Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, ed. 8-B, 1887 Fleming County M.M. TEAGAR, a native of Bath County, Ky., was born May 1, 1833. His father, Jacob Teagar, was a native of Lewis County, Ky., and of German origin; his mother, Louisa Teagar, was a daughter of Michael Moore, who, for five years, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. M.M. Teagar remained on the home farm until eighteen years of age; he was educated at Antioch College, O. [sic], began to read law in 1857 under John Alexander, of Flemingsburg, and in February, 1860, was joined the Second Battalion Kentucky Mounted Rifles, under Col. Johnson, of Mount Sterling, and served until the close of the war, but most of the time on detail service. On his return to Flemingsburg he served as deputy county clerk from 1866 to 1868, and as deputy circuit clerk from 1868 to 1870; in August, 1870, he was elected county clerk, and was re-elected in 1874. At the close of his second term he returned to the practice of law, and in 1882 was elected county attorney, and served one term. In 1884 he was appointed master commissioner, and still holds that office. May 11, 1871, he married Miss Irene Emma Staley, a native of Jefferson, Ind., and their union has been blessed with one child, Jacob Staley. Mr. Teagar is a Knight Templar and a member of the Christian Church. In politics he is a Democrat. Teagar Moore Alexander Johnson Staley = Bath-KY Lewis-KY OH IN http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/fleming/teagar.mm.txt