History of Kentucky, five volumes, edited by Judge Charles Kerr,
American Historical Society, New York & Chicago, 1922, Vol. IV, p. 167,
Daviess County

     GEORGE W. BALES.  The personal efficiency of Mr. Bales has pervaded
his administration of the office of sheriff of Daviess County, and his
administration is the more notable because he was the first republican
ever elected to that post of responsibility in this county.
     Mr. Bales, a resident of Daviess County many years and well known
both in the country districts and the City of Owensboro, was born in
Ohio County, Kentucky, January 19, 1875, son of John H. and Eliza (Ray)
Bales.  His parents were born, reared and married near Knoxville,
Tennessee.  His father was a Union man at the time of the Civil War and
served in the Third Union Tennessee Infantry and was wounded in battle. 
After the war he settled in Ohio County, Kentucky, and lived as a farmer
until his death in 1880.  He was survived by four sons and a daughter
and his widow, who now lives at Pleasant Ridge in Daviess County.  
     George W. Bales grew up in the Pleasant Ridge community, acquired a
common school education, and early launched himself into serious tasks
and responsibilities.  He began dealing in livestock at an early age and
continued that business for twenty years, offering an important medium
between the growers and the breeders and the markets.  The better to
handle his business he removed from Pleasant Ridge to Owensboro in 1906,
and that city has been his home for fifteen years.
     Mr. Bales made his successful campaign for election as county
sheriff in the fall of 1917, and began his four year term in January,
1918.  He is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the
fraternity of which his father was also a member.  In January, 1921, he
was made a director in the First National Bank of Owensboro, and is one
of the stockholders in the institution.  He is president of the county
fair association and active in public affairs.  In 1906, Mr. Bales
married Miss Minnie Daly, of Ohio County, who died April 12, 1921.  They
had two children, named Daly Ray and Josephine.  Mr. Bales is a member
of the First Baptist Church of Owensboro, as was also Mrs. Bales. 
(Picture facing p. 167)

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