Historical Sketches of Kentucky by Lewis Collins, Maysville, KY. and J. A.
& U. P. James, Cincinnati, 1847. Reprinted 1968. Franklin County.

ISHAM TALBOT was born in the county of Bedford, the State of Virginia, in
the year 1772.  While quite a youth, his father emigrated with his family
to Kentucky, and settled near Harrodsburg, in Mercer county.  The means of
acquiring an education, at that early day, were necessarily limited, and
each individual in the pursuit of knowledge, had to rely, in a great
degree, on the resources of his own intellect and will.  Young Talbot was
sent to the best schools of Harrodsburg; but he acquired, without the aid
of teachers, a respectable knowledge of the ancient and some of the modern
languages.
     On arriving at manhood, he studied law with Colonel George Nicholas, 
and commenced the practice of his profession in the town of Versailles, in
Woodford county.  He soon afterwards removed to Frankfort, and entered the
lists when Clay, and Daviess, and Bibb, and Bledsoe, and Rowan adorned the
bar; and public opinion of that day and this, has regarded Mr. Talbot as
one of the brightest in that galaxy of illustrious names.
     In 1812, he was elected to the senate of Kentucky from the county of
Franklin, which office he continued to hold until his election, in 1815,
to the senate of the United States, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the
resignation of Jesse Bledsoe.  In 1820, he was re-elected to the senate,
and served in that body till the 4th of March, 1825.  Mr. Talbot's career
in the senate is a part of the history of our common country, and the
reports of the debates of that body bear ample proofs of his eloquence and
patriotism.  He died at Melrose, his residence near Frankfort, on the 21st
of September, 1837.

Talbot Clay Daviess Bibb Bledsoe Rowan
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Bedford-VA Harrodsburg-Mercer-KY Versailles-Woodford-KY

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