History of Trigg County, Historical and Biographical, ed. W.H. Perrin,
F.A. Battey Pub. Co., Chicago, 1884. pp. 187-88.  [Cadiz Precinct]

HON. JAMES B. GARNETT was born on July 28, 1845, near Pembroke, Christian
County; he is the youngest of five children born to Eldred and Frances A.
(Pendleton) Garnett.  The father was born in Albermarle [sic] County, Va.,
in 1813, and died on his farm in Christian County, Ky., in 1870.  The
mother was born in 1810 Orange County, Va., and is now living in Christian
County.  Our subject has three brothers in Christian County, two engaged
in merchandising at Pembroke, the other in farming and teaching school.
His sister is the wife of Rev. R. W. Morehead, of Princeton, Ky.  In 1866
Mr. Garnett commenced the study of law at the Lebanon Law School, and
graduated at this college of learning in the class of 1868.  Immediately
after he came to Cadiz and located here, and since that time has been
actively engaged in the practice of his profession.  In 1870 he was
elected County Attorney and Commissioner for two years.  In August, 1875,
he was elected State Senator from the Third Senatorial District, which
was composed of the counties of Trigg, Calloway, Lyon and Livingston. In
1880 he was elected Commonwealth's Attorney for the Second Judicial
District, comprising the counties of Muhlenburg [sic], Christian, Hopkins,
Trigg, Caldwell and Lyon, for the term of six years; this office he still
honorably fills.  Mr. Garnett was a delegate to the National Democratic
Convention at Baltimore in 1872, and at St. Louis in 1876; he was married
in October, 1877, to Miss Virginia Hewell, of Tuscaloosa, Ala.  This
lady died on November 30, 1878.

Garnett Pendleton Hewell Morehead
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Princeton-Caldwell-KY Christian-KY Albemarle-VA Orange-VA AL

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