Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 5th ed., 1887,
Franklin Co.

COL. ROBERT P. PEPPER, a native of Woodford County, Ky., was born November
19, 1833, a son of Samuel and Mahala E. (Perry) Pepper, also natives of
Woodford County and descendants of Virginia ancestry.  Col. R. P. Pepper
was reared on a farm, and educated at a private school in Versailles.  In
1874 he abandoned the farm and engaged in the breeding of trotters, but in
the meantime moved to Frankfort in 1862, and engaged in the distillery
business near Frankfort, but was superseded by Newcome, Buchanan & Co.,
of Louisville.  "Onward," "Madrid," "Code" stallions are his leading stock,
and he has over 100 brood mares.  He was married, December 6, 1865, to Miss
Elizabeth T. Starling, a native of Columbus, Ohio, and educated in New
York.  She has borne him seven children: Robert P., Jr., Laura P., Maria
S., Elizabeth P., Mahala E., Louisa and Lina.

Pepper Perry Starling
=
Versailles-Woodford-KY OH NY

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