County of Christian, Kentucky. Historical and Biographical. Edited by William Henry Perrin. F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1884, pp. 384-385. LUCIAN W. MEANS was born September 10, 1854, and is a son of William and Susan Means (nee Pursley). His grandfather, whose name was William Means, came from North Carolina to Christian County, Ky., about the beginning of the present century. He settled about seven miles south of the village of Hopkinsville, where in 1818 William Means, Jr., was born. He grew to manhood, following agricultural pursuits. He married Susan Pursley, near Hopkinsville, on the place now owned by Rev. Walker, and in 1843 they removed to the adjoining county of Trigg, where he served for some years as Deputy Sheriff. Mrs. Susan Means was born in 1822 and died of apoplexy of the heart, in 1875. William Means died in February, 1878. They had a family of eight children: Sarah A., wife of W. H. West of Hopkinsville; Pinkney D., who was killed at Garrettsburg, while in the Confederate Army; Lucy A., deceased wife of John Prince; John H., Josiah M. and James William, all of Washington County, Illinois, and Lucien W. Means, whose name heads this sketch. Besides these, one son, Samuel A. Means, died in childhood. Lucien W. Means was reared to the pursuits of the farm, received the benefits of a common school education, and though a young man is one of the leading farmers of the county, and takes especial interest in all improved methods of husbandry, possessing the zeal and enterprise which makes his influence felt for good in his community. He was married in this county, December 11, 1879, to Miss Myra, daughter of M. S. and H. E. Major. She was born in Christian County, October 31, 1863. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he is a Master Mason. Their children, two in number, are James Major and Alfred West Means. Means Pursley Walker West Prince Major = NC Trigg-KY Washington-IL http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/christian/means.lw.txt