History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882. p. 498. [Bourbon County] [Paris City and Precinct] PERRY WORNALL, farmer; P. O. Paris. Perry Wornall, one of the representative farmers of Bourbon County, residing six miles north-west of Paris, was born in Clark County, this State, Oct. 12, 1819, son of Col. Thomas Wornall and Sarah Ryan. Our subject resided in Clark County until the fall of 1845, when he removed to Bourbon County, bought a farm on Townsend Creek, where he lived until 1852, when he exchanged his farm for the one he now owns. Feb. 25, 1815, he married Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Ewalt, Sen., and Cynthia Pugh. The fruit of this marriage was two sons: Samuel E., born March 27, 1845, and Thomas P., born Dec. 13, 1847. Samuel E. resides near Kansas City, Mo.; was married in Louisville, Ky., Oct. 25, 1877, to Alice Wakefield, daughter of Dr. Joseph R. and Ann Rowan Buchanan. They have one child, Rowan B. Thos. P., who lives on the home farm, married Kate K., youngest child of John K. and Emily (Moran) Spears, Oct. 27, 1877; they have one son, William P., born March 2, 1879. Col. Thomas Wornall, the father of our subject, was born of English parents--Ruby and Edith Wornall, Dec. 13, 1775; and married Sallie, daughter of John B. and Susan Ryan, in Loudoun County, Va., Jan. 24, 1797. Shortly afterward he came to Clark County, Ky., and settled between Winchester and the Kentucky river, but soon changed his location to one six miles north-east of Winchester, one of the most productive spots in all the Blue Grass region; on this farm he lived until his death, which occurred Nov. 3, 1838. In 1809-10 he represented his county in the Kentucky Legislature, and during the war of 1812, commanded a company of Cavalry; after his return he was made a Colonel in the Kentucky Militia. He was clerk of his Church, the Regular Baptist, at Stony Point, in Bourbon County, for many years, and served in the same capacity for the Licking Association of Baptists from 1828 to 1834. For many years previous to his death he officiated as Sheriff, County Surveyor, and Master Commissioner of Clark County. He was evidently a man for peace a man to whom his neighbors and friends could and did go for advice in settlement of personal and financial difficulties. Susan Ryan, his wife, died at F. P. Clay's, in Bourbon County, Sept. 23, 1834. They had ten children born to them; John and Keturah died in infancy; Richard settled in Missouri; had one son, John B., who was elected to the Legislature and Senate in Missouri; Thomas settled in Harrison County, Ky.; Alfred in Bourbon County, Ky., Mary married Samuel Clay, of this county; Susan married Frank P. Clay, brother of Samuel, Eliza married George Anderson, and resides in Clark County; Jas. R. died in 1879; Perry resides in Paris Precinct, and is the subject of this sketch. Wornall Ryan Ewalt Pugh Wakefield Buchanan Moran Spears Clay Anderson = Clark-KY Harrison-KY Loudoun-VA MO http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/bourbon/wornall.p.txt