Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, Lewis Publishing Company, 1904, pp 486-488 [Caldwell] FLAVIUS J. SULLIVAN, M. D. A worthy, prominent and representative member of the medical fraternity in Caldwell county is Dr. Falvius Josephus Sullivan, of Princeton. He was born in Wilson county, Tennessee, on the 10th of May, 1838, and is a son of Eclemuel and Martha (Stone) Sullivan. The father was born in Tennessee and was a son of Azel and Sophia (West) Sullivan. The paternal grandfather was born in Maryland, and his father was of Irish birth. The grandmother was born in wales and was of Welsh lineage. After residing for some years in Maryland, Azel Sullivan removed to Tennessee, establishing his home there at an early period in the development of that state. The Doctor's father was reared in Tennessee and became a distiller, following that pursuit in early life. Later he engaged in trading, and while in North Carolina upon a trading expedition he died, passing away when about forty-five years of age. In his early manhood he had wedded Miss Martha Stone, who was born in North Carolina, as were her parents, Nicholas and Sarah (Thomason) Stone. Mrs. Sullivan survived her husband for a number of years, and passed away at her old home in Tennessee when nearly eighty-nine years of age. By her marriage she became the mother of eight children, of whom four are now deceased. Dr. Sullivan was reared in his native county, and was educated at Cumberland College, in Lebanon, Tennessee, having thus acquired a good literary education. He prepared for professional life and was graduated from Nashville Medical College at the completion of a full course in medicine, with the class of 1865. Prior to the war he had studied medicine, but when the country became involved in hostilities he enlisted in the fall of 1861 as a private of Company F, Forty-fifth Tennessee Confederate Regiment. After the close of the war Dr. Sullivan resumed the study of medicine, and after his graduation in 1865 came to Kentucky and located at Farmersville, Caldwell county, where he practiced continuously for thirty years, or until 1895, when he came to Princeton. Here he soon gained a liberal patronage, and he now has a very extensive practice, which is indicative of the confidence reposed in him by the public. His skill and ability are marked, his knowledge of the science of medicine being comprehensive and exact, while in its application to the needs of suffering humanity he is ever accurate. He belongs to the Caldwell County Medical Society and to the Southwestern Kentucky Medical Society, and he is continually broadening his knowledge by reading and investigation, that his efforts may be of the greatest benefit to his fellow men. In 1867 Dr. Sullivan was married to Miss Lucy Mary Beckner, who was born in Virginia, and they now have three children: Franklin H., Maymie and Eclemuel Beckner. The first named is now a lawyer in St. Louis. The Doctor votes with the Democracy, but has little opportunity to take an active part in political affairs, because of the demands made upon him by his large general practice. He has met with success in his chosen life work, and is to-day [sic] one of the leading and honored representatives of the medical fraternity in Caldwell county. Sullivan Stone West Thomason Beckner = Wilson-TN MD NC VA MO http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/caldwell/sullivan.fj.txt