Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 6th ed., 1887,
Franklin Co.

CAPT. THOMAS TODD was born December 1, 1820, and is a son of Col. Charles
S. and Letitia (Shelby) Todd.  Col. Charles S. Todd, one of the most
gifted public men, a diplomat, statesman, jurist and citizen, was born in
1791, between Danville and Stanford, in the old county of Lincoln, Ky. His
father, Hon. Thomas Todd, an eminent man in the nation, came from Virginia
to Kentucky.  He was regarded as the most profound lawyer in the western
country.  He achieved his distinction as a leading lawyer in the mastery
of what was known as the celebrated "Land Law of Virginia" on which the
legal talent and ingenuity of the day was exhausted.  He was judge on the
bench of the supreme court of the United States, and was by many regarded
the equal of Chief Justice Marshall.  Col. Charles Stewart Todd, after
completing his law and literary studies, entered the army in the war of
1812, being among the first to volunteer.  He was elected ensign in one of
the Lexington companies, and served in the various places in the army, to
which he was successively promoted.  He was complimented by Gen. Harrison
at the battle of the River Raisin, and is mentioned by McAfee, the
historian, and was by the side of Gen. Harrison in his great victory over
Tecumseh.  After the war Col. Todd resumed the practice of law at
Frankfort.  He became distinguished in Masonry.  He was appointed Secretary
of State by Gov. Madison.  In 1820 he was appointed minister to Columbia,
South America, where he served with distinction.  On the death of President
Harrison he was appointed by President Tyler, minister to Russia, where he
was highly appreciated.  He was greatly admired by Webster and all the
celebrated men of his day.  Having filled the measure of greatness in all
the spheres to which he had been called, he gave up his charge in death
in 1871.  Our subject has inherited many of the qualities that
distinguished his ancestors, and in the many places of trust to which he
has been called, has shown himself to be capable and honest.  He was
educated at Centre College, Danville, Ky.  His first public office was as
captain in the Third Kentucky Regiment in the Mexican war, where he served
until the war closed.  He represented his county in the Legislature in
1850-51, was again honored by his party with the same position in 1857,
and was nominated by his party in 1886 for Congress in the Eighth
Congressional District.  He has been a Mason since 1842, and has been
Grand Master of the State of Kentucky.  He has also been High Priest of
the Royal Arch Masons; in 1852 was Generalissimo of the Commandery of the
State; in 1858 was Grand High Priest of the State; in 1872 was Grand
Master of Royal and Select Masters, and since 1866 has been continuously
President of the Grand Council of the order of High Priests.  He has
always been a farmer by occupation, and is the owner of 207 acres of land.
January 14, 1841, he married Miss Jane, daughter of Henry Smith, of Shelby
County, who was a prominent man, and represented that county in the
Legislature in 1822.  Mrs. Todd died in 1845, the mother of two children:
Charles S. and Henry S.  In 1851 Capt. Todd married Susan Jacobs, daughter
of John A. Jacobs, of Danville, Ky.  She died in 1853, and in 1860 he was
again married, this time to Miss Elizabeth Bonney, daughter of C. D.
Bonney.  To this union have been born five children: Katie S., Charles S.,
C.D.B., Letitia S. and Elizabeth V.  Mrs. Todd is a member of the Episcopal
Church.  The mother of Capt. Todd was a daughter of Gov. Isaac Shelby, one
of Kentucky's best men and governors.  Charles S. Todd, our subject's son
was captain in the Sixth Kentucky Regiment in the civil war and sacrificed
his life on the battlefield of Stone River.  Capt. Todd is one of Nature's
noblemen, and reflects conspicuously the luster of his ancestors.

Todd Shelby Smith Jacobs Bonney
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Lincoln-KY Danville-Boyle-KY Shelby-KY VA

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