Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, ed. 8-B, Wolfe County William O. Mize was born in Independence, Mo., September 22, 1834, his father, John P. Mize, was born in Irvine, Estill County, Ky., about 1818. He move to Missouri in 1841 and located at Independence, where he engaged in the drug business, which he followed until his death in 1846. About 1841 he married Miss Marium Oldham, a daughter of Col. William Oldham, of Madison County, Ky. She bore him only one child, viz: William O. In 1847 our subject and his mother moved to Kentucky, where soon after the latter died. In early life William O. attended the common schools; he subsequently attended school at Millersburg, Ky., as well as a commercial college at Cincinnati, Oh. In 1865 he engaged in the mercantile business at Hazel Green, Ky., in which business he continued until 1878. In 1879 he was elected in the State Senate from Wolfe, Morgan, Magoffin, Lee, Owsley, Powell, Johnson, Menifee and Breathitt Counties, serving one term. Mr. Mize is a man of a great deal of natural ability as a writer and speaker, and has for many years been recognized as one of the leading men of Wolfe County. April 27, 1874, he married Miss Lou E. Cockrill, a daughter of McKinley and Emily (Trimble) Cockrill, of Hazel Green. She has born to him one child, Carl. Mr. Mize is a member of the F. & A.M.., is a Democrat, and an elder in the Christian Church. Mize Oldham Cockrill Trimble = MO Estill-KY Madison-KY Morgan-KY Magoffin-KY Lee-KY Owsley-KY Powell-KY Johnson-KY Menifee-KY Breathitt-KY http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/wolfe/mize.wo.txt