Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, Volume I and Volume II, Lewis
Publishing Company, 1904, pp. 100-105.  Ballard Co.

JOHN B. WICKLIFFE

     John B. Wickliffe, who is engaged in the practice of law in the city
of Wickliffe and is also the vice president of the Farmers' Bank,
represents a family of long and honorable connection with Ballard county,
and it was in honor of his father that the county seat was named.
Nathaniel Wickliffe, the grandfather, was born in Nelson county, Kentucky,
and there spent his entire life.  He married Annie Logan, a daughter of
Benjamin Logan and also a member of an old and prominent family.  For many
years Nathaniel Wickliffe served as clerk of Nelson county.  He was a man
of wealth and popularity, and was a leader in public thought and action,
largely molding the policy of the community by reason of his force of
character and his devotion to the general good.
     Colonel Charles Wickliffe, the father of John B. Wickliffe, was born
in Bardstown, Nelson county, Kentucky, in 1822, where he was reared and
pursued his literary education.  He afterward entered the United States
Military Academy, at West Point, where he was graduated.  Returning to
Kentucky, he subsequently became a resident of Ballard county, where he was
living at the time of the outbreak of the Mexican war.  Offering his
services to his country, he was a faithful defender of the nation during
the period of hostilities with the Mexican people.  When he arrived in
Ballard county - then a young man - Colonel Wickliffe purchased an interest
in the Logan survey of land, took up his abode thereon, and began the
development of a farm adjoining the present site of the city which bears
his name.  He afterward became a lawyer, and practiced at Blandville,
gaining distinction at the bar as one of its most able and learned
representatives in this part of the state.  He was called to represent the
district in the state legislature, being the first person in Ballard county
elected to that office on the Democratic ticket.  He was also the first
county attorney of Ballard county, and was very prominent and influential
in public affairs, his labors proving of value in promoting the material
upbuilding and permanent development of this part of the state.  He was
practicing his profession with success here when the war between the north
and the south was inaugurated, and putting aside all personal
considerations he enlisted in the Confederate army and became colonel of
the Seventh Kentucky Regiment.  He was acting in that capacity and
commanding his regiment when wounded at the battle of Shiloh.  He never
recovered from his injury, dying ten days later at the home of Colonel
Butler, near Jackson, Tennessee, thus giving his life in defense of the
cause and the country he loved.
     In 1855 Colonel Wickliffe had married Miss Martha Eugenia Moore, a
daughter of Captain John D. Moore of Ballard county.  Four children were
born to them, of whom two are living: John B. and Charles, both of whom are
residents of the city which was named in their father's honor.  The other
two children died in infancy.  The mother afterward married Dr. T.J.
Jenkins, a prominent physician and citizen of Ballard county, now deceased.
There is but one living child of this marriage, Octavie, the wife of R.L.
Scott, station agent for the Illinois Central Railroad Company at
Wickliffe.  For her third husband Mrs. Jenkins married W.F. Hawes, a lawyer
of Wickliffe, who has also passed away.  She is still living in this city
at the age of more than sixty years, and is a much beloved woman, her
excellent qualities of heart and mind endearing her to those with whom she
has come in contact.
     In Ballard county John B. Wickliffe was reared, and here he has always
lived.  He attended the schools of Blandville and continued his studies in
Milburn, Kentucky.  He began preparation for his profession in the office
and under the direction of Judge Samuel H. Jenkins, at Blandville, and
later at Wickliffe, when this place became the county seat.  On the 4th of
August, 1883, Mr. Wickliffe was admitted to the bar, and at once began
practice here, where he has since been located.  He soon formed a
partnership with R.J. Bugg, and this relation was maintained until his
partner's election to the circuit bench in January, 1903.  He was admitted
to practice before the supreme court of the United States in January, 1902.
Mr. Wickliffe served for one term as county attorney of Ballard county, and
in the practice of the law he has displayed marked ability, indicating
thorough and comprehensive understanding of the principles of
jurisprudence, thorough and careful preparation of cases, an analytical
mind and forceful logic.
     In 1883 Mr. Wickliffe was united in marriage to Miss Lizzie B.
Lockhart, a daughter of Dr. D.D. Lockhart, of Ballard county, and formerly
of Davis [sic] county.  He is a popular and valued member of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is an ardent and active Democrat.  In
matters pertaining to the general welfare he is deeply interested, and
co-operates in many movements for the public good.  During his long
residence in the county he has gained a wide and favorable acquaintance,
and he certainly merits prominent mention on the pages of western
Kentucky's history.

Wickliffe Logan Butler Moore Jenkins Scott Hawes Bugg Lockhart
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Nelson-KY Madison-TN Daviess-KY

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