History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882. p. 528. [Bourbon County] [Flat Rock Precinct] JESSE FISHBACK, farmer, P. O. Plum Lick; born Aug. 15, 1813, in Bourbon County, to Jesse and Jane (Turley) Fishback, who were natives of Virginia, but came to Kentucky in 1812 or '13. The father was in the six months' service in 1813, enlisting from Bourbon County; he was discharged and on his return home was taken sick and died upon the journey, the same day that our subject was born. The early Fishback ancestry were from Germany, some of whom attained to a considerable degree of notoriety at the bar. The later generations have, however, been principally engaged in agriculture. The subject of this sketch was the youngest of four sons and one daughter, two only of whom are now living; Josiah the second son residing near his brother. Mr. Fishback received his education in a log school house, a long distance from his cabin home in Nicholas County. He adopted the avocation of a farmer's life; remained unmarried and acted the part of a dutiful son to his widowed mother, who died at an advanced age twenty-four years ago. His home is now presided over by a widowed half-sister, Mrs. Sarah Hughs. Fishback Turley Hughs = Nicholas-KY VA http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/bourbon/fishback.j.txt