Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 5th ed., 1887, Franklin Co. RICHARD TOBIN was born in Fayette County, Ky., September 1, 1848; moved to Frankfort in 1851; went to B. B. Sayre's Academy for three years, also to Mount St. Mary's College in Maryland two years; has been the steward of the Feeble Minded Institute since 1873; was elected to the city council in 1884. He is a son of Lawrence Tobin, one of the most influential and respectable citizens of Frankfort. Tobin Sayre = Fayette-KY MD http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/franklin/tobin.r.txt