HISTORY OF KENTUCKY AND KENTUCKIANS, E. Polk Johnson, three volumes,
Lewis Publishing Co., New York & Chicago, 1912. Common version, Vol. III,
p. 1227.   [Franklin County]

HENRY S. VANZANT--A scion of one of the old and honored families of
Metcalfe county, Kentucky, where his paternal grandfather and
great-grandfather established their home in the pioneer days, Mr. Vanzant
has well upheld the high prestige of the honored name which he bears and is
at the present time chief clerk in the department of insurance of the state
of Kentucky, thus maintaining his residence in Frankfort, the capital city.
Mr. Vanzant was born on the homestead farm in Metcalfe county, Kentucky, on
the 13th of December, 1870, and is a son of Milton S. and Ellen Elizabeth
(Holland) Vanzant, both of whom were likewise born and reared in Metcalfe
county.  Milton S. Vanzant, a son of Hugh R. Vanzant, was born, reared and
died in the same residence in Metcalfe county, where his entire active
career was one of close identification with agricultural pursuits.  His
widow still resides on the old homestead, and of the nine children four
are now living.
     Henry S. Vanzant reverts in memory to the associations of the home
farm in connection with his early discipline, and his preliminary
educational training which he continued his studies in Edmonton Academy.
He continued to be associated in the work and management of the home farm
until he had attained to the age of twenty years, when he assumed the
position of clerk in the dry goods store of his elder brother at Edmonton,
Metcalfe county.  In 1894 he was the Republican candidate for county
clerk, and that he made an admirable campaign and secured the support of a
large number of citizens of the county needs no further voucher than that
he was defeated by only one vote, thus overcoming a long fixed and large
Democratic majority.  He afterward began the study of law under the
preceptorship of John W. Compton, a well known attorney of Edmonton, and in
1898 he was admitted to the bar.  He began the practice of his profession
in Edmonton and gained unqualified success in his chosen field, proving
himself a versatile trial lawyer and showing himself well fortified in the
minutia of the law.  He continued to be engaged in active practice until
1902, when he was appointed to the position of United States gauger, in
which capacity he served five years, with official headquarters at
Owensboro, this state.  On the 6th of January, 1908, there came further
mark of distinction and of his eligibility in that he was appointed to
his present position, that of chief clerk in the insurance department of
the state government.  Mr. Vanzant has always been aligned as an
uncompromising advocate of the principles and policies of the Republican
party and has given effective service in behalf of its cause.  He is a
Master Mason and is also affiliated with the Knight of Pythias.
     On the 5th of December, 1892, was solemnized the marriage of Mr.
Vanzant to Miss Pearl McKey, of Randolph, Metcalfe county, where she was
born and reared.  They have one child, Henry Russell Vanzant.

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