Kentucky:  A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 
1886. Allen County.

THOMAS G. SLEDGE was born March 17, 1859, near Allen Springs, in Warren 
County, Ky., where he was reared to manhood and lived until 1880; he 
then located at Halifax, Allen County, where he has since resided.  His 
father, William N. Sledge, was born on Bay's Fork, on the line between 
Allen and Warren Counties; served as magistrate and member of the court 
of claims in Warren County, and is now living, aged fifty-six years.  He 
is the son of Miles Sledge, a native of Virginia, who died in Warren 
County, in 1870, at the age of eighty-four years.  William M. Sledge 
married Sophia, daughter of Elaventer and Permelia (Cooney) Edmunds, of 
Warren County, living, aged fifty-five years, and their offspring are 
Martha J. (Willoughby), John J., Lusetta J., Thomas G., George W., Mary 
J., Robert R. and Sarah E.  Thomas G. procured a good English education 
at the common schools of the vicinity in which he was reared, and is a 
reading man.  He married, May 1, 1881, Mary Belle, daughter of Israel 
and Bettie (Railey) Straight, of Allen County (born November 14, 1865), 
and to them have been born Rosa Lee and Lillie D.  In 1880 Thomas G. 
commenced merchandising at Halifax, since which time he has met with 
encouraging success.  He is also acting as deputy postmaster, attending 
to the business of the office; also engages in farming, raising corn, 
oats and hay.  He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in 
politics is a Democrat.

Sledge Cooney Edmunds Willoughby Railey Straight
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Warren-KY VA

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