of the war was major, having worked up to that
position by regular gradation.  In 1868 he went to Vicksburg, Miss., as
agent of insurance.  In 1872 he returned, and has been engaged in a
general insurance business ever since.  He at present is a member of the
city council.  He was married, July 17, 1854, to Miss Harriet L. Love,
of Columbus, Miss.

Theobald Bacon Love
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Scott-KY MO MS MD

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