County of Christian, Kentucky. Historical and Biographical. Edited by William Henry Perrin. F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1884, p. 370. WILLIAM M. FUQUA, M. D., was born January 16, 1838, in Charlotte County, Va., and is of Huguenot descent; his father, William A. Fuqua, was a distinguished physician of Virginia, and was born in Campell County, as was also his mother, Mary J. Barksdale, who was of English and Welsh origin, and was born in Charlotte County, Va. William M. was the second of their family of nine children, and in boyhood had the advantages of the University of Virginia, in which he afterward commenced the study of medicine. In October, 1858, he entered the Medical College, Richmond, Va., from which he graduated in 1859; he immediately established a practice in Richmond, but in 1861, at the breaking out of the late war, he became a surgeon in the military service, Confederate States Army, and was at first assigned to the Libby Prison hospital; his connection with the army was not severed until the close of the war, and his reputation as a surgeon has ever since taken rank with the first in the State. While he enjoys an extensive general practice, his special merit lies in his ability and skill as a surgeon, and is a successful ovariotomist and lithotomist. He came to Christian County, Ky., and located in Hopkinsville in 1858. He is a member of the American Medical Association, and has filled the office of President of the McDowell Medical Association, and the Medical Association of Christian County; he is now an officer in the State Medical Association, and a liberal contributor to the various popular medical journals. In 1882 he was a candidate for Congress from the Second District, for which position he was defeated by the Hon. J. H. Clay. He came to Christian County, Ky., and located in Hopkinsville in 1868. [sic .. two different dates shown in different locations]. In 1861, in Richmond, Va., he was married to Miss Vandalia Davis, daughter of Capt. John Davis, of Norfolk, Va. Their family consisted of Broussais, Eunice, Mary, Morton H. (deceased), Victor Hugo, Vandalia, Nelson, Louis and Hortense Fuqua. In another part of this volume will be found a portrait of Dr. Fuqua. Fuqua Barksdale Clay Davis = Charlotte-VA Campbell-VA http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/christian/fuqua.wm.txt